Unit 11: BOOKS
A. READING B. SPEAKING C. LISTENING D. WRITING E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. READING
Task 1 : Find the Vietnamese equivalents for each of them.
swallow:
dip into:
taste:
“ hard-to-pick-up-again”:
digest:
chew:
“ hard-to-put-down”:
đọc ngốn ngấu
đọc qua loa
đọc thử, qua loa
không thể đọc lại lần nữa
đọc và suy ngẫm
đọc nghiền ngẫm
không thể đặt xuống
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are True, False or Not Mentioned.
You can’t read different types of books in the same way.
When you “taste” a book, you read it carefully from the beginning to the end.
Many people only have time to read when they are travelling.
Books with good stories are often described as “ hard-to-put-down.”
Television has replaced books together.
NM
F
NM
T
F
Task 3: Answer the following questions:
How many ways of reading are there?
When might you “swallow” a book?
What should you do before starting to read a book carefully and slowly?
What are the advantages of television over books?

5. What are the advantages of books over television?
1. There are three ways of reading.
2. … when you find a good story and have time to enjoy it.
3. You should read a few pages to see if it is the one you can easily read.
4. T.V can bring you all the information and stories with colour, picture and action.
5. Books are still a cheaper way to get information and entertainment and you can keep a book forever and read it many times.
C. LISTENING













1. It is a novel written in Cuba in 1951.
2. The story describes the heroic struggle between an old Cuban fisherman and the greatest catch of his life.
3. The name of the fisherman is Santiago.
4. The book is one of Ernest Hemingway’s most famous works.
Task 1: Circle the correct answer A, B or C.
The title of the book is ______ .
A. Canadian Wilderness
B. The Incredible Journey
C. Sheila Burnford
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
Why do the animals leave the friend’s house?
A. They want to find their owners
B. They want to know how to survive life in the wilderness
C. They were not well treated by the friend
5. What is the central theme of the book?
A. How the animals 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

Task 2: Listen again and fill in the gaps.
Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a (1) ________ . The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the (2) ___________ to make it.
The author didn’t try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like (3) ____________ . Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their (4) ____________ 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) __________ or wanted one would enjoy it.
family
strength
humans
journey
pet
E. LANGUAGE FOCUS
GRAMMAR: MODALS IN THE PASSIVE VOICE
The report must be finished today.
The flowers should be kept in a warm sunny place.
______
______________
_________
__________
S +
must
can
may
should
have to
be going to
+ be past participle (V3)
1. They can buy toothpaste at the drug store.
______
___________
______________
 Toothpaste
can be
bought
at the drug store.
2. The enemy used to attack the bay.
_______________
_____________________
___________
 The bay
used to be
by the enemy.
attacked