Questions. 1.What brought the early Greeks wealth?

1.What brought the early Greeks wealth?

2. Who gathered around them disciples?

3. What brotherhood did Pythagoras found?

4. Who was the pioneer of the teaching of mathematics?

5. What led to a new way of thinking about mathematics?

Notes

1) challenge - вызов

2) disciples- ученики

3) had sworn an oath – давали клятву

TEXT 5

Tennis

Tennis may be played by either two people or four. Games in which two people play are called "singles". "Doubles" are games with four players. Both men and women play tennis. If each team in a match is made up of a man and a woman, the match is called "mixed doubles".

"Tennis" is short for "lawn tennis". At first the game was played on grass-covered courts. But now many courts are bare. Some are clay-covered, some are concrete, and some are even covered with cinders.

To anyone who does not know the game_, the score at times sounds strange. "Love" is used for "zero". If the score in a game is " 15 — love" one side has 15 points and the other side nothing. A game tied at 40—40 is a "deuce" game. ¹

Tennis was invented by an English major in 1873. He called it by the peculiar name, but many liked the game. Now tennis is played all over the world.

Although outdoor tennis is a little more than 100 years old, its ancestor - court tennis - goes back to the Middle Ages. Kings and noblemen played court tennis indoors in special rooms built for it.

Every year there are world and European championship tennis matches. The most famous tennis matches are held at Wimbledon (England). The best-known trophy is the Davis Cup. ² The Davis Cup matches are also international.

In Russia tennis began to develop in the end of the 19th century. In 1903, Russian sportsmen took part in international competitions for the first time. The first championship of the Soviet Union was held in 1924. And since 1958 our sportsmen have been taking part in all international competitions.

There are officials ³ at tennis tournaments. But the players them­selves help with the rulings. If a player makes a mistake which the official fails to see, the player reports it. No player accepts a point unless he is sure he is entitled to it. For this reason tennis is often called a "gentleman's game".

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