Volleyball

Volleyball is a modern game. It originated in America. The dame was in tented in 1895 by William G. Morgan in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Volleyball was then growing in popularity.It was developed as a modification of tennis. For some time people did not show any great interest in this game. But after the first exhibition of game in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1896, volleyball has become increasingly popular. Later volleyball became a splendid recreational game. The basic idea of the play was to volley the ball back and forth over the net. Slowly more and more people were all attracted and the number of participants steadily increased. In the beginning the number of participants steadily increased. In the beginning the game had a few simple rules. The first complete set of rules was formulated in 1917 and since then volleyball has seen many additions and modifications as the game developed and became more specialized.

Volleyball has spread to far off lands and it is played throughout the world. It is estimated that the game is popular in many countries. The game spread from one country to another. The International Volleyball Association was formed in 1947. The first World Volleyball Championship was held in 1949 in Prague, when twelve countries were represented. Reports say that the championship was conducted at the winter stadium before daily crowds of fifteen thousands.

In 1957 volleyball was given Olympic Status and was officially recognized for Olympic competition by the International Olympic Committee. As volleyball can be played both indoors and outdoors it’s an all-season sport.

Vocabulary:

modern game - сучасна гра

original – з’ явився

to invent – винаходити

first exhibition –перша гра

splendid recreational game – чудова гра для відпочинку

to volley the ball – відбивати м’яч

back and forth – туди і назад, туди - сюди

to attract – прибавлювати

a complete set of rules - повна збірка правил

to spread to far off lands –розповсюджуватись в інші країни

to estimate – оцінювати

daily crowds – щоденні товпи болільників

officially recognized – офіційно визнаний

indoor and outdoor – закрите і відкрите приміщення

I. Answer the following questions:

1. What country was volleyball originated?

2. Who was the game invented by?

3. A modification of what sport game was it developed?

4. Did people show great interest to this game?

5. When was the first exhibition of this game?

6. What is the basic idea of the play?

7. What kind of were the first rules of the game?

8. When was the first complete set of rules formulated?

9. How far has volleyball spread?

10. What was formed in 1947?

11. What country was the first World Volleyball Championship held in?

12. What do reports say about this Championship?

13. When was volleyball given Olympic Status?

II. Insert prepositions where necessary:

1. I went ___ the Crimea ___ my holidays. 2. The boys swam ___ the river and came __ __ the water. 3. I am very thankful ___ you ___ your help. 4. Some ___ the players fell ___ but the next moment they all rose ___ their feet and ran ___ the ball. 5. The boy who lives next door is very angry ___ me because I did not return the racket ___ time. 6. Do you know what happened ___ Mary yesterday? 7. They met us___ the station___ a lot ___ flowers. 8. I followed the Olympic news ___ the keenest interest. 9. Will you go ___ the stadium tomorrow? 10. My friend worked ___ the plant before he entered ___ the institute ___ Physical Culture.

III. Insert articles where necessary:

1. __ Volga runs into ___Caspian Sea.

2. __ Hudson River runs into ___ Atlantic Ocean.

3. In Siberia there are long rivers: ___ Irish, ___Yenisei, ___Lena and __Amur.

4. ___Altai mountains are higher than ___Urals.

5. London is situated on ___ Thames which runs into ___ North Sea.

6. ___ Severn which flows South-west into ___ Irish Sea is ___longest British river.

7. ___North Sea separates Great Britain from Germany.

8. In 1800 Ireland became ___part of ___ United Kingdom.

9. ___most important industrial region of Scotland is in ___south-west.

10. Glasgow is situated on ___ river ___ Clyde.

IV. Fill in is or are

1. There – many famous sportsmen in our University.

2. There – a pen, two books and a dictionary on my desk.

3. There – much snow on the ground now.

4. There – a lot of new words in the text.

5. There – much sugar in my tea.

6. There – a table, a sofa, four chairs an armchair in my room.

7. There – many places of interest in London.

8. This river is big. There – many bridges on it.

9. There – a lot of flowers in our city in summer.

10. There – many lakes in this district.

V. Translate the following into English:

1. На стадіоні багато вболівальників

2. У нашому саду багато фруктових дерев

3. У склянці мало води

4. На столі є телефон, блокнот і ручка.

5. У вашій квартирі багато меблів?

6. У моєму диктанті багато помилок.

7. Сьогодні в програмі новий фільм.

8. Зараз на вулиці багато снігу?

9. Біля театру багато людей.

10. В супі мало солі.

VI. Put all possible questions to the following sentences:

1. He was the courage and force of his father.

2. She is a relation of Mrs. White.

3. We will be in the same academic group at the University.

VII. Choose the right pronouns (much, many, little, a little, few, a few):

1. We can’t go skiing to-day. There is too ___ snow.

2. Let us take a walk in the garden, we have __ time.

3. He has __ friends and goes to visit them on Sundays.

4. __ of us can speak many foreign languages

5. __ months ago we went to the mountains and stayed there for a week

6. There is – bread in the cupboard. It is not enough for our family.

7. I know English badly, it always takes me __ time to read and translate a new text.

8. Does your brother spend __ or __ time at the computer?

9. My grandfather likes to walk. He always walks __.

10. I have – time and I can explain new rules to you.

VIII. Read and translate the following dialogue:

M: Hallo, Dick. Where are you going?

D: To the football match. “ Dynamo” is playing against “Metallurg” team.

M: Oh, yes. I clean forgot about it.

D. Don’t you care for football? I say it’s funny.All people cheer for some team.

M. May be it is because I don’t know the rules of the game. Suppose you’ll take me to this match and explain things to me.

D. A grand idea.

M I only know that a team has 11 players, each of whom has certain duties.

D. You know a lot. All you have to do at the match is to watch sharp and in no time you’ll be caught by the general spirit and I’ll be explaining you everything.