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Regular sports

Par FLORENCE DUPRE-TRAMIER, publié le samedi 22 juin 2013 11:43 - Mis à jour le samedi 25 septembre 2021 12:42

SPORTS

A. Different sports:

On utilise le verbe: “practise” pour la majorité

On y joue contre quelqu’un ;

Avec 1 balle

+-ing

implique souvent un déplacement

Sports/Exercices individuels que l’on pratique en groupes

Certains sports sont aussi des verbes

play

go

do

 

Rugby

Football

Golf

Tennis

 

Surfing

Horse riding

Swimming

Golfing

Cycling

Skiing

Gymnastics

Athletics

Judo

Karate

Yoga

Box

Ride a bike/a horse

 

B. Who does what?

A referee/ An umpire (Un arbitre) > A referee supervises. He may show a yellow or a red card. He may suspend a player for a few minutes. He may send a player off.

A team (Une équipe)            A player (Un joueur)             An athlete (Un athlète)           A coach (Un entraîneur)

The supporters

C. Events

A competition      A tournament (Un tournoi)              A match

D. Where do they take place?

A court (tennis/badminton/basketball/handball/table tennis)

A field/a ground

A pitch (Hockey; Water Polo)

A ring (Boxing)

A track (Athletics, Cycling)

A velodrome (Track cycling )

A course (Mountain Bike race; Canoe; Kayak; Horse-riding: jumping; Rowing)

A piste/(strip) (Fencing)

A swimming pool (Swimming; Water Polo; Diving)

A podium > The 3 best athletes stand on the podium to receive their medals.

E. Different sports (A-Z list)

Archery

  • An archer (archer)> The archer has a 40-second time limit per arrow.

  • Bow (arc)

  • Arrow > (flèche) The archer shoots an arrow.

  • Target > ( cible) The target is placed at a distance of 70 metres.

Athletics: field events

  • Hammer > (marteau)

  • Javelin (javelot)

  • Discus throw (disque)

  • Long jump > (saut en longueur)

  • Triple jump > (triple saut)

  • Pole vault > ( saut à la perche)

  • High jump > (saut en hauteur)

    track
    • the 50 kilometres road walk

    • relays (relais)

    • hurdles (haies)

    • the races(courses)

    • the (100 metres) sprint

    • The athlete compete at distances. There are 12 races for both men and women, from 100 metres to 10,000 metres. The athletes must wait for the starter’s gun to be fired. They run on the track. An athlete finishes the race when any part of his torso reaches the finish line.

Badminton

  • Racket (raquette)

  • Shuttle (volant)

  • Net (filet)

  • Badminton court

     

Baseball

  • Bat (batte)> players have to hit a ball.

  • Glove (gant)

  • Run >The aim is to score runs.

 

Basketball

  • Basket (panier) > The players have to throw the ball through the basket of the other team = a shot.

  • A shot (un tir) > A shot can score between one and three points.

  • Hoop (cerceau)

  • Dunk (frapper le ballon dans le cerceau depuis plus haut) > I can't dunk!

  • Dribbling> Players have to pass and dribble the ball towards the basket.

     

Ten pin bowling

  • Bowl (boule)> A player rolls or throws a bowling ball.

  • Pins (quilles) > In indoor bowls, you have to knock over pins.

  • A bowling alley (un bowling-=lieu)

     

Boxing

  • Headguard (protection pour la tête)> The fighters wear gloves, a headguard, and a mouthpiece to be protected.

  • Glove (gant)

  • Mouthpiece (protège dents)

  • Boxing boots (bottines de boxe)

  • Ring (ring) > Boxers fight each other in a ring.

  • Rope (corde) > Each corner of the ring are connected by four ropes.

     

Canoe-Kayak

  • Canoes and kayaks > Two types of boats are used in this sport, canoes and kayaks.

  • Gates (portes) > Athletes have to go through different gates.

  • Canoers and kayakers > They either knell or sit in the boat.

  • Stay afloat (rester à flot)

 

Cricket

A bat

 

Cycling

  • BMX > BMX bicycles have smaller wheels.

  • Mountain bike (VTT) > Can you ride a bike?

  • Track cycling > Track cycling is held in a velodrome.

  • Handle bar+saddle+ pedals + brake (guidon+selle+pédales+ frein) > Brakes make the bicycle stop.

 

Dance

  • Dance practise (cours de danse)

  • A dancer

  • A ballerina

  • A dancing costume

  • Ballet

  • Hip hop

  • Folk dance

  • Latin dance > salsa, rumba, tango, ...

     

Darts

Darts (fléchettes) are thrown at a circular target (cible) (dartboard) fixed to a wall.

 

Diving

  • Diver (plongeur)> On the platform, divers stand on their feet, or their hands.

  • Diving pool platform > Divers jump from a "springboard", or a 10-metre-high platform.

  • Springboard (tremplin/plongeoir)

     

Fencing

  • Fencers (escrimeur) > 2 fencers fight against each other.

  • Swords (épées)> Three types of sword are used: foil, epée and sabre.

  • A hit > You score a hit when the tip of your sword touches your opponent.

  • Mask (masque) > Fencers wear a mask to be protected.

     

Football/Soccer

  • Player (joueur) > Players can use any part of their body except their arms and hands to move the ball.

  • Goalkeeper (gardien) > Goalkeepers can use their hands.

  • Score (marquer)

 

Golf

  • Golfer/ player

  • Clubs > Golfers players use many types of clubs to hit balls.

  • Holes (trous) > They hit balls into a series of holes an a golf course.

     

Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics:

  • Judges (juges) > Judges gives scores

  • Gymnasts (gymnastes)> The gymnast compete on different apparatus (agrès): pommel-horse (cheval d'arçon) ;parallel bars/uneven bars (barres asymétriques) ; balance beam (poutre) ; vault (saut de cheval)

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        • Trampoline

          Rhythmic: This is a women-only event. Gymnasts perform on a floor area (sol) with a rope (corde), hoop (cerceau), ball (balle), clubs (massues) or ribbon (ruban) accompanied by music.

Handball

There are two teams of seven players, and each match is divided into two halves of 30 minutes.

 

Hocket/ Ice hocket

  • Gear (équipement)

  • Stick (bâton) > Every player has a hooked stick.

  • Goalkeeper (gardien) > Only the goalkeeper can touch the ball with their hands or feet .

     

Horse-riding

  • A riding cap (bombe)

  • A rider (cavalier) > The rider guides the horse.

Judo

  • Bout (combat)> Each judo bout lasts five minutes.

  • Judoka

  • Judogi (kimono)

  • Tatami mat > Judokas fight on tatami mat.

     

Marathon

  • Race (course) > The marathon is a road race over 40 kilometers.

  • Finish line (ligne d'arrivée)

  • Running shoes (chaussures de course)

     

Rowing

  • Rowers (rameur)

  • Oars (rame, aviron)

     

Rugby

the opposite team (les adversaires)

a (forward) pass (une passe(en avant))

a knock-on (en-avant)

a try (essai)

a conversion (transformation)

a drop goal (drop)

an up and under (chandelle)

a scrum (mêlée)

kick-off (coup d'envoi)

a tackle (plaquage)

forwards (avants)

full back (arrière)

three quarters (trois quarts)

fly-half (demi d'ouverture)

props (piliers)

flanker (troisième ligne)

sustitutes (remplaçants)

half-time (mi-temps)

Sailing

  • Competitors use the power of wind to move their boat.

Shooting

  • Shooters > Shooters use three types of firearm (gun): a pistol (or handgun), a rifle or a shotgun. barrel, shotgun; pistol; rifle

  • Shots (coups)

  • Clay pidgeon > Sometimes a circular disc of clay ("clay pigeon") is thrown into the air by a machine called a "trap".

  • Target (cible)

Ski

Snooker

  • Table

  • Pockets >Pockets are situated in each of the four corners.

  • Ball

  • Cue (queue de billiard)

Synchronized swimming

Swimming

  • Swimming cap (bonnet de natation)

  • Goggles (lunettes de natation)

  • Swimsuit, tracks (maillot femme,homme)

  • Lane (couloir)

  • Strokes (style de nages)> Swimmers can use: crawl or freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke.

Table tennis

  • Table

  • Ball > The players hit the ball with rackets made of wood covered with rubber.

Taekwondo

  • Head protectors/Body protectors

  • Protective pads

Tennis

  • Tennis racket (raquette)

  • Tennis ball

  • Serve (servir)

  • Forehand (coup droit)

  • Backhand (revers)

  • Games and sets (jeux et sets)

  • Umpire (arbitre/arbitrer)

Triathlon

The triathlon is a very hard sport. The athletes swim 1,500 metres, then ride their bikes for 40 kilometres before finishing with a 10 kilometre run.

Volleyball and Beach volleyball

  • Net (filet)

  • Sand (sable)

Water polo

  • Ear guards

  • Cap

  • Sides (côtés)

  • Match

Weighlifting

  • Weight (poids)

  • Gloves

  • Belt

Wrestling

  • Wrestling suit

  • Wrestler (lutteur)

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