1. Road to Mount Olympia
2. The Wheel of Fortune
3. Ring Gold Bell
4. At Home on Sunday
5. One vs. One Hundred
Unit 6: Competition

Reading
I. Pre – reading: Activity 3: Fill in each blank with
a suitable phrase to make a complete phrase


“To participate in the contest, you have to (1) ....... . Each group must complete five activities in all. On completion of each activity, you will have to (2) ...... On the worksheets within 2 minutes. The judges will observe and (3) ...... . A maximum score for each activity is 15 points. At the end of the competition the judges will (4) ....... Of each group. The group that gets the highest score will be the winner. The winner will (5) ....... for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Now, let’s (6) ...... .”
a. score your performance d. answer the questions
b. announce the total score e. work in groups of three
c. start our competition f. be awarded a set of CDs
(e)
(d)
(a)
(b)
(f)
(c)
Judges often sponsor the competition.
Judges often have difficulty announcing the results.
Judges observe and score the representatives performance.
Representatives usually get the highest score if they answer the questions correctly and smoothly.
Representatives understand the aim of the competition.
Preventatives will be awarded if they are winners.
Activity 4: Read the statements and guest whether they are True (T) or False (F)
F
F
T
T
T
T
While reading: Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right
1
2
3
4
5
6
Lucky number!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Team A
Team B
While Reading: Task 2 – Answer the questions
What would be awarded to the winner?
The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Who sponsored the competition?
The Student’s Parents Society sponsored the competition.
Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
The representatives of three classes of the writer’s school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday.
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 in the worksheet within 2 minutes.
What was the aim of the competition?
Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
They had to observe and score the students’ performance. The maximum score for each activity was 15. At the end of the competition they would announce the total score of each group. The group that got the highest score would be the winner.
While Reading: Task 3 - Read Paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences
1. In activity 5, Hung was unable ..........
............................................................
2. Having achieved the highest score, Group B ..............................................
3. Group C lost the game because they just got .....................................
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying .................................................
to recite/ complete the poem.
became the winner of the competition.
60 points.
“For me, the ... had from it.”
After you read: Translate the poem into Vietnamese
Bạn có thích bầu trời đêm
Khi các vì sao nhấp nháy?
Bạn có thích bầu trời không gợn mây
Vào những ngày quang đãng?
Điều tôi thích là ánh dương buổi sáng
Rọi lên tôi khi đang rảo bước trên đường.
Và tôi cũng thích tiếng mưa
Tí tách rơi ngoài ô cửa.

Homework: Complete these sentences with one appropriate word from the box
Peter has just become a/ an ... of the fishing club.
The exhibition is held ... .
Our firm is ... a new opera production.
We are very fond of outdoor ... .
He came first in the poetry reading ... .
He criticized the recent poor ... of the company.
Tom felt a little ... with the result of the competition.
He had no difficulty ... the house.
performance, disappointed, sponsoring,
competition, finding, member, activities, annually