Wednesday, March 14th 2007
UNIT: 9
TO BUILD A FIRE ( paragraph 2 )
I. AIM:
- Introducing to students the man’s journey.
II. OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to :
- get information about the man’s journey through activities Before and After you read.
- improve reading comprehension skill by doing True or False and Answer question exercises.
REVISION
1. In what condition was the man in the first part of the first paragraph?
2. How did he feel in the 2nd part of the first paragraph?
3. What did he do to keep warm?
4. Where did he get fire wood to build a fire?
5. What did he do near the roaring fire?
6. What did the dog do near the fire?
Jumbled words
1. hinfis 
2. bofomertcal 
3. nispaptodi 
4. enkewlogd 
5. eosidut 
finish
comfortable
disappoint
knowledge
outside
Warm up
VOCABULARY
mittens (n ) [`mitnz]= gloves.
Pipe (n) / paip/
earflap (n ) [iəflæp]
whip-lash(n)[`wiplæ∫]
Creek (n) [kri:k]
settle (v ) [`setl]:
trail (n ) [treil]:
fork (n ) [fɔ:k]:
ancestry (n ) [`ænsistri]:
inherit ( v ) [in`herit]:
intimacy (n ) [`intiməsi]:
slave (n ) [sleiv]:
caress (n ) [kə`res]
apprehension(n ) [,æpri`hen∫n] :
welfare (n ) [`welfeə]:
sake (n ) [seik] = aim:
whistle (n ) [`wisl]:
swing (v ) [swiη] :
heel (n ) [hi:l]:
đặt, định vị
vết mòn, vạch , vệt .
ngã ba sông.
tổ tiên.
thừa kế , thừa hưởng.
sự thân thiết, thân mật.
nô lệ.
sự vuốt ve.
nổi sợ.
quyền lợi.
mục đích
huýt sáo.
đu đưa.
gót chân.
True or False.

1. The man continued his journey after taking his comfortable time over a smoke.
2. The dog didn’t want to go back toward the fire.
3. There wasn’t intimacy between the dog and the man.
4. The dog was the slave of the man.
5. The dog followed the man because it was afraid of the cold.
T
F
T
T
F
*Answer the questions:
1. What did the man decide to do after the meal?
2. How was the dog when it saw the man set off?
3. Why did the dog want to go back toward the fire?
4. Why didn’t the dog make any effort to communicate the apprehension to the man?
5. Why did the dog follow the man?
*Answers:
1. The man decided to continue his journey after the meal.
2. It was disappointed and wanted to go back toward the fire.
3. Because it was afraid of cold weather.
4. Because it was the slave of the man and it often received his whip– lashes.
5. Because it was afraid of whip– lashes.
* After taking his (1)………………….. time over a smoke, the man continued his journey. The dog wanted to go back toward the fire (2) …………….. it inherited the instinct for knowing cold from its(3)…………….. . It knew that it wasn’t good to walk(4)……………… in such fearful(5)…………. . On the other hand, there was no keen(6).………… between the dog and the (7)……………… because the dog was the (8)…………………….. of the man. However, it made no effort to go back toward the fire because it was (9)………………… of the man’s (10)…………………..
Complete the summary of the reading passage by filling each blank with a word given in the box
afraid because intimacy outside
whip-lashes ancestry man slave cold comfortable
comfortable
because
ancestry
outside
cold
intimacy
man
slave
afraid
whip-lashes
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HAVE A GOOD DAY