UNIT 11: BOOKS -LISTENING SECTION-

Nam Cao

Tô Hoài

Jack London

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

VOCABULARY wilderness (n) / ˈ w ɪ l.də.nəs/ an area of land that has not been used to grow crops or had towns and roads built on it.

unnoticed (adj) / ʌ n ˈ nə ʊ.t ɪ st/ without being seen or noticed e.g: We managed to slip away unnoticed

journey (n)/ ˈ d ʒɜː.ni/ the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle e.g: It's a two-hour train journey from York to London.

survive (v) /sə ˈ va ɪ v/ to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation e.g: The family are struggling to survive on very little money.

reunite (v) / ˌ ri ː.ju ːˈ na ɪ t/ to bring together again

TASK 1

True OR F alse 1.The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford is about two animal friends. 2.When a Canadian family goes to England for a long trip, they take their three pets along. 3.He writer recommends the book to anyone who likes animals. 4.Though the friend treats the pets well, the pets miss their family. 1.The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford is about two animal friends. 2.When a Canadian family goes to England for a long trip, they take their three pets along. 3.He writer recommends the book to anyone who likes animals. 4.Though the friend treats the pets well, the pets miss their family. TF F T F T

TASK 2

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 unbelieveable. 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 GAP-FILLING

POST LISTENING Work in group of four, discuss the following topic : “ Do you think that the habit of reading books of the young nowadays is being decrease? Point out some reason?” Work in group of four, discuss the following topic : “ Do you think that the habit of reading books of the young nowadays is being decrease? Point out some reason?”

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