Учебно-методическое пособие для студентов 1 курса Екатеринбург (стр. 11 из 16)

Most of our contemporaries pay much attention to fitness. Being the best way to it, various sorts and sporting activities are growing in popularity. Sport is very important in our life. First of all, it helps us in everyday life. The Greeks used to say, “A sound mind is in a sound body”. Millions of people who go in for sports know from their own experience that this famous saying is true. At the same time a great number of people don’t go in for sports. Some of them realize that sport is useful but prefer watching sport competitions on TV to going in for sports themselves. Some people consider sport just a waste of time.

Still many people go in for sport activities. There is a great network of sport clubs offering a great choice of sports. They have necessary facilities, equipment and coaching. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, ice-hockey, skiing, and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure-skating and ski-jumping. Summer provides excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, cycling 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. Other popular games are volleyball, basketball, badminton, and tennis. All year round many people do boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Chess is the most popular among indoor games.

The ability to play games well is highly appreciated among the English people. Most Englishmen consider themselves good sportsmen. This is not surprising because England has been the house of sports for centuries. Cricket, golf, tennis and football are English national games. Almost every Englishman plays cricket and football, every large town in England has a cricket club. Football, namely soccer, has spread all over the world. Tennis probably takes the first place in public favour. In London every park has grounds for playing tennis.

I do not know anything more exciting than tennis; in my opinion, tennis is the most interesting kind of sports. I have been playing tennis since childhood. It helps me to become stronger and physically developed. By the way, going in for sports always makes people more organized and better disciplined in their daily activities.

В какой части текста можно найти информацию:

1. The author’s favourite sport

2. Outdoor winter sports

3. Popular sports in England

4. The author’s opinion about sport

5. National games in Britain

Придумайте заголовок к каждой части текста

Выберите верный вариант ответа (возможно несколько правильных ответов):

1. English national games are:

a) football;

b) hockey;

c) golf.

2. In the saying “A sound mind is in a sound body” the word sound means:

a) healthy

b) loud

c) young

3. In summer you have a great opportunity to take:

a) cycling

b) tobogganing

c) track and field

4. Going in for sports makes people:

a) stronger

b) more disciplined

c) healthier

5. English people are fond of:

a) cricket;

b) gymnastics;

c) tennis

Подготовьте рассказ про спорт в вашей жизни.

Пройдите тест “Are you a future sport star?” и прокомментируйте результат:

1. It’s time for football practice, but it’s raining outside. What do you do?

a) Go out and play football in the rain. (3)

b) Stay at home and watch TV. (1)

c) Go to the gym instead. (2)

2. Your team loses a match. What do you do?

a) Give up now. You are never going to be famous. (1)

b) Train every day and try harder next time. (3)

c) Get very angry and blame the referee. (2)

3. You earn a lot of money very quickly. What do you do?

a) Go out shopping and buy designer clothes, a new house and a fast car. (1)

b) Buy some things that you want and put the rest in the bank. (3)

c) Give it all to friends and family. (2)

4. You are tired after a match, but lots of people are waiting for your autograph. What do you do?

a) Ignore them all and go home. (2)

b) Stop and talk to some of them and sign their autographs. (3)

c) Be very rude to them and tell them to go away. (1)

5. The newspapers write a terrible story about you that isn’t true. What do you do?

a) Get very depressed, because you want everyone to love you. (2)

b) Write angry letters to the newspaper, complaining about the story. (1)

c) Don’t get upset. Nobody believes what the newspapers say. (3)

KEY:

5-7 points: Never! You are very lazy and have a very bad attitude to fame and fortune.

8-11 points: You are a very good sports player but you are not a future sports star. You must train more and be more patient to be famous.

12-15 points: You can be a star. Work hard and focus on sport and you can be the number one!

10.

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o Помочь вам

o Перевести английский текст

o Присоединиться к вам вечером на вечеринке

o Передать вам ноты

o Следовать за вами

Измените предложения, используя местоимения в скобках:

o Let’s buy these biscuits (she)

o Let’s do this exercise at home (he)

o Let’s rehearse in the evening (they)

o Let’s go to the library (we)

o Let’s help them (I)

Переведите предложения, используя Let+дополнение:

o Давайте позавтракаем

o Давайте не будем смотреть этот фильм

o Давайте я куплю программу

o Пусть они придут к 6 часам

o Пусть он не смотрит в текст

MODULE 10

Текст: Art in my life

Грамматика: Настоящее длительное время

(Present Continuous)

Тест: What can you say about your cultural life this month?

Практика: A letter of recommendation I

Прочитайте и переведите, обращая внимание на употребление времен:

1. Listen! The teacher’s explaining a very difficult thing. She always explains difficult things carefully.

2. My best friend lives a long way from me, so I can’t visit him very often, but we usually call each other twice a week.

3. - Hello! I can’t hear you. Who’s calling?

4. John speaks three foreign languages. Just now he’s speaking French on the telephone.

4. I always drive my wife to work. The road’s bad today, so I’m driving very carefully.

Напишите ing – форму от следующих глаголов и прочитайте:

Meet, mend, test, fetch, listen, show, explain, do, ask, answer, read, tell, work, write, translate, drive, give, smoke, take, make, have, prepare, dance, stop, put, sit, get, swim, begin, travel, study, copy, play, say, stay, pay, try, lie, die.

Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Continuous:

1. My book (to lie) on the table.

3. The doctor and her patient (to talk).

4. We (to cook) dinner. My mother (to make) a salad.

5. A young man (to drive) a car. He (to listen) music.

6. My grandfather (to read) a book.

7. You (to have) a break?

8. She still (to sing).

Изучите новые слова, прочитайте текст и ответьте на вопрос: What kinds of art do you know and which of them do you like most?

Vocabulary

Слово	Транскрипция	Перевод	Пример
to enrich	[ɪn'rɪʧ]	обогащать	Art enriches man’s mind and soul
prominent	['prɔmɪnənt]	выдающийся	He is a prominent writer of our century
to attract	[ə'trækt]	привлекать	Opera attracts me more than theatre
to star	[stɑː]	играть главные роли	Who stars in this film?
to look forward to (Ving)	ждать с нетерпением	I’m looking forward to meeting you!
puppet show	['pʌpɪtʃəu]	кукольное представление	Frankly speaking, I hate puppet shows
It goes without saying	Не стоит и говорить, что…	It goes without saying art is very important in our life
festive	['festɪv]	праздничный	Was it a festive event?
box-office	['bɔksˌɔfɪs]	касса	You must go to the box office if you need the tickets
stalls	[stɔːlz]	места в партере	The stalls are usually not empty
upper-circle	['ʌpə 'sɜːkl]	балкон	Do you want the seats in the upper-circle, in the pit or in the box?
pit	[pɪt]	партер
box	[bɔks]	ложа
conductor	[kən'dʌktə]	дирижер	He is a famous conductor
to be keen on	увлекаться	They are keen on cinema

Art in my life

Art plays an important role in our life. In the variety of its forms – cinema, television, theatre, music, and literature – it develops our artistic taste and helps to appreciate beauty, to solve the eternal problem of good and evil. It enriches our life emotionally and spiritually.

Hundreds of years ago theatre was the only attraction and enjoyed universal popularity. But with the invention of cinema, radio and TV theatre has lost its prominent position. Now it is television that attracts millions. Theatre has become the entertainment for the elite, a fashionable pastime for those who really love it. To get tickets to the best theatres where famous actors star is almost impossible.

Some people enjoy occasional visits to the theatre. They look forward to seeing an opera, a ballet, a comedy, a puppet or a mime show, a music or a variety show. It goes without saying visiting a theatre is much more a festive event than going to the cinema.

Theatres are very much the same everywhere. Passing through the door you come to the box-office, where tickets are sold. If you want to get tickets for the first night you’d better take them in advance. The best seats at theatres are in the stalls and the upper-circle. Then comes the pit and the last of all is the gallery, where the seats are the cheapest. Boxes of course are the most expensive. Most theatres have good orchestras and popular conductors.

When you go to the opera for example you can get the best of everything: an excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated singers and a well-dressed audience. But if you are not fond of music and singing, opera won’t interest you. Frankly speaking I’m not so keen on opera myself. Drama and ballet are more to my liking.

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