Unit 1 Lesson 1 Uzbek and World Literature. Look at the pictures. Discuss with your partner

2. Read the interview.

Interviewer: How often do you read books?

Woman: I can't say that I read very often. Maybe, one or two books a month.

Interviewer: What are reading at the moment?

Woman: Now I'm reading "Uch ildiz" by Pirimkul Kodirov. The last one.

Interviewer: How often do you go to the cinema?

Woman: Well, I seldom go to the cinema; even less often than reading a book. Twice or three times a year.

Interviewer: Do you ever go to see film adaptations of books?

Woman: Yes, sometimes op this.

Interviewer: But what do you think is better? Reading a book or seeing the film of the book?



Woman: Definitely, reading a book is much more interesting. I think with books you know what the characters feel and think. You understand them. The characters are almost like real people. What about films.. uhh... sometimes they are successful. But sometimes I get shocked watching films because characters are different to the way I imagined.

2.a Are the statements true or false?
e.g He asked her how often she bought books. _____­

1. He wanted to know how often she read historical fiction. _____

2. He asked her what she was reading at that moment. _____

3. The man asked the woman how often she went to the cinema. _____

4.He asked her if she had seen The Lords of the Rings films. _____

5.He asked her whether she preferred reading books or watching TV. _____

Fiction or Non-fiction.
When authors write fiction, they can create worlds in their own minds and make those worlds come alive on the pages of a book. Because their writing doesn’t have to be real, they are free to make up the most interesting stories they can. Some fiction authors write about international spies, space travel, or romance. These stories may be a way for readers to escape their everyday lives and experience a world of excitement, at least momentarily.

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Compared to fiction writers, authors of nonfiction don’t have as much flexibility when writing a book, because all of the details in a nonfiction book must be true. Nonfiction authors do, however, write about a wide variety of subjects. Nonfiction encompasses history, biography, politics, science, and many other areas. People often choose to read nonfiction because they want to learn more about a particular subject. Even if you’re interested in something obscure, someone has probably written a book about it. Naturally, most people don’t read only fiction or nonfiction. They read both. Yet they may read different types of books for different reasons. Whether you want to study or just relax, a book can help you do it.

3. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

Comprehension Questions.

1. Why might fiction be more interesting than nonfiction?

2. Why might someone want to read fiction?

3. What are four categories of nonfiction?

4. Why might someone want to read nonfiction instead of fiction?

4. According to the passage fill in table with appropriate answers.

Advantages of Fiction	Disadvantages of Fiction
Advantages of Nonfiction	Advantages of Nonfiction

5. Check your grammar: Sentence structure.

Rewrite these sentences with correct structure.
1. Celebrated / in 1996/ 110 the anniversary / country/ was / the / throughout / Fitrat

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2. Jack London / writers / to become / was / one of the / celebrity/ and / first / earn / fortune / a large / from writing / a worldwide.

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3. Navoi / and / Fitrat was awarded / to / decree of the / According with / bonus / the / Mustaqillik orden / Republic of Uzbekistan of the Prezident.

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4. William Shakespeare /an English / was / poet, playwright / widely regarded / and actor / as the greatest / in the English language / writer.

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5. When / Fitrat's / languages / translated /works/ highly/ were/ he / various / was alive / praised / and/ into.

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6. a Roman Catholic nun / the poor / to serving / who devoted / was / her life / and / around the world / destitute / Mother Teresa.

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6.Homework
- Write two small text about your favorite books in Uzbek literature and English literature.