Прочитайте тексты (1—5) , установите соответствия между ними и утверждениями (a—f) , отметьте каждый текст соответствующей буквой. в списке имеется одно лишнее утверждение. a) the text is about a person whose relative is a sportsman. b) the text is about a person who is not an athlete. c) the text is about a person who tries to find information about sports in different books. d) the text is about a person who gets information about sports from tv programmes. e) the text is about a person who is not a very good skier. f) the text is about a person who likes ball games. 1. i’m a writer. i write books about history. i’ve come to britain to visit some famoushistoric places and i will certainly visit the famous football match whichis going to take place here. i can’t miss it. you know i’m a football fan and enjoywatching football though i don’t go in for sport myself. 2. i’m not a great athlete, but i do some sports. i often play volleyball or basketball, sometimes football too. in winter i practically never go in for sportsoutdoors. i can’t stand cold. so no cross country skiing or ice hockey for me. i prefer games played in a gym. 3. i like cross country skiing very much. this sport has lately become very popular. i think it is not so difficult as downhill skiing. but to tell you the truth, i’mnot very good at my favourite sport. i usually ski rather slowly, i often watchbirds and admire trees in the snow. 4. i really like sports. i think going in for any sport is very important for people. the more active people are, the healthier they become. take my cousin steve, who is a footballer, for example. he does several summer sports, in winter heplays hockey. and he is in very good form. 5. i like sports and i try to read about them to get more information. i’m verymuch interested in the history of skiing. some books say that probably people insweden invented it. but those who lived in norway first used skis for sport in1843. and the first downhill race was in switzerland in 1911.
1. David goes to the concerts every weekends.
David is going to the concert this weekend.
2. She often plays chess at home.
She is playing chess at home now.
3. I cook fish every day.
I'm cooking fish now.
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The Pattisons are watching TV now.
5. Victoria studies English at university.
Victoria is studying English at university now.
6. We often read books about animals.
We are reading a book about animals.
7. Nick like to listen rock music.
Nick is listening rock music now.
8. Carry usually gets up at 8 o'clock.
Carry is getting up now.
Olympic games and Kazakhstan
July 17 at 11:35 am
Taufik KARIMOV, a political analyst
On the eve of the main sporting event of the quadrennial year-the London Olympics-let's remember the achievements of Kazakhstani athletes at the Olympic games of our time.
Participation of Kazakhstani athletes in the Olympic games of our time should be divided into two parts – first as part of the USSR national team, and then, after independence, as part of the national team under its national flag.
However, first I want to warn readers – here you will see some discrepancies with the generally accepted data. For example, it is believed that for the first time Kazakhstan took part in the Olympics in 1956, in my opinion – in 1952 (then, by the way, the first medal was won, and not in 1960, as it is believed).
The first Olympic champion-Kazakh in official sources is called the wrestler Zhaksylyk USHKEMPIROV (1980), although in fact this is Alzhan ZHARMUKHAMEDOV (1972). Without detracting from the merits of our outstanding athlete, we just note that Ushkempirov is indeed the first Kazakh Olympic champion who represented Kazakhstan directly. And Kazakh Zharmukhamedov, who became the champion of the Munich Olympics in the Soviet basketball team, then lived in Moscow and played for CSKA. Then we all lived in a single state called the USSR, and it often happened that the best athletes, and not only from Kazakhstan, played for other Union republics. However, in order