unit 11- reading

1 2 4 6 3 5 I. Before you read 1. Do you often read books? 2. What kinds of books do you enjoy reading most/least? 3. How do you read books? II. While you read II. While you read 5. chew: 4. digest: 1. swallow: 2. dip into: 3. taste: 7. hard-to-pick-up-again: 6. hard-to-put-down: Task 1: The following words and phrases all appear in the passage. Find the Vietnamese equivalent for each of them. nghiền ngẫm đọc và suy ngẫm đọc nghiến ngấu đọc qua loa đọc thử, đọc qua loa không thể đọc tiếp nữa, kh«ng thÓ ®äc l¹i lÇn n÷a không thể đặt xuống Fill each gap with a suitable word from the box hard- to-pick-up-again, dip into , swallow, digest, chews and digests, hard – to – put – down 1. It often takes a long time to ……………………new ideas. 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………………… . 4. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ………………………… it. 5. When you have an interesting book, you want to read all at a 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 ………………………… . digest dip into swallow chews and digests hard – to – put – down hard- to-pick-up-again Checking vocabulary 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 2: Read the passage again and decide whether the statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) .  .  .  .  .  . 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? I. Before you read II. While you read Task 3: Answer the questions. 4. T.V can bring you all the information and stories with colour picture and action. 1. There are three ways. 2. When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it. 3. You should read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can easily read. 5. Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment and you can keep a book forever and read it many times. [...]... below basing 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 Swallow Thriller A wonderful source of knowledge and pleasure Advantages of books Taste Chew and digest Can be kept forever and read many times BOOKS Kinds of books Comic Science fiction Text book Novel Unit 11: Books - reading - Write a paragraph of... 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 1 On the subject of reading, Francis... stories belong to this class Reviewers sometimes describe books as "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again" 3 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... 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 1 On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who live at about the same time as Shakespeare,... stories belong to this class Reviewers sometimes describe books as "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again" 3 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... 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 1 On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who live at about the same time as Shakespeare,... stories belong to this class Reviewers sometimes describe books as "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again" 3 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... 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 1 On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who live at about the same time as Shakespeare,... stories belong to this class Reviewers sometimes describe books as "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again" 3 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... 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 1 On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who live at about the same time as Shakespeare, . digest Swallow Comic Science fiction Text book Novel Unit 11: Books - reading - Write a paragraph of 80 words about the advantages of reading books. * Suggestions: + To enrich knowledge +. 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 read it many times. III. After you read: Complete the chart below basing on the content of the reading passage and what you’ve learnt in this lesson. BOOKS How to read books Advantages of