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hello hello dear listener welcome into ielts speaking part three we are talking about novels reading preferences and storytelling rory here has written how many books seven five five i think i can't remember rory has written five books dear listener rory has read thousands of books Red Five He's the authority Look at our Rory He got a band 9 for speaking He writes books He reads books Wow I'm proud of you Well done you Let's talk about books What kinds of novels are suitable for a film adaptation?
Well, I suppose the easiest ones are those with simple plot lines and just a few characters Do most people prefer to read e -books or printed books?
Well, probably most people prefer printed books.
And the reason I say that is just because they haven't gone away.
In fact, there seem to be more printed books than ever.
However, I can't quite put my finger on why, but possibly there's just something about being able to hold the physical copy and turn the pages that people quite like.
You probably wouldn't get that same feeling with something on a tablet or an e -reader.
Why do some people prefer reading novels to playing computer games in this digital world?
I don't see why they can't do both, depending on their mood, really.
though I suppose they might just not see the point in playing games if there's nothing to learn from them, or if they seem childish in their view.
There also just might not be any games with stories or mechanics they find engaging.
Certainly not all gamers like games, so that makes sense.
Is there any difference between the popular novels now and those in the past?
Well, they're still relatively self -contained fictional pieces of writing, So I don't think the format has changed much, though.
Possibly the language use in some of them might have changed over the years.
In fact, it definitely will have since there are some words and phrases we don't use anymore.
But that's more about the content than the actual novels themselves, I suppose.
Why are mystery novels so popular nowadays?
They are? Well, I suppose people might like the thrill of reading about and trying to solve some sort of mysterious situation.
and it could help make things memorable for people if they put the book down and pick it up again from time to time they can follow on from where they left off how does technology help people tell stories well it's pretty much limitless isn't it if for example it allows us to print things en masse which makes things more accessible and that could also be helped by the internet which just about anyone can use to find out background information to add depth to a story being told.
And then from the perspective of filmmaking, special effects can engage audiences further in the plot and the action they're trying to follow.
If they didn't have that, they might get bored.
And do you think more people will read in the future?
I would imagine so.
I mean, in absolute terms, the population is increasing, so there will be more people reading, although I don't know how much time they will spend reading.
So So proportionally speaking, it might go down if they're not spending the time.
But I don't know enough about that to say for sure.
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See you soon! So novels could be adapted into films. And novels with simple plot lines.
A plot line is the story of the book.
We kind of use the word the plot itself.
The plot or the plot Plotline, the story of a book or a film.
And a plotline could be predictable, original, ridiculous, stupid, kind of like the storyline.
And a few characters.
So, people who we read about are called characters in a film or in a book.
They are not people, they are characters.
Like Harry Potter is a character.
Settings, when we talk about settings, we mean where the film is set.
In Paris, in New York, or where the book is set.
Like the time and place where the action takes place in a book, film or play.
The setting. And if a book has loads of characters, so like many characters, or a convoluted story.
Convoluted? Convoluted, Rory?
Well, convoluted could mean a lot of things.
I personally think it means it's difficult to follow.
Convoluted means, like, very twisted, complex. For example, convoluted grammar explanations are difficult to understand, you don't understand things, so, yeah.
So, a novel should have a simple plotline rather than a convoluted story.
People read e -books, electronic books or printed books.
Rory, do you have any other synonyms to printed books, like paper books?
paperbacks maybe but that's that's one with a flexible cover rather than a rigid one that's a hardback and that's not really about the the material that it's made from non -electronic books there you go and people might find printed stuff easier to read because you can kind of have the book in your hands you can hold it you can feel it and if you're not sure you can say that I I can't quite put my finger on it.
Like, why do people do this?
I don't know. I can't put my finger on it.
It's an ADM. Put your finger on something is to discover the exact reason why a situation is the way it is.
Especially when something is wrong.
It's C2 band 9. I'm, for example, like, oh, there is something odd about him.
there's something strange about him but i can't quite put my finger on it i don't know so if the examiner asks you why do people or what's the reason you say yeah i can't quite put my finger on it and rory could you read it nicely like where do you have the stress where which words do you stress here well what would it be i can't quite put my finger on it so on it you see on it is stressed finger on yeah because usually it's on the table it's on the table kind of like not on the table but here's like on it and you can see that it's just there's something about being able to hold a physical copy
so a physical copy of a book so when you hold this printed book in your hand there is something special about it you turn the pages you know when we have this beautiful sound I'll take My IELTS book, of course.
Smells IELTS. Yum, yum, yum.
I have only IELTS books in my library, dear listener.
No joking. I have other books too, but lots of IELTS books.
And it's a different feeling from reading on a tablet or on your phone or using an e -reader.
People prefer reading novels to computer games.
so I I prefer reading to playing computer games or some people prefer reading to playing or playing computer games to reading and it depends on people's mood everything depends on people's mood I'm in the mood for a book I'm in the mood for some games and some people just don't see the point in playing games so they don't see any meaning like what what's what's the use use of it.
Why is it useful? And some games might seem childish.
And then if you are a gamer and if you enjoy playing games, you are sitting there thinking, what?
Childish games? What are you talking about?
They might seem childish.
Other opinions are available.
I like playing video games.
Yeah, there you go.
Yeah, Rory, actually, yeah, he's a gamer.
I wouldn't go that far.
But but I definitely see the value in playing games, even if it's just to decompress.
Decompress means to relax.
Popular novels these days and popular novels in the past. Hmm, is there a difference?
The format hasn't changed much, so a novel is a novel.
But the language has changed, the topics perhaps have changed.
And what do you mean by saying self -contained fictional pieces?
Well, that just means that the story is contained in the book.
You don't need any information outside of the book, if you see what I mean, to understand it.
However, some novels are written as prequels and sequels, so they still have a story inside of them that's linked to something else.
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And usually a more complex storyline, plotline, like faster pacing, So all these events unravel very fast. But in classical literature, we have more elaborate language, more formal, elaborate, complex language.
And we can compare classic literature to modern literature.
It's funny though, because I think around about the time that novels were being written, lots of them were criticized for having language that was too simple, for example.
So it's interesting to see this contrast in perspectives on language.
And some people say that classic literature, our classics, they are boring.
But modern literature is full of adventure and all these, you know, like futuristic ideas when giant spiders invade the universe.
Maybe. be mystery novels are super popular and mystery novels we mean like something like detective stories Agatha Christie's books murder on the orient express and all this you know like murder stories and more murder and even more murder crime thrillers whodunit murder mysteries Hysterical mysteries So pretty much like What's his face?
Stephen King The Stephen King white murder mysteries Yeah I'd say it's crime Yeah crime And well I thought They were horrors Novels But maybe he's written Some crime ones too Yeah like horror novels There we go Suspense Crimes Fantasy Mystery Yeah also mystery So we can Put down What's his face?
Stephen King books on the list. People like the thrill of reading about murder.
The thrill is this excitement.
And people enjoy solving mysterious situations.
People enjoy solving crimes.
So people enjoy putting themselves in the shoes of a detective.
Technology helps people tell stories.
And here Here Rory uses a tech question.
It's pretty much limitless, isn't it?
Rory, how do you pronounce it?
Could you read out the sentence?
I think I said, oh, it's pretty much limitless, isn't it?
So there are no limits to technology and how we tell stories like chat GPT, AI, different, you know, devices.
What can we do these days?
Technology allows us to print things on mass.
Pretty much technology allows us to print so many books that you can't imagine.
So if you do it en masse, you do it at the same time and in large numbers.
And we can talk about printing books, right?
Printing short stories, making them accessible to everybody.
buddy. And also reading books online, listening to audiobooks, right?
So many people prefer listening to books these days.
They don't read. Do you read or listen to books, dear listener, I wonder?
Rory prefers reading.
I prefer listening to books.
And then from the perspective of filmmaking so we can talk about books and novels right and the perspective of film making special effects can engage the audience and also films tell stories so books tell stories films tell stories we change the perspective from the perspective of filmmaking special effects engage audiences so make the the story more exciting for people the plot and the action engage people and if a film doesn't have it then it's boring so people get bored well it might be boring uh there are some people who think that special effects distract from the story right here listen
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What kinds of novels are suitable for a film adaptation?
Well, I suppose the easiest ones are those with simple plot lines and just a few characters and settings that don't rely on a ton of special effects.
That could be relatively easy to put together compared to something with loads and loads of characters or a convoluted story, since that takes a lot of time, money and effort.
Do most people prefer to read e -books or printed books?
books? Well, probably most people prefer printed books.
And the reason I say that is just because they haven't gone away.
In fact, there seem to be more printed books than ever.
I can't quite put my finger on why, but possibly there's just something about being able to hold the physical copy and turn the pages that people quite like.
You probably wouldn't get that same feeling with something on a tablet or an e -reader.
Why do some people prefer reading novels to playing computer games in this digital world.
Don't see why they can't do both, depending on their mood, really.
Though I suppose they might just not see the point in playing games if there's nothing to learn from them, or if they seem childish in their view.
There also just might not be any games with stories or mechanics they find engaging.
Certainly not all gamers like games, so that makes sense.
Is there any difference between the popular novels now and those in the past?
Well, they're still relatively self -contained fictional pieces of writing, so I don't think the format has changed much, though possibly the language use in some of them might have changed over the years.
In fact, it definitely will have since there are some words and phrases we don't use anymore.
But that's more about the content than the actual novels themselves, I suppose.
Why are mystery novels so popular nowadays?
They are? Well, I suppose people might like the thrill of reading about and trying to solve some sort of mysterious situation.
And it could help make things memorable for people if they put the book down and pick it up again from time to time.
They can follow on from where they left off.
How does technology help people tell stories?
It's pretty much limitless, isn't it?
For example, it allows us to print things en masse, which makes things more accessible.
And that could also be helped by the internet, which just about anyone can use to find out background information, to add depth to a story being told.
And then from the perspective of filmmaking, special effects can engage audiences further in the plot and the action they're trying to follow.
If they didn't have that, they might get bored.
And do you think more people will read in the future?
I would imagine so.
I mean, in absolute terms, the population is increasing, so there will be more people reading.
Although, I don't know how much time they will spend reading.
So, proportionally speaking, it might go down if they're not spending the time.
But I don't know enough about that to say for sure.
