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Express your agreement or disagreement with the following quotes.

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  6. A) Read the following text and do the exercises below.
  7. A) Read the following text.

· A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. (Mark Twain)

· If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. (Ralph Emerson)

· If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. (Oscar Wilde)

· The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book. (Northrop Frye)

 

Read and choose the correct alternatives in the sentences below.

BOOK Choice

Several people were asked the question, “How do you choose a book to read?” Here are their replies.

  1. “I judge a book by its cover. If the cover looks interesting / interested, I buy the book. Sometimes I’m lucky, and the book is good. And sometimes I’m disappointing / disappointed. ”
  2. “I always read book reviews in newspapers and magazines, and when I read about a book that sounds interesting / interested, I write it down in my diary.”
  3. “I don’t take any risks – I always read books by authors I know. I get really exciting / excited when one of my favourite authors brings out a new book, and I buy it immediately. This way I’m never disappointing / disappointed. ”
  4. “I read the first page, and if it’s boring / bored, I don’t buy the book – if I want to turn over the page and carry on reading, I buy the book.”
  5. “It’s easy – I never read fiction but I’m fascinating / fascinated by biographies of famous people. I find strong women in history particularly inspiring / inspired. ”
  6. “I tend to choose books written by women. Women have a better feeling for characters and the relationships between them, and that’s I find interesting / interested in a book. Having said that, I’ve just finished ‘The Beach’ by Alex Garland, and it was brilliant.”

Add the adjectives in task 6 to the table below. Use them in the sentences of your own.

To describe how people feel To describe the thing that causes the feeling
tired, worried, relaxed, confused tiring, worrying, relaxing, confusing

Grammar

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