1 Complete the dialogue with the replies from the box. a) Then what about an adventure novel?
A b) Would you like to read it?
c) I read Dumas' The Three Musketeers a couple of months ago,
and I should say I couldn't put it down!
d) Can I return it within a week or so?
e) Have you got anything special in mind?
f) The story is fast-moving and the plot is really thrilling.
- Have you got any interesting book to read, Nick?
Not really. But just now I don't care for anything too serious – I feel tired.
Can you give me anything for light reading?
I've recently read Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. I couldn't stop
laughing while reading it.
(2)
- Actually I've already read it, and I didn't like it very much. I think it's too
simple.
(3)
I have read many of them. Which book do you mean?
Have you read The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas?
No, not this one.
That's why you must like this one, too. Well, it's a book you can spend
hours with.
(5)
- Yes, with pleasure. Thanks a lot, Nick.
(6)
- Certainly. .​