Reading Detective Stories in Bed

A) Read the following text.

B) Comment on the sayings given above.

A) Read after the teacher.

HOME ACTIVITIES

C) Sum up the information about Reuters news agency.

B) Watch the episode again and put down more details.

B) Listen to the text again and summarize it.

c) Answer the teacher’s questions.

WATCHING AND SPEAKING

19. a) Watch the video episode about Reuters ['rOItRz] news agency and answer the questions:

What means of communication are mentioned in the episode?
How long did it take the news about Columbus’ discovery to reach Europe?
How long did it take the news about Lincoln’s murder to reach Europe?
What invention was used by Reuter for delivering news quickly?
Where do most people get the news from now?
How does Reuters send pictures now?
What technologies are used now to send messages?
What technologies are used now to edit texts?

20. Watch the BBC news and get ready to report the current events in class (1 – 2 news items).

  UNIT 9

TOPIC:	1. Reading books. 2. The theatre and the cinema. 3. Art and museums.
GRAMMAR:	The Infinitive.

U Step I

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

PHONETIC EXERCISES

Intonation Drills

1.'Choose an 'author as you 'choose a mfriend.

2. 'Some books are to be mtasted, 'others to be mswallowed, and 'some kfew to be kchewed and dimgested.

(Francis Bacon, 1561–1626)

LISTENING AND SPEAKING

2. a) Listen to the text Reading Books and say how Vivien sees the advantages and disadvantages of books and films. Find the English for the following words and word combinations:

misogynist – женоненавистник

лучшее, что можно выбрать
сократить количество читаемых книг
женские образы, вызывающие сочувствие
место, имеющее/создающее особую атмосферу
вдохновение
брать книги в библиотеке
платить большой штраф
очерки и обзоры
раздел (газеты)
побаловать себя чем-либо
хорошая профессиональная перспектива
снимать фильм по книге
режиссер
декорации, антураж
соответствовать оригиналу
она невероятно интеллектуальна

b) Listen to the text again and answer the questions:

1. What do you learn to do when you learn to read?
2. Who are Vivien’s favourite writers and poets?
3. Why doesn’t Vivien tend to lend books?
4. What does she miss about England?
5. What attracts Vivien in the books by Janet Winterston?

с) Answer the teacher’s questions.

DISCUSSION

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chaotic [keI'OtIk]

J.B.Priestley, a well-known British author, explaining why he reads detective stories said:

‘I find this delightful at home, and even more delightful when I am away from home. But why detective stories? Why not some good literature? Because, with a few happy exceptions, good literature, which excites the mind, will not do. In my view we should read it away from the bedroom. But why not some dull stuff – memoirs, works about travel? Here I can speak only for myself. If my bedtime book is too dull then I begin to think about my own work and then sleep doesn’t come for hours. No, the detective story is the thing. Because what we want, or at least I want late at night – is a tale that is in its own way a picture of life but yet has an entertaining puzzle element in it. And the detective story offers me just this. When you come to the end of a crime novel, at least something in this huge chaotic world has been settled.’

b) Answer the teacher’s questions.

WATCHING AND SPEAKING

4. a) Watch the video episode Agatha Christie and explain why the books by Agatha Christie are still so popular. ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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