UNIT 6 - LESSON 1: READING

• Last Saturday the representatives of three classes of my school took part in the annual final English Competition organized by our English teachers.. At the end of the competition, the

What is the name of this contest?

Sao Mai Television Singing Contest

Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”

Olympic Games

London Marathon

COMPETITIONS

I Vocabulary Lesson 1: READING

1 Representative (n):

Ex: Mr Hoang Tuan was the representative of Dan Truong.

Người đại diện

2 Stimulate (v):

Kích thích, khuyến khích

a person chosen to take the place of others:

encourage:

4 Spirit (n): Tinh thần

5 Sponsor (v): Tài trợ

• judges

• I.VOCABULARY

1.Representative (n)/,repri'zentətiv/ 2.Stimulate (v) /’stimjuleit/

• Last Saturday the representatives of three classes of my school took part in the annual final English Competition organized by our English teachers The competition was sponsored by the

Students’ Parents Society Mrs Lien, our English teacher,

explained the competition’s rules to the students

“…To participate in the contest, you have to work in groups of

three Each group must complete five activities in all On

competition of each activity, you will have to answer the

questions on the worksheets within two minutes The judges will observe and score your performance The maximum score for each activity is 15 points At the end of the competition, the

judges will announce the total score of each group The group

that gets the highest score will be the winner The winner will be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford

Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Now, let’s start our competition.”

Unit 6: COMPETITION – Lesson 1: Reading

Unit 6: COMPETITION – Lesson 1: Reading

• Hung, Thu and Nga were the members of Group A They quickly read the questions and tried to find out the answers At first, things went smoothly They

almost completed the five activities But in Activity 5, Hung had difficulty reciting the poem He could not remember the last sentence Time was up, and the judges announced the results The winner was group

B, which got 70 points; Hung’s group got 65 points; and group C got 60 Thu felt a bit disappointed

Hung apologized for not being able to complete the poem But Nga made it better by saying “ For me the most important thing was our participation in the

competition and the enjoyment we had from it.”

II/ Match column A with column B suitably:

• D:\Package - read 6.2 (matching)\read 6.2

(matching).exe

III Work in pairs Answer the questions

1.When was the annual final English

Competition organized?

2 Who took part in the annual final English

Competition last Saturday?

3 What was the aim of the competition?

4 Who sponsored the competition?

5 What did each group of students have to do during the contest?

6 Who belonged to Group A?

7 What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?

8 What would be awarded to the winner?

1.When was the annual final English Competition organized?

It was organized last Saturday.

2 Who took part in the annual final English

Competition last Saturday?

The representatives of three classes of the

speaker’s school took part in the annual final

English Competition last Saturday.

3 What was the aim of the competition?

Its aim was to stimulate the spirit of learning

English among students.

4 Who sponsored the competition?

The students’ Parents Society sponsored the

competition

5 What did each group of students have to do during the contest?

They had to complete five activities in all On

completion of each activity, they had to answer the questions in the worksheets within two minutes

6 Who belonged to Group A?

Hung, Thu and Nga belonged to Group A.

7 What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition?

They had to observe and score the

students’ performance At the end of the competition, they would announce the total score of each group The group that got

the highest score would be the winner.

8 What would be awarded to the winner?

The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford

Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

VI Task 3 Work in groups.Read the paragraph 3

again and complete the sentences.

1 In Activity 5, Hung was unable……… to recite the poem

2.Having achieved the highest score,Group B

……… became the winner of the competition.

3 Group C lost the game because they just

IV/ Read the poem and translate it into Vietnamese:

Do you like the sky at night

When the stars shining bright?

Do you like it in the day

When the clouds all go away.

What I like is the morning sun

Shining on me when I run

And I also like the rain

Pattering on my windowpane

V Choose the right word from the box to fill in the gap.

1 The of three classes took part in the English

4 Students’ of study is very high.

5 Each group must complete five activities

6 At first, everything went

VII ANSWER THE QUETION

• Which competition on TV do you like best? Why?

COMPETITIONS

1 Learn all new words and expressions by heart.

2.Practise reading the passage clearly.

3.Prepare part B - SPEAKING

HOMEWORK