2. IN THE WORLD OF BOOKS

3. “LIFE WITHOUT BOOKS IS AS A TREE WITHOUT LEAVES”

4. Romance Detective story Biography Fantasy Fairy tale Science fiction Horror story History book Adventure story

5. Romance Detective story History book Biography Fantasy Adventure story Horror story Science fiction Fairy tale

6. WHAT BOOKS DO YOU LIKE TO READ ? As for me I like I`m fond of I prefer - detective story - history books - adventure story - fairy tale - science fiction - horror story - fantasy - travel story - love story - poetry - thriller

12. WHY READING IS IMPORTANT ? I think To my mind In my opinion It expands outlook It discovers new things Books can tell us about: - ancient times - interesting things, art and fashions - about lives of famous people - give information about other countries, their traditions and customs

14. VOCABULARY LIST The book is written by… The title of the book is … The book describes … The main character of the book is … Other characters are … The action takes plaсе in … In the beginning of the story … The author describes … The book ends with … The book is worth reading … The language of the book is simple, colorful, primitive, expressive…

15. Curious Facts About Books Many, many years ago a town crier ran through the streets and shouted out all the news. But now we live in the Atomic Age. Too many things happen too quickly for us to learn them in the old fashioned way. That is why we have to read more and more in order to find out what is happening in the world. Have you ever thought about the kind of books people used long ago. It is only in the last 500 years that books have been printed on paper. Before that time the only way of making books was to write them out by hand. No one knows when writing first began, but we have found drawings on the walls of caves which are at least 25000 years old.

16. The invention of paper played a very important part in the development of books. In the 11 th century the art of papermaking reached Europe but no trace of printing was found in Europe until 1423. It is known that Johann Gutenberg secretly tried out ways of printing in Strasbourg, Germany, in 1440. The knowledge of the methods of printing spread so quickly over the Continent of Europe that by the year 1487 nearly every country had started printing books. The first person to print books in the English language was William Caxton, in Russia – Ivan Fedorov. The first book printed in the Russian language appeared in Moscow on the first of March, 1564. Up to that time there were only handwritten books in Russia. J. Gutenberg W. Caxton