* The names of the contests:

1. Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
2. Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
3. London Marathon
4. Olympic Games
5. Beauty Contest
6. Soccer Competition
Play Game

Look at these pictures in 30 seconds and try to remember their names, and then write them on the paper and stick on the board.
* picture 1
* picture 2
* picture 3
* picture 4
* picture 5
* picture 6
Play Game
Quiz: “ Road to Mount Olympia “
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
Soccer Competition
London Marathon
Olympic Games
Beauty Contest
Work in pairs and answer the questions
- Yes, because I can try my efforts and I can learn a lot from it.
- Yes. I’d like to win the competition “Road to Mount Olympia”

- Yes, because I can get the scholarship to learn abroad.

While-reading:
representative (n) [,repri`zentətiv]: đại diện
competition (n) [,kɔmpə`ti∫n] cuộc tranh tài
to compete against / with somebody in / for something: tranh tài với ai (hoặc cái gì)
to take part in sth/doing sth = to participate in sth/doing sth: tham gia
stimulate (v) [`stimjuleit] kích thích
annual (a) [`ænjuəl] = yearly: hàng năm
sponsor (v,n) [`spɔnsə] tài trợ
judge (n) [`dʒʌdʒ] đánh giá
announce (v) [ə`nauns] thông báo
A
1. representative
2. stimulate
3. judge
4. announce
5. sponsor
6. recite
B
a. a person who decides who has won a competition
b. give information about something in a public place
c. a person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group
d. encourage or make something more active
e. say a piece of literature aloud from memory
f. act as a sponsor for sb/st
* Task1: Match the words in column A with their definitions in column B
Task 2: Answer the questions.
Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?


2. What was the aim of the competition?

3. Who sponsored the competition?


The representative of three classes of the (speaker’s) school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday.
Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
- The students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition .
4. What does each group of students have to do during the contest?



5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?



6. What would be awarded to the winner?
They had to complete five activities in all . On competition
of each activity , they had to answer the questions in the worksheets with in two minutes.
- They had to observe and score the students’ performance. A maximum score for each activity was15. At the end of the competition ………
- The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.


Task 3: Read the passage 3 again and complete the sentences.
1. In activity 5, Hung was unable____________
2. Having achieved the highest scores, Group B ________________________
3. Group C lost the game because they just got ________________________
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
to recite the poem
became the winner of the competition.
60 points.
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it.”