1. Author: A.Minigulov Teacher: N.V.Kaznacheeva Lyceum №2 Mikhailovsk

2.   Purpose: To find out for what we need books in our life.   Hypothesis:We suppose that books help us to live.   Problem question: Why does the amount of readers become less?   The main question: Does reading books make people sociable and intelligent?

3. “Books and friends should be few but good”  friends and teachers  develop our intellect  arouse different emotions in us  shape our characters  form our moral values

4. There is nothing more wonderful than books  Books teach people to live  love and suffer  cry or laugh  struggle and reach

5. What could books do?  give us  food for our mind  warmth for our soul  can make us  strong  intelligent  well educated

6. Books make the world larger for us  we can talk to people who lived in different centuries  we hear their voices, thoughts and feeling  they give us an insight  into the past  into the future

7. Different people and different books  It depends on one's taste and character  dramas and romances  science-fiction and fantasy stories  detective and spy stories  tales and fairy-tales  about animals and nature  adventure and travels  humorous stories  historical dramas  biographies and autobiographies

8. Two classes of people  preferring to watch TV, video, computer, audio- visual instruments  reading books, not sitting near a TV-set and watching at the "box"

9.   How many students of our school do visit the school library? Every day 48 students visit the reading hall.   What kind of books are the most readable? Adventure stories, science fiction, plays, novels,detective stories.

10. Conclusion: Young people will prefer reading CD books to reading printed ones. Thanks to books we can talk to people who lived in different ages and countries. Reading books makes people sociable and intelligent. Books written many centuries ago can be interesting for modern teenagers. People who read a lot are more educated.

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