In the digital era in which people’s attention is often distracted by fragmented, eye-catching information, the annual World Book and Copyright Day is probably one of the few moments
The Wenjin Book Awards, which are granted by the National Library of China every year for this special occasion, was organized as a key event ahead of the day — and as a guide for readers. The list of winners of the 19th Wenjin Book Awards
The Wenjin Book Awards,
2 . As a mother who had three kids in public schools, it always bothered me that the elementary school had a voluntary “reading club” in which students received prizes based on how much reading for pleasure they did each week. The message seems all wrong: We have to bribe (贿赂) you to read for fun.
A survey by the National Assessment for Educational Progress found that the numbers of 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for enjoyment almost every day dropped from slightly more than half in 1984, to 42% during the 2019-20 school year. The trend among middle schoolers is worse. The percentage who frequently read for fun dropped by more than half, to 17%, while the percentage who seldom or never do more than tripled (增至三倍).
Meanwhile, a British study found that reading for pleasure had much wider benefits, resulting in better vocabulary, spelling and mathematical abilities. According to the nonprofit reading-advocacy group Kids Read Now, readers also learn better empathy (同理心), decision-making and social skills.
One contributor to this disappointing trend seems obvious: Social media and other digital activities are heavy draws and can consume hours of time. But some librarians and students point to other reasons as well: As students advance in school, required reading of textbooks and classroom-assigned literature increases. They may be reading more, but often enjoying it less.
Reading for pleasure isn’t the same as assigned reading because kids need to be able to relax with the reading material of their choice. As a child, my son used to finish his reading for school and then sigh (叹息) with pleasure, saying, “Now I can read.”
Parents play a key role in changing this situation, but many may not realize how important it is to expose their kids to books, magazines and the like. Giving older students more choices in what they read for class would help encourage pleasure reading too. The class could make group choices or students could pick from a menu of options instead of being assigned a single book. When there are just a few choices and we spoon-feed them to kids, we just deprive them of the experience of realizing there’s a bigger world of books out there for them to explore.
1. What made the author annoyed according to paragraph 1?A.The messages sent by the reading club each week. |
B.The lack of reading clubs in the elementary school. |
C.The unrealistic reading goals set by the elementary school. |
D.The way to encourage elementary school students to read for fun. |
A.By listing some persuasive figures. | B.By providing some research results. |
C.By referring to some experts’ views. | D.By sharing her own parenting experience. |
A.It takes time to finish reading for school. |
B.Parents should read together with their kids. |
C.The reading for school is hardly fun for children. |
D.Children have difficulty choosing reading materials. |
A.Keep them from. | B.Prepare them for. |
C.Lead them to. | D.Fill them with. |
3 . Earlier this month, Bob Dylan released The Philosophy of Modern Song, a collection of 66 songs, detailing their status in music and, sometimes, explaining what a given track might mean or do. The book reminded me of the Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music, in which Smith intelligently summarizes each song's narrative arc as if it were a newspaper headline. Dylan is less direct and more tends to allegorical (讽喻的) long speeches.
Dylan has always had a slightly tense relationship with the writers and journalists who grammatically analyze his songs for meaning, and, while reading The Philosophy of Modern Song, there were moments when I grew slightly red-faced, worried that the book might be an purposeful joke, making fun of all the drooling (垂涎) critics who have gone thrilled trying to illustrate the greatness and beauty of his work. Yet the pattern and rhythm of his descriptions will be quite familiar to anyone who listened to “Theme Time Radio Hour”, the Sirius XM show that Dylan hosted from 2006 to 2009.
Ultimately, both projects repeat, in a serious way, just how difficult it is to study, investigate, and evaluate something as indescribable and brain-scrambling (烧脑) as popular music.
The Philosophy of Modern Song picked a limited number of songs, for Dylan to define the masterpieces that defined him, and he did so determinedly. Much like Smith’s Anthology, Dylan’s book is deeply personal, despite its sweeping title. It’s obvious that Dylan did not adjust his preferences to suit a cultural narrative or to play down his age. Yet that the book contains only four songs performed by women is both depressing and astonishing. This might lead readers to question Dylan’s character and, more worrying, to wonder about the limits of his musical knowledge.
1. What do the two books, The Philosophy of Modern Song and Anthology of American Folk Music, have in common?A.The writing style. | B.The writers’ career. |
C.The books’ subject. | D.The creation background. |
A.Because he was on bad terms with Bob Dylan. |
B.Because he failed to listen to Dylan’s radio program. |
C.Because he was laughed at for his comments on Dylan’s book. |
D.Because he may be among those critics taking advantage of Dylan’s works. |
A.It presents a whole history of American folk music. |
B.It offers a review on Bob Dylan’s personal music albums. |
C.It suggests a possible lack of attention to women’s music. |
D.It follows the example of Anthology of American Folk Music. |
A.To question Dylan’s expertise in folk music. |
B.To introduce the newly-published book by Bob Dylan. |
C.To blame Dylan for his underestimating female musicians. |
D.To compare the two books of Philosophy and Anthology. |
1.生日祝贺;
2.送书理由。
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1. When does Mike usually read books?
A.In the evening. | B.In the afternoon. | C.In the morning |
A.Those about school life. |
B.Those about rural life. |
C.Those about history. |
A.One week. | B.Two weeks. | C.Three weeks. |
A.To a bookstore. | B.To a library. | C.To a cafe |
1. Whose book has the woman been reading lately?
A.Aaron Esterson. | B.Lori Gottlieb. | C.Erik Erikson. |
A.It has an unexpected end. |
B.It is very boring. |
C.It is fantastic. |
A.Read the book. | B.Start writing a book. | C.Talk with someone. |
1. Why did Marie stay up late?
A.She was playing the guitar. | B.She was fishing. | C.She was reading. |
A.He likes to read something short. |
B.It makes him sleepy all the time. |
C.Reading is his favorite hobby. |
A.A love story. | B.An art book. | C.A history book. |
1. 活动目的;
2. 活动过程;
3. 活动反响。
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . Technology seems to discourage slow, immersive reading. Reading on a screen tires your eyes and makes it harder for you to keep your place. Online writing tends to be more skimmable than print. The cognitive neuroscientist Mary Walt argued recently that this “new norm” of skim reading is producing “an invisible, game-changing transformation” in how readers process words. The neuronal circuit (回路) that sustains the brain’s capacity to read now favors the rapid absorption of information.
We shouldn’t exaggerate this danger. All readers skim. From about the age of nine, our eyes start to bounce around the page, reading only about a quarter of the words properly, and filling in the gaps by inference. So far, the anxieties have proved to be false alarms. “Quite a few critics have been worried about attention spans lately and see very short stories as signs of cultural decline,” the American author Selvin Brown wrote. “No one ever said that poems were evidence of short attention spans.”
And yet the Internet has certainly changed the way we read. For a start, it means that there is more to read, because more people than ever are writing. And digital writing is meant for rapid release and response. This mode of writing and reading can be interactive and fun. But often it treats other people’s words as something to be quickly harvested as fodder (素材) to say something else. Everyone talks over the top of everyone else, desperate to be heard.
Perhaps we should slow down. Reading is constantly promoted as a social good and source of personal achievement. To a slow reader, a piece of writing can only be fully understood by immersing oneself in the words. and their slow comprehension of a line of thought,
The human need for this kind of deep reading is too tenacious for any new technology to destroy. We often assume that technological change can’t be stopped and happens in one direction, so that older media like “dead-tree” books are kicked out by newer, more virtual forms. In practice, older technologies can coexist with new ones. The Kindle has not killed off the printed book any more than the car killed off the bicycle. We still want to enjoy slowly formed ideas and carefully-chosen words. Even in a fast-moving age, there is time for slow reading.
1. What would Selvin Brown probably agree?A.The culture is on the decline. | B.Online writing ruins immersive reading. |
C.Worries of attention spans are unnecessary. | D.Reading poems is important to attention spans. |
A.It lays the foundation for fast reading. |
B.It counts on regular interaction with the readers. |
C.It requires writers to give up traditional writing modes. |
D.It causes too much talking and inadequate deep reflection. |
A.Slowly-changed. | B.Fast-advanced. | C.Deep-rooted. | D.Rarely-noticed. |
A.Slow Reading: Here to Stay | B.Immersive Reading: So Wonderful |
C.Reading Habits: Constantly Changing | D.Digital vs Print: A Life-and-Death Struggle |
1. What is the fiction Another Reality about?
A.Kids’ discovery. | B.A respectful scientist. | C.Space Travel. |
A.Humorous language. | B.Complex ideas. | C.Moving stories. |