Sports

SYNOPSIS Kuznetsova AnnFrom 11 classSchool 1962MOSCOW 2002CONTENS 1. Introduction 22. Olympic Games 23. The History of the Olympic Games 34. Sports in our life 45. Sports in my school 46. Summer and winter sports 57. My favorite sport 58. Literature 7IntroductionSport is probably as the humanity itself.

All over the world people ofdifferent ages are very fond of sports and games. Sport not only helps peopleto become strong and to develop physically but also makes them more organizedand better disciplined in their daily activities. It makes a healthy mind in ahealthy body. Sports help people to keep in good health.We all need to exercise. Even if you don t plan to make a career insport you still have to practice.

Regular exercises give you more energy. Thatis why many people who suffer from general tiredness should take more exercisethan more rest. Exercise makes you feel and look better. The best exercise isone of which involves in repeated movements, those are walking, jogging orswimming. Bending and stretching will add flexibility and feeling of lightness.Among the sports popular in our country are football, basketball,swimming, volleyball, ice hockey, tennis,

gymnastics, figure skating. A personcan choose sports and games for any seasons, for any taste.OlympicGamesThe world s greatest international sports games are known as the OlympicGames.The Olympic idea means friendship, fraternity and cooperation among thepeople of the world. The Olympic Movement proves that real peace can beachieved through sport. The Olympic emblem is five interlinked rings blue,yellow, black, green and red.

Any national flag contains at least one of thesecolours.The original Olympic Games began in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. The gameswere for men only. Greek women were forbidden not only to participate but alsoto watch the Olympics.The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Then theywere resumed in London after the

Second World War. Since then the Olympics are held every fourth year indifferent countries.The ancient Greeks had no winter sports. Only in 1924 the first WinterOlympic Games were held in France. Now they are being held regularly. TheHistory of the Olympic GamesLong ago Greeks often waged wars. The ruler of such a small state, Elis,wanted to live in peace with all neighbours.

He was a good diplomat because hisnegotiations were successful and Elis was recognized a neutral state. Tocelebrate this achievement, he organized athletic games.The games were held every four years in Olympia on the territory ofElis. The first games which later were called the Olympic Games were held abouta thousand years before our era.

Winners were called olympionics , they were awarded olivewreaths and cups of olive oil. The olympionics of ancient Grees became very popular.Best craftsmen were chosen to make honourary cups, many poets wrote and recitedin public poems about the best athletics. Only men could take part in the Olympic Games. Women were not allowedeven to watch the competitions at the stadium under the fear of

death penalty.Magnificent strong bodies inspired artists and sculptors. They paintedwall pictures and made statues of marble and bronze.The Olympic Games had been held for about eleven hundred years, untilthe emperor Theodosius banned them for religious reasons in 394 A. D. Therevival of the Olympic Games began long time afterwards, in 1892.

On the 23rdof June 1894 the International Congress of amateur sportsmen made an importantdecision to revive the Olympic Games and to establish the InternationalOlympics Committee which would be responsible for the administration of themodern Olympic Games. Sportin my lifePeople all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makespeople healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined.

It unitpeople of different classes and nationalities.Many people do sports on their personal initiative. They go in forskiing, skating, table tennis, swimming, volley-ball, football, etc.Allnecessary facilities are provided for them stadiums, sport ground, swimmingpools, skating rinks, football fields.Sports in my schoolWe have fine teams at our school and different kinds of competition

takeplace there. The boys of my school are crazy about football, they play footballand the girls are football fans. And now a few words about ourphysical training lessons. In winter our Physical training lessons are heldout-of-doors. We play different team games such as basket-ball or volley-ball.Besides we have some training in gymnastics. I like my

P.T. Lessons!Summerand winter sportsPeople all over the world are very fond of sports and games. That is oneof the things in which people of every nationality and class are united.The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting, hockey and, in the countries where theweather is frosty and there is much snow - skating, skiing and tobogganing. Summeraffords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling,gliding and many others

sports. Among outdoor games football takes place inpublic interests this game is played in all the countries of the world. Theother games in different countries are cricket, volley-ball, basket-ball, andso on. Badminton is also popular both with young and old. Over the last fewyears aerobics has become popular with young girls and women. Aerobics helpsthem to be slim, healthy and strong.

Myfavorite sports and my favorite sportsmenI like sport. I like tennis, swimming, figure skating, football,valley-ball. But my favorite sport is soccer. I buy the sports magazines andnewspapers, for example Sport Exspress , or Worldsoccer . I like football in our country, because i live in Russia, butItalian series A I like more. I think that this game is very strict and thick.

There are many popular football-players, for example Paolo Maldini, Pirlo -they are playing in Milan Konovaro is playing in Parma Nesto is playing inLazio Baggio is playing in Breshia Totti, Toldo, Ronaldo, Vieri are playingin Inter. My favorite football-player is Ronaldo. Many people don t like him,but

I do. He was born in Rio Brazil . He hadn t any money, but he wanted to playfootball. When he was sixteen he started playing in Gruzeiro , thenhe went to the World Cup in USA. Then he played in Barcelona , thenhe went to Milan in Inter . He was the best football-player inEurope. He is very rich now. He has a very beautiful wife and son.

All peoplecall him Fonomenon. I wish him good luck in World Cup 2002! Themost important sport event of this year is the World football championshipwhich is held in Japan and South Korea. I m a great football fan so I m reallyupset that our teem lost the match against Belgium and Italian teem lost thematch against Korea.

And left the competition I agree with Onopko s words I stillthought we could get the draw, and when Dmitri Sychev scored I believed itwould happen. I really thought we would equalise. And I think that D. Sychev is hope ourfootball Only18 years of age, Sychov already has eight goals to his name in the

RussianPremier League. He has appeared in 12 games for Spartak Moscow. Though aregular on the under-18 national team, Sychov has three appearances and a goalunder his belt for the full Russia squad.Also My favorite Russian football-player is Valery Karpin. ValeriKarpin is one of Russia s highest profile players.

The midfielder was a star atSpartak Moscow in the early 1990s when the club won three league titles and twoCups of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Karpin moved to Spain andplayed for Real Sociedad and Valencia CF before settling at Celta de Vigo. Hemade his debut in the Russia squad in 1992 and scored a goal in his first matchfrom the penalty spot against

Mexico. He was part of the Russian team at the1994 FIFA World Cup .Now, I m supporting the Brazilian teem, because I m convinced that theywill be champions. Well,I like tennis. I m a fan of Marat Safin and Dimentieva. I like hochey so much. I like to watch NHL games on TV.I like figure-skating.

I like special Marina Anisina and Gvendal Pesera,evgeny Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin. I like Irina Slutskaya so much.All of them are very beautiful and talented sportsmen. I like them!Sports are very important in our life - in my life. So we have allgrounds to say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin.

LITERATURE 1. 200 topics English languages BAO-press M. 2002 2. Conversational Topics Korona-print S.P. 2001 3. Gurina T. Drofa M.2000