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Welcome to my class
Unit 12: Water sports
Listening
VOCABULARY
1.to inspire (v) : to give some body the desire to do something well.
Ex: The actors inspired the kids with their enthusiasm.
2. to found (v) : to start an organization. Ex: Her family founded the college in
1895.
VOCABULARY
3. to record (v): to keep an account. Ex: Her childhood is recorded in the
diaries of those years.4. multi-team (n) : many teams.5. to conduct (v): to organize an activity. Ex: The negotiations have been
conducted in a positive manner.
VOCABULARY
1. to inspire (v) 2. to found (v)3. to record (v)4. multi-team (n)5. to conduct (v)
Look at the picture and discuss in groups whether this water sport is played :
•In a swimming pool or in the sea.•With or without equipment.•Individually or in a team.
Listen and repeat
• Synchronized swimming• Annette
Kellerman• Katherine
Curtis
• Chicago Teacher’s College• Wright Junior
College• Amateur
Athletic Union
Listen through the text and answer the following question :
What is the text talking about?
Synchronized swimming
Listen and decide whether these following sentences are True or False
1. An American swimmer invented synchronized swimming.
2. It is first performed in 1908.3. It is played by female students.4. Kellerman founded a water ballet club.5. Kellerman developed the competition
rules.6. The first recorded competition was held in
1939.
T
TF
T
F
F
TASK 1
Listen again and answer the question
1. Who invented synchronized swimming?2. When did Katherine Curtis found a water
ballet club?3. What are attracted by Curtis’s water ballet
club?4. When were the first formal national
championships conducted?5. When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?
TASK 2
1. Who invented synchronized swimming? => Annette Kellerman2. When did Katherine Curtis found a water
ballet club?=> 1923.3. What are attracted by Curtis’s water ballet
club?=> Both national and international publicity.
ANSWER KEY
4. When were the first formal national championships conducted?
=> 1946.5. When did synchronized swimming become an Olympic event?=> 1984.
ANSWER KEY
HOMEWORK
• Review new vocabulary.• Do some more exercises in your
workbook.• Prepare next part: writing.