Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

yachting

athletics (track-and-field)

marathon (race)

discus (hammer,

javelin)

pole vault (vaulting)

throwing

race/run

high (long, triple) jump

shot putting

hurdle races

steeplechase

Some popular games

Open-air games

badminton n

net-ball n 56

56 net-ball:an English game, basically the same as basket-ball (played by women)

basket-ball n

rugby n (colloq. rugger)

cricket n

(lawn) tennis n

football n (colloq. soccer)

volley-ball n

golf n

water polo

hockey n

Indoor games

chess n

squash n

draughts n

table-tennis n

Sports Terms

amateur (professional) sport

cup (final, semi-final) match

indoor (outdoor or open-air) sports

championship n, е.g. national

football championship

sport n

compete v

sports n = events

competition n , е.g. inter-

sports adj, е.g. sports jacket

college cup competition

(shirt)

con'test v

sporting adj

'contest n , е.g. world gym nastics

tournament n

contest (rivalry in singing, beauty)

Participants

crew n (used for sportsmen

opponent (rival) n

rowing or sailing a boat)

sportsman (athlete) n

national (Olympic, college)

sportswoman n team

official (umpire, referee, judge) n

Audience

fan (colloq.) n , е.g. a foot-

spectator n

ball fan

sports enthusiast

shout for v

support v

Scoring system

best (record, fastest) time

point n, е.g. How many

defeat v

points have they won?

draw n, е.g. The match

runner-up n

ended in a draw.

score n , е.g. The score of the

draw v, е.g. The two teams drew.

game was 6:4 (six to four).

goal n

score v, е.g. He scored

lose v

20 points. Neither side

loser n

scored in the game (нe

victory n

забила гол).

Competition sites and sports equipment

barbell n

net n

beam n

play-ground n

chessboard n

puck n

chessman n

racket n

club (stick) n

rings n

discus n

ski jump

draughtsman n

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