Unit Seven Sports

1. Unit Seven Sports

2. Objectives of This Unit • 1. Get acquainted with the words for different sorts • of sports. • 2. Learn to talk about sports interests. • 3. Try to memorize the language patterns used to • describe a sport in detail. • 4. Read the passage. • 5. Learn to ask for and give information about • sports. • 6. Learn to express the score. • 7. Try to interpret the title of sport reports.

3. Objectives of This Unit • 8. Learn to express enthusiasm. • 9. Try to talk about sports news. • 10. Get acquainted with the colloquial expressions • listed in this unit. • 11. Try to memorize the verbs of movement given in • this unit. • 12. Follow instructions for physical exercises.

4. Language Points • pitch (p304) --- (football) ground, field on which • the game is played. • 2.draw (p9) --- end a game without either winning or • losing. • e. g. to draw a cricket match to draw 2-2 • 3. goalie (p326) --- (colloquial) player whose duty is • to keep the ball out of the goal. • 4. slap (p326) --- straight, directly • e. g. The car ran slap into the wall. • 5. rave(p331) --- (about) talk or act with excessive • enthusiasm • 6. swivel (p331) --- turn as on a ring with a linked • hook to a chain joining two parts so that one can • turn round without turning the other. • 7.flex (p331) --- bend, e. g. a limb, one's muscles.

5. Words to Memorize • in This Unit (for reference only) • pitch • draw • rave • lap • dash • referee • serve • penalty • relay • hurdle • steady • stretch • maintain

6. Please fill in the blanks with the give words. hurdle draw rave lap dash referee serve penalty relay 1. She about the food she had had in France. 2. Each of the track is 400 meters. 3. He has got a powerful . 4. There are a lot of to be overcome before the contract can be signed. 5. Do you know who is the of tomorrow’ s football match? 6. Mary’ s always from one meeting to another. 7. The hockey game ended in a , 2 to 2. 8. Repeat offenders should face stiff .

7. Keys • 1. She raved about the food she had had in France. • 2. Each lap of the track is 400 meters. • 3. He has got a powerful serve . • 4. There are a lot of hurdles to be overcome • before the contract can be signed. • 5. Do you know who is the referee of tomorrow’ s • football match? • 6. Mary’ s always dashing from one meeting to • another. • 7. The hockey game ended in a draw , 2 to 2. • 8. Repeat offenders should face stiff penalties .

8. Listening At the Sports Shop 1. Please list all the items of sportswear and equipment that are mentioned on the tape. 2. Write the items Julie and Kevin will buy and their cost.

9. Language for Specific Functions 1. Describing sports interests I am keen on swimming. I am a football fan. I don't find boxing interesting. I especially like volleyball. It's fast and exciting. 2. Watching a football match A wonderful passing he did. Their forward made a foul in the penalty area. A beautiful heading. The ball's got into the net.

10. 3. Talking about the football match That was really a close game. Our forwards were asleep in the second half. Their defense seems to be well organized. That was a good kick.

11. 4. Talking about scoring Our team's got a 6-1 win over Houston. They made a tie of 2-2 in the game. Germany was beaten 0-1 by France in the end. The game ended with a score of 3-1. 5. Watching a track and field match Now he's half a lap ahead of other runners. Jim's first attempt was 2.58 m. The one in the second lane is in the lead now. Lewes's broken the world record in this event.

12. Activity 1 Dialogue • Describing a Sport • Please describe a specific sport for your partner to guess.

13. Activity 2 Dialogue • Talking About A Match • Situation: Please talk about a football/ volleyball/basketball match with your partner.

14. Activity 3 Free Talk • My Favorite Sport • Which sport is your favorite? Why?

15. Reading Passage: Olympic Games (1) No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 B. C. The Games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events is uncertain, but events included boys' gymnastics, horse-racing, field events such as discus and javelin throwing, and the very important foot races. There was also boxing and wrestling and special tests of varied ability such as the pentathlon, the

16. winner of which excelled in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing and wrestling. The evening of the third day was devoted to sacrificial offerings to the heroes of the day, and the fourth day, that of the full moon was set aside as a holy day. After an uninterrupted history of almost 1, 200 years, the Games were abolished in A. D. 394, the Christian era because of their pagan origin. It was over 1, 500 years before there was another such international athletics gathering. The Greek institution was revived in 1896 and the first small meeting took place in Athens. After the 1908 London Olympics, success was re-established and nations sent their best representatives. In times of peace, the Games have taken place ever since at four-yearly intervals. In Munich in 1972, competitors from more than 120 countries were watched by huge crowds. Nowadays, the Games are held in different

17. countries in turn. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes expenses. Athletic contests are still main feature, but now many more sports are represented. The ancient pentathlon, for example, has been modified into a more comprehensive test, and the marathon races, initiated in 1896, are now a celebrated event. The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolizes the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well-known Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception. The five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games.

18. Background Knowledge Derby Day A. People sometimes ask, "What is Britain's national sport?" Is it cricket, or football, or boxing perhaps? Who can say? But if anyone had asked that question a hundred and fifty years ago, it would have been easy to give the answer: the national sports were those in which horses took part -- hunting, riding and racing. And the most popular sport with horses is still racing. The most famous British horse-race in the year is the Derby, which is run at Epsom, usually on the first Wednesday in June. The race-course at Epsom stands high on the Downs, not far from London and during Derby week it is visited by large crowds of people; some have come to watch the horses, some have come to win money by betting, others have come just to enjoy themselves. On Derby Day, all the roads out of

19. London to Epsom are crowded with cars, motor- coaches, motor-cycles, bicycles and even horses and carts. Everyone in England seems to be going to the races, and everyone wants to get there too fast for safety. Epsom Downs on Derby Day is something that no one can ever forget; there is nothing else like it in the world. For thousands of Londoners Derby Day is not only a race-meeting; it is one of the great days in the year, an outing for the whole family. They come there by car, by train, by bus -- somehow. Many bring their food with them, and all round the race-course you can see family parties sitting on the grass or in their cars eating and shouting and laughing and enjoying themselves. B. The big race is usually at 3.20 p. m. and then

20. everyone rushes to the rail round the course to watch the race. For a few minutes the noise stops; the bookies and the ice-cream sellers and the men with the swings stop shouting. All eyes watch the line of brown and black and grey horses, with their riders in brightly-colored coats and caps, as they race down the narrow path of green grass between the crowds in this greatest race of the year. When the race is over and the owner has led in the winner, the noise and the shouting start again. As soon as the racing finishes at the end of the afternoon, the motor-coaches and cars and motorcycles and bicycles begin the long, slow journey back to London. Derby Day is over for another year.

21. Assignment My Favorite Sports Please write a composition on the topic My Favorite Sports. Make sure your composition is based on such a topic sentence as: I like because .