Step 1. Word Power

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 436.

Pre-Reading Activities

Ex. 1 Read the following international words. Give their Russian equivalents:

nation n golf n yoga n course n

hockey n rugby n soccer n partner n

opponent n activity n club n court n

boxing n aerobics n favourite a festival n

oval a round n special a snooker n

cricket n modern a regularly adv tournament n

Ex.2. Read the words with the stress:

a) on the first syllable

cricket climbing different necessary

rugby rowing violent regularly

stadium cycling special typically

b) on the second syllable

event afford spectator expensive

invent enjoy attack especially

instead prefer opponent among

exciting develop competitive another

c) the words which have three and more syllables

competition beneficial recreational

association university traditional

Ex. 3. Look at the way we can make adverbs by adding “-ly” to adjectives. Translate the adverbs:

high a + ly highly adv

высоко

especial

most

regular

probable

final

popular

true

necessary

Ex. 4. Learn the words and translate the word combinations and sentences:

1. major a большой, крупный, значительный

2. favourite a любимый,излюбленный

3. cricket n крикет (спортивная игра)

e.g. The most favourite sports in Great Britain are football,cricket and tennis.

4. climbing n альпинизм

syn. mountaineering

5. rugby n рэгби

6. horse конный спорт, скачки, бега

dog racing собачьи бега

motor автомобильные гонки

7. invent v изобретать, придумывать

e.g. Britain invented and developed many of the sports and games which

are popular all over the world.

8. appear v появляться, появиться

e.g. The English national summer game cricket appeared in the 18^th century.

9. hold (held, held) v 1. держать

2. задерживать

3. вмещать

10. spectator n 1. зритель

2. очевидец

spectacular a зрелищный, захватывающий,

эффектный

e.g. The Wembley Stadium holds 100.000 spectators

11. rule n правило

e.g. The rules of rugby are different from football.

12. violent a 1. жесткий, грубый

2. сильный, интенсивный

e.g. Rugby is a violent game and it's highly popular in Wales.

13. slow a медленный

ant. fast

14. exciting a захватывающий, увлекательный

e.g. The game looks slow but it can be exciting if you understand

what's going on.

15. throw (threw, thrown) v бросать, кидать

16. bat n бита

club клюшка для игры в гольф

17.golf

course площадка/поле для игры в гольф

18. strike (struck, struck) v ударять по чему-либо

e.g. Golf is played by striking a ball with a special golf club round a

golf course with 18 holes.

19. expensive a дорогой, дорогостоящий

20. lawn tennis n (большой) теннис

21. join v присоединиться, вступить

22. hire v снимать, брать напрокат

e.g. Some people join tennis clubs but most hire public courts.

23. beneficial a 1. полезный, благотоворный 2. выгодный

benefit n, v польза, выгода

извлекать выгоду

e.g. Team sports are very beneficial for schoolchildren.

24. adult n, a взрослый человек

зрелый

e.g. Some 29 mln adults and 7 mln children participate in some sports or recreational

activity.

25. hiking n 1. длительные прогулки пешком

2. пеший туризм

26. snooker n снукер (вид бильярдной игры)

27. darts n игра “дротики”

28. cycling n велосипедный спорт