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He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and isaw he looked ill. he was shivering, his face was white, and he walkedslowly as though it ached to move.'what's the matter, chats? ''i've got a headache.''you better go back to bed.''no, i'm all right.''you go to bed. i'll see you when i'm dressed.'but when i came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking avery sick and miserable boy of nine years. when i put my hand on hisforehead i knew he had a fever.'you go up to bed,' i said, 'you're sick.''i'm all right,' he said.when the doctor came he took the boy's temperature.'what is it? ' i asked him.'one hundred and two.'downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different coloredcapsules with instructions for giving them. one was to bring down the fever,another a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition. the germs ofinfluenza can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. he seemed toknow all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if thefever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. this was a lightepidemic of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia.back in the room i wrote the boy's temperature down and made a note ofthe time to give the various capsules.'do you want me to read to you? ''all right. if you want to,' said the boy. his face was very white and therewere dark areas under his eyes. he lay still in bed and seemed verydetached from what was going on.i read aloud from howard pyle's book of pirates; but i could see he was notfollowing what i was reading.'how do you feel, schatz? ' i asked him.'just the same, so far,' he said.i sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while i waited for it to be timeto give another capsule. it would have been natural for him to go to sleep,but when i looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking verystrangely.'why don't you try to go to sleep? i'll wake you up for the medicine.''i'd rather stay awake.'after a while he said to me, 'you don't have to stay here with me, papa, if itbothers you.''it doesn't bother me.''no, i mean you don't have to stay if it's going to bother you.'i thought perhaps he was a little light-headed and after giving him theprescribed capsule at eleven o'clock i went out for a while.it was a bright, cold day, the ground covered with a sleet that had frozen sothat it seemed as if all the bare trees, the bushes, the cut brush and all thegrass and the bare ground had been varnished with ice. i took the youngirish setter for a little walk up the road and along a frozen creek, but it wasdifficult to stand or walk on the glassy surface and the red dog slipped andslithered and fell twice, hard, once dropping my gun and having it slide overthe ice.we flushed a covey of quail under a high clay bank with overhanging brushand killed two as they went out of sight over the top of the bank. some ofthe covey 55 lit the trees, but most of them scattered into brush piles and it wasnecessary to jump on the ice-coated mounds of brush several times beforethey would flush. coming out while you were poised unsteadily on the icy,springy brush they made difficult shooting and killed two, missed five, andstarted back pleased to have found a covey close to the house and happythere were so many left to find on another day.at the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into theroom.'you can't come in,' he said. 'you mustn't get what i have.'i went up to him and found him in exactly the position i had left him, white65faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed by the fever, staring still, ashe had stared, at the foot of the bed.i took his temperature.'what is it? ''something like a hundred,' i said. it was one hundred and two and fourtenth.'it was a hundred and two,' he said.'who said so? ''the doctor.''your temperature isна голосовании

1. should all library equipment and books be used carefully? how should all library equipment and books be used?

2. shold conversation be kept to a minimum and as quiet as possible? how shouls a conversation be kept?

3. should personal stereos be used in the library? where shouldn't personal stereos be used?

4. should mobile phones be turned off before readres enter the library? where should mobile phones be turned off?

5. is food and drink allowed? why isn't food and drink allowed?

6. should fines for the late return of the books be paid? why should fines be paid?

7. should all books be shown to the librarians before you leave the library? what should be shown to the librarians before you leave the library?

8. should everybody be treated very politely? who should be treated very politely?

are there many lakes and rivers in your country? what are the main lakes and rivers in your country? where are the deepest lakes and longest rivers in the world?

I’m fond of reading. Reading is very useful, because books enrich our experience with that of the other people. Besides, books help me to continue my own education.

I enjoy books of different genres: love and detective stories, thrillers and historical novels, tales, works after classical and modern writers. I’m a great lover of the English and American literature. Among my favourite writers are W. Shakespeare and Gh. Dickens, J. Galsworthy and A. Cronin, J. London and E. Hemingway to name only a few. I read them in translation and try to read in the original.

I read books by Russian writers, too. We can say that L. Tolstoy, D. Dostoevsky, A. Chekhov, A. Pushkin are as popular as they used to be

I try to get acquainted with popular works and best-sellers. Luckily there is a big choice of various books in book shops and stalls. But more often I buy books after Ioanna Chmielewska, a Polish writer of ironical detective stories.

I can’t imagine my life without reading. Books teach us what is right and what is wrong, to understand the world and people in it

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Theme of the lesson: The reader of books

The aims of the lesson:

Educational : to enrich pupils’ knowledge about worldwide famous books and authors, to engage the pupils in using the vocabulary this is connected with reading world, to practice adjectives.

Developing : to develop pupils’ speaking and reading skills, attention, logical thinking, and ability to converse.

Cultural: to bring pupils up to read, to distinguish the real values, to show that being educated has always been necessary.

Visual aids: cards, music

The type of the lesson: work with technology

Technology: technology of collective learning

Procedure of the lesson:

I. Organization moment.

-Good afternoon, children! How are you?

- Who is on duty today?

- Who is absent? Thank you, sit down.

II. Checking up the home task:

What was your home task? Are you ready? All right, let’s start. Read the text “The reader of books” one by one, and then translate it. Now answer the questions on this text:

What was Matilda’s progress in reading?

What did Matilda’s father think she should do instead of reading books?

What way out did Matilda find?

Why was the librarian, Mrs. Phelps, taken aback when she saw Matilda?

What impression did Great Expectations by Charles Dickens make on Matilda?

What do you feel when you read books?

Have you ever read books for grown-ups?

Good. Let’s check up the exercises number 49, 50.

Presentation of the lesson:

Today we will continue this theme. Our lesson will be full of magic, adventure and amazement. Now I want to divide you into 4 groups: “Different”, “Famous”, “Powerful” and “Magical”. Now open your books at pages 170-171, there are new words that you have to translate into Kazakh. “Different” will take the types of books; words about people who wrote books and their characteristics are for “Famous”; “Powerful” have to find out adjectives that we use when we want to describe books; the last is for “Magical”. You have only 5 minutes. Now 1 pupil from each group has to exchange their seats, so every group will have one member of another group. Those pupils have to explain their words to other groups. And in the end each group will have the translations of all words.

- Remind the authors who are mentioned in the texts, do you know their other works? I will give cards to each group. Please read the information in those cards, discuss it and explain it to other groups (turn on quiet music).

The word “book”
Liber is the Latin word for book, which comes from the Romans, who used the thin layer found between the bark and the wood (the liber) before parchment came along. The English word for book is derived from the Danish word “bog”, which means birch tree. That makes sense because early writers in Denmark wrote on birch bark.

Ever wonder what’s the most read book in the world? Well, here the top 10, based on the number of books printed and sold over the last 50 years.

1) The Holy Bible

2) Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung by Mao Tse-tung

3) Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

4) Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

5) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

6) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

7) Twilight – The Saga by Stephenie Meyer

8) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

9) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

10) Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

One out of every eight letters you read is the letter ‘e’. In the book, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is one sentence that is 823 words long. Leo Tolstoy wrote a large book called War and Peace before computers and copying machines. His wife had to copy his manuscript by hand seven times. If every fallen book sold was stacked in pile, it would be 30 times taller than mount Everest. J.K.Rowling was the first person to become a billionaire by writing books. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.

33% of high school graduates never read another book the rest of their lives. 42% of college graduates never read another book after college. 57% of new books are not read to completion. 70% of US adults have not been in a book-store the last 5 years. 80 % of US families did not buy or read a book last year. The more a child reads, the likelier they are able to understand the emotions of others. Reading one hour per day in your chosen field will make you an international expert in 7 years.

Rest minute:

Now let’s play the game. It is called “Where is my pair?” I will stick on you the name of definite hero. Your friends will explain you who you are. And your task will be to find your pair. But first of all everyone has to guess who he is.

Very good. I want to know the books that you have read, also tell me their main heroes and a plot of the story. Please use the vocabulary that we have learnt today. You have only 5 minutes to prepare. Who knows the difference between watching the movie and reading that book? We all know that movies have limited possibilities, and our imagination is unlimited. You can create your own world. When you read the ideas come to your mind and you will notice that they are so colorful like a fireworks. Now work in group and put down the advantages and disadvantages of reading. Then exchange your members and complete your list by using your friends’ thoughts. And be ready to present it to me.

Excellent! We have few minutes until the end of the lesson, so who wants to remind us, what we have learnt today?

Giving the marks and home task:

Open your dictionaries and write down your home task: ex. 53, 56 p. 172. The exercises are so easy, that’s why I want you to write a story at home. It doesn’t matter if it is magical or unreal. You were very active today and here are your marks: …

Ever wonder what’s the most read book in the world? Well, here the top 10, based on the number of books printed and sold over the last 50 years.

1) The Holy Bible

2) Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung by Mao Tse-tung

3) Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

4) Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

5) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

6) The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

7) Twilight – The Saga by Stephenie Meyer

8) Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

9) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

10) Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank

Данное упражнение относится к шестому разделу учебника (Unit 6 The Pleasure of Reading) по английскому языку для школьников 7 класса. В этом задании необходимо прочитать, перевести текст. Правки, дополнительные вопросы по упражнению и теме можно оставлять на странице обсуждения.

Содержание

A. Look at the title of the text, the picture and the key phrases and try to guess what the text is going to be about. Key phrases:

to read books from cover to cover
to know as many words as most grown-ups
to be noisy chatterbox
to teach oneself to read by studying newspapers
to walk to the public library
to travel all over the world while sitting in the armchair

B. Read the text. Listen to the first part of it carefully, and say if your guess was right.

Matilda's brother Michael was a perfectly normal boy, but his sister was something to make your eyes pop. By the age of one and a half her speech was perfect, and she knew as many words as most grown-ups. The parents, instead of applauding her, called her a noisy chatterbox and told her angrily that small girls should be seen and not heard. By the time she was three, Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house. At the age of four, she could read fast and well. The only book in the whole of this "educated" household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learned all the recipes2 by heart, she decided she wanted something more interesting.

"Daddy," she said, "do you think you could buy me a book?"

"A book?" he said. "What's wrong with the telly, for heaven's sake? We've got a lovely telly and now you come asking for a book! You're getting spoiled, my girl!"

Nearly every weekday afternoon Matilda was left alone in the house. So on the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book, Matilda decided to walk to the public library in the village all by herself. When she arrived, she introduced herself to the librarian, Mrs Phelps. She asked if she could sit for a while and read a book. Mrs Phelps was taken aback when she saw that such a tiny girl had arrived at the library without a parent, but told her she was very welcome.

"Where are the children's books, please?" Matilda asked.

"They're over there on those lower shelves," Mrs Phelps told her. "Would you like me to help you find a nice one with lots of pictures in it?"

"No, thank you," Matilda said. "I'm sure I can manage."

From then on, every afternoon, Matilda came to the library. The walk took her only ten minutes and this allowed her two wonderful hours in the library where she sat quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another. When she had read all children's books in the place, she started searching for something else.

Mrs Phelps, who had been watching her with fascination for the past few weeks, now got up from her desk and went over to her. "Can I help you, Matilda?" she asked. "I'm wondering what to read next," Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books."

"You mean you've looked at the pictures?"

"Yes, but I've read the books as well. I thought some were very poor," Matilda said, "but others were lovely. I liked the Secret Garden best of all. It was full of mystery. The mystery of the room behind the closed door and the mystery of the garden behind the big wall."

Mrs Phelps was taken aback, but she did not show it.

"What sort of a book would you like to read next?" she asked. Matilda said, "I would like a really good one that grown-ups read.

A famous one. I don't know any names."

Mrs Phelps looked along the shelves, taking her time. She didn't

quite know what to bring out. How, she asked herself, does one choose a famous grown-up book for a four-year-old girl? Her first thought was to pick a young teenager's romance1 of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls, but for some reason she walked past that particular shelf.

"Try this," she said at last. "It's very famous and very good. If it is too long for you, just let me know and I'll find something short- er and a bit easier." "Great Expectations," Matilda read, "by Charles Dickens. I'd love to try it."

Over the next few afternoons Matilda sat reading in the big arm- chair at the far end of the room with a book on her lap. She was totally absorbed in the wonderful adventures of Pip and old Miss Havisham in her house and the spell of magic that Dickens, the great storyteller, had created with his words.

Within a week, Matilda had finished Great Expectations which in that edition contained four hundred and eleven pages. "I loved it," she said to Mrs Phelps. "Has Mr Dickens written any others?"

"A great number," said Mrs Phelps. "Shall I choose you another?" Over the next six months under Mrs Phelps's watchful eye, Matilda read the following books: Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Kim by Rudyard Kipling, The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley, Brighton Rock by Graham Greene, Animal Farm by George Orwell.

It was an impressive list. Once Mrs Phelps said, "Did you know that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home?"

"I didn't know that," Matilda said. "Could I do it?" "Of course," Mrs Phelps said.

"When you have chosen the book you want, bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it's yours for two weeks. You can take more than one if you wish."

From then on, Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and return the old ones. Her own small bedroom now became her reading room and there she sat reading most afternoons, often with a mug1 of hot chocolate beside her. It was pleas- ant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoon.

The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to wonderful people who lived exciting lives. She went on old sailing ships with Joseph Conrad.2 She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

A. Посмотрите на заглавие текста, изображения и ключевые выражения и попытайтесь догадаться о чем будет этот текст. Ключевые фразы:

Читать книги от корочки до корочки.
Знать так много слов как подростки.
Быть шумным болтуном.
Обучать кого-то читать по газетам.
Ходить в публичную библиотеку.
Путешествовать по всему миру, пока сидишь в кресле.

1. people expect the 21st century to bring peace on the earth.

2. i know my friend to be a just man.

3. we expected them to intensify the whole process

4. we know mathematics to become man`s second language

1.no one has seen him anywhere this week.- he has not been seen by anybody anywhere this week.

2.somebody has invited her to the party.- she has been invited by somebody to the party

3.they have done all the exercises in written form.- all the exercises have been done by them in written form

4.they are constructing some new mero lines now- some new mero lines are being constructed by them now

5.he is examining the last student there.- the last studenthe is being examined by him there

6.i know her family.- her family is known by me .

7.i am sure they will offer you a very interesting job.- i am sure you will be offered a very interesting job by them

8.they informed me that they had seen you in oxford street.- i was informed that you had been seen by them in oxford street

9.yesterday i met them walking in the park.- yesterday they were met by me walking in the park

10.they sent you the invitation last week- you were sent the invitation by them last week

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