2015-06-16
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1. Our team won by three goals / points. 2. She broke the Olympic record last year. 3. He holds the record for the 100 meters breast-stoke. 4. Liverpool beat Hamburg 4-2 yesterday. 5. The teams have never been defeated. 6. How many goals / points have you scored this season? 7. I think I”II take up bowls next spring and give up golf. 8. For many people, sport is a question of winning or losing. 9. The sports were held as usual on the recreation field, next to the glove factory. Officials outnumbered spectators, but there were more competitors than ever before. 10. Things began to go wrong and he suffered a number of defeats. 11. Then thing went from bad to worse. My uncle was disqualified in the race. What’s more, he’s been banned from entering the competition for five years.
Задание 4. Порядок выполнения задания.
A) Match the games with their definitions. Use the following adjectives to characterize the sports from the table.
| Exciting, challenging, thrilling, relaxing, competitive, dangerous, frightening, risky, exhausting, nerve-racking, demanding. |
| Football | To get a ball through a net | |
| Volleyball | is a kind of game in which you try | To knock a ball into a hole |
| Golf | To knock a ball in to a goal | |
| Cricket | To knock a ball through some hoops | |
| Tennis | To hit a ball so that your opponent |
B) Match the sports to the sport grounds they are normally played. Which of them are individual sports? Which are indoor / outdoor sports? Which are winter / summer / all year round sports?
| Boxing, badminton, snooker, rowing, wrestling, synchronized swimming, scuba diving, kayaking, rock climbing, marathon, hockey, golf, weightlifting, ice hockey, ice skating, rugby. |
| Track | |
| Pitch | |
| Ring | |
| Rink | |
| Court | |
| Other |
c) Look at the list adjectives and in pairs discuss:
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| Demanding, exhilarating, hazardous, rough, extreme, individual, adventurous, invigorating, challenging, national, international. |
- which of them best describe the sports mentioned above;
- what qualities are required from sportsmen.
Model: I believe that squash is one of the most demanding sports because you play one on one and you only have your own strength to rely on.
