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I'm a great lover of books. I often make presents to my friends, but there is one present that I always like to make and receive, that is a book. It doesn't matter what kind of book it is. It can be a story-book, a book of poems or a book of plays. I get some books from the library. There is a very good library in the centre of our town and the librarian knows a lot about literature. She advises me to take this or that book. She always helps me to get the books I want.
But I buy a lot of books too, even those which I have already read. I like to have them in my home so that I can read them time and again (перечитувати). I like to sit in the room where my books are and even if I am not reading, I like to look at the books on my shelves and to feel that I have my friends round.
24. Answer the questions.
1. Have you read any books by Oscar Wilde?
2. Have you read them in Ukrainian or in English?
3. How many English books have you read lately?
4. Which of them would you advise your friends to read?
25. Read the dialogue. Practise it in pairs. Make up similar dialogues.
Ann: Good morning. Librarian: Good morning.
Ann: Have you got any interesting English books?
Librarian: Yes, we have some. Which English writers do you like?
Ann: I like Charles Dickens. I've read a lot of books
by Dickens.
Librarian: Did you read them in English or in Ukrainian? Ann: I read them in Ukrainian in my childhood.
I didn't know English at that time. Librarian: Have you read any books by English writers in
the original? Ann: No, I haven't.
Librarian: Then don't take any books by Dickens now. They are too difficult for you. Take a book by Oscar Wilde or Jack London. Their books are easier for reading.
Ann: All right. Please show me some books by Oscar
Wilde.
Librarian: I'm very sorry, but we haven't got any books by Oscar Wilde at the moment. I advise you to take a book by Jack London. Shall I get you "Martin Eden" or "White Fang"?
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