Unit 06 competitions listening

Marathon is a long running race of about 40 kilometers.. VOCABULARY race n [reis]athletic adj [æθ'letik] association n [ə,sousi'ei∫n] formally adv clock v,n [klɔk] McDermott Kuscsik m

1 Do you like running?

2 How fast can you run?

3 Do you like watching running races

on TV?

Game:

Watch the video clips and match them with names of the following ATHLETICS

MEETINGS.

B Men 1500m race

C 100m race

A Marathon

1 Which of the three running races is

the longest?

2 What is a Marathon?

Saturday, November 6 th , 2010

Saturday, November 6 th , 2010

Unit 6: Competitions

D Listening

I Before you listen:

Activity 2 Pre-teach vocabulary Activity 1 True/ False prediction

Activity 1 Read the sentences and predict

1 Boston City is in England.

2 Marathon is a long running race of about

40 kilometers.

3 Only men can take part in a marathon.

4 It involves many people running

Activity 2 VOCABULARY race (n) [reis]

athletic (adj) [æθ'letik]

association (n) [ə,sousi'ei∫n]

formally (adv) )

clock (v,n) [klɔk]

McDermott Kuscsik male (n) [meil] female (n) ['fi:meil]

['fɔ:mlli]

Task 1: Decide whether the statements are true

5 In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon

6 According to the race’s rules, runners have to go

through 13 towns during the race It ends in the

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 Where did John McDermott come from?

2 When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?

3 How many women started and finished the race in 1972?

4 How many runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1984?

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 Where did John McDermott come from?

2 When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?

3 How many women started and finished the race in 1972?

4 How many runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1984?

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 Where did John McDermott come from?

2 When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?

3 How many women started and finished the race in 1972?

4 How many runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1984?

 She became the first official female champion in 1972

 8 women started and finished the race in 1972 .

4614 runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1984 .

- Name some of famous runners (sportsmen or sportswomen) in Vietnam.

- What fields does he (she) take part in?

Activity 1:

Activity 2 Make an interview with your partners

about a famous runner in Vietnam.

Activity 2 Make an interview with your partners

about a famous runner in Vietnam.

Vu Thi Huong won

a gold medal at ASIAN Indoor Games 3 and many other medals

Imagine you are a journalist and you interview her for Tuoi Trẻ

Newspaper

Suggested questions

1 Can you introduce something about yourself?

2 When did you begin your first race?

3 How many medals have you won until now?

4 Who is your sports idol?

5 In which year, have you been selected

the Best Athlete ?

6 What is your main goal in this year?

2 She/ begin her first race/ SEA GAMES 23.

4 Her sports idol/ Vũ Văn Huyện.

1 She / born/ 7/10/1986 / THÁI NGUYÊN

Suggested infomation

3 She/ win / 4 gold medals/ 4 silver medals.

5 She/ be elected/ best athlete/ 2009.

6 She wants/ win / gold medals / ASIAD 16.

A General English Quiz

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A judges

The persons who win the

competition are the… .

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B athletes

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A clock

A……is an instrument which

tell you the time

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B computer

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Homework: Write a short paragraph about Boston

Marathon.