e. Billiards
c. Bodybuilding
d. Wrestling
a. Football
b. Badminton
Matching
Unit 12: The Asian Games
Every four years
44 countries
Bobybuilding, karatedo, Wushu
1. How often are the Asian games held?
2. How many countries take part in the Asian games?
3. What sports is Vietnam best at?
1. Read the text and name the sports in the pictures.
hockey
rugby
boxing
fencing
shooting
squash
athletics
bodybuilding
weightlifting
Mountain Biking
athletics
Aquatic Sports
basketball
football
cycling
wrestling
Vocabulary:
(to) advance (v): /əd`vɑ:ns/
Tiến bộ, phát triển
Compete (v) / [kəm`pi:t]/
Cạnh tranh
Effort (n) /´efə:t/
Sự cố gắng
= (to) develop
Solidarity (n) /,sɔli`dærəti/
Participant (n)[pɑ:`tisipənt]
Sự đoàn kết
người tham gia
Competitive (adj)
Mang tính cạnh tranh
Intercultural knowledge
kiến thức liên văn hóa
 official (n):quan chức
 facility (n):dễ dàng
 athlete (n):vận động viên
 athletic (adj): thuộc về điền kinh; khỏe mạnh
 athletics (n): điền kinh; thể thao
Medals
a gold/ silver/ bronze medal
 appreciate (v): đánh giá
 appreciation (n)
 We ………………….. his talent for football.
E.g.
appreciate
 enthusiastically (adv)
 enthusiastic (adj)
 enthusiasm (n): lòng nhiệt tình
(about st/sb; about doing st)
aquatic sports (n):thể thao dưới nước
Task 1 : Fill each blank with a suitable word
effort
The hotel has special ___________ for disabled athletes
Swimming and water skiing are both ____________ sports.
He never lost his _____________ for training athletes.
I will make every ______________ to arrive on time.
Our sport performances have been __________________ considerably over recent years.
Your help was greatly ________________________.
appreciated
advancing
aquatic
enthusiasm
facilities
Task 2: Scan the passage and complete the following table
1951
The 2nd Asian Games in Manila, the Philippines .
1958
Squash, rugby and mountain biking
2002
Task 3: Answer the questions
1. What is the purpose of the Asian Games?
2. How many participants took part in
the 14th Asian Games?
3. In which sport events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Bussan Games?
lucky box
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2
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Suggested answers

1. The purpose of the Asian Game is to developing intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia.
(lines 2-3 ,paragraph1)
2. 9,919 participants took part in the 14th Asian Games.
(line 2 ,final paragraph)
3. They won the gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women’s karatedo at the Bussan Games .
(line 5-6, final paragraph)
Medals won by Vietnam
(at 14th Asian Games)
wushu
shooting
karatedo
billiard
bodybuilding
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1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
- Reread the text carefully
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Prepare for the next lesson