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- 26. Develop a fitness programme for yourself. Write
- 31. Study the following text. Speak about one of the stadiums of the place you live in.
- 32. Read the following text. Compare the sporting British and the sporting Russian.
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- 34. Write a short introduction to a particular sport for people who have never played it before.
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Read the following information. Learn how to keep fit. THE FIVE GOLDEN RULES HOW TO KEEP FIT Always wear loose and comfortable clothes when you're exercising. You need to feel comfortable and relaxed. You should always do some simple warming-up exercis es first, to get your body ready for the real thing. Never try to do too much exercise too soon. Take it nice and easy now. There is no rush about this. Don't forget to relax completely for about five minutes when you've finished your workout. You need to rest a little bit after you've been exercising. Stop immediately if you feel any pain in your chest, throat, neck or head. 22. Here are some of the opinions expressed by the young people. Do you agree with them? My life would be boring without sport. Sport keeps you fit and healthy. Spurt is fun. Professionals want to make a lot of money. I enjoy sport most when I'm at home watching the sports programmes on TV. It would be great if I made it bigas a tennis professional. Professionals are poor devils living out of a suitcase. 23. Discuss the following text. Football fans sometimes damage trains and property near football ground, attack supporters of other teams and fight on the terraces of the football stadiums. In Britain they are know as "football hooligans." In Europe, football hooliganism is known as the English disease, although, there are hooligans in other countries too! Some psychologists feel that these people enjoy fighting and they are attracted to football because the game has a "macho" image. Others blame social problems like unemployment and alcohol as well as a lack of discipline in schools. Some people also feel that attention from the newspapers and television encourages violence. 24. Read the beginning of the text about sports. Go on, please. Sports are popular all over the world. We love discussing them and flock to major events by the thousands. We can judge the popularity of sports by the amount of space devoted to them in our daily newspapers. Most sports require a combination of physical fitness, mental sharpness, and teamwork. As a hobby, sports provide demanding exercise with a purpose and are a good way to make friends. Both professional and amateur sports are a common ground for people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities. 25. Study the following interviews. Make a list of all the pros and cons of doing sports which are mentioned in the interviews. Add as many as possible. Sport is one of the most popular spare time activities of young and old all over the world. At least, that is what people say. But is it really true? Rodney Morrison, our local reporter, went out into the streets to interview some young people about their attitude to sport. Here are their answers: DO YOU LIKE SPORTS? Tommy Murphy, 22, Well, I consider myself an armchair sportsman. I en joy sports most when I'm at home watching the "Grand stand" on TV. It's cricket that I like in particular. I could watch it for hours on end. I even stopped fixing my motorbike last week to watch England playing Jamaika And I love my motorbike! You see, it's not that I'm not interested in sports. I'm just too lazy to drag myself to the football ground to kick the ball around. That's no fun. I'd rather meet my mates in the pub and discuss the weekend's football results with them. This — and reading the sports pages in the paper — are my kinds of sports. Tony Rogers, 20. Oh, I love it. I'm very active in sports. I've always been like that. I remember spending my days running through the woods and climbing up trees when I was a little boy. Now I go jogging every week, and besides that. I play tennis every now and then. My favourite sport, however is football. My life would be boring without it. I think, I love it, because it's a team game and you need all kinds of skills. You must be fit, you must keep an eye on what your teammates do,and you need a quick brain. I'm a member of our local football team. You see, that's the other thing I like about sports: you make new friends, it gives you a feeling of being part of something. We even do a lot of things together besides football. Last year some of us went on a big holiday trip to Italy, which was great run. Anyway, sport keeps you fit and healthy, doesn't it? Hilary Brown, 17 Well, sport is fun, isn't it? I couldn't imagine a life without sport, could you? Only maths, English and histo- ry— how dull that would be! I love riding, playing volleyball and sailing. It's wonderful to be in the open and to enjoy the fresh air and the sun. But it's tennis that I'm really interested in. My sports teacher told me that I had a skill for playing tennis and that I should practise it more thoroughly. That's why I stopped sailing and riding, because tennis takes up all my free time now. It would be great if I made it big as a tennis professional. Just think of the money you could earn. It would be fantastic to travel round the world, to meet people in the business, to be interviewed by TV reporters. I know it's only a dream at the moment. But may be it'll come true. David Harvey, 21 Thank goodness people never try and talk sport to me. I hate sports. What is an endless boring tennis match compared to a good film — nothing, it's just a waste of time! I think English people's attitude to sport is so childish. Hundreds of thousands of them listen to cricket commentaries on their radios — for five days. It's so stupid. They think that the big stars in the business lead a wonderful life. What a load of rubbish! In my opinion, these people are poor devils living out of a suitcase. How can they have any social life when they are always away from home? I don't believe that these professionals are really interested in their sport. They want to make a lot of money, that's all. Besides, nobody ever mentions the dangers of sports. Just think of the injuries. How can you stay fit when your body is under physical pressure all the time? 26. Develop a fitness programme for yourself. Write an outline and a description of the exercises and sports you like, the type of good foods you eat, and the type of health programme you like to follow. Most sports have interesting histories. What is your favourite sport or game? Write what you know about its history. Or write how you think it might have started. Imagine that you are a radio sports announcer. You have just witnessed a football game or some other sports event. First tell who you are and where you are broadcasting from. What you would say about the highlights in the exciting game? Imagine that you are a famous athlete describ ing a recent game or competition. Tell about the agility of some of the other athletes or your team mates. Describe what made their performances captivating to the spectators. Read the following text. What do you know about the history of lawn tennis? THE WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS MUSEUM The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum was first opened in 1977 to mark the centenary of the Championships. After seven successful years, the building of additional seating for the Centre Court and improved press facilities meant that the original museum had to be demolished. In one hectic year, between the 1984 and the 1985 Championships, completely new exhibition galleries were designed and constructed. The new displays cover the whole history of Lawn Tennis — from its origins in Real or Royal Tennis to the most recent Championships. The development of the game is traced from a polite pastime to a higly professional spectator sport. The Museum's collection of tennis costume is shown as it was worn, demonstrating the social background of the game and how it spread from the leisured classes in the 19th century to the lower middle classes in the 1920s and 30s. The expanding collection of tennis memorabilia is on show — from letter racks to mouring brooches. The history of the racket is told with historic and modern equipment, and the bouncing rubber ball — without which Lawn Tennis could not have developed — is given its place in history. All the Wimbledon Champions are features and there are details of the career of every major player since the advent of open tennis in 1968. The Museum also includes: facilities for viewing the famous centre court; special exhibitions on tennis topic; an auditorium; a shop with a wide range of quality merchandise; the Wimbledon Library — the country's foremost tennis archive. 31. Study the following text. Speak about one of the stadiums of the place you live in. WEMBLEY STADIUM TOURS From sophistication of the Event Control Rooms to the spine-tingling experience of walking up the Players' Tunnel, and from your first dramatic view from high in the Olympic Gallery to the elegance of the Royal Retiring Room, you will experience the magic of this magnificent Stadium. Stand in the England Changing Room, climb the famous 39 steps to the Royal Box and be presented with the Cup to the roar of the crowd. The Wembley Stadium Tour captures all the vital elements that make Wembley Stadium the Venue of Legends. Wembley is the world's most famous stadium and is unique in the history of sport and entertainment. From the F. A. Cup Final in 1923, the 1948 Olympic Games, the 1966 World Cup, Live Aid in 1985 to the 1992 Europe Cup Final and Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, many millions of people have experienced the magic of Wembley Stadium. There has also been Rugby League, Greyhound Racing, American Football, Baseball, Boxing and Speedway. People of all ages will be thrilled and delighted by many of the Tour highlights. There include the Stadium's Event Control Rooms, Television Studio, Cinema, Hospital, English Changing Room and the Player's Tunnel. You can also walk up the famous 39 steps, receive "The Cup" to the roar of the crowd and actually sit in the Royal Box. 32. Read the following text. Compare the sporting British and the sporting Russian. The list of sports invented by the British is a long one.It includes football, golf, lawn tennis, badminton, cricket, rugby, squash, billiards and snooker. Britain's today sport is almost a national obsession. Sport occupies 40% of the news pages of the popular newspapers. Many of the British are more interested in sport than in anything else. Even there's a special telephone number which you can phone during international cricket matches. It gives you the latest score. The British are a very sporting people. They knight most famous footballers and cricketers. Some years ago people thought sport developed character and team spirit. People played just for the love of the game — they were all amateurs. But today, big sport is professional and top players can make a lot of money. Team games are not as popular as they were in the 1950s. The sports which grew fastest in popularity in the 1970s and 1980s were all sports for individuals, like swim- ming, cycling, snooker. Team games also tended to draw fewer spectators, especially football, though international matches and cup matches, in all the major sports, still filled the grounds. Motor racing, on the other hand, more than doubled its popularity and golf became a major spectator sport. Television has had an enormous influence on sport. Darts, snooker, golf, and cycling have found regular places in TV programmes. Thanks to television, darts have become an international game, played by professionals. American football and Japanese sumo wrestling have won over British TV fans. More and more British people take exercise to keep fit and this is turning Britain from a nation of spectators to a nations of doers. 33. Compose the dialogues on the following situations. You like golf. You go to the golf-club every Sunday. Your bank manager thinks golf is a wonderful game, too. It is the weekend and you both are on the golf course. Bobby Greston, the great footballer, had a very bad game yesterday. He made a lot of mistakes. Now he is speak ing with his coach. Jane is a very good athletic kind of girl. She is a very good swimmer. She swims a lot every weekend and always enjoys it. Her friend enjoys football very much. She does not actually play herself, but every Saturday she watches a match somewhere. Bobby Greston, the famous footballer, is very ill. He has an important match in a few days, but his doctor won't let him play. 5. You and your friend are discussing a football match before watching it on television. 6. Your friend, Bill, is trying to persuade you to have a game of golf with him. You have never played before. 34. Write a short introduction to a particular sport for people who have never played it before. 35. Can you make up your own sport? Here is how you can invent your own game for people to play. Think of three things that you would need to play the game such as a ball, a stick, a pole, a hoop, or a net. Decide what the object of the game is. Make up five rules about the game. Explain your new game to the group. You might want to work with someone else when you develop your ideas. TEXT THE TRUTH SOMETIMES HURTS "We, we will succeed! We've got the power, the power we need!" "We, we will succeed! We've got the power, the power we need!" The crowd in Tonganoxie High School gym were shouting and cheering wildly for their basketball team, the Chieftains. Debbie and her team of cheerleaders were jumping up and down, and the band was playing as loudly as it could. The atmosphere was really exciting. The Chieftains had to win this game against St John's High School. They had lost their last three games. Now at last they had a real chance to win. They only had a few seconds and the score was Chieftains 91: St John's 92 - but the Chieftains had the ball. One more basket, and the game was theirs! As the Chieftains' players ran across the floor, Debbie's eyes never left her boyfriend, Tommy Green. Tommy was the star player on the Tonganoxie team. He always made the most baskets. The ball came to Tommy. He caught it, but at once he was surrounded by St John's players. "Here, Tommy, here!" shouted Steve Hitchcock from a good position near the basket. Tommy was in no position to shoot, but he did not pass the ball to Steve. Instead, he jumped high into the air and threw the ball. It hit the edge of the basket and was caught by St John's player. Two more seconds and the game was over. The Chieftains had lost again. As soon as Sid Lawrence, the team coach, saw Tommy after the game he shouted at him, "How many times do I have to tell you, Tommy? The plan was that you should draw the St John's players away from the basket and then pass the ball to Eddie or Steve, so that they could score. But you don't listen! You think only of yourself, never of the team." Tommy had a lot of respect for Mr Lawrence, but today he could not control himself. "What are you talking about? I am this team! Without me this team would be nothing." "Shut your big mouth. Tommy," said Steve, after Tommy the best player on the team. "Why didn't you pass the ball?" "Steve is right. Tommy," said Rick. "You might be the top banana, but it's your fault that we lost today." "Look, you guys, I took a chance. So what? It was our only chance to make that basket Don't you see that?" "That's where you're wrong. Tommy," said Mr Lawrence. "Steve was in a much better position. Why didn't you pass the ball to him? You didn't even look at him— your eyes were only on the basket. Basketball is a team game, Tommy. When are you going to learn that?" Tommy took his things and walked to the door. "Okay," he said. "I'll show you who's right. I'm quitting. You're playing against Weston next week. Let's see how good you are without me. I'll be there when you lose." The door shut behind him. The next day everybody at Tonganoxie High knew that Tommy Green had quit the school basketball team. Tommy was glad that the students and teachers were talking about him. He felt important. And he liked that, in or out of the gym. "Who do these guys think they are?" he said as he drove away from school with Debbie. "I can't wait till they play Weston. They have no chance." "Don't be too sure," said Debbie. "You're not the only player on the team." "I'm the best," he said.
"Come on, finish your drink. We're going." "Maybe I don't want to go," she said. "Okay, stay here." He got up and started to leave. "Hi, Sue," he called to a girl at another table. "Are you going to be at the dance tomorrow night?" "Sure," she said. He looked back at Debbie and walked out to his car.
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