Daily Archives: 08.01.2016
Reading
Some people think that as more and more people have television in their homes; fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel, when a play on television can tell you some story with colour, picture and action?
Why read the biographies of famous men and women, when an hour-long television programs can tell you all that you want to know?
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers and magazines sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books published today as paperback books, which are reasonably cheap. A paperback novel, for example, is almost always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or theatre, and you keep a book forever and read it many times.
Books in the home are a wonderful source of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. Every home should have an atlas of the world, with large clear maps. It might be expensive, but a good encyclopedia is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. In addition, it is useful to have on your bookshelves other non-fiction books such as history books, science textbooks, cookery books, books about medicine and health, etc. It is equally important to have some fiction on your shelves, too. Then you can relax with a good story, or from time to time you can take a book of poems of your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your fovourite poems.
Country Study Test 3
Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D:
1. England has an area of more than … thousand square miles.
A. 50
B. 60
C. 40
D. 70
2. The climate of England is …
A. subtropical
B. dry
C. temperate
D. continental
3. Scotland is famous for its …
A. seas which enter deeply into the land
B. long rivers
C. flats
D. beautiful large lakes with mountains round them
Country Study Test 2
Tick true or false statements (+) or (-)
1.The American drama became American only in the 20th century.
2. From 1920 to 1950, American playwrights became theatrical innovators.
3. America’s blend of music originated from chamber music.
4. Trying to develop an American sound, composers brought European traditions.
5. Country music has made an important contribution to rock’n’roll.
6. American art is characterized by bright national peculiarities.
7. The third group of American artists that had broken with the previous course of American art was known as the Ash Can School.
8. There were no permanent theatres dedicated solely to showing films.
9. Hollywood became the major center for production.
10. The annual award in many categories is given once a decade.
11. Animations are films in which drawings are photographed to create the illusion of movement, usually by means of exposing the film frame by frame.
12. The American nation is blessed with rich people.
13. Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th because this is a day when the Continental Congress read the Declaration of Independence publicly.
14. Americans eat a lot but they don’t like junk food.
15. Young people in the USA have a few variety of interests apart from their school work.
Country Study Test 1
Choose the correct answer A, B, C, D:
1. The… is a typical image among British institutions.
a) pub;
b) restaurant;
c) club;
d) café;
2. The club is an unchallenged … invention.
a) Ukrainian
b) Polish
c) Italian
d) English
3. In Britain the custom of becoming engaged is …
a) still generally retained;
b) not retained;
c) unknown
d) very poor
Task 1. First Day at School
Pre-reading Activity
Make sure you know the following words:
Laughing stock [‘la:fıŋ’stok] – посміховисько
to stiffen [‘stıfn] – робитися незграбним
to coax [‘kәuks] – просити (терпляче), умовляти
to titter [‘tıtә] – хихикати
to redeem [rı’di:m] – спокутувати гріхи
frantically [‘fræntıklı] – несамовито
to curse [kә:s] – проклинати, лаятися
desperately [‘despәrәtlı] – у відчаї, безнадійно
void [voıd] – спустошений
to giggle [‘ gıg(ә)l] – хихотіти