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Why do we need sport?
Textbook Part 2, pp. 42–44
GoalKnow kinds of sport (team and individual) and understand how sport helps health.
New words
sport · sportmorning exercise · badantarbiyateam · jamoawrestling · kurash
Explanation
Sport makes the body strong and quick, strengthens the heart and builds willpower. Team sports: football, basketball, volleyball. Individual sports: swimming, wrestling (kurash), tennis, gymnastics, running. Morning exercises every day are useful. A child who does sport eats well, sleeps on time and drinks plenty of water.
Worked examples
In football two teams play.
Kurash is the national sport of the Uzbek people.
Class activity
Observation: sitting still, children put a hand on their chest and feel their heartbeat for 10 seconds. Then they jump on the spot for 1 minute and feel again — the heart beats faster! During sport the heart works and gets stronger. Then do 5 minutes of exercises together.
Practice
1
Give 2 examples of team sports.
football, basketball
2
How does the heart beat after jumping?
faster
3
Which habits are good for a sportsperson?
morning exercise, healthy eating, sleeping on time