Can We Do Without Sport?

ТЕМА: Can We Do Without Sport?  

Active Vocabulary

an achievement – досягнення

calisthenics – художня гімнастика

a coach – тренер, інструктор

a contest – змагання

cricket – крикет

facilities – устаткування, обладнання, засоби, пристрої

fencing – фехтування

judo – дзюдо

a referee – суддя

tobogganing – санний спорт

track-and-field athletics – легка атлетика

weight-lifting – важка атлетика

to achieve – досягати, добиватися

to go in for sports - займатися спортом

to play draughts – грати в шашки

to support – підтримувати, вболівати

essential – невід'ємний, важливий

Warm-up

Answer the questions:

1. Do you prefer playing or watching sports?

2. What is your favourite sport?

3. Do you have good or bad experiences with sports at school?

4. What sports do you like to play?

5. What sports do you like to watch?

6. What sports do you think are the best?

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Text for reading:

The modern way of life when people have little physical activity, use cars instead of walking, watch television for many hours and work on computers is turning them into legless creatures. Although a lot of people are interested in staying healthy, not many people do very much about it. Only 10 per cent of adults take part in sport more than twice a week.

The majority of people live in towns and cities, where space for team sports is limited. To keep fit, most people take part in individual sports. Taking part in all of these sports is informal and casual. Most people just want to relax. If they do aerobics or go swimming, they usually go to the sports centre, but not many people join a sport club.

Some people argue that sport is not very useful. It takes a lot of energy and time. As a result of going in for sports, people have broken legs and arms and other injures. Besides, it makes you unhappy when you lose. A lot of people prefer to watch sports competitions rather than take part in sports. Thousands of people go to the stadiums to support their favourite teams and sportsmen. The most popular spectator sports are football, hockey and figure skating. Most of the important competitions are televised and people enjoy watching sports programmes on TV. They needn’t buy tickets and go to a stadium, especially in cold and rainy weather. But certainly watching sports events and going in for sports are two different things.

In my opinion, people can’t do without sport. Sport plays an important role in our lives. I think sport helps us in different ways. First of all, it helps us to stay in good shape, to keep fit and to be healthy. It makes people strong, fast. What is more, sport builds character, it teaches us to win and to lose. It makes us more organized and better disciplined in our daily activities. Besides, it is a good way to meet people and make new friends. Sport is an essential part of our everyday life. To have a healthy mind you must have a healthy body. But to be healthy, it is not necessary to become a professional sportsman. You may go in for sports just for pleasure when you have free time. Some people jog every morning, some follow fitness classes shown on TV. Young people usually put on their roller-skates and skate in the streets and parks. A lot of young people spend their holidays hiking. It doesn’t cost much and it is a really a good way of getting away from crowds.

Physical education is an important subject at school. It helps pupils to keep fit and to relax after a hard working day. Each school has good sports facilities. A lot of different competitions are usually held at school and a great number of pupils take part in it. That’s why I think sport is so popular in our country.

The most popular sports in Ukraine are football and hockey, skating and skiing, track- and- field and swimming, tennis and basketball. It is not always easy to decide which sport to take up. The aim of all sports training is to improve fitness and skills, and to develop training programmes that are both safe and effective. Scientists believe that if you go in for sports on regular basis, it can even help you to live longer.

Read the following sentences and decide if they are true or false:

1. When people have little physical activity they are being turned into legless creatures.

2. Only 10 per cent of adults go in for sports once a week.

3. Space for team sports in towns and cities is limited.

4. Sport takes a lot of energy and time.

5. The people don’t like to go to the stadiums to support their favourite teams and sportsmen.

6. Hiking doesn’t cost much and it is a good way of getting away from crowds.

7. Physical education is an important subject at school.

8. The most popular sports in Ukraine are football and volleyball, skating and skiing, athletics and cricket.

9. The aim of all sports training is to develop training programmes.

Translate the following word-combinations into Ukraininan:

1. to take part in sport competitions –

2. to join a sport club –

3. to make people strong and healthy –

4. to have little physical activity –

5. to stay in good shape –

6. to go in for sports just for pleasure –

7. to support the favourite team –

8. to make new friends –

9. to watch sports programmes on TV –

10. to improve fitness and skills –

11. to be an essential part of our everyday life –

12. to have some injures – 

Translate the following word-combinations into English:

1. брати участь в індивідуальних видах спорту –

2. займатися аеробікою і плаванням –

3. забирати багато енергії і часу –

4. бути дуже корисним для здоров’я –

5. стати професійним спортсменом –

6. бігати підтюпцем кожного ранку –

7. проводити канікули, подорожуючи пішки –

8. розслабитися після важкого робочого дня –

9. покращувати фізичну форму –

Decide if the statements are true or false:

1. Watching sports events and going in for sports are the same thing.

2. Sport helps us to stay in good shape, to keep fit and to be healthy.

3. To be healthy it is necessary to become a professional sportsman.

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