For the group 3 cop!!! Read and translate the text "Sport" on Monday, the 25th of May!!! Learn it for Speaking on Thursday, the 28th of May!!!!

Sport

People all over the world are fond of games and sports. Sport is one of the things that unites people of every nationality and class. All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong, healthy and fit. The most popular outdoor winter games are hockey, skating and skiing, tobogganing, figure skating. Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, sailing and cycling.   Among outdoor games, football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all countries of the world. The other games such as golf, cricket, volleyball, basketball, badminton, tennis are also popular.  All the year round, many people go in for boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events.  Among indoor games, the most popular are billiards, table-tennis, draughts, but the great international game is chess, of course.  So sport is one of the things that makes people kin.

Speaking about sport in Great Britain, we must remember that British people are very fond of sports. Sport is a part of their normal life. The two most popular games are football and cricket. Football, also called soccer, is the most popular sport in the United Kingdom. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own Football Leagues and national teams. Games are played on Saturday afternoons from August to April. In addition to the FL games there is a competition called the Football Association Cup. The Cup Final is played at Wembley Stadium (London) in May.

Cricket is considered to be the English national game. Its rules are very complicated. It is played by two teams of eleven men each, the player tries to hit the ball with a bat. Golf is the Scottish national game. It originated in the 15^th century and the most famous golf course in the world, known as the Royal and Ancient Club, is at            St. Andrew’s.

Lawn tennis was first played in Britain in the late 19^th century. The most famous British championship is Wimbledon, played annually during the last week of June and the first week of July.

Those are the most popular kinds of sport in the UK. But there are many other sports such as rugby, swimming, horse-racing and the traditional fox-hunting.