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- INFO PRE I.B A ICH RODIČOV
- MATURITA!!!
- Užitočné stránky
- Stupnice hodnotenia
- Grammar notes
- 1 Family
- 2 Culture and art
- 3 Sports
- 4 Housing
- 5 Shopping and services
- 6 Health care
- 7 Travelling
- 8 Education
- 9 Jobs and Employment
- 10 Human Relations
- 11 Man and Nature
- 12 Development of Science and Technology
- 14 Communication and Its Forms
- 16 Young People and Society
- 17 Food
- 18 Hobbies, Free Time and Lifestyle
- 19 Multicultural Society
- 20 Towns and places
- 21 Clothing and fashion
- 22 The Book
- 23 Role-models and Ideals
- 24 The Country Whose Language I am Learning
- 25 Slovakia - My Homeland
- FCE
3 Sports
3 Sports
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/talkingsport/
a) Types of sports (collective, individual, summer and winter, popular sports, recreational and professional sports)
- Why do people do sports and games?
- Define the terms “a sport” and “a game”.
- What groups of sports and games do we know?
- Explain the term adrenaline/extreme sports and give examples. Why do people do them?
- What are the pros and cons of being a professional sportsman? What qualities should they have?
b) The sport I am interested in (actively, passively), reasons
- Which games do you like playing or watching? How often? Who do you play or watch with?
- What sport facilities can you use in the Ružomberok region?
- Describe your favourite sport idol.
c) The importance of sports in terms of personal development (physical and psychical health, qualities)
- What are the most famous sports events? (Olympics)
- What do you do to keep fit and healthy?
- Have you ever tried to do morning exercise?
- What are the pros and cons of regular exercise?
Writing suggestion:
Letter (150 – 180 words)
Write a letter to your English pen friend about the Ice-hockey World Championship. Describe your feeling, reactions of the Slovaks when our team won/lost the final match. Write down three positive things you realized. Mention two negatives which appeared or could have appeared.
Vocabulary:
Practice, training, coaching, exercising, doing karate, swimming, playing
Sports centre/leisure centre, sports club, gym, changing room, locker
Watching sport, spectator, supporter, fan, crowd, cheering, booing
Trainers (AmE sneakers), sports kit, sportswear, tracksuit
Competition, Olympics, championship, take place, cancel, play the national anthem, award sb. a medal
Light athletics, track and field events, long-distance runs, hurdle-race, steeple-chase, cross-country run, walking race, marathon, relay race, pentathlon, decathlon, high jump, pole-jump, long jump, triple jump, wrestling, boxing, weight-lifting, shooting, fencing, archery, car race, cycle race, racing car, rider
Winters sports: speed skating, figure-skating, sledge, toboggan, bobsleigh, skiing, ski jumping, slalom race, ice-dancing, pairs, snowboarding
Summer sports: bathing, swimming, dolphin stroke, crawl, back-stroke, butterfly stroke, waterskiing sailing, rowing, yachting, canoeing, mountaineering, rock-climbing, expedition, summit
Baseball: bat, ball, pitch, strike, basketball: court, basket, dribble, pass, swish, dunk, golf: golf club, golf ball, golf course, round, shot, golfer hole, hole-in-one, hockey: ice hockey, field hockey, hockey stick, ball, puck, skates, skating: rollerblade, roller skate, skateboard, ice-skate, ice rink/skating rink, tennis: tennis court, tennis ball, net, tennis rackets, singles, doubles, line, out, water sports: swimming, diving, snorkling, scuba diving, surfing, windsurfing, water-skiing, extreme/adrenaline sports: bungee jumping, base jumping, rock climbing, sky-surfing, sky-surfing, ice diving
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