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1、Which is your favorite?Gone with the Wind.It was written by Margaret Mitchell in 1936 and set a sales record when 50,000 copies were sold in one day.By 1965,it had sold more than 10,000,000 copies and had been translated into 25 languages in 29 countries.It is one of the most successful best-sellers

2、 ever written.With Gone with the Wind,Margaret Mitchell taught us,“Tomorrow is another day.”dramapoetrynovelsshort storiesscience fictions Nowadays,besides the traditional books,that is,books in print,do we have any other kinds of book?What are the benefits of reading e-books?1.When you need certain

3、 information,you can get it immediately,by downloading an e-book at any kind of Computer like Mac,laptop,PDA and more.2.In most cases,e-books are cheaper than paper books.3.E-books are free and easy to download from the internet.4.E-books are quickly searchable and you can search it by topic and cat

4、egories.5.E-books take up less space so you can store hundreds and thousands of e-books in your computer.6.E-books are portable and so you can carry it without worrying about their weight.7.E-books can be printable,if you wish to read an e-book in the traditional way.8.E-books are very simple and ea

5、sy to purchase and download.9.You can make a good library of all kinds of digital books that you need.10.All lovers of e-books can enjoy it anywhere at anytime by using todays technology.They can save their time and money by internet.Have you ever been a member of a reading club?What did you do in t

6、he reading club?Does our school have a reading club?Are you a member of this club?If you are,what do you think of the club?What kind of activities does a book club usually hold?In a reading club,people read books together and then discuss them.People can share information about books and authors,hol

7、d book fairs,write articles about the books they read and do other book-related things.They might want to join a book club because it provides a place for people with similar interest to find friends easily and share information about their favouritebooks and authors.In a reading club,people can alw

8、ays learn more.Why might people want to join a book club?People now have more choices about the ways to read books.For example,we can browse online literature websites and read short stories on web pages.Some books are stored as Word files or PDF files on CDs or even posted online.We can use a compu

9、ter to run the CDs or visit websites and read e-books.We can also store e-books on portable electronic gadgets like a PDADo you think reading books in print is the only way to read?In what other ways can we read?and read the books wherever we go.Recently,some telecommunicationcompanies have begun pr

10、oviding a service where they send chapters of a book through text messages.That way,people can read books on their mobile phones.E-books have a lot of advantages.They save a lot of space.A CD can store many books and it weighs just a few grams so that it is much easier to carry some CDs than to carr

11、y a heavy suitcase full of books in print when travelling or moving house.What are the advantages and disadvantages of e-books?E-books provide people with a more personalized way of reading as the readers can set the pages,adjust the point sizeof the text or change the background colour.Some even pr

12、ovide a voice function so that people can read their booksby listening.Many people report that they read e-books faster than books in print.Besides,we can save a lot of trees becauseno paper will be used for e-books.However,as many other electronic gadgets,e-books have disadvantages as well.To read

13、e-books,people must first have an electronic device that can display them.Besides,when reading e-books,people cannot make notes or comments on the margin as they can with books in print.More importantly,e-books available online may hurt copyright holders.Have you tried reading an e-book?What was it

14、like?Are e-books popular?If not,do you think it will become popular?Do you prefer reading books in print or e-books?Why?Science fiction is a genre of literature that uses imaginary stories.The stories talk about things or adventures happening and are usually set in the future,with themes based on sc

15、ientific theories.What is science fiction?French writer Jules Verne is regarded as the father of science fiction.He wrote many famous science fiction stories which are still popular now,such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth,Do you like science fiction?Can you name one or two science fiction wri

16、ters?Can you name any examples of science fiction books that are widely read now?Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea,Around the World in Eighty Days,Five Weeks in the Balloon andFrom the Earth to the Moon.Why do you think science fiction is so attractive to people?Is science fiction popular in Chi

17、na?Can you name any Chinese science fiction writers?Do you like reading or writing poems?Why or why not?Which poem is your favourite?Why do you like it?Could you recite it for us?Which poets work do you enjoy reading the most?Do you think that e-books will replace books in print?In my opinion,e-book

18、s will eventuallyreplace books in print.E-books havemany advantages over books in print.First of all,they are much easier to carry.We can take many of our favourite books on a CD-ROM(or several)when travelling,while even one book in print may add too much weight to our suitcase.Besides,reading becom

19、es easier on e-books as we can set point size of text and the paper size to what is most comfortable for us.In addition,storing e-books is much easier.You may put all the books on your bookcase in just one CD and you dont have to worry that the humid air may destroy the books.Of course,it may be qui

20、te a long time before e-books replace books in print.What are some of the differences between poetry and science fiction books?In my opinion,there are many differences between poetry and science fiction.To begin with,poetry uses much more concise language and special writing techniques like rhythm a

21、nd rhyme.Next,poets often express their thoughts and feelings in poems,while science fiction writers often tell what may be possible in the future based on developments in science.Lastly,poems usually reflect life or society at specific times,while the main topics of science fiction books range from

22、 scientific discoveries,space travel,life on other planets to environmental changes.Poetry Poetry is a popular art form,which emphasizes rhythm,sound and imagery.Poems usually use language set up in lines,with a regular rhythm and often a definite rhyme scheme.Poets usually express their strong feel

23、ings through this art form.Science fiction stories Science fiction stories often show what may be possible in the far future based on what we can already observe today.A popular theme of science fiction is what society might look like in the future.Scientific discoveries,space travel,life on other p

24、lanets and environmental changes also are often discussed in science fiction stories.1.If you were asked to recommend a book to a friend,what book would you choose?Why?(P1)When a sentence is talking about something that is not real or currently impossible,the verb will be used in a special form that

25、 expresses a wish,possibility,condition,etc.That is called subjunctive.Pay attention to the forms of the predicate verbs in different tenses when we use sentences in unreal conditional.Remember how to form unreal conditionals of the present,past or future time.TenseIfclauseMain clausepresent did(wer

26、e)would/should/could/might dopasthad donewould/should/could/might havedonefuturedid，should do，were to dowould/should/could/might do1.Eliza remembers everything exactly as if it _ yesterday.(2006全国)A.was happening B.happens C.has happened D.happened2.Dont you think it necessary that he _ to Miami but

27、 to New York?(2005江苏)I agree,but the problem is _ he has refused to.A.will not be sent;that B.not be sent;thatC.should not be sent;what D.should not send;what3.If I _plan to do anything I wanted to,Id like to go to Tibet and travel through as much of it as possible.(2005湖北)A.would B.could C.had to D

28、.ought to4.If Newton lived today,he would be surprise by what _ in science and technology.（2007天津）A.had discovered B.had been discoveredC.has discovered D.has been discovered5.They _ two free tickets to Canada,otherwise theyd never have been able to afford to go.（2007山东）A.had got B.got C.have got D.

29、get I can recommend the chicken in mushroom sauceits delicious.She has been recommended for promotion.The headmistress agreed to recommend the teachers proposals to the school governors.recommend vt.to suggest that someone or something would be good or suitable for a particular job or purpose,or to

30、suggest that a particular action should be done:推荐+(that)The doctor recommended(that)I take more exercise.+ing form of verb I recommend writing your feelings down on paper.The city has much/little to recommend it(=It has a lot of/few pleasant qualities).She is a highly recommended architect.recommen

31、ded 被推荐的adj.It is dangerous to take more than the recommended dose of this medicine.recommendation n.C or U a suggestion that something is good or suitable for a particular purpose or job:推荐+that The report makes the recommendation that no more prisons should be built.I bought this computer on Johns

32、 recommendation(=because John told me that it was good).I got the job on Sams recommendation(=because she told her employers that I was suitable for the job).C advice telling someone what the best thing to do is:劝告2.Do you think that e-books will ever replace books in print?(P1)replace v.T1)to take

33、the place of something,or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else:代替The factory replaced most of its workerswith robots.Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nations main industry.Dont worryall that stolen stuff is replaceable.I promised to replace the plate that Id dropped.2)If you replace something broken,damaged or lost,you provide a new one:取代replacement 代替者 n.C or U The agency sent a replacement for the secretary who resigned.replaceable 可代替的 adj.Collect more information about literature.Prepare for the Reading Part.Homework