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14. In the last hundred years or so people have anticipated the imminent death of the book a few times. What have the threats been?

® films - very effective at telling stories in a visual way;

•    radio - provided such alternatives to books as documentaries and discussions;

•    television - combined the attributes of both film and radio;

•    video tapes - a wide rangę of films and various thematic programmes offered; inexpensive; easily accessible; can be watched at a convenient time;

•    computers and the Internet - electronic books and magazines.

2.5. Books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, phone directories, and atlases on CDs are getting morę and morę popular. Do you think that e-books are likely to take over from the printed word soon?

e-book (electronic book): a book that you read on a Computer screen or on a special smali Computer that you can hołd in your hands, and that is not printed on paper

ISTAW III

:anie 1.

:dowe pytania i odpowiedzi do materiału stymulującego)

Discuss what is presented in the visual materiał.

^_he photographs depict different types of houses in which people live:

•    a multi-storey, bright błock of flats with smali balconies situated in a city;

•    a nice bright detached house with many big Windows, which is situated in the countryside; there is a nice-looking, well kept green lawn and a few trees;

•    a big mansion which is situated in the country with a lot of space all around it;

•    it may be surrounded by a park as there are many high trees near the building;

•    two caravans, also called mobile homes, parked at a camping site; there are rocks and trees around behind the site.

How do you understand the headlines included in the materiał?

•    'Home is where the heart is.'

This is a popular saying. The word 'home' as used here means morę than just rooms and furniture. It refers to the place where those who you love and care for, i.e. your family, live and where you feel happy and comfortable.

•    'Quiet suburbs or inner-city action?'

It is a ąuestion that many people can ask themselves when they have a choice of where to move, or they have to decide where it is better to live: in a ąuiet suburban area or closer to the city centre. Both locations seem to have their advantages and disadvantages.