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Unit 6: competitions
Lesson 4: Listening
Created by: Luong Huyen
Marathon
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
It is a kind of sport
Both men and women can take part in marathon.
It is long running
Where is it from?
When did it begin?
What is its rule?
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
Newwords:
Unit 6. Listening: Vocabulary
race (n)
athletic (adj), athletics (n)
formally (adv)
to clock (v)
female (n, adj)
association (n)
rule (n)
to join (v)
McDermott
Kuscsik
Cuộc đua
vận động viên
chính thức
Đạt được, ghi được
nữ, phụ nữ
Liên đoàn, hợp tác
điều lệ, qui tắc
= to take part in, to participate in
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
Task 1. Listen to the dialogue about the Boston Marathon and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
The Boston Marathon is held every years in the USA.
It began in 1897.
John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds.
Women were officially allowed to participate
in the races 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
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50
1967
13 towns, end in the centre of Boston
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
Task 2 Listen again and answer the following questions
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 1984?

NewYork.
In 1972
8 women
6164 runners
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
Would you like to take part in a competition?
Content: look at the given words and tell about the relating information about the Boston Marathon.
Rule: work in groups. Raise your hands as fast as possible to give the answers. The group having more correct answers will be the winners.
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
usa
The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.
Kuscsik/ 1972
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
Kuscsik became the first official female champion in 1972.
1897
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
The Boston Marathon began in 1897
34/ 1984
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
34 countries took part in the marathon in 1984
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
1967
women
Women were officially allowed to participate in the race in 1967
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
John McDermott
John McDermott came from New York
John McDermott clocked 2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds
Unit 6: Competitions lesson 4: listening
8
8 women started and finished the race in 1972
Learn by heart the new words
- Name some famous runners in Viet Nam
and say some information about them.
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