Uni 8 SPORTS AND GAMES
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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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Speaking

LESSON
5: 1:SKILLS
LESSON
GETTING1STARTED
Hidden picture

WARM-UP

READING

• Task 1: Work in pairs. Discuss the questions.
• Task 2: Read the dialogue and quickly check your ideas in 1.
• Task 3: Read the text again and answer the questions.

• Task 4: Read the following facts about two famous sportspeople.
• Task 5: Choose one sportsperson in Task 4. Talk about him/her.
Use the following cues.

SPEAKING

CONSOLIDATION

• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

Game: Hidden picture

WARM-UP HIDDEN PICTURE

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END GAME

READING

I. READING

READING

1 Work in pairs, discuss the questions.

1. What do you know about Pele?

2. What is special about him?

READING

career (n)
/kəˈrɪə(r)/
nghề nghiệp,
sự nghiệp

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goal (n)
/ɡəʊl/
bàn thắng

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score (v)
/skɔː(r)/
ghi điểm,
ghi bàn

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2 Read the dialogue quickly to check your idea in the 1.
The PE teacher is talking to her students about Pelé.

Teacher: Today we're going to talk about Pelé. Do you know him?
Nick: Yes, I think he's the best footballer of all time.
Teacher: Right. He was born in 1940 in Brazil. His father taught him to play football at a
very young age.
Susan: Oh. When did he begin his career in football?
Teacher: At 15, when he started playing for Santos Football Club. In 1958, he won his first
World Cup.
Nick: How many goals did he score in his career?
Teacher: 1,281 goals in total, I think.
Nick and Susan: Wow! Amazing!
Teacher: And he became “Football Player of the Century” in 1999.
Michael: Surely Pelé's a national hero in Brazil.
Teacher: Yes, and he's known around the world as “The King of Football”.

READING

3 Read the text again and answer the questions
1. When was Pelé born?
 Pelé was born in 1940
2. Who first taught him to play football?
 His father taught him.
3. How many goals did he score in total?
 He scored 1,281 goals in total.

READING

3 Read the text again and answer the questions
4. When did he become “Football Player
of the Century?
 He became the “Football Player
of the Century in 1999.
5. What do people call him?
 They call him “The King of Football”.

SPEAKING

II. SPEAKING

SPEAKING

4 Read the following facts about two famous sportspeople.
Hoang Giang

No.1 sportsman in shooting

- Born: 1978 in Viet Nam
-1995: finished sports
school
- 1996: took part in a
shooting competition
- 2001: won a gold medal
for shooting

Jenny Green

One of the best female golfers
in history

- Born: 1972 in Greenland
- 1987: became a
member of local golf club
- 1994: took part in a
female golf tournament
- 2002: became the
female golf champion

SPEAKING

5 Choose one sportsperson and talk about him/ her
- His/ her name

Example

- The sport he/ she plays

- Jenny Green

- Why he/ she is famous

- golf

- You like him/her or not

- one of the best female golfers in history

Explain why

- like because …

In group. Tell about him/her. Use
your note.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read for general and specific
information about Pelé
 Talk about famous sportspeople

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
• Write down their opinion about a famous
sportsperson.
• Do exercises in the workbook
• Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 2.

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