Unit 12_Reading_E12 (GVG Tỉnh)

Water polo is played in the sea 2.. The home team wears white caps, the visiting team blue ones.. The game begins with the ball in the centre of the pool.. No players except the goali

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Look at the pictures on the screen and write down the names of the sports games.

Example: (0) scuba- diving

1 2 3

swimming diving

windsurfing

rowing

Water polo

Lesson one : Reading

Unit 12 Wednesday ,April, 15 th,2009

Water polo

Before reading

The host team is the red, and the green is the

visiting one So the green is the red’s

tie

opponent.

vocabulary:

Look at this player’s action He is

a foul

committing

vocabulary:

commit (v )

Deco got a red card and was ejected

eject (v)

vocabulary:

vocabulary :

đối thủ, đối phương

2.commit (v) phạm lỗi, phạm tội

3.eject (v) đẩy ra, tống ra

Choose the best word to complete the following sentences

ejected committed opponent tie goalie

1 When the game was over, the two teams spectators’

weren t happy because they had a ’

2 The home team is training hard because their

is very strong.

3.The referee has just a player from the

While reading

Read the passage and do the tasks

that follow

Task 1 Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

1 Water polo is played in the sea

2 There are eleven players a team.

3 The home team wears white caps, the

visiting team blue ones.

4 The game begins with the ball in the centre

of the pool.

5 No players except the goalie can hold the

ball with both hands.

6 A game is divided into halves

ranging from five to eight minutes in length.

quarters

Task 2: Answer the questions

1 Where is water polo played? Where is water polo played?

2 What is the size of a pool?

3 Where is the ball when the game begins?

4 Which players are allowed to hold the ball with both hands?

5 How is a game divided into?

6 What happens to a player who commits

five personal fouls?

5 7

3

6

4 8

2 1

After reading

 Make a comparison between football and

water polo, using the suggestions

Football Water polo

1.Places to play

2.Number of the players

3.Main rules Players:

Football Water polo

1 Places to play a stadium,

playground, school yard,

one hand, head

Goalie: Plays with legs,

both hands, head both hands

4 Length

of game Full time: 90’ 20 -32

Overtime period: 15 /a period

’ 3 / a period’

Write a paragraph (about 120 words) about one of the water

sports games you like

1.Where is water polo played?

2.What is the size of a pool?

 It is 1.8 metres deep, 30

metres long and 20 metres wide.

3 Where is the ball when the

game begins

 It is in the centre of the pool.

4 Which players are allowed to hold the ball with both hands?

 Only the goalie is allowed to hold the ball with both hands.( Only

the goalie can.)

5.How is a game divided into?

6 What happens to a player who

 The player is ejected (after

committing five personal fouls).

You are lucky !

10 points for you

You are lucky !

10 points for you