Listening Unit 11 : Books

Before you listen (Trước khi bạn nghe)

Work in pairs. Your partner has just read an interesting book. What questions do you ask him / her to find as much as possible about the book? (Làm việc theo cặp. Bạn học của em vừa đọc một cuốn sách hay. Bạn hỏi bạn ấy những câu hỏi nào để tìm hiểu về cuốn sách càng nhiều càng tốt?)

• Have you read any book recently? (Gần đây bạn có đọc cuốn sách nào không?)
• What's the title of the book? (Nhan đề của cuốn sách là gì?)
• What's the sort of the book? (Thể loại của cuốn sách là gì?)
• Who's the author? (Tác giả là ai?)
• What does the book tell about? (Quyển sách nói về cái gì?)
• What's the plot? (Cốt truyện là gì?)
• What can you get from the book? (Bạn học được điều gì từ quyển sách?)
• What of the book interests you most? (Điều gì ở quyển sách mà bạn thích nhất?)

Listen and repeat. (Nghe và nhắc lại.)

• incredible: không thể tin được
• wilderness: nơi hoang vu
• fascinating: say mê, hấp dẫn
• unnoticed: không ai để ý, bị bỏ qua
• journey: hành trình
• personality: nhân cách/phẩm
• survive: sống
• reunited: hợp nhất lại

While you listen (Trong khi bạn nghe)

Listen to a woman talking about the book that she has just read and do the tasks that follow. (Nghe một phụ nữ nói về quyển sách bà ấy vừa đọc và làm bài tập theo sau.)

Task 1. Circle the correct answer A, B or C. (Khoanh tròn câu trả lời A, B hoặc C đúng nhất.)

Script:

I recently read The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford, a book about three animal friends who travel across the Canadian wilderness looking for their owners. It is a fascinating story that describes some of the incredible things animals can do.

   When a Canadian family goes to England for a long trip, they leave their three pets with a friend who lives 300 miles away. Though well treated by the friend, the pets miss their family. One day, they are also to leave the friend’s house unnoticed and begin the long journey to find their owners. The central theme of the book, a problem the animals must resolve, is how to survive in the wilderness in order to arrive home. They never could have completed the journey alone, but they take care of one another, and all the three make it and are reunited with their owners.

   Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a family. The most impressive of them is the old dog. The journey was the most difficult for him. but amazingly he found the sưenaih to make it.

   The author didn't try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like humans. Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their journey through animal eyes. That made the book interesting and unbelievable.

I would like lo recommend to anyone who likes animals. I think that anyone who has ever had a pet or wanted one would enjoy it.

• 1. B : The title of the book is The Incredible Journey. (Nhan đề của quyển sách là Một chuyến đi khó tin.)
• 2. C : The book is about three animal friends. (Quyển sách viết về 3 người bạn động vật.)
• 3. B : Where does the Canadian family go? - To England. (Ggia đình người Ca-na-đa đi đâu? – Đến Anh.)
• 4. A : Why do the animals leave the friend’s house? - They want to find their owners. (Tại sao các con vật lại rời nhà bạn của chúng? – Chúng muốn tìm chủ.)
• 5. A : What is the central theme of the book? - How the animals can survive life in the wilderness in order to get home.( Chủ đề trung tâm của quyển sách là gì? - Cách mà các con vật sống sót ở nơi hoang dã để về nhà.)

Task 2. Listen again and fill in the gaps in the passage. (Nghe lại và điền các chỗ trống trong đoạn văn.)

 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)__human__. 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.

After you listen (Sau khi bạn nghe)

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the question: Would you like to read the book or wouldn't you? Why /Why not? (Làm việc theo cặp. Hỏi và trả lời câu hỏi: Em có thích đọc sách không? Tại sao thích/ Tại sao không?)

Yes, I would like to read books. Because I read books:

• to get information and a better understanding of what we learn.
• to widen and improve our knowledge.
• to raise our awareness of the good things to do and the bad things to avoid.
• to relax our mind.

Dịch:

Có, tôi thích đọc sách. Bởi vì tôi đọc sách:

• Để lấy thông tin và hiểu hơn những gì chúng ta đã học.
• Để mở mang và trau dồi kiến thức.
• Để nâng cao nhận thức về những điều tốt đẹp cần làm và những điều xấu cần tránh.
• Để giải trí.