Unit 9. SPORT Text: Sport in our life. Grammar: The Passive Voice. Практические цели: введение и закрепление грамматической темы: The Passive Voice и выполнение грамматических упражнений на закрепление. Ознакомление лексического материала по теме "Sport" и закрепление активной лексики в речевых упражнениях.
Sports and games popular in England — What would you say are the most popular games in England today?
— Well, I suppose football, that is, soccer, racket and cricket.
— What are the other outdoor games?
— Oh, there's tennis, hockey, golf, and so on. Tennis is played all the, year round—on
hard courts or grass courts in summer, and on hard or covered courts in winter.
— What about horse-racing?
I should say that is one of the most popular sports in Great Britain. Then there are, of course,
walking-races, running, swimming and boxing.
— I've been told that there are no winter sports in England.
— Well, you see; the English winter isn't very severe as a rule and we don't often have the
chance of, skiing, skating or tobogganing, but winter is the great time for hunting, provided
the ground is not too hard.
— Is there any golf to be had near London?
— Oh, yes, any amount. There are dozens of good golf-links within an hour/or so of London.
You ought to join a golf club if you're keen on the game.
— I think I shall if I get the chance. What about indoor games?
— Well, there's chess, billiards, cards, table tennis... By the, way, do you play billiards?
— Well, but of 'course, I'm not a professional or a champion, just an ordinary amateur and not a
very good one at that.
Topical vocabulary. 1. amateur (professional) sport любительский спорт
2. championship чемпионат 3. competition соревнование
4. contest соревнование
5. cup (final, semi-final) match матч на кубок
6. indoor (outdoor or open-air) sports комнатный вид спорта
7. sports спортивные игры
8. sports adj, e. g. sports jacket (shirt) спортивный
9. tournament турнир
10. crew n (used for sportsmen команда
rowing or sailing a boat) national (Olympic, college)
11.team команда
12. official (umpire, referee, judge) n судья
13. opponent (rival) n соперник
14. sportsman (athlete) n спортсмен
15.sportswoman n спортсменка
16.fan (colloq.) n, e.g. фанат
17.football fan футбольный фанат
18.shout for v болеть за
19.spectator n зритель
20.support поддерживать
21.scoring system счетная система
22.best (record, fastest) time лучший результат
23.defeat наносить поражение
24.draw n. e. g. The match ended in a draw. ничья
draw v, e. g. The two teams drew.
25.goal n гол
26.lose v проиграть
loser n
27.point n, e. g . How many points have they won? очко
28.score n, e. g. The score of the game was 6 : 4 очко
score v. e. g. He scored 20 points. Neither side scored in the game (не забила гол).
29.victory n победа