Ifyouwanttogetthemostoutofthestudyofalanguage,youmustalsoreadforpleasure:novels,plays,travelbooks,andsoon.Andinreadingbooksofthiskindtheimportantthingistogetonwiththereading;totrytocatchwhatthewr
Ifyouwanttogetthemostoutofthestudyofalanguage,youmustalsoreadforpleasure:novels,plays,travelbooks,andsoon.Andinreadingbooksofthiskindtheimportantthingistogetonwiththereading;totrytocatchwhatthewriterisgoingtotellyouinthebookasawhole.Thisisimpossibleifyoustopandthinkoverthemeaningofeverysinglewordwhichhappenstobeunfamiliar.Youcannotenjoyastoryifyoustopafewtimesoneverypageinordertolookupwordsinthedictionary.Youmayevenprevent(妨碍)yourselffromunderstandingthestoryasawholebydoingthis.
Whenyouarereadingbooksofthiskind,therefore,youwillusuallyhavetodependmainlyonthecontext(上下文)tohelpyou.Ifyoumeetanunfamiliarword,donotletittaketoomuchofyourattentionfromthemainideaofthestory.Inallprobabilityyouwillmeetthesamewordagainafewpageslateroninaslightlydifferentcontext,andeachtimeyouseeitthatyourunderstandingofitwillbecomemoreexact.
小题1:Toreadforpleasuremeans_____________.A.totakepleasureinreadingB.tobesatisfiedinreadingbookC.toreadsuchbooksasnovels,plays,travelbooks,etcD.togoonwithreadingpleasantly小题2:Thephrase“togetonwithreading”inthepassagehasthesamemeaningas“ ”.A.totrytograspthemeaningofeverysentenceinthebookB.totrytocatchthemeaningofeverywordinthebookC.totrytounderstandallthewriterisgoingtotellyouD.totrytounderstandthemainideaofthebook小题3:Thebesttitleforthispassageis“___________”.A.ReadforPleasureB.GetonwiththeBooksC.ReadingSkillsD.TheImportanceofReading