The Library With No Rules
When you walk by Hernando Guanlao’s home on Balagtas Street, downtown Manila, you will see thousands of books on shelves and on the stairs. Each one is free to anyone who wants it.
“People can borrow, take home, bring back or keep,” says Guanlao. “Or they can share and pass on to another. But basically they should just take, take!” He thinks books need to live, and they’re only alive if they are being read. “The act of giving books makes your life meaningful,” says Guanlao.
The Reading Club 2000, as the project is called, began more than twenty years ago. “My parents gave me my love of reading,” he says. “I started the club to honour them and to do some kind of community service. So I put my old books—and my brothers’ and sisters’, maybe 100 in all—outside, to see if anyone was interested.”
It took a while for people to work out that this was a library. It never closed and there were no rules in it. But the project, offering everything from paperbacks to fashion magazines, technical boaks and school textbooks, is becoming popular.
The success of the project is helped by the fact that the country, with a population of 92 million, has fewer than 700 public libraries, and many people cannot afford to buy books. Luckily, the project is spreading. Guanlao takes boxes of books into—Manila’s neighbourhoods himself. He has also helped friends set up similar projects in ten other places around the country, and encouraged students to donate (捐赠) books.
Aurora Verayo, from a town several hours’ drive from Manila, says she came to see Guanlao to donate books, but he encouraged her to open her own library. “I’m going a step further and offering reading activities for children,” she says. Mark, 16-year-old student, is organizing a book donation with friends. “We’ve collected.” he says, “We’re taking them to some poor books so far, and we expect many more, areas next month. Books open minds. A book can take you anywhere.”
1. What does Guanlao think of books?2. Why did Guanlao start the Reading Club 2000?
3. What was special about Guanlao’s library?
4. What do you think of the Reading Club 2000? Why do you think so? (List at least two reasons)
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My name is Jackson. I remember almost everything I read. But I don’t like to speak in class. When Mr. Knoll asked us to do an oral (口头的) book report, the idea of having my classmates looking at me filled me with nervousness.
But since Mr. Knoll gave us a month to get the report ready, I thought I had plenty of time.
Finally, I chose Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard. I read the first few pages and then I threw it away. Then the book got buried in the clutter (杂物) in my room.
When I realized the date of the book report was only a week away, I was in a fear. I raced home and found the book. Trembling (颤抖), I turned to the book and discovered there were 218 pages! I read like crazy.
The last day came. When Mr. Knoll called on me to give my report. I still had eighty pages to go. The class looked sorry for me when I pulled myself forward. They could see my fear. “My book is Fire-Hunter, by Jim Kjelgaard,” I began slowly. Then I started to tell the story and the class seemed interested. To my surprise, I discovered I was enjoying myself. However, l had no idea how the book ended. I really didn’t know what caused me to act in that way. I made up the rest of the story later.
The class loved it, and flapped their hands as I finished.
At break time, Mr. Knoll called me over. “You know, Jackson, I don’t really remember the book ending that way.” I lowered my head.
“You told a pretty good story,” he continued. “The project was an oral book report. You did a great job on the oral part.”
“Uh, thanks.” I said.
“When you actually finish Fire-Hunter, please come to me and give me the book report.”
“Yes, I will,” I said. I knew I would make a REAL book report.
1. How did Jackson feel when he knew the task of making an oral book report?2. Where did the writer put Fire-Hunter after reading a few pages?
3. Did Jackson finish reading the book before giving the book report?
4. What made Jackson decide to make a REAL book report?
A good book can teach you things beyond(超越) your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.
Plan your time
You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.
Always carry a book
Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure that you always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you.
Find a quiet place
Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, make sure no one will trouble you at that place. There should be no televisions, computers, music or even noisy family members around you.
Have a library day
Have a library card, and you can read as many books as possible in the library. Make it a weekly trip to the library. You can save a lot of money.
Put it on your blog（博客）
One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog. If you don’t have one, create（创建） one. It’s free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and offer you suggestions.
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Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book anywhere, in a car, in a waiting room, on a plane, on the bed, and even in the bathroom. All you need is a book. Reading is a convenient (方便的) hobby because it is easy to stop and start again.
Another good reason for reading books is that 2. it is useful. If you take reading as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and 3. you will become better at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will find your school work becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend on good reading and as you read, you will learn more and more.
1. Why is reading a convenient hobby?2. The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to
3. 将文中划线句子翻译成汉语
4. List two reasons that reading is a good hobby.
5. Give a proper title to the passage.
The Library With No Rules
When you walk by Eric’s home on Balgis Street, downtown Bangkok (曼谷), you will see thousands of books on shelves and on the stairs. Each book is free to anyone who wants it.
“People can borrow, take home, bring back or keep,” says Eric. “Or they can share and pass on to another. But they should just take, take!” He thinks books need to live, and they’re only alive if they are being read. “The act of giving books makes your life meaningful,” says Eric.
The Reading Club 2000, as the project shows, began more than twenty years ago. “My parents gave me my love of reading,” he says. “I started the club to honour them and to do some kind of community service. So I put my old books and my brothers’ and sisters’, maybe 100 in all—outside, to see if anyone was interested.”
It took a while for people to work out this was a library. It never closed and there were no rules. But the project, offering everything from paperbacks to fashion magazines, technical books and school textbooks, is becoming popular.
The success of the project is helped by the fact that the country, with a small population, has fewer than 700 public libraries, and many people cannot afford to buy books. Luckily, the project is spreading. Eric takes boxes of books into Bangkok community himself. He has also helped friends set up similar projects in ten other places around the country, and encouraged students to donate books.
1. What is Eric’s opinion about books?2. Why did Eric start the Reading Club 2000?
3. What was special about Eric’s library?
4. What do you think of the Reading Club 2000? Why do you think so? Please list at least two reasons. (Write 30 words or more.)
“The”, which exists (存在) everywhere of the English world. We can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It can’t be used to describe beautifully, research carefully or think deeply. And yet this simple and common word could be one of the most powerful words in the English language.
“The” tops the leading tables of most frequently (频繁地) used words in English, accounting for 5% of every 100 words used. “The” also lies at the heart of English grammar, having a function (作用) rather than a meaning.
“Although ‘the’ has no meaning in itself, it seems to be able to do things in unbelievable and tiny ways,” says Michael Rosen, a poet and writer. Consider the difference between “he scored a goal” and “he scored the goal”. The meaning of “the” expresses something important. Perhaps it was the only one of the matches? Or maybe it was the key that won the competition? The background caused the basic meaning of the context.
This simplest word can be used for dramatic (戏剧性的) effect. At the start of Hamlet, a guard’s lines of “Long live the King” is soon followed by the ghost, “Looks it not like the King?” Who, the audience doubts, does “the” refer to? The living King or a dead King? This kind of writing way is used to make people feel uneasy. “‘The’ is doing a lot of work here,” says Rosen.
About “the” |
| “The” is simple and common, but it is |
| “The” has a function and it is at the |
| If there are two hundred words in a paragraph, there will be |
| The difference between “he scored a goal” and “he scored the goal” is to express the |
| According to the fourth paragraph, you think “the” sometimes makes people feel |
Long-term exercise has many benefits (益处), such as keeping illnesses away and improving physical health. But we should choose the right way to exercise, our body is easy to get hurt. The following is my advice.
Before exercise, slowly get into exercising. Do not warm up with a large number of activities. You can do some flexible stretching (弹性拉伸) activities at the beginning to warm up your body. About ten minutes is enough. Before exercise, we should also take off the hard things in order to keep safe.
When doing sports, we must pay attention (注意) to safety. It’s necessary to put on the proper sports clothes and shoes so that we can protect ourselves from getting hurt.
Food and water provide energy so that we can keep moving forward. So we should eat something healthy, like vegetables and milk. We must drink water in time, especially in the hot summer. When drinking, we should drink a little water many times because it’s detrimental to our health to drink too much water while exercising at a time. There are many things we can’t do while and after exercise. For example, we shouldn’t have meals or cold drinks just after exercise, which may cause illnesses.
1.2. We should wear
3. Should we drink much water while exercising at a time?
4. What will happen to us if we have meals or cold drinks just after exercise?
5. What else should we pay attention to when exercising?
