Love of Reading 研究生英语课件.ppt

Reading Is a Good Hobby Reading Is a Good Hobby. Reading is a good way to help you keep in touch with the outside world. Reading is also a good way to relax yourself. Reading Is a Good Hobby A good book is a good friend to comfort you when you are unhappy. So long as you have a good book at hand, youll never feel lonely. Every valuable book will open a new world before you. One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty Eudora Welty About the Author a. Eudora Alice Welty, was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South. b. Her book The Optimists Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. C. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. Reading Tasks 1: Read the title “One Writer’s Beginnings” and try to tell why the author chose the title instead of “My Beginnings” or “This Writer’s Beginning”? Reading Tasks suggested answer: a. “writer’ can help to establish Welty’s professional identity. b. The choice of “one” rather than “this” is more a matter of style than substance, it simply looks better. Reading Tasks 2. How many parts do you think the text consists of ? What is the main idea of each part? Language Points Explain the sentence: Part 1. Para 1 I must have given her no peace. I must have kept disturbing her. Language Points Para 1 Once she granted my wish, but she read off my story before I brought her butter. One time she agreed to read to me while I was churning, but she finished reading my story before I finished churning. Para 2. I cannot remember a time…and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself. I cannot remember a time that I don’t love books, love their cover…and I was engrossed in them and fascinated by them. Still illiterate, I was ready for them ,committed to all the