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CharacteristicsofaGoodReader(2001)

Toimproveyourreadinghabits,youmustunderstandthecharacteristicsofagood

,,hedoesnotreadevery

therheisreadinganewspaperorachapter

inaphysicstext,earnedtoreadforideas

,thegoodreadercanrecognizeandunderstand

isabletocomprehendthematerialwithina

y,thegoodreaderhasathis

commandveralspecialskills,whichhecanapplytoreadingproblemsastheyoccur.

Forthecollegestudent,themosthelpfuloftheskillsincludemakinguofthe

variousaidstounderstandingthatmosttextbooksprovideandskimreadingfora

generalsurvey.

DisappearingForests(2002)

Theworld'as1/3ofthetotaltreecoverhasbeen

lostsinceagriculturebegansome10,ainingforestsarehome

tohalfoftheworld'sspecies,thusbecomingthechiefresourcefortheirsurvival.

Tropicalrainforestsoncecovered12%ofthelandoftheplanet,aswellassupporting

atleasthalfoftheworld'ainforestsarehome

mple,muchhas

easingamountofforestlandhasbeenudforindustrial

1990'sless

thanhalfoftheearth'soriginalrainforestsremained,andtheycontinuedtodisappear

ult,theworld'sforestsarenowfacinggradual

extinction.

Salmon(2003)

Everyyear,millionsofsalmonswimfromtheoceanintothemouthsofriversand

thensteadilyuptherivers,passingthroughwaters,aroundrocksandwaterfalls,the

goutnestsintheriverbedand

,exhaustedbytheirjourney,ve

,oryearslater,theyoungfish

veinthesaltwaterfrom2-7years,untilthey,too

ifecyclehelpsmanprovidehimlfwith

eadultsalmongatherattherivermouthsfortheannualtrip

uptherivers,theyareinthebestpossiblecondition,andnearlyeveryharborhasits

salmonfishingfleetreadytocatchthousandsformarkets.

Money(2004)

u

moneytobuyfood,ast,manydifferent

onPacificislandsonceexchangedshellsforgoods.

ca,

today,erefirstinventedbythe

ally,theywereroundpiecesofmetalwithaholeinthecenter,sothat

dedoingbusinessmucheasier,but

peoplestillfoundcoinsinconvenienttocarrywhentheywantedtobuysomething

ethisproblem,

ernotesareudthroughouttheworld.

TheWristWatch(2005)

Itisgenerallybelievedthatwristwatchesareanexception/tothenormalquencein

theevolutionofman'sjewelry./Reversingtheusualorder,theywerefirstwornby

women,/andthenadoptedbymen./Intheolddays,queensincludedwristwatches

amongtheircrownjewelry./Later,theywerewornbySwissworkersandfarmers./

UntilWorldWarI,Americansassociatedthewatchwithfortunehunters./Thenarmy

officersdiscoveredthatthewristwatchwasmostpracticalforactivecombat./Race

cardriversalsolovedtowearwristwatches,/andpilotsfoundthemmostuful

whileflying./Soonmendaredtowearwristwatcheswithoutfeelinglf-conscious./

By1924,some30percentofman'swatcheswerewornonthewrist./Today,the

figureis90percent./Andtheyarenowwornbybothmenandwomen/forpractical

purposratherthanfordecoration.

TheInternet(2006)

TheInternetisthemostsignificantprogressinthefieldofcommunications./Imagine

abookthatneverends,alibrarywithamillionfloors,/orimaginearearchproject

withthousandsofscientists/workingaroundtheclockforever./Thisisthemagicof

theInternet./YettheInternethasthepotentialforgoodandbad./Onecanfind

well-organized,information-richwebsites./Atthesametime,onecanalsofind

wastefulwebsites./MostwebsitesareknownasdifferentInternetapplications./

Theincludeonlinegames,chatrooms(chatrooms)andsoon./Theapplications

havegreatpower,too./Sometimesthepowercanbesogreat/thatyoungpeoplemay

easilybecomevictimstotheirattraction./Soweneedtorecognizetheriousnessof

theproblem./Wemustworktogethertouitspowerforbetterends.

Advertising(2007)

A

today’sbusinessworld,sgreater

competitionbetweenmanufacturersofthesamekindofproduct,becautheywantto

wayshavetoremindtheir

ufacturer

advertisinnewspapersandontheradio;hesometimemployssalesgirlsto

distributesamplesofhisproducts;

addition,healwayshasadvertimentsputintotelevisionprogramsthatwillaccept

particularproductbecauwethinkthat’llythinksobecauthe

advertimentssayso,peopleoftendon’taskthemlvesiftheadvertimentsare

tellingthetruth,whentheybuyadvertidproductsfromtheshops.

ChoosingaCareer（2008）

Whenstudentsgraduatefromcollege,manyofthemdonotknowhowtheywantto

spendtheirworkinglivesandtheysometimesmovefromjobtojob,untiltheyfind

mainalltheirlivessquare

chooourcareersweneedtoaskourlvestwo

,whatdowethinkwewouldliketobe?Second,whatkindofpeople

arewe?Theidea,forexample,ofbeingapainteroramusicianmayemvery

esswehavegreattalentandarewillingtoworkveryhard,weare

certa

importanttoasssoursuitabilityforacertaincareerinjobarch.

NewYear’sEve（2009）

Formanypeopleinthewest,NewYear’’sa

Year’opleholdahouparty;

othersattendstreetparties,

sonethingthatallNew

Year’sEvepartieshaveincommon,eclock

strikes12,’salsopopulartomakea

calledaNewYear’lresolutions

rthepromiisoftenbrokenquite

quicklyandpeoplearebackintotheirbadhabitswithinweeksordays.

Freshmen’sWeek（2010）

Britainhasawell-respectedhighereducationsystemandsomeofthetopuniversities

howhoarenewtothissystem,itcan

risusuallythebusiestmonthintheacademic

sitieshavesomethingcalledFreshmen’sWeekfortheirnewcomers.

It'sagreatopportunitytomakenewfriends,joinlotsofclubsandttleinto

r,havingjustleftthecomfortofhomeandallyourfriends

behind,theprospectofmeetingstrangersinclassroomsanddormitoriescanbe

oyoustart?Andwhoshouldyoumakefriendswith?Whichclubs

andsocietiesshouldyoujoin?Luckily,therewillbethousandsofothersinthesame

'trushintoanythingthatyou'llregretforthenextthree

years.

Britishholidayinghabits(2011)

Inthelate1970s,airtravelbecameaffordablefortheaveragefamilyintheUK,and

ll,theBritish

weatherwasn’tverygood,eveninsummer,soalotofpeopleleftthecountryfora

1980sand1990s,youngpeopleintheUKbecamewealthieron

ult,theystartedtogoabroadingroups,toplacessuchasSpainand

eyarrivedattheirdestination,theymetwithothergroupsofyoung

hholidayinghabitshavebeguntochange,

echangemeansthattheUKnowhasahotterclimate,sopeopledo

,goingabroadismoreexpensive.

Asaresult,moreBritishpeoplearechoosingtospendtheirsummerholidaysinthe

UK.