Mr TRAN KHANH QUAN


PART A: READING

Athletics Meeting

VIET NAM IDOL
Look at the photos. Match each of them with the words below:
PAIR WORK

Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
London Marathon
Olympic Games
Quiz: “ Road to Mount Olympia
A
B
C
D
Work with a partner. Answer the following questions.
1. Do you like taking part in competitions like these? Why/ Why not?
2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which competition do you like to win?
3. Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why/ Why not?
Vocabulary
Beauty contest
contest (n):
contest (v):
contestant (n):
cuộc thi
tranh đua
thí sinh
What are they?
They are judges.
judge (n)
to judge (v):

xét đoán
Competition (n): cuơ?c thi d�?u
to announce (v) : báo, loan báo
announcement (n) : sự loan báo, công bố
to recite (v): đọc to (đoạn văn, bài thơ .) bằng trí nhớ/ kể lại
to apologize (to S.O) (for S.th/ doing S.th): xin lổi ai vì điều gì
While you read
Listen to the Reading
Task 1
1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. in all



5. spirit

6. smoothly

Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right.
a. without problems or difficulties
b. enthusiasm and energy
c. altogether or as a total
d. a person chosen or appointed
on behalf of another person or a
group
e. encourage or make something
more active
f. happening or done once every year


GAME
LUCKY NUMBERS
Task 2
Answer the questions
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Who took part in the annual final English Competition?
 The representatives of three classes of the (writer’s) school.
Congratulation!
Number 2 is a lucky number
You’ve got 2 points
2. What was the aim of the competition?
 Its aim was stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
3. Who sponsored the competition?
 The competition was sponsored by the Students’ Parents Society.
Congratulation!
Number 5 is a lucky number
You’ve got 2 points
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 in the worksheets within two minutes.
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?
They had to observe and score the students’ performance. A 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.
Congratulation!
Number 8 is a lucky number
You’ve got 2 points
6. 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.
Task 3.
Sentence completion
In Activity 5, Hung was unable


2. Having achieved the highest score, Group B
to recite/
complete the poem. He could not remember the last sentence.
became the winner of the
competition
3. Group C lost the game because they just got
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying
60 points
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it”
After you read
Translate into Vietnamese the poem on page 68.
Vocabulary
to patter (v): rôi loäp ñoäp (möa)
windowpane (n): khung cöûa kính
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