Урок 10. Спорт в нашей жизни.
Grammar: Видовременные формы глагола. Формы настоящего времени.
– Do you like sport? Why is sport so important in our life?
– What kinds of sport do you know?
Thousands years ago ancient Greeks said: “A sound mind is in a sound body.” Millions of people who go in for sports know from their own experience that this famous saying is true.
At the same time a great number of people don’t go in for sports. Some of them realize that sport is useful but prefer watching sport on TV to going in for it themselves.
Sports.
Словарь
· among [æˈlɒŋ] — среди
· to prefer [prɪˈfəː(r)] — предпочитать
· to unite [juːˈnaɪt] — объединять
· to keep fit [kiːp fit] — поддерживать фигуру
· to go in for sport — заниматься спортом
· to jog [dʒɒɡ] — бегать трусцой
· to take part [teik pa:t] — принимать участие
· important [ɪmˈpɔːt(ə)nt] — важный
People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow -skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.
In summer people have excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, cycling and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place; this game is played in all the countries of the world. The other games that are very popular in different countries are golf, volley-ball, basket-ball, tennis, cricket and so on.
All the year round many people go in for boxing, gymnastics and track and field events. Thousands of young girls and women go in for calisthenics.
Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by thousands of people in different countries.
Sport is very popular in our country. Physical training and sports have become an essential part of most people’s life. Sport doesn’t only help people to become strong and healthy. It also helps them in their daily work. There are many stadiums, swimming-pools, gym-halls, sports grounds in our country.
Every year sportsmen set new records in gymnastics, weight lifting, skiing, ski-jumping, skating, rowing, and swimming and so on.
Лексические упражнения
Give the Russian equivalents for the following.
people all over the world, outdoor winter sports, shooting, hunting, tobogganing, figure-skating, excellent opportunities, go in for, gymnastics, track and field events, callisthenics, chess tournaments, essential part, weight lifting.
Give the English equivalents for the following.
зимние виды спорта, стрельба, хоккей, санный спорт, фигурное катание, прыжки с трамплина, прекрасные возможности, легкая атлетика, художественная гимнастика, шашки, шахматный турнир, тяжелая атлетика, гребля, гимнастика, плавательный бассейн.
Answer the questions, please.
Are people all over the world fond of sports and games?
What are the most popular outdoor winter sports?
What do some people greatly enjoy?
What game takes the first place?
What other games are very popular?
What do people go in for all the year round?
What do young girls and women go in for?
What indoor games are the most popular?
What has become an essential part of people’s life?
What is the biggest stadium in Moscow?
Does sport help people to become stronger and healthier?
– 4. Match the sport and its name.
Word building
People who go in for different sport have different names.
How do we call people who:
– play football, cricket, rugby, tennis;
– do weightlifting, judo;
– go swimming, jumping, running, windsurfing.
If you want to go in for sports you need traits of character and skills. What skills should different sportsmen have?
Match the sports with the descriptions, divide into two groups. Read the texts and guess the name of the sports.
Sports
1) cricket
2) American football
3) football/soccer
4) rugby
5) tennis
6) hockey
7) basketball
8) volleyball
Description
a) Played by two teams of eleven players. Every player has a stick. This game is played on the grass and ice.
b) Played by two teams of five players. Players are usually tall. The game is very fast and the teams score a lot of points.
c) Played with two people of four people. They play with racquets and a ball. Every year there is a big competition at Wimbledon.
d) Played by two teams of eleven players. Normally they players all wear white. This sport is popular in the UK, India, Australia and South Africa. A full game can last five days.
e) Played with two teams of eleven and a ball. Played in nearly every country in the world. It has a World Cup every four years. Brazil won the World Cup in 2002.
f) Played with two teams and a ball. The men wear a lot of clothes to protect them. They do not kick the ball very much. Most of the time they throw the ball.
g) Like American football but the players do not wear a lot of protective clothing. There are two teams of fifteen people. This game is played a lot in the UK as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
h) Played by two teams of six and a ball. They may hit the ball with the hand. Players don’t have to touch the net.
| diving | прыжки в воду |
| wrestling | спорт. борьба |
| athletics | легкая атлетика |
| hiking | горный туризм |
| cycling | велоспорт |
| curling | кёрлин |
| biathlon | биатлон |
| archery | стрельба из лука |
| cricket | крикет |
| sailing | стрельба из лука |
| horse racing | конный спорт |
Group these activities into indoor and outdoor sports.
Many people like sport. But a great number of people don’t go in for sports. Are you good or against sport? Let’s divide in two groups. The 1st group will think and tell us about good sides of sport, another one – about bad sides of sport.
Sport is good because
It makes me strong and fast
It helps me to keep fit
It builds character
It teachers me to win and to lose
It’s very good for my heart
We enjoy it
Sport helps people to stay in good shape, helps to support health and prevents from illness.
Sport is bad because
It’s not very useful.
It takes a lot of energy and time.
We have no time to walk with friends
It needs to work very hard.
We can break legs and arms.
- So good sides more than bad sides.
