Unit 13 - Listening - English 11

Keeping fish
Playing chess


Collecting stamps
Collecting coins


Playing the guitar fishing


Playing games
Climbing mountain


Watching TV chatting


books
He is reading


Friday, March 12
th
, 2010
Unit13:

Listening

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Vocabulary:
1. material (n)
2. fairy tale (n):
3. (to) get fed up :
4. bygone (adj):
5. jungle (n):
6. (to) cope with:
= document:
>< (to) be interested
tài liệu
chuyện cổ tích
chán
quá khứ
rừng nhiệt đới
thích ứng
= tropical forest

cope with
material
get fed up
bygone
fairy tale
jungle

T F Correct
T F
T F

T F
T F
T F

T F
Task 1: True or False Statements
1. His hobby is reading.
2. The writer started his hobby when he was
3. He had always his to read
fairy tales and other stories to me.
4. The writer with simple ABC
books.
5. According to the writer, by reading he
does not have to study hard.
6. Books have certainly helped him in his
daily life.
T
F
F
F
T
T
sisters
didn’t start
an adult.a little boy.
parents
started
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1.

Task 2: Multiple Choice.
A. any kind of material
C. story books
B. newspapers and magazines
D. All of them
A. interested B. bored C. excited
D. sad
A. tiger
B. lion
C. chicken
D. monkey
A. know many things B. feel more confident
A. never
B. sometimes
C. indeed
D. hardly
What kinds of books does he like to read?
2. How did his parents feel when they read to him continually?
3. What animal is mentioned in the tape script?
4. Reading helps the writer to …………………. .
5. According to the tape, reading is …………. a good hobby.
C. relax D. Have more friends

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Task 3: Gap - fill

continue wonderful jungle otherwise
disease
danger

provide better
The (1) …………… thing about reading is that I do not have
to learn things the very hard way. I do not have to catch a (2)
…………. to know that it can kill me. I know the (3)…………. so
I can avoid it. Also, I do not have to go deep into the (4)………….
to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
Books (5)…………… the reader with so many facts and so
much information. They have certainly helped me in my daily life.
I am (6) …………. equipped to cope with living. (7)…………… I
would go about ignorantly learning things the hard way.
So I (8) …………… to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby.

Discussion: Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading
(reading too much).
be short-sighted
don’t have time
for study and
other social
activities
be lazy
spend much
money buying
books

Homework
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Write a paragraph about the disadvantages of
over-reading.
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Prepare for Writing lesson

That’s enough
for today!!!