Period 62: Unit 8: SPORTS AND GAMES
Lesson 1: Getting started – At the gym
LISTEN AND READ
Who are they?
Where are Duong and Mai?
What are they talking about?
Duong
Mai
AT THE GYM
gym (n)
equipment (n)
fit (adj)
get on # get off (v)
congratulations (n)
I. Vocab:
phòng tập thể dục
thiết bị, dụng cụ
khỏe mạnh
lên # xuống xe (buýt)
xin chúc mừng
Checking new word: Matching
fit (a)
gym (n)
congratulations (n)
equipment (n)
get on # get off (v)
phòng tập thể dục
thiết bị, dụng cụ
khỏe mạnh
lên # xuống xe (buýt)
xin chúc mừng
D: Wow! This gym is great!
M: Yeah, I really like coming here. The equipment is modern and the people are friendly. What sports do you do, Duong?
D: Well, I can do a little karate, and I play table tennis. Last week I played with Duy and I won for the first time.
M: Congratulations! How often do you do karate?
D: Every Saturday.
M: You’re very fit! I’m not good at many sports.
D: I have an idea. You can come to the karate club with me.

M: No, I can’t do karate.
D: But you can learn! Will you come with me on Saturday?
M: Well ... OK.
D: Great! I’ll meet you at the club at 10 a.m.
M: Sure. Where is it? How do I get there?
D: It’s Superfit Club, on Pham Van Dong Road. Take Bus 16 and get off at Hoa Binh Park. It’s 15 minutes from your house.
M: OK. See you then.
a. Answer the following questions.
1. What sports can Duong do?

2. Who is going to learn karate?

3. Why does Mai like going to the gym?


4. What happened last week?

5. Where are they going to meet on Saturday?
At the karate club on Pham Van Dong street.
He can play table tennis and do karate.
Mai is going to learn karate.
Because the equipment there is modern and the people are friendly.
Duong played with Duy and won for the first time.
3. Listen and repeat these words and phrases.
1. boxing 2. fishing 3. aerobics
4. chess 5. table tennis 6. karate
7. cycling 8. swimming 9. volleyball
10. tennis 11. skiing 12. running
3. Using the words in 2, name these sports and games.
1. ____________ 2. _______________ 3. ______________
4. ______________ 5. _____________ 6. _______________
table tennis
cycling
running
swimming
chess
skiing
Look at picture now. Is table tennis a sport or a game?
Well, sometimes it’s a sport and sometimes it’s a game. Do you know the difference between a sport and a game?
A sport is an activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical exercise while a game is an activity or a sport with rules in which people or teams compete against each other.
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4. Work in pairs. Put the words from 2 in the
correct groups.


running
skiing
tennis
volleyball
swimming
cycling
karate
table tennis
chess
aerobics
fishing
boxing
play
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
do
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
go
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
Notes:
Play + Sport / Game
Do + Exercise
Go + V-ing
5. Put the correct form of the verbs play, do, go, watch and like in the blanks.
1. Duong can _________ karate.
2. Duy is not reading now. He ____________ a game of tennis on TV.
3. Michael ______ swimming nearly every day.
4. Phong doesn’t play football. He _________ reading books.
5. Khang _________ volleyball last Saturday evening.
is watching
do
goes
likes
played
Homework
Learn by heart the new words
Prepare “A closer look 1”