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a. rugby
b. body building
d. wrestling
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d. billiards
e. fencing
f. squash
g. hockey
c. shooting
Warm up: Matching game
Let’s match the sports with the pictures.
/`bɔdi `bildiɳ/
/skwɔʃ/
/`resliɳ/
/`biljədz/
/`rʌgbi/
/`ʃu:tiɳ/
/`fensiɳ/
/`hɔki/
In what sport event are these sports played?
 The Asian Games (The Asiad)
Unit 12: The Asian Games
Monday, March 4th 2013
Part A: Reading
Teacher: Tran Thi Ha
Co Loa High School
I. Before you read.
* Answer the questions:
1. How often are the Asian Games held?
2. How many times have the Asian Games been held?
3. Where were the 16th Asian Games held?
4. Has Vietnam ever been the host country of the Asian Games?
 Every four years.
 16 times
 In Guangzhou, China.
 No, she hasn’t.
Vocabulary
 intercultural (adj): [intə`kʌltʃərəl]
 multi-sport (adj) [ `mʌlti-spɔ:t]
solidarity (n):
[,sɔli`dærəti]
to advance (v):[əd`vɑ:ns]
 athlete (n): [ `æθli:t]
liên văn hóa
đa thể thao
tiến bộ, phát triển
= to develop (v):
tình đoàn kết
vận động viên
Who is he?
He is an ethlete.
What does this picture tell us about?
 It tells us about solidarity.
appreciate (v): [ə`pri:∫ieit]
đánh giá cao
effort (n): [ `efət]
sự nhiệt tình
enthusiasm (n): [in`θju:ziæzm]
sự nỗ lực
aquatic sports (n):
[ə`kwætik]
thể thao dưới nước
facility (n): [fə`siləti]
trang thiết bị
athletics (n):
[æθ`letiks]
môn điền kinh
athletics (n):
[æθ`letiks]
weightlifting (n):[‘weitliftiɳ]
môn cử tạ
Vocabulary:
 intercultural (adj): [intə`kʌltʃərəl]
 multi-sport (adj) [ `mʌlti-spɔ:t]
solidarity (n): [,sɔli`dærəti]
to advance (v):[əd`vɑ:ns]
liên văn hóa
đa thể thao
tiến bộ, phát triển
tình đoàn kết
 athlete (n): [ `æθli:t]
vận động viên
appreciate (v): [ə`pri:∫ieit]
effort (n): [ `efət]
enthusiasm (n): [in`θju:ziæzm]
aquatic sports (n): [ə`kwætik]
facility (n): [fə`siləti]
athletics (n): [æθ`letiks]
thể theo dưới nước
môn điền kinh
đánh giá cao
sự nỗ lực
lòng nhiệt tình
trang thiết bị
Match the English words with their Vietnamese meanings
1. intercultural
2. multiple-sports
3. to advance
4. solidarity
5. aquatic sports
6. facility
7. athlete
8. enthusiasm
9. athletics
10. appreciate
11. effort
a. sù nhiÖt t×nh
b. trang thiÕt bÞ
c. m«n ®iÒn kinh
d. ®a thÓ thao
e. sù nç lùc
f. ®¸nh gi¸ cao
g. tiÕn bé, ph¸t triÓn
h. thÓ thao d­íi n­íc
i. t×nh ®oµn kÕt
j. liªn v¨n hãa
k. vËn ®éng viªn
Answer: 1.j - 2.d - 3.g - 4.i - 5.h - 6.b - 7.k - 8.a - 9.c - 10.f - 11.e
II. While you read

1. The Asian Games are often held every six years. _______
2. The first Asian Games was held in India in 1941. ______

3. Vietnam has won gold medals in karatedo in the Asian Games. ______

4. The previous Asian Games (15th) was held in 2006. ______
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F
1951
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 Task 1: True – false statements:
 Task 2: Scan the passage and complete the following table.
the 2nd Asian Games in Manila, the Philippines.
1958
Squash, rugby, fencing and mountain biking
2002
1951
1
2
3
4
5
Lucky
Number!
6
Task 3
Lucky number
1. What is the purpose of the Asian Games?
It is to develop intercultural knowledge.

B. It is to develop friendship knowledge.

C. Both A and B are correct.
C
2. How many participants took part in the 14th Asian Games?
A. 9,909 B. 9,919 C. 489
B
3. In which sports events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games?
They won gold medals in bodybuilding.
They won gold medals in billiards.
They won gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women’s karatedo.
C
4. What were the six sports events at the first Games?
A. Basket ball, cycling, football, aquatic sports, athletics and weightlifting.
B. Basket ball, cycling, football, aquatic sports, table tennis and hockey.
C. Basket ball, cycling, football, boxing, shooting and wrestling.
A
5. How many nations took part in the first Games?
A. 44 B. 11 C. 489
B
Lucky
Number !
III. After you read: Talk about the history of the Asian Games
Suggestions:
The 1st Asian Games/ hold/ 1951/ India.
Sports/ add/ the 2nd Asian Games/ the Philippines/ 1954.
Tennis, hockey.../ introduce/ the 3rd Asian Games/ Japan/ 1958.
Four new sports/ introduce/ the 13th Asian Games/ held/ Thailand/ 1998/.
The 14th Asian Games/ Korea/ 2002.


1951
(The 1st Asian Games)
1954
(Asiad 2)
1958
(Asiad 3)
1998
(Asiad 13)
2002
(Asiad 14)
2010
(Asiad 16)
Homework
Do Task 1 in Textbook
Learn by heart all the new words
Prepare the next lesson
Thanks for your attention!