What do you read

1.

2.

A Book
A book, I think, is very like
A little golden door
That takes me into places
Where I’ve never been before.
It leads me into fairyland
Or countries strange and far.
And, best of all, the golden door
Always stands ajar.

3.

Translate from Russian into English
Я хотел бы взять эту
книгу.
Какой жанр вам нравится?
Я люблю детективы.
Интересно, и я тоже.
Детективы это для всех.
Они заставляют людей
думать и щекочут нервы.
Я с вами согласен.
I would like to take a
book.
What genre do you like?
I like detective stories
It’s interesting. Me too.
Detective stories are for
everybody. They make
think and thrill.
I agree with you.

4.

Let us try to answer the following questions:
•What do you imagine when you think of literature?
•What kind of books do you know?
•Is reading important? Why?
•What British writers and poets do you know?

5.

Books review
сказка
фэнтези
детектив
Научная
фантастика
Роман
приключенческого или
любовного жанра
Исторический
роман
биография
ужасы
приключения

6.

Words and expressions
description
character
I can’t stand it…
I like…
imagination
I’m keen on…
I’m interested in…
It’s my cup of tea.
It’s not everybody cup of
tea.
I recommend
It’s worth reading
It’s not worth reading
It’s a waste of time
It bored me to death

7.

When I think of literature I imagine:
poetry
magazines
writers
Literature
books
poets
newspapers
bookshops
libraries

8.

Reading is important because…

9.

Listen to the dialogue
1) Does she like fiction or non-fiction?
a) Fiction
b) Non-fiction
c) Both
2) How many books is she reading now?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
Kerri
3) Who gave her The Ethics of Startrek?
a) Her dad
b) Her friend
c) Her uncle
4) When does she read?
a) On the train
b) On her lunch break
c) Before work
5) Who is her favorite author?
a) Mark Twain
b) Toni Morrison
c) She does not have one
Todd

10.

Transcript
Todd: Keri, let's talk about reading.
Kerri: OK.
Todd: First of all, do you like to read?
Kerri: Yes, I do!
Todd: What do you read usually?
Kerri: I kind of alternate between fiction and non-fiction.
Todd: OK. What are you reading now?
Kerri: I'm reading two books now. The Ethics of Startrek, which my uncle gave me, which
is non-fiction, and I just started it today: A Spy in the House of Love.
Todd: Oh, OK. It looks like a pretty good book. What is it about?
Kerri: Right now I've just started, so it's about a women who has been having an affair,
basically.
Todd: OK. When do you read? When do you find time to read?
Kerri: I read on the trains while I'm commuting to work. I read at night, on the weekends.
Todd: OK. What is your favorite author?
Kerri: I don't have a favorite author.
Todd: Yeah. it's kind of hard to pick.
Kerri: Yeah.
Todd: OK. Do you go to the library often?
Kerri: No, I don't.

11.

Interview
: …, let's talk about reading.
:
: First of all, do you like to read?
:
: What do you read usually?
:
: OK. What are you reading now?
:
: Oh, OK. Is it interesting?
:
: OK. When do you read?
:
: OK. What is your favorite author?
:
: OK. Do you go to the library often?
:

12.

Famous British writers and poets
L. Carrol
Arthur Conan Doyle
W. Shakespeare
R. Burns

13.

The famous people about books
and reading
Reading makes a full man.
Francis Bacon
History books which contain no lies are
extremely dull.
Anatole France
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the
body.
Richard Steel

14.

• What do you imagine when you think of
literature?
• What kind of books do you know?
• Is reading important? Why?
• What British writers and poets do you know?

15.

• Books are our friends. We can' t live without
books. I think you’ll agree that books give us
a lot of information and all kind of books help
everybody not only in education but in many
spheres of life too.