Unit 11. Books

1. Do you often read books?
2. What kind of books do you enjoy
reading most/least?
3. How do you read books?
- Read bits here and there (tasting)
- Read slowly and carefully (chew and
digest)
- Read all at a time (swallowing)


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taste (v) nếm (đọc thử, qua loa)
swallow (v) nuốt chửng (đọc ngấu nghiến)
chew (v) nhai (nghiền ngẫm)
digest (v) tiêu hoá (đọc và suy ngẫm)
dip into (v) chấm vào (đọc qua loa)
reviewer (n) nhà phê bình sách
“hard-to-put-down” khó mà đặt xuống
“hard-to-pick-up-again” khó mà cầm lên lại

Task 1
Match the words and phrases
in the first column with their
Vietnamese equivalents in
the second column.


English

Vietnamese

d
2. Dip into
f
3. Taste
a
4.“Hard-to-pick-up-again” b
g
5. Digest
1. Swallow

a. nếm (đọc thử, qua loa)
b. khó mà cầm lên lại
c. khó mà đặt xuống
d. nuốt chửng(đọc ngấu nghiến)
e. nhai (nghiền ngẫm)

6. Chew

e

f. chấm vào

7.“Hard-to-put-down”

c

g. tiêu hoá (đọc và suy ngẫm)

(đọc qua loa)


Task 2: Read the
passage again and
decide whether the
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 travelling

NM
NM

.

NM


T

4. Books with good stories
are often described as
“hard-to-put-down”

.

5. Television has replaced
books altogether.
6. Books are still a cheap
way to get information and
entertainment, you can keep
them forever.

F

.

.

NM


Task 3 Choose the best answer A, B or C to
complete the following sentences

1.There are ……… ways of reading books
A. 3

B. 4

C. 5

2. You might …… a book when you find
a good story and have time to enjoy it.
A. “taste”

B. “Chew”

C. “swallow”


3. Before starting to read a book carefully and
slowly you should check that it is not too ……by
seeing from the first few pages.
A. easy

B. difficult

C. understand

4……can bring you all the information and
stories with colour picture and action.
A. Mobiphone

B. Books

C. Television

5. …….. are still a cheap way to get information
and entertainment , you can keep a book forever
and read it many times.
A. Books

B. Television

C. Mobiphone


Find the names of types of books in
the square. The words may go across,
down, up, backwards or at an angle.
The clues are on page 121


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