英语读书笔记范例final.docx

1、英语读书笔记范例finalARTICLE 1Title Name: Panic driving rush to join license-plate lottery in BeijingBy: Tan ZongyangSource: China DailyPublished Date: March 28, 2011Website: Summary:About 100,000 more residents entered the latest vehicle-license lottery than had in February. A total of 397,543 qualified ca

2、ndidates took part in the citys third license-plate lottery, which was held in March. The participants will compete in a draw on Saturday for the right to obtain one of 17,600 license plates Beijing issues each month. In February, 292,280 people had taken part in the lottery, giving each participant

3、 only a 6% chance of winning. The odds have narrowed even further in March - to a mere 4%. Earlier reports said about fewer than 20 % of the total - bought new cars in the ten days following the first drawing. Although not in urgent need of a car, people decided to apply for a license plate out of a

4、 fear that obtaining one would become even more difficult in the future. Critical AnalysisAuthor and source: China Daily has the widest print circulation (over 500,000 per issue, of which a third is abroad) of any English-language newspaper in China. I think it is a reliable source of informationPur

5、pose and objective: The purpose of this article is to present that more and more and more people attend the car-license lottery because of the low chance of win, which is vicious circle.Commentary:The author pointed out “people decide to apply for a license plate even not need a car in urgent”. He c

6、ame to this point just according to data where is from February to March, actually he do not know the real situation of the future. The situation may be 1) with the rapid development of public transport, people no longer obsess with private car. 2) Government increase the amount of vehicle license a

7、pproval to ease the pressure of huge demand about car. If the above assume become true, people will not rush to attend the car-license lottery. And the vicious circle does not exist anymore. So, the forecast is lack of evidence to support. The prediction without scientific basis often obtains wrong

8、results.However, use many scientific statistic and relevant and reliable data to analysis the situation which is the chance to get a car-license become lower and lower. The statistic data is good support for the view.ARTICLE 2Title Name: Buying of cars should be limited.By: Xu KangmingSource: Beijin

9、g NewsPublished Date: February 18, 2011Website: Summary:Traffic conditions in Beijing are deteriorating badly as time goes by, and severe traffic congestion occurs not only in rush hours but at any time of the day.The restriction of buying and use of cars is inevitable and just a matter of time for

10、Beijing. The earlier the government takes action, the smaller the price to be paid. Traffic congestion affects normal function of the entire traffic system. Limiting the number of vehicles guarantees the interests of most people who drive, take a bus or walk.In the first phase of the policy, no inst

11、ant and huge improvement will be seen. But it will at least stop it from getting worse. The keys to lessening traffic congestion in Beijing are first controlling the situation and then improving it by developing the availability and convenience of public transport.Critical AnalysisAuthor and source:

12、 This article is the top story of Beijing News-a Beijing local newspaper. The author is a citizen in Beijing.Purpose and objective: It supports the view of limit car license number.Commentary:The argument in this article just represents a part of the Beijing citizens view, which those who already ow

13、n a car or rely on public transport. The policy is no impact on them. But, the policies sacrifice the interest of people who need or want to buy new car in the mean time. As we know, Beijing is a big city. Most people live far from their workplace; it will take then 1-2 hour for travelling with publ

14、ic transport, so they need a private car. The article said “guarantees the interests of most people”; it absolutely is not a neutral opinion.On the other hand, the article said that “Beijing are first controlling the situation and then improving it by developing the availability and convenience of p

15、ublic transport.”There is no evidence to show Beijing own step policy for lease transport problem. The conclusion of developing convenience just image by author. ARTICLE 3Title Name: Beijing holds 2nd car license lotteryBy: CCTV 9Source: Global TimesPublished Date: February 28, 2011Website:Summary:A

16、s of Wednesday, Beijings transport authority started Februarys lottery. Wang Zhaorong, Committee Member of Beijing Municipal Committee of Comm. Express: Last year, Beijing saw a record 800,000 new cars take to the already overcrowded streets. The congestion costs drivers an average 340 Yuan and 30 h

17、ours each month, much more than the cost of jams in other cities. The license plate lottery is a necessary step for Beijing to limit the number of cars on the road and therefore ease pollution. Critical AnalysisAuthor and source: CCTV 9 is the Chinese governments official English Channel.Purpose and

18、 objective: This article is on behalf of the governments point about car license-plate lottery.Commentary:In my opinion, this article is too biased toward the governments view on how to ease traffic jam and avoid pollution. Traffic congestion is really biggest problem in Beijing. But, limit number o

19、f car is not the only and necessary solution. In fact, there are many other factors cause traffic jam, such as road design, undeveloped public transport and much; especially the official car, however, the policy just limit the private car. These article just shows how serious of traffic jam, and the

20、n said limit number of car is “necessary step”, totally not attention on other factors. All of these is the government conclusion for support its own policy.ARTICLE 4Title Name: License Lottery Winner Choose to WaitBy: Qing HuaPublished Date: February 28, 2011Website: Summary:In January, the sales o

21、f new cars totalled 17,900 units and the transactions of second-hand cars totalled 6,148 units in Beijing, significantly declining compared with the same period of last year as well as last month. After the first round of lottery, only 3,400 of successful applicants decided to buy cars. Beijing Even

22、ing News learned from the news conference held by Beijing Asian Games Village Auto Market that Beijings auto market had entered into an ice age. Some dealers have also prepared a number of license plates to meet the demands of consumers outside the fifth ring road and outer suburbs.Critical Analysis

23、Author and source: The website of article published is a famous car sale website.Purpose and objective: The purpose of this article is to protest that car license-plate lottery policy cause car sale into a valley.Commentary:In my view, the tone of this article is too pessimistic; people win the lott

24、ery just wait rather than not buy cars. Actually, imported luxury cars provided supports for auto market. According to my research, in January 17,900 new vehicles were sold in Beijing. About 10,600 of them were sedans. Luxury cars and imported cars have played an increasingly important role in sales

25、, while the sales of low-end cars have declined significantly.In addition, the treatment of used cars will directly affect the decisions of car owners when they plan to buy new cars .Since the amount of new cars this year has been set, many dealers are still preparing to focus on replacement. It bec

26、omes a top priority for auto dealers to attract those consumers. If we can open up the second-hand car sales channel, then the replacement for new vehicles will be quite successful. It could bring a lot of potential sales. Some dealers said that the year of 2011 is likely to be a replacement year fo

27、r Beijings auto market.ARTICLE 5Title Name: Auctioning license plates far better than dodgy lotteryBy: Zhou TaoSource: Shanghai DailyPublished Date: May 4, 2011Website: Summary:In China, one auction concerns Beijings allotment of automobile license plates. Beijings traffic congestion problem is gett

28、ing out of control, and so is the municipal governments series of brute-force measures in response. The quota imposed since the beginning of this year is on course to mow auto sales in Beijing by more than half, killing half of the auto dealer economy worth at least 1 billion Yuan (US$153.8 million)

29、 based on my calculation. Dozens of dealers will close their doors, and thousands of sales jobs will go down the drain. And yet at the same time, the Beijing municipal government is in the process of a 14 billion Yuan giveaway through its disastrous license plate lottery system.How do I come up with

30、 this 14 billion Yuan number? Just look at Shanghai. Shanghai officially started using auctions to issue license plates in 1994. As of 2007, the accumulated proceeds from these auctions over 14 years totals close to 14 billion Yuan. The bulk of the money has been spent on the subway system and the m

31、id-ring freeway project in Shanghai. And for that, I thank each mayor of Shanghai in the last 14 years.Critical AnalysisAuthor and source: Shanghai Daily is a local non-official newspaper.Purpose and objective: To illustrate this article, the license plate auction in Shanghai is much better than Beijings policyCommentary:First of all, I must admire that auction is really a good way to solve the shortage of resources. The fact of the matter is that rights to scarce resources would be monetized anyway, if the