E 12

A. READING
UNIT 6. COMPETITIONS



1. Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia”
2. Olympic games
3. London Marathon




Look at the picture .
Match each of them with the words in the box below
I. Warm-up

1. Do you like taking part in competitions like these? Why/why not?
2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which competition do you like to win?
3. Is the winning the most important thing in a competition? Why/why not?


Answer the questions
Before you read


Singing contest: cuéc thi bµi h¸t
Representative (n) ®¹i diÖn
Annual (a): hµng n¨m
Stimulate (v)= encourage : khuyÕn khÝch, khuÊy ®éng
In all= total : tæng céng
Spirit (n): tinh thÇn
Smoothly (adv) : tr«i ch¶y
Sponsor (n): tµi trî, nhµ tµi trî
1. New words
III. While you read
1. Task 1. Matching the words or phrases on the left with their definition on the right.
1. Representative
2. Annual
3. Stimulate
4. In all
5. Spirit
6. smoothly
Without problems or difficulties
B. enthusiasm and energy
c. Altogether or as a total
d. A person choosen or a pointed on
behalf of another person or a group
e. Encourage or make something more active
f. Happening or done once every year
Task 1 . Match the words/phrases on the left with their
definition on the right
2. Task 2.Decide the statements whether are true or false. Correct them.
The groups of three classes of the school took part in the annual final English competition last Saturday
(the groups-> the representatives)
2. the aim of the competition was to fall the spirit of learning English among students
( to fall->to stimulate)
3 . The teachers in school sponsored the competition
( the teacher->the students’ Parent society)
4. Each group of students have to complete fifteen activities in all. On completion of each activity had to answer the questions in the worksheets within two minutes during the contest
( fifteen->five)
5. the judges have to observe and score the students’ performance. A maximum score for each activity was 15. At the end of the competition they would announce the total score of each group . The group that got the lowest score would be the winner.
( lowest ->highest)
6. The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying Maths and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
( Maths->English)
Task 3. Complete the sentences
1. In activity 5, Hung was unable…

->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 got….
->60 points
4. Nga encouraged her group
by saying….
->“ For me the most important thing was
Our participation in the competition
And the enjoyment we had from it
IV. After you read
This is the poem Hung recited at the annual final english competition.
Read and translate it into Vietnamese
Do you like the sky at night
When the star shinning bright?
Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
What I like is the morning sun
Shinning on me when I run.
And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane.
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Khi các đám mây đã bay đI xa?
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