Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

sports hall

gym n

boxing gloves

javelin n

trampoline (батут) n

jumping (spring) board

uneven (parallel), asymmetric bars

Word Combinations

athletic training

to win the team (personal,

to follow a tournament

national, world) champion-

(competition, etc.)

ship

to kick the ball

to win by 2 (3, etc.) goals

to score a goal (20 points)

(points)

to keep the score

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

of reaction, courage, etc. Say a few words about its advantages and attractive

features:

mountaineering, rowing, yachting, hockey, tennis, basket-ball, volley-ball, chess, boxing,

wrestling, fencing, artistic gymnastics, figure-skating, skiing, skating, ski-jumping, sky-diving,

archery, discus throwing, wind-surfing, steeplechase, marathon.

b) Make up dialogues discussing one (or several) of the sports from the list

above. Use the following:

in my opinion ...; there's nothing like ...; I don't quite see what people find in ...; how can you

say such a thing!; I don't know anything more exciting than ...; I see nothing exciting in ...; I can't

agree with you there; absolutely marvellous; I like it immensely.

XII. a) Read the text and comment on it:

Hang Gliding The Sport of the 1980s

Hang gliding, like windsurfing, comes from America. The person who thought of this sport,

Francis Rogallo, got the idea when he was watching space capsules falling towards the sea. The

capsules had a sort of wing which helped them to go more slowly until they reached the sea.

But this idea isn't as new as you might think: in the fifteenth century, Leonardo da Vinchi

drew pictures of a hang glider; it was a sort of kite which could carry a person.

The modern hang glider can go with the wind or against it, and the pilot can change direction

by moving the control bar. Hang gliders rise and fall with the movements in the air — near lulls, for

example, they usually go up.

All over the world, these giant butterflies are becoming more and more popular, as people

discover the fun of flying.

(From "Modern English International".

Mozaika, 1984, No. 264)

b) What do you know of the kinds of sport which recently appeared! Describe

them and say what attracts people in them.

XIII. Act out the following situations: