UNIT 6: COMPETITION

UNIT 6
COMPETITION
A.READING:
Before you read
Look at the photos. Match each of them with the words in the box below
World Cup Olympic Games
Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia” Boston Marathon
Work with a partner: Answer the following questions
Do you like taking part in competitions like these ? Why/Why not ?
Do you hope to win a competition ? If so, which competition do you like to win ?
Is winning the most important thing in a competition ? Why/Why not ?
A.Reading:
New words:
competition /kɔmpi`ti∫n/ (n): sự cạnh tranh, cuộc thi đấu
compete (v)
representative /repri`zentətiv/ (n) : đại diện
annual /`ænjuəl/ (a) : xảy ra hàng năm
aim /eim/ (n): mục đích, ý định
stimulate /`stimjuleit/ (v) : khuyến khích
stimulation (n)
spirit /`spirit/ (n) :tinh thần, khí thế
spiritual (a)

sponsor /`spɔnsə/ (v) : đỡ đầu, bảo trợ
(n): cha mẹ đỡ đầu, người bảo trợ
judge /`dʒʌdʒ/ (n): thẩm phán,người phân xử, trọng tài
observe / ə`bzə:v/ (v): quan sát, theo dõi
performance / pə`fɔ:məns/ (n): thành tích, sự thực hiện
perform (v): thực hiện, biểu diễn
smooth /smu:đ/ (a): trôi chảy, suôn sẻ
smoothly (adv): một cách suôn sẻ
in all : tổng cộng, tất cả

Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right.

1.Representative
2.Annual
3.Stimulate
4.In all
5.Spirit
6.smoothly
Without problems or difficulties
Enthusiasm and energy
Altogether or as a total
A person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group
Encourage or make something more active
Happening or done once every year
Task 2: Answer the questions
Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday ?
What was the aim of the competition ?
Who sponsored the competition ?
What did each group of students have to do during the contest ?
What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition ?
What would be awarded to the winner ?
The representatives of three classes of the writer’s school.
2) Its aim was stimulate the spirit of learning English among students.
3) The competition was sponsored by the Students’ Parents Society.
4) They had to complete five activities in all. On completion of each activity, they had to answer the questions in the worksheets within two minutes.
5) They had 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 highest score would be the winner.
6) The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.




Task 3: Read paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences
In Activity 5, Hung was unable to recite the poem

Having achieved the highest score, Group B became the winner of the competition
Group C lost the game because they just got 60 points
Nga encouraged her group by saying Saying that for her the most important thing was their participation in the competition and the enjoyment they had from it


A.Reading:
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 stars are shining bright?
Do you like it in the day
When the clouds all go away?
What I like is the morning sun
Shining on me when I run
And I also like the rain
Pattering on my windowpane.