Task 18

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SPORTS IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS

Most schools in England have a sports day once a year in late spring or in summer. The sports day is looked forward to¹ by the whole school. On that day schools have no lessons. If a school has no playing-field, the children are taken to the field in buses. When they arrive, all the competitors² change into their sports clothes. The running track is circular¹ and inside it are places for the high jump, the long jump and throwing the discus. All these events take place at the same time as the running, so there is plenty to watch. There is a large blackboard on which the results are chalked up⁴ for all to see. In the middle of the programme there is a break for lunch and if it is a sunny day, the children sit on the grass eating their sandwiches. If the weather is not so warm, they manage² just the same. It is only if it begins to rain that they give up⁶ their programme and go back to school.

At the end of the day the captain of the winning team is given a present, the winners of different events³ are congratulated and the children leave the place.

2. Дайте відповіді на запитання.

When do most schools in England have a sports day? Where are the children taken on that day if their school has no playing-field?

How is that day organized?

What do all the competitors do when they come to the field?

Why do they change into sports clothes? What is the form of the running track?

1  Прочитайте уважно текст, щоб повністю зрозуміти його. Знайдіть у тексті і випишіть англійські еквіваленти таких

2 раз на рік, в автобусах, переодягнутись у спортивний одяг,

3 ланчу (другого сніданку).