English 11

UNIT 6- COMPETITIONS Grade 11 reading A.READING • Warm up Can you guess what we call the activity in the clip? Pre- reading: give the name to the pictures Work in pairs to answer the questions: - Do you like taking part in competitions like this? Why? Why not? - Do you hope to win a competition? - Winning the most important thing in a competition? Why? Why not? While reading • New words - To stimulate (v) ['stimjuleit]: - To sponsor (v) ['sp nsə]ɔ : - To complete (v) [kəm'pli:t]: - Judge (n) ['d d ]ʒʌ ʒ : - Performance (n) [pə'f :məns]ɔ : - Smoothly (adv) ['smu:đli]: - To recite (v) (a poem) [ri'sait]: Kích thích Tài trợ Hoàn thành Giám khảo Sự trình bày M­ît mµ Ngâm thơ Task 1: Match the words of phrases on the left with their definitions on the right 1. Representative 2. Annual 3. Stimulate 4. In all 5. Spirit 6. Smoothly a. Enthusiasm and energy b. Without problems or difficulties c. Altogether or as a total d. A person chosen or appointed on behalf of another person or a group e. Encourage or make something more active f. Happening or done once every year Task 2: Answer the questions 1. Who took part in the annual final English competition last Saturday? 2. What was the aim of the competition? 3. Who sponsored the competition? 4. What did each group of students have to do during the contest? 5. What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition? 6. What would be awarded to the winner? Answers: 1. Who took part in the annual final English competition last Saturday?  The representatives of three classes of the speaker’s school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday. 2. What was the aim of the competition?  Its aim is to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students. 3. Who sponsored the competition?  The Students’ Parents Society sponsored the competition. [...]... they would announce the total score of each group The group has got the highest score would be the winner 6 What would be awarded to the winner?  The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learners’ Dictionary Task 3: Read paragraph 3 again and complete the sentences to recite/ complete the poem 1 In activity 5, Hung was unable _ 2 Having achieved . annual final English competition last Saturday?  The representatives of three classes of the speaker’s school took part in the annual final English Competition. every year Task 2: Answer the questions 1. Who took part in the annual final English competition last Saturday? 2. What was the aim of the competition? 3.