Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 11: Books chọn lọc

taste v dip into a book Does she read the book carefully?. Do they read books carefully?chew digest read slowly and carefully chew and digest... Do they like reading these books?“hard-to

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I’m a machine CAT.

I don’t have ears.

I wear a magical bag

I’m a detective.

I always bring a tobacco pipe with me.

I have 16 units of lesson.

The first Unit is “Home life”.

I’m a lovely boy with a lightning

in my forehead.

I often travel by broom

Time

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What are these people doing? Do they read in the same way?

taste (v) dip into a book

Does she read the book carefully?

read bits here and there

Do they read books quickly? Do they read books carefully?

chew

digest read slowly and carefully chew and digest

Do they like reading these books?

“hard-to-put-down”

read all at a time swallow (v)

Does he like reading the book?

“hard-to-pick-up-again”

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Some books are to be tasted,

others to be swallowed,

and some few to be chewed and digested

dip into a book

taste (v)

“hard-to-put-down” “hard-to-pick-up-again”

swallow (v)

T F NM

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 traveling

4 Books with good stories are often described

as “hard-to-put-down”.

5 Television has replaced books altogether.

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Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are

true (T), false (F), or not mentioned (NM)

Task 3: Answer the questions

1 How many ways of reading are there?

2 When might 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?

 There are three ways

 When you find a good story and have time to enjoy it

 We should read a few pages to see if it’s the one you can easily read and understand.

 We should check that it is not too difficult

 Television can bring you all the information and stories with

color, picture and action

 Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment You can keep a book forever and read it many times

…(1) Three ways of reading

tasting

…(2)…

swallowing

…(3)…

chewing & digesting

read bits (4).… here & there

dip into good stories time to enjoy

…(5)…

slowly ADVANTAGES

…(6)… stories

color

…(7)…

…(8)…

cheap

…(9)… forever read …(10)…

information stories

read

bring with

carefully

information

picture action

keep

many times