Sport in our life

Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people.

Many people do morning exercises, jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs in different sections and take part in sport competitions.

Other people like sports too, but they only watch sport games, listen to sport news. They prefer reading interesting stories about sportsmen. But they don’t go in for sports.

Physical training is an important subject at school. Pupils have got physical training lessons twice a week. Boys and girls play volley-ball and basketball at the lessons. There is a sportsground near our school and schoolchildren go in for sports in the open air.

A lot of different competitions are held at schools, a great number of pupils take part in them. All participants try to get good results and become winners. Sport helps people to keep in good health. If you go in for sports, you have good health and don’t catch cold.

Children and grown-ups must take care of their health and do morning exercises regularly.

There are some popular kinds of sports in our country: football, volley-ball, hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating. Athletics is one of the most popular kinds of sport. It includes such kinds of sport as : running, jumping and others. Everybody may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in.

There are summer and winter sports.

My favourite sport is swimming. I go to the swimming-pool twice a week. I prefer to rest by the lake or the river and swim there.

My friend Kostya goes in for boxing. He is a good boxer and he is a brave and courageous boy. His hobby helps him in his everyday life.

Ex.4. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты для следующих слов и выражений.

Он популярен среди молодых и старых; делать зарядку; бегать трусцой; поддерживать хорошее здоровье; заниматься спортом; разные соревнования; простужаться; заниматься в клубах; спортивная площадка; два раза в неделю; принимать участие; взрослые; катание на лыжах; каждый может выбрать; бассейн; предпочитать; бокс; смелый; в повседневной жизни.

Ex.5. Составьте словосочетания из глаголов в колонке A и существительных из колонки B:

A B

1. to play a. in sport competitions

2. to do b. by the lake or the river

3. to go c. one’s health

4. to take care of d. hockey

5. to get e. a winner

6. to take part f. morning exercises

7. to rest g. good results

8. to become h. in for sport

Ex.6. Заполните пропуски подходящими по смыслу словами.

1.There are gymnasiums, … and a swimming-pool in our school. 2.Both grown-ups and children … some kind of sport or another. 3.Pupils have … lessons twice a week. 4.Sport helps people … health. 5.To be healthy and keep fit people should do … regularly. 6.Sportsmen often … in different competitions. 7.All … try to get good … and become … .

Ex.7. Согласитесь или опровергните, используя клише “I agree / I disagree”.

1.If you go in for sports, you have good health and don’t catch cold. 2.Sport is popular only among young, but not among old people. 3.Physical training is an important subject at school. 4.Athletics is not an important kind of sport. 5.Everybody may choose the sport he (or she) is interested in. 6.Sport doesn’t help people, but only does harm.

Ex.8. Перефразируйте словосочетания, используя лексику из текста.

• a place where one can play football, basketball and so on;

• to become ill;

• a person who is not afraid anything;

• two times a week;

• a place where people skate;

• to become the first in a competition;

• a kind of swimming when all actions are done at the same time;

• to be not a professional;

• to run not quickly;

• to do physical exercises in clubs.

Ex.9. Разгадайте кроссворд.

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1. to keep …;

2. an event (synonym);

3. a professional (antonym);

4. a person who goes in for sports;

5. a winter kind of sport;

6. to take part (synonym);

7. a place where sportsmen train themselves;

8. to set a …;

9. a …-pool;

10. athletics (antonym).

Ex.10. a) Прочитайте и переведите диалог.

b) Составьте диалог по следующей ситуации: You are a student from Russia. You are talking to an American (British) student. Discuss the relation to sports in your countries; popular kinds of sports; whether you go in for sports and how long.