Unit 14 The world cup

*/ Warm – up

Listen to the song and
answer the questions:
1. What is the name
of the song?
2. What is the song about?

The cup of life
It is about football



Choose the best answers:

1. How often is the world cup held?
• A. Every year

• B. Every 2 years
• D. None are correct

• C. Every 4 years

2. Where was the 2002 World Cup held?
A. In America
B. In France

D. In South Korea and Thailand
C. In South Korea and Japan

3._______ organises the World Cup.
A. WHO

B. WTO

C. UNESCO

D. FIFA

4. The World Cup is watched by millions
of people around………………
A. Europe

B. Asia

C. Africa

D. Globe


Tournament

(n)

Vòng thi đấu
Trophy (n)
Cúp, chiến lợi phẩm
Jointly (adv)
Liên kết, cùng nhau
The globe =The world (n) Toàn cầu, khắp thế giới

Host nation (n)
nớc chủ nhà
đánh bại, loại ra
Defeat (v)

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'Audience

(n)

Khán giả


Matching(groupwork)

Match a word in A with a suitable definition in B

A
1. Jointly

B

a. A competition in which players
compete against each other in a

2.Tournament series of games until there is a
winner
3. Host nation b. Involving two or more people or
groups.
c. A prize for winning a competition
4. Trophy
d. A country that provides the
necessary space, fascilities, ect.
for a special event.


Read the passage and do the following tasks


Task 1 :Complete the sentences with
a word or a number in the passage( group work)
13
1.Only……teams
competed in the first World Cup.
2. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has
32
…….teams.
3. The team which was defeated in the first World
Argentina .
Cup final was……………
4. The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted
1
a television audience of over……billion
viewers.
26

5. After FIFA’s meeting, ……years
had passed
before the first World Cup was held in Uraguay.


Task 2. True/ False?
1.The first World Cup was held in Uruguay
in 1904.

F

The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930

2.The Word cup is held every four years.

T

3.The World Cup is regarded as the world
championship of the sport.

T

4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match
T
of the 2002 World Cup.
5. Brazil is the country that has played five times
F
in the World Cup.
Brazil is the country that has won the trophy five times.

Post reading:
Talk about the events mentioned in the passage
using the following figures:
• Group 1:
- 1904
- 1930
- 2002

• Group2:
_13
_17
_32


Year/
number

Events

1904

1904 is the year when FIFA was set up.

1930

1930 is the year when the first World Cup was
held.

2002

2002 is the year when the world had
witnessed 17 World Cup tournaments.

13

13 is the number of the teams took part in the
first tournaments.

17

17 is the number of the World Cup
tournaments were held by 2002.

32

32 is the number of the teams playing in the
World Cup in the modern time


• Prepare Unit 14 Speaking lesson