I. Agree or disagree with the statements.

1. Sport builds character.

2. Sport makes you strong.

3. Sport takes a lot of time.

4. Sport is boring.

II. Guess what sports and games are described here:

1. the sport of fighting with fists;

2. the sport of riding in a small boat with sails;

3. the sport of one who swim;

4. the sport of playing a type of football with an oval ball;

5. the sport of going on horseback;

6. a game for two people who use rackets, a small soft ball and a low net;

7. a game played by two teams of 6 players each that is played on an ice field.

III. Choose the right names of British popular sports and games to complete the sentences.

golf, cricket, football, boxing, tennis

1. People in England began to play….. as early as 1550.

2. ……. is one of the oldest British sports that existed in Saxon times.

3. .….. is the sport that began to develop in Scotland.

4. ……. was first played in England in 1872, whose first championship was at Wimbledon.

5. …….. is game invented and developed in England which is nowadays played all over the world.

IV. Translate the italicized adjectives:

1. American football is одна из самых сложных of all outdoor team games.

2. Golf clubs are намного меньше than those for hockey.

3. The British think that swimming is намного более полезнее than any other recreational activity.

4. The participation of boys aged 15-16 in sporting activities is выше than that of the girls.

5. Rowing is самый популярный of all sports at the oldest English Universities Oxford and Cambridge.

V. Read the texts about the extreme kinds of sport and translate them.

1. Going to Extremes?

A pickup truck rolls to the center of a bridge. Several get out. Two of them, a thirty-something young man and a twenty something young woman, are both wearing a strange-looking harness on their backs. The others with them check their harnesses to make sure all is well. As soon as they complete these preparations, they attach a long cord to each harness and securely fasten the cords to the bridge. When that is finished, the young man and woman climb up into the bridge. When that is finished, the young man and woman climb up into the bridge rail, wave to the crowd below, and jump. No, this is not a suicide attempt. The elastic cords attached to their backs are so strong and flexible that the young people will be able to drop close to the canyon floor below without hitting it. This is bungee jumping, one of a new set of sports that are being described as “extreme”.

to wear – носить

harness - ранец

to fasten - прикреплять

a cord - трос

to attach - прикреплять

to complete - заканчивать

a rail

to wave - махать

a suicide attempt – попытка самоубийства

flexible

2. Sky-diver.

Clem Quinn was always interested in flying. When he was five, he tried to fly by jumping off the garden shed with a golf umbrella, but when he grew up he didn’t become a pilot, he became a taxi driver. Then 20 years ago he did a parachute jump and loved it. He decided that being a taxi driver in London was a lot more dangerous than jumping out of a plane, so he moved to the country to learn parachute jumping and sky-diving. He is now a teacher of sky-diving. He says: “I love sky-diving because the world looks so good- blue sky, green fields and white clouds. You float through the air; it’s like floating in water.

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a shed - навес