Whether the weather is fine,

Or whether the weather is not,

Whether the weather is cold,

Or whether the weather is hot,

We’ll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not.

Let us try to answer the following questions:

•What do you imagine when you think of literature? •What sorts of book do you know?•What British writers and poets do you know?•Who is your favourite writer or poet?•Is reading important?

Words and expressions• a reference book• pronunciation• to give (get) information• to solve problems• to inspire• to be fond of• to hurt eyes• to escape from• poetry

• a bookworm• a galaxy• notable• verses• to take too much time• homeland• a birthplace• an author• a library

Translate into English• справочник• произношение• получать

информацию• решать проблемы• вдохновлять• портить глаза• поэзия

• книжный червь• плеяда• выдающийся• стихи• любимый• автор• библиотека

When I think of literature I imagine:

Literature

books

writers

magazinespoetry

bookshops

poets

newspapers

libraries

Books review

• Reference books• Dictionaries• Biographies• Thrillers• Romances• Adventure stories• Science fiction• Historical novels

• Detective stories• Travel books• Love stories• Classic• Modern novels• Horror• Westerns• Comics

Reference books Dictionaries

Non – fiction books

BiographiesRomances

are books about

hobbies, plants, animals, weather.

facts about almost anything and everything.

another person,s life.

invented people and events.

words of a language with the information about their meanings, pronunciation.

O. Wilde

Famous British writers and poets

W. Shakespeare

R. BurnsL. Carol

Ch. Bronte

The famous people about books and reading

Reading makes a full man. Francis Bacon

History books which contain no lies are extremely dull.

Anatole France

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Richard Steel

Charlotte Brontё

Charlotte Brontё was a famous English writer. She was born in a poor family. There were six children in it. Their mother died when Charlotte was a very small girl. The girls were sent to a school for poor children. Later Charlotte described the school in her novel “ Jane Eyre”. It was published in 1847 and made the writer famous.