Unit 5. Competitions

Warm-up:Write names of the competitions... Expressing personal opinions about types of competitions... Discuss the positive and negative aspects of competitions commonly held in our sc

I Warm-up:

Write names of the competitions

Expressing personal opinions about types of competitions

II Pre-speaking

1 Read some useful expressions

-I can’t agree with you

more

- You’re right There ‘s no

doubt about that

- Exactly, I’m with you

there

-That’s true And I also

think that

- I can’t help thinking the

same

- Personally, I think that

- That’s an interesting point

of view, but I think

- I don’t quite agree

because

- I’m afraid I can’t agree

with you I think

- I totally disagree with you.

- That’s not the way I see

it You see

2 Discuss the positive and negative aspects of

competitions commonly

held in our school and

community.

Positive aspects Negative aspects

-Encourage self-study.

-Entertaining, exciting,

fascinating

-Good physical exercise,

keep our body fit

-Lots of fun, funny.

-Promote teamwork spirit.

-Enhance mutual

understanding

-Bring about new

knowledge

-Dangerous, accident-prone

-Excessive emphasis on physical beauty

-Simple-minded, boring, monotonous

-Distract students from study, inhibit creativity -Too commercialized

-Too noisy, dim lights -Poor performance

III While-speaking

Task 1: Express your opinions about of

competitions commonly held in our school and

community

EX: A: Tug of war is such a great game It offers us the teamwork spirit

B: I’m with you there And besides, it gives us a lot of fun

IV Post-speaking

Task 2: Give a short presentation in front of the class

about a contest that you have recently taken part

in or watched The following guiding questions might help you

1 What type of the contest was it? When?

2 How many contestants were there? Where did

they come from?

3 How did the contest go? How interesting was it?

4 What was the final results?

5 What was your overall impression about the

contest? How did you like it? (announcer,

cheerleader, and audience)

Prepare Writing skill for the next period

Homework :