Unit 11. Books

The fairy tale

Detective stories

Science book

Comic

Novel

Craft book


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1. If we enjoy reading stories about
love affairs, we can read r………
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2. If you want to read about one
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3. So Do is a n…….of Vu Trong
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4. A s….book is written basing on
imagination about scientific
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5. A t……is a book about general
knowledge in school & colleges.
6. Tam Cam is a f………….
7. Funny stories with pictures is
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love affairs, we can read romantic
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2. If you want to read about one
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6. Tam Cam is a ……………...
7. Funny story with pictures is
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Choose the best answer:

1.When you “taste” a book, this means you...
A. read carefully
B. read bits here and there
C. read thoroughly
D. read slowly
2. Books with good stories are often descibed as ....
A. “ hard-to-put -down”
B. “ hard-to-pick-up-again”
C. “ just for tasting”
D. both A & B
3. If you want to “chew and digest” a book, it means the book is.........
A. interesting
B. boring
C. frightening D. harmful
4. When you read a book for the first time, check that ....
A. you know its author
B. It is really useful
C. it is not too difficult
D. it relates to your study at school
5. which of the sentence below is not true?
A. TV provides people with information with colour and pictures.
B. TV doesn’t replace books.
C. People sell fewer books today.
D. Books are a cheap way to get information.


- an English playwright
- type of books: Tragedy
- main works: Hamlet, Romeo
and Juliet, King Lear...

William Shakespeare
( 1564 - 1616)


-a

Denmark writer

- type of books: Fairy tale
- famous stories :The little
match girl, the Emperor’s
new clothes

Hans Christ Andersen
(1805 – 1875)


Margaret Mitchell

- an American Novelist
- The most famous work:
Gone with the wind


Task 1. Work in pairs. Complete the following
conversation and practise reading it.
Conversation 1.
types of book do you like to read
A. What .......................................................................................?

( What are your favourite types of books?)
B. Well, Ido
like
reading
sorts
of books. Short stories,
you
often all
read
books
science fiction, romance, everything.
A. How........................................................?
B. Well, I often read through the book quickly first. Then I
start reading
again,
andbooks
this time very slowly to enjoy
do youitoften
read
every(detail
Whenof
doit.you often spend time reading?)
A. When.................................................................................?
B. I read book whenever I have a little free time. I also read


Task 2: Work in pairs to make the similar conversations::
A. What kind of books do you like to read?
B. Well, I like reading detective stories.
A. How do you read books?

B. I often read through the books quickly first. Then
I start reading it again, and this time very slowly
to enjoy every detail of it.
A. When do you read
B. I books?
read before going to bed or travelling.
Kinds of book

How

Comic, novel, Carefully,
biography, folk attentively,
tale, detective Quickly, slowly
stories

When
Before I go to bed/
travelling/listening to
music


Task 3. Work in pairs. Complete the following
conversation and practice reading it.
Conversation 2.
you doing at this moment
A. What are
...................................................................?
( What are you reading at this moment?)
B. At the moment? Well. I’m reading “The Chamber of
Secrets”, one of Harry Potter books.

is the main character
A. Who........................................................................?
B. The main character? a young boy, Harry Potter, whose
parents are dead and who is trained to be a wizard in a
wizard school.
is he like / What do you think about him
A. What ......................................................................................?
What is his personality/ What makes you like him
B. He is brave, witty and very kind to other people.


Task 4:
Work in pairs to ask & answer about the book you are reading :
A: What are you reading at the moment?
B: At the moment? Well I’m reading “The Chamber of Secrets”,
one of Harry Potter books.
A: Who is the main character?
B. The main character? A young boy, Harry potter, whose parents
are dead and who is trained to be a wizard in a wizard school.
A. What is he/she like?
B. He is brave, witty and very kind to other people.
Names of
books

Tam Cam
So Do
Chi Pheo
S. Holmes

Characters

Characteristics

Tam
Xuan Toc Do
Chi
S. Holmes

-Young, gentle, hard-working, kind
-Stupid but lucky man, unkind, cheated
-Heavy drunk, rude, complicated
- Intelligent, generous, gentle, strong-will


Task 5
Report the results to the group.
The report should include the following information:
What’s the sort of the book?
What’s the title of the book?
Who is the author?
Who is the main character?
What is he/she like?
Names of
books

Tam Cam
So Do
Chi Pheo
S. Holmes

Characters

Tam
Xuan Toc Do
Chi
S. Holmes

Characteristics

-Young, gentle, hard-working, kind
-Stupid but lucky man, unkind, cheated
-Heavy drunk, rude, complicated
- Intelligent, generous, gentle, strong-will


Answer the following questions:
1. Nowadays television and Internet provide much
information. Do you think it is unnecessary to read
books?
2. Is it important to get a good choice of books?
Explain why / why not.


• Write about one of the books that
you have read
• Prepare the listening lesson