Урок "Розвиток навичок читання"

Warm up

Work in groups. Match the pairs:

A sound mind in                          after supper walk a mile.

After dinner sit a while               a sound body.

Winning isn’t everything            men are known.

In sports and journeys                 but wanting to win is.

Lead in

Work in pairs. Which kinds of sports are performed in water?

Presentation

What do you know about water polo? Is it a team sport?

Is it possible to play this kind of sport in the river? Why?

Is it dangerous to play water polo?

Pre-reading

1. Work in groups. Find any possible equivalents of the following words:

arbitrator – (referee)

gripping – (exciting)

lover – (fan)

basin – (pool)

boring – (uninteresting)

striker – (forward)

               Compare the variants and explain their meanings.

While-reading

2. Read the text. (Skimming)

Be ready to answer the questions:

Where was a water polo game played?

Was that game boring?

               THE ANGRY FAN

This happened in Australia, during a water-polo game that was one of the main sports events of the season. There was nothing ex­citing at the beginning of the game; but suddenly one of the players jumped out of the water and ran to the referee. He said that one of the forwards of the other team had bitten him in the leg while he was swimming under the water.

At first the referee thought that it was some kind of a joke, but when the player pointed to blood on his leg, he had to believe that it was serious. He called the forward and asked him why he had done such a strange thing; and though the forward insisted that he had not bitten anybody, the referee made him leave the game.

They began again, but a few minutes later, two players, one from each team, climbed out of the water, shouting that somebody had bitten them. There was blood on both players’ legs. The game was stopped, and they began to let the water out of the pool. When almost all the water was let out, everybody saw a young crocodile at the bottom of the pool. Somebody had put the crocodile into the pool, but why? The truth became known when the players returned to their dressing room after the game and found a letter there.

“I have been a water-polo fan for many years”, the author of the letter wrote, “and I am not satisfied with the way the players seem to act. They have allowed the game to become slow and uninteresting, and I have decided that I must do something to make them move faster. I don’t think I can do this well myself, and I have decided that my crocodile will do it better”.

3. Read the text one more time. Are the statements true or false? (scanning)

1. The beginning of the game was exciting.
2. Somebody made the sportsmen laugh.
3. There was a shark at the bottom of the pool.

                           Work in pairs. Compare your answers.

 IV. Work in groups. Choose the correct answer: (intensive reading)

1. How many water-polo players were bitten by the crocodile?

1. two
2. one
3. three

 2. How was the crocodile found?

1. the players put the net into the pool
2. the water was let into the pool
3. the water was let out of the pool

   3. Who put the crocodile into the swimming pool?

1. the player
2. the referee
3. the water polo fan

  4. What did he do it for?

1. to play a joke
2. to frighten them
3.  to make them move faster

5. When did they know the truth?

1. when they returned to their dressing room
2. while going home
3. while playing the game

6. What did the players find after the game?

1. an envelope
2. a note
3. a letter

 Work in pairs. Compare the results.

V. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: (intensive reading)

A few minutes later, two players, one from each team, 1. ______ out of the water, shouting that somebody 2.________ them. There was blood on both players’ legs. The game was 3.________, and they began to let the water out of the pool. When almost all the water was 4. _________, everybody saw a young crocodile at the bottom of the pool. Somebody 5. _________ the crocodile into the pool, but why?

Work in pairs. Compare your answers.

Post-reading

VI. Do you like water polo? Why or why not? What is your favourite kind of sport? Why?

Discuss in pairs. Present your ideas.