unit 12 The Asian Games

Unit 12 PART D : WRITING Write the preparations for the Asian Games... What facilities do you think we need to have for the Asian Games?. Work in pairs and brainstorm facilities for Asi

Unit 12

PART D : WRITING

(Write the preparations for the Asian Games )

Vocabulary recruit: (v) tuy n d ng, chiêu m ể ụ ộ

upgrade: (v) nâng c p ấ

disabled : (adj) tàn t t ậ

facility : (n) ph ươ ng ti n, ti n nghi ệ ệ

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1 Look at the picture and fill in the blank.

They are…….people.

DISABLED

“I have organized a company, so I find new people to work for my company”

“ find new people to work”

We can replace this phrase by only one word What is it?

RECRUIT

This house was built 20 years ago, therefore

they plan to….…it to become a modern

house.

What is the word in blank ?

UPGRADE

DICTIONARY

What is common noun for these thing? FACILITY

What facilities do you think

we need to have for the Asian

Games?

Brainstorming

For example:

FACILITIES

hotels

……….

roads

……….

Work in pairs and brainstorm facilities for Asian Games

•upgrade

•widen

•equip

•promote and

advertise

•recruit

•hold

- one more National Stadium, some sports buildings and car parks

- National Sports Centres and local stadiums ( because they are not in good condition)

- training areas and roads to sports buildings

- hotels, guest houses with modern facilities (also special services for disabled athletes)

- preparations for the Asian Games on the radio and TV

- volunteers to serve the Games (university teachers and students with good English)

- competition to choose an official song

Suppose Vietnam is going to host the coming Asian Games

Writing a paragraph of 120 words to describe the preparations for

the Games, using the cues given below.

Because they are out of date.

The reason is that they are not enough standard.

equip hotels, guest houses with modern facilities

 We will equip hotels, guest houses with modern facilities

because they are out of date.

build training areas and roads to sports buildings

 We need build training areas and roads to sports buildings

because the reason is that they are not enough standard.

First of all, we will equip hotels, guest houses with modern facilities

because they are out of date Secondly, We need build training areas and

roads to sports buildings because the reason is that they are not enough

standard Then…….

Work in groups( 3 or 4) to write a paragraph to describe the

preparations for the Games.

  Verbs:

• have to + infinitive

• S + need to be + pp

• passive meaning= S (thing) need + V-ing

• Using the simple present and simple

future tenses

• Example:

• - We have to upgrade the national

stadium

• - The national stadium needs to be

upgraded.

• - The national stadium need upgrading.

 Connectors:

• + First / firstly / first of all…

• + Second / secondly /………

• + Next / then……

• + One more thing is that …

• + Finally / lastly……

• + Last but not least…

  Conjunctions:

• + because, so, moreover, furthermore

You can begin:

To prepare for the coming Asian Games, we have a lot of things to do Firstly, we build one

Useful language

 Learn new words by heart.

 Write the paragraph in your notebook