BEFORE READING: Look at the photos. Match each of them with the words in the box below. 1. Sao Mai Television Singing 2. Contest Olympic Games 3. Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia” 4. London Marathon Quiz: “Road to Mount Olympia” Sao Mai Television Singing Contest Olympic Games Marathon Work with a partner: Answer the following questions 1. Do you like taking part in competitions like these? Why? Why not? - Yes, because I can try my efforts and I can learn a lot from it. 2. Do you hope to win a competition? If so, which competition would you like to win? - Yes. I’d like to win the competition “Road to Mount Olympia” 3. Is winning the most important thing in a competition? Why? Why not? - Yes, because I can get the scholarship to learn abroad. Task 1: Match the words or phrases on the left with their definitions on the right 1.Represen- tatives 2.Annual 3.Stimulate 4.In all 5.Spirit 6.smoothly a. Without problems or difficulties b.Enthusiasm and energy 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 Expected answers: 1.d 2.f 3.e 4.c 5.b 6.a [...]...Task 2: Answer the questions 1.Who took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday? - The representative 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 was to stimulate the spirit of learning English among students 3 Who sponsored the competition? - The students’ Parents... was15 At the end of the competition ……… 6 What would be awarded to the winner? - The winner would be awarded a set of CDs for studying English and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s TASK 3: Read the passage 3 again and complete the sentences 1.In activity 5, Hung was unable to recite/ complete the poem 2 Having achieved the highest scores, Group B became the winner of the competition 3 Group C lost the game... competition 3 Group C lost the game because they just got 60 points 4 Nga encouraged her group by saying “For me the most important thing was our participation in the competition and the enjoyment we had from it.” Homework : Ask Ss to translate the poem that Hung recited at the competition at the annual final English competition and prepare for the next lesson : Unit 6 - Speaking ... the competition 4 What does each group of students have to do during the contest? - They had to complete five activities in all On competition of each activity , they had to answer the questions in the worksheets with in two minutes 5 What did the judges have to do to choose the winner of the competition? - They had to observe and score the students’ performance A maximum score for each activity was15 . (speaker’s) school took part in the annual final English Competition last Saturday. 2. What was the aim of the competition? - Its aim was to stimulate. and an Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. TASK 3: Read the passage 3 again and complete the sentences. 1.In activity 5, Hung was unable 2. Having achieved