Transcript The reat libraries of the World

The Great
Libraries of the
World
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общеобразовательной
школы г.Щелково
Пучкова Наталья Алексеевна
Reading is a vital form of
communication with all of
mankind, and wisdom
of many ages.
Olzhas Suleymenov
The Library of Congress in the USA
The US Library of Congress is the largest in the world. It has about 90 million items –
books, manuscripts, maps, photographs, pieces of music and microfilms. The library
has about 350 miles of bookshelves in three gigantic building on Capitol Hill,
Washington D.C.
The collection was started in 1800 to help Congressmen in their work. When in 1814
the books were destroyed in a fire, the Congress bought Thomas Jefferson’s personal
library of about 6,500 books – the beginning of a new collection. Now the US
Library of Congress is open to the general public.
Bibliotheque Nationale in France
Biblioteque Nationale (National Library) is the most important library in France and
one of the oldest in the world. It is now located in Paris. Its beginning was the first
royal library started by Charles V (1364-1380) who collected 1,200 manuscripts in the
Louvre. Since 1537 the library has received a copy of every French publication. In
1692 the library was opened to the public and renamed the Biblioteque Nationale in
1795. the library’s collection nowadays includes about 9 million books and 180
thousand manuscripts published in France and in other countries in the world.
The Russian State Library
The State Russian Library in Moscow is one of the largest in the world. It has more
than 40 million items in 247 languages: books, newspapers, maps, music and
others. The library is not only a place to read. It is also a learning centre which
organizes lectures, discussions and presentations. The library was opened in the
18th century on the basis of Count Rumyantsev’s private collection and since that
time it has been used by scientists, scholars, teachers, students, in fact anybody
who is over 18 years old can use the library’s reading rooms. About 4 thousand
people come to the library every day.
The British National Library
The British Library is the national library of the UK. It gets the copy of every
book published in the country and many foreign publications as well. The
library has a large new building in London which was finished in 1996. Before
that the library was part of the British Museum. Nowadays everyone who
comes to the museum can visit the famous Reading Room designed as Rome’s
Pantheon by the Italian Anthony Panizzi who had to leave his country for
England and was Keeper of Printed Books from 1837 to 1856 and the Librarian
of the museum. Some of the greatest minds and the most famous people of their
times have worked in this room: writers, dramatists, politicians such as
Dickens, Bernard Shaw, Garibaldi, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin.
Guessing game
Name the library(ies) about which the following is true.
 1) This library is situated in a capital.
 2) The text doesn’t say when the library was started.
 3) This library was started by a monarch as early as the 14th century.
 4)This library is bigger than the other three.
 5) We know who was the architect of a certain part of this library.
 6) This library moved to a new building not so long ago.
 7) We know who cannot use this library.
 8) We know some names of people who were this library’s readers.
 9) This library began as an information centre for the politicians.
 10) The Text doesn’t say if this library has any books written outside the
country.
English Participles
Participle I
V-ing
Participle II
V3, Ved
(playing- играющий) (played– сыгранный)
Test Yourself
Улыбающийся малыш
поющие дети
летящая птица
разбитое окно
проданная книга
написанный тест
показанный фильм
набранный текст
построенный дом
играющий котёнок
спящая бабушка
Smiling baby, singing children, flying bird, broken window, sold book,
written test, showed film, typed text, built house, playing kitten,
sleeping grandmother.
Let us relax
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The Library of Stragovsky Monastery in
Prague
 The Public Library in Seattle
 Hose Vaskonselos Library in Mexico
 The Public Library in Salt-Lake City
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Let’s go to the library
- What do you think of…?
- What about…?
- I like the idea of…
- I am (not) interested in…
Homework
Find some interesting information about some
unusual libraries:
 The Library of Stragovsky Monastery in
Prague
 The Public Library in Seattle
 Hose Vaskonselos Library in Mexico
 The Public Library in Salt-Lake City