新牛津譯林版高中英語選擇性必修四Unit4Nevertoooldtolearn

IntegratedSkills1.Howoftendoyoureadbooks?A.everyday B.everyweekC.sometimes D.hardly2.Whatkindofbookdoyouusuallyread?A.classicalnovelsB.popularnovelsC.magazinesD.newspapersE.professionalbooksF.others3.Howlongwillittakeyoutoreadawholebook?A.oneday B.lessthanoneweekC.amonth D.severalmonths4.Whichwaywouldyouliketochoosetoreadabook?A.scanning B.skimmingC.intensivereadingD.extensivereading5.Whatmediasdoyouusetoread?A.readprintedbooksB.readontabletsC.readonsmartphonesD.others6.Canyourememberthecontentyouhaveread?A.IrememberalmostallofwhatIread.B.IremembermostofwhatIread.C.Iremembersomeofthecontent.D.IforgetallofthemafterIfinishit.7.Doyouestimatethevalueofreading?A.Yes,Ido. B.No,Idon't.8.Doyouthinkwhatyoureadwillhelpyouinfacingdifficultiesinyourlife?A.helpsalot B.sometimesC.hardly D.neverReadingisimportant,becauseifyoucanread,youcanlearnanythingabouteverythingandeverythingaboutanything.Nowlet'sreadareportonChinesepeople'sreadinghabits.AmyhasfoundareportonChinesepeople'sreadinghabits.Readthereportbelowandanswerthefollowingquestions.AAmyhasfoundareportonChinesepeople'sreadinghabits.Readthereportbelowandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatistheimportanceofreading?2.Whatinformationcanyougetfromthetwocharts?3.Doyouthinkdigitalreadingwillcompletelyreplaceprintreading?Whyorwhynot?P501.Whatistheimportanceofreading?cannot...+over-動詞無論怎樣...都不為過

Wecannotover-emphasizetheimportanceofphysicalexercise.2.Whatinformationcanyougetfromthetwocharts?Nearly70%ofparticipantsreaddigitalmaterials.Thereadingrateofdigitalmaterialsishighest.Peoplecanreaddigitalmaterialsontablets,smartphonesandPCs.Amongthethreemedias,readingonthesmartphones(74.4minutesperday)isthemostpopularone.Nearly60%ofparticipantsreadprintedbooks.Thetimespentonreadingprintedbooksis20.2minutesperday.Thenumberofpeoplewhoreadprintednewspaperismorethanthenumberofpeoplewhoreadprintedmagazines.About25%ofparticipantsreadprintedmagazines.Thetimespentonreadingprintedmagazinesisonly6.61minutesperday.3.Doyouthinkdigitalreadingwillcompletelyreplaceprintreading?Whyorwhynot?No,Idon't.First,peoplecanabsorbmoreinformationwhentheyreadprintedmaterials.Readersofprintbookscanremembermoreoftheplotthanthereadersofe-booksdo.Second,digitalreadingmaycausescreenfatigue.Withprintbooks,peopledon'thavetoworryaboutanyofthat.Third,peoplearelesslikelytogetdistractedwhentheyreadprintedmaterials,butpeoplewhoreade-bookstendtogetsidetrackedmoreeasily.BAmyislisteningtoaninterviewbetweenMrZhou,adirectorfromapubliclibrary,andareporter.Listenandfinishtheexercisesbelow.B1Listentotheinterviewandmatcheachfigurebelowtothedescriptionitisrelatedto.Writethelettersintheblanks.P51TipMatchinginformationBeforelistening,underlinekeywordsintheexercisetoquicklyidentifytheminthetext.Focusonrelationshipsbetweentheinformationprovidedintheexerciseandtheinformationgiveninthetext.cedbaB2Listentotheinterviewagainandcompletethenotesbelow.P51lastyearsharetheirfavouritebookslawpopularscienceruralareasReporter:MrZhou,thankyoufortakingthetimetotalktometodayabouthowyouareencouragingpeopletoreadmore.MrZhou:Mypleasure!TheChinesegovernmenthasdonealottopromotenationwidereading,andourlibraryhasparticipatedinthenationalreadingcampaign.Weregarditasourdutytoencouragepeopletoreadmore,soI’mdelightedtotellyouaboutsomeofourachievements.Reporter:Pleasegoahead!What’sthelibrarydoingtoencouragepeopletoreadmore?MrZhou:Wewantpeopletodevotemoretimetotraditionalreading,sostartingfromlastyear,ourlibraryhasbeenorganizingbookexchangeseveryweekend.Sofarwe’veorganizedabout40bookexchangesandatotalof50,000bookshaveTranscript

beenexchanged.About500peopleattendedlastweekend’sevent,andtheyexchangednearly1,000books.Reporter:That’samazing!MrZhou:Yes,we’reverypleasedwiththisachievement.We’vealsoorganizedreadingeventstogetpeopletoreadandsharetheirfavouritebookswithothers.I’mproudtosaythatthesereadingeventshavereceivedapositiveresponse.Reporter:Peopleobviouslylovesharingbookrecommendations,anddigitalreadingmakesthateasier.Whatmeasureshaveyoutakentoimprovethepublic’saccesstodigitalresources?MrZhou:We’vejustlaunchedanonlinelearningplatformsharingourcollectionof30,000books,coveringfieldssuchasTranscript

literature,art,lawandpopularscience.Reporter:

Great!Doyouhaveanyplansforotheractivitiesinthefuture?MrZhou:Yes,indeed.Ourcurrentbookexchangesandreadingeventsaremostlyheldhereinthecity,butthereisabigdemandforsucheventsinruralareastoo.Wearehopingtoorganizemoreeventsintheseareassoon.Reporter:Thishasbeenmostinteresting.Thankyou,MrZhou.TranscriptInpairs,discussChinesepeople’sreadinghabitsanddifferentwaystoencouragereading.Usethefollowingideasandexpressionstohelpyou.TheimportanceofreadingChinesepeople’sreadinghabits(howoftenandhowlongtheyread,whatmediatheyusetoread,etc.)MeasurestoencouragepeopletoreadmoreExpressionsTalkingabouthabitsIsitcommonfor...to...?once/twice/...timesaday/monthNormally/Ingeneral/Generallyspeaking,......never/seldom/rarely......morefrequentlythan......minutesperday/...hoursperweekA:Youknow,readingisimportant.Itincreasesourknowledgeandgivesusabetterunderstandingoftheworld.B:True.Readingcanalsobeentertainingandprovidesanescapefromdailypressures.IsawarecentsurveyonChinesepeople’sreadinghabitsthatshowedthatwespendalmost75minutesper

dayreadingonsmartphones.A:That’sagoodthing.It’spromisingtoseethatreadingisstillafavouritepastimeformanyChinese.B:Italsostatedthatreadingondigitalplatformsisontherise,withcloseto70%ofpeoplechoosingthismethod.Readingonsmartphonesisespeciallypopular.A:It’sprobablybecausedigitalplatformsaremoreconvenient.B:Exactly.It’smorecommonforpeopletoreadonlinenowadays.SampleWhatareyourreadinghabits?A:ImustadmitIdomostofmyreadingonline.InormallyusemysmartphonetoreadwhenI’monthesubway.Sothat’saboutonehourperday.Whataboutyou?B:Irarelyreadonmyphone.Ilovethefeelofactualbooks,soIoftenborrowbooksfrommylocallibrary.A:Soundsgreat.Nomatterwhichreadingmethod,peopleshouldbeencouragedtoreadmore.Ithinkpeopleoughttobeprovidedwithmoredigitaloptions,likee-booksoraudiobooks.B:Agreed.Readerscanalsotrytoincorporatemoretraditionalreadingintotheirlife.Ithinkvisitingthelocallibraryisonegoodwaybecauseit’sfuntobrowsethroughawidevarietyofprintedbooks.SampleA:Greatidea.Ialsoknowlibrariesholdexchangeactivitiesandreadingeventsmorefrequentlythanbefore.So,readershavemorechancestobecomeinvolved.B:Absolutely!Publicawarenessabouttheimportanceofreading,whetheronlineortraditional,couldleadtopeopleincreasingthetimeandfrequencytheyspendreading.A:

Generallyspeaking,oncepeopledevelopahabitofreadingeveryday,theirenjoymentwillgrow,onepageatatime!SampleDWriteanarticlefortheschoolnewspapercallingforpeopletoreadmore.UseyourideasfrompartCandtheinformationinpartsAandBtohelpyou.P52Planningyourwriting

LearningaboutthestructureTowriteanarticlecallingforpeopletoreadmore,youcanfollowthestructurebelow:Introducethetopicbystatingtheimportanceofreading.