Phương pháp học tiếng Anh chuyên ngành thể thao (Tập 1): Phần 2

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Phương pháp học tiếng Anh chuyên ngành thể thao (Tập 1): Phần 2 PART II KINDS OF SPORTS WITH A BALL PHẦN 2 CÁC MÔN THỂ THAO DÙNG BÓNG Unit 1 TENNIS I. PRE - READING TASK Discuss the following questions in groups: 1. Do you think tennis is suitable for all ages? Why? Why not? 2 . Is tennis an indoor or an outdoor sport? 3. Can you name some famous tennis players in the world you know? II. RF.ADI.NG TEXT Tennis is a sport played between two players (singles) or betvveen two teams of two players (doubles). Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollovv rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels o f society at all ages. Tennis is enjoyed by millions o f recreational players and is also a hugely popular worldwide spectator sport, especially the íòurGrand Slam toumaments (Also referred to as the 'Majors'): The Ausữalian Open played on hard courts, the French Open played on red clay courts, Wimbledon played on grass courts, and the us Open played also on hard courts. The game isplayedwith a racquet, including a handle, known as the grip, connects to a neck which joins a roughly elliptical frame that holds a matrix of tightly pulled synthetic strings. Racquets vary from size and shape, depending on the net. There are three sizes in common: Standard, medium-sized and big. For the first 100 years of the modem game, racquets were o f wood and o f Standard size, and strings were o f animal gut. Then composites of carbon graphite, ceramics, and lighter metals such as titanium were introduced. These stronger materials enable the production of oversized rackets to resist more power. Part II: Kinds o f Sporís With A Ball 131 Tennis balls are of hollovv rubber covered with felt coating. They also have numbers in order to be recognized easily. Traditionally white, the predominant color was gradually changed to yellow green in the later part o f the 20'h century to allow visibility. Tennis balls are from 6.35 cm to 6.6 cm in diameter and from 56 to 59.4 grams in vveight. Tennis is played on a rectangular and flat surface, usually grass, clay, or hard court and occasionally carpet (indoor). The court is 78ft (23.77m) long, and 27ft (8.23m) wide for singles matches and 36ft (10.97m) for doubles matches. Additional clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls. A net is stretched across the full width o f the court, parallels with the baselines, divides it into two equal ends. The net is 3 ft 6in (1.07m) high at the post and 3ft (91.4cm) high in the center. Play of a single point The players (or teams) start on opposite sides of tìie net. One player is designated the server, and the opposing player is the receiver. The choice to be server or receiver in the first game and the choice o f ends is decided by a toss before the warm-up starts. Service altemates game by game between the two players (or teams). For each point, the server starts behind the baseline, between the center mark and the sideline. The receiver may start anyvvhere on their side o f the net. When the receiver is ready, the server will serve, although the receiver must play to the pace o f the server. In a legal Service, the ball travels over the net (Without touching it) and into the diagonally opposite Service box. If the ball hits the net but lands in the Service box, this is a let or net Service, which is void, and the server retakes that serve. The player can serve any number o f let services in a point and they are always treated as voids and not as faults. A fault is a serve that falls long or wide of the Service box, or does not clear the net. There is also a 'foot fault', which occurs when a player's foot touches the baseline or an extension o f the center mark before the ball is hit. If the second Service is also a fault, the server double faults, and the receiver w ins the point. However, if the serve is in, it is considered a legal Service. 132 Giáo trình Tiếng Anh trong Thể thao A legal Service starts a rally, in which the players altemate hitting the ball across the net. A legal retum consists of the player or team hitting the ball beíore it has bounced twice or hit any fixtures except the net, provided that it still falls in the server's court. A player or team cannot hit the ball twice in a row. The ball must travel past the net into the other players’ court. A ball that hits the net during a rally is still considered a legal retum. The fưst player or team to fail to make a legal retum loses the point. The server then moves to the other side o f the Service line at the start o f a new point A tennis match is determined through the best o f three or five sets. For men, the first player who wins three sets wins the match, and for women, the first player who wins two sets wins the match. A set consists o f games, and games, in tum, consist ofpoints. A game is won by the first player who outscores at least four points in total and at least two points more than the opponent’s. The modem game of tennis originated in ...