Unit 12 - Reading

Every four years44 countries in the 14 th Asian Games Bobybuilding, Karatedo, Wushu 1.. The spirit of the 14th Asian Games Paragraph 2 B?. Task 2: Scan the passage and complete the follo

Look at the following pictures and tell the names of the sports.

 Answer the question :

In which event these games take place?

In the Asian Games - ĐHTDTT Châu Á / Asiad

Every four years

44 countries in the 14 th Asian Games

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?

Work with a partner Discuss the

following questions.

II Vocabulary :

- intercultural [ ,intə''k lt∫ərəl ʌ ] (adj) : liên văn hoá

- solidarity [,sɔli'dærəti ] (n) : tình đoàn kết

- aquatic sports [ ə'kwætik spɔ:ts ] (n.p) : thể thao dưới nước

- wrestling [ 'resliη ] (n) : đấu vật

- squash [ skwɔ∫ ] (n) : bóng quần

- hockey [ 'hɔki ] (n) : khúc côn cầu

- participant [pɑ:'tisipənt ] (n) : người tham gia

Scan the passage and choose the main idea for each paragraph

Paragraph Main idea

Paragraph 1 A The spirit of the 14th Asian Games

Paragraph 2 B The purpose Asian Games

Paragraph 3 C. Asian Games The five decade history of the

Task 1 : Fill each blank with a suitable word

effort

1 The hotel has special _ for disabled athletes

2 Swimming and water skiing are both sports.

3 He never lost his _ for training athletes.

4 I will make every to arrive on time.

5 Our sport performances have been considerably over recent years.

6 Your help was greatly .

appreciated advancing aquatic enthusiasm facilities

Task 2: Scan the passage and complete the following table

(1) _ The 1st Asian games began in New Delhi, India.

1954 Boxing, shooting and wrestling were added at (2) (3) _ Tennis, volleyball, table tennis and hockey were added the 3rd Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan.

1998 (4) were introduced at the 13th Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. (5) _ The 14th Asian Games were held in Busan, Korea.

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 Busan Games?

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games?

Showing the richness Finding the strongest Developing intercultural knowledge and friendship

2 How many participants took

9,199 9,919

9,991

3 In which sport events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games?

Bodybuilding, women’s karatedo and billiards

Athletics and Wushu

Shooting and fencing

4

5

67

7 In which city of the Philippines were the 2 nd Asian Games held

1 How many countries took part in the 1st Asian

Games? -2 Which sport was added at the

2nd Asian Games besides boxing

and wrestling?

-3 In which country were the

14th Asian Games

held? -4 Were the 13th Asian Games

held in Thaidland or Korea?

-5 Did Vietnam win two medals

in women’s karatedo or men’s in

Korea?

-6 There were 9,919 - at the 14th

Asian Games.

Fencing

The Asian Games

Badminton

Football

Taekwondo

Karatedo

Judo

Basketball

Cycling

Weightlifting

Shooting

Boxing

Wrestling

Volleyball

Tennis

Table tennis

Hockey

Squash

Rugby

Mountain biking

Bodybuilding

Billiards

Swimming Water polo

Water skiing

Aquatic sports

Long jump Marathon

High jump

Athletics:

Điền kinh Athlete

Medals

gold

Practice the pronunciation

Further discussion

1 How many times was Asian Games held?

2 How often are the Asian games held?

3 When and where was the last Asian Games held?

4 When and where will the next Asian Games be held?

Fifteen times

Every four year

The 15th Asian Games were held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006

The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12, 2010 to November 27, 2010

List of Asian Games