Guessing game
Basketball competition
Sumo competition
Beauty contest
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
Olympic Games
contest
quiz
competition
Unit 6
Lesson 1 - Reading



Competitions
Teacher: Nguyen Duc Dao
Class:11D
1.Competition (n)->boxing, chess, beauty competition
->competition between/ with sb for something
We are in competition with several companies for the contract.
-> compete (v) against/ with sb in sth for sth
Several companies are competing with each other for the contract.
-> competitive (a)
 Vocabulary
I. Before you read
2.Stimulate (v): make someone become more active
Eg: The aim of competition is to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
3. spirit (n): a person’s feelings, character, state of mind
Ex: You must try to keep your spirit up.
-> stay cheerful
5.contest (n) /’kɒntest/
->contest (v) /kәn’test/: to oppose
->contestant (n) One who contests; an opponent;
6.Smooth (a) : gentle, fluent, flowing
-> smoothly (adv)
smooth voice, speak English smoothly


4.Sponsor (v)
Sponsor (n) : a person, company that agrees to support somebody by paying money for his or her study, work
Judge
[`dʒʌdʒ]

Examinee
Contestant
candidate
Who are observing, scoring in the contest?
Judge


II. While you read

Read the passage silently to do the Tasks on page 68.


Task 1: Match the words or phrases.

1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. in all
5. spirit
6. smoothly
a. without problems or difficulties
b. enthusiasm and energy
c. altogether or as total
d. a person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group
e. encourage or make something more active
f. happening or done once every year

Task 2: Answer the questions
Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
What was the aim of the competition?
Who sponsored the competition?
What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
What would be awarded to the winner?


Task 2: Answer the questions
1- Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
A- representatives B- contestants
C- examinees D- competitors
2- What was the aim of the competition?
A- to earn money.
B- to stimulate the spirit of learning English
C- to improve the student speaking
English skill.
D- to review the lessons.

3- Who sponsored the competition?
A- teachers B- Students’ Parents Society
C- students D- winners
4- What did each group of students have to
do during the contest?
A- completed 5 activities in all.
B- answer the questions on the worksheets 2’
C- take part in the annual final English competition.
D- work in groups of three.
5- 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
D- a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford
Advanced Learners Dictionary.


Task 3. Read the text again to complete the following sentences
In activity 5 Hung was unable ___
Having achieved the highest score, group B ___
Group C lost the game because they just got ___
Nga encouraged her group by saying: ___
to complete the poem
became the winner
60 points
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it.”
sky, at night, stars shining
the day, clouds, go away
morning, sun, run
rain, pattering, windowpane
This is the poem Hung recited at the annual final English Competition. Read and translate it into Vietnamese.
Do you like the sky at night
When the stars are shining bright?
Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
What I like is the morning sun
Shining on me when I run
And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane.
III. After you read
Homework:
- Name some kinds of quiz, contest, competition that you know.
- What activities are there in such quiz, contest, competitions

We are in competition
Try to be the winner.
Hope all of you will be successful