WELCOME TO MS. LIEN’S CLASSES
GUESSING THE PHOTO
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UNIT 6: SECTION A
COMPETITIONS




I/ Before you read

1/ Matching the photos with
their names
C. London Marathon
B. Sao Mai Television Singing Contest
A. Olympic Games
D Quiz: Road to Olympia
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2/ Discussion (pair work)
1/ Do you like to take 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 VOCAB
Match A with B
A B
1/ representative a. without problem or difficulties
2/ annual b enthusiasm and energy
3/ stimulate c altogether or as a total
4/ in all d a person chosen on behalf of
another person or a group
5/ spirit e make sth. more active
6/ smoothly f happening once every year

Pre-teach vocabulary
7/ sponsor (n.): a person or firm that pays
for a TV program, a musical
or sporting event
sponsor (v.): act as a sponsor for sth/sb
8/ recite a poem:
Checking understanding activity

1 The aim of Sao Mai Television Singing contest is to __________ young singer to further efforts in their singing career.
2 The transition from school to work doesn’t take place as _____________ as some students have expected
3 “Hội Khoẻ Phù Đổng” is an ____________ competition for all high school students who have a specific talent in sports.
4 Our class has just sent 5 _____________ to take part in the game show “Đi Tìm Ẩn Số” held by the Youth Union of our school.
5 We are needing some foreign _______________ to organize this program successfully.
stimulate
smoothly
annual
sponsors
representatives
II/ While you read
Task 1: Questions & Answers (textbook p68)
The representatives of three classes of the writer’s school
To stimulate the spirit of learning English among students
The students’ parents society
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.
They had to observe and score the students’ performance. The maximum score for each activity was 15. At the end of the performance they would announce the total score of each group. The group that got the highest score would be the winner.
6. a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Task 2: Sentence Completion
In Activity 5, Hung was unable to recite / complete the poem.
Having achieved the highest score, Group B became the winner of the competition.
Group C lost the game because the just got 60 points.
Nga encouraged her group by saying “For me the most …….we had from it.”
Task 3: Summary
Work in groups and summarize some main points of the competition mentioned in the text.
Cues:
1 Type of competition?
2 When?
3 Who organized?
4 Competitors?
5 Winner?

III/ After you read
Make music for some popular sayings or poems
Saying

Trèo lên cây bưởi hái hoa,
Bước xuống vườn cà hái nụ tầm xuân
Nụ tầm xuân nở ra cánh biếc
Em có chồng rồi em tiếc lắm thay.
Saying


Muốn sang thì bắt cầu kiều
Muốn con hay chữ phải yêu lấy thầy
Poem

Ao thu lạnh lẽo nước trong veo
Một chiếc thuyền câu bé tẻo teo
Sóng nước theo làn hơi gợn tí
Lá vàng trước gió khẽ đưa vèo
Saying
Trong đầm gì đẹp bằng sen
Lá xanh bông trắng lại chen nhị vàng
Nhị vàng bông trắng lá xanh
Gần bùn mà chẳng hôi tanh mùi bùn
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