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THEMATIC VOCABULARY FOCUS

Task 1

1.1. Study the thematic vocabulary, be ready to answer the questions about books and reading.

Kinds of books:

Fiction; science fiction; non-fiction; detective (or mystery) stories; adventure stories; fantasy stories; humorous stories: heroic stories; spy stories; fairy tales; short stories: books about travels; books of poetry; books about people and events in history; historical dramas; biographies, autobiographies; documents and factual materials, folk tales.

Parts of books:

Dust jacket (dust cover, book-jacket, wrapper, publisher’s wrapper); blurb; binding, cover, spine (backbone), title page, full title (main title); subtitle; publisher’s imprint (imprint); fly leaf; handwritten dedication; bookplate (ex libris).

Parts of a page:

Margin; upper margin; foot margin; inside margin; outside margin; type area; chapter heading; footnote; page number; double-column page, column, running title (running head); caption, attached bookmark; loose bookmark.

Books can be:

Great; entertaining; fascinating; moving; brilliant; hilarious; gripping; well-written; skilfully constructed; observant; perceptive; thoughtful; poetic; eloquently delivered; packed with lovely moments; a deeply affecting story of love and death.

Miscellaneous:

to arouse (to arouse emotions; to arouse the feeling of sympathy; to arouse admiration); to depict (to depict the characters convincingly); to appeal to somebody; to reveal (to reveal the truth; to reveal one’s personality; to reveal human nature); to portray (to portray life very truthfully); to enrich (e.g.: Reading good books enriches the mind and life.); vivid (a vivid imagination, a vivid description); to quote, quotation; contemporary (a contemporary writer); genius, a (wo)man of genius; passage, episode, plot.

Questions for discussion

1. Say what you can enjoy in each kind of book and why; what kind of people these books appeal to; and how the choice of books can characterize the reader, his interests and education?

2. Would a non-fiction book be of interest to any reader, or only to a reader interested in a particular subject? Give reasons.

3. Why can a book disappoint you sometimes or leave you indifferent?

4. What are the reasons why you choose a book? Which books do you read in your spare time? Which books do you take on trips, for study or discussion?

5. Do you think that books help you to learn how to express your thoughts and feelings more exactly?

6. Describe what kind of reader you are. Speak about the most memorable passage that you have come across in your reading.

7. Say which writers and poets, in your opinion, possess these qualities:

an ability to portray life very truthfully; an ability to describe nature (wildlife) with love and understanding; sense of humour; a skill with language; a great lyrical power; an ability to make people laugh or cry; an ability to depict characters vividly; an ability to amuse readers, an ability to arouse the feeling of admiration.

8. Speak about different kinds of readers. Say what different readers appreciate in different kinds of books. You may find the following words helpful:



to develop literary taste, to influence somebody, to arouse interest (curiosity, admiration); can’t help admiring, to develop somebody’s imagination; to be filled with wonder; to be impressed, to appeal to the readers’ interests; to possess an ability to show..., to entertain the reader; to enjoy new ideas; to be delighted with humour; to be attracted by...; to bring pleasure and delight, to portray life in its richness.

1.2. Study the idioms. Get ready to give their Ukrainian equivalents. Make up your own examples with the vocabulary.

- to have the makings of (a writer) - of great (high) promise - to show promise - to have come to stay - out of the common - to break (fresh / new) ground - to have an impact (on) - to prove a success - powers of observation - vivid imagination - a flight of fancy / imagination - of special / particular interest - to be impressed with / by - to capture / catch smb’s imagination - to read with unflagging interest - to be light reading - to be fast / slow reader - to read between the lines - to dip into a book - to make good / interesting / boring reading - chapter and verse - to devour a book - a good / excellent read - a coffee-table book - a pirated book - beneath criticism - to be a best-seller - Brevity is the soul of wit. - Choose an author as you choose a friend.

1.3. Paraphrase the sentences using the idioms.

1. to be likely to become very good

2. a natural ability to notice what is hap­pening around you

3. to have the qualities or skills needed to become a certain kind of person

4. signs that something or someone will be good or successful

5. to do smth completely new that no one has ever done before ______________

6. to be / remain popular, successful; become generally accepted

7. an ability to imagine unlikely situations very clearly

8. unusual

9. when you let your imagination work in an uncontrolled way

10. the quality of expressing smth in very few words

11. to make people feel very interested and excited

12. a book copied and sold without permission or payment to the author

13. not worthy

14. a very popular book which many people buy

15. to guess someone’s real feelings from something they write

16. with continuing strongly and never becoming weak interest

17. to be enjoyable, interesting, etc to read

18. books that are easy and enjoyable

19. the exact details of where to find a piece of information

20. to read short parts of a book, but not the whole thing

1.4. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences.

1. He is a young man of ……………. . 2. This work endeavours to ……… new…………. . 3. ………….. is the …………. of………, so I’ll be brief. 4. She was not given to ……………… . 5. To justify her statement, she quoted ………………. . 6. His books ………………….. of a whole generation of young people. 7. This book will be of ……………………. to those studying British Literature since 1800. 8. As a boy he …………….. Doyle’s stories. 9. Books and friends should be few but good, – ……………… . 10. The book didn’t make…………………. , so he didn’t read it, just ……………… into it.


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