Good morning!
Welcome to our lesson!
What is the name of the competition?
It’s Boston Marathon
What do you know about it?
- It is an event of sports in the USA.
- It began in 1897
-It is a long distance running in the USA
Unit 6: COMPETITIONS
Lesson 3: Listening





Vocabulary :
1, race :
(n) [reis]
1, race :
(n) [reis]
cuộc đua; cuộc chạy đua
2. Athlete ( n) [`æθli:t]
Vocabulary :
1, race :
(n) [reis]
cuộc đua; cuộc chạy đua
2. Athlete ( n) [`æθli:t]
vận động viên (điền kinh, thể dục thể thao)
Athletic (a) [æθ`letik]
(thuộc) điền kinh; (thuộc) thể thao
3. Formally (a) [`fɔ:mlli]
1 cách trang trọng
4. Clock [klɔk]
(n) Đồng hồ
(v) Bấm giờ, đạt được ( thời gian, khoảng cách..)
Vocabulary :
What do these symbols indicate ?
Female
male
Vocabulary :
1, Race :
(n) [reis]
cuộc đua; cuộc chạy đua
2. Athlete ( n) [`æθli:t]
vận động viên (điền kinh, thể dục thể thao)
Athletic (a) [æθ`letik]
(thuộc) điền kinh; (thuộc) thể thao
3. Formally (a) [`fɔ:mlli]
1 cách trang trọng
4. Clock [klɔk]
(n) Đồng hồ
(v) Bấm giờ, đạt được ( thời gian, khoảng cách..)
5. Female: (n) [`fi:meil]
Giống cái, phụ nữ
6. Association: ( n) [ə,sousi`ei∫n]
Tổ chức, hiệp hội
7. McDermott
8. Kuscsik
Vocabulary :
Race :
(n) [reis]
cuộc đua; cuộc chạy đua
Athlete ( n) [`æθli:t]
vận động viên (điền kinh, thể dục thể thao)
Formally (a) [`fɔ:mlli]
1 cách trang trọng
Female: (n) [`fi:meil]
Giống cái, phụ nữ
Association: ( n) [ə,sousi`ei∫n]
Tổ chức, hiệp hội
Rub out and remember
Task 1: Listen to the dialogue about the Boston marathon
and decide whether the statements are true (T) or False ( F)
1. The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.
2. It began in 1897
3. John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds
4. Women were officially allowed to participate in the race in 1957
5. In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon
6. According to the race’s rules, runners have to pass through
the centre of Boston
T
F
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2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds
in 1967
pass through 13 towns and ends in centre of Boston
Task 2: Listen again then match the years/ numbers in column A with their events in column B
Listen again and answer the following questions :
Task 2:
1. Where did John McDermott come from ?
3. How many women started and finished the race in 1972?
2. When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?
4. How many runners joined the Boston marathon in 1984?
a
b
c
d
e
2
4
1
3
He came from New York
In 1972
8 ( women started and finished the race in 1972)
6164 ( runners joined the Boston marathon in 1984)
The Boston Marathon
1897
J. McDermott
(the first man won the race)
Every year
The centre
of Boston
1967
In 1984,
34 countries
42 km , 13 towns
Look at the given information below and summarize the listening.
1972
The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA. It began in 1897. And the same year, John Mc Dermott, who came from New York, won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon. He clocked 2 hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds. However, not until 1967, women have right to join this race. Kuscsik became the first female champion in 1972 . The Boston race is about 42 km; runners have to go through 13 towns during the race.
It ends in the centre of Boston.
Homework:
-Do exercises in Sts’ workbook.
-Prepare Section: Writing.