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RUSSIAN SPORTS
There are many popular kinds of sport in Russia. They are:
hockey, skating, figure skating, skiing, football, swimming,
running, judo and others. There are many stadiums, sport clubs,
gyms and swimming-pools now. Many national and international
matches and championships take place in Russia. The most
important sports events are broadcast live from the stadiums.
Numerous people come to watch the games, others prefer to do
this at home watching special sports channels.
Water kinds of sport are popular in our country. These include
swimming, diving, water skiing and boating. Fishing is very
popular in all parts of Russia, too.
Football is one of the most popular sports in the country. There
are several football clubs and football fans not only come to
watch matches, but play football themselves. Hockey is very
popular, too.
Russia is famous for its chess players, tennis players and
figure-skaters. At the 2006 Turin Olympic Games our country won
several gold medals in figure skating.
Physical education is one of the main subjects in Russian
schools now. During the lessons pupils play different sports
games, take part in school, district and city sports
competitions.
Such sports activities as bowling and billiards have become very
popular with the Russians, especially young ones. Such indoor
games are played in sports centres and clubs.
Even though many Russian people do not have time for going in
for sport, they still find some hours to do sports activities.
Vocabulary:
be broadcast live [bi:'bro:dka:st'larv] транслироваться в прямом
эфире
billiards ['biljadz] бильярд
district ['distnkt] зд. районный
diving ['darvirj] прыжки в воду
event [iVent] событие
figure skating [.figa'skeitirj] фигурное катание
fishing ['fifiri] рыбалка
gym [d3im] спортзал
indoor game ['indo:'geimz] игра в помещении
judo ['d3u:dau] дзюдо
numerous ['nju:m(3)r3s] бесчисленный
Questions:
1. What are the most popular sports in Russia?
2. What are the places for doing sport professionally in Russia?
3. What can you say about football as one of the most popular
kinds of sport in Russia?
4. What do pupils do during lessons of physical education?
5. What kinds of sports bring prizes to the country?
6. What new sports activities have become popular with the
Russians?
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