BOOKS AND LIBRARIES

honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names are

What, and Why, and When, And How, and Where, And Who.

Есть у меня шестерка слуг, Проворных, озорных. И все, что вижу я вокруг, все Знаю я от них.
Они по зову моему Являются в нужде. Зовут их Как? и Почему? Кто? Что? Когда? и Где?

When

Who

What

Where

Why

How

know about libraries?

Fill in the gaps with the correct form

of the verb in the Passive voice.

The places where the material (to keep) include public libraries and private libraries.
The first libraries (to discover) in Sumer in 2600 BC .
The first library classification system (to set up) during the Han Dynasty.
Nowadays a library (to organize) for use by a public body, an institution, a corporation, or a private individual.
Public collections and services may (to use) by people who need material or professional assistance.
The services of librarians (to provide).

1. is kept
2. were discovered
3. was set up
4. is organized
5. be used
6. are provided

55

What

word word

The Library of Alexandria, in Egypt, was the largest

library of the ancient …1… .
The …2… Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library. The library holds over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages. The Library's collections include around 14 million books
The Library of Congress in Washington is the national library of the United States. It is the largest library in the world by number of…3… . The collections include more than 32 million books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 61 million manuscripts.
The Russian …4…Library is the national library of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest in the country and the third largest in the world . The library has more than 43 million items, including over 17 million books …5…247 languages.

1. a. world b. peace c. piece
2. a. English b British. c. Scottish
3. a. pictures b. films c. books
4. a. State b. Great c. Moscow
5. a. of b. on c. in

Where

1 a; 2 b; 3 c; 4 a; 5 c

do we remember the rules ?

Read the text and mark the sentences true or false.

All readers must firstly register at the Library Office. Any change of address must be notified to the Librarian.
Library readers are responsible for the safe keeping of any book borrowed
Books may be borrowed for two weeks. Part I and II texts may be borrowed overnight only. Periodicals and texts from the reference section may not be borrowed.
Research workers in the Department of Zoology may borrow any number of books. Other borrowers may not hold more than two books at any one time.
Smoking and the consumption of food and drink in the Library are strictly prohibited at all times.
Readers are requested to keep silence in the Library.
Readers may bring a mobile telephone into the library. However, mobile telephone conversations are not permitted.
Fines may be charged on overdue books.

Inform the librarian if your address changes.

All library equipment should be used carefully.

Newspapers and encyclopedias may be borrowed for two weeks.

Any reader is allowed to borrow any number of books .

No food or drink is allowed.

Conversations should be kept to a minimum.

Readers must leave their mobile phones at home.

Fines for the late returns should be paid.

How

written by?
Sherlock
Holmes
A. Conan Doyle
John Ronald
Tolkien
Harry
Potter
Fahrenheit
451

Heinrich

Heine

of our town.
The libraries of the future.
Will there be any

libraries in the future?

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