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112 Unit 08 | Read all about it! The changing face of reading Talking about books and literature Choose the correct option to complete the questions. Then discuss them in class. LANGUAGE + SPEAKING 20 Which of these pictures illustrates your reading experience best? Why? Talk in pairs. SPEAKING 19 B A C Plot: fascinating, boring, (un)realistic, predictable, frustrating ending, confusing, satisfying ending Characters: believable, stereotyped, flawed, dynamic, well-developed, unique, unbelievable Author’s style: descriptive, lively, full of action, dull, filled with clichés, passionate, critical Below you can find some helpful expressions for talking about literature. Which of them are positive and which ones are more negative? 21 M p. 45 Prepare a short presentation (about two minutes) about your favourite book. Say what it is about and why you like it so much. Persuade your audience to read it. Do your presentations in groups of four, give feedback and then choose the best one to share with the rest of the class. Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings. Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the underlined words. SPEAKING 22 LISTENING + VIEWING 23 1 The printing press was a real turning point 2 My family are real book lovers. We must 3 If things are easily accessible to me, 4 Many people enjoy the convenience of 5 The author almost stopped writing because 6 A beautiful cover can increase a book’s 7 Young people’s lives changed with the 8 It’s frustrating when a novel and its sequel a she had an argument with her publisher. b having all their information on a computer. c in the history of the Western world. d advent of social media in the 2000s. e are years apart and you have to wait for it. f have over a thousand paperbacks on our shelves. g appeal so that more people will buy it. h I will probably use them too. 1 Who is your favourite e-reader / author / bestseller? 2 Would you say you are a bookworm / page-turner / printing press? 3 What’s the best place to read an audiobook / e-book / address book? 4 “You can’t judge a book by its dust jacket / font / cover.” What does this mean? 5 Would you prefer your English textbook to only come in digital form / content / paperback? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv