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LEISURE AND SPORTS

Study the topics “Leisure and Sports in the USA” and “Leisure and Sports in the UK” (pp.103-109 in Discussion Guide: British and American Studies:Учеб. пособие/ Т.Н. Дубровская, Н.П. Звонак, О.А. Зинина и др. – Мн.: МГЛУ,2003.-120с.)

Key terms and essential vocabulary (the UK):

‘bank holidays’

‘book makers’, ‘turf accountants’

availability of pub games

daytime entertainment in sunny weather centres

‘home from home’ atmosphere

to be different in character

to be governed by routine

to be on one’s best behaviour

to be regarded as a national disaster

to be served at a table

to be the best in the world at particular sports

to book package holidays

to collect money for charity

to decline in popularity

to develop a mystique

to encourage people to have caravan holidays

to express a liking for barbecued food

to gamble some money on the result

to generate a lot of enthusiasm

to get into prolonged conversation with people

to go into the habit of preparing sauces

to go on ‘working’ holidays

to have a duty to provide and maintain playing fields

to have a preference for team games

to have a widespread ‘restaurant culture’

to involve some element of competition

to place bets on future results

to start the fashion for seaside holidays

to stay at boarding houses

to stay in chalets in self-contained villages

Questions for discussion:

1. Why, do you think, do the British have fewer public holidays than any other country in Europe and fewer than North America?
2. What is the attitude towards the tradition of making a ‘bridge’ in the UK and in our country?
3. How would you describe a stereotypical daytime entertainment in sunny weather during seaside holidays?
4. What is the essence of ‘working holidays’?
5. Why are Britain and good food two things which are not commonly associated?
6. What functions does a pub perform? Describe the atmosphere in a typical British pub?
7. How do the British view sport?
8. Why do individual sports have comparatively small followings in Britain?
9. Who is a ‘turf accountant’?
10. How do the British handle the problem of obesity?

Key terms and essential vocabulary (the USA):

a dishwashing machine

a strong incentive to spend free time at home

an added sun-room or covered terrace

an air-conditioning system

drive-in movies

good municipal facilities for participant sports

to adapt the English cricket

to arouse great interest

to attract people to downtown areas

to be accustomed to buying food in weekly visits

to be employed in political rallies

to be part of a family's identity

to be popular with joggers and conscious of the need for exercise

to be scattered around residential areas

to be spread throughout the socio-economic classes

to be urged to cheer by cheer-leaders

to choose to take long unpaid vacations

to contribute to a recent development

to demand group activity and enthusiasm

to derive from the British game of rugby

to favor 'campers'

to find no difficulty in identifying with the new

to have self-catering facilities in rooms

to have the usual array of machines and gadgets

to keep alive some semblance of city culture

to make environment more pleasing

to make urban life more cultivated

to occupy leisure hours

to prefer mobility

to stay open all night

to store food in the deep-freeze

Questions for discussion:

1. How do Americans view home?
2. Americans have no difficulty in indentifying with the new, don’t they? How is it expressed?
3. What contributes to making American urban life more cultivated?
4. What sports are particularly popular in the USA?
5. How have Americans adapted the English cricket?
6. What sport and leisure attractions can be found outside big American cities?
7. How much time do Americans normally spend on holidays each year?

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