Before You Read

Work with a partner. Answer the following questions.

(Làm việc với một bạn cùng học. Trả lời các câu hỏi sau.)

1. Where was the 2002 World Cup held?

(World Cup 2002 được tổ chức ở đâu?)

2. Which team became the champion then?

(Đội nào đã trở thành nhà vô địch?)

3. Which team was the runner up?

(Đội nào là á quân?)

While You Read

Read the following passage, and then do the tasks that follow.

(Đọc đoạn văn và sau đó làm bài tập theo sau.)

World Cup, the international football tournament, is held every four years. It is considered the most popular sporting event in the world. The World Cup is followed with passionate interest around the globe - the final game of the 2002 World Cup tournament attracted more than one billion viewers.

In 1904, FIFA, the governing body for football, was set up. At its first meeting. FIFA planned to organize a world championship. But it was not until 1930 that the first World Cup was held. Only 13 teams took pan in the first tournament. The host nation, Uruguay, gained a victory over Argentina in the final and became the first champion in the history of the World Cup. Bv 2002, the world had witnessed 17 World Cup tournaments. National football teams must now compete in elimination games within their own regions before becoming one of the 32 finalists. The 2002 World Cup final was jointly held by Japan and South Korea. It was the first time the World Cup was played in Asia and the first time it was hosted by two nations. With the victory over Germany in the final match, Brazil became the first team to win the trophy five times. Although Europe and South America arc the only continents to have produced World Cup champions, countries on other continents hope that one day they will win the honoured title.

Task 1. The words in A appear in A in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

(Những từ ở A xuất hiện ở bài đọc. Ghép chúng với định nghĩa ở B.)

Task 2: Scan the text and complete each of the following sentences with a word or a number.

(Đọc lướt đoạn văn và điền mỗi câu sau với một từ hay một con số.)

1.  Only______ teams competed in the first World Cup.

2. Today the final tournament of the World Cup has ______teams.

3. The team which was defeated in the first World Cup final was ______

4. The final match of the 2002 World Cup attracted a television audience of over______ billion viewers.

5. After FIFA's first meeting,______years had passed before the first World Cup was held in Uruguay.

Task 3: Read the text again and decide whether the following statements are True(T) or false(F). Correct the false ones.

(Đọc lại đoạn văn và quyết định những câu sau đúng (T) hay sai (F). Sửa những câu sai.)

1. The first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1904.

(World Cup đầu tiên được tổ chức tại Uruguay vào năm 1904.)

2.The World Cup is held every two years.

(World Cup được tổ chức hai năm một lần.)

3. The World Cup is regarded as the world championship of the sport.

(World Cup được coi là nhà vô địch thế giới của môn thể thao.)

4. Germany and Brazil played in the final match of the 2002 World Cup.

(Đức và Brazil đã chơi trong trận chung kết World Cup 2002.)

5. Brazil is the country that has played five times in the World Cup. 

(Brazil là quốc gia đã chơi 5 lần tại World Cup.)

After You Read

Work in groups. Talk about the events mentioned in the passage, using the following figures as cues.

(Làm việc từng nhóm. Nói về những sự kiện được đề cập ở đoạn văn, dùng những con số như những ý đề nghị.)