Answer the questions. 1) What traditional Russian games do you know? 2) What sports and games are most popular in Russia now? 3) What sports are new or uncommon in this country? 4) What summer and winter sports do you know? 5) What sports do you enjoy most? Why? 6) What famous Russian and foreign athletes do you know? In what sports did they become famous? 7) What sports are the most dangerous and the least dangerous? 8) What water sports do you know? 9) What team games do teenagers' usually play in Russian schools? 10) Why is it necessary for teenagers to go in for sport? 11) Are there enough stadiums, gyms and swimming pools in the place where you live? 12) What can local and national governments do to make sports more popular?

1) Lapta (bat-and-ball) and Gorodki; 2) Football (soccer), ice hockey, basketball; 3) Lacrosse, curling, rugby are less common; 4) Summer: swimming, running; Winter: skiing, ice hockey; 5) I enjoy football and swimming most because they’re fun and healthy; 6) Maria Sharapova (tennis), Alexander Ovechkin (hockey), Yelena Isinbayeva (pole vault), Evgeni Plushenko (figure skating); 7) Most dangerous: extreme sports (rock climbing, parkour); least dangerous: running or swimming; 8) Water sports: swimming, sailing, rowing, water polo; 9) Team games in schools: football, basketball, volleyball; 10) Sport helps health, teamwork, discipline; 11) Facilities vary by place; 12) Governments can build more stadiums/pools, fund clubs, and promote school sports.