第二版新标准大学英语第四册（a good read)课件PPT格式课件下载.pptx

1、,Contents,Active Reading 1,Warming Up,Listening comprehension,Task 1:#about numbersTask 2:#questions Group discussion,Task 1:#Listen to the report and match each number with the related information.,people were involved in the survey.The number of literature readers in 2002 dropped by from twenty ye

2、ars earlier.American adults read novels,short stories,plays or poetry in 2002.,Warming Up,A.5.6%,B.5.7%C.17,000D.47%E.10%F.6%G.24%,In 1990,American people spent of their expenditure on audio and video recordings and on computers and software.In 1990,American people spent about of their spending on b

3、ooks.By 2002,of Americans spending went to book buying.percent went to electronics.,Warming Up,Key,A.5.6%,D.47%,B.5.7%C.17,000E.10%F.6%G.24%,script,Task 1:#Listen to the report and match each number with the related information.,Warming Up,Cpeople were involved in the survey.The number of literature

4、 readers in 2002 dropped by Efrom twenty years earlier.DAmerican adults read novels,short stories,plays or poetry in 2002.,A.5.6%,B.5.7%C.17,000D.47%E.10%F.6%G.24%,Warming Up,In 1990,American people spent of thFeir expenditure on audio and video recordings and on computers and software.In 1990,Ameri

5、can people spent about Bof their spending on books.By 2002,Aof Americans spending went to book buying.Gpercent went to electronics.,A.5.6%,D.47%,B.5.7%C.17,000E.10%F.6%G.24%,Warming Up,Task 2:#Listen to the second part of the report and answer the following questions.How didCharles McGrath criticize

6、 the research?#How did David Green help people publish their writings?#Is there any new way for beginning writers to publish their works?#script,How didCharles McGrath criticize the research?#He regrets that the research did not include works of non-fiction,magazines,newspapers or the Internet.How d

7、id David Green help people publish their writings?#He has published a small magazine of short stories called Greens Magazine four times a year to help people get their work printed.Is there any other new way for beginning writers to publish their works?#Writers can place their work on the Internet.T

8、hat way,people can read it online or print out a copy.,Warming Up,scriptAmericans have read a lot in recent weeks about a study.It shows that for the first time in modern history,fewer than half the adults in the country read literature.The report says 47%of American adults read novels,short stories

9、,plays or poetry in 2002.That was done 10 percentage points from 20 years earlier.Researchers asked 17,000 people about their reading.The people could define literature however they wanted.It could be any kind of fiction,poetry or play.It could include works like love stories,mysteries or science fi

10、ction.,Warming Up,The researchers compared the results with findings from 1982 and 1992.Women read more literature than men.But the research shows that men and women are both reading less and less.The report lists how Americans divide their spending on things like entertainment.In 1990,they spent 6

11、percent on audio and video recordings and on computers and software.They spent almost as much,5.7 percent,on books.By 2002,5.6 percent went to book buying.24 percent went to electronics.But some people do use technology to listen to recordings of books or read electronic versions.,Warming Up,Charles

12、 McGrath is former editor of the Book Review at The New York Times.The newspaper published a commentary in which Mister McGrath noted that the study dealt only with literature.He said he regrets that the research did not include works of non-fiction.After all,he says,some books about facts and event

13、s are very important for the information they provide.For example,he says recent books about the war in Iraq are shaping national debate.Also,Mister McGrath noted that the report did not consider magazines,newspapers or the Internet.,Warming Up,While Americans are reading less literature,more are tr

14、ying to write it.And editors like David Green are trying to help people get their work printed.For many years,he has published a small magazine of short stories called Greens Magazine.Mister Green says it is costly to produce and mail four times a year.A few thousand Americans and Canadians buy it.B

15、ut he says one reason he started the publication was to help beginning writers.He says it has always been difficult for new writers to find a publisher.Today,though,writers who cannot get their work published by a traditional publishing company can place their work on the Internet.That way,people ca

16、n read it online or print out a copy.,Warming Up,Warming Up,Group discussion,Have you heard of the following world-famous writers?#Match each writer with his or her brief introduction and then figure out whose works they are.,Warming Up,Hans Christian Andersen,Mark Twain,William Shakespeare,Ernest Hemingway,Leo Tolstoy,Agatha Christie,Match each writer with his or her brief introduction.,1.a Danish author,fairy tale writer,and poet noted for the,childrens stories,2.an English poet and playwright,widely rega