Unit 6
The Pleasure of
reading
“The Reader of Books”
( After Roald Dahl)
Warm-up
1 Divide the words into 4 groups
Matilda, Michael, perfectly, pop-eyed, household, telly,
storytellers, watchful, transport, speech, speaking, popped, spoiled, to
manage, cosy, a cosy, devoured, searched, to introduce, impression, contents,
chatterbox, container, an edition, fascinating, contained, adventure.
2 Add at least 3 words to each group
3 Make 3 sentences about the readers of books
Reading
4 Read the text “The Reader of books” and say what
made Matilda an unusual girl.
5 Underline the unknown words. Try to guess their
meanings after looking them up in a dictionary.
6 Match the questions with the answers:
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1) Who is Matilda?
2) Who is Michael?
3) Who is Mrs Phelps?
4) Who could read fast and
well at the age of 4?
5) What was Matilda’s
progress in reading?
6) What book did Mrs Phelps
recommend ?
7) Was Matilda a noisy
chatterbox?
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a) No, she wasn’t. She liked
to read very much.
b) Michael was a Matilda’s
brother.
c) The reader of books could
read fast and well at the age of 4.
d)
e) Mrs Phelps was a
librarian.
f) Matilda was a little
girl.
g) Mrs Phelps recommended the
“Great Expectations”
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Grammar focus
7 Make true sentences:
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Matilda's brother Michael
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was
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a
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perfectly normal boy
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Matilda
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decided to walk to
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the
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The parents
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her
into new worlds and introduced her to wonderful people who lived exciting
lives
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Matilda
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came to
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the
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library every afternoon
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called her
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a
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nosy chatterbox
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The
books
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transported
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public library in the village all by herself
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Speaking
8 Interview your classmate about his or her reading.
Use the questions given below
A. Who said
it?
1.
"What's wrong with the telly?" 2. "Would you like me to help you
find a nice one with
lots of pictures in it?" 3. "I've finished all the children's books."
4. "If
it's too long for
you, just let me know." 5. "Did you know that
public libraries allow you to borrow books and take them home?"
B. Who did
it?
1. Could read
fast and well at the age of four. 2. Was left alone in the house nearly every weekday
afternoon. 3. Gave Matilda advice about choosing books. 4. Asked Matilda about
her impression of the books. 5. Began to borrow books from the library. 6.
Travelled all over the world with the help of reading.
C. Choose the right item.
1. Matilda
had an elder ... .
a) brother b) sister
2.
The only book Matilda's parents had was
a ... .
a) travel book b) cook c) book
3.
Mrs Phelps was a ... .
a) teacher b) librarian
4.
At first Matilda read ... books,
a) children's b) popular
5.
Matilda liked ... the books she read,
a) some of b) all
6. Mrs Phelps thought that Dickens was ... for Matilda
a) too difficult b)just right
7.
The first book by Dickens that Matilda
read was ... .
a) "Oliver
Twist" b) "Great Expectations"
8.
When Matilda began to borrow books from
the library she turned her ... into a reading room.
a) living room b) bedroom
9. She liked to drink ... when she was reading,
a) tea (b) chocolate
Writing
9 Write a story of about 50
words: “My friend is a reader of books1”.
Learn
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perfectly,
pop-eyed, household, telly, storytellers, watchful, transport, speech,
speaking, popped, spoiled, to manage, cosy, a cosy, devoured, searched, to
introduce, impression, contents, chatterbox, container, an edition,
fascinating, contained, adventure
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