Unit Two Reading Books
Part One W arming-up
Listening Activity
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Directions:Listen to the following dialogues and fill in the blanks with the missing words.
Dialogue 1
Cindy: Hey, James. What are you up to?
James: I’m just watching some television.
Cindy: I’m so bored. I don’t know what I’m going to do today and it is only ten in the morning.
James: Me too. Do you think we are boring people?
Cindy: I don’t think we are boring. It’s just that we don’t have any hobbies. James: That’s right. What do you think we should do as a hobby?
Cindy: That all depends on what you like to do. For example, I like to doodle on the notepad, so I’m thinking about doing some real drawings.
James: I like to play the piano for fun.
Cindy: Y eah. That can be a good hobby.
James: Ho bbies are great. I’m going to make a list of all the things I like to do. Cindy: That’s a great idea. I’m going to do the same.
Dialogue 2
十二星座的守护神Janet: Wow, this gym is great! What a fantastic workout!
Susan: Y es, I like coming here very much. What other sports can you do?
Janet: Well, I can play tennis, I can do a little karate and I go windsurfing in the summer.
Susan: Y ou’re very fit! I can’t do many sports. I like coming to the gym becau the exercis are easy.
Janet: Listen, I have an idea. Why don’t you come to karate class with me? Susan: No, I can’t do karate…
血孩子Janet: …but you can learn! Karate is a great sport. How about coming with me on Saturday?
Susan: Well, …OK.
Janet: Great, why don’t we meet at my hou at 10 in the morning?
Susan: Sure, that’s a good idea. By the way, what other hobbies do you have? Janet: I like going to the cinema, and reading a little.
Susan: Do you like cooking, or baking?
Janet: No, I can’t cook. I’m a horrible cook!
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Susan: Oh, I love cooking. I tell you what. Why don’t we cook lunch after karate class?
Janet: That’s a great idea!
Susan: OK, karate and lunch on Saturday. It’s a date!
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Directions: Listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words or phras.
Nowadays people have more leisure time than they ud to do. A long weekend provides people with more leisure time to do what they like to do.
Most people have personal interests which they pursue in their spare time in order to keep themlves amud. They go in for something not becau they want to kill time but becau they want to make better u of spare time. We call the hobbies. What people take up as their hobbies depends on their individual interests. It also depends on how much time and how much money they have got. Some people like watching TV in their spare time. Some people prefer to rest, doing nothing at all. People with more money could take up a more expensive hobby like golf, for example.
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Directions:In this ction, you will hear 3 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pau. During the pau, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
1. C
W: Excu me, where is the meeting room?
M: On the fourteenth floor.
Q: Which floor is the meeting room?
2. D
M: Do you know which floor does your teacher live on?
W: Y es, I do. She lives on the third floor.
Q: Where does your teacher live on?
3. A
W: Could you plea show me the way to the lab?
开车可以抽烟吗M: Ok. It’s on the cond floor.
淘宝商城欧时力Q: Where is the lab?
Reading Activity
Keys: 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. A
Part Two Reading A
A. About the Author
Louis Shores (1904–1981) was a noted librarian who worked for the promotion of the library as the center of all learning, in both public and academic institutions. Shores was the third of five children of Paul and Ernestine (Lutenberg) Steinberg. Both immigrants, Paul was painter specializing in portraits, while Ernestine supported the houhold as a amstress.When he graduated from high school in 1922, Shores attended the University of Toledo. Louis changed his last name from Steinberg to Shores in 1926.
B. Warm-up Discussion
1. Do you read frequently?
2. When do you love to read? Why?
3. What kind of books do you love to read?
4. Do you read all the books at the same speed?
C. Structure
Part I Paras. 1--3 If one keeps on reading for 15 minutes every day, he can read黄氏响声丸说明书
about 20 books a year.
Part II Paras. 4--8 The two examples of tho who keep on reading every day.
Part III Para. 9 The conclusion--find our own 15-minute period each day and
start reading now.
D. Detailed Study of the Text
1. Y ou also cannot attain that speed if the books are in science, mathematics, or any subject that is new or unfamiliar to you. (Para. 1)
If the books are about science, mathematics, or any other subject which you have never known about or you are not familiar with, yo u can’t read the book with the speed of 300 words a minute.
2. After a while he simply could not fall asleep until he had done his 15 minutes of reading. (Para. 4)
After a period of time, if he did not read 15 minutes before he went to bed, he could hardly go to sleep.
n ot … until…: until is ud in negative ntences, indicating that the action begins.
八下语文书人教版< The boy didn’t go to sleep until 11 o’clock last night.
Don’t get off the bus until it stops.
3. At the command “rest!” I saw one man pull out a paper pocket book and begin to read. (Para. 7)
Immediately after the order ―rest!‖ was given, I saw one soldier take a paper pocket book out from his pocket and begin to read.
ymE. Translation of the Text
如何找出时间阅读
如果你是一个普通读者，你可以以每分钟300字的速度读一本普通的书。除非你每天这样坚持下去，否则你是无法保持这个水平的。你也不可能达到这个速度，在阅读科学、数学方面的书，或是对你来说主题生疏、不熟悉的书。
数学统计不是永远可靠的，但也可以思考一下这些数据：如果一个普通的读者以每分钟300字的速度读一本普通的书籍，那么15分钟可以读4,500字，一个星期便能读31,500字，一个月可以读126,000字，一年12个月的阅读量能达到1,512,000字。
书籍的篇幅在60,000字到100,000字之间不等，平均大约75,000字。普通读者读一般的书籍，每天读15分钟，一年就可以读20本书。
威廉•奥斯勒爵士是一名繁忙的内科医生，还要在医学院教学，同时他又是医学研究专家。他会在睡觉前花15分钟来读书。如果就寝时间在晚上11点，他的读书时间就在11点到11点15分。如果研究工作到了2点，他的读书时间就是2点到2点15分。他决定这样做之后，就一直坚持。一段时间以后，如果每晚不读上15分钟书，他就很难入睡。
奥斯勒成功地回答了我们每个工作忙碌的人一定要回答的问题：怎样找到时间读书？
回答不一定是就寝前的15分钟。这15分钟可能是一天中的其他时间。我曾经看到一些人很奇特的“找时间”的解决方法。
在服兵役期间，我发现我所服役的中队里有一个知识储备异常渊博的一等兵。每天，士兵们都有列队操练一个小时。在这段时间中，至少会有一段很长的休闲时间。在“稍息”令下达后，我看见一个人拿出了一本袖珍书看了起来。
他从小就养成了在口袋中放一本袖珍书的习惯，休息时就拿出来看。他有了属于自己的每天阅读所需的15分钟。一年他能读20本书，一生就是一千多本书。
没有什么通用公式。每天，我们都必须发现自己的15分钟。最好是有规律的。唯一需要的就是读书的决心。这样无论多忙，你都可以找到这15分钟。而且，手边一定要有一本书。现在就开始你的阅读吧！
F. Keys to Exercis
Questions for comprehension
According to the text, you are required to decide whether the following statements are true(T) or fal(F).
1. A person can always keep the speed of reading a book at the rate of 300 words a minute. (F)
2. For an average reader, if he keeps on reading 15 minutes every day, he can read 20 books in a year. (T)
3. Sir William Osler keeps the habit of reading books for 15 minutes from 11:00 P.M. to 11:15 P.M. every day. (F)
4. According to the author, the best time for reading is the last 15 minutes before we go to sleep. (F)
5. The soldier kept on reading at the long period of rest during the drill. (T)
Exercis
I. Translate the following expressions into Chine.
