Unit 11. Books

Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Luc Ngan high school No 4
craft book
Novel
Comic book
Romance
Science book
Biography
Thriller
Fiction
text books
Unit 11: BOOKS
Lesson 1: Reading
Listen to & underline new words.
PRE-READING
2. Do you often read books?
3. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most/ least?
4. How do you read books?
1. What are they doing?
swallow
dip into:
3. taste:
4. “ hard- to- pick- up- again”
5. digest
6. chew
7. “ hard- to- put- down”
(v): nuốt (đọc ngấu nghiến)
(v): chấm vào (đọc qua loa)
(v): nếm (đọc thử)
: không thể đọc lần nữa

(v): tiêu hóa (đọc và suy ngẫm)
(v): nhai ( nghiền ngẫm)
: không thể bỏ xuống
Task 1: Read the text again and guess the meanings of these words.
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.
NM
F
NM
T
F
Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) in the reading passage.
1. How many ways of reading are there?
2. When do 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?
Task 3: Read the questions carefully and answer them.
Paragraph 1
 There are three.
Paragraph 2
 When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
Paragraph 3
 Read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can read and understand it easily.
Paragraph 4
Text book
Craft
Detective
story
Novel
Thriller
Science
fiction
Match the books with their names.
1
2
3
6
5
4
Nghề thủ công
Khoa học viễn tưởng
Sách giáo khoa
Truyện trinh thám
truyện/kịch/phim giật gân, ly kỳ
Tiểu thuyết
Work in pairs or groups. Find the names of types of books in the square. The words may go across, down, up, backwards, or an angle. Here are some cues.
a. If you like books with an exciting story especially one about crime or spy, read a t..........
b. If you enjoy reading stories about love affairs, a r....... is the right book for you.
c. A n...... is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.
d. A s..............fiction is a type of book that is based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.
e. If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a c....... book.
f. F...............books tell stories from the author’s imagination.
g. A c........... books tell stories through pictures.
h. A b........... is about a person’s life written by somebody else.

Learn by heart the new words.
Prepare for the speaking lesson./.
Homework:
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