Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 11: Books - Lesson: Speaking

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1. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER: 1. When you “taste” a book, this means you A. read carefully BB. read bits here and there C. read thoroughly D. read slowly 2. Books with good stories are often described as AA. “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 AA. 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 CC. 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. CC. People sell fewer books today. D. Books are a cheap way to get information.
2. WARM-UP: In three minutes, think and tell the types (sorts) of books
3. Romance Fiction Detective Biography
4. TASK 1: Complete the following conversation and practise reading it. A: - What sort (kind) of books do you like to read ? B: - Well, I like reading all sorts of books. Short stories, science fiction, romance, everything. A: - How do you often read books ? B: - Well, I often read through the book quickly first. Then I start reading it again, and this time very slowly to enjoy every detail of it. A: - When do you often read books ? B: - I read books whenever I have a little free time. I also read while waiting for the bus or during the break at school.
5. TASK 2: Complete the following conversation and practise reading it. 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 she/he like ? B: - He is brave, witty and very kind to other people.
6. TASK 3: Speak about your reading habits. A: - What do you often do in your free time? B: - Reading books A: - What sort /kind of books d'you often read? B: - Short stories. A: - How do you often read them? B: - When I find a good story. A: - When do you often read books? B: - Whenever I have free time.
7. Information about a book: 1. Title 2. Writer(s) / author(s) / translator(s) 3. Kind / sort 4. Plot / theme / details / content 5. Main characters TASK 4: 6. Form (hard back >< paper cover) 7. Publishing house Speak about the book 8. Review / comments you are reading at the 9. Price moment or you have read 10. Book store recently.
8. TASK 5: Speak about the book you are reading (suppose).
9. Suggested answer: At the moment, I am reading “Die Another Day” – a detective story. The main character is James Bond – 007. He is very brave, talented, handsome, intelligent and humorous. He struggled against terrorism and saved the world from the war.
10. Activity 1 : Vocabulary - incredible [in'kredəbl] (adj):unbelievable (không thể tin được) - wilderness ['wildənis] (n): vùng hoang dã, vùng bỏ hoang - Reunite [,ri:ju:'nait] (v): sum họp - distinct [dis'tiηkt] (adj): clearly diferent (khác biệt) - faithful (adj): loyal (trung thành) - survive [sə'vaiv] (v): sống sót
11. Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and do the tasks that follow.
12. Activity 1: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1. The woman recently read a book whose title is “The Incredible Journey”. 2. The book is about three Canadiananimal friends. 3. The Canadian family go to ___theEnglandCanadian ___wildernessfor a long trip 4. The animals leave the friend’s house because they want to find their owners. 5. The central theme of the book is “how toto___ resolve survive ___anlife animalin the wildernessproblem”.in order to get home.
13. Activity 2 Listen again and fill in the gaps in the passage Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a (1) family . The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the (2) strength to make it. The author didn't try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like (3) humans . Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their (4) journey through animal eyes. That made the book interesting and unbelievable. I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals. I think that anyone who has ever had a (5) pet or wanted one would enjoy it.
14. Activity 3: Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and choose the best answer. 1. The title of the book is . A. Canadian Wilderness B. The Incredible Journey C. The pets 2. The book is about . A. a Canadian family B. three Canadian friends C. Three animal friends 3. Where does the Canadian family go? A. To visit a friend who lives 300 miles away B. To England C. To the Canadian wilderness 4. Why do the animals leave the friend’s house? A. They want to find their owners B. They were not well treated C. They want to know how to survive life in the wilderness 5. What is the central theme of the book? A. How the animal can survive life in the wilderness in order to get home. B. How to resolve an animal problem. C. How to take care of other people.