Unit 12 The Asian Games

The Asian Games, which take place every four years, are held for the purpose of developing intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia?. In this multi-sport event, young people fr[r]

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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Phu Cat 1 Upper Secondary School

1.WARMING -UP GAME

Game

“Naming sports”

1 2 3 4

Badminton bowling baseball skiing

basketball weightlifting Water polo tennis

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UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES

Part A: Reading

2 BEFORE READING:

Discuss the questions on page 136.

1 How often are the Asian Games held?

2 How many countries take part in the Asian Games?

3 What sports is Vietnam best at?

Pair work:

1 Every four years.

2 The number of participating countries has

increased tremendously since the first Games In

1951 only 11 countries participated in the First Asian Games In 2010 Asian Game, there were

45 participating countries.

3 Bodybuilding, billiards, wushu, and karatedo.

Listen and

repeat!

1 Multi-sport event /’mʌlti-spɔ:t- ɪ’vent/ (n)

sự kiện đa thể thao

2 Promote/prə’məʊt/

(v):

thúc đẩy

3 Solidarity /,sɔli'dærəti/ (n): tình đoàn kết

4 Intercultural /,ɪntə’kʌltʃərəl / (adj) liên văn

hóa

3 While- reading

Task 1: Gap filling

Instruction: Fill each blank with a suitable

word.

effort appreciated advancing aquatic enthusiasm facilities

6 Your help was greatly

1 The hotel has special _ for disabled athletes.

2 Swimming and water skiing are both _ sports.

3 He never lost his _ for training athletes.

4 I will make every for arrive on time.

5 Our sports performances have been _ considerably over recent years.

Individual work

Individual work

Tip s

Tip s

Read the words in the box

Read the passage, locate the words in the box

and guess their meaning in context

Choose the suitable words from the box to fill

in the blanks

Complete the task individually in 3 minutes

Aquatic sports (sports connected with water) : swimming, water polo,

/fə'siliti/ (n): buildings, services equipment,

… that are provided for a particular purpose

3 facility

cơ sở vật chất

effort appreciated advancing

aquatic enthusiasm facilities

6 Your help was greatly

1 The hotel has special _ for disabled athletes.

2 Swimming and water skiing are both _ sports.

3 He never lost his _ for training athletes.

4 I will make every for arrive on time.

5 Our sports performances have been _ considerably over recent years.

facilities

aquatic

appreciated

enthusiasm effort

advancing

Task 2: Table completion

Instruction: Scan the passage and find the information to complete the table

Pair work

Bangkok, Thailand.

The 14 th Asian Games were held in Busan, Korean

TIPS

Bangkok, Thailand.

The 14 th Asian Games were held in Busan, Korean

The 2 nd Asian Games in Manila

Squash, rugby, fencing and mountain biking

Task 3: Questions- Answers

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games ?

2 How many participants took part in the 14

th

Asian Games ?

3 In which sports events did the Vietnamese

athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games ?

Read the passage again and work in pairs to answer the questions.

Pair work

The 14 th Asian Games, which were held in Busan, Korea in 2002, attracted 9,919 participants from

44 countries The athletes competed in 38 different sports and won 427 gold medals The Vietnamese participants took part in this event with great Their were much

The Asian Games, which take place every four years, are held for the purpose of developing intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia In this multi-sport event, young people from all over Asia gather together to compete It is an occasion when strength and sports skills are tested; friendship and solidarity are built and promoted

appreciated

enthusiasm efforts when they won 2 gold medals in bodybuilding and billiards, and 2 others in women's

It is hoped that in the near future, Vietnam will become a host country and receive more

karatedo.

medals in a variety of sports events.

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games?

The purpose of the Asian Games is to develop intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia.

2 How many participants took part in the 14 th Asian Games?

9,919 participants.

(Paragraph 1)

(Paragraph 3)

3 In which sports events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games?

They won the gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women's karatedo.

3 In which sports events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games?

They won the gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women's karatedo.

2002, attracted 9,919 participants from 44 countries The athletes competed in 38 different sports and won 427 gold

with great enthusiasm Their efforts were much when they

won 2 gold medals in bodybuilding and billiards, and 2 others

Vietnam will become a host country and receive more medals

1 What is the purpose of the Asian Games?

The purpose of the Asian Games is to develop

intercultural knowledge and friendship within Asia

2 How many participants took part in the 14th Asian

Games?

9,919 participants took part in the 14th Asian Games

3 In which sports events did the Vietnamese athletes win gold medals at the Busan Games?

They won the gold medals in bodybuilding, billiards and women's karatedo

Answer key

4 Post- reading

Task 4: summary Group work

The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi

in _ with only nations and _

sports events The number of and sports events has been increasing since then In the

14th Asian Games, which were held in Busan, Korea

in 2002, the athletes competed in 38 different sports events and won With

great _ and efforts, Vietnamese

participants won 2 gold medals in _and

_ and 2 others in _

participating nations

427 gold medals enthusiasm

bodybuilding billiards Women’ karatedo

CONSOLIDATION

1 Which sport is aquatic?

- Learn by heart Vocabularies

- Do “after you read” exercise

- Prepare Unit 12: The Asian Games Part B: Speaking

Thank you

for your attention!