Упр.3b Уроки 1-2 Юнит 8 New Millennium English 10 класс
- B. This summary contains four factual mistakes. Find and correct them.
The author raises the problem of the future of books. She agrees with Marshall McLuhan’s opinion that computers will conquer the world. She says that printed books have no future. Irma has some sentimental memories about how she read Don Quixote de la Mancha. But the electronic era has changed her relationship with books and now she thinks that books online are entirely replacing printed books.
The summary should be corrected like this:
The author raises the problem of the future of books. She does not agree with Marshall McLuhan’s opinion that computers will conquer the world. She says that printed books do have a future. Irma has some sentimental memories about how she read Don Quixote de la Mancha. But the electronic era has changed her relationship with books, and now she thinks that books on-line are not entirely replacing printed books.
Corrections:
- does not agree — the author disagrees with Marshall McLuhan;
- do have a future — printed books are not disappearing;
- memories — correct spelling;
- not entirely replacing — online books do not fully replace printed books.
