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PartI

SectionC

Script:

Tom:Whatareyoureading,Linda?

Linda:I’mreadinganovelTheMillontheFloss,writtenbythefamousnovelist,

GeorgeEliot.

Tom:What’sitabout?

Linda:Itismainlyabouttherelationshipbetweenabrotherandasister,wholiveina

millonRiverFloss.Itdescribestheirchildhoodandadisputethatcausesthem

toseparate.Thebookendswiththemhappilytogetheragain,buttheywereboth

killedintheflood.

Tom:Isitdifficulttounderstand?

Linda：Notreally,Iwouldconsideriteasy.

Tom:YousaidthewriterwasGeorgeEliot,right?Canyoutellmemoreabouthim?

Linda:It’sher,actually.HernamewasMaryAnnEvans.GeorgeEliotwasherpen

name.Sheusedamalepennametoensureherworkswouldbetakenseriously.

Shewasbornin1819anddiedin1880.ShewasanEnglishnovelist,journalist,

translatorandoneoftheleadingwritersoftheVictorianera.BesidesTheMill

ontheFloss,shealsowrotesomeotherfamousnovels,suchasAdamBedeand

SilasMarner.

Tom:Wow,itseemsthatyouknowalotabouther.

Linda:Sheisalmostmyfavoritewriter,youknow.

Tom:Besidesnovels,arethereanyothertypesofliteraryworksthatyouindulgein?

Linda:Ireallylikeshortstories.

Tom:Haveyoureadanythingelsebesidesliterature?

Linda:CertainlyIhave.Iliketoreadbooksonvarioussubjects,andIreadeverything

Icangetmyhandsoninmysparetime.Idon’twanttoidleawayandwastemy

time.

Tom：Iagree.Peoplewhodon’treadarenobetteroffthanpeoplewhocan’tread.I

alsoagreethat“Booksarelikefoodforthemind”.

PartII

TextA

Script:

Exercise1

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