Can you name these water sports? swimming water polo windsurfing rowing synchronized swimming scuba diving Vocabulary What are they? - oar [ɔ:(r)] (n) mái chèo Vocabulary: - scuba-diving (n): lặn có bình khí - windsurfing (n): môn thể thao lướt ván buồm - synchronized swimming (n): bơi nghệ thuật - oar (n): mái chèo, chèo ['siηkrounaizd'swimmiη] (v): chèo (thuyền) - air tank (n): bình dưỡng khí - regulator (n): máy điều chỉnh - fin (n): vây cá - mask (n): mặt nạ Work in pairs Look at the table and talk about each of the water sports Task 2: Look at the table and talk about these sports Place Equipment required Number of players pool ball team Rowing sea, lake, river boat, oars team, individually Windsurfing sea, lake board, sail individually sea air tank, regulator, wet suit, mask, fins pairs, team Type of sport Water polo Scuba-diving Example: Water polo is played in a pool It is played with a ball and people play it in a team What Water is this polo kind is played of sportwith played a ball with? Do players play itplay in a team individually? Players it in aor team 1.1.What Players equipments need an air are tank, required wet suits, for masks, this sport? fins, Do people Players play can play it initainteam pairsor orindividually? in a team T : Where is water polo played? It is played in a pool S1: T : What equipment is required to play with? A ball S1: _ T : Is that a team or individual game? Well, people often play it in a team S1: T : Do you like it? Yes, I think it’s a very interesting sport S1: I’ll try it later Work in groups to talk about these water sports below: Rowing Swimming Windsurfing Synchronized swimming Scuba-diving Example: Water polo is played in a pool It is played with a ball and people play it in a team Suggested answers: Rowing is usually played in the sea, a lake or on a river It’s played in a boat and people in a team use oars to push the boat to go forwards Windsurfing 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 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 Suggested answers: Swimming is played in a pool It doesn’t required any equipment and people play it individually Synchronized swimming is also played in a pool It doesn’t required any equipment and people play it in a team Work in pairs Discuss the questions: Which of the above sports would you prefer playing/participating in? Explain why T : Do you like water sports? S : Yes, I like them much T : But among many kinds of them, which one you prefer to play? S : (I prefer) swimming T : Can you tell me the reason why? S : Well, it’s very interesting It helps me keep fit and doesn’t take time and money What about you? T : Yes, I prefer synchronized swimming I think it’s very interesting, too But it’s a challenging sport USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: Expressing opinions Expressing preferences I must say I find In my opinion, I think I feel that I prefer to I like better/ more than I have a strong preference for I like rowing more than windsurfing I feel that windsurfing is very dangerous I have a strong preference for swimming because It doesn’t need any special equipment In my opinion synchronized swimming is interesting but it’s more costly [...]... table and talk about each of the water sports 2 Task 2: Look at the table and talk about these sports Place Equipment required Number of players pool ball team Rowing sea, lake, river boat, oars team, individually Windsurfing sea, lake board, sail individually sea air tank, regulator, wet suit, mask, fins pairs, team Type of sport Water polo Scuba-diving Example: Water polo is played in a pool It... S1: T : Do you like it? Yes, I think it’s a very interesting sport S1: I’ll try it later Work in groups to talk about these water sports below: 1 Rowing 4 Swimming 2 Windsurfing 5 Synchronized swimming 3 Scuba-diving Example: Water polo is played in a pool It is played with a ball and people play it in a team Suggested answers: 1 Rowing is usually played in the sea, a lake... Synchronized swimming is also played in a pool It doesn’t required any equipment and people play it in a team Work in pairs Discuss the questions: Which of the above sports would you prefer playing/participating in? Explain why T : Do you like water sports? S : Yes, I like them much T : But among many kinds of them, which one do you prefer to play? S : (I prefer) swimming... people play it in a team 1 What 1 Water is this polo kind is played of sportwith played a ball with? 2 Do players play itplay in a team individually? 2 Players it in aor team 1.1.What Players equipments need an air are tank, required wet suits, for masks, this sport? fins, 2 Do 2 people Players play can play it initainteam pairsor orindividually? in a team T : Where is water polo played? It is played