Unit 5. Competitions

★ While you read Beauty contests Read the text and do the tasks that follow... What are some conditions applicable to beauty contestants?. They must not be married, must agree to remai

★Group 9’s

English

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Unit 5

Competitions

★ Check the previous

Conduct Teach Value Discovery

To Look After

Attain

Remedial

Which competition do you like?

•Quiz show

•World Cup, FA,…

•American’s Idol, American’s next top model, Miss World etc.

Mini Game: Find Word

Remember these words :

Quiz – Fair – Competition –

Tough

Winners – Fight – Global – Song Losers – Music – Beauty – Photo

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Logo South Africa 2010

Miss World Miss Universe

Quiz show

★ While you

read

Beauty contests

Read the text and do the tasks that follow

a) Answer the following questions

1.In what country did the first beaty contest take

place? When was it?

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, in 1921

2 What is it about beauty contests for teenagers

that can be criticized?

Contestants may dress in no more than

swimsuit

3 What are some conditions applicable to

beauty contestants?

They must not be married, must agree to

remain celibate during their “reign”, and

must agree to refrain from other acts that

contest organizers regard as “moral

degradation”

4 What are the two supposedly most pretigious

beauty contests in the world today? When did they first take place?

Miss World competition (founded in 1951), Miss Universe (founded in 1952)

5.What are the possible arguments againts beauty contests according to the passage?

-Entertainment event of no great importance

- Degrading to females in general

Miss World 2010 Miss Universe 2011

b) The following statements can

be true(T) or false(F) Check (v)

in the appropriate boxes

1 Beauty pageant is another

competition between young

ladies only.

only requirement to win a

beauty contest.

must remain single all their

5 The first beauty contest

took place in the United

State

State

against beauty contests

because of the dress

contestants wear

in which contestants have

3 Competitions for And

women are separate events (3 cells)

4 “ Beauty” contest was held in Atlantic City, New

Jersey in 1921 (9 cells)

5 Many regard beauty

contest for women as

degrading to females in

general (9 cells)

6 A beauty contest bases

partly on the beauty of

contestants’ appearance (8 cells)

7 In the sports competitions, the contestants are divided

into to compete (4 cells)

8 The contestants show their strength via events (5

cells)

★ After You Read

Discuss in group.

“Industry, appearance,

speech, and behavior are

attributes that should be

required of an ideal

modern woman.” Would

you agree about the

opinion as for each

attribute? To what extent?

• Speech is an important character

because:

-It helps the woman communicate

effectively

- It shows the woman’s knowledge

• Behavior is an important character

Work in Pair.

• Match the name of Game shows in English with its Vietnamese equivalent :

1 Who wants to be a

millionaire? a.Đường lên đỉnh Olympia

2 Catch phrase b Hãy chọn giá đúng

3 Wheel of Fortune c Ai là Triệu phú

4 The way to the

Olympia Peak d Đuổi hình bắt chữ

5 The price is right e Đấu trường 100

1 versus 100 f Chiếc nón kì diệu

Think and

Talk

Have you ever taken part in any competition yet? Which one?

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