Unit 13: Listening AV11

The writer started his hobby when he was young.. His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him.. Reading helps the writer to know many things.. Books don’t

Hue, March 2010

R E A D I N G

WARM-UP: SHARK ATTACK

English

Wednesday, March 24 th 2010

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? PRE- LISTENING

đối phó, đương đầu

to cope with:

truyện cổ tích /'feəriteil/(n):

fairy tale

to lớn, vĩ đại /dʒai'gæntik/(adj):

gigantic

ngu dốt / 'ignərənt/(adj):

ignorant

V O C A B U L A R Y

=stupid

=very big, very great

=to deal with

Tam Cam, So Dua, Cay khe…are???

=tropical forest

CHECKING VOCABULARY

to cope with

fairy tale

gigantic

ignorant

jungle

to be fed up with

: đối phó, đương đầu

/ 'ignərənt/(adj): ngu dốt

: chán ngấy

/'feəriteil/(n): truyện cổ tích /dʒai'gæntik/(adj): to lớn, vĩ đại

/'dʒʌηgl/(n): rừng nhiệt đới

Statements Before

listening After listening

1 The writer started his hobby when he

was young

2 His parents were interested in reading

fairy tales and other stories to him

3 The writer didn’t start with ABC

books

4 Reading helps the writer to know

many things

5 Books don’t provide the reader with

so much information and facts

Task 1: Read statements below and predict

which of these are true Write your prediction in

the second column PREDICTION

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? While-listening

Listen and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) For the false statements, give the correct information

1 The writer started his hobby when he was young _

My hobby got started when I was a little boy.

2 His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories

to him

Soon they got fed up with having to read to me continually.

3 The writer didn’t start with ABC books

I started with simple ABC books.

4 Reading helps the writer to know many things

Reading enables me to learn about so many things…

5 Books don’t provide the reader with so much information and

facts

T

F

T F

F  got fed up with

 started

 provide

ACTIVITY 1: True-false

Task 2: Listen again and answer the questions

below

2 What had he wanted his parents to do for him?

He had wanted his parents to read fairy tales and other stories.

1 What’s the writer’s hobby?

His hobby is reading.

3. Did he learn about how people lived in bygone days?

Yes, he did

4 Does he go deep into the jungle or read books to learn about the

tiger?

He reads books.

ACTIVITY 2: Answer questions

5 How does he say about reading?

Reading is indeed a good hobby.

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? Post-listening

A kind of the book

that you like most

ACTIVITY 1: Brainstorming

A kind of the book that you like most

Draw/learn many meaningful lessons

sometimes bookstores

be young

Where?

Why?

For example:

ACTIVITY 2: Reporting

I like reading fairy tales most because I have learnt many meaningful lessons from them such as a good turn is never lost I started to read them when I was young Although I am very busy, I sometimes go to the bookstores My friend Lan likes reading detective

novels…………

rk

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? HOMEWORK

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to?