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Stories: Watch The Video Podcast. Do You Enjoy Similar Books To Any of The People in The Podcast?

Watch the video podcast from 0:10-0:26 and delete the incorrect words. Read the text below about Val's reading habits. Then watch the stories speakout Upper Intermediate UNIT 4 video.

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Stories: Watch The Video Podcast. Do You Enjoy Similar Books To Any of The People in The Podcast?

Watch the video podcast from 0:10-0:26 and delete the incorrect words. Read the text below about Val's reading habits. Then watch the stories speakout Upper Intermediate UNIT 4 video.

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STORIES

speakout Upper Intermediate UNIT 4

Overview
Watch the video podcast. Do you enjoy similar books to any of the people in the podcast?

1 Read the text below about Vals reading habits. Then watch the video
podcast from 0:10-0:26 and delete the incorrect words.
I 1 write / read a lot, mostly non-ction books about history and 2 politics / economics, but I also like some 3 ction / poetry too. Im outside the Tate Modern in central London asking people about 4 books / reading. Do you 5 like books / read much ?
Glossary: non-ction = books about real facts or events, not imagined ones

Val

2 Do you read much? Watch the video podcast from 0:27-0:51 and complete the responses.

Rob

Hannah

Bob

1 I do yeah. I try to read as _______ as ___________.

2 Yeah, I do. Im a great ______________.

3 Yes I do yes. Mostly ____________.

Adela

Alice

Robert

4 I read a lot of fashion ____________.

5 Yeah, I read a _________ bit.

6 I read a lot of _________ books.

3 What was the last book you read? Look at the titles of the ve books below. Then look at the brief
descriptions of the books 1-5. Try to match the titles A-E to the descriptions. Then watch the video podcast from 0:52-1:55 to check your answers.
A Water for Elephants B The Search C Breaking Dawn D Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams E Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency

1 an easy read that is fun and humorous 2 a story about a circus in 1930s America 3 a collection of short stories by Sylvia Plath 4 part of the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Myers 5 Its set in the States. Its about a man whos paid to pursue another person

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4 Whats your favourite book? Watch the video podcast from 1:58 -2:31 and write true (T) or false (F)
next to each statement.

A
Hannah

B
Robert

C
Alice

1 Her favourite book is set in the Second World War. F 2 The book is about a day in the life of an ordinary woman. _______

3 His favourite book is a comic book. _______ 4 This book is about Superman _______

5 Her favourite book has a French title. _______ 6 The book is about a married couple who have a bad relationship. _______

Glossary: traces her existence = follows her life; mundane = about ordinary daily life; siblings = a brother or sister

5 Which ctional character would you most like to be, or meet? Look at the people below and read the
names of the ctional characters they would like to meet. Then watch the video podcast from 2:31-3:30 and match the characters with the people.

A
Rob

B
Bob

C
Robert

D
Alice

E
Hannah

1 The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. 2 Mr Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. 3 John Self from the novel Money. 4 The character Humbert Humbert from Lolita. 5 The Joker from the Batman comics.

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The way we speak 6 The people in the pictures below talk about books they have read. Read what they say and complete
their responses with the words and phrases from the box. Then watch the video podcast from 0:52-2:31 again and check your answers. last called of all time Its about about heard of traces recommended author its set by called

Hannah

Rob

Well, the 1 _______ book I read was Water for Elephants 2_______ Sara Gruen which was a book 3 ______________ to me by some friends Id never 4______________ her, or indeed, the book but I enjoyed it very much. It was a story 5 _______ a circus in the 1930s America. My favourite book 6______________ is a book 7 _______ One Fine Day by Mollie Panter-Downes which is a book about a housewife, just after the Second World War and it just 8_______ her existence in a day of her life. Its terribly mundane.

The last book I read was a novel 9_______ The Search by a London 10_______ called Geoff Dyer and its about, 11______________ in the States. 12 ______________ a man whos paid to pursue another person and he travels across the land trying to catch him.

Personalisation 7 Write your answers to the questions. Try to use some of the language from the video podcasts. 1 Whats your favourite book and why?

______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
2 Which ctional character would you most like to be, or meet?

______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
BBC LINK University students in Scotland are investigating how to use new technology to keep traditional story-telling alive. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7380901.stm

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