Unit 6. Competitions

Welcome to our class 11E


Warm - up:

Look at the pictures and
answer the questions


What is the name of this competition?

bowling


What is the name of this competition?

badminton


What is the name of this competition?

rowing


What is the name of this competition?

wrestling


COMPETITIONS

Unit 6:

Part C:

LISTENING


I. Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions:

1.

What is the name

of this competition?
- The Boston Marathon

2. Where is Boston?

- It is in the USA (America)


I. Before you listen
Ask and answer the following questions:

3. What are these people doing?

- They are running

4. Who can take part in this competition?

- Everyone ( both men and women)


I. Before you listen

5. What is the Boston Marathon?

-It is a long distance running in the USA.
Everybody in the world can take part in it


I. Before you listen
Vocabulary
1. race [reis]

The Boston =Marathon
cuộc đua;Race
cuộc chạy đua

(n)

2. athlete ['æθli:t]

athletic [æθ'letik]
3. formally [fɔːməli ]

(adj)

(adv)

4. clock [klɔk]

= (thuộc) điền kinh

= một cách
chính thức
officially

(v)

5. female ['fi:meil]
male [meil]

= vận động viên (điền kinh)

( n)

(n)

(n)

6. association [ə,sousi'ei∫n] ( n)

= ghi được , đạt được ( thời gian,.)
= nữ giới
= nam giới
=FIFA
tổ chức,
hội association

is ahiệp
football


I. Before you listen
Listen and repeat
1. race [reis]
2. athletic [æθ'letik]
3. formally [fɔːməli ]
4. clock [klɔk]
5. female ['fi:meil]
6. association [ə,sousi'ei∫n]
7. McDermott
8. Kuscsik


female
race

formally
athletic

association

clock


II. While you listen
Task 1: Listen to the dialogue about the Boston marathon
and decide whether the statements are true (T) or False ( F)

T

The Boston Marathon is held every year in the USA.

F

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2. It began in 1897



3. John McDermott clocked 2 hours 15 minutes and 10 seconds

50 minutes



4. Women were officially allowed to participate in the race in 1957

in 1967

5. In 1984, 34 countries took part in the marathon

6. According to the race’s rules, runners have to pass through
the centre of Boston

pass through 13 towns and ends in centre of Boston





II. While you listen
Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions:

1.

Where did John McDermott come from?

- He came from New York
2. When did Kuscsik become the first official female champion?

- (She became the first official female champion) in 1972
3. How many women started and finished the race in 1972?

- 8 (women started and finished the race in 1972)
4. How many runners joined the Boston Marathon in 1994?

- 6164 (runners joined the Boston marathon in 1994).


III. After you listen
Fill in each blank with one word or phrase in the box

every year 1972
came

accepted

finished
towns

to reach
42

join

won

every
year in 1897. And the same year, John Mc Dermott,
(1)
Boston Marathon is held . . . . . . . . . in the USA.
It began
came
who . . . . . . from New York, . . . the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon. It took
him 2 hours 50 minutes
(2)
and 10 seconds . . . . won
..(3)
....the finish.
to(4)
reach
Until 1967 women were formally . . . . . . . . . to take part in the Boston races.
Kuscsik became the first official
(5)
female champion in . . . . . In that race, 8 women participated in andaccepted
all of them . . . . . . . Every people all over the

world can . . . . it. The Boston race is about . . . .. kilometers. Runners have to go through 13 . . . . . . . during the
(6)
race.
1972

(7)
finished
(8)join
(9)42

towns
(10)


Name some of famous runners you know in
Vietnam


THANKS FOR YOUR
ATTENDANCE

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