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Vocabulary Notes. What to Read? How to Read?
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UNIT I
What to Read? How to Read?
I
1. Study the table " What to Read and How to Read? " and the Vocabulary Notes. Learn the new vocabulary.
Explain why different people (children, teenagers, young people, students, elderly people, business people, etc.) read, what they read and how.
WHAT TO READ
| If… | read…, | they choose… / pick out… | ||||
| people children grown-ups housewives students teachers | fiction: | prose: | a historical a psychological an adventure a travel a mystery/ crime/horror a love a humorous a detective a fable a fairy tale a thriller science-fiction | novel short novel long story story short story novelette | ||
| for pleasure for instruction from habit from curiosity in search of some information to learn something to find talk and discourse to see if a new book is good out of snobbery to kill time to escape from reality | non- fiction: | poetry: drama: periodicals: | a poem a book of verses rhymes limericks a play a comedy a tragedy a newspaper a magazine a journal | |||
| they… | memoirs an autobiography an essay a diary a piece of satire a do-it-yourself manual a book about politics | |||||
| pore over a book skim through a book leaf/thumb through a book dip into a book glance over a book browse through a magazine read bits here and there in quantities by snatches slowly carefully with pencil in hand making notes fixing important items quickly rapidly freely silently to themselves deep into the night are lost in a book | ||||||
| a best-seller a second-hand book a rare book a classic a manuscript |
AND HOW TO READ
| because it… |
| enlightens people’s thinking develops mental ability good memory broadens their outlook improves/enriches their mind gives them fresh ideas has educational value makes them think = sets them thinking helps to understand other people better to take their bearings in life situations enriches/expands their experience reflects wisdom and experience of many generations |
| because it is… |
| thrilling interesting entertaining amusing useful exciting pleasant the best way to spend spare time a rewarding pastime a good relaxation a refuge from all the distress of life a source/a means of information and self-education a guide and adviser on the difficult path of life the memory of mankind which retains the wisdom and experience of the past |
Vocabulary Notes
bооk-lover I like/enjoy/am very fond of reading.
great reader Reading is my favourite pastime/occupation
avid reader Reading is a good relaxation.
book-worm A book is a good companion.
infrequent reader In the evening I like to relax with a book.