WELCOME TO DAI MO HIGH SCHOOL
Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 12
THEY ARE READING BOOKS.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURES DOING?
UNIT 11
BOOKS
A. READING
1. Do you often read books?
2. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most/least?
3. How do you read books?
Read bits here and there (tasting)
Read slowly and carefully (chew and digest)
Read all at a time (swallowing)
ASK AND ANSWER
VOCABULARY
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
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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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
F
NM
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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Task 3 Choose the best answer A, B or C to complete the following sentences
1.There are ……… ways of reading books
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
Find the names of types of books in the square. The words may go across, down, up, backwards or at an angle. The clues are on page 121
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HOMEWORK
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