Test  3   Books·书 

【写作佳句及惯用表达】

 

1.A book that remains shut is but a block. (prov.) 藏书

不读如藏木。

2.We may spend our lives in reading fiction, but truth beats fiction all the time, and there has never  been yet a novel so wonderful as life itself.

尽管我们一辈子看小说，但现实总是胜过小说，从来没有哪本小说有真正的生活色彩。

3.Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. (prov.)

读书如择友，宜少而精。

All is well that ends well.

结果好一切都好。

4.A good book is a best friend who never turns his back upon us. (prov.)

好书如挚友，永远不相负。

5.Books are the everburning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

  —G.W. Curtis

书籍乃储积智慧之不灭明灯。 ——葛迪斯

6.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. (prov.)

好书如挚友，情谊永不渝。

7.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。——培根

8.Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. —R.L. Stevenson

从它们自己所发生的效用上，书籍真是够好的东西，但它们是很强悍的、不见血的生命替代者。——史蒂文森

9.There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book, and the tired man who wants a book to read.  —G.K. Chesterton一个热心求知者要去读一本书，一个疲倦的人需要一本书来读，这两种人之间有很大的区别。 ——吉士特顿

10.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。  ——罗斯金

11.That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. —L. M. Alcott

好书开卷引人入胜，终卷使人获益。 ——亚尔葛脱

12.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：真正最好的和最坏的。——福特

Calamity is man’s true touchstone.

患难之中见人心。

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【写作范文】

  Some people like to buy books to read. Others like to borrow books from libraries or from other people. Compare the advantages of these two ways of reading. Which do you prefer? Why?

Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:Borrowing Books or Buying Books

Some people like to borrow books to read, while others prefer to buy books. Both ways have their advantages.

Borrowing books to read has two major advantages. First, you just urge yourself to finish as soon as possible the books you borrowed from a library or from other people. You will be fined if you fail to return them to the library in due t

ime, or you will lose trust if you keep books of others too long, and they will probably refuse to lend you any more books. So you have to read it desirously, forgetting your meals and sleep. On the other hand, if you buy a book, you may put it away, thinking it is yours and you don’t have to finish it quickly. Another

 advantage of borrowing books enables you to read books without spending any money. In recent years, more and more books come out each year, and the prices of books keep on rising. Ordinary people cannot afford to buy so many books they want to read either for information or entertainment. In addition, often I need to read only a part of some books. It is unnecessary for me to buy them.

  However, there are some kinds of books that I have to buy. The first kind is reference books such as dictionaries and encyclopedias I need to use frequently. The second kind is textbooks I need to read more carefully in order to understand well. And it is also necessary for me to buy some famous literature books like The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain, The Old Man and the Sea, Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

So I think books are of two kinds: books for borrowing and books for buying. I like to borrow books that I read mainly for entertainment or read a part of. And for those books like reference books, I prefer to buy. Whether to borrow or to buy books, I think, mostly depends on the kinds.

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

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【学习要点】

① You will be fined if you fail to return them to the library

in due time. 你如果到期不还书就会被罚款。

② reference books 参考书，工具书

③ encyclopedia百科全书

 

Call a spade a spade.

 直言不讳。

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【要点提示】

All that speak us fair are not friends.

说我们好话的人并非都是朋友。

 

本文为议论文。作者首先提出自己的观点：Both ways have their advantages. 在正文中作者对比买书，举出充分的论据来说明借书的好处，然后作者又说明有些书需要买。这样，避免了使观点绝对化，又很客观地说明了问题。最后作者得出结论：So I think books are of two kinds: books for borrowing and books for buying. 接着又用两句话解释了该结论。文章观点明确，论据充分，论证严密。

本文关联词语使用恰当：

表示对比：On the other hand

表示列举：First，Another..., In addition（此外，引出补充论据）

表示对比或转折：However

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【模拟训练3】［35 MIN.］

  Fiction (such as novels and short stories) can teach us more about life than textbooks can. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use specific reasons to support your answer.

Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic:

 

Fiction Can Teach Us More

You are to write in three parts.

In the first part, state your opinion.

In the second part, give specific reasons for your opinion.

In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion

 with a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.

Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

 

【模拟训练参考作文3】

Fiction Can Teach Us More

 

Fiction, such as novels and short stories, is always considered as a way of entertainment, but as far as I am concerned, I think it is far more than a pure relaxation. It can be instructive, and it can even teach us more about life than textbooks.

Authors of famous works are usually wellexperienced. They put all their knowledge and social experience into their literary works. They create a colorful world in which we can find great quantity of treasure.

Since fiction is primarily based on everyday life, the knowledge it includes is always close to life. It is easy to master and ready to practice. On the contrary, textbooks focus on specialized subjects and they intend to be obtuse, theoretical or abstract and therefore dull. To most ordinary people, fiction is more acceptable.

 

There is no royal road to learning. 

学无坦途。

 

Another reason why fiction is superior to textbooks lies in their imagination. Authors always create attractive characters so as to give his opinion about nature and the society as well as life. It not only provides knowledge, but also teaches us what is the right attitude toward life. For instance, we can learn from Gone With the Wind how to be a strongwilled person; from Jack London, how to love life. We can be stimulated to overcome all obstacles to realize our ambitions.

So, fiction enables people to form their positive view of life, optimism of spirit and invincible courage. In this aspect, fiction provides us with an opportunity to learn and to practice, while textbooks barely can.