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8 Culture Book days Exercise 3 e 3.09
I can talk about book festivals.
Allow students time to read the questions,
1 Make compound nouns using the words in 3 3.09 Read and listen to the text again then play the audio. Students read
the boxes. Then scan the text to find three and answer the questions. and listen to the text, then answer
compound nouns from the list. What do they 1 Which one can you attend all year round?
mean? 2 You like acting and want to attend a the questions. With stronger classes,
best book story work suitable workshop. Which one would you encourage students to write full sentences
go to, the book festival or the book street? for their answers where possible. Check
sellers shop telling worm Why? answers with the class.
3 Your best friend hopes to meet his
favourite writer in person. Which one
2 Read the web page to find out which one is would you recommend? Why? answErs
older, the book festival or the book street. 4 You don't like reading about murders. 1 I can attend Nguyễn Văn Bình Book
Which one should you not go to? Why not?
Let’s celebrate 5 You prefer to have your books signed by the Street all year round.
books! 4 writers. Which one is your first choice? Why? 2 I’d go to the International Agatha
Christie Festival because I can watch
YOur Culture Write about a book
Do you want to meet other people who just love a or film festival in your country. Do research theatre group perform her plays, take
online and complete the table.
good story? Then check out these perfect events for part in writing and drama workshops.
all bookworms! Name of the festival 3 I would recommend Nguyễn Văn Bình
International Agatha Christie Festival History of the festival Book Street because famous writers
Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer, is the Where it takes place will be there.
best-selling novelist of all time. Her books, translated When it takes place
into over 100 languages, are read and loved by 4 I shouldn’t go to the International
people all over the world. Since 2004, fans of Agatha What you can do there Agatha Christie Festival because
Christie have been meeting every year at the festival. 5 uSe It! Work in pairs. Tell your partner
Where? about the festival you wrote about in Agatha Christie is a detective novelist.
Torre Abbey, Torquay in Devon exercise 4. 5 My first choice is going to Nguyễn Văn
When? Bình Book Street because there will be
September (usually the 11 th to the 20 th ) Nguyễn Văn Bình Book Street
What? Launched on January 9, 2016, Nguyễn Văn Bình book signing.
Listen to talks on Agatha Christie’s books, watch Book Street received 1.5 million visitors and sold
theatre groups perform her plays, take part in writing more than 500,000 copies of books in the first year. Exercise 4 YOUr CULTUrE
and drama workshops, go to murder mystery parties It provides a location for businesses in the publishing
and taste food that appears in Agatha Christie’s books! sector to organise events and present products, Elicit some names of book and film
and a cultural space for book enthusiasts. The festivals in Việt Nam. If they cannot think
pedestrian-only street includes more than 20 book
stalls featuring books and magazines from domestic of any, allow students a few minutes to
and foreign publishers. search online for the names of some
Where?
Nguyễn Văn Bình Street, District 1, Hồ Chí Minh City, festivals. Students work individually to
Việt Nam choose a festival and complete the table
When? with the correct information. Monitor and
8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Daily
What? help while students are working.
Listen to famous writers talk about their best-sellers,
take part in writing workshops and talk shows, Exercise 5 UsE IT!
attend book signings and book releases, and choose
from thousands of titles in the festival bookshop. Put students into pairs to tell each other
about the festival they researched and
choose the best one to present to the
Culture 97 class. Ask pairs in turn to present their
festival to the class. Ask: Which festival
would you most like to go to? Why?
8 Culture • Book days Exercise 1 answErs
Read out the introduction to the web Students’ own answers.
aim page and focus on the word bookworms.
Talk about book festivals. Point out that it is formed by combining More practice
book and worm. Elicit the meaning Book festivals, DVD with worksheet
(someone who loves books).
warm-up Students work in pairs to combine the
With books closed, ask: What sort of remaining words, find them in the text and
books do you enjoy reading? Elicit a range work out the meanings. They can use their
of answers. Ask further questions to dictionaries to help, if necessary. Point
encourage students to say more, e.g. Do out that some words in the boxes can be
you like reading fiction or non-fiction? Do used more than once. Check answers with
you prefer watching films to reading books? the class, and make sure that students
Why? Do you ever watch a film and then understand all the compound nouns.
read the book?
answErs
Background bestsellers, booksellers, bookshop,
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is one of bookworm, storytelling, workshop
Britain’s best-known crime writers. She
wrote over sixty detective novels. She Exercise 2
also wrote the world’s longest-running Students read the web page to find out
play, The Mousetrap, which was first which festival is older. Check the answer
performed in London in 1952 and with the class.
has been shown there continuously answEr
ever since. International Agatha Christie Festival – it
started in 2004.

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