2F. Reading

1. Look at the photos. What do you think the text is about? Choose from headlines a, band c.

(Nhìn vào những bức ảnh. Bạn nghĩ bài đọc nói về điều gì? Chọn từ các tiêu đề a, b, c.)

a. Tourists’ fishing trip disaster. (Thuyền đánh cá của hành khách gặp nạn)

b. How to protect sea creatures. (Làm cách nào để bảo vệ các loài sinh vật biển.)

c. Fish rescues sailors. (Cá giải cứu các thủy thủ.)

3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the text, focusing on each gap and thinking about what might happen next.

(Đọc Chiến thuật Đọc hiểu. Sau đó đọc bài khóa, tập trung vào mỗi khoảng trống và nghĩ xem chuyện gì sẽ xảy ra tiếp theo.)

Reading Strategy (Chiến thuật đọc hiểu)

When you do a task with gapped sentences in a narrative text, look carefully at the sentence before each gap and think about what is likely to happen next. Then look at the options and see which of the sentences matches your ideas. Finally, check that the text reads smoothly with your chosen sentence in place.

(Khi bạn làm bài điền câu vào chỗ trống trong một bài văn tự sự, cẩn thận nhìn vào câu trước của mỗi chỗ trống và suy nghĩ xem điều gì sẽ xảy ra tiếp theo.)

4. Match sentences A-F with gaps 1-5 in the text. There are one extra sentences. Do any of the sentences match your ideas from exercise 3?

A. So Dan and Kate started to swim as fast as they could towards land.

B. The captain helped them as they climbed onto dry land.

C. He gave them water and food, and stayed with them until the police arrived.

D. So they did, and a few minutes later, the boat disappeared under the waves.

E. Out of the water at last, they lay down and rested.

F. But they couldn't get out of the water here.

A dream holiday turned into a nightmare for an American brother and sister, Dan and Kate Suski. During a fishing trip in the Caribbean, their boat sank.

The weather wasn't brilliant that day, but Dan had caught a huge fish! He was trying to pull it onto the boat when the captain realised water was coming into the cabin. The boat was sinking last. The captain used his radio to send a message for help. Then he shouted, ‘Jump out!’. (1) _____. They were about 15 km from land.

The captain said that help was coming. The weather was now awful, but they were wearing life jackets. After an hour, the captain and the Suskis lost each other, and there was no sign of rescue. (2) _____. They were both thinking the same terrifying thought: sharks! 

A helicopter appeared, but nobody saw Dan and Kate in the water. Day turned to night and the Suskis swam for fourteen hours. Finally, they saw some cliffs; they were near land! (3) _____. There were dangerous sharp rocks. By now, they were exhausted. Eventually, they reached a sandy beach. (4) ____.

Then they found a town and picked some green bananas. Finally, they met a young farm worker (5) _____. He also gave them some tragic news: the captain was lost at sea. After a few days in hospital Dan and Kale were fine. Their story had another happy ending: a rescue boat found the captain after 23 hours on the water!

 5. Read the text again. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.

(Đọc lại bài khóa một lần nữa. Những câu sau đúng hay sai? Viết T hoặc F.)

1. Dan was the first person to see that there was a problem with the boat.

2. The boat sank before Dan and Kate could jump into the water.

3. A helicopter saw Dan and Kate in the sea, but it couldn't rescue them.

4. When Dan and Kate reached land, they couldn't get out of the water at first.

5. There was nobody on the beach when Dan and Kate got out of the sea.

6. Read the Learn this! box and complete it with the adjectives below. (Đọc hộp Learn this! và hoàn thành nó với các tính từ bên dưới.)

LEARN THIS! Extreme adjectives

a. Some adjectives are extreme equivalents of simpler adjectives.

delicious = very tasty 

disgusting = very unpleasant 

fantastic = very (1) _____

filthy = very (2) _____

starving= very (3) _____

tiny = very (4) _____

b. Very common adjectives often have more than one extreme equivalent

enormous, massive, gigantic, giant, immense = very big

8. Work in pairs. Prepare an interview with Dan or Kate. (Làm việc theo cặp. Chuẩn bị phỏng vấn với Dan hoặc Kate.)

Student A: You are the interviewer. Write six questions using the prompts below and/ or your own ideas.

(Học sinh A: Bạn là người phỏng vấn. Viết 6 câu hỏi dùng gợi ý bên dưới hoặc ý tưởng của bạn.)

Student B: You are Dan or Kate. Prepare your answers to Student A's questions. Use as much information from the text as you can.

(Học sinh B: Bạn là Dan hoặc Kate. Chuẩn bị câu trả lời cho các câu hỏi của A. Dùng càng nhiều chi tiết trong bài càng tốt.)

1. what/ weather/ like/ that day?

2. what/ you/ doing?

3. what /happened/ boat?

4. why/ you/ start/ swimming?

5. how/ you/ feel?

6. how/ you/ reach safety?