Unit5-Section B 新视野英语教程Book 4教材.ppt

Owning Books CONTENTS Introduction According to the personal experience and feeling about owning books, the author present a series of views on owning books, in which mainly on the benefit and the importance of owning books. Questions and Answers The following questions are open-ended without no right and no wrong answers. 1. How many books do you have? 2. What kinds of books do you have the most? 3. What is the criterion while choosing books? 4. Have you ever benefited from the books ? Please talk about your view about the book? Intensive Reading Reading is one of the greatest things a person can do for fun. And usually, we enjoy reading books that belong to us much more than those that we borrow. A borrowed book is like a guest in the house－it must be treated with a certain considerate formality. You must see that it is not damaged in any way, taking care to conserve its original form. You cannot leave it around carelessly, mark in it, turn down the pages, or use it familiarly; ultimately, you are liable for the maintenance of this book .Then, one day, someone will prescribe its return, and it will no longer be with you. Para. 1 Para. 4 There are, of course, no friends like living, breathing men and women; my devotion to reading has never resulted in me isolating myself from everyone. But then, how could it, really? Books are of the people, by the people, and for the people. Literature is the part of history that will never die. Book friends have this advantage over living friends, though: you can enjoy all aspects of society, throughout the world, whenever you feel like it. Societys most interesting people who have died are beyond our physical reach, and usually, those living are almost as inaccessible. And as for our personal friends and family, we cannot always reach them. But in a private library, you can, at any moment, spend time with Socrates or Shakespeare or Carlyle or Dumas or Dickens or Shaw. And there is no doubt that i