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Nguyen Hue Upper Secondary School
CLASS 11B1
Teacher: Le Vuong Trang
1. What can you see in these pictures?

2. What event is it?

BOSTON MARATHON
Competitions
Unit 6
English 11
Listening
(Basic)
BOSTON MARATHON

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race (n)
athletic (adj)
association (n)
formally (adv)
clock (v)
female (n)
McDermott
Kuscsik


= cuộc đua
= (thuộc) điền kinh
= Hội, hiệp hội
= một cách chính thức
= ghi được (thời gian)
Ex: He clocked 9.5 seconds for the 100metres race.
= giới tính nữ
I. Pre listening:
VOCABULARY
= offically
# male
VOCABULARY
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race [reis] (n) : cu?c dua
athletic [ỉ?`letik] (adj): thu?c v? di?n kinh
association [?,sousi`ei?n] (n): hi?p h?i, li�n hi?p
formally [`f?:mlli] (adv): m?t c�ch chính th?c
clock [kl?k] (v): ghi du?c, d?t du?c (th?i gian)
female [`fi:meil] (n): gi?i tính n?
McDermott
Kuscsik











1. The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.
2. It began in 1987.
3. John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds.
4. Women were formally participate in the races in 1957.
5. In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon.

Activity: True/ False statements prediction
Read the following statements and then guess whether they are True (T) or False (F) in 1 minute:
T
F
T
T
T
T
F
F
F
F



1. The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.
2. It began in 1987.
3. John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds.
4. Women were formally accepted to participate in the races in 1957.
5. In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon.

Task 1: Listen to the dialogue about the Boston Marathon. Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
F
II. While listening:
Game:
PICK FRUITS

There are 7 kinds of fruits
Choose a fruit and decide T / F in each sentence behind each fruit
+ correct answer: 1 point, lucky fruit: 2 points
Group A
Group B

The Boston is held every year in the USA.
 T
1.

It began in 1987.

 F
in 1897.
2.

John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and
10 seconds.
F
50
3.

Women were formally accepted to participate in the
Boston races in 1957.
 F
in 1967.
4.

In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon.

 T
5.
LUCKY FRUIT
LUCKY FRUIT
Task 2: Listen again and choose the best answer:
1. John Mc Dermott came from………………………………………………….
A. New York B. London C. Australia
2. Kuscsik became the first official female champion in………………………
A. 1772 B. 1872 C. 1972
3. There were………………women starting the race and finished the race in 1972.
A. 10 B. 8 C. 6
4. In 1984,………………… runners from 34 countries ran in the Boston Marathon.
A. 6164 B. 6461 C. 6641
5. Runners have to go through …………………towns during the Boston Marathon.
A. 3 B. 13 C. 30
III. Post listening:
Work in groups. Fill in each blank of the summary with a suitable word.
The Boston Marathon is held every (1) _______in the USA. Mc John Dermott from (2) _________was the first man to win the first Boston Marathon. He clocked 2 hours (3)_____ minutes and 10 seconds. Originally, it was for male runners. Women weren’t allowed to take part in the Boston races until (4) _____. And a few years later, (5) ________ became the first official female champion in (6) _____. At that time, there were (7) ____women starting the race and all 8 finished. According to the rules, the Boston race is about 42 kilometres. Runners have to pass 13 (8) _____ during the race. It ends in the centre of Boston.
year
New York
50
1967
Kuscsik
8
towns
1972
Learn new words by heart.
Prepare the next lesson: Unit 6: Writing (Find a form about the letter of request and replying)
Homework