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1. The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning, but taking part … The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well. (P.de Coubertin)
2. If you want to live, you must walk. If you want to live long, you must run. (J. Navik)
3. Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess baggage, the shorter the trip. (E. Glasgow)
4. Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence; in other words it is war minus the shooting. (G.Orwell)
2. You’ve read some information about sport movement in Belarus. Speak of the participation of the Belarusian sportsmen in the world sport life. Replace the underlined words with the synonyms given in the box.
The Belarusians have always paid much attention to sport. Sport helps people be healthy and keep fit. Our citizens are fond of various kinds of sports: hockey, tennis, football, wrestling, jogging, etc.
There are a lot of sport facilities in our country for people. Every city or town can provide opportunities to take up sports. There are many stadiums, sports-grounds, gyms and swimming-pools in our country. In every region center there is at least one ice palace where every person can skate all the year round. And in winter thousands of amateurs attend outdoor skating rinks.
Millions of the Belarusians participate in various sporting activities and even in competitions. And it is not by chance that among the Olympic champions and other medallists there are representatives of our country. Many Belarusian sportsmen have won honour not only for themselves, but also for our country. Our Vitaly Scherba, Natalia Zvereva, Maxim Mirny, Alexander Medved are well-known in the world for their wins. Many records have been broken by these prominent people. And it is admitted even by our opponents that the Belarusian sportsmen are not used to commit fouls. We prefer fair play.
set up, take part, foul games, be in good sport shape, rivals, contests, keen on, go in for, victories, soccer
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