Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 12: Water sports - Lesson 3: Listening - Vũ Thanh Tùng

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While you listen 
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 
Who invented Synchronized swimming? 
TASK 2: 
Listen to the passage again and answer the questions. 
2. When did Katherine Cutis 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? 
The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman (did) 
(She founded a water ballet club) in 1923 
Curtis (did) 
(They were conducted) in 1946 
(It became an Olympic event) in 1984 
After you listen 
Fill in the blanks to summarize the passage 
In ______ the great Australian swimmer, __________________ performed a water ballet in a ______ _______ in New York. 
In _______ Katherine Cutis founded a ______ _______ ______ at the University of Chicago. 
On ____ ___ ______ the first recorded ____________ was held. 
In _______ the first formal _________ ____________________ were conducted by the AAU 
In ________ Synchronized Swimming became an ________ _____ at the Los Angeles Games 
1907 
Annette Kellerman 
glass 
tank 
1923 
water 
ballet 
club 
May 
27 
1939 
competition 
1946 
national 
championships 
1984 
Olympic 
event 
HOMEWORK: 
	 -Learn new words. 
	- Prepare new lesson . 
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