Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 - Unit 12: Water sports (Listening)

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Guessing game

Listen to the cues and guess the

name of the type of sport

1 It’s played in the water.

2 It’s played without equitment

3 The players are usually women

Synchronized swimming

Unit 12: WATER SPORTS

C. Lis tening

Synchronized swimming

Listen and repeat:

Synchronized swimming: /'siηkrənaizd/: Annette Kellerman (n)

Katherine Curtis (n)

Chicago Teacher’s College (n)

Wright Union College (n)

Amateur Athletic Union (n)

/'æmətə: æθ'letik 'ju:niən / Publicity /pʌ'blisiti /:

1. Synchronized Swimming was first performed  _

A. in a swimming pool        B. in a glass tank      C. in a lake

Listen to circle the most appropriate option to complete the sentences

2. Curtis’a water ballet club attracted  _

A. national publicity      B. international publicity  

C. both national and international publicity

on scoring methods used in  _

A. gymnastics and diving      B. diving and skating        

C. gymnastics and skating

4. The first recorded competition was held in 

A. 1907      B. 1939       C. 1940

5. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) staged the first multi­team  competition on 

A. March 1, 1940      B. May 1, 1940      C. March 10, 1940

1 Who invented Synchronized swimming?

Listen to the passage again and answer the questions

2 When did Katherine Cutis found a water ballet club?

3 Who developed the competition rules of synchronized

swimming?

4 When were the first formal national championships

conducted?

5 When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?

The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman (did)

(She founded a water ballet club) in 1923

Curtis (did)

(They were conducted) in 1946

(It became an Olympic event) in 1984

In   the great Australian swimmer,   

performed  a water ballet in a    _ in New York

In  _ Katherine Cutis founded a     _   at  the University of Chicago. 

On    _   the first recorded   was held

In  _ the first formal  _   were  conducted by the AAU

In   Synchronized Swimming became an    _ at  the Los Angeles Games

1907 Annette Kellerman

glass tank

1923 water ballet club

May 27 1939 competition

1946 national championships

1984 Olympic event

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Goodbye!