Look at these pictures and answer the following questions:
Who is this?
What do you know about him?








Which team is this?
What do you know about this team?



Which team is this?
What do you know about this team?
UNIT 14

Period 1: Reading
THE WORLD CUP

Do you know some information about the 2006 World Cup?

Where is held?
Which team became the champion?
Which team became the runner_ up?
The answers:

1. The World Cup 2006 was held in Germany.
2. Italia became the champion.
3. The runner- up was Brazil.
I. Before you read
Vocabulary:
- Ex: Championship is ours.
Championship/ ‘ t∫əmpιən∫ιp/ ( n) : the position of being the champion: gi¶i v« ®Þch, chøc v« ®Þch.
- Ex: A tennis tournament will be held in our university next month.
tournament/ ‘ t әnəmәnt/ ( n) : giai thi dau
- Ex: Italia football team won the trophy in 2006 World Cup.
trophy/ ‘ trə fι/ : cup, chien loi pham

II. While you read .
Task 1: The word in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
The answers:
Task 2: Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number
Only…..teams competed in the first World Cup.
Today the final tournament of the World Cup has …..teams.
The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was…...
The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over …… billion viewers.
5. After FIFA’ s fist meeting, …… years had passed before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.
The answers:
1. Only 13 teams competed in the first World Cup. ( line 8)
2. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has 32 teams. ( line 13)
3. The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was Argentina. ( line 10)
4. The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over one billion viewers. ( line 6)
5, After FIFA’ s fist meeting, 26 years had passed before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay. ( line 6_ 9)
Task 3: Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are true( T) or false( F) . Correct the false ones.
1. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1904.
2. The World Cup is held every two years.
3. The world Cup is regarded as the World championship of sport.
4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.
5. Brazil is the country that has played five times in the World Cup.
The answers:
1. The first world cup was held in Uruguay in 1904. ( F_ line 8, The first World Cup was held in 1930)
2. The World Cup is held every two years. ( F_ lines 1,2, The World Cup is held every 4 years )
3. The world Cup is regarded as the World championship of sport. ( T_ line 7)
4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup. ( T_ lines 16-17)
5. Brazil is the country that has played five times in the World Cup. ( F_ line 17, Brazil has won, not played the World Cup 5 times)
III. After you read
Work in groups. Talk about the events mentioned in the passage, using the following figures as cues.






Suggested answers: you use some following information and make sentences.
Example 1: 1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.
Example 2: 13 is the number of teams taking part in the first World Cup.
Summarize:
The World Cup is held every four years
1904, FIFA was set up
1930, first World Cup was held
2002 World Cup
Home work:
VO THI THUY
LOP 45A anh