It has no mouth but speaks.�It is not a tree but it has leaves.�It is not alive but it can be a good friend.
BOOKS IN OUR LIFE
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МЕТА
WHAT IS A BOOK?
A book …
is a memory of
the nation.
is a source of
information
is a chance to
spend time
with pleasure
is full of mystery.
You always don’t know
what will be in the end.
contains new ideas
is always different
PHONETIC EXERCISE:
“Life without books is as tree without leaves”
The genres of literature�All literature is divided into: �fiction and science-fiction (non-fiction)
Read and define the genres of the books:
dectives
Aliens, spaceships, trips to the Moon and star wars.
Fantastic stories
Wizards, witches and other magic objects that help good people. The story is usually long and the plot is complicated.
Fantasy
Princes and princesses, very bad witches and magic animals that help good people. The plot is usually very simple. Good people are rewarded. Bad people are punished.
Fairy tales
Pirates, cowboys, boys and girls are always doing exciting things. There are faraway islands, lost treasures, a lot of danger. But there is a happy ending.
adventures
Vampires, witches, ghosts and scary supernatural events.
Horror stories
Things that happened in the past. Some characters may be not real, but the description of the period is good.
Historical stories
Love and hate.
The characters go through a lot of difficulties.
Love stories
Answer the questions
Pre-reading task. Read the poems.
New vocabulary (p.114-115)
Read and translate (ex.1, p.114-115)
“Books and friends should be few but good,” says an English proverb. “Except1 a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book! It teaches us and opens its heart to us as a brother,” wrote Charles
Kingsley, an English writer of the 19th century. The book is certainly a friend and a teacher. We learn many things by reading books. Books teach people to live. After reading some books it is easy to understand what should be done and what must not be done. There are books which help pupils with their lessons.
In general, books can be divided into two main groups: fi ction and non-fiction. Fiction books contain made-up stories, nonfiction books are books that give facts. In ancient times books were written by hand and few copies were made. Sometimes several men were needed to copy a book as the work was slow. For many years the number of books in the
world was
very small. Only a few people had
copies of them to read and study.
The invention of printing changed
a lot in history. Printing played a very
important role in the development of
culture, science and literature.
world was very small. Only a few people had copies of them to read and study. The invention of printing changed a lot in history. Printing played a very important role in the development of culture, science and literature.
Today, there are many thousands of public libraries in Ukraine.
Librarians are always ready to help people to find a book on any subject if those do not know the title of the book they want. Those who know how to use the catalogue can find a book and needn’t consult the librarian.
Conferences, exhibitions and other events take place in libraries. Thematic selections of books are prepared beforehand to help the visitors develop their reading preferences.
Literature is my favourite subject at school. Ukrainian is my
mother tongue, so I understand its beauty very well. That’s why I’m fond of the world of Ukrainian poetry. It’s the poetry of love for people and the native land. Every Ukrainian should read such famous authors as Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Franko or Lesia Ukrainka. They described the real life of Ukrainian people in the past. Their books are very truthful and interesting. Among the modern Ukrainian poets I like Lina Kostenko most of all. I study English at school. I hope that time will come and I’ll be able to read the poetry of famous English poets like William Shakespeare, Robert Burns and George Gordon Byron in the original. I’m trying to do this now, but mostly I’ve read their Ukrainian and Russian translations.
I think these poets opened their great and generous hearts to us.
Here’s my favourite poem by R. Burns, a Scottish national poet. And I am proud to show my own translation of this beautiful poem.
He was fond of Scottish folk songs
and ballads. He is considered to be
the founder of a historical novel.
She was born in 1890.
She wrote 66 detective novels. She died in 1976.
He was English. He was born in 1564. He was a dramatist, a poet and an actor. He died in 1616.
He was born in 1859. He was a
writer of detective stories. The
main character of his stories is
Sherlock Holmes.
Agatha
Christie
Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle
Walter
Scott
William
Shakespeare
Lewis Carroll is a pen name of Charles Dodgson, the man who wrote such famous books for children as Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Lewis Carroll was a wonderful children’s writer. He understood children and he
could enter the world of children’s imagination.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens wrote under the name Mark Twain. Clemens was well-known as the author of the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and other novels about growing up in a small town on the Mississippi River in the USA.
Homework. �1. ex.1 p.114 – read and translate�2. p.115, 117 – learn for dictation�3. Write and learn: