tailieunhanh - Reading upper intermediate part 2

In any given book the skill bein^; dealt with serves as the focus of attention and is always interwoven with and supported by other skills. This enables teachers to concentrate on skills development without losing touch with the more complex reality of language use. | Until 3 Player B might now take the seeds from his third cup leaving . and so on. You may get a large accumulation of seeds in one cup. You are allowed to check the number in your own but not in your opponent s. As the game proceeds if the last seed of a move ends on 15 your opponent s side of the board in a cup which now has two or three seeds no more or less including this last one you win these seeds. Scoop them out and put them in a separate pile to be counted at the end. When this happens you also win the seeds from any consecutively preceding cups on your opponent s side which contain two or three 20 seeds so add these to your pile. A gains nothing by moving the seeds from her sixth cup. But if she moves the seeds from her fifth she will gain three from B s first cup though she can t of course collect from the previous cup because it is her own. Nothing is gained by A moving the seeds from her fourth cup but if she 25 moves the seven from her third cup she will end in B s fourth and collect two from there and three from the cup immediately preceding it. But she can t collect the one from B s second cup because there is only one and because the sequence is broken she can t collect three from B s first cup. Still A gains five and this is plainly the best move. Furthermore 30 there are now three in each of her last two cups instead of two and this protects A against B s sixth cup. B s only way of gaining now is by moving the three from his fifth cup. He will gain two from A s second where he ends. 4 Unit 1 35 Sometimes a large number of seeds may accumulate in a single cup If it is now A s move she will gain nine. Her twenty-seven will go twice round the board plus three more cups. She will end in B s third which will have three. So will B s second and first and A will collect them all though not the two in her own sixth because that is on her own side. 40 If B is left with no seeds after his move and A has a choice of moves A must if possible enable B to move .