Sport is my life!!!
I’d like to read you a poem. Listen to it
and then answer my question.
Sport is fun for girls and boys,
It’s much better than toys.
You can sledge and ski and skate
And throw snowballs with Kate.
You can swim and play football,
Hockey, tennis, and basketball.
You can jump and you can run,
You can have a lot of fun.
What is the poem about? The topic of our
lesson is _______.
Now answer my questions
What kinds of sports do you know?
What games do you like to play?
What are the most popular sports in
Great Britain?
What are the most popular sports in
Ukraine?
What are the most teenagers’
sports?
Can you swim\ run\ jump?
Where do you go to play tennis\
football\ to swim?
Do you go to the swimming pool?
To the skating rink?
People go in for different sports.
When we speak about sports what
verbs do we use – do, play, go or
ride?
Sport in our life
Millions of people all over the world are fond
of sports and games. Sport helps people to
stay in good shape, helps to support health
and prevents from illness. Sport makes them
more organized and better disciplined in their
daily activities.
Sport in our life
We've always paid great attention to sport in
our schools, colleges and universities. You
can hardly find a school without a gym or a
sports ground. Every city and town has a few
stadiums or swimming pools where local
competitions are usually held.
Sport in our life
There are different sporting societies and clubs in
Russia. Many of them take part in different
international tournaments and are known all over the
world. A great number of world records have been
set by sportsmen. Our sportsmen also win a lot of
gold, silver and bronze medals in the Olympic
Games.
Healthy way of
life and sports
in our life
Sport is very important in our life. It is popular
among young and old people. Many people do
morning exercises, jog in the morning, train
themselves in clubs, in different sections and
take part in sport competitions. Other people
like sports too, but they only watch sports
games, listen to sports news. They prefer
reading interesting stories about sportsmen.
But they don't go in for sports.
Sport at school
Physical training is an important
subject at school. Pupils have got
physical training lessons twice a
week. Boys and girls play volley-ball
and basket-ball at the lessons. There
is a sportground near our school and
school-children go in for sports in the
open air. A lot of different
competitions are held at schools, a
great number of pupils take part in
them. All participants try to get good
results and become winners.
winners
Choose
your kind of
sport!
Sport helps people to keep in good
health. If you go in for sports, you
have good health and don't catch
cold. Children and grown-ups must
take care of their health and do
morning exercises regularly. There
are some popular kinds of sports in
our country: football, volley-ball,
hockey, gymnastics, skiing, skating.
Choose
your kind of
sport!
Athletics is one of the most
popular kinds of sports. It
includes such kinds of sports as
running, jumping and others.
Everybody may choose the
sport he (or she) is interested in.
There are summer and winter
sports
About your
daily menu…
The daily menu should include
meat, fruit and vegetables, milk
product, which are rich in
vitamins, fat, proteins and etc. On
the other hand modern diets are
very popular especially among
women. Diets may be harmful, if
they are used in the wrong way.
About your
habits…
To be healthy, people should get rid of their bad habits. It's
necessary to stop smoking and drinking much. Everyone should
remember that cigarettes, alcohol and drugs destroy both body and
brain. Besides according to statistics most of crimes are committed
by people under the influence of drugs and alcohol. In addition it is
recommended to watch TV less, avoid anxiety and observe daily
routine. Certainly it's hard to follow all these recommendations, but
every person have to choose between healthy life style and
numerous ill
You and environment
Nowadays our life is getting more and
more tense. People live under the
press of different problems, such as
social, ecological, economic and
others. They constantly suffer from
stress, noise and dust in big cities,
diseases and instability. A person
should be strong and healthy in order
to overcome all difficulties. To achieve
this aim people ought to take care of
their physical and mental health. So,
kip fit!
OLYMPIC GAMES
The History of the Olympic Games
Long ago ancient Greeks often waged wars.
Small states suffered and lost much even if they
did not take any side and stayed out of wars. The
ruler of such a small state, Elis, wanted to live in
peace with all neighbours. He was a good
diplomat because his negotiations were
successful and Elis was recognized a neutral
state. To celebrate this achievement, he
organized athletic [Link] the beginning this
feast lasted one day, but later a whole month
was devoted to it. All wars and feuds were
stopped by special heralds who rode in all
directions of Greece.
The History of the Olympic Games
The games were held every four years in Olympia on the
territory of Elis. The first games which later were called the
Olympic Games were held about a thousand years before our
[Link] the Olympic Games began before the middle of the
summer^ Best athletes arrived from many Greek states to
Olympia to compete in running, long jumps, throwing of discus
and javelin and wrestling. In the course of time fist fighting
(boxing) and chariot races were also included in the [Link]
athletes took an oath that they had been preparing well for the
Games and promised to compete honestly and keep the rules
of the sacred Olympics. The athletes took part in all kinds of
competitions. Winners were called «olympionics», they were
awarded olive wreaths and cups of olive oil. This tradition has
survived. In our time sportsmen often get cups and wreaths for
winning the first place in sports [Link] olympionics
of ancient Greece became very popular.
The History of the Olympic Games
Best craftsmen were chosen to make honourary cups, many
poets wrote and recited in public poems about the best
athletes. Sculptors made their statues which were put up at
the birthplace of the [Link] Olympic Games were
accompanied by arts festivals. Poets recited their poems,
singers sang hymns dancers danced and orators pronounced
speeches — all this in honour of the sacred [Link] men
could take part in the Olympic Games. Women were not
allowed even to watch the competitions at the stadium under
the fear of death penalty. There was a single exception, when
a woman coached her son and accompanied him to the
stadium in men's clothes. That brave woman was spared the
penalty because her son excelled in many [Link]
strong bodies inspired artists and sculptors. They painted wall
pictures and made statues of marble and bronze, so now we
can admire the corporal beauty of ancient and eternally young
discus thrower, javelin bearer and others.
The History of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games had been held for about eleven hundred
years, until the emperor Theodosius banned them for religious
reasons in 394 A. [Link] revival of the Olympic Games began
long time afterwards, in 1892, when a young French teacher
Pierre de Coubertin made a public speech before the Union of
French sports clubs in [Link] that time many people in many
countries practised various kinds of sports and games. They
wanted to make friends and compete with sportsmen from other
lands. Pierre de Coubertin understood the importance of sports
which unified peoples of the world and served the cause of
peace like in ancient [Link] the 23rd of June 1894 the
International Congress of amateur sportsmen made an important
decision: to revive the Olympic Games and to establish the
International Olympic Committee which would be responsible for
the administration of the modern-Olympic [Link] first
Committee consisted of 12 members. Now 82 members of the
International Olympic Committee control the affairs of all member
countries which joined the Olympic movement.
Questions:
1. What did ancient Greeks do long ago?
.
2. What did the ruler of a small state
want to do?
3. Why did the ruler organize athletic
games?
4. How long did the first feast last?
5. When did the Olympic Games begin?
6. How were the winners called?
7. What were the Olympic Games
accompanied by?
8. Who was not allowed to take part in
the Olympic Games?
9. When did the revival of the Olympic
Games begin?
Vocabulary:
to wage wars — вести войны
ruler — правитель
feast — праздник
herald — гонец, посланник
javelin — копье
sacred — священный
wreath — венок
chariot races — бега
to be spared the penalty — быть
избавленным от наказания
Favourite sportsman
We sometimes like sport because of sportsmen who
do this sport. Do you agree? Some of them are our
favourites, some are sport heroes for all people.
Have you got your favourite sportsmen?
