Hobbies and sports
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This document discusses sports, hobbies, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It provides definitions of sports as physical activities involving competition, and hobbies as activities done regularly for pleasure. Examples are given of individual and team sports as well as hobbies like music, games, and collecting. The origins and symbols of the Olympic Games are described. The Paralympic Games are defined as an athletic competition for disabled athletes held after each Olympics. Famous Paralympian Robinson Mendez from Chile is highlighted as the top Latin American tennis player.
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- 1. SPORTS AND HOBBIES Manuel Blanco Encalada Highschool English Department Caldera Miss Karen Salinas
- 2. SPORTS an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment SPORTS help us to keep fit and healthy.
- 3. skating
- 4. skiing
- 5. riding
- 7. cycling
- 10. fishing
- 12. HOBBIES A hobby is an activity done regularly for pleasure. It is something you like to do when you are free.
- 13. Music Some people like to listen to music or play music themselves.
- 17. listening to the radio
- 21. doing crosswords
- 22. reading
- 23. gardening
- 24. Playing board games snakes and ladders chess
- 25. Collecting things People collect lots of different things. Some people collect strange things, like bones of dead animals. The common things for collecting are stamps, coins stickers and postcards.
- 26. VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO TEAM SPORTS: I play basketball I play football I play baseball I play voleyball I play tennis We use PLAY with team sports
- 27. INDIVIDUAL SPORTS: GO+ING I go swimming I go skating I go jogging I go fishing I go surfing VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO We use GO with verbs ending in ING
- 28. INDIVIDUAL SPORTS: Not ending in ING, we use PRACTICE or DO I practice judo I practice karate I practice athletics I practice gymnastics VERBS GO, PLAY AND DO When we talk about exercising we use do I do exercise. I do aerobics. I do push ups I do sit ups
- 29. The Olympic Games The Olympic Games started in Greece (place) in about 776 BC (year). They were in honor of ZEUS. At the beginning, there was only short sprint. The competitors were young men and they won olive crowns . The spectators were men and unmarried girls that came from all over Greece.
- 30. The Olympic Flag The油Olympic rings, consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe). These colors were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the油1920 Summer Olympics油in油Antwerp, Belgium.
- 31. The Paralympic Games Paralympic: an international athletic competition for disabled athletes.
- 32. The tremendous efforts a disabled person had to make in his life to rehabilitate and became an unstoppable sportsperson.
- 33. The Paralympic Games A: Do you know any famous paralympic athlete? B: Sure. Robinson Mendez, for example. A: What kind of disability does he have? B: He cant walk. He uses a wheelchair. A: What nationality is he? B: He is Chilean. A: In what discipline does he stand out? B: He plays tennis, and he is the best paralympic tennis player in Latin America.
- 34. The Paralympic Games What are the Paralympic games? The油Paralympic Games油are an international油multi- sport event油where athletes with a油physical disability油compete; this includes athletes with油mobility disabilities,油amputations,油blindness, and油cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games take place once every four years, and are held immediately after the Olympic Games.