Reading - Unit 3 - New Headway 3rd Edition

UNIT 3:
TELLING TALES
READING & SPEAKING
The painter & The writer
CONTENT
Discussion
Vocabulary
Reading
DISCUSSION
Who are or were the most famous
painters and writers in Vietnam?
DISCUSSION
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Why are they famous?
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What nationality were they?
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Which century were they born in?
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Do you know the name of any of their
works?
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Do you know anything about their lives?
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Ernest Hemingway
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Try to guess which
sentences go with which
man. Write P (Picasso) or
H (Hemingway).
1. His first word was la’piz (Spanish for
pencil) and he could draw before he
could talk.
2. He had wanted to become a soldier,
but couldn’t because he had a poor
eyesight.

3. His portraits of people were often
made up of triangles and squares with
their features in the wrong places.
4. In the 1930s, he became a war
correspondent in the Spanish
Civil War and World War II.
5. He was awarded the Nobel
Prize for literature, but he
was too ill to receive it in
person.
6. At the age of 90 he was
honoured by an exhibition in
the Louvre in Paris.
Title
Ernest Hemingway
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1P 2H 3P
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VOCABULARY
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genius /     / (n.)
- great intelligence, skill or artistic ability
the genius of Shakespeare/ Picasso
- a person who is unusually intelligent or
artistic
Picasso is a genius at drawing portraits.
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spoil // (v.) (spoil – spoiled – spoiled)
to change sth good into sth bad,
unpleasant, useless, etc. ( = ruin)
Our picnic was spoilt by bad weather.
refuse / :/ (v.)
to say that you will not do sth that sb
has asked you to do
He refused to answer the question.
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lifelike /  / (a.)
exactly like a real person
or thing
a lifelike statue/drawing/toy
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bombing // (n.)
an occasion when a bomb is
dropped or left somewhere;
the act of doing this
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masterpiece / : :/ (n.)
a work of art such as a
painting, film/ movie, book,
etc. that is an excellent, or
the best, example of the
artist’s work
Picasso’s work is a masterpiece of (= an
excellent example of) modern painting.
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mistress // (n.)
a woman that having a regular
illegal relationship with an
married man.
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honour // (n.) (v.)
(n.) great respect and admiration
for sb
(v.) to do sth that shows great
respect for sb/sth
honour sb (with sth)
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portrait /  / (n.)
a painting, drawing or
photograph of a person,
especially of the head and
shoulders
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sculpture / / (n.)
a work of art that is a solid
figure or object made by carving
or shaping wood, stone, clay,
metal, etc
VOCABULARY
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religion // (n.)
the belief in the existence of a god or gods, and
the activities that are connected with the worship
of them
-> religious / / (a.)

connected with religion or with a particular religion
(of a person) believing strongly in the existence of
a god or gods
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shotgun // (n.)
a long gun that is used especially for shooting
birds or animals
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divorce // (n.), (v.)
(n.) the legal ending of a marriage
(v.) to end your marriage to sb legally
She’s divorcing her husband.

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fascinate /     / (v.)
to attract or interest sb very much
The private lives of movie stars never fail
to fascinate.
-> fascinated (a.) very interested
-> fascinating (a.) very interesting
-> fascinatingly (adv.)
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futile / / (a.)
having no purpose because there is
no chance of success (= pointless)
Their efforts to revive him were futile.
-> futility (n.)
the futility of war
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suffer // (v.)
suffer from sth
to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sadness, a
lack of sth, etc.
He suffers from asthma.
to experience sth unpleasant, such as injury,
defeat or loss
The company suffered huge losses in the last financial
year.
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commit suicide
to kill yourself deliberately
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in person
if you do sth in person, you go

somewhere and do it yourself, instead
of doing it by letter, asking sb else to
do it, etc.
READING
Work in two groups
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Group A: Read about

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Group B: Read about
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Task 1:
Answer the questions about
your person
1. Where and when he was
born? When and how did he
die?
2. Did he have a happy family
life?
3. How did his parents play a
part in his career?
4. What do you think were the
most important events in his
early life?