Unit 11. Books

WARM-UP
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Look at some book covers and
guess what sort of books are?
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Reference book
Textbook
Comic
Novel (romance)
Science book
Biography
Thriller
Fiction
PRE-READING
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Answer the following questions:
1. Do you often read books?

2. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most?

3. How do you read books?
Yes, I do.
I enjoy reading comics most.
I read bits here and there/ slowly and carefully/ all at a time.
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UNIT 11:
A- READING
BOOKS
WHILE-READING
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Task 1
Find the Vietnamese equivalents for the words/phrases
swallow
dip into
taste
hard to pick up again
digest /dai’dʒest/
chew /t∫u:/
hard to put down
Period 66: Unit 11: BOOKS . A-Reading

swallow
dip into
taste
hard to pick up again
digest /dai’dʒest/
chew /t∫u:/
hard to put down
Task 1
Find the Vietnamese equivalent for the words/phrases





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: đọc ngốn ngấu
: đọc qua loa
: đọc thử
: không thể đọc tiếp nữa

: đọc và suy ngẫm
: nghiền ngẫm
: không thể đặt xuống
1.True (T), False (F) or Not Mentioned (NM)
Task 2:
1. You can’t read different types of books in the same way.

2. When you “taste” a book you read it carefully from the beginning to the end.

3. Many people only have time to read when they are travelling.

4. Books with good stories are often described as “hard –to – put – down”.

5.Television has replaced books altogether.
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1.True (T), False (F) or Not Mentioned (NM)
Task 2:
1. You can’t read different types of books in the same way.

2. When you “taste” a book you read it carefully from the beginning to the end.

3. Many people only have time to read when they are travelling.

4. Books with good stories are often described as “hard –to – put – down”.

5.Television has replaced books altogether.
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NM
F
NM
T
F
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TASK 3: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. How many ways of reading are there?
2. When might you “swallow” a book?
3. What should you do before starting to read a book carefully and slowly?
4. What are the advantages of television over books?
5. What are the advantages of books over television?
1. How many ways of reading are there?
There are three: to taste,
to swallow, to chew and digest.
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2. When might you “swallow” a book ?
When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
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Read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can easily read and understand
Check that it is not too difficult.
3. What should you do before starting to read a book carefully and slowly?
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Television can bring you all the information and stories with colour picture and action.
4. What are the advantages
of television over books ?
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5. What are the advantages of
books over television ?
Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment; you can keep a book forever and read it many times.
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POST-READING
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ASK AND ANSWER:
1. What kind of books
do you often read?
2. How do you read it ?
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What are advantages of reading books?
HOMEWORK