Vocabulary. scuba diving ­ подводное плаванье

scuba diving ­ подводное плаванье

sport event ­ спортивное соревнование

compete v ­ соревноваться, конкурировать

win (won, won) v ­ побеждать

hold (held, held) v ­ проводить (соревнование и пр.)

sky diving ­ прыжки с парашютом

5.11 What sports do you know? What is sport for you?

5.12 Put play, go or do. Use: play with team game s or games against another person, go with -ing forms and do for not team sports.

snowboarding, aerobics, volleyball, fishing, golf, jogging, basketball, mountain biking, scuba diving, yoga, gymnastics, karate

5.13 Match the correct word with the correct explanation.

1 Archery a) the sport of bicycle riding and bicycle

racing

2 Basketball b) to plunge into water headfirst

3 Boxing c) the sport of racing long narrow boats

propelled by oars

4 Athletics d) a sport where one lifts barbells in

competition or as an exercise

5 Diving e) a game played with bat and ball by

two teams of nine players each

6 Cycling f) a form of wrestling developed in Japan

from jujitsu

7 Judo g) shooting with bows and arrows

8 Baseball h) hand-to-hand combat between

two unarmed contestants

9 Rowing i) exercises of strength, speed and skill

10 Weightlifting j) two teams trying to toss an inflated

ball into a raised goal

5.14 What do you know about the Olympic Games? Read the text, then choose one of the statements from a-c that gives its main idea.

a) The Olympics are one of the most ancient sport competitions in the

world.

b) The Olympics are the world most popular sport games.

c) The history of the Olympic Games.