Unit 12. The Asian Games

How many countries took part in the Asian Games2. How many participants took part in the 14th Asian games.. In which sports event did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Bu

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bodybuilding football

table tennis

volleyball cycling billards Matching

• Match the sports with the pictures

Discuss the following question

1 How often are the Asian Games

held?

2 How many countries took part in

the Asian Games?

3 What sports is Vietnam best at?

1 aquatic sports (n)

2 weightlifting (n)

3 athlete (n)

4 fencing (n)

5 appreciate (v)

6 solidarity (n)

1.thể thao dưới nước

2 môn cử tạ

3 vận động viên điền kinh

4 môn đấu kiếm

5 đánh giá

6 tình đoàn kết

Fill each blank with a suitable word

1.The hotel has special _ for disabled

athletes.

2 Swimming and water skiing are both

_ sports

3 He never lost his for training

athletes.

4 I will make every to arrive on time.

5 Our sports performances have been

considerably over recent

years.

6 Your help was greatly

effort

appreciat

ed advancin

g

enthusias

m aquat ic

facilitie

s

Complete the following sentences

(1) The 1 st Asian Games began in New

Delhi,India

1954 Boxing, shooting and wrestling were

added at (2)

(3) _ Tennis, volleyball, table tennis and

hockey were added at the 3 rd Asian Games held in Tokyo, Japan

1998 (4) wer

e introduced at the 13 th Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

(5) _ The 14 th Asian Games were held in Busan,

Korea.

1951

the 2nd Asian Games in Manila, the Philippines 1958

Squash, rugby, fencing and mountain biking

2002

Answer the questions

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games?

2 How many participants took part in the 14th

Asian games?

3 In which sports event did the Vietnamese

athletes win gold medals at the Busan games?

4 How many countries took part in the 1st and the 14th Asian Games?

Name the sports in which Vietnamese athletes have won medals at the Asian

Games

Medals won by Vietnam (at 14th Asian Games)

Sports Gold

Medals Silver Medals Medals Bronze

wushu

shooting

karatedo

billiard

bodybuildi

ng

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1

1

1

1 2

1 1

• Prepare Speaking lesson

What is the purpose

of the Asian Games ?

 The purpose of the Asian Games is to develop

intercultural knowledge

and friendship within Asia.

How many participants

Asian Games?

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: 2

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X 2

Lucky

number!

In which sports events

did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals

at the Busan Games?

 They won the gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women’s karatedo at the Busan Games.

How many countries took part

in the 1st and the 14th Asian

Games?

 11 countries took part in the 1 st Asian Games and 44 countries took part in the 14 th Asian Games.