Sports and games
(Sporty a hry)
Olympic Games
(Olympijské hry)
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Why do people do sports?
Sports are one of the most popular leisure time
activities.
Sports help us to keep our body fit, nice and
attractive.
Sports can help us to lose weight and build
muscles.
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Why do people do sports?
Sports are very good for active relaxation.
Sports are important for our physical and mental
health.
If people don’t do any sports, they are often lazy
and fat.
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Is there a difference between sport and
game?
SPORTS are activities practiced individually
(athletics, horseracing, cycling). In England the word
“sports” means some indoor or outdoor activities for
fun.
GAMES are activities played in a team. The game has
its own rules and is usually played with a kind of
ball. A referee decides about the game.
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There are many BALL GAMES
in the world; FOOTBALL is the
most popular game.
In America it is called SOCCER. A typical
American ball game is BASEBALL.
Popular around the world are VOLEYBALL,
BASKETBALL and HANDBALL.
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How can we divide sports and games?
We can divide all sports into two groups
according to where they can be practised:
Indoor sports - gymnastics, table tennis,
boxing, wrestling, yoga, aerobics…
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How can we divide sports and games?
Outdoor sports - hiking, rock climbing, horse
riding, golf , cycling, or riding a mountain
bike, athletics…
Most sports and almost all games can be done both
indoors and outdoors.
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How can we divide sports and games?
Sports and games can be practiced in summer or
in winter, but there are also many all - season
activities.
Summer sports - swimming, windsurfing,
yachting, rollerblading
Winter sports - skiing (down- hill, cross-country,
slalom, ski jumping) sledging, sleighing, ice-hockey,
figure-skating
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What are any of the favourite sports in the
Czech Republic ?
The most favourite sports in the Czech Republic
are ice hockey, football, tennis and speed
skating. Dominik Hašek and Jaromir Jagr are
the most famous ice hockey players from Czech
Republic.
Petr Cech and Pavel Nedved are the most famous
football players from the Czech Republic.
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Do you know any popular and typical sports
in Britain
The British invented the rules of many sports and
games which are now played all over the worldfootball, rugby, cricket and lawn tennis.
In Britain the number one sport in the north of
England, Scotland and Wales is football, and in
South of England it is cricket.
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Do you know any popular sport in the U.S.A.?
The most popular sports in the U.S.A. are ice hockey
(National Hockey League), basketball (National
Basketball League), American Football (National
Football League) and Baseball (Major Baseball
League).
The most popular players from NHL are Wayne
Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Martin Brodeur.
The most famous players from basketball are Michael
Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James.
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Do you know any extreme/adrenaline sports?
Extreme sports/adrenaline sports are activities often
involving speed, height, a high level of danger.
Auto racing
Bungee jumping
Freestyle scootering
Mountain biking
Motocross
Paragliding
Rock climbing
Skateboarding
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What are any of sports facilities? Where
can people practise sports?
Sports ground/playgrounds:
Stadium
Football ground/pitch
Cricket ground/pitch
Handball court
Golf course
Ice-rink
Sports-hall
Gym
Fitness centre
Tennis court
Swimming pool
Track
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What is any of sports equipment?
Hockey - hockey stick, puck, ice skates, helmet, gloces, goal
Basketball, volleyball – ball, net, boots
Skiing – a pair of skies, skiing poles, googles, ski boots
Tennis – tennis rocket, tennis ball, net
Other equipment - tracksuit, vest, trainers, stopwatch…
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What are any important sports events?
World and European Championships (Football League
Championship)
Tournaments (Wimbledon – the Grand Slam Tennis
Tournament)
World Cup (FIFA World Cup)
Hockey League (Canadian Hockey League)
Race (MotoGP)
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The Olympic Games – Introduction
The first Olympic Games took place in Olympia (Greece)
in the year 776 B.C.
The modern Olympic Games are major international
sports competition, held once every four years.
Thousands of athletes from more than 200 nations
participate in a variety of competitions.
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The Olympic Games – History
Since 1924 there are two parts of the games
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the winter part
•
the summer part
which alternate once every two years.
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The Olympic Games - Symbols
The Olympic Flag - Five rings on the white
background
The Olympic Flame
The Olympic mascot
The Olympic Motto - "Faster, Higher, Stronger”
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The Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic program includes the
following sports:
swimming, archery, athletics, badminton, baseball,
basketball, boxing, canoeing and kayaking, cycling,
football (soccer), gymnastics, tenis, table tennis,
modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, volleyball,
weightlifting, wrestling and others
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The Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic program includes sports
played on snow or ice:
bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, ice skating
(figure skating and speed skating), skiing,
ski jumping, and snowboarding
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Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic
games - Men winners)
The most famous Summer Olympic winners from
Czech republic are:
Emil Zatopek
Jan Zelezny
Ota Zaremba
Roman Sebrle
Martin Doktor
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Czech Olympic winners
(Summer Olympic games - Women winners)
Vera Caslavska - (gymnastics)
Stepanka Hilgertova - (canoe slalom)
Barbora Spotakova - (javelin throw)
Katerina Emmons - (shooting)
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Czech Olympic winners
(Winter Olympic games)
Czech Ice hockey team - ice hockey - One gold
medal from Nagano 1998 and bronze medal
from Torino 2006
Ales Valenta – (freestyle skiing)
Lukas Bauer – (cross-country skiing)
Katerina Neumannova – (cross-country skiing)
Martina Sablikova – (speed skating)
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