Unit 12 - Reading (TGT)

Is this water sport played in a swimming pool or in the sea?2.. Listen to a woman talking about synchronized swimming and circle the most appropriate option A, B or C to complete each of

Presented by: Nguyen Thi Kim Anh

Kim Thanh High School

1 rowing

2 skating

3 windsurfing

4 swimming

5 water polo

6 fishing

7 canoeing

8 synchronized swimming

9 scuba-diving

• What water sports have you seen?

• Rules:

- Play in 2 teams: Team A and Team B

- Watch a video clip with 6 water sports and a list of the names of 9 sports.

- When the video clip stops, in 30 seconds, run to the board and write the names of the sports that you have seen

- Just write the numbers for the words:

Example: 3 swimming -> 3

- The team with more correct answers will be the winner.

1 Is this water sport played in a swimming pool or in the sea?

2 Is it played with or without equipment?

• Look at the picture and answer the questions:

• synchronized swimming

• Annette Kellerman

• Kathherine Curtis

• Chicago Teacher’s College

• Wright Junior College

• Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)

Listen and repeat:

Task 1. Listen to a woman talking about synchronized swimming and circle the most appropriate option (A, B or C) to complete each of the

following sentences.

1 Synchronized swimming was first performed

2 Curtis’s water ballet club attracted

A national publicity

B international publicity

both national and international publicity.

3 Rules for synchronized swimming competition are based mainly on scoring methods used in

gymnastics and diving B diving and skating

C gymnastics and skating

4 The first recorded competition was held in

5 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) staged the first multi-team competition

on

.

in a glass tank B.

C.

A.

B.

TASK 2 : Listen again and answer the questions

1 Who invented synchronized swimming ?

2 When did Katherine Curtis found a water ballet club?

3 Who developed the competition rules of synchronized swimming ?

4 When were the first formal national championships conducted?

5 When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?

Annette Kellerman did.

In 1923.

Katherine Curtis did.

In 1946.

In 1984.

Group discussion :

Practise talking about the events in the history of synchronized swimming.

1907

1923

1946

1984

Annette Kellerman, the great Australian swimmer, first performed

water ballet in a glass tank.

1939

Synchronized swimming is one of the most interesting water sports

It was invented

• Prepare: Writing Lesson