新编英语教程book3Unit 8.pptVIP

Unit 8  The old saying :“To open a book is always helpful.”clearly shows us how good it is to read a book. Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books. It’s true that we can derive benefits from good books. As a matter of fact, books are always enclosed with profits, showing you the great wisdom of human. L.M Alcott ---That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profits. ●…, however, happened to be so well illustrated … illustrate: v. to add picture to sth. written 加上插图/图解 In the text, it means make the meaning of sth. clearer by giving related examples.(举例说明；例证)” illustration: n.插图，例证 ●run up (bills/debts/account/overdraft)等连用:to make /become greater or larger (使变大，使增大) ●indulge: yield to , gratify (满足，迁就) be indulged in : 沉溺于（不好/有害的事情） indulgent: a. ●beckon: signal or summon as by nodding or waving 向…示意 beckon to sb. // Beckon sb. to do sth. ●tell sb. off: rebuke severely; reprimand (严厉指责，谴责) Telling-off: n. Text II Questions: 1. Why do people usually buy second-hand goods? 2. What is meant by “Buying second-hand demands a new attitude to shopping?” 3. What does an absence of price tags in a second-hand shop show? 4. What two categories of books, magazines, comics and annuals are there in a second-hand bookshop? What books belong to each category? 5. What sort of sci-fi magazines and old comics are worth collecting? * * * * * TextⅠ On Buying Books Advantagef oreading books. The future is a mystery and books help us build our own future. Your fate may be changed by books.“Knowledge changes fate.”Books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things. They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character, enlarge our experience and do many other things that we can’t do without them. In other words, books are our good teachers and wise friends. This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more b