Unit 4 reading

Warmly Welcome Everybody !
Warm-up
Guessing game
Look at the pictures and guess what are they doing?
She is listening to music
She is watching TV
He is using the computer
He is reading books.
Picture 5
she is singing
She is dancing
Look at the activities again. Then tell me which activities you think would be difficult for people who can’t speak, can’t hear or can’t see.
Eg: It is difficult for people who can’t see to read books.
Activities
Listening to music
Watching TV
Using computer
Dancing
Reading books
Singing
Reading
Unit 4
Special education
Braille Alphabet
I
SEE
C A N N O T

Vocabulary

dumb /dʌm/ (adj): câm
deaf /def/ (adj): điếc
retarded /rɪ`tɑ:rdɪd/(adj): chậm chạp
opposition / ɔpə`zɪ∫n/ (n): sự phản đối
effort / `efət/ (n): sự cố gắng
=> make an effort (v) = try
6. add / æd/ (v): cộng
7. subtract / sʌb`trækt/ (v): trừ
8. be proud of… (v.phr): tự hào về
Reading passage
1. How many paragraphs are there?
2. What are they about?
=> Three paragraphs:
- P1: introduce miss Thuy and her special class
- P2: the parent’s attitude toward her class
- P3: her teaching works
Matching
Match the words in A with their definitions in B

Key: 1-c 2-e 3-d 4-a 5-b
1
2
3
4
5
Multiple choice

1. Thuy’s class is different from other classes because the children______
are from large families
are less mentally developed
love Maths very much
are disabled
2. At first the parents were _____the idea of sending their children to the special class.
A. interested in B. opposed to
C. satisfied with D. worried about
Read the passage again and complete the following sentences by circling the letter A, B, C or D
3. It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been__________ .
A. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class
B. a lot of protest from the parents against the class
C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability
D. a belief in the parents’ opposition
5. The writers attitude towards Thuy’s work in the passage can be described as________ .
A. humorous B. angry
C. suspicious D. admiring
4. The writer describes how Thuy teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that_____ .
A. the children like Maths
B. the teacher is proud of her work
C. the teaching work takes time
D. adding and subtracting are important

Gap filling
Fill each the blanks of the summary below with a suitable word from the box.
read write disabled efforts opposition
time- consuming Maths arms fingers proud
Twenty-five(1) _________children have the chance of learning how to (2)_______and (3)_______ thanks to the (4)_______ of a young teacher, Pham Thu Thuy.
Although her idea, at first, met with(5)__________from the parents of the disabled children, more children attended her class later.
The teaching work in the special class is (6)_____________. For example, in a (7)_______ lesson, the teacher has to use her(8)_______and (9)_______ to teach the children how to add and subtract. The children are now (10)________and happy.
disabled
read
write
efforts
opposition
time-consuming
Maths
arms
fingers
proud
( adj )
( v )
( v )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
( n )
( n )
( n )
( adj )
homework
- Learn new words by heart
Prepare new lesson