5. A. Which sports could you name traditionally British? Read the text to see if you are right. B. Complete the text with the following words and word combinations. Listen and check, (7): a) in summer; b) from August to May; c) was playing football; d) the rules of games; e) eighty thousand fans; f) abroad. Sports in Britain: There are not so many British athletes who are successful in world sports competitions. But Britain has been good at inventing sports and writing (1) ... . People started playing golf in Scotland in the fifteenth century. Cricket is only a little younger. They first played it in England in the sixteenth century. Games such as football, rugby and hockey (played on grass) appeared in British public schools in the nineteenth century. The most popular British sport is football. During the football season (2) ..., professional footballers play a lot of matches at home and (3) ... . About 20 million people go to football matches every year. The most interesting games are often between teams from the same city, for example Manchester United and Manchester City. The most important game of the football season is the Cup Final in London. (4) ... go to Wembley Stadium to support their teams. Cricket is popular in England but not so much as in Scotland or in Wales. They play it (5) ... . Rugby is a kind of football in which players take the ball in their hands and run with it. They say that rugby takes its name from Rugby School in England. In 1823, a boy who (6) ... on the school playing field took the ball and ran with it. That was the beginning of a new game.

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5. A. Which sports could you name traditionally British? Read the text to see if you are right. B. Complete the text with the following words and word combinations. Listen and check, (7): a) in summer; b) from August to May; c) was playing football; d) the rules of games; e) eighty thousand fans; f) abroad. Sports in Britain: There are not so many British athletes who are successful in world sports competitions. But Britain has been good at inventing sports and writing (1) ... . People started playing golf in Scotland in the fifteenth century. Cricket is only a little younger. They first played it in England in the sixteenth century. Games such as football, rugby and hockey (played on grass) appeared in British public schools in the nineteenth century. The most popular British sport is football. During the football season (2) ..., professional footballers play a lot of matches at home and (3) ... . About 20 million people go to football matches every year. The most interesting games are often between teams from the same city, for example Manchester United and Manchester City. The most important game of the football season is the Cup Final in London. (4) ... go to Wembley Stadium to support their teams. Cricket is popular in England but not so much as in Scotland or in Wales. They play it (5) ... . Rugby is a kind of football in which players take the ball in their hands and run with it. They say that rugby takes its name from Rugby School in England. In 1823, a boy who (6) ... on the school playing field took the ball and ran with it. That was the beginning of a new game.

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Перевод задания: А. Какие виды спорта можно назвать традиционно британскими? Прочитайте текст и проверьте, правы ли вы. Б. Дополните текст словами и сочетаниями слов из списка. Послушайте и проверьте.

A. The traditionally British sports mentioned in the text are golf, cricket, football, rugby and hockey. (В тексте названы традиционно британские виды спорта: гольф, крикет, футбол, регби и хоккей.)

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There are not so many British athletes who are successful in world sports competitions. But Britain has been good at inventing sports and writing the rules of games. People started playing golf in Scotland in the fifteenth century. Cricket is only a little younger. They first played it in England in the sixteenth century. Games such as football, rugby and hockey (played on grass) appeared in British public schools in the nineteenth century. The most popular British sport is football. During the football season from August to May, professional footballers play a lot of matches at home and abroad. About 20 million people go to football matches every year. The most interesting games are often between teams from the same city, for example Manchester United and Manchester City. The most important game of the football season is the Cup Final in London. Eighty thousand fans go to Wembley Stadium to support their teams. Cricket is popular in England but not so much as in Scotland or in Wales. They play it in summer. Rugby is a kind of football in which players take the ball in their hands and run with it. They say that rugby takes its name from Rugby School in England. In 1823, a boy who was playing football on the school playing field took the ball and ran with it. That was the beginning of a new game.

Перевод заполненного текста: Не так много британских спортсменов добиваются успеха на мировых спортивных соревнованиях. Но Великобритания преуспела в изобретении видов спорта и написании правил игр. В Шотландии начали играть в гольф в XV веке. Крикет появился лишь немного позже. Впервые в него начали играть в Англии в XVI веке. Такие игры, как футбол, регби и хоккей на траве, появились в британских частных школах в XIX веке. Самый популярный вид спорта в Великобритании — футбол. Во время футбольного сезона, с августа по май, профессиональные футболисты играют много матчей дома и за границей. Каждый год на футбольные матчи приходят около 20 миллионов человек. Самые интересные игры часто проходят между командами из одного города, например «Манчестер Юнайтед» и «Манчестер Сити». Самая важная игра футбольного сезона — финал Кубка в Лондоне. Поддержать свои команды на стадион «Уэмбли» приходят восемьдесят тысяч болельщиков. В Англии крикет популярен, но не так, как в Шотландии или Уэльсе. В него играют летом. Регби — это разновидность футбола, в которой игроки берут мяч в руки и бегут с ним. Говорят, что регби получило своё название от школы Регби в Англии. В 1823 году мальчик, который играл в футбол на школьном поле, взял мяч и побежал с ним. Так началась новая игра.

Ответ: 1) the rules of games; 2) from August to May; 3) abroad; 4) eighty thousand fans; 5) in summer; 6) was playing football.