Unit 12 Reading The year of Tiger

As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough... What is the most interesting piece of information in the text?.[r]

Unit 13: Winners

Teacher: NguyÔn ThÞ H¹nh School year: 2009 - 2010

Hung yen teachers training college’

English department

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Unit 13: Winners

Reading and writing: The Year of the Tiger

What is “The Year of the Tiger”?

-“The year of the Tiger” is a successful year

of golfer Tiger Woods

Unit 13: Winners

Reading and writing: The Year of the Tiger

1 Pre – reading: Look at the pictures and answer the questions

a Who is the young man?

- He is Tiger Woods.

b What do you know about him?

c What is he doing in each picture? He is answering the interview

He is hitting the ball He is celebrating a victory

2 While – reading:

Task 1: Read the text and answer the questions

1 When was “The Year of the Tiger?

- “The Year of the Tiger” was 1997.

2 What happened?

- Tiger Woods won the US Masters Golf tournament.

3 Why was it important?

- He was the youngest ever champion, he won with the best ever score, and he was the first black golfer to win a major tournament.

(In November 1996 he became a professional, and less than six months later he beat the best players in the world to win the US Masters)

Task 2: Identify the different items.

Earl Woods

Cypress

Kultilda Woods

Jeft Binns Eldrick Woods

Bill Clinton

Augusta, Georgia

Nike

Lucky number

s

9

10

10

At 21 Tiger was the youngest ever champion, and he won with the best ever score He was also the first black golfer

to win a major tournament Everybody wanted to know him

He appeared on several TV shows The President of the United States, Bill Clinton, called him up and the sports company, Nike, offered him a contract for $40 million.

Tiger up to congratulate him.

At 21 Tiger was the youngest ever champion, and he won with the best ever score He was also the first black golfer to win a major tournament Everybody wanted to know him He appeared on several TV shows The President of the United States, Bill Clinton, called him up and the sports company, Nike, offered him a contract for $40 million.

Nike a sports company Offered Tiger a $40 million

contract

It was the last day of the US Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia As the slim, young man walked up to the eighteenth hole he took off his baseball cap and waved to the crowd A few minutes later the ball fell into the hole and the crowd went wild Tiger Woods was the new champion.

Augusta, Georgia place where Tiger won the US Master

Tiger (his real name is Eldrick) Woods was born on 30 December

1975 in Cypress, California His mother, Kultilda, was from Thailand His father, Earl, was an American army officer and a keen golfer As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough When he was three years old he was already a very good player, and he soon started to win tournaments In 1991 he became the youngest ever Junior champion In November 1996 he became a professional, and less than six months later he beat the best players in the world to win the US Masters

played golf from an early age

Tiger (his real name is Eldrick) Woods was born on 30 December

1975 in Cypress, California His mother, Kultilda, was from Thailand His father, Earl, was an American army officer and a keen golfer As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough When he was three years old he was already a very good player, and he soon started to win tournaments In 1991 he became the youngest ever Junior champion In November 1996 he became a professional, and less than six months later he beat the best players in the world to win the US Masters

Earl Woods Tiger’s father, an American army officer

and keen golfer

Tiger (his real name is Eldrick) Woods was born on 30 December

1975 in Cypress, California His mother, Kultilda, was from Thailand His father, Earl, was an American army officer and a keen golfer As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough When he was three years old he was already a very good player, and he soon started to win tournaments In 1991 he became the youngest ever Junior champion In November 1996 he became a professional, and less than six months later he beat the best players in the world to win the US Masters

Tiger (his real name is Eldrick) Woods was born on 30 December

1975 in Cypress, California His mother, Kultilda, was from Thailand His father, Earl, was an American army officer and a keen golfer As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough When he was three years old he was already a very good player, and he soon started to win tournaments In 1991 he became the youngest ever Junior champion In November 1996 he became a professional, and less than six months later he beat the best players in the world to win the US Masters

Cypress a place in California Tiger’s birthplace

Some people think that Tiger is going to be even better

in the future “He’s going to win more tournaments, of course,” says golf commentator, Jeff Binns “But Tiger Woods

is more important than that He hits the ball harder and further than anyone else He’s young and good – looking, too, so millions of kids are going to take up golf now, and they’re all going to want to play like the Tiger”

Task 3: Look at the text again and see how the two

statements are supported.

Everybody wanted to know him.

Tiger Woods is more important than that.

At 21 Tiger was the youngest ever champion, and he won with the best ever score He was also the first black golfer

to win a major tournament Everybody wanted to know him

He appeared on several TV shows The President of the United States, Bill Clinton, called him up and the sports company, Nike, offered him a contract for $40 million.

Everybody wanted to know him.

The President called him up

Some people think that Tiger is going to be even better

in the future “He’s going to win more tournaments, of course,” says golf commentator, Jeff Binns “But Tiger Woods

is more important than that He hits the ball harder and further than anyone else He’s young and good – looking, too, so millions of kids are going to take up golf now, and they’re all going to want to play like the Tiger”

Tiger Woods is more important than that.

He is not only a champion,

but because he’s young and

good –looking

A lot of kids are going to want to play golf like him

Task 4: Are these sentences True (T) or False (F)?

1 At the age of 21, Tiger won the US Masters

2 Tiger was the first golfer to win a major tournament

3 The President of the US offered him a contract for $40 million

4 Tiger’s mother is an Asian

5 Tiger learned to play golf from his father

Game: Shark attack

3 4

1 2 5

Help! Shark!

1 At the age of 21, Tiger won the US Masters.

At 21 Tiger was the youngest ever champion and he won with the best ever score.

True (He was born on 30.12.1975 and won the US Masters in 1997)

Game: Shark attack

3 4

T 2 5

2 Tiger was the first golfer to win a major tournament.

tournament.

False

Game: Shark attack

3 4

T F 5

3 The President of the US offered him a contract for $40 million.

The President of the United States, Bill Clinton, called him up and the sports

company, Nike, offered him a contract for $40 million.

False

Game: Shark attack

F 4

T F 5

4 Tiger’s mother is an Asian.

His mother, Kultida, was from Thailand.

True

Game: Shark attack

F T

T F 5

5 Tiger learned to play golf from his father.

As a baby Tiger watched his father, and he started to play golf as soon as he was old enough.

True

Game: Shark attack

F T

T F T

3 Post – reading:

What do you think?

a What is the most interesting piece of information in the text?

b Why did the sports company offer Tiger Woods so much money?

c What other sportspeople have a big influence on their sport?

Write about a famous person that you admire.

+ How did they become famous?

+ Why do you admire them?

Thank you very much

for your attention!

Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (sinh ngày 30 tháng 12 năm 1975) là một vận động viên golf chuyên nghiệp người Mỹ, người được đánh giá là một trong những vận động viên golf thành công nhất mọi thời đại Hiện tại Tiger Woods là vận động viên golf số 1 thế giới, Woods là vận động viên được trả thu nhập cao nhất thế giới năm 2006 khi anh dành được hơn 100 triệu USD từ những chức vô địch và hợp đồng quảng cáo Vào tháng 8/2007, ở tuổi 31, Woods dành được chức

vô địch Golf chuyên nghiệp lớn thứ 30 trong sự nghiệp Anh hiện là vận

động viên gold duy nhất đang thi đấu lọt vào top 10 của career major wins (thứ 2) và career PGA Tour wins (thứ 5).

Trong những thành tích của mình, Woods đang giữ vị trí số một trong bảng xếp hạng thế giới với kỉ lục chiến thắng trong nhiều tuần liên tiếp nhất đồng thời với tổng số tuần nhiều nhất Anh đã được trao giải

thưởng PGA Tour Player of the Year với kỉ lục là 8 lần và dẫn đầu danh

sách tiền thưởng 7 lần (chỉ kém kỉ lục của Jack Nicklaus một lần), anh đã được bầu chọn là vận động viên của năm bởi AP 4 lần, một kỉ lục chỉ có anh và Lance Armstrong lập được.

Woods, một người đa chủng tộc, được tôn vinh như là người đã thúc đẩy làn sóng yêu thích môn thể thao golf Woods giúp tăng số khán giả cũng như tỉ lệ xem đài đồng thời tạo nên những sự thích thú với khán giả thuộc mọi tầng lớp văn hóa.