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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.

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TF

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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.