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Unit 11: BOOKS
READING

Unit 11: BOOKS
READING

Tell the names of types of books which you have just seen

A TEXTBOOK

A dictionary

Novel

A picture book

A comic book

A short - story

1. What are they doing?
4.
2. How
Do you
do
often
you
readbooks?
books?
3.
What
kind
ofread
books
do you enjoy
reading most/ least?

DT-CHV

II. While you read
Task 1: The following words and phrases all appear in the
passage. Find the Vietnamese equivalent for each of
them.
/teist/
đọc thử
1. taste:
nếm

2. dip into:

đọc qua loa

chấm

nhai
3. chew: /tʃu:/
4. swallow: /`swɒlǝʊ/ nuốt

đọc nghiền ngẫm

5. digest: /dai`dƷest/ tiêu hóa
Eating

đọc và suy ngẫm
Reading

đọc nghiến ngấu

Food

Physical
development
6. hard-to-put-down:
7. hard-to-pick-up-again:

Spiritual
development
không thể đặt xuống
không thể đọc tiếp nữa

Checking vocabulary
Fill each gap with suitable word(s) from the
box
a.
hard-to-pick-up-again, b. dip into, c. swallow, d.
digest, e. chews and digests,

f. hard-to-put-down

(d) digest new ideas.
1. It often takes a long time to ………………………….....…
(b) dip into
2. I have only had time to ……………………………….
the report. I
couldn't read it thoroughly.
3. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to
(c) swallow .
……………………………….
4. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully,
he …………………………………….
(e) chews and digests it.
5. When you have an interesting book, you want to read all at a
(f) hard-to-put-down .
time, you can describe the book as …….……….………………...........
6. This is such a boring book that I don't want to read it
again. This book is ……..………………………………..
….....
(a) hard-to-pick-up-again

On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advice shows
how it is possible to read different types of books in different ways. For example,
you might pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is
enough to dip into it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and,
what is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a
long train journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It's so good I can't put it
down.” But not all stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books
as “hard-to-put- down”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you
are interested in, you will want to “chew and digest it”. That does not mean reading it
too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not too difficult.
Do not start a book unless you can see from the first few pages that it is one you
can easily read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have a television in their homes,
fewer and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring
you all the information and stories with colour, picture and action? But, in fact,
television has not killed reading. Today, more books of every kind are sold than ever
before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment, and you
can keep a book forever and read it many times. Books in the home are a wonderful
source of knowledge and pleasure.

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

.

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.

.
.
.

Task 3: Answer the questions
according to the information in the
passage.

1. How many ways of reading are there?
2. When might you “swallow” a book?
3. 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 the
television?

Paragraph 1
1. How many ways of reading are there?
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at
about the same time as Shakespeare, wrote these words,
"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and
some few to be chewed and digested." This good advice
shows how it is possible to read different types of books in
different ways. For example, you might pick up a travel
book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is
enough to dip into it and read bits here and there. In a
word, this is "tasting".

1. How many ways of reading are there?
- There are three ways.
Tasting
Swallowing
Chewing & digesting

Paragraph 2
2. When might you “swallow” a book?
Some stories are for "swallowing". Imagine that you
have found a good story, and, what is even more
important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday,
or on a long train journey. If it is a good book, you might
say, "It's so good I can't put it down". But not all stories
belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe
books as "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-upagain".

2. When might you “swallow” a
book?

- When you find a good story
and have time to enjoy it.

Paragraph 3
3. What should you do before starting to
read a book carefully and slowly?
Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a
book on a subject that you are interested in, you will
want to "chew and digest it". That does not mean reading
it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time,
check that it is not too difficult. Do not start a book unless
you can see from the first few pages that it is one you can
easily read and understand.

3. What should you do before
starting to read a book carefully
and slowly?
- You

should read a few pages
to see if it's the one you can
easily read and understand.

Paragraph 4
Some people think that as more
and more people have television in
their homes, fewer people will buy
books to read. Why read when
television can bring you all the
information and stories with colour,
picture and action? But, in fact,
television has not killed reading.
Today, more books of every kind are
sold than ever before. Books are still
a cheap way to get information and
entertainment, and you can keep a
book forever and read it many
times. Books in the home are
wonderful source of knowledge and
pleasure.

4. What are the
advantages of TV over
books?

4. What are the advantages of
television over books?
- T.V can bring

you all the
information and stories with
colour, picture and action.

Paragraph 4
Some people think that as more
and more people have television in
their homes, fewer people will buy
books to read. Why read when
television can bring you all the
information and stories with colour,
picture and action? But, in fact,
television has not killed reading.
Today, more books of every kind are
sold than ever before. Books are still
a cheap way to get information and
entertainment, and you can keep a
book forever and read it many
times. Books in the home are
wonderful source of knowledge and
pleasure.

4. What are the
advantages of TV over
books?

5. What are the
advantages of books
over the television?

5. What are the advantages of
books over television ?

- Books are still a cheap way to
get information & entertainment
and can be kept forever and read
many times.

Some kinds of
books

Novel

Craft book

Comic book

Romance

Biography

Science fiction book

Fiction

Thriller

Text books

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Truyện/kịch/
names.
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a. Text book
b. Craft
c. Detective story
d. Thriller

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Complete the chart below based on the content of the
reading passage and what you've learnt in this lesson.
A cheap way to get
information and
entertainment

How to
read
books

Swallowing

Thriller

A wonderful source of
knowledge and
pleasure

Advantages of books

Tasting
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and read many times

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BOOKS
Biography

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fiction

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book

Romance

Novel

HOMEWORK
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Learn by heart the new words.

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Prepare B. Speaking