- •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
2.2. Read the article quickly to find out what the following numbers refer to.
95,000 899 35 55
55,000 12 793 47 22
The Joy of Reading Leaves Men on the Shelf
(1) When it comes to reading habits, women are chapters ahead of men, a survey reveals today. The study of what Britons read – and when – found that 35% of men had not read a book for pleasure for five years or more, compared to only one in five women.
(2) The survey, conducted by Book Marketing Ltd, also reveals that while 47% of women claimed to have finished a book in the previous fortnight, only 30% of men could say the same. Reading habits differ markedly with age; whereas only 18% of those aged 15 to 24 had read a book in the week before they were questioned, the figure for people aged between 25 and 34 was 21%, and 41% for those over 55.
(3) Cookery books, with many titles linked to a television series, are the most popular type of book bought, although romantic fiction and puzzle books have the biggest volume of sales. For example, culinary titles were bought by 21% of those who purchased a book compared to 18% who bought a crime story or thriller, 12% who bought a romantic novel and 7% who bought a work of 20th-century fiction.
(4) A quick look around London book stores yesterday bore out some of the findings, with a range of cookery books, romantic works and thrillers on the bestseller racks. Also selling well were novels that had won literary prizes and what one bookseller called ‘trophy’ books, titles which look good on the bookshelf, but which tend to be more purchased than read.
(5) The finding that women are greater readers than men was supported by a quick survey of book buyers by this newspaper. “I think it’s because women are continually trying to change and improve themselves, and are more flexible and open to new experiences,” Liz Kay, a curator at the Tate Gallery, said. Tamsin Summerson, 22, said she was aware of the difference among her friends. “If you ask a man what book they’ve just read, they’re likely to have forgotten or they will change the subject. On the other hand, with a woman, you’re likely to get into a lengthy discussion about it.”
(6) But whichever sex you are, it is getting harder to be well-read. The number of books published in Britain has risen steadily in recent years, from just under 55,000 in 1987 to just over 95,000 today. Book prices have also risen from an average of £7.93 for a novel in 1991 compared with £8.99 today. Consumer spending on books has jumped from £755 million in 1985 to £1673 million.
2.3. Now read again more carefully and answer these questions.
Why has the writer used the expression ‘chapters ahead’?
In your own words explain the term ‘for pleasure’.
What does ‘the same’ in paragraph 2 refer to?
What does the word ‘markedly’ mean?
What does ‘the figure’ in paragraph 2 refer to?
What are ‘culinary titles’?
What does the phrasal verb ‘bore out’ mean?
Explain in your own words why ‘trophy books’ may be ‘more purchased than read’.
What do you understand by the adverb ‘steadily’?
Explain in your own words the term ‘consumer spending’.
Which word is used in the article for the conclusions drawn from the information collected in the survey?