Unit 6:
Competitions
Grade 11
Lesson 1: READING
Unit 6:
Competitions
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Olympic Games
Quiz "Road to mount Olympia”
London Marathon
Quiz "Road to mount Olympia”
London Marathon
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Olympic Games
BEFORE YOU READ
Answer the following questions
1.Do you like taking part in competitions like this? Why/ Why not?

2. Do you hope to win a competition?

3.Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why /Why not?
Work with a partner. Answer the following questions.
1. Do you like taking part in competitions like these? Why/ Why not?
-   No, I don`t because I don`t have the capacity for them.
-   Yes, I d like to participate in the quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia", because it’s an interesting game, which help me widen my general knowledge.
2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which competition do you like to win?
-   Yes. I’d like to win an English-speaking Contest.
3. Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why/ Why not?
-   No, I don`t think so. Winning or losing is not the most important thing in a contest or competition. The main point is our participation and the enjoyment we have from it.
contest (n) /`kɔntest/ cuộc thi, trận đấu
= competition (n) /kɒmpəˈtɪʃn/
+ compete (v) /kəmˈpiːt/ đua tranh, cạnh tranh
+ competitive (adj) /kəmˈpetətɪv/ đua tranh, cạnh tranh
+ competitor (n) /kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/ đối thủ, người cạnh tranh
2. Representative (n) /repri`zentətiv/ người đại diện
3. sponsor (v)/(n): /ˈspɒnsə(r)/ tài trợ,người tài trợ
4. annual (a): /ˈænjuəl/ hàng năm
5. stimulate (v) /ˈstɪmjuleɪt/ thúc đẩy, khuyến khích = encourage
6. Judge(n) /`dʒʌdʒ/ Giám khảo
7. observe (v) /əbˈzɜːv/ quan sát, theo dõi
8. announce (v) /əˈnaʊns/ thông báo
9. recite (v): /rɪˈsaɪt/ ngâm thơ, kể
10. smoothly (adv) /ˈsmuːðli/ trôi chảy
vocabulary
II. While you read
Last Saturday the representatives of three classes of my school took part in the annual final English Competition organized by our English teachers. Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students. The competition was sponsored by the Students’ parents Society. Mrs Lien, our English teacher, explained the competition’s rules to the students.
“…To participate in the contest, you have to work in groups of three. Each group must compete five activities in all. On competition of each activity, you will have to answer the questions on the worksheets within two minutes. The judges will observe and score your performance. The maximum score for each activity is 15 points. At the end of the competition, the judges will announce the total score of each group. The group that gets the highest score will be the winner. The winner will be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Now, Let’s start our competition.”
Hung, Thu and Nga were the members of Group A. They quickly read the questions and tried to find out the answers. At first, things went smoothly. They almost completed the five activities. But in Activity 5, Hung had difficulty reciting the poem. He could not remember the last sentence. Time was up, and the judges announced the results. The winner was Group B, which got 70 points; Hung’s group got 65; and Group C got 60. Thu felt a bit disappointed. Hung apologized for not being able to compete the poem. But Nga made it better by saying “For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and enjoyment we had from it”.
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
Task 1:Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right.
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
1/ Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
A. Teachers
B. All the students in the school.
C. All the teachers in the school.
D. Representatives of 3 classes.
Task 2:Answer the questions.
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
2. What was the aim of the competition?
A. to earn a lot of money.
B. to stimulate the spirit of learning English
among students.
C. to improve the students’ English speaking skill
D. to review the lessons.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
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3. Who sponsored the competition ?
A. Representatives.
B. Winners.
C. Students’ parents.
D. Teachers.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
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4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
A. They must complete four activities in all.
B. They had to answer the questions on the worksheets within 2 minutes.
C. They must take part in the annual final English competition.
D. They have to work in groups of three.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
5.What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition ?
A. They had to help all the groups answer the questions.
B. They had to observe and score the students performance .
C. They had to work in groups of three.
D. They had to explain the competition’s rules.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
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6. What would be awarded to the winner?
A. A chess set.
B. A new set of rules to learn.
C. A set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary.
D. A set of CDs for studying English.
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
1.Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
The representative of three classes of the (speaker’s) school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday.
2. What was the aim of the competition?
Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
3. Who sponsored the competition?
The students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition .
4. What does 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.
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
They had to observe and score the students’ performance. A 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 highest score would be the winner.
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.

Task 2:Answer the questions.
TASK 3: Read the passage 3 again and complete the sentences.
In activity 5, Hung was unable

2. Having achieved the highest scores, Group B

3. Group C lost the game because they just got

4. Nga encouraged her group by saying
to recite/
complete the poem.
became the winner of the competition.
60 points.
“For me the most important thing was our participation
in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it.”
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
Work in groups: Make a small talk about one of the following competitions on TV you like watching best.
Suggested ideas:
- Name of competition
- Who ?
- When?
- Where?
- Why? ( relax/ get knowledge/ improve your social knowledge)



 Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
 Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
 Olympic Games
 London Marathon
HOMEWORK
Learn by heart vocabularies.
Do exercises again in your notebooks.
? Prepare the next lesson- E.