that it was about a girl who loved and rode horses, and that if she didn't like it, she could put it back. She tried it, and though she must have found it quite a bit harder than what she had been reading, finished it and liked it very much.
6. During the spring semester, she really astonished me, however. One day, in one of our many free periods, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, \was reading Moby Dick, in the edition with woodcuts (木刻) by Rockwell Kent. When I came close to her desk, she looked up. I said, \\ (it’s very good) I said, \rather heavy going?\(Don’t you think parts of the book are very difficult?) She answered, \sure, but I just skip (略过，跳过) over those parts and go on to the next good part.\
7. This is exactly what reading should be, but in school, reading is not always an exciting, joyous (充满欢乐的) adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. Why should we insist that every child should read the same book and get the same scrap(碎屑)of \
学会去读书 约翰·霍尔特
1、在我曾经任教的一个班上有许多孩子学习起来非常吃力，尤其是阅读。因此我决定不惜任何代价消除他们对书籍的恐惧和厌恶 心理，让他们能够多读些书，更勇于尝试。 2、开学没多久，我对孩子们说：“我要跟你们说说读书的事，也许还没有哪个老师这样对你们讲过。今年我想要你们读许多书，你
们只需要为寻求乐趣而读书，我不会去检查你们读懂了没有。如果你读了一点儿，觉得会喜欢这本书，并愿意把它读完，这就够了。 我不会去考你们词语的意思。” 3、“最后，”我继续说道，“你们不要觉得读一本书就得把它读完。先读三四十页，看看故事情节如何发展。如果你不喜欢书中人
物，或者对他们的经历不感兴趣，只管合上书，放到一边，去读另一本。你们读的书是难还是容易、篇幅长还是篇幅短，我都不在
意，只要你们喜欢就行。另外，我会写信把我的意思告诉你们的家长，好让他们知道没有必要在家里查问或检查你们的读书情况。”
4、孩子们都愣住了，坐着不出声。这真的是老师在说话吗？其中一个女孩，因为功课不好最近才转学到我们学校来，后来我发现
她非常有趣、活泼、聪明，在我所有的学生中都算突出的。我讲完后，她盯住我看了很久。然后，她继续看着我，缓慢而严肃地问：“霍尔特先生，你说的话是真的吗?”我也同样严肃地回答：“真的，一点不假。”
5、显然，她打算照我说的办。她读的第一本书是索伊斯博士写的《格林奇偷走圣诞节》，这本书对大多数三年级的学生都不算难，更不要说这个年级的孩子了。有一阵子，她读的书都在这个难易度上。也许她是在消除对阅读的一些困惑，而以前她没时间去做，因为老师总是催促她看这个年级“该看的书”。她在这个班上学习了六七个星期后，我们成了好朋友。我试探地向她建议：既然她喜欢马，而且骑马的水平还不错，她可以读一读《玉女神驹》。我
尽可能委婉地提出这个建议。我只告诉她那是一本关于一个热爱马并常常骑马的女孩的故事；如果她不喜欢读，她可以放回书架。她去读了，也许她觉得这本书比她先前读的书要难点，但是她读完了，而且挺喜欢。
6、春季的那一学期，她的表现可真的让我吃惊了。一天，在我们的自习课上我看到她坐在课桌前看书。我瞥了一眼书中的插图就知道这是一本什么书了。但是我不相信我的眼睛：“不可能吧。”我走过去仔细一看，果然她在读《白鲸》，那版本配有罗克威尔.肯特的木刻画。我走近她的时候，她抬起头来。我问她：“你真的在看这本书吗?”她说，是的。我又问：“你喜欢这本书吗？”“嗯，是的。这本书很好。”她答道。“你不觉得有些地方很难吗?”我又问道。“有啊，不过，看不懂就跳过去，挑有意思的地方看。”她这样回答。
7、真正的阅读就该如此。但是上学时，阅读不见得总是有趣或让人喜欢。拿上一本书，钻进去，读有趣的部分，跳过不好的部分，尽可能从书中得到点收获，然后再去读其他书。为什么非要让每个孩子读一样的书，作出同样的“理解”呢?
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This text is adapted from The Norton Reader (11th Edition) by W. W. Norton, L. H. Peterson, & J. C. Brereton. New York & London. 2004.
Dr. Seuss (1904-1991): American author, artist, and publisher, pen name of children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel. Some of his most famous children's books are: Horton Hears a Wlio (1954), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), the first-grade reader The Cat in the Hat (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1970). He received a special Pulitzer Prize citation in 1984 for his lifetime contribution to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.
the gist of How the Grinch Stole Christinas: The Grinch, a nasty, unkind green creature whose heart is two sizes too small, has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain for 53 years and he hates holiday celebrations. So he plans to steal all the presents to prevent Christmas from coming. To his amazement, Christmas comes anyway, and then the Grinch discovers the true meaning of the holiday.
National Velvet: written by British writer Enid Bagnold (1889-1981), is a classic children's story. It is about a young girl named Velvet Brown and how she and her horse, Pie, try to win England's most famous race, the Grand National — a horse race that takes place every year, near Liverpool, England.
Moby Dick (《白鲸》): is written by American novelist Herman Melville (1819-1891). It tells the story of the pursuit of a great white whale named Moby Dick during a doomed whaling voyage. The central theme of the novel is the conflict between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, who once tore off one of Ahab's legs at the knee.
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971): American painter and illustrator（插图画家）. Winter is his representative work. As one of the famous illustrators of the United States, Kent produced wood engravings for Moby Dick, The Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare's plays, and some of his own books, too.
Checking Your Vocabulary Word Detective
1. Play detective and find the required word in Text B according to the clues given. Then, make at least two sentences with each of the words you have found. The number of the paragraph in which the target word appears is given in brackets.
Example:
A noun meaning \(Para. 6)
Write down the target word here: semester a. In most of the universities and colleges in the United States, a school year is divided into the, spring semester and the fall semester.
b. He does not take many courses this semester because he is writing his graduation thesis (毕业论文）
1) A verb meaning \Write down the target word here: ____________________
a.___________________________________________________________________ b. ________________________________
2) A verb meaning \target word here:_________
a.________________________________ b. ________________________________
3) A noun meaning \(Para. 7)
Write down the target word here:_____________________ a._______________________________
b. __________________________________________
4) A noun meaning \word here:_____________________
a. ______________________________________________
b.____________________________________________________________________
5) A noun meaning \the target word here:_____________________ a.________________________________ b._______________________________
6) A noun meaning \sth.\
Write down the target word here: _____________________
a. ____________________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________________
7) A noun meaning \and printed at one time\
Write down the target word here:_____________________ a. ________________________________ b._____________________________
8) An adjective meaning \esp. to a high degree\
Write down the target word here: ____________________
a.____________________________________________________________________ b.___________________________________________________________________
2. Rewrite each of the following sentences with a phrase that appears in Text B. Focus on the italicized parts. The number of the paragraph in which the target phrase appears is given in brackets. Example:
The old man plays the piano for two hours every day just for fun. (Para. 2) The old man plays the piano for two hours every day just for pleasure.
1) When I started learning English, I had some difficulty in pronouncing such sounds as /as/ and/ai/. (Para. 1)
________________________________________________________
2) We must protect our environment from pollution (污染) no matter what we have to do. (Para. 1) ________________________________________________________
3) I'm glad that I've finally freed myself from that annoying fellow. (Para. 1) ________________________________________________________
4) You'd better do it now, or you will feel sorry. I'm serious about what I say. (Para. 4) ________________________________________________________
5) I'm assuming that the misunderstanding will be settled and an explanation will be given. (Para. 5)
________________________________________________________
6) I said that he would be late for class, and as had been exactly expected, he did come to class 10 minutes late. (Para. 6)
________________________________________________________
7) As soon as he got hold of a book about personality development, he started reading it keenly and whole-heartedly. (Para. 7)
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Checking Your Vocabulary Word Detective 1. 1) care
a. When her cat died, Mary did not seem to care at all.
b. The only thing he cares about is money. That is why I don't like him. 2) astonish
a. He was astonished to learn that he had won the first prize. b. My parents looked astonished when I told them the news. 3) adventure
a. He spent almost two hours talking about his adventures in the Himalayas. b. We were all stunned by his adventures in the forest. 4) confusion
a. There's still confusion about the number of people who got killed in the accident. b. There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost the game. 5) glimpse
a. To catch a glimpse of their movie star, some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the hotel before he showed up.
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