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Vocabulary books and reading
First books Grammar defining, non-defining and reduced
relative clauses
QUICK REVIEW Narrative verb forms Work in pairs. Choose one of
the urban legends from lesson 4A. Take turns to tell your partner what
you remember about it.
Vocabulary and Speaking Reading and Speaking
Books and reading
El a Look at the book covers. Have you read these
D Work in pairs. Which words/phrases in bold do you know? books or seen the films that were based on
Check new words/ phrases in l!lt!ffi1:tll!f!1;\jf> p134. Then them? If so, what did you think of them?
ask and answer the questions. b Work in pairs. Student A, read about Cecelia
1 Who's your favourite author or novelist? Ahern and her first book, Student B, read about
2 What's your favourite literary genre: chick lit, horror, crime etc.? Stephen King and his first book. Find answers to
these questions.
3 What was the last book you read and what was the plot?
4 When you buy a book, are you influenced by the blurb on 1 What do we find out about the writer's background?
the back? 2 What literary genre was the writer's first book?
5 Which books are best-sellers in your country at the moment? How do we know this from the text?
6 Do you enjoy browsing in bookshops or do you prefer surfing 3 What do we know about the main character in the
online book stores? book and what is the basic plot?
7 Do you usually buy paperbacks, hardbacks or e-books? 4 What do we learn about the writer's husband/wife?
a Do you always flick through magazines and read the contents c Work with your partner. Ask and answer the
page before you buy them? questions in 2b.
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Cecelia Ahern, whose first book
became an instant international best- Stephen King, who came from a very poor
seller, was born in Dublin in 1981. Cecelia family, began selling stories to friends at school
was just 21 when she wrote PS, I Love when he was just 12. These stories, which
You, which is about Holly, a young woman he sold for 25 cents, were the beginning of a
whose 30-year-old husband dies, but writing career that has made King the most
leaves her one last gift. The gift is a series successful American author in history. His first
of letters, which he tells her to open on major success came when his manuscript
the first day of each month. The letters, for a book called Carrie was accepted by a
which are meant to help Holly through publisher in 1973. Carrie is about a shy high-
her grief, encourage her to go on a trip of school girl whose life is made miserable by
a lifetime. other students bullying and making fun of her.
In 2010, Cecelia, now a wealthy Carrie then discovers she has psychic powers,
author, married her long-time love which she uses to seek her revenge. All those
David Keoghan. They got married at a who were cruel to her are made to suffer.
surprise ceremony, where the guests Carrie was the book that made King famous,
were amazed to find themselves at a Th<' Interna tional Bestseller but it almost didn't get published. King was
wedding and not a christening as they'd disappointed in the manuscript and abandoned
been told! The bride's father, Bertie Cecelia it. One day, his wife was emptying a bin where
Ahern, who is a former Prime Minister Ahern King had thrown the manuscript and instead
of Ireland, proudly walked Cecelia down of throwing it out she read it and persuaded her
the aisle. Among the guests was her husband to finish it. The publishers gave King
brother-in-law, Nicky Byrne, who is $2,500 advance payment for the manuscript.
a member of the famous pop group, Now King's estimated annual income is
Westlife. It was a wedding scenario that said to be around $40 million!
Cecelia might have written for one of
her own novels!
