Sporting Events

What sports
country
do they
originate?
Which
need
this equipment?
Great
Britain
rackets
&
gloves
racquet
ball
ball
bat,
ball
&&gates
brooms
& stone
clubs
shuttlecocks
badminton
rugby
curling
tennis
golf
boxing
football
cricket
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English lesson, form 10, Module 2
Lobanova Elena Alexandrovna, English teacher of
Secondary school № 15, Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk Region
Journey route
Cambridge
Oxford
Ascot
London
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London Marathon
London Marathon usually takes place in April.
It is a serious athletic competition which offers
big prize money for the winners. The majority
of runners do it for fun or to raise money for
charity.
People
can run 26 miles (about 42 km)
About
Start
40,000
runners
Tower
Cutty
Westminster
Having
Running
Buckingham
Winners
Medals
Finish
Sark
Bridge
fun
with
for
fun
Palace
Prince
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Wimbledon Championship
The
winners
of tournament with
their trophies
Spectators
Central
court
World’s
top player
World’s Wimbledon
topqueues
player
Russian
tennis player
Maria
Sharapova
won
Wimbledon
Championship
“While the players are swinging their racquets
on the
in 2004
court, the spectators are consuming some 28,000
World’s
kilograms
World’s of strawberries topped with 7,000 litres of
top
player
dairy
cream
over
two
weeks.”
top
player
Wimbledon
2012 Traditional snack
Open courtsChampionship
courts
Sydney Morning Herald 5
Royal Ascot Race
A
hat
ALadies
hat
Hats
A
hat
Royal
1836
Horse
racing
A hatAscot,
Racecourse
Royal
Family
Royal
Family
Royal
Pair
Race
Horses
and
jockeysout the Opening
People
Winner
circle
Racing
Gentlemen
The
Queen
holding
trophies ceremony
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Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race
Racecourse
Two
boats
A dates
lotand
ofdates
spectators
16
paddles
Cambridge
University
back
Oxford
University
back
to theto
Finish
What
blue
are
you?
down the
th century.
th13
Under
bridges
the
Cambridge
is located
12
century.
Oxford
isthesituated
in
river Thames
in the
county
Cambridgeshire
the
county
Oxfordshire
Push
Winners
Before
the start
Rowing boat race
9 members for each crew
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Which event …
845…
…10
3is
is…
6…
popular
aassociated
7…
9
is
competition
has
…
2…
has
attended
…
takes
lasts
thousand
lasts
with
onlyplace
for
with
the
the
18
by
between
two
competitors?
fashion
strawberry
of
British
longest?
inweeks?
competitors?
spring?
royalty?
two
designers?
teams?
snack?
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Speaking
Imagine you are a radio presenter. Choose
one of the sporting events and present it to the
class. You have 5 minutes for preparing!
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Russian sporting events
White a short text
about a famous event
(50-60 words)!
Use the plan:
- name
- type
- place
- time
- competitors
- spectators
- prizes
- any interesting
information
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