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Warm - up:
Look at the pictures and
answer the questions
What is the name of this competition?
bowling
What is the name of this competition?
badminton
What is the name of this competition?
rowing
What is the name of this competition?
wrestling
LISTENING

Unit 6:
Part C:
COMPETITIONS
I. Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions:
What is the name
of this competition?
- The Boston Marathon
2. Where is Boston?
- It is in the USA (America)
3. What are these people doing?
I. Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions:
- They are running
4. Who can take part in this competition?
- Everyone ( both men and women)
I. Before you listen
5. What is the Boston Marathon?
-It is a long distance running in the USA.
Everybody in the world can take part in it
I. Before you listen
= cuộc đua; cuộc chạy đua
= vận động viên (điền kinh)
athletic [æθ`letik] (adj)
2. athlete [`æθli:t] ( n)
1. race [reis] (n)
= (thuộc) điền kinh
3. formally [fɔːməli ] (adv)
4. clock [klɔk] (v)
= ghi được , đạt được ( thời gian,.)
5. female [`fi:meil] (n)
= nữ giới
male [meil] (n)
= nam giới
6. association [ə,sousi`ei∫n] ( n)
= một cách chính thức
= tổ chức, hiệp hội
Vocabulary
The Boston Marathon Race
FIFA is a football association
officially
2. athletic [æθ`letik]
1. race [reis]
3. formally [fɔːməli ]
4. clock [klɔk]
5. female [`fi:meil]
6. association [ə,sousi`ei∫n]
Listen and repeat
7. McDermott
8. Kuscsik
I. Before you listen
athletic
clock
female
race
formally
association
Task 1: Listen to the dialogue about the Boston marathon
and decide whether the statements are true (T) or False ( F)
1. The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.
2. It began in 1897
3. John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds
4. Women were officially allowed to participate in the race in 1957
5. In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon
6. According to the race’s rules, runners have to pass through
the centre of Boston
F
T
II. While you listen
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50 minutes
in 1967
pass through 13 towns and ends in centre of Boston
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II. While you listen
Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions:
- He came from New York
- (She became the first official female champion) in 1972
- 8 (women started and finished the race in 1972)
- 6164 (runners joined the Boston marathon in 1994).
Where did John McDermott come from?
2. When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?
3. How many women started and finished the race in 1972?
4. How many runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1994?
III. After you listen
Fill in each blank with one word or phrase in the box
Boston Marathon is held . . . . . . . . . in the USA. It began in 1897. And the same year, John Mc Dermott, who . . . . . . from New York, . . . the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon. It took him 2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds . . . . .. ....the finish.
Until 1967 women were formally . . . . . . . . . to take part in the Boston races. Kuscsik became the first official female champion in . . . . . In that race, 8 women participated in and all of them . . . . . . . Every people all over the world can . . . . it. The Boston race is about . . . .. kilometers. Runners have to go through 13 . . . . . . . during the race.
every year 1972 finished to reach join
came accepted towns 42 won
every year
came
won
to reach
accepted
1972
finished
join
towns
(10)
(8)
(7)
(6)
(5)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(9)
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