Sport and a healthy lifestyle.

Sport and health are closely connected. Generally speaking health has several components and sport is one of them. Others are healthy diet, hasteless and calm lifestyle, being in harmony with yourself and with others and positive attitude, of course.

Sport is regarded more as a component of physical health. However, everybody knows that healthy body means sound mind. Sport is mostly associated with young people, but that’s a false opinion. Many old people also regularly exercise.

Nowadays, there are several ways to keep fit. First is to do regular morning exercises. Second is to exercise during the day through cycling, roller-skating, walking in the park, jogging, swimming, ice-skating etc. And the third way is to attend specialized fitness – centers, which can be found nearly everywhere now. They offer wide opportunities for people with different needs.

People of different ages can design exercises that will fit them. Running, jumping, swimming, aerobics, stretching are among the most popular exercises. Many people prefer jogging, which is the cheapest and the most accessible sport. Walking is a very popular activity too. For example, popular running competitions are now held everywhere. The big city marathons have become sporting events. Television and newspapers report about them in detail. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga, karate, belly dancing, others prefer body building, weightlifting, and a simple work out in the gym. People can easily learn more about fitness through popular books and videos that are sold almost everywhere. A healthy body becomes a fashion, an ideal of the life of today

Children also have numerous opportunities to keep fit. Every school offers physical education as a compulsory subject. Some schools even offer swimming lessons in summer and skiing lessons in winter.

Many sports activities have become a part of daily Russian life. Football has always been the most popular sport among boys. Playing football is healthy; football also brings people close because in order to win people have to work as a team. Bicycling is very popular in Russia. Skiing, skating, fishing and hunting are wide spread in our country. Another activity that is popular in our country is roller-skating. Today it has reached its peak in our country.

Everybody can choose the type of sport they want to do. Some people even become professionals; some simply do it as an amateur in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Vocabulary:

PRACTICE:

1. Match the notices to their meanings. Fill in the table:

1. Insert the proper word from the brackets:

1. Sport and …………. are closely connected. (здоровье)
2. Health has several components: healthy diet, hasteless ……………, being in harmony with yourself and with others and ………….. attitude. (образ жизни, позитивный)
3. Healthy body means ………… mind. (здравый)
4. First is to do regular morning ……………. (упражнения)
5. Second is to exercise …………… the day through cycling, roller-skating, walking in the park, jogging, swimming, ice-skating etc. (вовремя)
6. And the third way is to attend ………………………., which can be found nearly everywhere now.(специализированные фитнес-центры)
7. People can easily learn more about fitness through ………………. and videos that are sold almost everywhere. (популярные книги)
8. Every school offers ………………….. as a compulsory subject. (физическое образование)
9. Football has always been the most popular sport among …………….. (мальчики)

10.Some people even become ………….., some simply do it as an …………… in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. (профессионалы, любители)

3. Find and correct mistakes:

1. Health has several components: sport, healthy diet, being in tense and positive attitude.
2. Healthy body means intelligent mind.
3. There are several ways to keep fit. First is to do athletic exercises.
4. Second is to exercise during the day through plying chess or piano.
5. The third way is to attend specialized fitness – parks.
6. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga, disco dancing.
7. A healthy body becomes not popular point of the life today.
8. The most popular kind of sport in our country is baseball.