Exercise 8. Speaking.

1. Share your opinion on the role of the sponsors for the development of sport.

2. There is an opinion (думка) that professional sports damage (шкодить) the people's health and life.

3. At what age should children go in for sport in a professional way?

4. Are there any age limits for different kinds of sport?

5. The children's parents are sometimes too ambitious about the successes of their children and they push (штовхають) the children into this or that kind of sports. Are the parents right?

6. There are sports which look like (схожі) merry-making (веселість, потіха); they don't need any facilities (здібності) or equipment (обладнання) and are available (доступний, придатний) for all. Which of the following have you tried or would like to try? (hopscotch – гра в класи; hide-and-seek - хованки; jumping on a rope - стрибки на скакалці; playing snowballs – гра в сніжки; making a snowman – ліплення снігової баби; sledging – катання на санчатах)

7. What kind of exercises do you do to warm up your muscles (розігріти мускули)?

8.What famous Ukrainian sportsmen do you know?

 

Exercise 9. Speak about your favourite sport or sportsman. You can use the followung information about some famous sportsmen:

Ronaldinho: Football player

(Ronaldo de Assis Moreira)

· Born 21 March 1980, the city of Porto Alegre.

· He is a Brazilian footballer who is now playing for Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro and for the Brazilian national team as a forward.

· He started his career with playing for Grêmio, then later for clubs Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and Milan.

· He is a two-time winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year (2004-2005) and has also been honored with the European Footballer of the Year (2005) and the FifPro Player of the Year (2005).

· He began playing at the age of seven. At this time he first got the nickname “Ronaldinho”, because he was really small and more over all guys he was playing with, were older than he.

· When he was thirteen years old, he once scored 23 goals in one game.

· In 2005, Ronaldinho and Brazilian dancer Janaína Mendes had a son, named Joo.

· Ronaldinho was not included on the 2010 Brazilian team that competed in the World Cup in South Africa.

 

FIFA - Міжнародна федерація футбольних асоціацій

FifPro - Міжнародна федерація асоціацій професійних футболістів

nickname – прізвисько

to score – забити гол

to compete – змагатись

the World Cup – чемпіонат світу по футболу

Maria Sharapova: Tennis player

(Maria Yuryevna Sharapova)

· Born April 19, 1987, in Nyagan, Siberia, Soviet Union.

· She is

a Russian professional tennis player.

· In 2012 she was ranked World No. 2.

· In the summer of 2004, seventeen-year-old Maria became the first Russian player to win Wimbledon.

· Since 1994 she has won 27 WTA singles titles, including four Grand Slam singles titles.

· She became the World No. 1 for the first time in 2005.

· Sharapova won her first junior championship title at the age of thirteen.

· She has also done some modeling. She reads fashion magazines, and has even helped to design some of her court outfits with Nike.

to be ranked – бути у ранзі

Wimbledon – Уімбелдон (щорічний тенісний турнір)

Grand Slam – Гренд Слем (ряд найважливіших змагань року

з певного виду спорту)

WTA (Women’s tennis association) – жіноча тенісна організація

single titles – одиночний титул

court – тенісний корт outfits – образ. одяг

Lesson 25. Olympic Games (Олімпійські ігри)