to win with the score 4 to 0
to end a game in a draw
in smb.'s favour
(to draw a game)
to set up (break) a record
to win a prize (a cup,
the record holder
victory)
the world (national, European) record
EXERCISES
I. Study Texts A and В and transcribe these words:
tobogganing, yachting, lawn-tennis, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics, callisthenics, billiards,
draughts, tournament, enthusiast, soccer, rugger, court, amateur.
II. Write 15 questions about Texts A and B; b) Retell Texts A and В (in indirect
speech). Evaluate the reports of your fellow students according to delivery: general
clarity, pronunciation, fluency, rythm, intonation.
III. Study Essential Vocabulary (II), Explanatory Notes and name: a) as many
kinds of sport as you can; b) some open-air games; c) some indoor games.
IV. What do yon call a person who goes la for:
wrestling, cycling, weight-lifting, swimming, diving, running, mountaineering, boxing,
skiing, racing, hunting, playing football, playing chess, playing draughts, athletics, skating, playing
volley-ball, playing basket-ball, playing hockey?
V. a) Fill in prepositions if necessary:
Sport is very popular ... Britain. ... other words a lot... British people like the idea ... sport, a
lot even watch sport, especially. . the TV. However, the number who actively take part ... sport is
probably quite small. ... the whole British people prefer to be fat rather than fit
The most popular spectator sport is football. Football is played ... a Saturday afternoon ...
most British towns and the fans, or supporters ... a particular team will travel... one end ... the
country... the other to see their team play,
Many other sports are also played ... Britain, including golf ... which you try to knock a
ball ... a hole; croquet... which you try to knock a ball... some hoops; basket-ball... which you try to
get a ball... a net; tennis ... which you try to hit a . ball so that your opponent cannot hit it and cricket
which is played ... a ball, but is otherwise incomprehensible. As you can see, if the ball had not been
invented, there would have been no sport.
Actually that's not quite true. Athletics is not played ... a ball, nor is horse-racing. Perhaps
that explains why they are not so popular as football.
(See
"Approaches". Cambridge 1979)
b) Retell the text.
VI. Answer the following questions. Do not answer in one sentence. Add
something:
1. What kind of sport do you go in for? 2. Do you play draughts? 3. Do you attend hockey
matches? 4. What football team do you support? 5. Did you ever try figure-skating? 6. Who usually
likes tobogganing? ?. What do spectators do at the stadiums? 8. Where are boat-races held in
Moscow? 9. What is the most popular sport in Russia? 10. Do Russain teams participate in
international matches? 11. Who coaches your volley-ball team? 12. Where are the Oxford and
Cambridge boat-races held? 13. What is the difference between a "sport" and a "game"? 14. What
sports and games do you know? 15. What games take the first place in public interest? 16. What is
the great national sport in England?
VII. Read Text С and try to explain the phrases listed below. Do not merely
translate them into Russian. Change them into a type of English that is more easily
understood and explain what they mean in the context of the conversation.
shout for his team; is in good form today; lost the toss; to play with (against) the wind; to
kick off; come on; the game of his life; 3 minutes to go.
VIII. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Я предпочитаю легкую атлетику боксу и борьбе. 2. Я мечтаю поставить рекорд по
плаванию. 3. Сегодня я не могу бежать, я не в форме. 4. Люди во всем мире следят за
Олимпийскими играми. 5. Он уделяет много времени физической подготовке. 6. Я болею за
футбольную команду «Спартак». 7. Наша игра закончилась вничью. 8. Он охотно будет
тренировать нас в фехтовании. 9. Вы занимаетесь легкой атлетикой? 10. Виндсерфинг и
дельтапланеризм появились совсем недавно. 11. Мальчик мечтает стать хоккеистом и просит
купить ему клюшку и шайбу. 12. Сколько человек примут участие в институтском шахматном
чемпионате? 13. Разве вы не хотели бы завоевать кубок в этом соревновании? 14. Кто первый
забил гол? 15. Вы пойдете на этот матч? 16. Стрельба из лука стала достаточно популярным
видом спорта. 17. Никто не ожидал, что они выиграют со счетом 2:0. 18. Ему хорошо дается
фигурное катание. 19. Женщины не играют в футбол, правда? — Играют, но редко. 20. Кто
завоевал первенство вашего института по шашкам? — Один из наших первокурсников. 21. Не
стоит вступать больше чем в два спортивных кружка одновременно. 22. Я предпочитаю
художественную гимнастику любому другому виду спорта. 23. Мы не сможем с вами
соревноваться, мы недостаточно подготовлены. 24. Вы собираетесь участвовать в
соревнованиях по гребле? — Обязательно. 25. Я уверен, что игра закончится вничью. 25. У
нас прекрасный зал и все возможности для хорошей физической подготовки.
IX. Correct the wrong statements. Add a few more sentences to make up a
dialogue:
1. There is no difference between "soccer" and "rugby". 2. Badminton can be played only
indoors. 3. The goal-keeper acts as a judge in football. 4. Ice hockey is popular with women. 5. A
tennis ball is struck with a club. 6. Women are good football players as a rule. 7. People who play
draughts are called draughtsmen. 8. We use balls when playing badminton. 9. Golf is played on ice
fields. 10. Hockey is one of the most popular summer games. 11. Table-tennis and lawn-tennis are
one and the same game. 12. In hockey a handball and rackets are used. 13. Boxers fight with bare
hands. 14. Track and field events are never included in Olympic Games. 15. You may touch the ball
with your hands when playing football.
Prompts: I just don't agree...; I'm not so sure...; All I know is... but at least...; How can you
say such a thing! You seem to think that...; That is just the other way round. You are badly mistaken.
X. Try to describe your favourite game. Use a dictionary to look up any special
words. Let your partners guess which game you are describing. Speak according to
the plan that is given in the example:
E x a m p l e:
1. Number of players (per team):
Two teams of eleven players each.
2. Equipment necessary: a ball.
Each player wears shorts and special boots.
3. Place where played: a special field which has goal posts at both ends.
4. How to play and win: the players kick the ball to each other. They try to kick it between
the goal posts of the opposing team. The opposing team try to stop them, The team scoring the
greatest number of "goals" wins.
5. Length of game: one hour and a half, with a break in the middle.
6. Some of the rules: only the two goal-keepers (who stand in front of the two goals) are
allowed to touch the ball with their hands; no one can kick or push another player.
(See "Approaches," Cambndge, 1979)
XI. a) Speak on each kind of sport on the list below; briefly describe it as well
as the qualities it requires from the sportsman, е.g. strength, endurance, quickness
