Unit 10 A Long Weekend English Reading English

What is it? A lift ( an elevator) What is it for? Taking people up and down inside the building

What can you see in the lift (elevator)? And what are they for? The floors numbers Open / close

Have you ever used The lift (elevator)? Yes, I have. No, I haven’t.

Are you afraid when you are in the lift?. No, I’m not. How do you feel?. I feel wonderful.

Which do you prefer?. Walking up the stairs or taking the lift? Taking the lift is better. Do you know the word “ Phobia”?. Yes. A strong unreasonable fear or hated of a particular thing

แบบฝึกหัด 2 Reading Comprehension Circle the letter of the best answer. 1.Why could Mr. Coates not get out of the elevator? a. It was broken. b. It was the weekend c. It was in an office d. It was a holiday

2.What is NOT a reason why Mr. Coates spent so long to the elevator? a. It was a three days weekend. b. He had no food or drink. c. The elevator was stuck between two floors. d. There was no telephone in the elevator

3. How long was he in the elevator? a. twenty-four hours b. more than sixty hours c. from Saturday to Monday. d. from Tuesday to Saturday.

4.How was Mr. Coates able to get out of the elevator? a. He telephoned his coworkers. b. The elevator started again. c. The vice president discovered the elevator wasn’t working. d. His coworkers found him when they came back to work on Monday.

5. What is the best title for this story? a. An Interesting Elevator b. Elevator Safely c. A Busy Weekend d. Trapped in an Elevator

สำนวน to be broken หมายถึงอะไร หมายถึง stop working ใช้ในรูป intransitive verb ( ไม่ต้องมีกรรม ) ได้ เช่น My watch was broken. หรือ I can’t drive my car to work because it was broken.

Idioms 1.End up (doing something) = do something you didn’t plan to at first ( ทำสิ่งที่ไม่ได้วางแผนไว้ว่าจะทำ ) 2.get in = inter a car or elevator. ( เข้าไปข้างใน ) 3.get out of = leave or exit a car or elevator ( ออกไป, จากไป )

Vocabulary Reinforcement แบบฝึกหัด A. Circle the letter of the words that best match the words in italics. 1. Did you try the soup? It’s terrible.. a. Very goodb. very bad c. very coldd. very hot

2.The bird’s nest was very difficult to see up in the tree. a. cageb. bell c. braind. home 3. That dog is dangerous. a. is tired b. is very weak c. may bite you d. wants some food

4. Everyone was out, so I wrote a note for them. a. messageb. festival c. belief d. bet 5. At the end of the long day, we felt kind of tired. a. cruel b. sleepy c. terribled. popular 6. You have to twist the top to open the bottle. a. close b. open c turn d. shout

แบบฝึกหัด B:: Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra. got in shout terrible tired ended up trapped A man in England had a (1)……………… experience with an elevator at his office. After he (2)…………………….the elevator, it broke and he was (3)…………………. The man tried to (4)……………………for help, but it was a holiday so no one was in the building. He (5)………………….. staying in the elevator for more than sixty hours, without any food or water. terrible got in trapped shout ended up

What do you think? 1.Imagine you were trapped in an Elevator. What would you do? 2. Many people have a phobia ( a strong fear ) of elevators. Do you, or does anyone you know Have any phobias?

Thank you. See you next unit.