Unit 13 - C - Lifelines A

Unit 13 - winnersReading and writing The year of the Tiger... Tiger Woods won the US Masters Golf tournament.. He was the youngest ever champion, he won with the best ever score, and he

Teacher: Bui Thi Cuc

Unit 13 - winners

Reading and writing

The year of the Tiger

VI Reading and writing: The year of Tiger

1 Look at the pictures

1 He is Tiger Woods

2 He is a famous golfer.

3 He is playing golf.

2 Read the text and answer the questions

1 ‘'The Year of the Tiger’ was 1997.

2 Tiger Woods won the US Masters Golf tournament.

3 He was the youngest ever champion, he won with the best ever score, and he was the first black golfer to win a major tournament

VI Reading and writing

The year of the Tiger

3 Read the text again

* Answer:

• Eari Woods: Tiger’s father, an American army officer and keen

golfer.

• Cypress: a place in California Tiger’s birthplace

• Kultilda Woods: Tiger’s mother, from Thailand.

• Jeff Binns: a gold commentator, an admirer of Tiger.

• Eldrick Woods: Tiger’s real name: born 30.12.75, played golf from

an early age Youngest ever junior champion in 1991, youngest ever

US Masters champion in 1997.

• Bill Clinton: President of the United States Called Tiger up to

congratulate him.

• Augusta, Georgia: place where Tiger won the US Masters.

VI Reading and writing

The year of the Tiger

4 Examples illustrating the statements

* Answers :

• Everybody wanted to know him He appeared on TV, the

President called him up, Nike offered him a contract.

• Tiger Woods is more important than that He is not only

a champion, but because he’s young and good-looking a lot of kids are going to want to play golf like him

VI Reading and writing

The year of the Tiger

Vocabulary file: Sport

* Answers:

• golf tournament, eighteenth hole, baseball cap, crowd, ball,

champion, score, golfer, sports company, contract, play,

player, win, professional, beat, commentator, hits the ball, take up.

• Write about a famous person that you admire

• Learn new words by heart

• Do exercise 7 in Workbook.

• Preparing: Listening and speaking in unit

III Homework

• Write the answers

• Write about your last Tet holiday

Thank you.