Luc Ngan high school No 4
Mr Vu Thanh Tung
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competitions
Unit 5 COMPETITIOns
Reading
I. Vocabulary
- Pageant (n)
- Swimsuit (n)
- Celibate (adj)
- Reign (n)
- Degradation (n)
- Disqualify (v)
Cuộc thi
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Ex. The beauty contestants have to experience a swimsuit round
Ex. The contestants must agree to remain celibate during their “reign”
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Thời gian còn là hoa hậu
Sống độc thân
Sự làm giảm giá trị
Loại, loại khỏi
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Ex. If you break the rule, you will be disqualified out of the game at once
This is a beauty contest or beauty pageant
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This was a swimsuit round in the Miss Earth 2007
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II. Decide whether the statements are true or false
1. Beauty pageant is another term for beauty contest.
2. Beauty contests are competition between young ladies only.
3. Physical beauty is not the only requirement to win a beauty contest.
4. Winners of beauty contests must remain single all their lives.
5. The first beauty contest took place in the United States.
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T
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F
True False
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II. Answer the questions ( lucky star )
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Question 1
Where and when did the first beauty contest take place?
It took place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1921
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Question 2
What is it about beauty contests for teenagers that can be criticized?
Contestants may dress in no more than a swimsuit
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Question 3
What are some conditions applicable to beauty contestants?
They must not be married, must agree to remain celibate during their “reign”, and must agree to refrain from other acts that contest organizers regard as “moral degradation”.
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Question 4
What was the title of the first beauty contest?
It was “InterCity Beauty”
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You are lucky to win one crown
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Lucky star
III. Read the following paragraph and fill in the gaps with one suitable word for each.
There are beauty .........(1)......... for teenagers, which are sometimes controversial, especially if they dress in no more a .........(2)......... . Beauty pageants for women often have rules regarding the purity of the contestants. For example, they must not be ...........(3)......... , must agree to remain celibate during their ......(4)............. , and must agree to refrain from other acts that the contest organizers regard as “moral degradation”. Breaking any of those rules ................(5).............. the contestant.

swimsuit
disqualifies
reign
married
contests
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