Учебное пособие: Gymnastics

e.g. The word gymnasium comes from a Greek word meaning to exercise naked.

9. judge nсудья

e.g. Judges watch each performance.

10. equipment n 1. cнаряд 2. предмет 3. оборудование

syn. apparatus

11. gymnastic equipment гимнастическийснаряд

syn. apparatus

12. routinenпрограмма (спортивная)

e.g. Gymnast’s performance is called a routine.

w.comb.

compulsory	routine
		optional

13. earnv заработать, получить

w.comb.

earn	money
	score

14. balancen равновесие

15. endurancen выносливость, стойкость

16. flexibilityn гибкость

e.g. Gymnastics helps develop balance, endurance, flexibility, and strength.

17. televisioncoveragen трансляция по телевидению

18. remarkably advзначительно

Task II. Read the text and find the answers to the questions:

1. What is gymnastics?

2. Where does gymnastic competition take place?

3. Is gymnastics included in the programme of the Olympic Games?

Text 1.Gymnastics

Gymnastics is regarded as one of the best means of physical training. Its exercises develop human body harmoniously and all sided and are
a compulsory element of the training in many sports.

It is one of the most graceful and artistic sports and popular all over the world. It is also used as a means of rehabilitation for handicapped.

Gymnastics is a sport in which each contestant performs acrobatic exercises on various types of gymnastic equipment. It can be divided into artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and acrobatics. Artistic gymnastics has special programmes for men and women.

Two or more teams compete in a competition, which takes place in
a gymnasium. Gymnasium is a special room or building for instruction and practice in physical training. The word gymnasium comes from a Greek word meaning to exercise naked in ancient Greece, the word was used to mean public places set aside for athletic sports. Greek boys and young men wore no clothes when taking part in games, in order to have freedom of bodily movement.

Men’s and women’s team have separate competitions. Judges watch each gymnast’s performance called a routine and decide what score he or she has earned. Gymnastics helps develop balance, endurance, flexibility, and strength.

Gymnastics has been a part of the Olympic Games since the modern Olympics began in 1896. During the 1970’s, world wide television coverage of the Olympics helped gymnastics grow remarkably as a spectator sport. The International Gymnastics Federation is the governing body of gymnastics.

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