Unit 14, vocabulary

Game, Set and Match

Pages 122 and 123, Vocabulary

Athlete (n) – a person who competes

Decathlon (n) – an athletic contest which consists of ten track and field events

Pentathlon (n) – consists of five events

Heptathlon (n) – consists of seven events for women

Triathlon (n) -  three events

Discus (n) – The sport of throwing the disc for distance

Javelin (n) – a spearlike shaft used for throwing

Fencing (n) – a sport in which sabers are used for attack and defense

Shot put (n) – a sport in which a heavy ball is thrown

Hurdles (n) – a race in which athletes must leap over barriers

Pole vault (n) – a field event in which a leap over a crossbar is performed with the aid of 

                           a long pole

Skill (n) – the ability based on knowledge or practice, a craft

To ban (v) – to prohibit, to forbid

Speed (n) – how fast smth is, rapidity, rate of motion

Strength (n) – how strong smth is, force or vigor

Stamina (n) – the ability to keep going for a long time

To take up (ph v) -  to start an activity or a sport

All-round (adj) – opposite of narrow; versatile, efficient in all respects

Greatness (n) – perfection

Contestant (n) – a person who takes part in a contest/competition

Competitor/Opponent (n) – rival, the person you compete against

Club (n) – a group of people who like the same thing

Page 125, exercises 1 and 2, Vocabulary

Sport

Umpire (n) – a referee in a baseball, cricket or a tennis match

Referee (n) – a judge in every other sport

Spectator (n) -  a person in the audience

Team sports (n) – eg, football, basketball, rugby…

Individual sports (n) – eg. swimming, athletics, tennis…

Defeat (n/v) – the act of losing, to make someone lose; opp. of victory

Vocabulary related to the following sports:

1. Basketball: basket, basketball, backboard, shoes (high-topped shoes), shot clock, court
2. Cricket: ball, bat, gloves, helmet, knee roll, wicket and bail, pitch
3. Volleyball: ball, net, court, knee pads and shoes
4. Rugby: ball (oval), boots, mouth guards, upper-body pads, pitch
5. Tennis: rackets, net, ball, trainers, court
6. Football: boots(cleats), ball, shin pads, pitch, gloves, goals
7. Squash: rackets (racquets), balls, trainers, court
8. Hockey: rink, pitch, puck (disc), goal cage, sticks with blades
9. Badminton: shuttlecock (shuttle), rackets, net, court

Page 125, exercise 4

Phrasal verbs

Put someone through to someone – to connect somebody on the phone

Turn into something or someone – to become

Take after someone – to resemble, look like

Bring forward – to move to an earlier date

Get away with – to escape, not receive a punishment

Look into smth – to investigate

Look after smth or someone – to keep in good condition, take care of