Ex. 4 Answer the following questions using the information from Text B and your own ideas considering sport as a hobby.

1 Is sport your favourite hobby? Which sports are you best at? How long have been playing?

2 Why do you practice this sport? Is it because you want to be fit?

3 How many PE lessons a week have you got?

4 Are you always eager to attend your PE lesson? Why yes or no?
5 Why are young people encouraged to do sports in our country?

What sport facilities are there for them? What are the most popular sporting activities among young people in our country and abroad?

6 Are exercises enough to keep fit and healthy?

7 Do you support a particular team? Which one? How often do you go

to sports events, or do you prefer to watch sports on TV?

8 What part of leisure do people spend on sports in your country? Which are the popular sports in this country?

9 Is sport the way to health and a longer life?

10 What kinds of risky sport do you know?

Ex. 5 Read this information and learn more about risky sports.

Scuba diving

The sport is enjoyed by people of all ages and both sexes. Everybody who enjoys the water and can swim and have no health problems can learn to do it. Your need is the desire, plus basic studying and in-water training. You need an apparatus which helps you breathe under the water. It’s becoming a leisure sport in Russia.

Paragliding

It is the simplest form of human flight. It is easy to transport, easy to land. The pilot is in a sitting position for maximum comfort. You fly like a bird on currents of air. You can be in flight for three hours or more.

White-water rafting

This kind of sport is for people who like extra risk on the rivers. They use inflatable, unsinkable boats for their trips down the rivers. The sport has become the modern day centerpiece for outdoor enthusiasts.

Skateboarding

It is a land alternative to surfing. It was developed in California in the 1960^th and became a craze in the 1970s. The sport is practiced on a board mounted on wheels and steerable by weight positioning. Since 1980s it has become an extreme sport rather than a hobby, because they practice ramp and rail.

Bungee jumping

It is jumping from a great height while attached to a long piece of elastic that it is short enough to prevent the jumped from hitting the ground.

Ice climbing

People climb glaciers with ice axe and a great deal of other equipment. They must have physical and mental strength and the ability to work closely with other team members in the most dangerous situations.

Skydiving

Itis jumping with a parachute out of an airplane for recreation or in competitions. Competitive events include jumping for style, landing with accuracy, and making freefall formations. They fall from 3657m above the ground until 762, where they open their parachutes.

Zorbing

It is the latest adventure experience from New Zealand. It involves rotting about in a ball, three meters in diameter. People hurtle downhill at speed of 50 km per hour. The sport requires no more skill than a hamster running in its wheel as centrifugal force keeps the man pinned inside.

Would you agree that all of them are sports?

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