Wednesday, the twenty-first of April
Theme: Sports in Great Britain
1. Read and translate the text.
Sports in Great Britain
The British are a sports-loving nation. Cricket, soccer,
rugby, tennis, squash, table tennis, badminton,
canoeing and snooker were all invented in
Britain. The first rules for such sports as boxing, golf,
hockey, yachting and horse-racing also originated
from Britain. The most popular sports that people take part
in, rather than watching, are angling, snooker
and darts.
Cricket is very much the English game. A match can
take five days - and still end in a draw. A form of cricket
was being played 250 years ago.
Football began as a contest between neighbouring
villages - with no limit to the number on each side, no fixed pitch and almost
no rules. The Football Association drew up the rules of the
modem game in 1863 and in 1888 12 clubs joined together to form the first Football
League. England won the World Cup in 1966. Rugby and
football became two separate sports when the rules laid down by
the Football Association said that only the goalkeeper could handle
the ball. Two kinds of rugby are played in Britain. Rugby Union is
played by amateurs in teams of 15 in the south of England and in Wales
(where it is the national sport). Rugby League is played by professionals in
teams of 13 in the north of England.
Golf was probably invented in Holland, but has been
played in Scotland for at least 400 years. At first, it was played with balls
made of wood, then of leather stuffed with feathers.
The first rules for tennis were drawn up by the
All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club when
it held its first tournament in the London
suburb of Wimbledon in 1877. Wimbledon is still the world’s most famous tennis
event.
There are a lot of sports and games which are popular
both among youngsters and grown-ups. 25 million of grownup people take part in
sports. Sports is on the programme of all state and private
schools and universities. Nearly all schools have sports grounds and swimming
Indeed, sports is a part of everyday life in Britain.
2. Make up questions to ask about sports in Great Britain.
Write them into your copy-book and send the photo on Viber.
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