English 21204 Reading English Unit 10 A Long

English 21204 Reading English Unit 10 A Long Weekend

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 used The 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

����� 2 Reading Comprehension Circle 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

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Idioms 1. End up (doing something) = do something you didn’t plan to at first (������� 2. get in = inter a car or elevator. (������ ) 3. get out of = leave or exit a car or elevator ( ����� , ����� )

Vocabulary Reinforcement ����� 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

����� B: : Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra. got in tired shout ended up terrible trapped terrible A man in England had a (1)……………… experience with an elevator at his office. got in After he (2)…………. the elevator, trapped it broke and he was (3)…………………. shout The man tried to (4)…………for help, but it was a holiday so no one was in ended up the building. He (5)…………………. . staying in the elevator for more than sixty hours, without any food or water.

What do you think? 1. Imagine you were trapped in an 2. Elevator. What would you do? 2. Many people have a phobia ( a strong fear ) of elevators. Do you, or does anyone you know Have any phobias?

Thank you. See you next unit.