unit 13- listening

Do you usually make an excursion?. bygone adj : tropical forest past very big, very great lacking knowledge, education or information to be bored with = to be tired of to face with gigan

Phan Boi Chau High School

R E A D I N G

WARM-UP: SHARK ATTACK

English

Wednesday, March 24 th 2010

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? PRE- LISTENING

bygone (adj) :

tropical forest

past very big, very great

lacking knowledge, education or information

to be bored with = to be tired of

to face with

gigantic (adj) :

ignorant (adj) :

to be fed up with :

to cope with :

jungle (n) :

Ex: I feel completely ignorant of European law.

(quá khứ)

(to lớn, vĩ đại)

(không biết, ngu dốt)

(chán ngấy)

(đối phó, đương đầu)

(rừng nhiệt đới)

CHECKING VOCABULARY

to cope with

bygone

gigantic

ignorant

jungle

to be fed up with

: đối phó, đương đầu

: ngu dốt

: chán ngấy

: quá khứ : to lớn, vĩ đại

: rừng nhiệt đới

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? While-listening

1 TASK 1: TrUE FALSE –

STATEMENTS

1 The writer started his hobby when he was

young.

2 His parents were interested in reading fairy

tales and other stories to him.

3 The writer didn’t start with ABC books.

4 Now he reads all the books available.

5 Reading helps the writer to know many things.

6 According to the writer, by reading he does not

have to study hard.

7 The writer is able to know about a tiger through

reading.

8 Books might help him in his daily life.

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2 Task 2: Gap- filling

The (1) _ thing about reading is that I do not have to learn thing very hard way For example, I do not have to

catch a (2) _ to know that it can kill me I know the danger so I can avoid it Also I do not have to go deep

into the (3) to find out about tigers I can read all about it in a book.

Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much

information They have (4) _ helped me in my daily life I am better equipped to cope with living Otherwise I

would go about (5) _ learning things the hard way.

So I continued to read Reading is indeed a good hobby

adj noun noun

adv adv

wonderful

desease

certainly jungle

ignorantly

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? Post-listening

DISADVANTAGES OF OVER-READING

Becoming shortsighted

Not having enough physical

exercise

Lacking practical knowledge

Becoming a book worm

Work in groups

Talk about the disadvantages

of over-reading (reading too much).

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to? HOMEWORK

Do you usually make an

excursion ?

Where did you go to?

2 F

with having to read to him

continually)

3 F

(He started with simple

ABC books)

4 F

(Now he just read anything that is

available)

8 F

(they have certainly helped me in my

daily life)