Unit 11. Books

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Friday, February 27th 2009
Unit 11: BOOKS
Period 1: A. Reading

I. Before you read
Look at the pictures in the book and answer the following questions:


1.What are they doing?

2. Do you often read books?
3. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most/least?
4. How do you read books?
Read bits here and there (tasting)
Read slowly and carefully (chew and digest)
Read all at a time (swallowing)



Read the passage and find out the new words if there have
taste (v) nếm (đọc thử, qua loa)
swallow (v) nuốt chửng (đọc ngấu nghiến)
chew (v) nhai (nghiền ngẫm)
digest (v) tiêu hoá (đọc và suy ngẫm)
dip into (v) chấm vào (đọc qua loa)
reviewer (n) nhà phê bình sách
“hard-to-put-down” khó mà đặt xuống
“hard-to-pick-up-again” khó mà cầm lên lại
II. While you read

1. Task 1 Match the words and phrases in the first column with their Vietnamese equivalents in the second column.
1. swallow
2. Dip into
3. taste
4.“hard-to-pick-up-again”
5. digest
6. chew
7.“Hard-to-put-down”
a. nếm (đọc thử, qua loa)
b. khó mà cầm lên lại
c. khó mà đặt xuống

d. nuốt chửng(đọc ngấu nghiến)
e. nhai (nghiền ngẫm)

f. chấm vào (đọc qua loa)
g. tiêu hoá (đọc và suy ngẫm)
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2. Task 2 Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) .
1. You can’t read different types of books in the same way.
T
F
NM
NM
2. When you “taste” a book you read it carefully from the beginning to the end
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3. Many people only have time to read when they are travelling
NM
4. Books with good stories are often described as “hard-to-put-down”
T
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5. Television has replaced books altogether.
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6. Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment, you can keep them forever.
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3. Task 3 Choose the best answer A, B or C to complete the following sentences
1.There are ……… ways of reading book
A. 3
B. 4

C. 5

A. 3
2. You might …… a book when you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
C. “swallow”
B. “Chew”
A. “taste”
C. “swallow”
3. Before starting to read a book carefully and slowly you
should check that it is not too ……by seeing from the first
few pages.
A. easy
C. understand
B. difficult
4……can bring you all the information and stories with
colour picture and action.
C. Television
B. Books
A. Mobiphone
5. …….. are still a cheap way to get information and
entertainment , you can keep a book forever and read it
many times.
C. Mobiphone
B. Television
A. Books
B. difficult
C. Television
A. Books
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Homework
Read the passage again
Learn by heart the list of new words.
Prepare next period Unit 11 Speaking
Presented by Nguyen Thi Loan
Phieng Khoai High School
2008 - 2009