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UNIT 4 CHAPTER 1 Sepak Takraw

Before You Read A Think about answers to these questions.
Play Ball!
1 How do you hit a ball? Kick a ball? Throw a ball? For each verb, do
the action.
2 Look at the passage on the next page. Read the title and look at the
photos. Do you know this sport? How do you think you play this game?

B Discuss your answers with a partner.

Reading Skill A There are five paragraphs in the passage on the next page. Read only
Reading for Details the first sentence of each paragraph. Then answer the question below.

You want to know how to play sepak takraw. Which paragraph(s) should you
When we read for read? �the number of the paragraph(s).
details, we read slowly.
For example, when we 0 8 0 0 8
read instructions, we
read carefully so we B Carefully read the paragraph(s) you circled in A. Then @ the
do not miss anything correct words to complete the sentences.
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c- Sepak T a kraw Game Rule�L,
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1 Players use a ( large I small ) ball.
2 T h ere are ( two I three ) players on each team.
3 Players can use their ( heads I hands ) to pass the ball over the net.
4 Your team scores a point when the other team ( kicks I drops ) the ball.
5 T h ere are ( two I three ) sets in a game.
6 To win a set, you must score ( 15 I 20 ) points.
7 To win the game, you must win ( two I three ) sets.

C Now read the entire passage on the next page. Then answer the
questions on page 52.

Humor and reading. What is the funniest thing you have read in the past week? Reading comic strips
can be a fun thing to do. Humor is often based on cultural issues. Reading and understanding humor in English
can be a good way to learn more about the world.

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