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Supply the correct form of the verbs given in brackets and perform the role play given below.






Little Women – and Boys – Losing Touch with

Classics

Firm evidence emerged yesterday that once durable classics such as Little Women and The Wind in the Willows (1) _______________ (to vanish) from the knowledge of modern children.

A nationwide survey found that only 3% (2) _______________ (to read) Little Women, published in 1868, and 7% Kenneth Graham’s 1908 story, although both titles (3) _______________ (to survive) previous changes in taste and society.

One factor may be that children’s hunger for stories (4) _______________ (to feed) by ephemeral TV soaps. Some 78% of the 2,000 parents surveyed (5) _______________ (to complain) that their offspring (6) _______________ “(not to introduce) to traditional literary classics.” Andrew Kelly, director of a project to popularize the classics, said: “Why parents themselves (7) _______________ (not to do) this is a big question.”

The survey (8) _______________ (to conduct) by Bristol’s Treasure Island Project. It found only 5% of children (9) _______________ (to read) Treasure Island.

What knowledge children did have of the titles (10) _______________ (to base) on television or film adaptations. But 66% never (11) _______________ (to hear) of Little Women. Only 12% actually (12) _______________ (to read) Alice in Wonderland.

By contrast, 81% (13) _______________ (to read) Harry Potter. The Lord of the Rings (14) _______________ (to score) 31%.

“It is sad to see the great classics slipping out of children’s lives,” Mr Kelly said. But Bristol, at last, (15) _______________ (to know) Treasure Island slightly better by the end of this year. 8,000 copies of the book (16) _______________ (to give) away and the Bristol Evening Post (17) _______________ (to serialize) it.

(From ‘The Guardian’, abridged)

Role play. You are taking part in a TV panel discussion devoted to the problem of education (classics in school curriculum).

Role 1. You are Ruth Golden, the leader of the panel. Introduce the problem to be discussed and stress its significance. Ask the participants to present their views.

Role 2. You are Andrew Kelly, director of the project to popularize classics. Speak about the results of the nationwide survey carried out in the framework of your project. Comment on them and inform the panel about Bristol’s Treasure Island Project.

Role 3. You are Ann Brown, a teacher of English literature. Characterize your schoolchildren and their interests. Stress the importance of classics in school education. Point out the role parents play in introducing children to literary classics.

Role 4. You are Jennifer Blair. You represent parents. Criticize the work of school teachers. You are quite indignant, by the way.

Role 5. You are Alison Flinch, an Oxford student. You believe that old classics are outdated and cannot arouse modern children’s interest. ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ are good literature and should replace them.

Vocabulary Revision

24. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 3 p. … and do the following multiple choice task.

1. Parliament _______ on the question, and the Government won narrowly.

A. divided B. shared

2. He _______ his time between reading and writing.

A. divided B. shared

3. We haven’t got enough books for everyone; some of you will have to _______.

A. divide B. share

4. I’m sorry, I can’t ________ your faith that everything will be all right.

A. divide B. share

5. For reasons of ______ the passengers have to be searched.

A. safety B. security

6. The ________ of the ship is the captain’s responsibility.

A. safety B. security

7. My savings are my _______ against hardships.

A. safety B. security

8. ‘You are _______,’ said the man. ‘The door is shut.’

A. safe B. secure

9. The poet has made a _________ place for himself in the history of English poetry.

A. safe B. secure

10. When young Ernie was caught stealing, he made ______ he’d never do it again.

A. an oath B. a vow

11. When you testify in court you take _______ to tell the truth.

A. an oath B. a vow

12. In this part of the city, you can see ancient and _____ buildings next to each other.

A. contemporary B. modern

13. He has ________ ideas in spite of his great age.

A. contemporary B. modern

14. In 1066 William landed in England, and a _____ Englishman wrote the following report of his landing …

A. contemporary B. modern

15. Voltaire was not only a philosopher. He was also interested in _______ politics.

A. contemporary B. modern

16. It’s my _______. I caused all that trouble.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

17. There was a lot of hard evidence, and his ______ was obvious to everybody.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

18. He was innocent, but for the sake of his wife he was ready to take the _______ for what had happened.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

19. His face showed ________, though he said he had done nothing wrong.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

20. Nobody blamed her for the accident, but the sense of ______ troubled her.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

21. The boy is punished for the slightest ______.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

22. It’s your _____ that we are late, you were too slow about getting ready.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

23. John’s attempt to shift the ________ for his defeat on his companion met no response.

A. blame B. fault C. guilt

24. Their ________ lasted two years and led to a particularly nasty divorce action.

A. marriage B. matrimony C. wedlock

25. _________ is the act of two free persons … mutually taking one another for husband and wife.

A. marriage B. matrimony C. wedlock

26. John couldn’t inherit his father’s estate as he was born out of ________.

A. marriage B. matrimony C. wedlock

 

Unit 5

 

Reading and Speaking: Environmental Problems

 

 

Focus on Grammar:







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