Warm - up
Look at the pictures and answer the questions
What is the name of this contest?
Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
What is the name of this contest?
London Marathon
What is the name of this contest?
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
What is the name of this contest?
Olympic Games
Which topic are we going to study today?
Competitions
Unit 6
Competitions
A: READING 1
Before you read
* Work with a partner and answer the following questions
1. Do you like taking part in competitions like these? Why? Why not?
2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which competition do you like to win?
3. Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why/ Why not?
* Pre- teach vocabulary
1. contest (n) /`k ɔntest/:
2. sponsor (v,n) /`spɔnsə/
4. observe (v):/ ə`bzə:v/
5. recite (v): /ri`sait/
Before you read
competition
= cuộc thi
Support money to ….
= tài trợ
see and notice
= giám sát, quan sát
3. judge (n) /dЗ dЗ/ :
= giám khảo
read a poem aloud from memory
= ngâm thơ
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Fill in the gaps with a following suitable word:
recite,sponsor,judge,contest,observing
1.Have you ever attended any singing .............?
2.The ABC bank ................this contest.
3.She is one of ..............in english competition.
4.I felt he was................every thing i did.
5.Each student have to..............a poem to class.
contest
sponsors
judges
observing
recite
While you read
* Listen to the reading tape
While you read
Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right
1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. In all
5. spirit
6. smoothly
a. without problems or difficulties
b. enthusiasm and energy
c. altogether or as a total
d. a person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group
e. encourage or make something more active
f. happening or done once every year
While you read
Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right
1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. In all
5. spirit
6. smoothly
..the representatives of three classes took part in…
…the annual final English Competition…
….Its aim was to stimulate…..
…Each group must complete five activities in all…
…the spirit of learning English among students…
At first, things went smoothly.
They almost completed the five activities…
(n)
(adj)
(n)
(adv)
(v)
Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right
1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. In all
5. spirit
6. smoothly
a. without problems or difficulties
b. enthusiasm and energy
c. altogether or as a total
d. a person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group
e. encourage or make something more active
f. happening or done once every year
While you read
While you read
Task 2: Answer the following questions
1.Who took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday?
2. What was the aim of the competition?
3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
6. What would be awarded to the winner?
While you read
Task 2: Answer the following questions
1. Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
2. What was the aim of the competition?
3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
6. What would be awarded to the winner?
While you read
Task 2: Answer the following questions
1. Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
- The representatives of three classes of the school took part in the competition
(Line 1,2 paragraph 1)
2. What was the aim of the competition?
- The aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students
(Line 3,4 paragraph 1)
3. Who sponsored the competition?
- The Students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition.
(Line 4,5 paragraph 1)
While you read
Task 2: Answer the following questions
4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
- They had to complete five activities in all. On completion of each activity, they had to answer the questions in the worksheets within two minutes.
(Line 2,3,4 paragraph 2)
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
- The judges had to observe and score the students’ performance. The maximum score for each activity was 15. At the end of the competition they would announce the total score of each group. The group that got the highest score would be the winner.
(Line 4,5,6,7 paragraph 2)
While you read
Task 2: Answer the following questions
6. What would be awarded to the winner?
- The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
(Line 7,8,9 paragraph 2)
While you read
Task 3:Read the paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences.
1. In Activity 5, Hung was unable………………………..
2.Having achieved the highest score, Group B ……………………………………………….
3. Group C lost the game because they just got………………
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying…………………
……………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………
Be unable + to V = không thể làm gì
Achieve (v) = đạt được
Lose the game = thua trận
to recite the poem
became the winner of the competition.
(Line 4)
(Line 6)
60 points
(Line 7)
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it”.
(Line 8, 9,10)
After you read
This is the poem Hung recited at the final English competition. Read and translate it into Vietnamese
Do you like the sky at night
When the stars are shining bright?
Bạn có thích bầu trời ban đêm
Khi ngàn sao đang lấp lánh
Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
Bạn có thích trời ban ngày
Khi những đám mây bay đi
What I like is the morning sun
Shining on me when I run
Còn tôi yêu nắng sớm ban mai
Toả ánh sáng khi tôi chạy
Vµ t«i còng yªu nh÷ng c¬n ma
Gâ tõng nhÞp lªn khung cöa sæ
And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane
Learn all new words
2. Recite the poem and translate the poem.
Homework
3. Prepare part B: Speaking
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