Unit 11. Books

Look at all the pictures and match them with the correct kind of books.
Matching
Textbook
Comic book
Detective
story
Guidebook
workbook
Short story
Unit 11: Books – Listening
2
3
5
4
Incredible (adj)
Wilderness (n)
Fascinating (adj)
Unnoticed (adj)
Journey (n)
Personality (n)
Survive (v)
Reunite (v)
Không thể tin dược
Vùng hoang dã
Hấp dẫn, quyến rũ

Không tự nhận ra
Cuộc hành trỡnh
Nhân cách, tính cách
Sống sót
Họp lại, nhóm lại


Unit 11: Books – Listening
Vocabulary:
Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and do the tasks that follow.

TASK 1: Listen and circle the best
answer
TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer

1. The title of the book is………
A. Canadian Wilderness.
B. The Incredible Journey.
C. Sheila Burnford.
2. The book is about………..
A. a Canadian family
B. three Canadian friends
C. three animal friends
3. Where does the Canadian family go?
A. To visit a friend who lives 300 miles away.
B. To England.
C. To the Canadian wilderness.



B
C
B
TASK 1: Listen and choose the best answer

4. Why do the animals leave the friend’s house?
A. They want to find their owners.
B. They want to know how to survive life in the wilderness.
C. They were not well treated by the friend.
5. What is the central theme of the book?
A. How the animals can survive life in the wilderness in order to get home.
B. How to resolve an animal problem.
C. How to take care of other people.
A
A
Task 2: Fill in the gaps in the passage
Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a (1)……………...The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the (2)…………..………to make it.
The author didn’t try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like (3)………….. Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their (4)……………though animal eyes. That made the book interesting and unbelievable.
I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals. I think that anyone who has ever had a (5)………………..… or wanted one would enjoy it.
The answer:
1. family
2. strength
3. humans
4. journey
5. pet

Unit 11: Books – Listening – Task 2
Task 2: Listen and fill in the gaps.
III. After you read :
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The woman recently read a book whose title is “The Incredible Journey”.
2. The book is about three Canadian friends.
3.The Canadian family go to the Canadian wilderness.
5. The central theme of the book is “ how to resolve an animal problem ”.
4. The animals leave the friend ’s house because they want to find their owners.
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Topic: “ Why do you read books ? ”
Suggested ideas:
- To get information and a better understanding of what we learn.
To widen and improve our knowledge.
To raise our awareness of the good things to do and the bad things to avoid.
To relax our mind.

(Group work)
HOMEWORK

Write a short paragraph about this book.
Prepare the Writing Lesson .