Sports in our life

I.Vocabulary (writing) 1. What kinds of sport are the most popular all over the world? Name three the most popular kinds of sports. 2. Do you know what kinds of sport are considered to be a) Olympic sports and games, b) team games, c) unusual and dangerous sports, d) National British kinds of sport. Name as many kinds of sports as you can.

3. People who go in for different sports have different names. How do we call people who: a) play football, hockey, cricket, rugby, tennis; b) do judo, weight lifting; c) go swimming, jumping, running, windsurfing, mountaineering, potholing; d) ride a bike; e) do gymnastics? Now listen to check (Student’s Book ex.5 2) p.127) II. Listening

II. Listening (Keys) a) football- football player, footballer; rugby - rugby player; cricket - cricket player; tennis - tennis player; hockey – player; b) judo - judoist, weight lifting - weight lifter; c) swimming -swimmer, jumping -jumper, running -runner, windsurfing -windsurfer, mountaineering - mountaineer, potholing - potholer; d) cycling - bicyclist; e) gymnastics –gymnast.

III. Reading Text. Talking about sports. Read the following text. Then find the words and expressions in the text to match the definitions below. Ted likes swimming and soccer. He’s a pretty good swimmer. Last week he won the 100-meter swimming race. Ted and some of his friends are also on a soccer team. They have a very good coach. The coach gives wonderful advice. He thinks his athletes need to practice more. He says they should learn to run fast and to kick the ball very hard. Also, the athletes don’t stay calm enough at soccer events. The coach thinks they need to relax more and to go to bed early the night before an important match. 1. This word means a group of players. 2. This person teaches and gives advice to members of a team. 3. This is another word for a person who plays sports. 4. You do this when you want to get somewhere very quickly. 5. You do this with the ball in soccer and football, but not in tennis. 6. This is the opposite of nervous.

III. Reading (Keys)  Ted likes swimming and soccer. He’s a pretty good swimmer. Last week he won the 100-meter swimming race. Ted and some of his friends are also on a soccer team. They have a very good coach. The coach gives wonderful advice. He thinks his athletes need to practice more. He says they should learn to run fast and to kick the ball very hard. Also, the athletes don’t stay calm enough at soccer events. The coach thinks they need to relax more and to go to bed early the night before an important match

III. Reading Text. Winfield Wins Soccer Game. Complete the text with the words on the list. beat coach quickly nervous hard players soccer them they won Before the (1) ________ match in the Middletown, the Winfield team was (2) ________. Their (3) _______ said, “You played this team last month, and you (4) ________ them. You can beat (5) ________ again”. The Winfield team played well. (6) _______ kicked the ball (7) _______, and they ran as (8) ________as possible. The Middletown team had good (9) __________ too, but Winfield (10) ________ the game

III. Reading (Keys) Before the (1) soccer match in the Middletown, the Winfield team was (2) nervous. Their (3) coach said, “You played this team last month, and you (4) beat them. You can beat (5) them again”. The Winfield team played well. (6) they kicked the ball (7) hard, and they ran as (8) quickly as possible. The Middletown team had good (9) players too, but Winfield (10) won the game

IV. Grammar Which form is missing (Present Simple Passive, Present Progressive Passive, Past Simple Passive, Present Perfect Passive, Future Simple Passive)? Almost all the Olympic sports _____practised in Russia. Yachting _____ mentioned among the most complicated technically. Equestrian and wrestling contests _____ usually held. Dog-team and reindeer-sled racing _____ held in Yakutia last winter. A traditional Russian game gorodki _______ played in Luzhniki next Sunday. The first Russian baseball teams ______ formed now. Golf courses _______ built in our country at present. Recently some foreign sports ________ given more attention in Russia. In Moscow the federation of Billiards _________ instituted lately.

IV. Grammar (Keys) Almost all the Olympic sports are practised in Russia. Yachting is mentioned among the most complicated technically. Equestrian and wrestling contests are usually held. Dog-team and reindeer-sled racing were held in Yakutia last winter. A traditional Russian game gorodki will be played in Luzhniki next Sunday. The first Russian baseball teams is being formed now. Golf courses are being built in our country at present. Recently some foreign sports have been given more attention in Russia. In Moscow the federation of Billiards has been instituted lately.

IV. Grammar Turn the following sentences into Passive Voice. 1. People have been playing football for hundred of years. 2. British soldiers, seamen and businessmen introduced the modern game of football to other countries. 3. British children play Rugby at school. 4. The British organize the professional golf contest - the Rider Cup every year. 5. People played tennis a thousand years ago. 6. Amateur sportsmen practise summer games in winter.

IV. Grammar (Keys) 1. Football has been played for hundred of years. 2. The modern game of football was introduced to other countries by the British soldiers, seamen and businessmen 3. Rugby is played by British children at school. 4. The professional golf contest - the Rider Cup is organized every year by the British. 5. Tennis was played a thousand years ago. 6. Summer games are practised in winter by amateur sportsmen.

Speaking (presentation of the students’ projects) Projects 1. Olympic Games 2. Sports in Russia Sports in Russia 3. Sports in Great Britain Sports in Great Britain