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Read these extracts from an interview about books and films. Complete the gaps with the right wordiphrase Do you like to read books? Yes ... | love reading... | like nothing more than (1) ‘a good book ... | regularly (2) books from the library and usually read them (3) in no time ... and | can't go to sleep at night without ‘some good (4), How often do you go to the cinema? Unfortunately we don't have a cinema near us so we have to go into the nearest town (5) col usually avoid seeing popular (6) which I'm not always keen on seeing ... | prefer (7) (8) especially ... and there's a great cinema | go to that has frequent (9) of Films like these Do you prefer reading books or watching films? 'm not really (10) | find books quite (11) -». 80 | much prefer to see a fim ... perhaps its the special effects or the (12) Iidon't know .. Hjust prefer a film | like reading ... especially English novels... it's a great way to improve your vocabulary and there are so many fantastic authors to choose from ... one book that (13) by my teacher was The Mayor of Castérbridge ... | was studying at a school in The UK at the time and she said it would give me a picture of what life was like years ago in the area | was living ... well | have to say | absolutely loved it ... it was (14) its a historical novel and (15) ‘was a fictional town called Casterbridge ... but actually twas (16) a town near where | was studying called Dorchester ... it had such a great (17) fo cut a long story short it tells the story of the downfall of a man called Henchard (18) who lives during a period of great social change around the time of the industrial revolution ... the Teason | enjoyed it so much ... apart from the great story ... it gave me a picture of what life had been like in the piace | was studying at the time... | really couldn't (19). ~» @ fantastic story Is reading as pleasurable in digital format? Personally | prefer reading a (20) or (21) __... especially if mm reading a classic which 1 don't think feels right as an ebook ... but | can see it can be good for others ... my grandmother has an (22), and she loves the way you can enlarge the text Do you think bookshops will survive the digital revolution? [think so... at least | hope so ... | love (23) books in a bookshop ... online shopping is useful finding out on Amazon if a book you want nas (24) maybe getting one that is difficult to find but | still ove the experience of being in a bookshop Statistics show that visits to the cinema are up despite the availability of DVDs and online downloads. Why do you think this might be? I think i's the whole experience that the cinema offers ... going out to see a fim when it (25) and seeing it (26) is more exciting than watching the film at home on TV ... especially f action movie ... and watching it with others makes it even more special + abig reader ‘+ goes on general release + scifi * areal page-turner + got a good review + showings + based on + hardback = soundtrack + bedtime reading + heavy-going * take out + box-office hits + low-budget films + the central character + came highly recommended + onthe big screen + the setting + e-reader + paperback + tobe engrossed in * flicking through + plot + tocatch the latest movie + from cover to cover + putit down

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