新课标2024_2025学年高中英语Unit1Culturalrelics英美文化欣赏讲义新人教版必.docVIP

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Unit1Culturalrelics

【导读】通常看一个人读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样，因为有人以人为伴，也有人以书为伴。阅读下面选取的美文《以书为伴》，对比中外文化中对书籍看法的异同。

CompanionshipofBooks

Amanmayusuallybeknownbythebookshereadsaswellasbythecompanyhekeeps；forthereisacompanionship①ofbooksaswellasofmen；andoneshouldalwaysliveinthebestcompany，whetheritbeofbooksorofmen.

Agoodbookmaybeamongthebestoffriends.Itisthesametodaythatitalwayswas，anditwillneverchange.Itisthemostpatientandcheerfulofcompanions.Itdoesnotturnitsbackuponusintimesofadversity②ordistress.Italwaysreceivesuswiththesamekindness；amusingandinstructingusinyouth，andcomfortingandconsoling③usinage.

Menoftendiscovertheiraffinity④toeachotherbythelovetheyhaveeachforabook—justastwopersonssometimesdiscoverafriendbytheadmirationwhichbothentertainforathird.Thereisanoldproverb：“loveme，lovemydog.”Butthereismorewisdominthis：“loveme，lovemybook.”Thebookisatruerandhigherbondofunion.Mencanthink，feel，andsympathizewitheachotherthroughtheirfavoriteauthor.Theyliveinhimtogether，andheinthem.

“Books”，saidHazlitt，“windintotheheart；thepoetsverseslidesinthecurrentofourblood.Wereadthemwhenyoung，werememberthemwhenold.Wefeelthatithashappenedtoourselves.Theyaretobeverycheapandgood.Webreathebuttheairofbooks.”

Agoodbookisoftenthebesturnofalife，enshrining⑤thebestthatlifecouldthinkout；fortheworldofamanslifeis，forthemostpart，buttheworldofhisthoughts.Thusthebestbooksaretreasuriesofgoodwords，thegoldenthoughts，which，rememberedandcherished，becomeourconstantcompanionsandcomforters.“Theyareneveralone，”saidSirPhilipSidney，“thatareaccompaniedbynoblethoughts.”

Thegoodandtruethoughtmayintimesoftemptationbeasanangelofmercypurifyingandguardingthesoul.Italsoenshrinesthegermsofaction，forgo