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Have we lost the ancient idea of sport?




In Ancient Greece there w as an image of man after which individuals w ere striving. Harmony was an inseperable part of this image. A man was expected to be well-developed in body and mind. One of the ways in which man reached for this harmony was through sport. He exercised his body so that it would be healthy so that he would be flexible both physically and mentally. R ivalry was not an aim in itself in the world of sport as it often is nowadays. We are obsessed with stop-watches and centimeters with the breaking of records and witK international co mpetition. Parti cipation has taken an unimportant place. It has given way to national and international even ts popularized and broadcast by the media. Today, liking sport too often means liking it on television. Enthusiasm for football may bring us to the stands but it doesn't take us to the field. This is partly the result of modern communica­tions but it is also because we no longer recognize the important regulating function that sport should have in our lives making us live more in harmony with ourselves and others. We seem to have lost the Ancient Greek idea of sport altogether.

 

There is so much money involved in sport nowadays. Top clubs pay professional football players up to million pounds a year. So the best players leave their national team and play for the team and play for the team that pays them the most. Transfer fees on top football players are also ridiculous. Newcastle paid Blackburn a fifteen million-pound transfer fee for Alan Shearer. Of course this has an effect on ticket prices.

Tickets on premier league football matches cost L50. who can afford that? Certainly not school kids. In athletics and cycling, there is so much pressure to win and break records. The result is injuries, cheating and drug taking. It’s sad. Sport should be fun and it should be good for you, but many athletes are actually killing themselves with drugs.

The money in sport leads to terrible pressure on sports people. And the pressure starts at the very young age. Take Martina Hingis. She won Wimbledon. But what happened to her childhood? She didn’t have one. She spent it training 10 hours a day.

Vocabulary exercises

 

Complete the sentences

 

1) …. in Ancient Greece were to played within the context of a religious festival and were held in honour of …..

2) The victors of Olympic Games were crowned with ……

3) …. must sponsor athletes providing … opportunities for them to bring glory to their country.

4) …. and gyms are equipped with all kinds of sports(training) ……….. so that everybody might afford training.

5) ……….. race was one of the events of ancient Olympics.

6) Sport in general and Olympic Games in particular …………….. friendship among nations

7) Describing an image of man after which individuals should strive we should point out that he is flexible both physically and………………... because body and mind are closely …………………..

8) An excellent performance brings one to the ……………...

9) Being …………….. to succeed sportsmen take testosterone to …………….. muscular size and strength.

 

frantic increase Olympic Games Zeus promote chariot mentally interrelated stands stadiums wreaths of olive leaves the government

 

Agree or disagree

 

1) Aristocratic ideas of physical fitness and intellectual prowess still reside in modern sport.

2) Sport events should be popularized and broadcast by the media.

3) The government must tighten drug regulations in sport.

 

 

Give synonyms

 

pentathlon a two-event match competitors to be banned to be resumed / to be restored umpire sports hall artistic gymnastic

­__________________________________________________________________ participants a five-event match calisthenics biathlon to be cancelled to be revived referee gymnasium

 

Answer the questions.

 

1) Were you a complete all-rounder at school?

2) What do you feel when playing badminton?

3) What sports game is an ultimate thrill and a real pleasure for you?

 






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