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Americans pay
much attention to physical fitness and have traditionally done
well in many kinds of sports. There is a large choice of sports
in America. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and
badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowling, archery,
skiing, etc. This can be explained by the size and variety of
the country. Another reason for the popularity of sports in
America is the love of Americans to competition of any kind. One
more reason is that Americans use sports activities for teaching
social values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship.
The top four
sports in America are American in origin: football, baseball
(often called 'the National Pastime'), auto-racing (especially
NASCAR), and basketball. Soccer is not as popular in the US as
in most other countries, but the US did host the World Cup in
1994. Soccer continues to grow in the US, and is currently one
of the most played sports amongst youth. Ice hockey is also
popular. The United States became the centre of the two most
popular Western combat sports— boxing and wrestling. The United
States has produced many champion boxers. The United States
created the three popular board-based recreational sports —
surfboarding, skateboarding and snowboarding. National
competitions are held in all three; snowboarding is included in
the Olympic Games. Triathlon, which includes swimming,
bicycle-racing and long distance running, has been invented in
America, too.
There are sports
facilities in every school. American college sports are nearly
as popular as professional sports, particularly college football
and college basketball. American colleges often support sports
programs, including track-and-field, water polo, football and
baseball. Every high school offers its students many sports,
such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no
universities for sports in the USA, but students of any higher
educational establishment are trained in different kinds of
sports. Many universities are famous for their sports clubs.
Indeed, sport is a part of life of an average American.
Translate the
following sentences into English.
1. Американцы придают большое значение поддержанию
физической формы.
2. Американцы занимаются многими видами спорта.
3. Существует несколько причин популярности спорта в США: любовь
к соревнованиям любого рода, величина и разнообразие страны.
4. Американцы используют спорт для обучения социальным
ценностям, таким как умение работать в команде и спортивное
поведение.
5. Некоторые из наиболее популярных в Америке видов спорта,
таких как волейбол, баскетбол, триатлон, были изобретены в
Америке.
6. Популярные виды спорта с использованием доски, такие как
виндсерфинг, скейтбординг и сноубординг, были также изобретены в
Америке.
7. По всем видам спорта, изобретенным в Америке, проводятся
общенациональные соревнования, некоторые из этих видов включены
в Олимпийские игры.
8. В каждой американской школе есть условия для занятий спортом,
а университетский спорт почти так же популярен, как
профессиональный спорт.
1. Americans pay
much attention to physical fitness.
2. Americans participate in many kinds of sports.
3. There are several reasons for the popularity of sports in the
USA: love to competition of any kind, the size and variety of
the country.
4. Americans use sport for teaching social values, such as
teamwork and sportsmanship.
5. Some of the top sports in America, such as volleyball,
basketball, thriathlon were invented in America.
6. Popular board-based sports like windsurfing, skateboarding
and snow-boarding, were invented on the American soil, too.
7. National competitions are held in all of the sports which
originated in America, and some of them are included in the
Olympic Games.
8. There are sports facilities in every American school, and
college sports is nearly as popular as professional sports.
Из пособия "ЕГЭ. Английский язык.
Устные темы" Занина Е.Л. (2010, 272с.) - Part
two.
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