Laboratory exercises (I)

1. Listen to the text "A Friend in Need", mark the stresses and tunes. Read the text following the model.

A) Paraphrase the given sentences,

B) Make up sentences contrasting to the given ones using the verb need and a suggested noun.

C) Respond to the remarks using the given pattern.

Write a spelling-translation test.

Change the given sentences according to the model.

Task I. Listen to the English sentences and write down the Russian translation. Check your translation with the key (written work).

Task II. Translate your phrases back into English and check them with the key.

6. Listen to the text "The Story of Arthur Bloxham" or some other story on students' life; write 10 questions to the text. Get ready to discuss it in class.

TOPIC: SPORTS AND GAMES

TEXT A. WHAT MAKES ALL PEOPLE KIN

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

The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunt­ing, hockey and, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow — skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some 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 interest; this game is played in all the countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favour in different countries are golf, lawn-tennis, cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular.

All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wres­tling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women go in for callisthenics.

Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, ta­ble tennis, draughts and some others, but the great interna­tional game is chess, of course. The results of chess tournaments are studied and discussed by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries.

So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes all people kin.