COMPETITIONS
=competition (n):
representative (n):
recite (v):
announce (v):
judge (n):
stimulate (v)
sự tranh giành,
cuộc thi đấu
người đại diện
động viên, khuyến khích
giám khảo
công bố, thông báo
ngâm thơ
= encourage:
contest (n)
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Complete the following part of the poem:
………………ta vốn không ham
Nhưng vì trong ngục biết làm chi đây
Ngày dài ngâm ngợi cho khuây
Vừa ngâm vừa đợi đến ngày tự do.
(Hồ Chí Minh)
Ngâm thơ
Complete the sentence below with ONE suitable word

Each class has 3 ……....………… who are the students’ parents at our school.
representatives


Judges
1. R _ _ R_ _ _ N _ _ _ I V E
E P E S E T A T
2. R _ _ I _ E
E C T
3. _ O _ _ E _ T
C N T S
4. S _ _ M _ _ _ TE
T I U L A
5. A _ _ O _ N _ E
N N U C
6. J _ _ G _
U D E
Group 1
Group 3
Group 4
Group 2
WORK IN GROUPS
The representatives of three classes of
the writer’s school
2. Who took part in the Competition?
1. When did the annual final English Competition take place?
Last Saturday
The Student’s Parent Society
3. Who sponsored the competition?
Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
4. What was the aim of the competition?
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
They had to observe and score the student’s performance.
4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest?
They had to complete five activities in all. On completion of each activity, they had to answer the questions on the worksheets in 2 minutes.
8. Why didn’t group A win the competition?
7. What would be awarded to the winner?
A set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
In activity 5, Hung had difficulty reciting the poem. He could not remember the last sentence.
Lucky Numbers
Three members of group A were
……………….……………......
Hung, Thu and Nga
In Activity 5, Hung was unable
………………………………………….
to recite the poem
Having achieved the highest score, Group B ………................................................................
became the winner of the competition
Group C lost the game because they just got
…… ………………….…………………
60 points
As for Nga, the most important thing in a competition was
………………………….………………………
and
…………………………………………………..
their participation
the enjoyment they had from it
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.

Notes:
Patter (v): rơi lộp độp
Windowpane (n): khung cửa kính
Cloud (n): mây
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