Writing
Write a story about your latest purchase. Specify the place, the time, the price, the circumstances and people that influenced your decision, describe the service and salespeople. Were you satisfied with the purchase? Did your expectations come true?
Unit 5 fit
Vocabulary
Sports:
athletics
skiing
football (soccer)
golf
swimming
tennis
jogging
cycling
rowing
boxing
People:
an athlete
a skier
a footballer (football player)
a golfer
a swimmer
a tennis player
a jogger
a cyclist
a rower
a boxer
Places (sports facilities):
an athletics track
a ski resort/slope/piste
a football pitch
a golf course
a swimming pool
a tennis court
a cycling ground (cycle track)
a ring
a gym
Equipment:
shorts
a running vest
running shoes
skis
ski boots
ski poles
a helmet
a football shirt
football boots
golf balls
golf clubs
a swimming costume
swimming trunks
goggles
tennis balls
a tennis racket
a net
boxing gloves
Adjectives:
cheap
complex
convenient
exciting
expensive
noisy
reliable
safe
sensitive
sophisticated
valuable
Phrasal verbs:
call off
clear up
deal with
fill in
give away
give up
hang up
put on
run after
sit down
switch off
switch on
take off
throw away
Collocations:
to be fit/unfit
to do sport/an activity/ aerobic exercise
to go jogging/hiking
to play a ball game
to practice windsurfing
to make hot/sweaty
to look like a boxer
to play for a school team
to win a competition
How long does it take you…?
Exercises
1. Look at the pictures and name the sports.
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2. Transcribe the following words.
Cycling, athletics, jogging, rowing, a piste, a golf course, a tennis court, a gym, a helmet, goggles, a tennis racket, boxing gloves, convenient, exciting, reliable, sensitive, sophisticated, valuable, competition.
3. Match the sport in the pictures with their descriptions.
It’s a winter sport where you should travel over snow with the help of special equipment.
It’s a field and track event.
It’s a sport of fighting with the fists.
It’s a sport where you should move a boat over the river or lake.
It’s a game played by two teams of eleven players on a pitch, using a round ball.
It’s a sport or activity of riding a vehicle with two wheels.
It’s a game played on a course, using clubs and balls.
It’s a sport where you should run at a slow pace over a long distance.
It’s a racket sport played by two players on a court.
It’s a sport of moving along in water.
4. Do you play, go or do these sports?
5. How do you call people who do these sports?
6. What equipment do you need to do these sports?
7. What other sports do you know? Describe them.
8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
Существует много видов спорта: легкая атлетика, плавание, бег, велоспорт, лыжный сорт, теннис и другие.
Как часто ты занимаешься спортом?
Наши легкоатлеты победили в соревнованиях во Франции.
Если ты хочешь быть в форме, бросай курить!
Как долго ты играешь за школьную команду?
Футбол – самый захватывающий вид спорта.
Играть в теннис более безопасно, чем заниматься боксом.
Я никогда не занимался греблей. Я думаю, это не так интересно как виндсерфинг.
Согласно опросу, только 13% россиян занимается спортом каждый день.
Знаменитый гольфист Тайгер Вудс родился 30 декабря 1975 года.
Синхронное плавание самый утонченный вид спорта.
Для того чтобы расслабиться, отключите сотовый телефон, сядьте поудобнее, включите любимую музыку и отбросьте все негативные мысли.
Сегодня на футбольном поле будут играть команды нашего города.
Сейчас в тренажерные залы и бассейны ходят больше людей, чем 10 лет назад.
Самое ценное, что может быть в нашей жизни – это наше здоровье.