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BOOKS
I think it is impossible to live without reading. Books appeared
long time ago in ancient times. It became easier to publish
books when the printing was invented. Books can be divided into
two large groups: fiction and non-fiction books. Fiction books
are most popular with readers. Such books include stories,
novels and poetry. As for non-fiction books, they are
dictionaries, biographies, historical books, encyclopedias and
others.
When I was a child, my parents read different books to me. I
learned a lot from them. When I learnt to read, I liked reading
fairy tales and adventure stories. I loved novels about pirates
and brave knights. I like reading books a lot. I read
non-fiction books when I prepare for my studies. But in general
I like fiction books. My favourite genres of books are fantasy
and horror. I think it is very popular with young people
nowadays. My favourite author of fantasy books is J. Rowling. I
like her books about Harry Potter. I reread them and watched
films, too. My favourite author of horror stories is Stephen
King. Actually I do not like books about monsters and ghosts a
lot. I prefer King's psychological novels. My favourite novel is
Dolores Claiborne. This is a story about a woman who had a hard
life. My family likes to read, too. We have a big library full
of books of different genres.
My brother is interested in science-fiction. He likes reading
novels about aliens and future. As for my father, he reads
detective stories. I think that this genre of books is really
very popular with older people. His favourite authors are Arthur
Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie and Boris Akunin.
My mother likes historical novels and love stories. Her
favourite author is Sidney Sheldon. She also reads classical
novels by Dostoevsky Tolstoy and Chekhov.
I can say that reading is my hobby. When I have time I prefer
reading to watching TV. Sometimes a book is so interesting that
I cannot stop reading it.
I think that books help us solve some problems, too. Every
person can find a book which will accompany him or her for the
whole life. I have such a book, too. It is The Catcher in the
Rye1 by J. Salinger. It reminds me of my own life somehow and it
really helped me with some problems.
Nowadays we have television and the Internet; so many people
prefer getting information from these sources. Some people think
that in the world of information we do not need books at all.
But I think that we should not forget about them. Books contain
a lot of useful information and give pleasure.
1 The Catcher in the Rye — Над пропастью во ржи
Vocabulary:
accompany [э'клтрэш] сопровождать
adventure [a'dventjb] приключение
alien ['eiljan] инопланетянин
appear [s'pis] появляться
brave knight ['brerv'nait] смелый рыцарь
dictionary ['dikf(3)nn] словарь125
encyclopedia [en.saikbu'ptdja] энциклопедия
fairy tale [Теэп 'ten] сказка
fiction ['пк[(э)п] художественная литература
genre [з&щ] жанр
give pleasure ['дгу'р1езэ] доставлять удовольствие
include [in'klud] включать
invent [invent] изобретать
non-fiction ['nt)rifikf(3)n] документальная литература
printing ['printrrj] книгопечатание
psychological [lsaik3llt)d3ik(3)l- психологический
novel 'пг)у(э)1] роман
remind sb of sth [n'marnd] напоминать кому-то о чем-то
science-fiction [lsai3nslfikf(3)n] научная фантастика
solve [sttlv] решать
source [so:s] источник
Questions:
1. How can books be divided?
2. Did you read a lot when you were a child? What kinds of books
are your favourite?
3. What can you tell about your favourite author?
4. What books do the members of your family read?
5. Do you think that books can solve our problems? Why (not)?
6. Is reading getting less popular? Why (not)?
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