新标准英语综合教程第4册课件：Unit2 AR1 (一).pptVIP

8 Books may change your life. Is this a suitable title – and ending – for the passage? Why / Why not? Yes, I think it is OK as a catchy title – it gets our attention, after all, and repeating it at the end makes a kind of coda like the ending of a piece of music which echoes something near the beginning. Also if you look carefully, it does have a note of caution by using may instead of will, so this title isn’t a definite promise, it’s more of an attractive idea that your life may be changed by books, but may be not. Exercises Now discuss which of the above statements would have been more effective if backed up by example(s). In fact, it seems that any of them could be more effectively illustrated by examples, but if all of them were to be backed up by examples, the whole passage would be a lot longer and maybe too heavy with examples. If I had to choose just two statements which need supporting examples, I would say No. 3 and No. 6 because the ideas about “growing” through books and books “defining” our lives are too vague without examples. Exercises Developing critical thinking 10 Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 Which reasons for reading does the writer not talk about? The writer doesn’t talk about reading for information, for explanation or for study purposes. And he doesn’t talk about everyday aspects of reading, like reading newspapers, shopping lists, instructions or recipes. I understand why the writer does not talk about these aspects. The passage is focused on literature. Exercises 2 The title of the passage is ironic. But can you think of any ways in which reading can be dangerous? Well, it might be dangerous to read completely wrong information about something, if you read it without thinking that the writer might be wrong. For instance, reading out-of-date information about medicines and illnesses could lead you to take the wrong medicine which might make your condition worse. Or some things might be morally