Unit 11. Books

They are made of paper.
You can get much information in them.
You read them everyday.
Guessing: What are they?


Unit 11: BOOKS
A: Reading

2. Do you often read books?
3. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most/ least?
4. How do you read books?

Unit 11: Books – Reading – Before you read
1. What are they doing?
Swallow [`swɔlou]
dip into:
3. taste:
4. “ hard- to- pick- up- again”
5. Digest [`daidʒest]
6. Chew [t∫u:]
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
Unit 11: Books – Reading – Task 1
Task 1: Read the text again and guess the meanings of these words.
Unit 11: Books – Reading – 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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Decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) in the reading passage
How many ways of reading are there?
When do you “swallow” a book?

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?


Unit 11: Books – Reading – Task 3
Task 3: Answer the questions according to the information in the passage.
1. There are three.
2. When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
3. Read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can read and understand it easily.
4. Television can bring you the information and stories with colour, pictures and actions.

5. Books are still cheap way to get information and entertainment. And moreover you can keep a book forever and read it at any time and again and again.
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Unit 11: Books – Reading – After you read
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.
Do "reading" part in sts` book.
Unit 11: Books - reading