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Организационный момент и речевая разминка Good morning, everybody I`m glad to see you. How are you? Today we are going to speak about sports in Great Britain. You will learn a lot of interesting things from the history of the Olympics

Oтработка произношения и чтения новых слов Look at these coloured rings, please. What do they symbolize? The Cup Final The Olympic Games Tennis Championship at Wimbledon

Read the new words Greece Greek athletes Baron Pierre de Coubertin The international Olympic Commitee Now listen to Lena and Egor to answer their questions

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8 th century BC to the 5 th century AD. In the late 19 th century, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was inspired by Olympic festivals to revive the Games. For this purpose, he founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, and two years later, the modern Olympic Games were established in Athens. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20 th century forced the IOC to adapt the Games to the world's changing social circumstances. Some of these adjustments included the creation of the Winter Games for ice and snow sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC also had to accommodate the Games to the varying economical, political, and technological realities of the 20 th century. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of the mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games.

The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including boycotts, doping, bribery of officials, and terrorism. Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national, and in particular cases, international fame. The Games also constitute a major opportunity for the host city and country to promote and showcase themselves to the world.

Olympic sports are governed by international sports federations (IFs) recognized by the IOC as the global supervisors of those sports. There are 35 federations represented at the IOC. There are sports recognized by the IOC that are not included on the Olympic program. These sports are not considered Olympic sports, but they can be promoted to this status during a program revision that occurs in the first IOC session following a celebration of the Olympic Games. During such revisions, sports can be excluded or included in the program based on a twothirds majority vote of the members of the IOC. There are recognized sports that have never been on an Olympic program in any capacity. Some of these include tug of war, chess, golf, and surfing.

The Olympic Movement comprises international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Olympic Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and funding a celebration of the Games consistent with the Olympic Charter. The Olympic program, consisting of the sports to be contested at each Olympic Games, is also determined by the IOC. The celebration of the Games encompasses many rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. There are over 13, 000 athletes that compete at the Summer and Winter Olympics in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive gold, silver or bronze Olympic medals.

The Olympic Games program consists of 33 sports, 52 disciplines and nearly 400 events. For example, wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, it is comprised of two disciplines, Greco-Roman and Freestyle. It is further broken down into fourteen events for men and four events for women. These events are dileneated by weight classes. The Summer Olympics program includes 26 sports, while the Winter Olympics program features 7 sports. Athletics, swimming, fencing, and artistic gymnastics are the only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program. Cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating have been featured at every Winter Olympics program since its inception in 1924. Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the program as demonstration sports, and were later promoted to full Olympic sports. Some sports that were featured in earlier Games were later dropped from the program.

The 114 th IOC Session, in 2002, limited the Summer Games program to a maximum of 28 sports, 301 events, and 10, 500 athletes. Three years later, at the 117 th IOC Session, the first major program revision was performed, which resulted in the exclusion of baseball and softball from the official program of the 2012 London Games. Since there was no agreement in the promotion of two other sports, the 2012 program will feature just 26 sports.

Questions Where did the Olympic Games begin? How often did the Games take place in ancient times? How often are they held now? Did the original Olympic Games consist only of sports competitions? What was the only athletic event that was held in the ancient Olympics? Could women take part in the ancient Olympics?

At about what time were the ancient Olympics officially ended? Whose idea was it to bring the Olympics Games back to life? In what city were the first modern Olympics Games held? And what country hosted the second modern Olympiad? Where were the latest Olympic Games held? When are the Winter Olympic Games held now? What committee organizes the Olympic Games?

SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The Presentation of Yulja Levtchenko SPORTS IN GREAT BRITAIN. Listen the new words on topic

Sport is very important in our life. It is popular among young and old people. Many people do morning exercises jog in the morning and train themselves in clubs in different sections and take part in sport competitions. National sports in Great Britain … It is a very interesting question, because many kinds of sport have taken the origin in England. The Englishmen love sports , they are called sports-lovers in spite of the fact that some of them neither play games nor even watch them. They only like to speak about sports Some kinds of sport are professional in England. Popular and famous players have a lot of money.

We must speak about the Highland Games in Scotland. All participants wear Highland dress. There are such competitions as putting the weight , tossing the caber and others. The English are great lovers of sports.

Football Now football is the most popular game in Britain. It is a team game. There are some amateur teams but most of the teams are professional ones in England. Professional football is a big business. Football is played at schools too. If we speak about football we can mention an interesting fact in American football , called soccer. The captain of the team must be the oldest or the best player. Football has got a long history. Football was played by the whole village teams in Middle Ages in England.

Many traditional sporting contests take place in England , for example , cricket. It is played from May till September. This game is associated with England. There are many cricket clubs in this country. English people like to play cricket. They think that summer without cricket isn`t summer. Cricket is the English national sport in summer. If you want to play cricket you must wear white boots , a white shirt and white long trousers. There are two teams. Each team has eleven players. Cricket is popular in boys` schools. Girls play cricket too.

Rugby football. You can see a ball in this game , but it is not round. It is oval. This is a team game. There are fifteen players in each team. It is a popular game in England. There are many amateur rugby football teams. Table tennis. Englishmen heard about table tennis in 1880. Then the International Table Tennis Association was formed and the international rules were worked out. Many people like to play table tennis. This is played by men and women too. There are some tennis clubs in England , but if you go and play there it is necessary to pay money for it. Englishmen like playing tennis but many of them prefer to watch this game.

There are some racing competitions in England. They are motor-car racing , dog-racing , boat-racing , horse-racing. All kinds of racings are popular in England. It is interesting to see the egg -and-spoon race. The runner , who takes part in this competition , must carry an egg in a spoon. It is not allowed to drop the egg.

Thank you for attention!

Teacher: Thank you. You`ve done that quite well. ØSport is very important in our life, isn’t it? ØDo you go in for sport? ØDo you take part in any sport competitions? ØDoes sport help people to keep in good health? ØWhat new information have you learnt today?

Pupil As for me, sport is an essential part of my daily life. As I want to keep fit I go in for skating in winter and running and swimming in summer. All my friends like different kinds of sports, such as tennis, boxing, gymnastics and others and spend much time at the stadium or on the sports grounds. Of all-outdoor games I prefer football. I never miss a single match played by «Rotor» , I am a «Rotor» fan. Sport makes people strong, healthy and gay and I like it very much. Do you go in for sports?