【寫作佳句及慣用表達(dá)】

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

不讀如藏木。

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.

盡管我們一輩子看小說(shuō)，但現(xiàn)實(shí)總是勝過(guò)小說(shuō)，從來(lái)沒有哪本小說(shuō)有真正的生活色彩。

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

讀書如擇友，宜少而精。

All is well that ends well.

結(jié)果好一切都好。

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

好書如摯友，永遠(yuǎn)不相負(fù)。

5.Books are the everburning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

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書籍乃儲(chǔ)積智慧之不滅明燈。 ——葛迪斯

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

好書如摯友，情誼永不渝。

7.Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.? —F. Bacon

書有可淺嘗者，有可吞食者，少數(shù)則須咀嚼消化。——培根

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

從它們自己所發(fā)生的效用上，書籍真是夠好的東西，但它們是很強(qiáng)悍的、不見血的生命替代者?！返傥纳?/p>

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一個(gè)熱心求知者要去讀一本書，一個(gè)疲倦的人需要一本書來(lái)讀，這兩種人之間有很大的區(qū)別。 ——吉士特頓

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

生命是短暫的，而其中寂靜的時(shí)光更少，我們不應(yīng)花其中的寶貴時(shí)間去讀無(wú)價(jià)值的書。? ——羅斯金

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

好書開卷引人入勝，終卷使人獲益。 ——亞爾葛脫

12.Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. —F. M. Ford

只有兩類書有廣泛的吸引力：真正最好的和最壞的。——福特

Calamity is man’s true touchstone.

患難之中見人心。

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【寫作范文】

? 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.

條條大路通羅馬。

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【學(xué)習(xí)要點(diǎn)】

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

in due time. 你如果到期不還書就會(huì)被罰款。

② reference books 參考書，工具書

③ encyclopedia百科全書

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Call a spade a spade.

?直言不諱。

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【要點(diǎn)提示】

All that speak us fair are not friends.

說(shuō)我們好話的人并非都是朋友。

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本文為議論文。作者首先提出自己的觀點(diǎn)：Both ways have their advantages. 在正文中作者對(duì)比買書，舉出充分的論據(jù)來(lái)說(shuō)明借書的好處，然后作者又說(shuō)明有些書需要買。這樣，避免了使觀點(diǎn)絕對(duì)化，又很客觀地說(shuō)明了問題。最后作者得出結(jié)論：So I think books are of two kinds: books for borrowing and books for buying. 接著又用兩句話解釋了該結(jié)論。文章觀點(diǎn)明確，論據(jù)充分，論證嚴(yán)密。

本文關(guān)聯(lián)詞語(yǔ)使用恰當(dāng)：

表示對(duì)比：On the other hand 

表示列舉：First，Another..., In addition（此外，引出補(bǔ)充論據(jù)）

表示對(duì)比或轉(zhuǎn)折：However

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【模擬訓(xùn)練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:

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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

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

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

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【模擬訓(xùn)練參考作文3】

Fiction Can Teach Us More

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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 wellexperienced. 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.

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There is no royal road to learning.?

學(xué)無(wú)坦途。

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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 strongwilled 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.