Unit 3. Books and Writers » Стр.78 (1)

Look at the picture. Work in pairs. Discuss the questions. 1. What kind of building do you see in the picture? I think I can see a library in the picture. 2. What are the people doing? People are working with ancient manuscripts. 3. Who do you think they are? They are taking care of ancient manuscripts. 4. Do you know anything about this famous place of the ancient world? I do not know anything about this famous place of ancient world. 5. Why did the place become the centre of ancient civilization? Because books containing the whole knowledge of that time were kept there. 6. What happened to all the manuscripts which were stored there? I think that all the manuscripts are kept in a museum.