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82 Sport Common sports angling bowls darts wee SZ & snooker/pool/billiards motor-racing. Equipment - what you hold in your hand golf—club —squashtennis/badminton ~ racket darts—dart_ archery ~ bow cricketitable-tennis/baseball- bat hockey ~stick __snooker/pool/illiards ~ cue canoeing - paddle rowing oar fishing - rod/line Athletics - some field events eee discus javetin high-jump ——long-jump —_pole-vault She's a good sprinter. [fast over short distances} He’s a great long-distance runner. [e.g. 5000 metres, marathon] Jogging round the park every Saturdays enough for me. Verbs and their collocations in the context of sport Our team wonslost by three goals/points, She broke the Olympic record last year. He holds the record for the 100 metres breast-stroke, Liverpool beat Hamburg 4-2 yesterday. ‘The team have never been defeated. {more formal than beat] How many goals/points have you scored this season? I think I'l take up bowls next spring and give up golf. People who do particular sports er can be used for many sports, e.g. footballer, swimmer, windsurfer, high-jumper, cricketer, golfer, etc. Player is often necessary, e.g. tennis-player, snooker-player, darts- player; we ean also say foothall-player, cricket-player. Some names must be learnt separately, e.g. canoeist, cyclist, mountaineer, jockey, archer (not archerer), gymnast. English Vocabulary in Use 4 as Exercises Which of the sports opposite are these people probably talking about? “The ball has a natural curve on it 0 it doesn’t go in a straight line on the grass.” ‘Provided it’s not too windy at the top, there’s no problem. ‘Icis incredibly noisy, fast and dangerous, but it’s really exciting to watch." “You get sore at first and can hardly sit down, but you get used to it after a while.” ‘It’s all a matter of balance really.” *You need a good eye and a lot of concentration.” Look at the sports page of one or two newspapers (either in English or in your own language). Are there any sports mentioned not listed at A opposite? If so, what are their English names? Use a bilingual dictionary if necessary. ‘Name one other piece of equipment necessary to play these sports apart from the item given, as in the example. What special clothing, if any, is worn for each sport? Example: golf: clubs, vals 1 archery: bow, 2 badminton: racket, 3 hockey: stick, 4 baseball: bat, 5 darts: darts, Collocations. Fill the gaps with suitable verbs. 1 Were many records at the Olympics? 2 We've been so many times we deserve to be bottom of the league! 3 Congratulations! How many points did you by? 4 You should jogging. That would help you lose weight 5 Who the world record for the 1000 metres? Is it a Russian? 6 Lonly ever once 2 goal, and that was sheer luck. What do you call a person who...? 1 does the long-jump? a long jumper $._does gymnastics? 2 rides horses in races? 6 plays hockey? 3. drives cars in races? 7 plays football? 4 throws the discus/javelin? 8 does the pole-vault? Make sure you know which sports these places are associated with, asin the example, Use a dictionary if necessary. 1 court tennis, equash, etc. 5 rink 2 course 6 alley 3 ring 7 piste 4 pitch English Vocabulary in Use 83

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