Based on WB p.30-31, Ex.4 Listen to the dialogue and choose the right options Sarah Ron What are you reading, Ron? This book is a collection of science fiction stories. I love sci-fi. Do you? No, not really. I prefer classical literature and science fiction seems to me to be too modern. Modern? What are you talking about? Science fiction has very deep roots. Even in ancient times poets made up stories about travelling to strange faraway lands, meeting strange people and witnessing strange customs. OK, but those were not truly science fiction stories. I know what you mean — epic poems like Homer's "Odyssey". Am I right? Yes, you are. But that's not all. Daniel Defoe, the author of "Robinson Crusoe" wrote about "Worlds in the Moon". In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" the main character meets people from the flying island of Laputa. And these are only very few examples. Defoe and Swift lived so long ago, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Have you got any more recent examples? No problem. The American writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story of the journey to the Moon in which, as he said, he tried to be as scientific as possible. A couple of years ago I read some books by Jules Verne — "To the Centre of the Earth" and "20,000 Leagues under the Sea". They are true science fiction, aren't they? Absolutely. Herbert George Wells also wrote about travels to the Moon. One of his books is called "The First Men on the Moon". But my favourite novel by him is "The Invisible Man" where he writes about the power of science and the fact that it should not be separated from society. And still modern science fiction is different from all those books we've just mentioned. I agree that in a way it's different, but not entirely different because modern science fiction has grown out of those books by those great authors. Ron is reading a . Ron and Sarah have tastes in literature. Ron claims that science fiction . The stories by Jules Verne are . H. G. Wells wrote that science .
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Based on WB p.30-31, Ex.4

Listen to the dialogue and choose the right options
SarahRonWhat are you reading, Ron?This book is a collection of science fiction stories. I love sci-fi. Do you?No, not really. I prefer classical literature and science fiction seems to me to be too modern. Modern? What are you talking about? Science fiction has very deep roots. Even in ancient times poets made up stories about travelling to strange faraway lands, meeting strange people and witnessing strange customs.OK, but those were not truly science fiction stories. I know what you mean — epic poems like Homer's "Odyssey". Am I right?Yes, you are. But that's not all. Daniel Defoe, the author of "Robinson Crusoe" wrote about "Worlds in the Moon". In Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" the main character meets people from the flying island of Laputa. And these are only very few examples.Defoe and Swift lived so long ago, in the 17th and 18th centuries. Have you got any more recent examples?No problem. The American writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote a story of the journey to the Moon in which, as he said, he tried to be as scientific as possible.A couple of years ago I read some books by Jules Verne — "To the Centre of the Earth" and "20,000 Leagues under the Sea". They are true science fiction, aren't they?Absolutely. Herbert George Wells also wrote about travels to the Moon. One of his books is called "The First Men on the Moon". But my favourite novel by him is "The Invisible Man" where he writes about the power of science and the fact that it should not be separated from society.And still modern science fiction is different from all those books we've just mentioned.I agree that in a way it's different, but not entirely different because modern science fiction has grown out of those books by those great authors.

  1. Ron is reading a [novel|collection of novels|collection of stories].
  2. Ron and Sarah have [the same|similar|different] tastes in literature.
  3. Ron claims that science fiction [was founded very long ago as a genre|is based on older genres|is very old-fashioned and doesn't exist today].
  4. The stories by Jules Verne are [true science fiction|with elements of science fiction|all about journeys to the Moon].
  5. H. G. Wells wrote that science [should be developed better|should work on power sources more|should be used for needs of usual people].

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