Text 2. NATIONAL SPORT

1. Many kinds of sport originated from England. The English have a proverb, “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. They do not think that play is more important than work; they think that Jack will do his work better if he plays as well; so he is encouraged to do both. Association football, or soccer is one of the most popular games in the British Isles played from late August until the beginning of May. In summer the English national sport is cricket. When the English say: 'that's not cricket' it means 'that's not fair', 'to play the game means 'to be fair',

2. Golf is Scotland's chief contribution to British sport. Sporting life in Britain is close to the social class of the players or spectators except where a game may be said to be a 'national' sport. This is the case with cricket in England which is played and watched by all classes. This is true of golf, which is everywhere in the British Isles a middle-class activity. Rugby Union, the amateur variety of Rugby football, is the Welsh national sport played by all sections of society, whereas elsewhere it too is a game for the middle classes. Association football is a working-class sport as are boxing, wrestling, snooker, darts and dog-racing.

3. Walking and swimming are the two most popular sporting activities, being almost equally undertaken by men and women.

4. There are several places in Britain associated with a particular kind of sport. One of them is Wimbledon - a suburb to the south of London where the All­England Lawn Tennis Championships are held in July (since 1877). The finals of the tournament are played on the Centre Court. The other one is Wembley - a sta­dium in north London where international football matches, the Cup Finals and other events have taken place since 1923.

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1. What are Scottish and Welsh sport contributions? ¨

2. What does the English proverb mean? ¨

3. What sports are the two famous stadiums associated with? ¨

4. What are the most popular sports in Britain? ¨

5. What are the most popular activities for both genders? ¨

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