Sport in Great Britain
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Britain is a country where leisure time and the sporting life are taken seriously. Sport is a form of physical and mental relaxation for the Englishmen. Many kinds of sport have taken the origin in England- football, cricket, rugby, golf, hockey, lawn tennis. English people are very fond of sport. They are called sport-lovers in spite of the fact that some of them neither play games nor even watch them.
Many kinds of sport are practiced in England: football, golf, rugby, swimming, rowing, cricket, fishing, fox-hunting, sailing and different racings: motor-car racing, dog racing, boat racing, horse racing and others. The English people also enjoy equestrian sports, such as horse racing, riding and polo. Professional sport is widely spread in Great Britain, especially football, boxing, rugby, and hockey. The number of participants and spectators shows that the most popular of the team games are football and cricket, and the most popular individual game is lawn tennis.
Football is the most popular sport in Great Britain. It is a team game. There are some amateur teams but most of the teams are professional ones in England. Professional football is a big business. The Football Association holds an annual «Knock out» cup competition. The cup final match is played at Wembley Stadium, the biggest stadium in London. This match is always attended by the Queen, who presents the cup to the winning team.
In Great Britain football is called soccer to distinguish the game from American football, the game that has much in common with rugby.
Cricket is the most favourite summer sport, which is called by the English «the greatest game in the world». Cricket is an open-air game played in a field of grass. Cricket is the most typically English game throughout Britain.
Golf is also a national game in Great Britain. Golf can be played all the year round. It is popular with the middle-ager people.
Rugby is a popular game in England. It is played with an oval ball. There are fifteen players per team in rugby union and thirteen in rugby league. Rugby league is played at top level in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
Wimbledon is the center of lawn tennis. All-England Tennis Club is there. Wimbledon is one of the world’s major tournaments.
Rowing is a popular sport in Great Britain, especially in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The first boat race between Oxford and Cambridge was held in 1829. Nearly every year since then there was a boat race between these two Universities.
English people began to go in for track-and-field athletics comparatively recently and produced many outstanding sportsmen in that kind of sport.
Sport is a compulsory subject at school. Swimming, track-and-field athletics, boxing, weightlifting, cycling, tennis, cricket are popular with the English students.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY:
amateur – n. любитель, adj. любительский
attend – присутствовать; посещать
boat race – гонка на лодках
compulsory – обязательный
distinguish – различать
enjoy – получать удовольствие от чего-л.; веселиться
equestrian sports – конный спорт
golf – гольф
have much in common – иметь много общего
lawn tennis – большой теннис
leisure – свободное время; досуг
major – важный, крупный
open-air game – игра на открытом воздухе
origin – начало; происхождение; originator n. – организатор, основатель
riding – верховая езда
rowing – (распашная) гребля
rugby – регби
sailing – парусный спорт; плавание под парусами
spectator n. – зритель; очевидец; spectacular adj. – захватывающий, эффектный, зрелищный
top level – высший уровень
tournament – турнир, спортивное соревнование
1. Ответьте на вопросы.
1. What is sport for the Englishmen?
2. What sports and games are practiced in England?
3. What is the most popular sport in Great Britain?
4. In what teams do Englishmen play football?
5. Is professional sport widely spread in Great Britain?
6. What sports are professional in Great Britain?
7. What is the biggest stadium in London?
8. What games are national in Great Britain?
9. Is rowing a popular sport in Great Britain?
10.When was the first boat race between Oxford and Cambridge held?
11. Is sport a compulsory subject at the English school?
12. What kinds of sport are popular with the English students?
2. Найдите в тексте английские эквиваленты следующих слов и словосочетаний.
Большой теннис, широко распространен, гонка на лодках, любительский, ежегодный, игра на открытом воздухе, люди среднего возраста, крупнейшие мировые турниры, охота на лис, легкая атлетика, велоспорт, иметь много общего.
3. Дайте русский эквивалент для следующих слов и словосочетаний.
Top level, major, tournament, equestrian, boat race, to distinguish, spectacular, to have much in common, leisure, open-air game, compulsory, to enjoy, sailing, riding, to attend.
4. Найдите в тексте слова, близкие по значению.
Rest, to like, competition, to visit, obligatory, almost, lately, to differ, outdoor game, significant.
5. Заполните пропуски словами, данными ниже.
| originator, boat race, top level, distinguish, major, open-air game, spectators, amateur, spectacular, equestrian, rowing, attend |
1. A lot of _____ came to watch the game.
2. _____ sports are sports in which participants engage largely without remuneration.
3. _____ is a sport in which the boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water.
4. Every fan dreams to _____ Word Cup final.
5. _____ sports combine the beauty and power of the horse with the skillful manipulation of the course by the rider.
6. Great Britain was the _____ of football, hockey, tennis and other sports.
7. Football is one of the most _____ games.
8. It is necessary to _____ lawn tennis from table tennis.
9. The Oxford-Cambridge ______ is a traditional annual rowing race between teams from Oxford University and Cambridge University.
10. Rugby is an ______ played with an egg-shaped ball.
11. Rugby league is played at ______ in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
12. Wimbledon is one of the world’s _____ tournaments.
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