2015-08-21
539
V. Серед запропонованих слів оберіть потрібні за змістом:
1. Britain… and developed a lot of sports and games played all over the world now.
2. Only rich people can afford to go in for….
3. No matter how great the popularity of horse-racing is … beats it.
4. Rugby is a … game and it is highly popular in Wales.
5….is a typically British sport, it’s played by two teams of eleven players.
6. You need a special field for that game, so …is rather expensive and is played in private clubs.
7. Tennis was born in England at the end of the 19th century and originally the game was played on….
8. Many children in Britain learn to swim at school and … as a pastime is enjoyed by millions of people.
9. The rules of rugger are different from soccer and there are 15 players instead of 11 in a …
10…is the most popular of all kinds of sports at the oldest English Universities Oxford and Cambridge.
VI. Розкрийте дужки, поставивши дієслова у потрібний час. Використайте речення для короткого переказу тексту:
1. The British (to be) a sports-loving nation.
2. Their most favourite sports (to be) football, cricket and tennis, but many of them (to) go in for golf, hockey, athletics and climbing rugby and rowing.
3. Britain (to invent) and (to develop) many of the sports and games which (to be) now popular all over the world.
4. Soccer (to be) one of them. It (to appear) in the middle of the 19th century.
5. The Cup Final (to be) one of the most important football matches of the year in England, it (to be) always played at the Wembley Stadium, which (to hold) 100.000 spectators.
6. Another popular game, rugby, (to appear) in 1859; it (to originate) from football, but the rules (to be) different. There (to be) 15 or 13 players in a team and the ball (to be) oval.
7. Cricket (to be) England’s national summer game. It (to be) played with a ball and a bat by two teams of 11 players.
8. Golf (to be) a truly British Sport. It (to be) played with clubs and light balls. Golf (to be) rather expensive. Rich people (to play) it in private clubs.
9. Lawn tennis also (to be born) in England at the end of the 19th century. Soon the game (to spread) all over the world.
10. Swimming and rowing (to be) also very popular. The University Boat Race (to be) a traditional sporting competition between Oxford and Cambridge which (to be held) on the Thames every spring.
11. About 50 per cent of the population of the United Kingdom (to participate) in some sports or recreational activity.
VII. Відмітьте відому вам та нову інформацію в тексті.
VIII. Складіть план переказу тексту.
IX. Використовуючи складений план, зробіть усне повідомлення на тему: "Popular British Games and Sports”.
X. Прочитайте діалог за ролями та вивчить його.
