課文內容
詞匯 : reading? 閱讀
What do you read when you are travelling by train or bus??
What are other passengers reading? Perhaps a woman sitting near you is reading a trashy romantic novel. A man is reading a serious biography about a politician. And there's a student reading an English textbook.
What do their choices say about them? Do you judge them by what they are reading?
I have got to tell you that your impressions of them are probably completely wrong. The woman reading the romantic novel could be a lawyer. She just wants a light read to take her mind off work.
The man reading the biography wants you to think that he is an intellectual, but he is just showing off. The student reading the textbook isn't a student at all. She's an English teacher.
Publishers know that some people are self-conscious about what they read on public transport and so they put out different versions of a cover. For example, books about Harry Potter have an original cover for young readers and then another more serious version for adults.
So next time you are on a train, look around and see what other people are reading, but don't jump to any conclusions. You will probably be wrong.
Here is a situation where you could say, "Don't judge a book by its cover".
詞匯表
trashy 無價值的
a romantic novel 浪漫小說，言情小說
serious 嚴肅的
a biography 自傳
a textbook 課本
a choice 選擇
to say about?someone ?對他們的印象
to judge 判斷
an impression 印象
a light read 文筆輕松，歡快的小說
to take?one's mind off work 不再思考工作
an intellectual 知識分子
to show off 炫耀
a publisher 出版商
self-conscious 自我意識
a version 版本，說法
a cover 封面
an original 原版、原創
don't jump to any conclusions 不要輕率下結論
don't judge a book by its cover 不要以貌取人
測驗與練習
1.? 閱讀課文并回答問題。
1. Is the woman on the train reading a serious book?
2. What is the topic of the?biography that the man is reading?
3. Why is the person reading an English textbook?
4. True or false? Our impressions of people are always correct.
5. What do you call a person or company that produces books?
2.? 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。從每個表格中選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。
1. I read?fewer?______ than I used to.?
biography?????????impressions??????? trash????????novels
2. This biography is ______.?
interestingly ? ? ? ? interested ? ? ? ? interesting ? ? ? ? interest
3. ?I am ______ with this book.?
boringly ? ? ? ? bored ? ? ? ? boring ? ? ? ? bore
4. That author is an ______.
intelligent ? ? ? ? intelligently ? ? ? ? intellectual ? ? ? ? intellectually
5. ?He keeps telling everybody how great he is. I'm fed up with his?showing ______!
on ? ? ? ? off ? ? ? ? up ? ? ? ? in
答案
1.? 閱讀課文并回答問題。
1. Is the woman on the train reading a serious novel?
No, it's a light read.
2. What is the topic of the biography that the man is reading?
A politician's life story.
3. Why is the person reading an English textbook?
She is an English teacher. Perhaps she is preparing for a lesson.
4. True or false - Our impressions of people are always correct.
False. They are often incorrect.
5. What do you call a person or company that produces books?
A publisher.
2.? 請你在不參考課文的情況下完成下列練習。從每個表格中選擇一個意思合適的單詞填入句子的空格處。
1. I read fewer novels than I used to.
2. This biography is interesting.
3. I am bored with this book.
4. That author is an intellectual.
5.?He keeps telling everybody how great he is. I'm fed up with his showing off!?
