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My book report by Ivy Tang This book is for children. It is about the oceans. It tells us about different kinds of water pollution and the things we can do to keep the oceans clean. It also tells us about the different ways we can save water. In this book, Simon Walker said, ‘Three quarters of the Earth is water. For thousands of years, the oceans have helped us by giving us food and water. Now, we are feeding them with dirty water from factories and rubbish from our homes. Now, the oceans are crying because they are very sick. Please help save them. ’ You can see many wonderful photographs of the oceans in this book. There are also beautiful photographs of sea animals like whales and sea horses. You can also see photographs of the famous pink dolphins. I think it is a very interesting and useful book.

1. Who wrote the book ‘The Crying Ocean’?
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2. Is the book for children or for adults?
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3. Why are the oceans crying?
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4. How much of our Earth is water?
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5. What famous animals can we see in the book?
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6. How do you like the book?
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【推荐2】阅读短文，根据其内容，完成下列任务。

Reading for pleasure is the easiest way to become a better reader in English. It is also the most important way.

Some students say they don’t want to read for pleasure. They say they learn English by learning the rules of language and new words. They say that pleasure reading is too easy.

Many experts say pleasure reading is very important for ① English. For example, Dr. Stephen Krashen, a famous expert on learning languages, says that pleasure reading helps you learn many important things about English. When students read for pleasure by learning more grammar and new words, they also learn more about good writing.

Dr. Krashen tells us that pleasure reading helps each student in a different way. Each student needs to learn something different. Pleasure reading makes it ② for each student to learn what he or she needs.

Reading for pleasure is not the same as studying. When you read for pleasure, you choose your own books, and you don’t have to remember everything. There are no tests on your pleasure reading books. Reading for pleasure will help you do the following things.

Learn how English speakers use English.

Read faster in English.

Find examples of good writing in English.

Learn new words.

Learn about the culture of English speakers.

1分别在短文①、②两处填入一个恰当的词。2从文中找出与下列句子意思相同或相近的句子，并把它摘抄在下面横线上。3把文中划线部分的句子翻译成汉语。4、5回答下列问题。
1. ________ ________
You don’t have to take tests on your pleasure reading books.
2. ___________________________________
3. ___________________________________
4. How many good things does reading for pleasure help us to get according to the passage?
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5. What’s the best title for this passage?
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【推荐3】Creating a Rich Reading Environment

Make reading a natural and enjoyable part of daily life. Find ways to encourage your child to read at home.

Have Different Kinds of Books

Make sure you have different kinds of books in your home, such as picture books, storybooks, non-fiction books or novels. Make it fun and interesting to read at the bookstore or the library.

Take your child to the library to get his or her own library card. Then you can enjoy reading together. Make trips to the library part of the family’s life.

Use a bookshelf, basket, or box, to create a special place to store(储藏) books in your child’s room. Also put baskets of books throughout the house, in a backpack or the car.

Set an Example

Make sure your child sees you reading and treating books with care. Children are curious and want to do what you are doing.

Discuss Reading

Talk with your child about what they are reading. Predict(预测) what comes next. Talk about the characters or the setting. Notice print all about us – on street signs, at the store, at the school.

Set Family Reading Time

Set fixed time for family reading – even 10 or 15 minutes a day will make a big difference. Read with your child or, if your child can read, have family members read on their own.

1     to make children read at home
Have Different Kinds of Books	Make sure you have different kinds of books in your home,     2     picture books, storybooks, non-fiction books or novels. Take your child to the library to     3     books. Have special     4     to store books in your child’s room.
5     an Example	Make sure your child sees you reading and treating books     6    . Children are curious and want to     7     you.
8    about Reading	Talk with your child about     9     they are reading. Talk about the characters or the setting.
Set Family Reading Time	10     10 or 15 minutes a day reading books with family members.

【推荐2】Do you get upset when you can’t achieve what you want? For example, you might want to clean out your room or continue that things you’ve been putting off. Maybe you try to focus, but you find it difficult to deal with all the things.

Now you could try one simple strategy: developing a habit of being organized. This means you are able to think ahead and plan things well. When you can get organized, keep things under control, and live a tidy life, you can work faster and have more creative ideas and thoughts.

Here are some tips that can help:

1. Make your things tidy. Believe it or not, your pencil case, your backpack, your desk and your room are the key parts of being a well-organized student. Take a few minutes each day to make your things in order. There is no right or wrong way to organize them-the important thing is that you know where everything is by doing this. You will feel all the things well organized around you.

2. Put up a timetable and follow it. There must be many things you have to do every day. Making a timetable or a schedule about what you plan to do in recent days can help remind you to finish them. Put it up around the place you can easily see and make sure you can achieve them before going to bed. Gradually, you would find it unbelievable that you have done so many things.

3. Prepare tings ahead. After you finish your homework, put everything you might need for the next day in your backpack. In this way, you are less likely to forget something. Similarly, if you spend a lot of time deciding your clothes or breakfast for the next day, prepare them the night before.

Getting organized should extend to your activities outside your home or school and is helpful for you to manage a better life. Encourage yourself to get organized now. It’s much easier to start a habit if you can imagine how the changes will make you feel!

It is not     1     to deal with all the things although you try to focus. With a habit of being well organized, you can work faster and think more     2    . Here are some tips that can help you to be organized. First, make things in order every day so that you can know where everything is. What’s more, plan the things and put up a timetable or a schedule. Make sure you have done them     3     the bedtime. Next, make     4     for what you need the night before. Getting things well organized     5     you to manage a better life.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，完成表格。

In recent years, mobile phones and e-readers have become more common. Some people worry that the days of paper books will be gone. So we did a survey about paper books. Here is what we have got.

In the UK, sales of e-books are dropping while sales of paper books are rising. More surprisingly, it’s young people who are buying the most paper books. Another survey of university students from the United States, Japan and Germany also showed that 92 percent of them preferred paper books.

The most popular reason was: “I like to hold the product.” It’s true that paper books bring a very different reading experience. Some students said that they liked the smell of paper books. Other students said that they got a sense of accomplishment(成就感) when they finished reading a paper book and they enjoyed seeing it on the bookshelf.

Paper books can also be very personal objects to readers. Many people like to sign their names on the inside cover. If the cover gets bent (弯曲的) or there’s a stain(污点) made from coffee or food, it will make the book even more personal. It’s more like the readers’ old friends.

This “friendship” between people and books isn’t just sentimental (情感的). Studies have shown that readers remember more information from paper books. People also more easily have sore eyes while reading e-books.

It seems that paper books still have an attraction (吸引力). So why not pick up a book and start reading?

A survey about     1
Facts	☆The     2     of e-books are dropping while those of paper books are rising. ☆Most young people like paper books better.
Reasons	☆Readers were brought a different     3     by reading paper books. ☆Readers think paper books are     4     and regard them as friends. ☆Readers can remember more information and they are better for     5    .
Conclusion	Paper books still have an attraction.