Task 1. Answer the questions. 1) Is sport very important in our life?
1) Is sport very important in our life?
2) What does sport help people?
3) Are many sports popular in Russia?
4) What popular sports are there in Russia?
5) Have all sports got their strong supporters.
6) Do Russian people take an active part in all sports?
7)What do sportsdivide into?
8) Are there sporting societies and clubs in Russia?
Task 2. Give Russian equivalents:
shape, fit, healthy, activities, soccer, weightlifting, track-and-field, tennis, basketball, volleyball, boxing, figure-skating, cross-country skiing, swimming, judo, shooting, supporter, fans, take an active part, tradition, divide, amateur, sporting societies, tournaments, gymnasts, weight, lifters, tennis players, swimmers, figure-skaters, runners, high jumpers, athletes, pay attention, overshadow, outdoor, wide-spread, skating-rinks, facilities, coach.
Task 3.Complete the sentences with words from task 2.
Task 4. False or true?Correct, if it is necessary.
1) Sport isn`t very important in our life.
2) Sport helps people to stay in good shape, keeps them fit, healthy.
3) Many sports aren`t popular in Russia.
4) Popular sports in Russia are rugby and cricket.
5) Russian people take an active part in all sports.
6)Sporting societies and clubs in Russia take part in different international tournaments.
7) Skating is a wide-spread activity in the cities.
8) Numerous national, and international matches, and competitions are regularly held in Russia.
Task 5. Complete the sentences.
1) Sport helps people to stay in good...
2) Popular sports in Russiaare ...
3) The Russian people... an active part in all sports and sports activities.
4) Sports are divided into professional and...
5) Sporting societies and clubs in Russia take ... in different international tournaments.
6) In Russia much ... is paid to organized sports.
7) Skating is a ... activity.
8) Numerous national, and international matches, and ...are regularly held in Russia.
Task 6. Ask your friend about sports in Russia. Use Task 1.
CONVERSATIONAL TOPIC.
«Free Time of Children»
Pre-reading task. Can you answer these questions?
1. When do children have free time?
2. What can children do in their free time?
Read the text and fill in the table. (Information gap)
Free Time Survey
Vocabulary
surveyin several towns take part
answer question prefer in your free time
percentage in the chart percent watch TV
surprisingfond of sporting activities
fitnessfans in amount
spend time in front of their TVs increase percent
Free timesurvey was held in several towns of the UK among young people from 16 to 36.They were divided into three age groups. About 1780 people took part in it and they were only allowed to choose one answer to the question “What do you prefer doing in your free time?”. The results are given in the percentage in the chart below.
The numbers turned to be somewhat surprising. We found that the older people get, the more they are fond of sporting activities. There are twice as many fitness fans in the third age group compared to the first one. The amount of people who like eating out was the same for all three groups. As people get older, they spend more time in front of their TVs.The number of those increases by five percent from group to group. Going out in the second group seems to be only six percent more popular than watching TV.
| Activity | 16-21 | 22-27 | 28-36 |
| Going out | 43 % | 8 % | |
| Watching TV | 19 % | ||
| Eating out | 14 % | ||
| Sports | 25 % | 34 % |
Task 1. Answer the questions.
1) Where was free timesurvey held?
2) Who took part in free timesurvey?
3) How many people took part infree time survey?
4) What were the rules of free timesurvey?
5) What are the results of free timesurvey?
Task 2. Give Russian equivalents:percent, watch TV,in the chart, surprising, fond of, sporting activities, survey, in several towns, take part, answer question, prefer, in your free time, percentage, fitness, fans, in amount, spend time, in front of their TVs, increase.
Task 3.Complete the sentences with words from task 2.
Task 4. False or true?Correct, if it is necessary.
1) Free time survey was held in several towns of the USA among old people from 60 to 76.
2) Participants of free timesurvey were divided into three age groups.
3) About 1780 people took part in free timesurvey.
4) Participants of free timesurvey were only allowed to choose ten answers to the question “What do you prefer doing in your free time?”.
5) The older people get, the more they are not fond of sporting activities.
6) The amount of people who like eating out was the same for all three groups.
7) As people get older, they spend more time in front of their TVs.
Task 5. Complete the sentences.
1) Free time... was held in several towns of the UK among young people from 16 to 36.
2) Participants of free timesurvey were ... into three age groups.
3) About 1780 people took ... in free timesurvey.
4) Participants of free timesurvey were only allowed to choose one ... to the question “What do you prefer doing in your free time?”
5) The older people get, ...more they are fond of sporting activities.
6) The ... of people who like eating out was the same for all three groups.
7) Going out in the second group seems to be only six ... more popular than watching TV.
Task 6. Ask your friend about free time survey. Use Task 1.
Task 7. Dialogue «Free Time Survey».
Holidays
Every year my friend and I go somewhere to the South for holidays. The Black Sea is one of the most wonderful places which attracts holiday-makers all over the world. There are many rest-homes, sanatoriums and tourist camps there. But it is also possible to rent a room or a furnished house for a couple of weeks there. Sometimes we place ourselves in a tent on the sea shore enjoying fresh air and the sun all day long. As a rule I make new friends there. In the daytime we play volleyball, tennis, swim in the warm water of the sea and sunbathe. In the evening I like to sit on the beach watching the sea and enjoying the sunset. I`m fond of mountaineering. So I do a lot of climbing together with my friends.
Time passes quickly and soon we have to make our way back. We return home sun burnt and full of impressions.
Task 1. Answer the questions.
1) Where does your friend goevery year.
2) What is the Black Sea?
3) Are there many rest-homes, sanatoriums and tourist camps on the shore of the Black Sea?4) On the shore of the Black Sea it is possible to rent a room or a furnished house, isn`t it?5) Do you sometimes place yourselves in a tent on the sea shore?
6) What do you do all day long?
7) Do you make new friends there?
8) What do you do in the evening?
Task 2. Give Russian equivalents:
furnished house, holidays, the Black Sea, wonderful, attract, holiday-maker, rest-home, sanatorium, tourist, camp, possible, sea shore, enjoying, as a rule, make new friends, play volleyball, play tennis, swim, sunbathe, sunset, be fond of, climb, sun burnt, full of impressions, rent, couple, tent.