Unit 5. Competitions

Beauty ContestMiss Vietnam Miss World Miss Universe 1.. When did the first beauty contest take place?. Where did the first beauty contest take place2. Who can participate in the beauty

A BEAUTY CONTEST B GAME SHOW C SINGING CONTEST

D FOOTBALL MATCH E SWIMMING COMPETITION

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A BEAUTY CONTEST

B GAME SHOW

C SINGING CONTEST

D FOOTBALL MATCH

E SWIMMING COMPETITION

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Beauty Contest

Miss Vietnam

Miss World

Miss Universe

1 When did the first beauty contest take place?

2 Where did the first beauty contest take place?

3 Who can participate in the beauty contest?

UNIT 5: COMPETITIONS

UNIT 5: COMPETITIONS

Vocabulary

- beauty pageant = beauty contest

This is a beauty pageant

* Contest (v)

* Contest (n)

* Contestant (n) someone who

takes part in a competition

-rename (v)

Saigon was renamed HoChiMinh

city a long time ago

to give something a new name

- celibate / 'selibət/ (a) not married

to stop someone from taking part in an activity

-disqualify/ [dis'kwɔlifai/ (v) = to ban

Guiding questions

1 When and where did the first

beauty contest take place?

2 What was the title of the first beauty contest?

3 Who can participate in the

beauty contest?

Guiding questions

1 When and where did the first beauty contest take place?

In Atlantic City, in 1921

3 Who can participate in the beauty contest?

2.What was the title of the first beauty contest?

It was “InterCity Beauty”

Men, women, and teenagers who often have rules regarding the “ purity” of the contestants

Multiple choice: Read the passage and choose the correct answer

1.Beauty contests are competitions between…………

A men B women C teenagers D all are correct

2 Those who participate in a beauty contest must …………

A not be married

B agree to remain celibate during their reign

C agree to refrain from other acts that contest organizers regard as “ moral degradation”

D All are correct

3 “Intercity Beauty” contest was renamed Miss America………

A In 1921 B in 1922 C in 1951 D in 1952

4.Two famous international beauty contests today are………

A Miss America and Miss World

B Miss America and Miss Universe

C Miss World and Miss Universe

D Miss Universe and “ intercity Beauty” contest

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- Learn new words

- Make 5 sentences using the words learnt.

Write a short paragraph to summarize the reading passage, using the cues below: 1.When and where the first beauty contest took place

2.Who can participate in the beauty contest/ Some conditions are applicable to beauty contestants

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