- •Introduction
- •Thematic vocabulary focus
- •1.1. Study the thematic vocabulary, be ready to answer the questions about books and reading.
- •1.2. Study the idioms. Get ready to give their Ukrainian equivalents. Make up your own examples with the vocabulary.
- •1.3. Paraphrase the sentences using the idioms.
- •1.4. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.
- •Reading and speaking section 1. Reading in your life
- •1.1. Read the poem “Unfolding Bud”. How does the author show that a poem “at a first glance” is like a tiny bud?
- •1.2. Express in your own words the idea of the poem.
- •1.3. Read the article below and be ready to give concise answers to the highlighted questions. EnJoying literature
- •2.2. Read the article quickly to find out what the following numbers refer to.
- •The Joy of Reading Leaves Men on the Shelf
- •2.3. Now read again more carefully and answer these questions.
- •2.4. Read the extract about oral reading and summarize each paragraph in one sentence.
- •2.5. Read the extract and answer the questions. How fast can you read?
- •3.2. The text on Literacy has six paragraphs, labelled a-f. Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.
- •Literacy
- •Section 2. Books and children
- •1.1. You will read an article written by a mother whose child started reading later than others. Before you read, in groups discuss the following.
- •1.2. The following words and phrases appear in the passage. Look at the title, then in pairs discuss how they might be connected with the subject of children learning to read.
- •1.3. Read the first and the last sentence of each paragraph. Can you guess what each paragraph is about? Now, read quickly and check. You can make me do it, but you can’t make me like it
- •1.4. Read the article. Six paragraphs have been removed. Insert them from the paragraphs (a – g). There is one paragraph you don’t need to use.
- •1.5. Match the words from the article with the definitions below, then use them in your own sentences. You may change the form of the verbs if you wish.
- •1.6. Explain the meaning of the following phrases taken from the article.
- •2.2. In groups, discuss the following problems.
- •2.3. Read the following tips for parents. Tick those ones which you think are the most important / helpful. What tips for parents would you add to encourage a child to read? Reading Tips 4 Parents
- •Section 3. Literature
- •1.1. Read the article, learn the literary terms. Forms ot literature
- •1.2. Fill in the appropriate word in the passages below.
- •Types of Books
- •Literary Elements
- •2.1. Read the text. Then circle the best answer: a, b, or c.
- •2.2. What do the underlined words from the text refer to? Circle a or b.
- •Section 4. Great writers
- •If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking
- •A love story
- •Sonnet 43
- •2.1. Read the article about the great English writer Charles Dickens and highlight the most important facts in his biography. Charles Dickens
- •2.2. Answer the questions based on the information from the article.
- •2.3. Recall one of Charles Dickens’ books that you have read and write a blurb for a publishing company (a short description by the publisher of the contents of the book).
- •3.1. Read the article about Washington Irving and highlight the most important facts in his biography. The first american classic
- •3.2. Look through the article about w. Irving again and find equivalents for the following.
- •3.3. Answer the questions about the first American classic.
- •Borrowing Books
- •1.2. Choose the right word or words.
- •1.3. Read the following library rules and give a foreign student some advice concerning borrowing books from a University library in Ukraine. How to borrow books
- •2.1. Look at this list of topics.
- •2.2. Answer the following questions.
- •Section 6. What makes a best-seller?
- •1.1. Read the article. Put the tips about writing a bestseller in the correct places 1-9 in the text.
- •So you want to write a best-seller?
- •1.2. Read the article again. Are these statements true (t) or false (f), according to the article?
- •1.3. The three boxes below contain useful vocabulary for writing about a book. Match each title to a box.
- •Harry Potter’s magician
- •2.2. Without looking back at the text, match the two halves of the phrases. Then read again and check.
- •3.1. Read the article. Which of these superheroes are being described?
- •Greatest superheroes of all time
- •3.2. Read the article again and answer the questions.
- •3.3. Read the text and the following statements on its content. Mark whether they are true (t) or false (f). My first book
- •Writing
- •Coherence and Cohesion
- •1.1. Which of these paragraphs has a problem with coherence? Which has a problem with cohesion?
- •1.2. Find three linking devices from the following list to match each of the headings below.
- •1.3. Rewrite Text a using reference words and linking devices to link the sentences more successfully and avoid unnecessary repetition.
- •Book reviews
- •2.1. You are going to read five reviews of popular science books. Answer the questions by choosing from the reviews (a-e). The reviews may be chosen more than once.
- •2.3. Which words and phrases in the reviews are used to describe plot, writing style and characters? Explain the following expressions in your own words:
- •2.5. Write a review (200-250 words) of your book. Before you start writing:
- •Supplementary materials
- •Pronounce the following words correctly.
- •Prove that:
- •3. Give your arguments for and against eBooks.
- •Charlotte Bronte
- •Oscar wilde
- •Oscar Wilde’s maxims
- •Library Collections
- •The British Library
- •1.1. Listen to three people talking about a book they have read recently. Take notes about it under the following headings.
- •2.1. Listen to Jerry talking about a book he enjoyed reading, the novel ‘How to be good’ by Nick Hornby. Which sentence best summarizes the story in the book?
- •2.3. Choose the correct answer. Fill in the blanks and write the exact words that Jerry uses.
- •Task 3. ‘After the lunch…’ (08 – 8.Mp3)
- •3.1. Four lines of the following poem are left out. Write the missing lines. After the lunch ...
- •4.4. Listen again to the excerpt from the radio play and write down the modern equivalents of the phrases and sentences in Task 3. Task 5. Smithereens (Recording 3.2.Mp3)
- •5.1. Read the poem “Smithereens” by Roger McGough, a popular modern poet.
- •Self – Study Assignment № 2 Suggested Topics for Project Work
- •Original passage from ‘Pride and Prejudice’
- •In a library
- •Bibliography
- •Contents
1.2. Choose the right word or words.
1. Why don’t you .......... (lend / take in / borrow) books from the local library?
2. There you can obtain everything ......... (above / beyond / under) the sun.
3. In the reading room you can ............ (go through / browse among / look up) all kinds of periodicals and handbooks.
4. There was something in .......... (that / what / which) Mother kept saying.
5. If you want to ............ (lend / borrow / hire) ............... (specialized / professional / engineering) literature, they can order it for you.
6. They’ve got a lot of reference books covering a vast ........ (rank / extent / range) of subjects.
7. You must look ....... (in/ up / out) the index.
8. The young librarian ……….. (introduced / showed / initiated) him how to fill ... …. (up/ in / out) the form.
9. There’s no sense in ……... (collecting / amassing / accumulating) expensive books.
10. He did not want to be ......... (put / taken / made) to shame by ...... (obtaining / receiving / getting) ........ (remains / remembrances / reminders) from the librarian.
1.3. Read the following library rules and give a foreign student some advice concerning borrowing books from a University library in Ukraine. How to borrow books
Registration: Undergraduates may use the Library as soon as they have registered as readers. A green card for this purpose is provided during registration, and should be completed and handed in at the issue desk in the Main Library. Readers undertake to obey the Library Rules, which are printed in the General Regulations and Information for Students, and are exhibited on the library notice board.
Upon graduation, membership of the Library ceases. Graduates who wish to continue to use the Library must apply for re-registration.
Borrowing books: Undergraduates and students for the Diploma of Education may borrow up to three books at a time by filling in a voucher in pencil for each book borrowed. A work in several volumes requires only one voucher. The period of loan is one week, and all books must be returned at the end and beginning of each term. Periodicals may not be borrowed by undergraduates.
Returning books: Return your books to the issue desk and wait for your vouchers as a receipt. If they cannot be found, make sure that the transaction is recorded, since you are liable for books issued in your name as long as the vouchers remain at the issue desk. Readers should never pass books on to the other people.
Renewing books: Books not required by other readers may be renewed, except at the beginning or end of term.
Reserving books: You may reserve any book, except at the beginning or end of term. Lists of persons for whom books are available are placed on the notice-board every Tuesday and Friday. Books not collected within three days are returned to the shelves or allocated to the next reader on the list.
Reference and reserved books: These may be used in the library by filling in a yellow voucher at the issue desk. As these works are in demand readers are asked to return them promptly and not to leave them lying on the tables. They may be borrowed overnight after 9.00 p.m. provided that they are returned by 10.00 a.m. the next morning.
Vacation reading: You may borrow three books for the whole of each vacation. Notices giving the date on which books may be borrowed for the vacation will be exhibited a few days before the end of each term.
Lost books: If you lose a book report it at once. If it is not found within a reasonable period you will be asked to pay the cost of replacing it. This sum will be refunded if the book is subsequently found.
Fines: The fine for not returning a book on time is $1 a day or part of a day. The fine on books not returned at the beginning or end of term is $2, a day or part of a day for each book. Reminders are not sent out until a book is three weeks overdue, and you are urged, in your own interests, to return or renew books promptly.
(From Students’ Guide to the University Libraries)
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