Unit_2_How_Reading_Changed_My_Life选编.ppt

;;What do you usually read? Short stories? Novels? Newspapers? Or magazines? In Chinese or In English? The author has mentioned quite a few well-known stories and novels that have had great influence on her. Talk about a book or two (mentioned or not mentioned in the text) you have read and would like to recommend to others.;What do you know about the following novels? ;3. How has the Internet changed people’s way of reading? How do you account for such changes?;4. It is said that people in our country read far fewer books per capita（个人平均） annually than people in many other countries. Some people even say that there are now more people writing books than people who ever read them. What do you think of this? Is it true? If it is, how do you account for this situation? What can we do to change the situation? ;Author Anna Marie Quindlen;Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist whose New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. She began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to an Irish father and an Italian mother. Graduated from Barnard College in New York City in 1974.;Background;One True Thing 亲情无价 was made into a feature film in 1998 for which Meryl Streep received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Black and Blue and Blessings were made into television movies in 1999 and 2003 respectively. ;Her Works;I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.? ~Anna Quindlen I find television to be very educating.? Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.? ~Groucho MarxMy test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.? ~Thomas Helm;You know youve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.? ~Paul