AVID BOOK READERS

WORDS TO REMEMBER


literal = (adj) having the basic meaning of the word itself;
figurative == (adj) unlitaral, methaphoric(al);
feed on = (v) having as food;
glue = (n) sticky substance used to hold things together = adhesive;
colloquial = (ad) of informal use;
pejorative = (adj) having a negative connotation, tending to criticise or depreciate;
pore over = (v) read or study thorougly;
rule = (v) have power, control over sth/sbd;
avid = (adj) very interested in; enthusiastic about;

ACTIVITY IDEA

In your notebook, write a few reasons why you should be a bookworm and support each one with a book title.
Example:

You learn how to solve the crime in "The Da Vinci Code".

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

When did you start reading books?
What /Who encouraged you to read?
What are the main reasons you read so much?
Where do you get all those books?
How do you select books for reading and why?
Who do you discuss books with?
What do you usualy do after finishing a book?

Do you think you are a bookworm too? Discuss the topic. Try to support your pros or cons views.

EXAMPLE

1. Peter always reads. He reads even when travelling or waiting somewhere. /
Peter always reads, even when travelling on public transport or waiting somewhere.

2. He doesn't mix up titles and authors as he doesn't read extensively (="gobble up") books.

3. He grabs a book, browses a little and then starts and finishes it.

4. He explains other peoples strategies. His friends start with a novel, then change their mind, go on with some poetry and finish reading a magazine. Or, some people read the last page first, skip pages, or start reading the last chapter first.

GRAMMAR LOG

Compounds

A compound word is made up of two or more words put together to make a new word, which contributes to forming new words.
Example: bookshop

I enjoy browsing books in a bookshop.

According to their spelling, there are three forms of compounds:
a) the closed form, in which the words are put together as one word, such as a textbook, homebound, a keyboard, etc.;
b)the hyphenated form, in which the words are put together with a hyphen, such as twenty-one, in-laws, down-to-earth;
c) the open form, in which there is a space between words put together, such as post office, North America, ups and downs.

There is no rule on how to spell compounds; when in doubt, you should consult a good dictionary.

Derivation (to derive, a derivative) is forming new words by adding prefixes or suffixes to the root.

Example:

bookish < book + -ish

A collocation or a word partner is a combination of two or more words which collocate(= go together) and should be learnt like this. A different combination of words would be wrong.

Example:

a high salary, not: a big salary

AUDIO SCRIPT


A: I hear you're always reading. A true book lover? Piles of books everywhere?
P: A book lover? Well, yes, I am a kind of a book worm . I do read an awful lot, piles of books, literally. At home, and , mhm, I carry books wherever I go. Nothing stops me from reading. I read when I travel on public transport, even short distance, or whem I am waiting somewhere, let's say at the dentist's... The longer, the better, haha.
A: Don't you mix up authors, titles, stories?
P: Well, no, I don't "gobble up" books that way.... not even have a few books on the go, no half-read books, no, ... and I can't read the same way some of my friends do either: start with a novel, then change their mind, go on with some poetry and finish reading a magazine. Chaotic! I grab a book, browse a little and then start and finish it. But, I'm not always very selective, you know.
A: I see.Some people read the last page first, skip pages, or start reading the last chapter first . Are you like this?
B: No, no, definitely not. I could call myself a sort of  "disciplined bookworm" , but not a book nerd, not at all!.