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What’s this?- Globe [gloub] n:quả địa cầu trái đất -It’s the globe... What’s this?- Tournament ['tɔ:nəmənt] n: giải đấu -It’s a table of a tournament... The first World Cup was held in U

•Look at some pictures of

the football teams and say which teams they are

ARGENTINA ENGLAND BRAZIL

GERMANY ITALY

CROATIA

READING

A Before you read:

I Open prediction: Choose the correct answers

1 How often is the World Cup held?

a Every year b Every 4 years c Every 2 years

2 Where was the 2002 World Cup held?

a In Japan b In Argentina

c In Uruguay d In Japan and South Korea

3.………was the champion of the 2002 World Cup

a Italy b Germany c Brazil d Japan

4.………was the runner-up of the 2002 World Cup

a Italy b Germany c Holland d Japan

A Before you read:

II Vocabulary:

I Open prediction:

- TROPHY ['troufi] (n): cúp, chiến lợi phẩm

What’s this? -It’s a trophy

Which team gained the trophy in the 2006 World Cup?

So, Italy was the champion in the 2006 World Cup

 champion ['t∫æmpjən] (n): nhà vô địch

- Italy.

What’s this?

- Globe [gloub] (n):quả địa cầu (trái đất)

-It’s the globe.

What’s this?

- Tournament ['tɔ:nəmənt] (n): giải đấu

-It’s a table of a tournament.

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay.

 host nation (n) đội chủ nhà Uruguay was the host nation

Vòng đấu loại

- elimination games [i,limi'nei∫n geim]

- to eliminate [i'limineit]

*elimination (n) [i,limi'nei∫n]

- FIFA is the governing body for football.

Cơ quan điều hành

 finalist ['fainəlist] (n)

The team that plays in the final match is

Đội vào vòng chung kết

Complete the following definition:

a finalist

II Vocabulary:

- trophy(n) ['troufi] cúp, chiến lợi phẩm

- champion(n) ['t∫æmpjən] nhà vô địch

- globe: [gloub] (n) quả địa cầu

- tournament:['tɔ:nəmənt] (n) vòng, giải thi đấu

- host nation: (n) nước chủ nhà

- elimination games(n)[i,limi'nei∫n geim] vòng đấu loại

- the governing body for football : the organization that

is responsible for football, i.e FIFA

*FIFA:-International Association Football Federation

(French:Federation Internationale de Football Association)

-finalist (n) ['fainəlist] Đội vào vòng chung kết

A Before you read:

A B

1 Champion a. a competition in which players

compete against each other in a series

of games until there is a winner.

2 The globe b. a team or person that has won a

competition.

3 Tournament c. the world

4 Host nation d. a prize for winning a competition

5 Trophy e. a country that provides the necessary

space, facilities, etc for a special event

III Checking vocabulary:

Match the words in A with their definitions in B

I Checking prediction: Choose the correct answers

1 How often is the World Cup held?

a Every year b Every 4 years c Every 2

years

2 Where was the 2002 World Cup held?

a In Japan b In Argentina

c In Uruguay d In Japan and South Korea

3 ………was the champion of the 2002 World Cup.

a Italy b Germany c Brazil d Japan

4 ………was the runner-up of the 2002 World Cup.

a Italy b Germany c Holland d Japan

B While you read:

3 The World Cup is regarded as the world championship of the sport.

4 Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.

1930

won the World Cup five times.

II.Read the text and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F) Correct the false ones

B While you read:

2 FIFA was set up in

2 FIFA was set up in 1904

YEAR EVENTS

(1) FIFA was set up

1930 Only (2) teams took part in the first

tournament

(3) The first World Cup was held

By 2002 The world had witnessed (4) World Cup

tournaments

Up to now National football teams must compete in

elimination games within their own regions before becoming one of the (5) finalists

(6) It was the first time The World Cup was held in

V Homework