Презентация к уроку английского языка "Sports in Great Britain"

… football, tennis, badminton, cricket and some other games originated in Great Britain.
… the English play association football or soccer (the game that is played in nearly all countries) and rugby football, so called because it originated at Rugby, a well-known English public school (this game is played with an oval ball which may be carried), and these are the most popular games in the British Isles.
… the English play football from late August until of May.
… American football differs from soccer and rugby.
… the final of the football competition takes place every May at the famous Wembley stadium in London. Some of the best known clubs in England are Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. In Scotland either Rangers, Celtic or Aberdeen usually win the cup or the championship

… there are all kinds of racing in England – horse-racing, motor-car racing, boat-racing, dog-racing, and even racing for donkeys. 

… on sport days at school boys and girls run races, and even train for them. There are some races in which everybody has to go very carefully in order to avoid falling. There is the “three-legged” race, for example, in which a pair of runners have the right leg of one tied to the left leg of the other. And there is the egg-and-spoon race in which each runner must carry an egg in a spoon without letting it drop.
… that the most famous boat-race in England is between Oxford and Cambridge. It is rowed over a course on the river Thames, and thousands of people go to watch it.
… that the University boat-race started in 1820 and has been rowed on the Thames almost every spring since 1836.

… cricket is played by two teams of 11 each. One team must bat and the other team must field. When the first team finishes batting, the second must begin. The batsman must all the time guard his “wicket”, three rather ridiculous pieces of wood which are pushed into the ground. The game is very slow. Even if you don’t understand the rules, it is nice to watch the players, dressed in white playing on the beautiful green cricket fields. It is the most popular summer game in England.

 Boat-racing  Horse racing

- The Britons are great lovers of sport.
- Football in Great Britain.
- Cricket is the most popular English summer game.
- Racing in England.
- Children’s games in Great Britain.