Lesson 4. Let's Go to the Library!
Getting ready for the task:

- Do you like reading books? What books?

- Where can you find different books?

- What is the role of libraries in our life?

Key words:

digital - electronic
to check out - to examine
a catalogue - a complete list of items

to support - to help or encourage smb by saying that you agree with them
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GW. Listen to the Fact File and discuss it in your groups:

- What famous libraries do you know in the world?
- Why is it important to have a library or to go to the library?

Fact File

There are many famous libraries in the world. One of them is the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress is a symbol of vital* connection between knowledge and democracy. The Library provides the Congress with information and ideas, and it also helps other libraries throughout the world. Thomas Jefferson is the founder of the Library of Congress. He was a man of various interests. His personal library is the Library’s core. Today’s the Library of Congress is the world’s greatest resource. With the support of the US Congress it has become the largest and the most famous library in the world.

*vital - necessary, essential, important

LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) Different languages
   B) Fiction books
   C) A day with friends
   D) A school library
   E) A helpful librarian
2. Which is not mentioned about School Library?
   The school library is … .
   A) large
   B) rich with books
   C) digital-electronic
   D) new and modern
   E) outside the school
3. Choose the correct statement about the School Library.
   A) There is no librarian there
   B) Paul was alone at the library
   C) Books are only in English there
   D) You can only find old books there
   E) Library has books on different subjects
4. Answer the question according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   Why did he take “Sister Kerry” in the library?
5. Which word in the passage is opposite in meaning to the word “the same”?

Susan: | Hello, Paul! Where were you yesterday?
Paul: | Hi, Susan! I was at the library with my friends.
Susan: | Oh, great! Is your library new, Paul?
Paul: | Yes, of course. We have got a large and modern library in our school. It is also a digital-electronic library.
Susan: | What books are there in your library?
Paul: | All kinds of books, even in different languages. You can see fantasy, detective, adventure, fiction and other books there. You can also find old and new books on literature, physics, history, chemistry, geography and many other books on different subjects in our library.
Susan: | What book did you want to take?
Paul: | I checked out “Sister Kerry” by Theodor Dreiser. That was for home reading material in English. That’s why I had to get it. And the librarian helped me with pleasure.
Susan: | Oh, that’s very good! And you have to return the book to the library in two weeks.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) Different languages
   B) Fiction books
   C) A day with friends
   D) A school library
   E) A helpful librarian
2. Which is not mentioned about School Library?
   The school library is … .
   A) large
   B) rich with books
   C) digital-electronic
   D) new and modern
   E) outside the school
3. Choose the correct statement about the School Library.
   A) There is no librarian there
   B) Paul was alone at the library
   C) Books are only in English there
   D) You can only find old books there
   E) Library has books on different subjects
4. Answer the question according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   Why did he take “Sister Kerry” in the library?
   Answer: “for home reading”
5. Which word in the passage is opposite in meaning to the word “the same”?
   Answer: “different”