Unit 8

Text I On Buying Books

Text II Hallo. Good Buy

Text I

Text II

Oral Work

Guided Writing

Listening

Pre-reading Activity

Structure

Vocabulary Acquisition

Intensive Reading

Text 1: On Buying Books

1.What is usually your purpose of visiting a

bookshop, to buy books or just to browse

among books?

2.Which do you prefer to visit, a bookshop

with open shelves or one with closed

shelves?

1.What is usually your purpose of visiting a

bookshop, to buy books or just to browse

among books?

2.Which do you prefer to visit, a bookshop

with open shelves or one with closed

shelves?

Text I Pre-reading Activity

On Buying Books

Structure

EnjoyableIn a bookshop

An ideal book-seller

Read, not to buy

Easily absorbedAn ideal

assistant

Techniques

Informal style

Varied sentence length

Subjective point of view

Shortsimple

Straightforwardpersuasive

First sentence

Text I Vocabulary Acquisition

Read the text once and Try to write down the meaning of following words that best fits the context.

1. Shelter (L.2) __________________________________

2. Become engrossed in (L.6) __________________________________

3. Browse (L.14) __________________________________

4. Illustrated (L. 21) __________________________________

5. Apart from (L. 22) __________________________________

6. Indulgent (L. 24) __________________________________

7. Beckon to (L.29) __________________________________

8. Tuck away (L.30) __________________________________

Protection; a building offering protection

Have one’s attention completely taken up by

Read here and there in books esp. for enjoyment

Provided with pictures to explain

Besides

Very kind to other people

Call somebody’s attention by a movement of the hand

To put in a safe place

On Buying Books

Text I

1 Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment – without buying a book, of course.

2 This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think,

the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places

where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a

bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: “Can I help you, sir?” you needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire discreetly and look as if he is not

interested in selling a single book.

Text I

3 You have to be careful not to be attacked by the variety of books in

a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book

on, say, ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the

latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing

– something which had only vaguely interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and

the part of the text you read proved so interesting, that you just

had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous.

Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section.

Text I

4 Book-selling must be both long-suffering and indulgent. There is a story which well illustrates this. A medical student had to read a text-book which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn’t obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in his bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was dismayed to find the book missing from its usual place and was about to leave when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book, which was tucked away in a corner, “I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it,” he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.

By Robert Best (slightly altered)

Text I

The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible ， …

Task: Paraphrase the sentence

Your wish to obtain a book with a lovely cover is so strong and

powerful that you are incapable of resisting it…

Dust-jacket: a removable paper cover to protect the binding of a bo

ok 护封

end up with / in ：

以…而告终 （与意图相悖）

他本想害人的，结果反而害了自己。

He aimed at doing harm to others only to end up with ruining himself.

He meant to paint a portrait for her, but he ended up with only a sketch.

Don’t loaf away your time, or you’ll end up in failure.

You soon become engrossed in some book or other, …

Task: paraphrase

You are soon absorbed in a book…

Translation ：吉姆埋头玩电脑游戏，一点都没有听到母亲的叫唤声。

Jim was so engrossed in his computer games that he did not hear his mother call.

Dash off

If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly. 匆忙离开

Translation: 看到敌机飞近，他们飞奔开去，寻找可以躲避炸弹的掩蔽处。

He dashed off to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe.

If you dash off a piece of writing, you write or compose it very quickly, without thinking about it very much. 匆忙完成 He dashed off a couple of novels.

Seeing the enemy planes approaching, they dashed off to look for a shelter from the bombs.

You can wander round such places to your heart’s content.

Task: paraphrase

Translation:

除夕夜，全镇的姑娘和小伙子都在尽情地唱歌跳舞。

You can move about in a shop like this for as long as you want.

On New Year’s Eve, all the boys and girls of the town sang and danced to their heart’s content.

In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing.

An assistant should remain relatively inconspicuous until you have

finished looking at the books/ reading.

Task: paraphrase

… , something in which you had previously only had a slight

interest.

Brass-rubbing

n [U] making a copy of the design on a brass by rubbing a piece of

paper placed over it with chalk or wax （用粉笔或蜡笔在覆盖于黄铜纪念牌上的纸上涂画以）拓印图案 .

…, something which had only vaguely interested you up till then.

Task: paraphrase

illustrated

Explain or make (sth) clear by examples, diagrams, pictures, etc （用示例﹑ 图表等）说明 , 阐明（某事物） To illustrate my point I have done a comparative analysis..

To put pictures in a book, article etc

Over a hundred diagrams, tables and pictures illustrate the book.A well-illustrated textbookSports Illustrate

Apart from running up a huge account, …

Task: paraphrase

In addition to getting large bills for the books, …

Apart from: except for; as well as

Apart from the expense, I simply can’t afford the time to go

sightseeing in Nanjing.

This is a good composition, apart from a few misused words.

Translation: 他除了鼻子以外 , 哪儿都很好看 .

Apart from his nose, he's quite good-looking.

French; Origin French; Origin

Meaning: allow (a bill, debt, etc) to accumulate 积欠（帐款、 债务等）

Translation: 热水器要是总开著 , 煤气费就很高了 .

Run up

Mary was a book-lover. She used to run up a big bill at the

bookstore.

You'll run up a huge gas bill if you leave the heater on.

Translation: 那银行家死后，人们发现他竟是债务重重。

The banker was found to have run up huge debts when he died.

Task ： paraphrase

Book sellers must be both patient and kind.

Book-selling must be both long-suffering and indulgent.

Long-suffering: 长期忍受的patiently bearing problems, troubles, etc, esp those caused by anot

her person

His indulgent mother was willing to let him do anything he wanted.

Indulgent: 溺爱的，纵容的If you are indulgent, you treat a person with special kindness

I pity his ,long-suffering `wife.

…he was dismayed to find the book missing from its usual place and was about to leave when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him.

Task: paraphrase

… he was very disappointed to find that the book was not in the place where it was usually put and was on the point of leaving; just then he saw the owner of the shop signaling to him.

Beckon: make a gesture to sb with the hand, arm or head （以手、臂或头部的动作）示意

The policeman beckoned us over. A girl standing at the mouth of the cave beckoned him in.

Expecting to be told off, he went towards him.

Task: paraphrase

Thinking that he would be scolded, he went up to him.

Tell off: scold 责备If you tell someone off, you speak to them angrily or seriously beca

use they have done something wrong.

I'm always being told off for being so awkward. He never listened to us when we told him off.

tuck away …

Meaning ： 把…藏起来

She tucked the money away in her socks.

We were tucked away in a secluded corner of the room.

Translation ：图书管理员看见那人把书藏在大衣里走出阅览室。

The librarian saw the man tuck away the book in his overcoat and walk out of the reading-room.

Why do people usually buy second-hand goods?

What is meant by “Buying second-hand demands a new attitude to

shopping”?

What does an absence of price tags in a second-hand shop show?

What two categories of books, magazines, comics and annuals are

there in a second-hand bookshop? What books belong to each

category?

What sort of sci-fi magazines and old comics are worth collecting?

Why do people usually buy second-hand goods?

What is meant by “Buying second-hand demands a new attitude to

shopping”?

What does an absence of price tags in a second-hand shop show?

What two categories of books, magazines, comics and annuals are

there in a second-hand bookshop? What books belong to each

category?

What sort of sci-fi magazines and old comics are worth collecting?

Text II Extensive Reading Questions

Hallo. Good Buy

Text II Practice

Workbook, Page 113, Comprehension

Oral Work Are Second-hand Bookshops Worth Visiting?

Sample Role Card:

Martin: You are a frequent visitor to second-hand

bookshops. You believe that books of all varieties can be

found there: for entertainment, for serious reading, or for

collection. The price is much lower than that of new books.

What is more, many of them are in quite good condition. You

think that one can always find books, magazines or

brochures worth buying that can’t be found in other places.

Oral Work

Lily: You’ve actually never been to a second-hand

bookshop. You think it is not worth going there because

books and magazines there are all out-of-date. They are

mostly old and worn-out, dirty and smelly, with pages

missing or jackets torn to pieces. Moreover, you find it

meaningless to collect second-hand books. You like to have

only brand-new books for your own collection.

Précis Writing

Paragraph Writing

Letter Writing

Précis writing

First, choose the topic sentence from among the following ( SB, p.

99).

The most suitable topic sentence is (1): “Time can be spent most enjoyably in a bookshop.

.”Then, write précis of On Buying Books following the guideline

(WB, P. 117)

Listening Comprehension

Dictation 1

Dictation 2

Listening

Key

Key

Listening

1. The man was on his way to a country village when he heard a

strange noise coming from behind his car.

2. He examined the back of the car carefully, but found nothing

wrong.

3. When he turned his head, he found many bees following his

car.

4. He soon knew that a queen bee and her followers had hidden

in his car.

5. The man was very surprised when a policeman arrived.

6. The bee-keeper was very happy because he had been able to

help the motorist..

Workbook Page 120

True or False?

F

F

T

F

F

F

Listening

1. A bee-keeper finally helped the man to solve the problem.

2. He soon found thousands of bees near his car.

3. He arrived at a hotel in London where he had a drink.

4. The man stopped his car when he heard a strange noise.

5. He drove as quickly as he could to get rid of the bees.

6. As he couldn’t find anything wrong with his car, he went on

his way.

7. a customer hurried in to tell him that his car were covered

with bees.

Workbook Page 120

Arrange the following sentences according to the order of happening.

4, 6, 2, 5, 3, 7, 1

Listening

react vt. 反应 , 起作用 react against oppression 反抗压迫 react on each other 相互起作用

Examples:

Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person. 恶人有恶报。 The eye reacts to light. 眼睛对光有反应。 The audience reacted readily to his speech. 观众对他的讲演立

即起了反应。

Useful Words and Expressions of Dictation 1

Listening

organism n. 生物体 , 有机体 respond v. 作出反应 squirrel n. 松鼠 nut n. 坚果 , 难解的问题 a hard [tough] nut to crack 棘手之事；难对付的人 a tough nut 果断顽强的人；难对付的人 , 无赖汉 deaf nut 注定失败的计划；毫无所得的投机 do one’s nut(s) 发疯；大发雷霆 He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell.

不打碎果壳 , 就吃不到果仁；不劳则无获。

Useful Words and Expressions of Dictation 1

Listening Dictation 1

Living Things React

You and all organisms live in an environment. An environment

is made up of everything that surrounds an organism. It can include

the air, the water, the soil, and even other organisms.

An organism responds to changes in its environment. When an

organism responds to a change, it reacts in certain ways. All living

things respond in some way.

Have you ever noticed how plants and insects respond to light?

Plants bend toward light. Insects fly toward light.

Listening Dictation 1

Living things also respond in other ways. The leaves on some

trees respond to a change in season. In autumn, they change colors

and then fall off the branches. Animals also respond to a change in

season. Squirrels save nuts for the winter. Bears sleep through the

winter in a cave.

You respond to your environment in many ways, too. You may

shiver if you are cold. What other ways do you respond to changes

in your environment? (156words)

Listening Useful Words and Expressions of Dictation 2

flowering adj. 开花的 pollen n . 花粉 vt. 传授花粉给 powdery adj. 粉状的 sugary adj. 含糖的 , 甜的 sugary foods 甜食 sugary compliments 奉承 a sugary smile 甜蜜的一笑 nectar n. 花蜜 , 甘露 taste the nectar of success 尝成功之甜果 rub v. 擦 , 摩擦 rub along 和谐相处 rub off 擦掉 , 擦破 rub out 把 ( 记号、笔记、笔迹等 ) 擦掉

Listening

Flowering Plants

What are the parts of a flower?

Flowers can have male parts and female parts. The female

parts make eggs that become seeds. The male parts make

pollen. Pollen is a powdery material that is needed by the eggs

to make seeds. To make seeds, pollen and eggs must come

together. The wind, insects, and birds bring pollen to eggs.

Many anima1s love flowers’ bright colors. They also like a

sugary liquid in flowers. This is called nectar.

Dictation 2

Listening Dictation 2

Whi1e they drink nectar, pollen rubs off on their bodies. As they

move, some of this pollen gets delivered to the female flower parts.

Over time, the female parts turn into fruits that contain seeds.

Animals often eat the fruits and the seeds pass through their

bodies as waste. The animals do not know they are working for the

plants by planting seeds as they travel to different places! (147words

)