Listen to the speakers and choose the correct statement 1-6 for each of the spoken texts A-E. There is one extra statement
Speaker A
- Reading is not interesting at all.
- We can learn from the life stories of famous people.
- Reading can make you creative.
- Detective stories make you clever.
- It's difficult to find the time to read.
- Reading helps you travel in your imagination.
Speaker B
- Reading is not interesting at all.
- We can learn from the life stories of famous people.
- Reading can make you creative.
- Detective stories make you clever.
- It's difficult to find the time to read.
- Reading helps you travel in your imagination.
Speaker C
- Reading is not interesting at all.
- We can learn from the life stories of famous people.
- Reading can make you creative.
- Detective stories make you clever.
- It's difficult to find the time to read.
- Reading helps you travel in your imagination.
Speaker D
- Reading is not interesting at all.
- We can learn from the life stories of famous people.
- Reading can make you creative.
- Detective stories make you clever.
- It's difficult to find the time to read.
- Reading helps you travel in your imagination.
Speaker E
- Reading is not interesting at all.
- We can learn from the life stories of famous people.
- Reading can make you creative.
- Detective stories make you clever.
- It's difficult to find the time to read.
- Reading helps you travel in your imagination.
Script
Speaker A
I hate reading. It's so boring. Why read when you can listen to audiobooks and watch videos? That's a more exciting and modern way of presenting the information. Reading is old-fashioned. But we must read at school. We read our school textbooks and the classical books that our teacher tells us to read.
Speaker B
I like reading but I haven't got enough time for it. I work a lot, and in the evenings I spend time with my children and doing the housework. Yes, I read to my children, but that's reading books for kids such as fairy tales. Actually, I can only read for pleasure when I'm on holiday.
Speaker C
I don't like reading but I like comics. They are great. The pictures are so exciting. They inspire me to create my own comics. I draw my own characters such as monsters and heroes who help people.
Speaker D
I love reading. I'm a real bookworm. I read a lot. I love all kinds of books, but adventure stories are my favourite. They are amazing. When I read them, I feel I'm going through the jungle, fighting the pirates, and searching for treasure with the characters of the book.
Speaker E
I don't read much but what I really like reading is biographies of famous people. Politicians, business people, actors, scientists, explorers … It's always interesting to learn what it took them to become famous, successful, and often rich. Yes, I read and learn from these books.