新编英语教程3Unit8.pptVIP

Unit 8  Advantage of reading books 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 t 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. Advantage of reading 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 books. Proverbs about books Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. 读书如择友，宜少而精。 ★ Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. ( G.W. Gurtis) 书籍乃储积智慧之不灭明灯。(---葛迪斯) ★ A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. 好书如挚友，永远不相负。 ★ Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.(----F.M.Ford) 只有两类书有广泛的吸引力：真正的最好的和最坏的。 Proverbs about books ★ Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested. (F.Bacon) 书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。 ★ Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few; we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books. (John Ruskin) 生命是短暂的，而其中寂静的时光更少，我们不应花其中的宝贵时间去读无价值的书。 Writing Style On Buying Books is a piece of argumentation. The style is informal and it suggests everyday talk. Generic you is used a great deal to show the informal tone. The writer addresses the reader directly and does not miss the opportunity to give the reader his persona