Vocabulary. Sport in Our Life

Задание 1.Выписать лексику с переводом по теме Sport (СПОРТ).

Vocabulary

bodybuilding	бодибилдинг, силовой фитнес
facilities (мн.ч.)	объекты, площадки
gymnastics	гимнастика
liveliness	подвижность
skating rink	каток
skiing station	лыжная база
swimming	плавание
swimming pool	бассейн
to be fond of sports	любить спорт, увлекаться спортом
to do sports	заниматься спортом
to do training	тренироваться
to go in for skating	кататься на коньках
to go in for skiing	кататься (ходить) на лыжах
to keep fit	поддерживать в хорошей форме
to unite	объединять

Задание 2.Прочитать и перевести текст.

Sport in Our Life

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined. It unites people of different classes and nationalities.

Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in for skiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volleyball, football, bodybuilding, etc. All necessary facilities are provided for them: stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, skating rinks, skiing stations, football fields. Sport is paid much attention to in our educational establishments. Gymnastics is a part of children's daily activity in the kindergartens. Physical culture is a compulsory subject at schools and colleges.

Professional sport is also paid much attention to in our republic. There are different sporting societies clubs and complexes. The most famous of them are the Olympic complexes "Luzhniki", "Dynamo" stadium, etc. They are used for international and world competitions.

Practically all kinds of sports are popular in our republic but football; gymnastics and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity.

As for me, I go in for swimming. It needs mobility, liveliness and much energy. It keeps a person in a good form. I have been swimming for a 5 years. I get a real joy taking part in competitions or a simply swimming with my friends. Certainly, it`s a great distance between my manner of swimming and such favorites as Popov, but I do my training with great pleasure and hope to swim well as our best swimmers do.

Задание 3.Ответить на вопросы.

1. Do you do your morning exercises every day?

2. How do children and grown-ups take care of their health?

3. Are there a lot of different competitions held at college?

4. Do you go in for sports?

5. Are there any popular kinds of sports in our country? What are they?

6. What is your favourite sport?

7. Where do you prefer to rest?

8. Do your friends go in for sports?

9. Do you like winter or summer sports?

10. Our hobbies help us in our life, don't they?