Unit 13. The 22nd Sea Games

1

LONG JUMP


2

HIGH JUMP


3

POLE VAULTING


VIETNAM’S
4 WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TEAM
5

WOMEN’S FOOTBALL



1. Do you like
pole vaulting?
Why or Why
not?


2. Can you guess what jobs

the players of Vietnam’s
Women’s Football team did
after the 22nd SEA Games?


* Odd (a)

Strange/ unusual

* Tempt (v)

attract sb by doing st wrong

* Deal (n)

contract / agreement

* Podium (n)

where a winner stands to receive a medal

* Milkmaid (n)

A woman who milks cows

* Clear (v)

jump over

* Employee (n)

worker

* Proposal (n)

suggestion


Listen, repeat and put these words in the
right
order you* hear.
milkmaid
1. odd
* tempting

2. tempting

* employee

3. deal

* deal

4. proposal

* clear

5.

* odd

milkmai
6. d
clear

* proposal

7. employee

* podium

8. podium


TASK 1: (the 1st newspaper article)
1. How many gold medals did Amnat win in the
Pole Vaulting competition?
(He won) one gold medal.
2. Where does he come from?
(He comes from) Thailand. {He was among the
Thai athletes who... }
3. How many metres did he clear?
(He cleared) 4.80 m. {four metres eighty}
4. Did he break the SEA Games record?
No, he didn’t. {but his points were still below the
SEA Games record of 5.05 m.}


TASK 2: (the 2nd newspaper article)
1. Vinamilk has offered jobs to 27 members of

Vietnam’s Women’s Football team.
T
2. The players will certainly work as milkmaids
F
when they stop playing football.
{Perhaps (not certainly) they are going to be
milkmaids }
3. Most of them will be jobless when the Games
T
are over.
4. The new employees will be trained right after
T
the deal is signed.
5. The team’s goalkeeper hope to open a
F
restaurant.
{is dreaming to run a café}


Complete the summaries.
1. Newspaper Article 1:
Amnat, who comes from________,
gold medal
Thailand won a ___________
in the pole
___________
vaulting competition at the SEA Games yesterday
after ________
clearing 4.80 m. He was among other athletes who
won 10 gold medals in early events yesterday. However, he

did not __________________________
break the SEA Games record of 5.05 m.
2. Newspaper Article 2:
Vinamilk has offered jobs to
the 27 members of Vietnam’s Women’s Football Team
_________________________________________________
after they won the Games’ second title. Perhaps they are
milkmaids after they retire.
going to work as
___________
This is not a strange proposal because majority of the
/ unemployed when the Games are
players will be jobless
__________________
employees
over. Vinamilk has promised to train the new __________
deal is signed. Only one player, the team’s
right after the _____
run a café with Vinamilk’s help.
goalkeeper, is dreaming to _________


Write a short paragraph about
a Vietnamese footballer you
like
best,
using
the
suggestions:
- Name of the footballer.

- What team she/he plays for.
- What she/he is famous for.
- What qualities of his/ hers you admire.
- Explain why.