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Read the key words from the text and try to guess what it is about. Key Words special world, whispering voices, culture and wisdom, the sound of turning pages, place of quietness, the kingdom of the printed word, enjoy myself B. Read the text to see if your guess is right. Reader’s Letter I am no longer young but I still remember happy Saturday mornings I spent in the library when I was a child. In libraries I felt cheerful and peaceful. The library was my special world in which I loved everything — the smell of the books, the whispering voices of the readers and the librarians, the sound of turning pages. As I grew up, libraries became more and more workplace for me, at school and university. But there were other times when I went to the library just because I felt lonely or depressed [d??prest]. When I was alone in strange towns, I never failed to find the local library and enjoyed myself spending one or two hours there. For me libraries have always been places of quietness, culture and wisdom, the kingdom of the printed word. Our children need to learn from babyhood to feel at home in libraries. At the same time they should look at them as very special places where they can enter a new fascinating world. C. Read the letter again and say which of the following ideas cannot be found in it. 1) The reader loves and has always loved libraries. 2) The reader was first taken to the library by his or her parents. 3) The reader used libraries for his or her studies. 4) The atmosphere of the library never fails to make the reader feel more cheerful. 5) The reader thinks that nowadays children don’t go to the library so often as they did before. 6) The reader believes that a library is the right place for children to go.

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