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Санкт-Петербург

2008


Contents

Welcome to sports

Check it out

Sport: to do or to watch



The Olympic story - Greece and Special

Olympics Marathon and Marathons

The winners of the Beijing Olympic Games



The Beautiful Game

The A – Z of sport

The extreme sports

Sports facts: quiz

Sports equipment: quiz

Sources and resources



People

play

and

watch sport all over

the

world.

It’s

a

good

international

link – a way to find

friends

in

other

countries.


Check it out

Winning and loosing

gold/silver/bronze medal

Point goal rule score

Playing

beat compete hit

lose practice(Am)

practise(Br)

score train win

Describing (adjectives)

Boring dangerous

disappointing

Exciting fast slow

Places

Stadium tennis court

track


PEOPLE

EVENTS

Fun personal trainer player

Runner spectator team

Championship competition

game match race event

Athlete captain club coach

commentator competitor


Sport

:

to do

or

to watch?


Way of life



I live near the sea,

s o

s w i m m i n g

i s

part

of

my

life!

I

meet

my

friends

on the beach? And

we have fun. There

are exciting sports,

like surfing, too.

A.J., 19, Australia.

Some people play a sport.

Others prefer to watch it.

What are the

reasons?


Excitement



Soccer`s my favou- rite

sport. It`s really exciting.

It`s good to play and it`s

good

to

watch.

I

always

want my team to win. In

fact,

I

identify

with

my

team. When they win, I`m

really

happy.

But

when

they

lose,

I`m

in

a

bad

mood all day!

T.Y., 17, Japan.


Health



I play tennis. You feel

great.

You

run

and

jump, and you`re in the

fresh air. I always want

to win! I watch tennis

o n

T . V . ,

t o o .

I t ` s

exciting.



I love the Wimbledon

championships.

Every

year, I have a favourite

player.

It`s

a

good

g a m e

f o r

m e n

a n d

women.

P.H., 15, Argentina.


TV addict



I love to watch sport

on T.V.! It`s all there –

skiing,

hang

g l i d i n g ,

horse

jumping,

and

lots

more.

I

can`t

see

these

things in my town, but I

can watch them at home.

I can dream and perhaps,

one day…!

L.M., 20, USA.


THE
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GREECE

THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS

The Olympic Games begin in Ancient Greece/ The first written record:

776 B.C. The last Ancient Games: 393 A.D. That’s more that 1000 years!

Olympus is a special town for the Games. Sport and religion are

important for the Ancient Greeks. The event is in honour of the god

Zeus.

there

is

a

temple

in

Olympus,

and

a

big

stadium

-

20000

spectators can watch the Games. All the athletes are men, and the

spectators are men, too.

The competitors do not wear any clothes. The competitions are races

(400 meters and 5000 meters),

chariot-racing, boxing, and the pentathlon (running, long jump, discus,

javelin and wrestling).-.

During these Games, every four years, all wars stop. The cities of

Ancient Greece are at peace.


THE MODERN OLYMPICS

Athens 1896

At

the

end

of

the

19

th

century,

a

Frenchman,

Philippe

de

Coubertin,

w a n t s

t o

r e v i v e

t h e

Olympic Games. In 1896,

he

organizes

the

first

m o d e r n

G a m e s

i n

Athens.

There

are

295

a t h l e t e s

f r o m

1 3

countries,

and

40000

spectators.

After

this,

there

are

Games every four years.

But when there is a war

(1914-18

and

1939-45),

there are no Games.


Marathon:the place

The year: 490 B.C.

The place: Marathon and Athens, Greece

The

context:

War

between

Persia

and

Athens
:
The story:
A famous runner, Pheidippides, one of the Athenian soldiers, runs 240 kilometres to Sparta to ask for help, but there is a big festival in Sparta, and they answer :’No’. He runs back with the bad news. However, the Anthenians win the battle. And so Pheidippides runs to the city with the good news. He arrives, says ‘Nike’(victory) and - falls down,dead.

The new Marathon

The year:
1896
The place:
Marathon and Athens, Greece
The context:
The first modern Olympic Games
The length:
42 kilometres
The story:
Greece are the hosts. Up to now, they have no medals. The Marathon is a final event. Twenty-five runners begin the race on the bridge at Marathon. After 40 kilometres, a runner enters the stadium in Athens. The spectators give a huge cheer. The winner is a Greek postal worker,Spiridon Louis. Greece wins a gold medal!

Today, every marathon helps

raise money for charity.

Cancer, heart disease,

educational projects, poor

people – running can help all

these. Marathons even help

animals!


SPECIAL OLYMPICS

The Paralympics

Every four years, disabled people have their Games, too.

Some of the sports in these Paralympics are the same as

the

events

in

the

Olympics,

but

with

different

rules.

Some

of

the

sports

are

different.

Here

are

a

few

examples:

Basketball

and

Tennis:

they

play

these

sports

in

wheelchairs.

Goal-ball: a special game for blind

players. There is a bell in the ball, so

they can hear it.

Judo: blind people compete in this

.


Winter Olympics

Skiing, skating, sledge races… these

competitions take place every four years too. In

mountains, in the snow, the Winter Olympics

have a special atmosphere.


The Beautiful Game

Football (soccer) is really

international game. Not just

because national teams play against

teams from other countries in

international competitions like the

World Cup, the Copa Americana or

the Asia Cup. Players can also

play for clubs in different countries.


Some Top Players

Ronaldo (The Phenomenon
) Nationality: Brazilian Club Team: Real Madrid ( Spain) National Team: Brazil Position: Forward
David Beckham
Nationality: English Club Team : Real Madrid Position: Midfielder National Team: England (Captain)

Extreme sports

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4

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7

8

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Sports facts

Can you guess the sport?

Sometimes there are two possibilities.
A .Snow, a mountain, and two pieces of wood. B .Two or four players hit a ball over the net. c. Can you run 42.2 kilometres? D .Good players have black belts. e. A match can go on for five days. f. Argentinian horses help to win prizes. G .Fat men are good at it. H .Kids make magic on a piece of wood.