Lesson 6.

Sports(I)

Task 1. Answer the questions:

a) What is your favourite sport as a spectator or a participant?

My favorite sport as spectator is ski race and as participant is swimming

b) What skills and training does it need?

You should be a professional skier and you should train a lot.

b) What do you think the main benefits of sports are?

You increase your agility and you strengthen muscles

c) What distinguished national athletes do you know?

Alexandra Emilianov
Svetlana Saenko Oleg Sîrghi

d) What do you know about the last Olympic Games?

The last Olympic Games were won by Russia

Task 2.Study the vocabulary from page 80 and then do ex. 2,3,4 p. 80-81.
1. to serve the ball g) to throw the ball up and hit it to start play

2. to even f) to make equal

3. contest c) a competition or a game in which people try to win

4. wrestling a) a sport in which two people wrestle and try to throw each other to the ground

5. event e) any of the races, competitions, etc., arranged as part of a day’s sports

6. mountaineering d) activity of climbing mountains as a sport or hobby

7. referee b) person who controls sports competitions.

3 Filln the words: scored, sprint, hang-gliding, scored the victory, ended in a draw, set records,
weight lifting, hockey stick, puck, surfing.

A) Weight lifting has less supporters than football.

b) You won’t be able to play hockey without a hockey stick and a puck .

c) Their team scored the victory in the competition.

d) Champions in different sport events set new records every year.

e) Soon afer the game had started Mike scored the first goal.

f) When we were at the sea side last year we used to go in for hang-gliding and ...

g) A 100 metres sprint competition was held at our school last month.

h) It was a keen competition and still the game ended in a draw .

Look at the pictures and say which of the sports you find:

– boring: none

– expensive: horse racing,motorcycle races

– dangerous: rock climbing, horse racing,motorcycle races,football,sking,snowboarding

– enjoyable:dance skating,tennis.

– exciting: football

– interesting: rock climbing

– difficult:every sport

– wide-spread:football,skateing,horse racing,tennis

– attractive:dance skateing

– elegant:dance skateing

– romantic:dance skateing

Task 3. write a text about sport in our country(150 words)

The main sporting activities in the Republic of Moldova are: football, boxing, rugby,

jogging, basketball and Greek-Roman fighting style.The National Olympic

Committee of the Republic of Moldova was founded on January 29, 1991, and was

recognized in 1993 by the International Olympic Committee. The committee was

chaired by Efim Josanu and Nicolae Juravschi. The national of the country is

wrestling.Football is the most popular sport in Moldova and the national team is

Zimbru. Rugby is a popular type of sport in Moldova, especially that in the last

years the national team achieves more good results. And the European Federation

of rugby accepts more often to organize the European championships in the

Republic of Moldova. Box is a type of sport especially appreciated for the

performances the sportsmen achieved. In fact the most medals the Republic of

Moldova won at the Olympic Games are medals acquired for this type of sport.