Unit 10A Long Weekend

English 21204 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 usedThe 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 ComprehensionCircle 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

สำ�นวน to be broken หม�ยถึงอะไรหม�ยถึง stop working

ใชใ้นรูป intransitive verb (ไมต้่องมกีรรม) ได้ เชน่ My watch was broken. หรอื I can’t drive my car to work because it was broken.

Idioms1. End up (doing something) = do something you didn’t plan to at first (ทำ�สิง่ท่ีไมไ่ด้ว�งแผนไวว้�่จะทำ� )

2. get in = inter a car or elevator. (เข�้ไปข�้งใน)

3. get out of = leave or exit a car or elevator ( ออกไป, จ�กไป )

Vocabulary Reinforcementแบบฝึกหัด 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 good b. very bad c. very cold d. very hot

2. The bird’s nest was very difficult to see up in the tree. a. cage b. bell c. brain d. 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. message b. festival c. belief d. bet

5. At the end of the long day, we felt kind of tired.

a. cruel b. sleepy c. terrible d. 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 trappedA 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 intrapped

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 knowHave any phobias?

Thank you.See you next unit.