Part 2. Book collecting.

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS:

a nucleus ['njuːklɪəs] a research [rɪ'sɜːʧ] unique [juː'niːk] ancient ['eɪnʃənt] to value ['væljuː] an edition [ɪ'dɪʃn] science fiction ['fɪkʃn] a science ['saɪəns] a volume ['vɔljuːm] rare [rɛə] to contain [kən'teɪn]  printing style antiquarian [ˌæntɪ'kwɛərɪən] a jumble-sale ['ʤʌmbl]

ядро, центр исследование уникальный древний ценить издание, публикация научная фантастика наука книга, том редкий содержать печатный стиль антикварный благотворительная распродажа

Book collecting.

Book collecting is a popular hobby. Many people collect books because they enjoy reading and like to collect things. Private book collections have formed the nucleus of some of the world’s most important libraries. Some people have also presented their collections to universities, where the books may be used for study and research. There are many types of book collections, unique or ancient book collections.

Author collections concentrate on the works of a single author. Book collectors especially value editions with the autograph of the author.

Subject collections include books on a particular subject, such as science fiction or books about sports or sportsmen. Some subject collections are vast with thousands of volumes, but most are much smaller.

Title collections consist of as many as possible editions of a single title. The editions which are translated into different languages are also included.

Unique or ancient book collections focus on books that are unusually beautiful, rare, very old, or of an unusual shape and size. These collections may contain books with unique illustrations, with rare printing styles.

Collectors find books for their collections in rare-book shops, antiquarian bookshops, secondhand bookshops, and at jumble-sales.

Exercise 1. Translate into Russian: to enjoy reading; rare-book shops; jumble-sale; the world’s most important libraries; the works of a single author; thousands of volumes; title collections; unique illustrations; particular subject; different languages; ancient books; for study and research.

Exercise 2. Find the equivalents of these expressions in the text:научная фантастика; благотворительная распродажа; редкий печатный стиль; частные коллекции книг; автограф автора; книги о спорте; необычный размер и форма; антикварные книжные магазины; включать в себя книги на определённую тему.

Exercise 3. Try to match up the adjectives on the left with the nouns on the right.

1. unusual a) illustrations

2. different b) shop

3. particular c) hobby

4. unique d) collection

5. single e) subject

6. printing f) author

7. ancient g) languages

8. rare-book h) shape

9. popular i) styles

Exercise 4. Answer the questions:

1. Why do people collect books?

2. What are general types of book collections?

3. What is author collection?

4. What kind of books do subject collections include?

5. What do you know about title collections?

6. What can you tell about unique book collections?

7. Where do collectors find books?

8. Do you like books? Do you collect books?

Exercise 5. Give the degrees of comparison of the following adjectives: rare, popular, new, hard, wide, widespread, fast, good, heavy, bad, interesting, important, great.

Exercise 6. Decide which word is the odd one out in each of the following groups of words.

1. games, sports, autographs, physical activity;

2. unique, unusual, rare, usual;

3. knitting, buttons, books, dolls;

4. ceramics, singing, metalworking, jewellery making;

5. music, dancing, painting, games.

Exercise 7. Divide the following words and phrases into groups: arts, collecting, handicrafts, games and sports.

To sew, music, to sing, dancing, painting, stamps, coins, needlework, physical activity, knitting, models, competitions, exercise, to play the piano, to play football, ceramics, to crochet, autographs, rare books, to attend concerts, to play tennis.