Listening” Playing football “ We know that football was first played in England about 150 years ago , but the game is really much older . Games with ball were known hundreds of years ago . The old Roman games ”Harpastum “ ,the Old French game “Suolt “,Georgian “Lelo “ ,Russian “Shalyga “ and many others were all forms of ball games.
In the past all these football games were not played at the stadiums or on a football field .They were played in the squares and streets of cities and villages , and they were dangerous to the windows and doors of the houses .
in those days enjoyed their ball games and got as excited about the games as they do now .Young workers used to leave their works to take part in the game .At the beginning of the XVII century , special laws were made against playing ball games .Nobody was allowed to play , there were no ball games .
People began to play again in the second half of the XIX century. In 1863 , a meeting was called in the pub in Great Queen Street in London , for the purpose of deciding the rules of the game. The people was very excited , they shouted: ‘only feet “ and “hands and feet “ .It was decided to introduce 13 rules of playing football at this meeting .These rules were published in December 1863 , and later become the international rules of football game all over the world
Put "+" near the correct sentences and "-" near the wrong ones. True or Fals
1. The game of football was first played in England about 150 years age
2. The English began to play football many centuries ago.
3. In the past football was not played on the football field.
4. There were no professional football players in the past.
5. At the beginning of the XIX century football was forbidden by the govern- ment in many countries.
6. People stopped playing football in the XVII century, because it was very dangerous for the windows in the houses.
7. People wanted to play football, but they had no stadiums.
8. In 1863 the new rules of playing football were adopted.
9. The rules of playing football have been changed since 1863.
10. There are 13 international rules of football game.
11. The main rule is to play football only with feet, without hands.
