Task 1. Read the text and fill in the table. Reading is a part of education and the way of understanding the world

Reading in My Life

Reading is a part of education and the way of understanding the world. In the world of reading there are the questions that are always asked and answered. They are — why we are reading, what we are reading and where and how we are reading.

Reading educates a person, enriches the intellect. Books help to mould a person’s character and form the moral values. Besides, books bring pleasure and delight. Thanks to books we learn to express our thoughts and feelings more exactly. The book is a faithful and understanding friend — it can be put aside and taken up again at any moment.

The most popular types of stories that are developed in modern literature are a myth (something that isn’t true, but is believed by lots of people), a legend (a fiction story about historical figures), an urban legend (a modern (untrue) story where the origins are unknown), a tale (a story), a fairy tale (a story with an unusual characters or actions), a saga (a long story that goes through generations), an account (the facts of what happened), an eye witness/firsthand account (account by someone who was there at the time), a report/ newspaper report (a factual account).

They are represented in the following kinds of books as fiction (non-fact), historical fiction (a story about an event of person in the past), a detective story (a story about a detective), a crime story (about breaking law), a murder mystery/whodunit (a crime story where someone is murdered and the detective has to find the killer), a thriller (a fast-paced story with scary moments), teen fiction (fiction especially aimed at and about teenagers), children’s fiction (stories for children), biography (the story of someone’s life, written by another person), autobiography (the story of someone written by that same person), memoirs (the story of the past — especially written by politicians or public figures), romance (love story), science fiction (fiction about new inventions, aliens, or strange worlds), adventure stories (an account about smb’s adventures), short story (a complete story in a few pages), ghost story (a story about ghosts or haunting), a novel (a longer story with many characters and events).

We can find all kinds of books in the libraries. When a reader comes to a library for the first time, he fills in library card and the librarian helps to choose something to read. The reader is allowed to borrow books for a certain number of days. If you need to find a book, you go to the catalogues. Today many libraries have online catalogues. The reading rooms in the public libraries are open to all who wish to work there. We should not make notes in library books or dog’s ears in the pages. However, today many people choose to download the book from the Internet and read it from the screen of the computer or pocket-book.

 

 

Why are we reading?
What are we reading?
Where and how are we reading?

Task 2. What type of reader are you? Find the most appropriate column to describe your reading habits and learn what type of reader you are.

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