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Lesson 1: Reading
Unit 11: BOOKS
READING
I/ Before you read
1. What are they doing?
2. Do you often read books?
2. Do you often read books?
3. What kind of books do you enjoy reading most/ least?
4. How do you read books?
II/ While you read
Read the text and do the tasks that follow.
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 advice 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 easily read and understand.
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their homes, fewer people will buy books to read. Why read when television can bring you all the information and stories with colour, 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 and read it many times. Books in the home are wonderful source of knowledge and pleasure.
swallow
dip into
3. taste
4. “hard- to- pick- up- again”
5. digest
6. chew
7. “hard- to- put- down”
(v): nuốt (đọc ngấu nghiến)
(v): chấm vào (đọc qua loa)
(v): nếm (đọc thử)
: không thể đọc lần nữa
(v): tiêu hóa (đọc và suy ngẫm)
(v): nhai ( nghiền ngẫm)
: không thể bỏ xuống
Task 1: Read the text again and guess the meanings of these words.
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
4. Books with good stories are often described as “ hard-to-put-down”.
5. Television has replaced books altogether.
NM
F
NM
T
F
Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM) in the reading passage.
1. How many ways of reading are there?
2. When do 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?
Task 3: Read the questions carefully and answer them.
Paragraph 1
 There are three.
Paragraph 2
 When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
Paragraph 3
 Read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can read and understand it easily.
Paragraph 4
4. What are the advantages of television over books?
 Television can bring you all the information and stories with colour, pictures and action.
5. What are the advantages of books over television?
 Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment. (And you can keep a book forever and read it at many times).
Text book
Craft
Detective
story
Novel
Thriller
Science
fiction
Match the books with their names.
1
2
3
6
5
4
Nghề thủ công
Khoa học viễn tưởng
Sách giáo khoa
Truyện trinh thám
truyện/kịch/phim giật gân, ly kỳ
Tiểu thuyết
Work in pairs or groups. Find the names of types of books in the square. The words may go across, down, up, backwards, or an angle. Here are some cues.
a. If you like books with an exciting story especially one about crime or spy, read a t..........
b. If you enjoy reading stories about love affairs, a r....... is the right book for you.
c. A n...... is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.
d. A s.............. fiction is a type of book that is based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.
e. If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a c....... book.
f. F............... books tell stories from the author’s imagination.
g. A c........... books tell stories through pictures.

h. A b........... is about a person’s life written by somebody else.

Learn by heart the new words.
Prepare for the speaking lesson./.
Homework: