Tran Phu High
Presented by : THU THUY
Welcome to our class!
WARM-UP
Game
Matching
Look at all the pictures and match them with the correct kind of books.
Matching
Unit 11: Books – Listening
Thriller
Novel
Detective story
Sciencefiction
Craft
Text book
English 12
Unit 11: BOOKS
SECTIONC: Listening
1.BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Unit 11: Books – Listening
Answer the questions:
What kind of books do you like to read?
2.How do you often read books?
3. How often / When do you read books?
- incredible /in`kredəbl/ (adj):

- wilderness /`wildənis/ (n):
vùng hoang dã
- reunite/,ri:ju:`nait/ (v):
sum họp
- distinct /dis`tiηkt/ (adj):
khác biệt
không thể tin được
- faithful (adj):
= loyal (trung thành)
- survive /sə`vaiv/ (v):
sống lâu hơn ai; sống sót
Unit 11: Books – Listening
* LISTEN AND REPEAT
1.BEFORE YOU LISTEN
-personality /pɜsən’æl.ə.ti/ (n) :
Tính cách
-fascinating /’fæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ (a) :
Hấp dẫn
-unnoticed /ʌn’nəʊtɪst/ (a) :
Không bị nhận ra
2. WHILE YOU LISTEN
 Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and do the tasks that follow.
Unit 11: Books – Listening
a.Task 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The woman recently read a book whose title is “The Incredible Journey”.
2. The book is about three Canadian friends.
3. The Canadian family go to the Canadian wilderness.
5. The central theme of the book is “ how to resolve an animal problem ”.
4. The animals leave the friend ’s house because they want to find their owners.
T
F
F
T
F
_________________
_____________
________________________
animal
England
for a long trip
life in the wilderness in order to get home
__________
to survive
b.Task 2:
Listen again and fill in the gaps
Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a (1)….. ……The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the (2)……….... to make it
The author didn’t try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like (3)…………… .Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their (4)……….. Through animal eyes. That made the book interesting and unbelievable
I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals .I think that anyone who has ever had a(5)…… or wanted one would enjoy it
Unit 11: Books – Listening
2.WHILE YOU LISTEN:
family
strength
humans
journey
pet
AFTER YOU LISTEN
Discussion
Topic: “ Why do you read books ? ”
Suggested ideas:
- To get information and a better understanding of what we learn.
- To widen and improve our knowledge.
- To raise our awareness of the good things to do and the bad things to avoid.
- To relax our mind.
....
I read books to relax and widen my knowledge
HOMEWORK
-Write a short paragraph about the importance of reading books.
-Prepare the Writing Lesson in advance.
Unit 11: Books – Listening
Thank you for your attention!