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Culture

1 SPEAKING What is your favourite book? Who is your
favourite author? Compare your ideas.

2 ((]>) 6.06 Read and listen to the article and write the
names of the books in the gaps.

3 <1>) 6.06 Read and listen again and complete the table.

name of friends where it is set
The Three Musketeers
The Jungle Book
The Lord of the Rings M iddle Earth
My Brilliant Friend

, Friends in

si literature

Is there anyone who doesn’t know a out those great friends Harry, Hermione
and Ron in the Harry Potter ooks? J.K. Rowling's stories are world-famous,
and part of their success is ecause of the friendship etween those three
main characters. But there are many examples of great friends in literature.
Let’s look at some more.

In 1844, French writer Alexandre Dumas wrote______________________ .
The story is about a young man called DArtagnan who goes to Paris to join
the musketeers (special soldiers who protect the king). He meets Athos,
Aramis and Porthos, three friends who are the greatest musketeers in
France, and they have many adventures together. They often say: 'One for
all and all for one', which shows their strong friendship.
(1894) by Rudyard Kipling is a story about
animals who are very like people - some good, some not so good. But there
is also Mowgli, a small human boy who grows up in the Indian jungle. Many
animals want to find him because he knows how to make fire. Mowgli's
great friend and guardian is a bear called Baloo and also a black panther
called Bagheera, who help him to escape from the tiger, Shere Khan.

(1937-1949) by J.R.R. Tolkien is a fantasy story
about Frodo, who gets a ring from his uncle Bilbo Baggins. Frodo lives in
a place called the Shire in Middle Earth and has a friend, Sam. When Frodo
leaves the Shire on a long journey with the ring, Sam (as well as some other
friends) goes with him. Sam's friendship is very important for Frodo: as he
faces many dangerous situations, Sam is always there to help him.

A more modern book is______________________ (2011) by Elena
Ferrante. It is the first of a series of four novels. The story begins in Naples
in the 1950s. Elena and Lila are friends at school, but they have a lot of
arguments, too. As they grow up, life takes them away from each other.
But when they are both old, things happen that bring them together again.

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