Summer and Winter Sports

People all over the world are very fond of sports and games. That is one of the things in which people of every nationality and class are united.

The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, and hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow — skating, skiing and tobogganing. It's so nice to go to the skating-rink on a frosty sunny day. Some people prefer to be out of town in such weather and to sledge or to ski in the woods. Many people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping.

Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interests; this game is played in all the countries of the world.

The other games that have firmly established themselves in favuor in different countries are cricket, volley-ball, basket­ball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular both with young and old.

All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for calisthenics. Over the last few years aerobics has become popular with young girls and women. Aerobics helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. The interest for it greatly increased thanks to Jane Fonda, a prominent American actress, the founder of this kind of sport. This woman may serve as an impressive example of inexhaustible health, cheerfulness and beauty. Being a great enthusiast of aerobics she has been trying to initiate many women all over the world into this sport.

Among indoor games which one can go in for all the year round are billiards, table tennis, draughts, chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by enthusiasts in different countries.

So we have all grounds to say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin.

Vocabulary:

to be fond of – захоплюватись, любити

outdoor winter sports – зимові види спорту на відкритому повітрі

shooting – стрільба

hunting – полювання

frosty – морозний

tobogganing – санний спорт

to sledge – кататися на санях

to enjoy – насолоджуватись

to afford excellent opportunity – надавати чудову можливість

boating – кататися на човні

yachting – кататися на яхті

cycling – велоспорт

gliding – планерний вид спорту

firmly – твердо

to indulge – захоплюватись

wrestling – боротьба (спортивна)

scores of young girls – безліч дівчат!!!

calisthenics – художня гімнастика, ритмічна гімнастика

slim – стрункий

prominent actress – видатна актриса

founder – засновник

impressive example – яскравий приклад

inexhaustible – невичерпний, невтомний

cheerfulness – радісний

to initiate – приваблювати кого-небудь до чого-небудь

draughts – шашки

all grounds – всі підстави

to make people kin – зближувати людей

I. Answer the following questions:

1. What are people all over the world fond of?

2. What unites people of every nationality?

3. What are the most important outdoor winter sports?

4. When do people like to go to the skating-rink?

5. Where can people sledge or ski?

6. What opportunities does summer afford?

7. What kind of sports takes the first place in public interests?

8. What kind of sports is popular all the year round?

9. Who was the founder of aerobics?

10. What example can Jane Fonda serve for the rest of women?

11. What indoor games can we go in for all the year round?

II. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1. Young men ___ the world go___ different kinds of indoor summer sports. 2. Both indoor and outdoor games are popular ___ them. 3. Children and adults like to ski ___ a frosty winter day. 4. ___ the last few years aerobics has become popular ___ young girls. 5. The founder ___ aerobics was American actress Jane Fonda. 6. There was a good crew ___ that ship. 7. Many people are waiting ___ you here. 8. The camel is called the ship ___the desert. 9. The steam engine was invented ___ I. I. Polzunov. 10. The cocoanut palm grows ___ nearly all tropical countries.

III Insert articles where necessary:

1. We liked ___ red flowers in her garden. 2. When ___ moon goes down and ___ sun comes up in ___ sky, ___ earth looks its best. 3.___ lion is ___ king of beasts. 4. This is ___ good red apple. 5. Where is ___ red apple which I have left here? 6. My parents do not like to travel by ___ sea. 7. ___ new school will be built in our street. 8. Kitty came up to bed and took ___ child. 9. Our football team is ___ strongest in ___ district. 10. Mary and Pete go to ___school.

IV. Put a personal pronouns in the objective case:

1.I must speak to (he). 2. She asked (I) to help (they). 3. My friends came to see (we) yesterday. 4. The box you wanted to give (she) is on my table. 5. My brother wanted to help (we) but we tried to do it ourselves without saying (he) anything. 6. Please, give (I) one cup of coffee more. 7. He made (we) feel sorry for (he). 8. Where is the book? – Don’t you see (it) on the shelf? 9. I have two extra pens. You may take any of (they).

V. Put all possible questions to the following:

1. I have much work to do today.

2. You are an intelligent and clever man.

3. There are many mistakes in your last composition.

VI. Use possessive pronouns in the following sentences:

1. We are students. This is ___ classroom. The door in ___ classroom is brown. 2. I am at home now. I am in ___ room, ___ room is small but it is light and comfortable. 3. Open ___ note-book, please. 4. We are sitting at ___ desks and writing in ___ copy-books. 5. Sit down, Dick.___ mark is good. 6. This man is ___ trainer. ___ name is Pavlenko.

VII. Translate the following sentences using objective case:

1. Це дуже гарні вправи. Зробіть їх вдома, будь ласка. 2. Ці спортсмени тренуються з нами. Я знаю їх добре. 3.Запишиiть нові слова у своїх словниках і вивчить їх. 4. Прочитайте цей текст уважно і перекладіть на українську мову. 5. Вона хоче поговорити з тобою про її нову роботу. 6. Мої друзі знають англійську мову дуже добре. Я часто роблю уроки з ними. 7. Я нe знаю цю дівчину.

VIII. Read and translate the dialogue:

A: Glad to see you. You known I am going to visit London

B: Oh, how splendid! When are you leaving?

A: I suppose in two weeks.

B: I went to London with a water polo team.

A: Can you tell me some interesting facts about it?

B: With pleasure. But the talk will be long It is impossible to tell about this city in two words.

A: O. K. Let’s meet some other time.

B: It will be better.