BEFORE YOU LISTEN 

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 từng đôi. Bạn cùng học của em vừa đọc một quyển sách hay. Em hỏi bạn ấy câu hỏi gì để tìm hiểu về quyển sách càng nhiều càng tốt)

Listen and repeat.

(Nghe và nhắc lại.)

incredible /ɪnˈkredəbl/ (adj): lạ thường         

journey /ˈdʒɜːni/ (n): hành trình             

wilderness /ˈwɪldənəs/ (n): sự hoang dã

personality /ˌpɜːsəˈnæləti/ (n): nhân cách         

fascinating  /ˈfæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ (adj): hấp dẫn           

survive /səˈvaɪv/ (v): tồn tại             

unnoticed /ˌʌnˈnəʊtɪst/ (adj): không ai chú ý

reunited /ˌriːjuˈnaɪtɪd/ (adj): đoàn tụ

WHILE YOU LISTEN

Listen to a woman talking about the book dial 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 kèm theo.)

Task 1: Circle the correct answer A, B or C.

(Khoanh câu trả lời đúng nhất.)

 Questions

1. The title of the book is           .

A. Canadian Wilderness

B. The Incredible Journey

C. Sheila Burnford

2. The book is about           .

A. a Canadian family

B. three Canadian friends

C. three animal friends

3. Where does the Canadian family go?

A. To visit a friend who lives 300 miles away.

B. To England.

C. To the Canadian wilderness.

4. Why do the animals leave the friend’s house?

A. They want to find their owners.

B. They want to know how to survive life in the wilderness.

C. They were not well treated by the friend.

5. What is the central theme of the book?

A. How the animals can survive life in the wilderness in order to get home.

B. How to resolve an animal problem.

C. How to take care of other people.

Task 2: Listen again and fill in the gaps in the passage.

(Nghe lại và điền các chỗ trổng ở đoạn văn.)

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 unbelievable.

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.