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Unit 4 Never too old to learn
Integrated skills
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
analyse Chinese people’s reading habits through reading;
learn how to match information in listening;
know how a public library encourage people to read books;
write an article calling for people to read more.
Reading
CONTENTS
Listening
I
II
Writing
III
IV
Lead-in
What are typical features of a report?
A report is a presentation of results based on a specific survey of a particular group of people. Usually, it contains some statistics with some charts.
Lead-in
Amy has found a report on Chinese people’s reading habits. Read the report and try to do the following exercises.
Reading
___________________
provide an escape from daily pressures
___________________
keep the mind active
broaden our minds
increase our knowledge
______________________________________________________
......
recreation
light a lamp in the mind
better our understanding of the world around us
1.Fill in the table.
Activity 1 Read for some details
Benefits of reading
reading printed materials
reading digital materials
____________________is more popular than_____________________.
reading printed materials
Reading digital materials
close to 70%
2.What information can you get from the two charts?
Chinese people’s reading rates
系列 1 printed books printed newspapers printed magazines digital materials 0.58 0.39 0.26 0.68
print reading
digital reading
Chinese people prefer _______________to______________.
digital reading
print reading
39.96(about 40mins)
145.5(2.5hours)
Time spent on reading (minutes per day)
系列 1
reading on PCs reading on smartphones reading on tablets reading printed newspapers reading printed magazines reading printed books 57.22 74.4 13.88 13.15 6.61 20.2
importance of reading
results of the survey
title
charts
Activity 2 Read for the structures
1.The value of reading cannot be overestimated.
(cannot...+over-动词: 无论怎样······都不为过)
2.Not only is it recreation, but it also lig