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1/ Listen, read the text and answer the questions below.
Sports and games in Great Britain
People all over the world like sports. The British people like sports and games. It is difficult to say what kinds of sport they like most. Some of them like football, cricket and tennis, others like golf and hockey, athletics and horse-riding.
Great Britain invented many kinds of the sports and games which are popular now in the whole world. Football is among them. There are many football clubs all over Great Britain.
Cricket is another popular summer sport. It is sometimes called an English national game. Nowadays this summer game is played in schools, colleges and universities and in many towns and villages of Great Britain. Cricket is not played only by men. Girls and women play this game too.
Boxing, golf and tennis are also very popular in Great Britain. Many British people enjoy swimming, boating and sailing. But a few people in Great Britain are interested in skiing and skating. They consider these kinds of sports typically Russian.
1. What kinds of sports are typically British?
2. Why is football so popular in Great Britain?
3. What other sports and games do English people like?
4. What water sports do Englishmen like?
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5. Why skiing and skating are considered typically Russian?
2/ Make as many sentences as you can.
