Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 11: Books chọn lọc

Look at the picture carefully and say what kind these books are grouped?... What kind of books do you enjoy reading most?. Hard – to – put – down Read and underline these words, try to

Look at the picture carefully and say what kind these books are grouped?

science book biography

romance fiction

comic book novel

test books

Do you

often read

books? What kind of books do

you enjoy reading most?

What do you think

of reading books?

Do you have a collection of books? How often do you buy books

How do you read books? Slowly ? Carefully? Or read bits here and there?

I Before you read

* Vocabulary:

1 to pick up: to take up (something) by hand

- I usually pick up a magazine to read before going to sleep.

3 reviewer (n): someone who write a report of a book, a film… synonym: critic

2 To put down > < to pick up

* Vocabulary:

* Checking Vocabulary: Guess the words

1 To take up (something) by hand

2 someone who writes a report of a book, a film….

3 antonym of pick up

1 to pick up

2 reviewer (n)

3 to put down

Francis Bacon:

(22 /1 /1561 – 9 /4/1626)

an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

Task 1: Find the Vietnamese equivalent for these words.

1 Swallow

2 dip into

3 taste

4 digest

5 chew

6 hard – to – pick – up – again

7 Hard – to – put – down

Read and underline these words, try to understand their meanings.

Task 1: Find the Vietnamese equivalent for these words.

1 swallow (v): nuốt (thức ăn, đồ uống)

đọc nghiến ngấu/ đọc say sưa Some stories are for “ swallowing”.

2 dip into (v): nhúng vào/ thò tay vào để lấy ra

It’s enough to dip into the book and read bits here and there đọc qua loa

3 taste (v): nếm /thử thức ăn , đồ uống

“ Tasting” is one way of reading.

đọc thử

4 digest (v) tiêu hóa

to think over so as to understand suy ngẫm để hiểu

5 chew (v) nghiền thức ăn, nhai thức ăn

To read slowly and carefully ngẫm nghĩ, đọc nghiền ngẫm

6 “ hard – to – pick - up – again”:

Khó mà cầm lên lại được; sách dở, không hay

7.“ hard – to – put – down”: khó mà đặt xuống được ; sách hay

Choose A, B, c, or d that best completes each unfinished

sentence.

* Exercise on vocabulary:

1 If you _a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or

studying it seriously.

2 It is a good book I think it is interesting enough for you to

A put down B swallow C look up D understand

3 He picked the book and turned page after page

A up B on C away D in

4 When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he

it

5 A is a person who gives his opinion of a book, a film, or a play in a newspaper or magazine

A writer B journalist C editor D reviewer

1 Learn by heart all the new words in vocabulary Task 1

2 Prepare for the next lesson: - Task 2 , Task 3

3 Summarize the passage reading by completing the table