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Unit 6
Competitions
Skill: READING
Before you read
What is the name of this contest?
Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
What is the name of this contest?
Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
What is the name of this contest?
Olympic Games
What is the name of this contest?
London Marathon
Work with a partner and 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?

Pre- teach vocabulary
1. Contest (n) /’k ɔntest/:
2. Sponsor (n,v) /`spɔnsə/
Contestant (n) /kən`testənt/
3. Observe (v):/ ə`bzə:v/
4. Recite (v): /ri`sait/
cuộc thi, tranh đua
thí sinh
Bảo trợ, người bảo trợ
theo dõi
ngâm (thơ)
Beauty contest
While you read
Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right
1. representative
2. annual
3. stimulate
4. In all
5. spirit
6. smoothly
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
Task 2: Answer the following questions
1.Who took part in the annual final English
Competition last Saturday?
2. What was the aim of the competition?
3. Who sponsored the competition?
4. What did 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?
Task 2: Answer the following 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?
4. What did 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?
duck
chicken
pig
snake
dinosaur
turtle
bear
cat
Lucky animal
20 points
10 points
Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday?
The representatives of three classes of the school took part in the competition
10p
2. What was the aim of the competition?
The aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students
10p
3. Who sponsored the competition?
The Students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition.
10p
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.
20p
5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition ?
The judges 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.
20p
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.
10p
Task 3 Read the paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences.
1. In Activity 5, Hung was unable…………………
to recite the poem
2.Having achieved the highest score,Group B ……………………………………………….
became the winner of the competition.
3. Group C lost the game because they just got…………
60 points
4. Nga encouraged her group by saying……………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
“For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it”.
After you read
Work in pairs and answer the following sentences
Name of the competition
Which competition on TV do you like most? Why?
Tell something about that competition.
- The aim of that competition
- Person took part in the competition
- MC of that competition
- The rule of that competition
- The award for the winner
This is the poem Hung recited at the final English competition. Read and translate it into Vietnamese
Do you like the sky at night
When the stars are shining bright?
Bạn có thích bầu trời ban đêm
Khi ngàn sao đang lấp lánh
Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
Bạn có thích trời ban ngày
Khi những đám mây bay đi
What I like is the morning sun
Shining on me when I run
Còn tôi yêu nắng sớm ban mai
Toả ánh sáng khi tôi chạy
Vµ t«i còng yªu nh÷ng c¬n m­a
Gâ tõng nhÞp lªn khung cöa sæ
And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane
Learn all new words
2. Recite the poem and translate the poem.
homework
3. Prepare part B: Speaking
Thanks for your attention