UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS
READING
READING
❖ Before You Read
Work in pairs. Look at the picture and answer the
questions.(làm việc từng đôi. Nhìn hình và trả lời câu hỏi.)
1. Can you name the sport in the picture?
2. Where is it played?
3. How do people play it?
Answer:
1. It’s water polo.
2. It's played in a pool.
3. People play it with a ball, which is passed to each other
by hand or advanced with the head over the water between the player’s arms.
❖ While You Read
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (Đọc đoạn văn
và làm bài tập kèm theo.)
Môn bóng nước được chơi trong hồ (bơi) sâu 1,8 mét, dài 30 mét
và rộng 20 mét. Với khung thành (cầu môn) cao 3 mét và cao trên mặt nước ít
nhất 0,9 mét. Khung thành được đánh dấu bằng hai trụ thẳng đứng, một thanh
ngang và lưới.
Có 7 cầu thủ ở mỗi đội: sáu tay bơi và một thủ môn. Đội nhà
đội mũ trắng, đội khách đội mũ xanh dướng và các thủ môn đội mũ đỏ với số 1 màu
trắng.
Giống như bóng đá, cuộc thi đấu bắt đầu với trái banh ở trung
tâm hồ bơi và hai đội bơi nhanh đến nó từ đường khung thành của mình. Quá banh
có thể được đưa tới trước do chuyền bằng tay hoặc bơi với đầu trên nước và quả
banh giữa hai cánh tay, do đó trái banh lướt trên sóng tạo nên bởi đầu của cầu
thủ. Không một cầu thủ nào trừ thủ môn có thề giữ banh với cả hai tay.
Hậu vệ không được can thiệp vào di chuyển của đốì phướng trừ
phi cầu thủ đang giữ banh. Những lỗi nặng bị phạt một phút trong vùng cấm địa
và một cầu thù bị đuổi ra ngoài sau khi tự mình phạm năm lỗi.
Đối với lỗi nhẹ, như cầm hoặc bấm bóng, một quả ném tự do được
thưởng từ điểm phạm lỗi. Ít nhất hai cầu thủ phải chạm bóng sau quả ném tự do
trước khi bàn thắng được ghi
Một trận đấu được chia thành quarter lâu từ 5 đến 8 phút. Sau
một trận hòa, có hai lần thêm giờ, mỗi lần 3 phút. Nếu trận đấu vẫn còn hòa sau
những lần thêm giờ, hai đội tiếp tục chơi thêm một lần thêm giờ 3 phút cho đến
khi trọng tài quyết định.
Task 1: Work in pairs. Match the words in column A with their meanings in
column B. (Làm việc từng đôi. Ghép những từ ở cột A với nghĩa của chứng ở cột
B.)
A
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.... B
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1. opponent
2. penalize
3. eject
4. foul
5. tie
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a. to make someone leave a game
b. an action in sports that is against the rules
c. to punish a team or player who breaks the rules
d. a situation in a game when two teams have the
same scores
e. someone who tries to defeat another person in a
competition
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1.
e 2.
c
3. a 4.
b
5. d
Task 2: Complete the following sentences, using the information from the
passage. (Điền những câu sau, dùng thông tin từ đoạn văn.)
1. Water polo is played in a pool……….metres deep,……....long
and……….wide.
2. The home team wears………, the visiting team wears ……………and the
goalies wear……………..
3. Both teams sprint for the ball from…………….
4. A free throw is awarded for minor fouls, such as…………….
5. A game is divided into quarters ranging from………….in length.
1. 1,8 ; 30 metres ; 20 metrers
2. while caps ; blue caps ; red caps
with the number 1 in while.
3. their own goal lines.
4. holding or punching the ball.
5. five to eight minutes
Task 3: Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions. (Làm việc từng
đôi. Hỏi và trả lời những câu hỏi sau.)
1. Where can people play water polo?
2. Where is the ball when the game starts?
3. How can the ball be advanced?
4. Which players are allowed to hold the ball with both hands?
5. What happens to a player who commits five personal fouls?
Answer:
1. People can play it in a pool.
2. It is in die centre of the pool.
3. ball can be advanced by passing with in a hand or swimming with
the head above the water and the ball between the arms so it rides on the waves
created by the swimmer's head.
4. Only cant the goalies hold the ball with both hands.
5. He is ejected from the same after commitlins five personal
fouls.
❖ After You Read
Work in groups. Make a comparison between football and water
polo, using the following suggestions. (Làm việc từng nhóm. So sánh giữa
bóng đá và bóng nước, dùng những từ để nghị sau.)
-
place to play (nơi chơi)
-
number of players (số cầu thủ)
-
main rules (luật chính)
-
length of game (thời gian trận đấu)
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Football
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Water polo
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Place to play
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on a pitch or a playground
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in a pool
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Number of players
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11
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7
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Main rules
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- the ball is advanced with a fool;
- only the goalie can hold the
ball in hands;
- a touch of the ball on the arm or hand
is awarded with a shot from the spot of the foul.
- major foul in the penalty area is
awarded a penaily from a penally spot
- a player is ejected when be
received a red card.
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- minor foul, such as holding or punching the ball,
is awarded with a free throw gtom the spoot of the foul;
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major foul is penalized by one minute in the penally box:
- a player committing five
personal fouls is ejectcd.
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Length of game
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-two halves, 45 minutes each
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- into quarters from 5 lo 8 minutes in length.
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SPEAKING
Task 1: Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and match the names with the
appropriate water sports. (Làm việc từng đôi. Nhìn vào hình và ghép tên môn thể
thao dưới nước thích hợp.)
1. A. What’s the sport in the upper right picture?
B. It’s synchronized swimming.
2. A. What do you call the sport in the upper centre picture?
B. We call it water polo.
3. A. What’s the sport in the upper left picture?
B. It’s swimming.
4. A. What’s the sport in the lower right picture?
B. It's rowing.
5. A. What’s the name of the sport in the lower centre
picture?
B. It’s scuba-diving.
6. A. What’s the sport in the lower left picture?
B. It's windsurfing.
Task 2: Work in pairs. Look at the table and talk about each of the water sport.
(Làm việc từng đôi. Nhìn vào bản và nói về một môn thể thao dưới nước.)
Type of sport
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Place
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Equipment required to play with
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Number of players/ participants
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Water polo
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pool
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ball
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team
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Rowing
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sea, lake, river
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boat, oars
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individually, team
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Wind surfing
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sea, lake
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board, sail
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individually
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Scuba-
diving
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sea
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air tank, regulator, wet suit, mask, fins
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pairs, team
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1. Rowing is usually played in a lake or on a river. It’s
played in a boat and people in a learn use oars to push the boat lo go
forwards.
2. Windsurfinc is played in the sea or a lake, especially
where there is strong wind. It is played with a board and a sail. People can
play it individually.
3. Scuba-diving is played in the sea. People who play it must
have required equipment an air tank, a regulator, a pair of fins and a mask.
People usually play it in pairs. This sport is rather dangerous when you dive
in a deep sea because you can be attacked by sharks.
Task 3: Work in groups. Discuss the question “Which of the above sports would
you prefer to play / to participate in? Explain why?" (Làm việc từng
nhóm.Thảo luận câu hỏi "Môn thể thao nước nào trong những môn kể trên em
thích chơi / tham gia hơtn? Giải thích tại sao?)
A. Among water sports which would you prefer to play?
B. I’d prefer to swim,
C. Why?
B. According to me, it's an easy, interesting and healthy
sport. Swimming not only gives you good health, but it can also give you a good
shape. When you swim, all parts of your body move. And it’s this move that
stimulates all the muscles of your body.
D. In addition, swimming is a cheap sport because it doesn’t
require any equipment. You need to go to a swimmong pool. It’ll do.
A. Moreover swimming is also a safe sport.
B. As result of this swimming is becoming more and more
popular.
LISTENING
❖ Before You listen
Look at die picture and discuss in groups whether this water
sport is played: (Nhìn vào hình và thảo luận từng nhóm xem môn thể thao dưới
nước này được chơi)
- in a swimming pool or in the sea. (trong hồ bơi
hay ở biển)
- with or without equipment (có hay không trang
thiết bị)
- individually or in a team, (cá nhân hay từng
đội.)
A. Do you know synchronized swimming?
B. Sorry, I don't. What about you?
C. Oh, I know it. I read about this sport in a magazine.
D. What’s about it?
C.First this sport is only played in a swimming pool. It’s a
complicated sport because it requires the players to practise a lot beside
being a good swimmer.
A. This sport is played with music and die swimmer must wear a
nose clip.
C. And it can be played either individually or in a team
❖ While You Listen
Task 1: Listen to a woman talking about synchronized swimmine and circle the
most appropriate option (A, B or C) to complete each of the following
sentences. (Nghe một phụ nữ nói về môn bơi nghệ thuật và khoanh câu chọn thích
hợp nhất (A, B hoặc C) để điền vào mỗi câu sau.)
1. Synchronized swimming was first performed
……….
A. in a swimming pool
B. in a glass tank
C. in a lake
2. Curtis’s water ballet club attracted…………
A. national publicity
B. international publicity
C. both national and international publicity
3. Rules for synchronized swimming competition are based mainly on
scoring methods used in…………
A. gymnastics and diving
B. diving and skating
C. gymnastics and skating
4. The first recorded competition was held in………
A. 1907
B. 1939
C. 1940
5. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) staged the first
multi-team competition on……………
A. March 1, 1940
B. May 1, 1940
C. March 10, 1940
1.B
2. C 3.
A
4.
B
5.A
❖ Tapescript
Synchronized swimming
The great Australian swimmer, Annette Lellerman planted the
first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she perfomed water
ballet in a glass tank in New York in 1907.
Katherine Curtis, an American woman, was very inspired by the
new water sport and tried to seek for the addition of the synchronized swimming
to the school’s physical education for women. In 1923, she founded a water
ballet club and sixty of her swimmers attracted national and international
publicity.
The sport quickly became popular among young women in the
Chicago area and Curtis developed rules for competition, based essentially on
the scoring methods used in gymnastics and diving.
The first recorded competition was held on May 27.1939, between Chicago
Teacher’s College coached by Curtis and Wright Junior College, also in Chicago.
Shortly afterwards, synchronized swimming received another major
publicity when the Association of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was founded
on March 1,1940. The following year, the AAU officially accepted synchronized
swimming as a competitive sport for team events. In 1946, the first formal
national championships were conducted by the AAU.
Synchronized swimming became an Olympic cvent at the Los
Angeles Games in 1984.
Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions. (Nghe lại và trả lời câu hỏi.)
1. Who invented synchronized swimming?
2. When did Katherine Curtis found a water ballet club?
3. Who developed the competition rules of synchronized
swimming?
4. When were the first formal national championships
conducted?
5. When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?
Answer:
1. The great Australian swimmer, Annette Leilerman did.
2. She founded it in 1923.
3. Curtis did.
4. It was in 1946.
5. It became an Olympic event at the Los Angeles Games in
1984.
After You Listen
Work in groups. Talk about the history of synchronized
swimming, using the cues below. (Làm việc từng nhóm. Nói về lịch sử của món bơi
nghệ thuật, dùng từ gợi ý dưới đây.)
A. When did the synchronized swimming come into existence?
B. In 1907.
C. Who planted its seed?
B. A great Australian swimmer. Annette Lellerman.
D. Who developed this sport and introduced it to school
curriculum?
B. Katherine Curtis. And 1923, she founded a water ballet club
in Chicago.
A. When did it become a publicly competition?
C. In 1939 in Chicago.
D. When was ihe synchronized swimming accepted as a
competitive sport?
B. In 1941 by the AAU, which was founded in 1940.
C. And in 1946, this sport was formally played for the first
time in the national championships conductcd by the AAU.
A. And in 1984 synchronized swimming becamc an Olympic event al the
Los Angeles Games.
WRITING
Task 1 : Below are
the instructions for warm-up exercises before swimming. Read and match each
sentence with one appropriate action. Zero has been done as an example. (Dưới
đây là những lời chỉ dẫn bài tập khởi động trước khi bơi. Đọc và ghép mỗi câu
với hành động thích hợp. Hành động số (0) được làm mẫu.)
1. Put out your arms to the sides horizontally.
2. Stand with your feet apart, push both arms out straight in
front of you.
3. Put down your arms to the first position.
4. Raise your hands above your head, looking straight ahead.
a.
2
b.
4
c.
1
d. 3
Task 2: Look at
the pictures below. Write the instructions for one warm-up exercise before
playing water polo. Use the verbs in the box. (Nhìn vào hình dưới đây. Viết
lời chỉ dẫn cho bài tập khởi động trước khi chơi bóng nước. Dùng động từ trong
khung.)
1. Set yourself in vertical position.
2. Stand with your feet apart, raise your hands above your
head.
3. Bend forwards, fingertips touch the ground.
4. Bend again, fingertips touch the ground between the feet.
5. Finally put cach arm back to the first position.
LANGUAGE FOCUS
- Pronunciation: Elision
- Grammar: Transitive and intranstive verbs.
❖ Grammar
Exercise 1: Which of
the following verbs can have an object, and which cannot? (Động từ nào trong
các động từ sau có một túc từ, và động từ nào không?)
Sleep
read
write
lie
meet
occur
Grow
help
arrive
rain exist
climb
a. Transitive verbs : read, write, meet, help, grow, climb
b. Intransilive verbs: sleep, arrive, lie, rain, exist, occur
Exercise 2: Which
verbs in the following sentences are T (transitive) and which are I
(intransitive). Tick the right column. (Động từ nào trong những câu sau là T
(ngoại động lừ), động từ nào là nội động từ (I). Ghi dấu cột đúng.)
1. A serious accident happened yesterday.
2. The customer bought a lot of butter.
3. Our team won the game.
4. Their team won yesterday.
5. Alice arrived at six o’clock.
6. They are staying at a resort hotel in San Antonio, Texas.
7. The wind is blowing hard today.
8. I walked to the station with my friends.
1.I
2.T 3.T
4.I
5.I
6.I
7.I 8.I
Exercise 3: Choose
the sentences that have objects and then change them to the passive voice.
(Chọn câu có túc từ và sau dó đổi sang bị động.)
1. An will pay the bill.
2. Sue will come tomorrow.
3. The hotel supplies towels.
4. Accidents happen every day.
5. Everyone noticed my mistakes.
6. The train arrived at three.
7. The news didn't surprise me.
8. Birds fly in the sky.
9. An old man told the story.
10. Sue laughed loudly.
1. The bill
will be paid by
An.
3. Towels are supplied by the hotel.
5. My
mistakes were
noticed.
7. I wasn't surprised by the news.
9. The story
was told by an old man.