Unit 12 Water sports

Task 2:Work in groups Read the passage again and complete the following sentences... A game is divided into quarters ranging five to eight minutes length from………………………….in..[r]

Look at the pictures

Tell me the name the water sports in the following pictures?

SWIMMING

ROWING

SCUBA DIVING

Windsurfing

WATER POLO

A – Reading

 Water polo (n): môn bóng nước

Vertical postCrossbar Net

Pool

1.8m deep

30 m long

20 m

wide

- Vertical post (n) /və:tikəl/ : cột dọc

- Crossbar (n) : xà ngang

- Goalie (n) /gouli:/ : người giữ gôn

- Defensive player (n) /difensiv/ : Hậu vệ

- Referee (n) /,refəri:/ : Trọng tài

- Penalty box (n) /penlti/ : Điểm phạt đền

- Foul (n) /faul/ : Lỗi

-> Major foul /meidʤə/ : lỗi lớn

-> minor foul /mainə/ : Lỗi Nhỏ

- To eject /i:dʤekt/ : Bị đuổi

a To make someone leave a game.

b An action in sports that is against the rules

c To punish a team or player who breaks the rules

d A situation in a game when two teams have the same scores

e Someone who tries to defeat another person in a competition.

TASK 1: (Work in pairs.) Match the word in column A with

their meanings in column B.

1.e 2.c 3.a 4.b 5.d

Task 2 :(Work in groups) Read the passage again and complete the following sentences.

1.Water polo is played in a

1.Water polo is played in a

pool……… metres deep,………long and……….wide.

1.8

2 The home team wears…………., the visiting team wears………and the goalies

wear………

white caps blue ones

red caps

3 Both teams sprint for the ball

their own goal lines

holding or punching the ball

five to eight minutes

Task 3: (Work in groups) Ask and answer the

following questions.

1 How many players per team are there?

2 Where is the ball when the game starts?

3 How can the ball be advanced?

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

5 What happens to a player who commits five personal fouls?

SCUBA DIVING Water polo rowing

swimming WATER SKIING fishing

Where can people play water polo?

People can play it in

a pool.

Where is the ball when the game started?

In the centre of the

pool

How can the ball be

advanced?

The ball can be advanced by

passing with one hand of

swimming with the head above the water and the ball between the

arms so it rides on the wave

created by the swimmer’s head.

What happens to a player who commits five personal fouls?

The player is ejected

after committing five

personal fouls

Which players are allowed

to hold the ball with both

hands?

Only the goalie can be

allowed to hold the ball

with both hands.

POST READING

Extra - Exercise Make a comparison between football

and water polo.

Water polo Football

NEW WORDS BY HEART

(SPEAKING AND LISTENING)