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NOTE: If you find this symbol in the text (*) that means that it is a tip for you to mention at your oral exam. You will surely impress your teachers and they will realize that you did something more than just read and memorized stuff from the book like everyone else. A little more effort goes a long way… 🙂

SPORTS AND GAMES

This topic is about healthy and useful spending of your time. Every sport has a positive impact on both physical and mental status of the human body. People all around the world enjoy indoor and outdoor sports. Indoor sports can be practiced any day of the year in gyms. Outdoor sports are practiced mainly in summer.

* Definitely mention your favorite sport or game and explain why you like it.

Sports

Sport is any type of activity which you can practice alone. The most popular are aquatic (water) sports like sailing, water-skiing, wind-surfing and diving. Other well-known sports are cycling, hiking, chess (yes, indeed) or athletics (long jump, high jump, sprint etc.). You can enjoy winter sports such as skiing, snow-boarding, giant slalom or ski jumps at ski resorts, because they offer good snow conditions. Here in Slovakia we have some great ski resorts in High and Low Tatras.

Games

Games are played by 2 or more players. These games such as basketball, football, golf, tennis, volleyball, handball, or hockey develop positive attributes like discipline, sense for teamwork, strategic thinking, dealing with success and failure.

SPORT

GAME

SPORTS AND GAMES IN UK AND USA

The British really love all kinds of sports, especially cricket and sports including animals like polo, bird watching, fox hunting or horse racing. There is a special rule in Britain, which applies to most of the sport and game matches or tournaments. It is called the underdog rule. It means that if one team is losing badly, the crowd at the stadium starts to support that losing team.

Special sport event in Britain is called the Cup Final. It is a football match of the year, which is played at Wembley Stadium in England (near London). Another one is famous tennis tournament held at Wimbledon.

In the USA, the most popular games are American football, baseball (I don’t think I will ever understand that game) * rugby, basketball, squash, boxing, ice hockey and wrestling (the fake one mainly).

* You may wonder, what is the difference between American football and rugby, well, you are lucky that you’re here because there are plenty:

American football	Rugby
11 players	15 players
Goal: To carry ball beyond line	Goal: To place the ball down beyond line
USA – the only country where they play it	Played worldwide
Players use protection for the whole body	The only protection is mouth guard

OLYMPIC GAMES

The biggest and most favorite sport event watched by millions of people all over the world is held every 4 years and each time in a different city. The Summer Olympic Games (not Hunger Games..) and its smaller brother, Winter Olympic Games are celebration of positive spirit, peace and international friendship.

BENEFITS OF SPORT
Let’s focus on other qualities that sports enrich us with. If we want to lose weight, there are perfect choices for us such as jogging, aerobics or body building. You can find many shops that sell products for gaining muscles faster or increase your strength. These products are mostly proteins, vitamins and over-the-counter supplements that can help you to reach your fitness goals.

Some products, however, are more than just vitamins or dietary supplements. Yes, our next part is about doping. During important tournaments or competitions, some professional athletes simply do not resist to cheat and take illegal substances to enhance their performance. This put them at risk of being disqualified and in many cases in the past these athletes were stripped of their medals from tournaments or even Olympic Games. Well-know example of doping is Lance Armstrong who lost his titles from Tour de France. Simply put, hard work and honest training PAYS OFF.

QUIZ
Let’s see if you can answer these questions: (don’t be lazy, you know you can do it)

1. Can you name some summer and winter sports?
2. Is the meaning of the terms „sport“ and „game“ the same ? Explain
3. Can you name at least 3 sports involving animals?
4. Did you understand everything? If not, do not hesitate to ask on our forums!

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