Рабочий лист "Paralympic Games"
Митюгина Татьяна Геннадьевна учитель английского языка МОУ
КОкинская СОШ Брянской области
Worksheet “Paralympic Games”
I. Read the words and guess their meanings in Russian
disabilities
mobility disabilities
amputations
blindness
cerebral palsy
II. Answer the questions:
1.What does the word “Paralympic” mean”
2. For whom are the Paralympic Games a major international multi-sport event?
3. How often are the Paralympic Games held?
III. Watch the slides (photos) fixing some moments of the Games and think
about qualities of character these people need. What are they?
IV. Say this in English:
Его называли «самым быстрым безногим человеком планеты», а сегодня его “обогнала” 5-
летняя Элли Чаллис.
Оскар Писториус – чемпион и рекордсмен Паралимпийских игр в беге на дистанцию в
100, 200 и 400 метров.
Конечно, он поддавался маленькой и неопытной сопернице.
Но его уступки принесли плоды: Элли победила во всех четырех забегах на 15 метров и
снова обрела веру в жизнь.
Обгонять – pass
Рекордсмен - record-holder
Поддаваться - give away
V. Watch the video and the make Word – Web “Paralympic Character”
http://www.youtube.com/paralympicsporttv#p/u/0/dxmvAkYcM1U
Митюгина Татьяна Геннадьевна учитель английского языка МОУ
КОкинская СОШ Брянской области
Paralympic
character
VI. Read the text and do the tasks
1.Use the words given in capitals in the correct form.
Alexi Salamone - January 2010
Name: ALEXI SALAMONE
Country: United States
Sport: Ice Sledge Hockey
© US Paralympics
22 year old Alexi Salamone was born in Briansk, not far away from Chernobyl. Both of his
legs were amputated when he was only four years old. At the age of six, he was adopted by
the Salamone family and moved to the United States.
Alexi got introduced to ice sports by the Skating Associaton for the Blind and Handicapped
(S.A.B.A.H.) and thus discovered Ice Sledge Hockey. In 2003 he qualified for the junior
(1 NATION) team of the United States and (2 SHORT) after made his first (3 APPEAR)
in the senior national team.
Митюгина Татьяна Геннадьевна учитель английского языка МОУ
КОкинская СОШ Брянской области
Although he is only 22 years old, Alexi is already an outstanding athlete and one of the key
(4 PLAY) in the United States National Team.
Alexi is now one of the (5 GOOD) sledge hockey players in the world. He has been a part of
the bronze medal-winning U.S. teams at sledge hockey's last two major international
(6 COMPETE), the Torino 2006 Paralympic Winter Games and the 2008 IPC Ice Sledge
Hockey World Championships. At the World Championships, he led Team USA in scoring
with 10 points (two goals, eight assists).
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2. Answer the questions
a. Where was Alexi Salamone born?
b. Why did he appear in the USA?
c. What kind of sport does he go in for?
d. Is he a good athlete? Why do you think so?
e. Could he probably win in Vancouver?
VII. Find information about Russian Paralympic athlets and
1. be ready to tell about them or
2. write an article for a newspaper
