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UNIT 1

SPORT

Topic 1

Sports and Games

You should be able to speak about different kinds of sport activities, express personal attitude to indoor and outdoor sports, and describe the sport events.

Presentation

Which sports and games are popular in your country? Make a list of them.

Vocabulary

Ex.1. Using the words from the chart, fill in the blanks in the sentence.

1) At our local sports centre you can play various __________games.

2) I'm not too keen_________________ sports such as power-lifting.

3) The __________________you need for skiing, like boots and a ski suit is rather expensive.

4) I enjoy watching hockey but I've never been very good _______ it.

5) Are you fond ____________________sports like diving?

6) Which do you prefer –summer or ________________sports?

7) Is swimming an _____________or indoor sport in your country?

8) Personally, I think the ________________should have awarded a penalty.

9) Athletes have to be extremely _________________if they want to compete successfully.

10) There were thousands of ____________________ at the match.

11) What sports _________ did take place in your school last time?

12) What___________ are popular with the schoolchildren in your country?

13) What___________ are you a fan of?

Ex.2. Match pictures with the words.

a) surfing; b) diving; c) climbing; d) cycling; e) golf; f) gliding

Ex.3. Complete the chart below by adding the words in the list.

athletics	diving	game	tennis racket	rod
bat	field	hockey	marathon	skis
boots	helmet	judge	player	stadium
beach ball	boxing gloves	motor racing	pool	snooker
canoeing	coach	manager	parachuting	striker
captain	Fishing	net	rock climbing	trunks
court	goalkeeper	pitch	referee	team
basketball	golf	pole vault	ring	water polo
defender	ground	oar	squash	whistle
Games	Sport	People	Places	Equipment

Ex.4. Complete the sentences with the words from the chart.

Model: The competitions in diving are held in a pool.

1) The person who selects the players for a game is the _________________________________.

2) The official who makes sure players follow the rules in games like tennis, squash and basket ball is the __________________.

3) London's most famous place for international matches is Wembley _____________________.

4) The football player who tries to score goals is called_________________________________.

5) We play squash and tennis on an indoor___________________________________________.

6) In table tennis you hit the ball with a round_________________________________________.

7) You can't row without _________________________________________________________.

8) A hard hat that keeps your head safe is a____________________________ __________________.

9) A piece of ground where you play games like football or cricket is a _____________________.

10) A person who teaches a sport is a_____________________ ______________________________.

11) A game where two players hit a small ball against a wall in a special room called a court is_____.

12) A group of people who play a sport or a game together against another group is a ___________.

Ex.. 5. Find nine words connected with sport.

t	t	b	o	o	t	s	f
e	r	a	c	k	e	t	o
n	a	g	o	a	l	t	o
n	i	g	u	o	n	s	t
i	n	m	r	t	c	l	b
s	e	f	t	n	s	k	a
d	r	o	t	e	a	m	l
t	s	p	i	t	c	h	l

Ex.6. Cross out an odd word. Explain your choice.

1) badminton, fencing, soccer, tennis

2) weight-lifting, figure-skating, kickboxing, judo

3) draughts, skiing, skating, running

4) court, swimming-pool, team, stadium

5) trainer, soccer, player, athlete

6) take place, take part, win, lose

Ex.7. Match question in A with the answer in B. In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

A	B
Do you go in for sports?	Oh no, he isn't.
Do you have a good trainer?	No, but I'd like to.
What sports competitions took place in your school last year?	In football and basketball as far as I remember.
Is your friend a good athlete?	Believe it or not but we won the match.
Who won the first place?	Yes, he is very qualified.
Did you win or lose the last basketball match?	I don't know.

Ex.8. Work in pairs. Ask and answer how we call a person who goes in different kinds of sport. Use model.

Model: - How do we call a person who goes in for wrestling? - A person who goes in for wrestling is a wrestler.

Cycling, swimming, running, mountaineering, boxing, skiing, racing, hunting, playing football, playing chess, playing draughts, athletics, skating, playing volleyball, playing basketball, playing hockey.

Ex.9. Which sports do you think are…?

Ø very exciting to watch?

Ø very boring to watch?

Ø very dangerous to play?

Ø very fast to play? very slow to play?

Ø very interesting to watch?

Reading

Ex.10. Work in pairs, discuss the following questions.

· What are your favourite ways of keeping fit?

· What other ways of keeping fit are popular in your country?

Ex.11. Skim the three texts and match them to the pictures.

Korfball

A mixture between handball and basketball, korfball is a fast, exciting game. The main difference is that men and women play on the same team. It’s also a great way to keep fit! The game began in the Netherlands about 100 years ago, and there are now korfball clubs in more than forty countries around the world. There are eight players on each team – four male and four female – and each player tries to throw the ball (similar to a soccer ball) into the “goal” which is a bit like a basket but bigger. You can’t touch your opponent, kick or run with the ball, and men can only attack against men and women can only defend against women. A game lasts for sixty minutes and the teams change ends after every two goals. “It’s a terrific sport and a great way to meet people,” says Paul Dicks of the British Korfball Association.

Tai-chi

Tai-chi is a Chinese martial art which goes back thousands of years. It is different from most forms of exercise in that it is very gentle. It consists of a series of slow movements which you must do very carefully and exactly. The big advantage is that you can do it anywhere, anytime, and you don’t need to be a member of a club or use any expensive equipment – all you need is a qualified teacher! Tai-chi fans say it is an excellent way of getting rid of stress. Early in the morning, you can see people doing the gentle movements of Tai-chi in parks all over China, and it is now common in the West, too. So what’s the secret of Tai-chi? “Mind and body working together”, says one enthusiast.

Gaming for fitness

Most people don’t see playing video games as a way of keeping fit. You sit on the floor, or on the sofa, you look at the screen… and the only part of your body that moves is your thumb. But that’s all changing… Thanks to a brand-new game from Japan called Dance Dance Revolution, games are now getting onto the exercise floor. In this case, the floor is a grid of nine squares. You put one foot in the centre and move your other foot in time to the dance music that gets faster and faster as you go through levels. “Most gamers just want to go to a fantasy world when they play a video game, but why not have games which are physical as well?” says one DDR fan. So, who knows? Perhaps the gamers in the future will be fit and healthy people – thanks to Dance Dance Revolution.

Ex.12. What do the following words refer to? Find information in the text.

Model: It is also a great way to keep fit! – These words refer to Korfball.

1) It is a terrific sport and a great way to meet people…

2) …It is very gentle.

3) … It is an excellent way of getting rid of stress…

4) … You can do it anywhere, anytime…

5) … when they play a video game…

Ex.13. Read the text and make notes of the following for each activity.

	Where it began	When it began	Adjectives/phrases to describe it
Korfball
Tai-chi
Gaming for fitness

Ex.14. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.

Ø Would you like to try any of these ways of keeping fit? Why?

Ø Do you know of any other unusual ways of keeping fit?

Grammar

GRAMMAR SPOT

Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Present Simple	Present Continuous
We use the present simple to talk about habits and daily routines. We use this tense with every day, usually, often, on Sundays, etc. Tom plays tennis every Saturday.	We use the present continuous for actions happening now, at the moment of speaking. We use this tense withnow, at present and at the moment. “Where is Tom?” – “He is playing tennis now.”

Ex.15. Say if the following statements are true or false. Correct false ones.

Model: 1. I don’t know his telephone number. - true

2. Please, don’t make so much noise. I study. – false. I am studying.

1. Look! Somebody is climbing up the mountains. -

2. Can you hear those people? What do they talk about? -

3. Are you believing in God? -

4. Look! That man runs faster than the others. -

5. Coaches train the teams. -

6. I’m thinking it would be a good idea to go surfing. -

7. I’m usually playing chess in the evening. -

Ex.16. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. I ____________ (not/to belong) to this sport club.

2. Hurry! I ___________ (not/to want) to miss the match.

3. Can you ski? – No, but I ____________ (to learn). My father ___________ (to teach) me.

4. You can borrow my tennis racket. I ___________ (not/to need) it at the moment.

5. John _______________ (to row) very fast today – much faster than usual.

6. We often _____________ (to take) part in all competitions, but we _________ (not/to take) part in this one.

Ex.17. Make up questions to the given answers. Practice the conversation with the partner.