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an atlas - a book of maps, an autobiography - a person´s story of his/her own life, newspaper - gives info about recent events in the world, a cookbook - contains recipes particular dishes, a novel - a long, fictional story, a play - a show that you see at the theatre, a chapter - one section of a book, a comic - a story in pictures with bubbles, a guidebook - provides info about a place you are visiting, a sequel - a next part of a book, a publisher - a person who prints books for his money, gossip - something what people say about other people, a lead - a main character in a story, a playwright - a person who writes sth for theatres, an epilogue - piece of text that is added to the end of a play or book, edit - to make changes to a text, to look up - to find a word (e.g. in a dictionary), rehearsal - a time when people in a theatre practice for a play,

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10, Reading books (Četba knih)

benefits of reading

genres of fiction and non-fiction literature

major representatives of British and American literature

famous Czech writers

the life and works of William Shakespeare

the life and works of Ernest Hemingway

your favourite author; a book would you recommend your friend to read and why

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When you escape into a book, it's into a world all its own: in a different time, across the globe or in a purely fictitious place of the author's imagining. To which novel's universe are you best suited?

Part of the joy of reading is that it allows us to enter different spheres of existence: we can travel across the globe, through time, and enter fantastical worlds that, for all their differences, in some way reflect important aspects of our own. And, of course, we all have preferences of our own, ways we like to live that are either facilitated or hampered by our environs. But what if we could live in any book we wanted, in the world created by its author? Into which would you best fit?
Illustration above: Victoria Ibbetson/Penguin
The quiz below is designed to figure out just that, whether it's a real-world time and place or a fully imagined universe. So: what classic novel's world would you fit into best?

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Do you like to read? When is the best time for reading?, Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books?, What was the last book that you read? What was it about?, How is reading prose different from reading poetry?, How is reading drama different from reading prose?, What is your favourite literary genre?, Have you ever read an entire book in English?, Do you think that a translation of a book changes the book itself?, Which writers are extremely popular today and why?, Did your parents or grandparents read stories to you when you were little? , Apart from books what else do you read?, Do you like to read poetry?, Do you think it is important for children to read?, Is it better to read a book in its original version or are translations just as good as the original?, What are the important elements in a story?, Do you prefer reading printed books or e-books? , Do you think electronic media and technology will replace printed books in the future?, What was the first book you read on your own? How old were you?, What was the most catchy book you've read? What made it so catchy?, Have you ever read the same book more than once? What book and why?, If you had to keep reading just one book for the rest of your life, what book would it be?, Do you learn/try to read a genre of literature that is not normally your cup of tea?, What is/are the things that make you choose a book to read?, Do you like buying books? , Do you ever borrow books from a library?, Do you have any rituals when reading?, Do you use any special reading techniques like speed reading? If not, would you like to learn any, What do you think of the list of set books at school? What books would you put on the list?, Which is usually better- a book or a film based on the book? Why? Do you know any exceptions?.

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How can books help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times? Would reading be one of the best ways to find relief from the pressures of modern life? Neil and Georgina talk about 'bibliotherapy' and teach you related vocabulary along the way.

This week's question

What is the best-selling book of all time? Is it:

a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling

b) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

c) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

scanning
reading rapidly in order to find specific facts

literature
written works including novels, poetry and plays which are considered to have artistic value

hemisphere
half of a sphere, usually the earth or the brain

coming to life
starting to be activated after a quiet period

scalp
skin under the hair on your head

stimulus
something that encourages activity in people or things

Transcript

Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript

Georgina
And I'm Georgina.

Neil
What type of books do you like to read, Georgina?

Georgina
I love reading crime fiction - you know detective stories by authors like Ruth Rendell or Agatha Christie.

Neil
Really? Do you find them relaxing?

Georgina
I wouldn't say relaxing exactly, but I get really involved in the story - trying to work out who the murderer is... then finding out on the last page.

Neil
That's interesting because today we'll be looking at how books can help us relax and feel more alive during troubled times. We'll be finding out how reading is one of the best ways to find relief from the pressures of modern life.

Georgina
Neil, are you talking about 'Bibliotherapy'?

Neil
Amazing detective skills, Georgina! Exactly. 'Bibliotherapy' is the prescription of books as a remedy to sickness. It has been around since 2013, when the UK charity 'Reading Agency' published a list of books that doctors could offer to patients, tackling topics from depression to dementia to chronic pain.

Georgina
Since then, 1.2 million readers have borrowed the scheme's books from libraries. It's so successful that it's about to be extended to children as well.

I wonder which books have been most popular over that time? In fact that's my quiz question for today. What is the best-selling book of all time? Is it:
a) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
b) A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, or
c) Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

Georgina
I'll say a) Harry Potter.

Philip Davis
Above all, that it's not to do with scanning, with quick reading, when they're reading literature. If they're just scanning, if you're just looking for information, you go fast, it's very easy, it's automatic but when literature begins to do something more complicated than that in an area that emotionally you care about. The brain begins to work from different parts, from a different hemisphere and it gets excited, it gets pre-emotional - you can see the brain coming to life and it's that life that is important in terms of these reading groups.

But the real therapy happens when a group reads literature - written works such as novels, poems or plays which are thought to have artistic merit. When group members read literature their brains get excited and start working from a different hemisphere - a word meaning 'half a sphere' - usually half the Earth or in this case, the human brain.

Reading literature in this this way makes both the left and right hemisphere of the brain come to life - start to be activated again after a quiet period.

And it's this ' coming to life'that proves the therapeutic effects of 'Bibliotherapy'. Here's Professor Davis again explaining how the benefits of group reading are observed.

Philip Davis
There are two methods really - you can have ECG where you put electrodes on the scalp and it measures electricity so that you can have a print-off of a graph of the sudden leaps than can happen at particular moments in reading a poem or short story or you can go into the scanner, the FMRI, and there, the blood flow, the oxygen indicates again changes in the configuration of the brain as it takes in this new stimulus.

Neil
The benefits of reading literature with others can be felt by group members as they begin to feel more alive and able to cope with life's ups and downs. But they can also be measured scientifically by recording brain wave activity.

Georgina
Or something really stimulating - like a detective story!

Neil
...which is definitely the most popular book in the 21st Century. But number one of all time, selling over 500 million copies is c) Cervantes' Don Quixote. And there's even a detective in it!

In contrast to scanning - reading quickly to find facts - reading groups use literature as a stimulus - something that encourages activity in people.

Reading stimulates both the left and right hemispheres - the two halves of the brain, and increases emotional activity which can be measured on the scalp - the skin under the hair on a reader's head.

Georgina
Right, that's it - I'm off to the library!

Neil
If only you could... Thanks for listening and remember you can find many more stimulating topics and vocabulary here at 6 Minute English on BBC Learning English. Bye for now.

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zápletka - Plot, obsah - Table of Contents, přední strana obálky - Front cover, věnování - Dedication, slovníček pojmů - Glossary, rejstřík - Index, kapitola - Chapter, hlavní postava - Main character (protagonist), hlavní záporná postava - Antagonist, prozaik, romanopisec - Novelist, básník - Poet, zasazení děje (v místě a čase) - Setting, bajka - Fable, pohádka - Fairy-tale, román - Novel, divadelní hra - Play, povídka - Short story, poezie - Poetry, beletrie - Fiction, literatura faktu - Non - fiction, vědecko-fantastická literatura - Science fiction,

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Jak napsat review - FCE/CAE/CPE. Ukázkovou práce, slovní zásoba a fráze a v neposlední řadě tipy a triky, jak úspěšně certifikát udělat.

píšete většinou o knize, filmu, hře nebo CD

za úkol máte většinou
a) popsat (např. hlavního hrdinu)
b) vysvětlit (např. zápletku ve filmu)
c) srovnat (např. dvě postavy z filmu)

důležité je použití široké skály přídavných jmen (viz. slovní zásoba níže)

Vaším úkolem je poskytnout jak fakta, tak i věc doporučit/nedoporučit , tedy dát osobní ohodnocení

věštinou používáte:
a) přitomné časy (the story starts in ...)
b) minulé časy se používají pro popis osobních zážitků (when I first heard this song....) nebo pro popis vzniku knihy, CD... (it took them two months to make this CD...)

The film story is set in ...

The events take place...

This well-written/informative (poučný)/fascinating book...

The film/book tells the story of...

The book/novel was written by..

The film was directed by...

This work is based on...

It's a comedy/horror film/love story

2) hlavní část

většinou se skládá ze dvou odstavců : v prvním je většinou popis zápletky (nebo toho hlavního, o co jde) a druhý, který popisuje jednotlivé aspekty (např. acting, costumes...)

It's rather confusing/long/slow/boring

The cast (obsazení) is excellent/weak/awful/unconvincing (nepřesvědčivý)

I was so engrossed that I literally couldn't put it down - byla jsem tak ponořená, že jsem ji oslova nemohla odložit (o knize)

Althoug the script is dull, the acting is outstanding - ačkoliv je scénář hloupý, herecké výkony jsou vynikající

The script(scénář) is dull(hloupý)/clever/exciting

It has a tragic/suprising/dramatic end.

It is beautifully/poorly/badly written

Rich/dull sound - bohatý/mdlý zvuk

Catchy tune - chytlavé melodie

Features a variety of musical insruments

Powerful/weak voice

Musically satisfying

Another point worth mentioning - další věc, která stojí za zmínku

On the plus side...

On the down side....

On the one hand...

On the other hand...

3) závěr
doporučuji/nedoporučuji + proč

Don't miss it

I think....

I consider ....

I believe....

In my opinion...

To my mind.....

All in all, ... - celkově...

One of the best thing about this book is that ...

After reading this, you will...

It is well worth seeing...

This is a definitely a film/play worth seeing

It will change the way you see...

I wouldn't recommend it because

It's bound to be a box-office hit (je to jasný kasovní trhák)

I highly/thoroughly(důsledně)/strongly recommend it

I would advise anypne to see it

If you have the chance, make sure you (watch it)

Wait until it comes out on video

It is a highly entertaning read

It's a bore to read

This is (a film) to avoid

Unfortunately this (fim) fails to live up to expectation - nenaplnil očekávání

It's certainly at the top of my list

Fans will no doubt be thrilled over/about/with this

It's a must!

Don't bother with this one

I definitely recommend that you add this CD to your collection

... not only are (the special effects absolutely brilliant), but there is/are...

... as far as the plot is concerned , I found it (totally confusing) - co se týče ...

...as for the lyrics - co se týče textů...

black-and-white

colour film

animated cartoon - animovaný film

silent

scientific film - vědecký film

documentary filmy - dokumentární f.

full length film - celovečerní f.

short film - krátký f.

hit
big hit
box-office hit - kasovní trhák
smash hit - obrovský trhák

twist
unexpected twist - neočekávaný zvrat
dramatic twist

play - divadelní hra

cheap
laughable - komický, směšný
stunning - úžasný
staggering - ohromující
astounding - ohromující

tragedy
comedy

characters - postavy plot - zápletka acting/performance writing/script

confusing - matoucí

realistic

compelling - přesvědčívý

songs/tracks music

stimulating - povzbudivý

moving - dojímavý

lyrics

profound - hlubokomyslný

meaningful - smysluplný

clichéd

Books

a pen-name/a pseudonym - pseudonym

title - název

inroduction - úvod

preface - předmluva

chapter - kapitola

instructive book - poučná kniha

attractive b. - poutavá kniha

perfect b. dokonalá k.

I was impressed - zapůsobila na mě

It didn't appeal to me - nelíbila se mi

It's absolute trash - je to absolutní brak

dramatic

spectacular - velkolepý, okázalý

novel - román

short story - povídka

writer

(starring - hrající (Angelina Jolie starring/a lot of well-known actors starring)
tragic

to play the part of - hrát roli (koho/čeho)

the leading part - hlavní role

an extra - kompars

cast - herecké obsazení

acting - herecké výkony

directed by - režie ( e.g. directed by Mel Gimpson)

designed by - výprava

scenery - dekorace, kulisy

script - scénář (hry)

screenplay - scénář (filmu)

character - postava (ve filmu/knize...)

actor - herec

actress - herečka

be based on - být založen na

be set it - odehrávat se v

twist - zvrat

role - role

plot - zápletka

zásadní pro psaní review jsou přídavná jména

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main character hlavní postava
hero hrdina
heroine hrdinka
plot zápletka
recommend doporučit
review recenze, kritika
award cena, ocenění
chapter kapitola
short story povídka
poem báseň
fairy tale pohádka
volume díl, svazek
play hra
adventure dobrodružství
based on a true story podle pravdivého příběhu
is set in odehrává se v
replace nahradit
compulsory povinný
paperback vázaná kniha v měkkých deskách
novel román
fiction beletrie
non-fiction literatura faktu; populárně naučná literatura
poetry poezie
encyclopedia encyklopedie
ghost story strašidelný příběh
biography životopis
atlas atlas
dictionary slovník
detective story detektivní příběh
science fiction vědecko-fantastický
comic komiks
cookery book kuchařka
travel guide průvodce
children's book dětská kniha
autobiography vlastní životopis
hardback pevná vazba knihy
novelist spisovatel, romanopisec
poet básník, básnířka
playwright autor divadelních her
journalist novinář
I couldn´t put the book down. Nemohl jsem přestat číst.
I couldn't relate to any of the characters. Nemohl jsem se ztotožnit s žádnou postavou.
it's very readable. Dobře se to čte.
It's no masterpiece Není to žádné mistrovské dílo
The first few chapters were heavy going. Prvních pár kapitol se těžko četlo.
moving dpjemný
verse verš
recite přednášet
learn by heart učit se zpaměti
publication publikace
publish vydat
publisher vydavatel
gripping poutavý, napínavý
travel book cestopis
fable bajka
preface předmluva
come out vyjít
subscribe předplatit
subsciption předplatné
setting prostředí
contents obsah

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The Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper, Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe, Moby Dick - Herman Melville, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain, The White Fang - Jack London, The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway, The Great Gatsby - Francis Scott Fitzgerald, A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams, Catch XXII - Joseph Heller, The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury, Sophie´s Choice - William Styron, On the Road - Jack Kerouac, The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer, East of Eden - John Steinbeck,

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1) Who is the horror-like creature in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving? a) a blood-covered knight b) a headless horseman c) a muddy troll d) an apocalyptic mist 2) Which of the following characters had to make a traumatizing decision? a) Katrina Van Tassel b) Nurse Ratched c) Sophie Zawistowska d) Susan Calvin 3) What creatures does Isaac Asimov deal with in his books? a) robots b) dinosaurs c) aliens d) dragons 4) What is the refrain in Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven? a) Never again b) No more c) Not now d) Nevermore 5) What is the setting of Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? a) the woods in the American west b) a psychiatric hospital in Oregon c) a late 18th century Dutch settlement d) San Francisco streets 6) Which of these works doesn't deal with a murder followed up by execution? a) In Cold Blood - Truman Capote b) An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser c) The Scarlet letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne 7) Which of these American masterpieces doesn't take place in the 19th century? a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn b) Moby Dick c) On the Road d) The Raven 8) Which "author - work" pair is not correctly matched? a) Herman Melville - Moby Dick b) Joseph Heller - Catch 22 c) Lyman Frank Baum - The Great Gatsby d) Mark Twain - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 9) Which of these events happens in The Great Gatsby? a) Tom Buchanan has an affair with Myrtle Wilson b) Jay Gatsby hits Myrtle while driving a car c) Nick Carraway organizes huge parties in his house d) Daisy is killed by George Wilson 10) What does the Scarlet letter "A" Hester wears stand for? a) Adolescence b) Adultery c) Ability d) Amazement

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Jonathan Swift, Beowulf, Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, William Shakespeare, John R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowling, H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf,

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