English for today Class Eight, Unite 4, Lesson 1, Introducing a table of contents

Unit Four

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Learning outcomes

After we have studied this unit, we will be able to
• read and understand content pages in books
• look up words in a dictionary

Lesson: 1 | Introducing a table of contents

A. Look at the table and talk about it in groups.

B. Now answer the questions below.

1. Is the table familiar to you?

2. Where do you find it?

3. What is the table about?

4. What is this table called?

C. Read the text and discuss in groups. Then try to find answers to the following questions.

You get a new book in hand. You see the title of the book and you want to read it. But does the title only give you enough information about what the book is all about? You also find the book divided into a few parts. Suppose you want to read a certain part of the book. Certainly you will not like to waste time looking for it in the whole book.
1. How do you know which page to look for it? What do you do?
2. Do you think the table in A can help you? How?

D. Look at the table of contents in Section A. Then ask and answer the questions below.

1. What are the topics at page numbers vii, xiii, xv ?

2. If you want to read about the Hippopotamus, what unit and page numbers should you go to ?

3. What is the content at page number 65 ?

4. What page does the unit 2 start at and where does it end ?

5. Which topics appear between pages 26 -28?