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Do you still read paper books?

Do you still read paper books?
A) What type of books do you read?
B) How often do you read?
C) How many books do you read a year?
D) What´s the most interesting book you´ve
ever read?
E) What´s the worst book you´ve ever read?
F) Do you recall what´s the book that got you
started on reading?
Do you still read paper books?
affordable
environmentally
friendly
convenient
sensory-reach
prone to
damage reader friendly
• 1B - Guess whether the features (1-6) are E (e-book), P
(paper book).

1.- convenient.
2.- affordable.
3.- prone to damage.
4.- environmentally friendly.
5.- sensory – rich.
6.- reader friendly.

“The digital apocalypse never came”

Listen and answer exercises 1B and
1C page 60.
 “Phone reading” Pros and Cons
• Listen to the end of the interview. How does Dr. Soars
feel about phone reading? Do you agree?

Listen again and answer exercise 1E

page 60.
 Which phrases do you associate with fast reading?
skip over whole sentences
make it past the first paragraph
run your eyes over a text
get the gist of a text
pore over a challenging text
read between the lines
a) Do you buy CDs? Why? Why not? Doyoustillreadpaper
b) Do you buy paper books? Why? Why books?
not?
c) Do you read books by Stephen King
regularly?
d) Do you read books by Facebook posts
regularly?
e) Do you read books by Facebook posts
regularly?
f) Do you read books by computer
instruction manuals regularly?
g) Do you read news about politics
regularly?
h) Do you read books by physics
textbooks regularly?
i) Do you read rental contracts regularly?
• What’s the missing
particle/preposition
for these phrasal
verbs?
  Many phrasal verbs are metaphorical, and if you understand the metaphors they use,
it will be easier to understand and remember their meanings.
Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts.

• OUTSIDE (NOT INSIDE).

• WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES A PLACE.
• If information is out, it becomes PUBLICLY KNOWN.
• DISTRIBUTE.
• A SOUND OR VOICE IS LOUD AND CLEAR.
• END OR FINISH.
• WITH NONE OF SOMETHING LEFT.
• FAIL.
• UNCONSCIOUS or IS MADE UNCONSCIOUS.
• START.
• REMOVE.
http://sherwoodschool.ru/en/lessons1/vremena/english_phrasal_verbs_with_the_preposition_
out1/
 Do you still read paper books?
pick out
= select from a group point out
= draw a line through

wear out
= damage from too
work out
= mention

brings out
much use

cross out
= reveals
= try to discover / to solve
• Answer exercise 2 A, 2B. Page 61.
• Writing activty – Exercise 2C. – Page 61.