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Sport in Britain

The English are great lovers of sports. When they are neither playing nor watching games, they like to talk about them. The most popular team game in Britain is football. It was born in England. But now it has become a national sport of many countries. People fill the stadiums every year to support their favourite players. Football is played in most of the schools and colleges.

However, there is an important thing about sport in Britain which we must know. Today, all big sport is professional and famous players can make a lot of money. Professional football in Great Britain is big business. Every large town has one or more football clubs. Professional football is a professionals` game which is watched on Saturday afternoons at the local stadiums.

1.Mark the sentences below true or false.

a) Football is the most popular team game in Britain.

b) Professional football clubs are in small towns.

c) Football is a national sport only in Great Britain.

d) Famous football players make a lot of money.

2.Choose the correct variant and complete the sentences.

a) Football games are watched on _____ ( Sunday mornings, Saturday afternoons, Saturday evenings)

b) Football was born in_______ (the USA, Great Britain, Brazil).

c) Football is a national sport of ______(different countries, only Great Britain, Russia).

d) Football is the most popular______(individual sport, team game, pair sport)

3. Answer the questions:

a) Why do people fill the stadiums every year?

b) Where can you watch professional games?

c) How do you keep fit?

d) What sports are the most popular individual ones?

What about team sports?

e) Do you do gymnastics in the morning?

4. Translate into Russian:

a) a glorious history -

b) unforgettable performances -

c) successful players -

d) a skilled coach -

e) to train hard -

f) to do sports -