Doyouknowaboutaseriesofbooksthatsaytheyare“fordummies”?TheseAmericanself-helpbookshavebeentranslatedintomorethanthirty-ninelanguagesincludingChinese,Arabic,Russian,French,German,GreekandSpanish
Doyouknowaboutaseriesofbooksthatsaytheyare“fordummies”?TheseAmericanself-helpbookshavebeentranslatedintomorethanthirty-ninelanguagesincludingChinese,Arabic,Russian,French,German,GreekandSpanish.
“Dummy”isawordforastupidperson.Thedummiesbooksarenotreallyforstupidpeople.
Theyaredesignedtoshowpeoplehowtodosomethingtheymayneverhavetriedbefore,likepaintingahouseorlearningalanguage.Thebooksallsayinafunnywaythattheyarefordummies,suchas World History forDummies,RabbitsforDummies,ChineseCookingforDummies,andWeddingPlanningforDummies.Thefirstsuchbook,DOSforDummies,waspublishedin1991.IthelpedpeoplelearnhowtousetheDOSoperatingsystemforcomputers.Sincethen,morethanonehundredfiftymilliondummiesbookshavebeensold.
Thedummies.comwebsiteexplainstheideabehindthebooks.Itsaysthattheyshowthatpeoplecanbetaughttodoanything.Firsttheycanmakefunofideasthataredifficulttounderstand.Thentheyshowhowtheinformationcanbeinterestingandeasy.Thepublishers(出版商)saythatthebooksdonotprovidemoreinformationthannecessary.Theygivereadersjustenoughinformationtodowhattheywant.Theysaythatthedummiesbooksgivethebestandeasiestwaytodosomething.Andthebooksusesimpleandeasylanguage.
Therearemorethanonethousanddifferentdnmmiesbooks.AreportinNewYorkTimessaysthatthetop-sellingdummiesbooksarethosethatexplaintechnologyandpersonalfinance(财经).
Thepublisherssaythatthebest-sellingdummiesbooksarethoseprovidinginformationmanypeopleneed—likeinformationaboutdiseases,educationandcooking.Peopleinterestedinopera,carrepairandwinecanalsofinddummiesbookstohelpthem.Andthereareevenmoredummiesbookstocome.Thepublisherssaythattheypublishabouttwohundrednewdummiesbookseveryyear.
71.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?
A.Self-HelpBooks B.TheEasiest,theBest
C.BooksforDummies D.NewIdeasBehindtheBooks
72.Accordingtothednmmies.comwebsite,withthehelpofdummiesbookspeoplecan_____.
A.simplifysomepersonalthings B.