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課文內(nèi)容

詞匯: reading?閱讀

What do you read when you are travelling by train or bus??

當你乘火車或公共汽車旅行時，你讀什么?

What are other passengers reading? Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a?trashy?romantic novel. A man is reading a?serious?biography?about a politician. And there's a student reading an English?textbook.

其他乘客在讀什么?也許坐在你旁邊的女人正在讀一本蹩腳的言情小說。一個人正在讀一本關(guān)于一位政治家的嚴肅傳記。有一個學(xué)生在讀一本英語課本。

What do their?choices?say about them? Do you?judge?them by what they are reading?

他們的選擇說明了他們的什么?你會根據(jù)他們所讀的內(nèi)容來判斷他們嗎?

I have got to tell you that your?impressions?of them are probably completely wrong. The woman reading the romantic novel could be a lawyer. She just wants a?light read?to take her mind off work.

我不得不告訴你，你對他們的印象可能完全錯誤。讀浪漫小說的女人可能是個律師。她只是想讀點輕松的書，讓自己從工作中解脫出來。

The man reading the biography wants you to think that he is an?intellectual, but he is just?showing?off. The student reading the textbook isn't a student at all. She's an English teacher.

那個讀傳記的人想讓你認為他是個知識分子，其實他只是在炫耀。讀課本的學(xué)生根本就不是學(xué)生。她是一位英語老師。

Publishers?know that some people are?self-conscious?about what they read on public transport and so they put out different?versions?of a?cover. For example, books about Harry Potter have an?original?cover for young readers and then another more serious version for adults.

出版商知道有些人對在公共交通工具上閱讀的內(nèi)容有自我意識，所以他們推出了不同版本的封面。例如，關(guān)于哈利波特的書有一個面向年輕讀者的原創(chuàng)封面，然后還有一個面向成人的更嚴肅的版本。

So next time you are on a train, look around and see what other people are reading, but?don't jump to any conclusions. You will probably be wrong.

所以下次你在火車上的時候，看看周圍的人都在讀什么，但不要妄下結(jié)論。你可能錯了。

Here is a situation where you could say, "Don't judge a book by its cover".

在這種情況下，你可以說，“不要以貌取人”。

詞匯表

trashy 無價值的
a romantic novel 浪漫小說，言情小說
serious 嚴肅的
a biography 自傳
a textbook 課本
a choice 選擇
to say about?someone ?對他們的印象
to judge 判斷
an impression 印象
a light read 文筆輕松，歡快的小說
to take?one's mind off work 不再思考工作
an intellectual 知識分子
to show off 炫耀
a publisher 出版商
self-conscious 自我意識
a version 版本，說法
a cover 封面
an original 原版、原創(chuàng)
don't jump to any conclusions 不要輕率下結(jié)論
don't judge a book by its cover 不要以貌取人

測驗與練習

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. Is the woman on the train reading a serious book?
2. What is the topic of the?biography that the man is reading?
3. Why is the person reading an English textbook?
4. True or false??Our impressions of people are always correct.
5. What do you call a person or company that produces books?

2.?請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。從每個表格中選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. I read?fewer?______ than I used to.?

biography?????????impressions??????? trash????????novels

2. This biography is ______.?

interestingly ? ? ? ? interested ? ? ? ? interesting ? ? ? ? interest

3. ?I am ______ with this book.?

boringly ? ? ? ? bored ? ? ? ? boring ? ? ? ? bore

4. That author is an ______.

intelligent ? ? ? ? intelligently ? ? ? ? intellectual ? ? ? ? intellectually

5. ?He keeps telling everybody how great he is. I'm fed up with his?showing ______!

on ? ? ? ? off ? ? ? ? up ? ? ? ? in

答案

1.?閱讀課文并回答問題。

1. Is the woman on the train reading a serious novel?
No, it's a light read.

2. What is the topic of the biography that the man is reading?
A politician's life story.

3. Why is the person reading an English textbook?
She is an English teacher. Perhaps she is preparing for a lesson.

4. True or false - Our impressions of people are always correct.
False. They are often incorrect.

5. What do you call a person or company that produces books?
A publisher.

2.?請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。從每個表格中選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。

1. I read fewer?novels?than I used to.

2. This biography is?interesting.

3. I am?bored?with this book.

4. That author is an?intellectual.

5.?He keeps telling everybody how great he is. I'm fed up with his showing?off!?

文章來源BBC，侵權(quán)刪，本文僅用于英語學(xué)習。