Unit 11 books a reading

Teacher: Tran Thi Minh Thao


Look at the picture carefully and say what kind of
books are they?


biography

science book


fiction

romance


novel

comic book


UNIT 11: BOOKS


Do you
often read
books?

I. Before you read
What kind of

books do you
enjoy reading most
/ least?

How do you read books? Slowly ?
Carefully?....


- to pick up

: nhặt lên

- to put down

: đặt xuống

- reviewer (n)

: nhà phê bình sách


Francis Bacon:
(22 /1 /1561 – 9 /4/1626)
an English philosopher,
a statesman,
a scientist,
a jurist
and an author

“

books
“Some .................are
to be tasted,
others to be swallowed ,
and some few to be chewed and digested”


Task 1: Find the Vietnamese equivalent for these words.
1. swallow
2. dip into
3. taste
4. digest
5. chew
6. hard – to – pick – up – again
7. hard – to – put – down


Task 1:
1. swallow (v): nuốt (thức ăn, đồ uống)
đọc
Some
nghiến
stories
ngấu/
are đọc
for “say
swallowing”.
sưa

2. dip into (v): nhúng vào/ thò tay vào để lấy ra
It’s enough to dip
đọc
into
qua
the
loa
book and read bits here and there.
3. taste (v): nếm /thử thức ăn , đồ uống
“ Tasting”
is one way of reading.
đọc
thử
4. digest (v) tiêu hóa
ngẫm
tosuy
think
overđể
sohiểu
as to understand
5 . chew (v) nghiền thức ăn, nhai thức ăn
To
ngẫ
read
m nghĩ
slowly
, đọc
and
nghiề
carefully

n ngẫm
6. “ hard – to – pick - up – again”:
Khó mà cầm lên lại được; sách dở, không hay
7.“ hard – to – put – down”: khó mà đặt xuống được ; sách hay


* Exercise on vocabulary:
Choose A, B, c, or d that best completes each unfinished
sentence.
1. If you _____a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or
studying it seriously.
A. dip into
B. put away C. pick up
D. put down
2. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ______
A. put down
B. swallow
C. look up
D. understand
3. He picked ________ the book and turned page after page.
A. up
B. on
C. away
D. in
4. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he
____ it
A. reviews
B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dips into
5. A ________ is a person who gives his opinion of a book, a film, or a
play in a newspaper or magazine

A. writer
B. journalist C. editor
D. reviewer


Task 2: Decide true , false or not mentioned statements

1. You can’t read different types of books
in the same way

T

F

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2. When you taste a book you read it
carefully from the beginning to the end

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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

NM

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Statement 1
1. You can’t read different types of books in the same way
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advices shows how it
is possible to read different types of books in different ways. For example, you might
pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into
it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what
is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train
journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t put it down.” But not all
stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books as “hard-to-putdown”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
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 can see from the first few pages that it is one you can say easily
read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their home, fewer
and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, 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
ad read it many times. Books in the home are a wonderful source of knowledge and

Statement 2
2. When you taste a book you read it carefully from the beginning to the end
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advices shows how it
is possible to read different types of books in different ways. For example, you might
pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into
it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what
is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train
journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t put it down.” But not all
stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books as “hard-to-putdown”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
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 can see from the first few pages that it is one you can say easily
read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their home, fewer
and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, 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


Statement 3

3.Many people only have time to read when they are travelling
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,

and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advices shows how it is possible to
read different types of books in different ways. For example, you might pick up a travel
book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into it and read bits
here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what
is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train
journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t put it down.” But not all
stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books as “hard-to-put-down”,
or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
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 can see from the first few pages that it is one you can say easily
read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their home, fewer
and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, 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


Statement 4
4. Books with good stories are often described as “ hard –to – put – down”
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advices shows how it
is possible to read different types of books in different ways. For example, you might
pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip into
it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what
is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train

journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t put it down.” But not all
stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books as “hard-to-putdown”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
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 can see from the first few pages that it is one you can say easily
read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their home, fewer
and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, picture and action? But, in fact, television has not
killed reading. Today, more books of every kind are sold than ever before. Books are


Statement 5
5.Television has replaced books altogether
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as
Shakespeare, wrote these words, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be
swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” This good advices shows how it
is possible to read different types of books in different ways. For example, you might
pick up a travel book and read a few pages before going to sleep. It is enough to dip
into it and read bits here and there. In a word, this is “tasting”.
Some stories are for “swallowing”. Imagine that you have found a good story, and, what
is even more important, the time to enjoy it. You might be on holiday, or on a long train
journey. If it is a good book, you might say, “It’s so good I can’t put it down.” But not all
stories belong to this class. Reviewers sometimes describe books as “hard-to-putdown”, or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
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 can see from the first few pages that it is one you can say easily
read and understand.

Some people think that as more and more people have television in their home, fewer
and fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the
information and stories with color, 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
ad read it many times. Books in the home are a wonderful source of knowledge and


Task 3: Answer the questions
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
television ?



Congratulations!


2.When might you “ swallow” a book ?


4.What are the advantages of television over
books ?

1.How many ways of reading are there ?