Unit 12. Water sports

Synchronized swimming


- Gymnastics
(n) : môn thể dục

- Skating:
(n) : môn trượt băng

- Glass tank
(n) : bể kính


Listen and repeat:
Synchronized swimming: /'siηkrənaizd/:
Chicago Teacher’s College (n)
Annette Kellerman (n)
Wright Junior College (n)
Katherine Curtis (n)
Amateur Athletic Union (n)
/'æmətə: æθ'letik 'ju:niən /
Publicity /pʌ'blisiti /:


Task 1. Listen and choose the best answer A, B, C for
the following sentences .
1. Synchronized swimming was first performed _____.
A. In a swimming pool
B. in a glass tank

C. in a lake
2. Curtis’s water ballet club attracted__________.
A. National publicity
B. international publicity
C. Both national and international publicity
3. Rules for synchronized swimming competition are based mainly on
scoring methods used in________.
A. Gymnastics and diving
B. diving and skating
C. gymnastics and skating
4. The first recorded competition was held in _______.
A. 1907
B. 1939
C. 1940
5. The Amateur Athletic Union ( AAU ) staged the first multi-team
competition on___.
A. March 1, 1940
B. May 1, 1940
C. March 10, 1940


Listen to the passage again and answer the
questions.
1. Who invented Synchronized swimming?
The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman did.
2. When did Katherine Cutis found a water ballet
club?
She founded a water ballet club in 1923.
3. Who developed the competition rules of synchronized
swimming?

Curtis did.
4. When were the first formal national championships
conducted?
They were conducted in 1946.
5. When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic
event?
It became an Olympic event in 1984.


Fill in the blanks to summarize the passage
1. In ______ the great Australian swimmer, _______
performed a water ballet in a _____ _____ in
New York.
2. In _______ Katherine Curtis founded a _______
_______ _______ at the University of Chicago.
3. In __________ the first formal _________
________________ were conducted by the AAU
4. In ________ Synchronized Swimming became an
________ _______ at the Los Angeles Games



• Prepare writing lesson.



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1. In 1907
____ the great Australian

swimmer, ________________
Annette Kellerman
performed a water ballet in a
____ tank
____ in New York.
glass


2. In 1923
____ Katherine Curtis founded a
_______
_______ club
______at the University of
water ballet
Chicago.


X

2

Lucky
number!


:2
You’ve just lost
half of your
points!

You are unlucky!


.

3. In 1946
____ the first formal
national championships
_______
_____________
were conducted by the AAU


4. In ______synchronized
swimming
1984
Olympic________
event at the
became an ________
Los Angeles Games