Unit 12. Water sports

Look at the pictures and tell what they are about?
Water sports
Lesson one : Reading
Unit 12
water sports
Watch a video clip and answer the questions:
1/ What is the name of the sport?
2/ Where is it played?
3/ How do people play it – by hand or foot?
Vocabulary
Water polo (n):
môn bóng nước
A goalie :
thủ môn
To sprint :
bơi nước rút
A cap:
mũ, nón
Minor (a) = smaller, unimportant:
nhỏ,không quan trọng
Major ≠ minor (a):
lớn hơn, quan trọng, nghiêm trọng
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Task 1: Read the passage about water polo and … these words.
1/ opponent
2/ penalize
3/ eject
4/ foul
5/ tie
(n)
(v)
(v)
(n)
(n)
To make someone leave a game.
An action in sports that is against the rules
To punish a team or player who breaks the rules
A situation in a game when two teams have the same scores
Someone who tries to defeat another person in a competition.
e. Someone who tries to defeat another person in a competition.
c. To punish a team or player who breaks the rules
a.To make someone leave a game.
b. An action in sports that is against the rules
d. A situation in a game when two teams have the same scores
Task 2: Read the passage again and complete the following sentences.
Water polo is played in a pool………...metres deep,…………long and…………….wide.
2. The home team wears………., the visiting team wears………and the goalies wear………
3. Both teams sprint for the ball from……………………….
4. A free throw is awarded for minor fouls, such as……………………………………..
5. A game is divided into quarters ranging from………………………….in length.
Answer:
Water polo is played in a pool………...metres deep,……………long and…………….wide.
1.8
30 metres
20 metres
2. The home team wears…………., the visiting team wears……………and the goalies wear………………………………
white caps
blue ones
red caps with the number 1 in white
3. Both teams sprint for the ball from……………………….

4. A free throw is awarded for minor fouls, such as……………………………………..

5. A game is divided into quarters ranging from………………………….in length
their own goal lines
holding or punching the ball
five to eight minutes
Task 3: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.
How many players per team are there?
Where is the ball when the game starts?
How can the ball be advanced?
Which players are allowed to hold the ball with both hands?
What happens to a player who commits five personal fouls?
1/ There are 7 players per team, 6 swimmers and 1 goalie.
2/ It is in the centre of the pool.
3/ The ball can be advanced by passing with one hand or 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.
4/ Only the goalie is allowed to hold the ball with both hands.
5/ The player is ejected after committing five personal fouls.
ANSWER
In a pool
7
11
On a playground
Quarters (5’-8’ /quarter)
Two halves (45’/each)
HOMEWORK
REREAD THE PASSAGE AND LEARN NEW WORDS BY HEART
PREPARE THE NEXT LESSONS (SPEAKING AND LISTENING)
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