Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 11: Books chọn lọc

I’m a machine CAT.

I’m a detective.

I don’t have ears.

I always bring a tobacco pipe

I wear a magical bag.

with me.
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I’m a lovely boy with a lightning

I have 16 units of lesson.

in my forehead.

The first Unit is “Home life”.

I often travel by broom

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What
areread
these
doing?
Do they
in people

the same
way?


Does she read the book carefully?

dip into a book
taste (v)
read bits here and there


Do they read books quickly?
Do they read books carefully?
read slowly and carefully
chew and digest
digest

chew


Do they like reading these books?
“hard-to-put-down”
read all at a time

swallow (v)


Does he like reading the book?

“hard-to-pick-up-again”

1

2

3

4

“hard-to-put-down” “hard-to-pick-up-again” dip into a book

swallow (v)
Some books are to be tasted,
others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested
7

chew (v)

6

digest (v)

5

taste (v)


Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are

true (T), false (F), or not mentioned (NM)
T F
1. You can’t read different types of books in
the same way.



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 traveling
4. Books with good stories are often described
as “hard-to-put-down”.
5. Television has replaced books altogether.

NM






Task 3: Answer the questions
1.

How many ways of reading are there?
 There are three ways

2.
When might you “swallow” a book?
 When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it
3.
What should you do before starting to read a book carefully and
slowly?
 We should read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can easily
read and understand.
 We should check that it is not too difficult
4.
What are the advantages of television over books?
 Television can bring you all the information and stories with
color, picture and action
5.
What are the advantages of books over television?
 Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment
You can keep a book forever and read it many times


read bits ..(4).…
here & there
tasting
Three ways of reading
…(1)...

swallowing
…(2)…

dip into
good stories

time to enjoy

chewing
…(3)…
& digesting

read

…(5)…
carefully
slowly

ADVANTAGES
Television

Books

bring
information
…(6)…

stories
with
color
picture
…(7)…
action
…(8)…

information

cheap
stories
keep forever
…(9)…
times
read many
…(10)…