Unit 11: Books

B. Speaking (Trang 122 SGK Tiếng Anh 12)

Task 1. Work in pairs. Complete the following conversation and practise reading it. (Làm việc theo cặp. Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau và thực hành đọc.)

Gợi ý:

Conversation 1

A: What sort of books do you Iike reading?

A: How do you often read books?

A: When do you often read books?

Task 2. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about each other's reading habits, using the questions in the conversation. (Làm việc theo cặp. Lẫn nhau hỏi và trả lời về thói quen đọc sách, sử dụng những câu hỏi ở bài hội thoại.)

Gợi ý hỏi và trả lời:

A: What sort of books do you read?

B: I like reading books on science and history.

A: Why do you like reading these kinds of books?

B: Well, books on science show us how things work and affect our lives, and history books tell us the important events and figures that we can withdraw some useful lessons for us from the variety of spheres of life, intellectual and moral.

A: Then how do you read books?

B: There are various ways of reading books. But according to me, reading the content of the book first to see if it contains any interesting ideas, then I read the preface if I have time.

A: How do you often read books?

B: Usually I read them in my free time. I also read books on my long trip or journey.

A: Where do you often read books?

B: Usually at home.

A: Do you think a library is an appropriate place to read books?

B: Sure, no other better place.

Task 3. Work in pairs. Complete the following conversation and practise reading it. (Làm việc theo cặp. Hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại sau và thực hành đọc.)

Gợi ý:

Conversation 2

A: What are you reading at the moment?

A: Who is the main character?

A: What is he like?

Task 4. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the book you are reading or you have read. Note down the answers. (Làm việc theo cặp. Hỏi và trả lời về cuốn sách bạn đang đọc hoặc bạn đã đọc. Ghi lại các câu trả lời.)

Gợi ý:

A: What are you reading at the moment?

B: At this moment? I'm reading "Die Another Day".

A: Who is the main character?

B: The main character is James Bond – 007.

A: What is he like?

B: He is very brave, talented, handsome, intelligent and humorous. He struggled against terrorism and saved the world from the war.

Task 5. Work in groups. Report the results to the group. (Làm việc nhóm. Tường thuật kết quả tới nhóm.)

Gợi ý:

- At the moment, Nam is 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.