【正文】 Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book FourUnit Seven: Reading and ReflectionPart I Get StartedSection A Discussion▇ Sit in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.1 Why do you think we need to read?2 What do you prefer to read — poems, novels or plays?3 What role do you think literary works play in our lives?▆ Answers for reference:1 Hints:l Reading broadens our horizons.l Reading enriches our knowledge.l Reading puts us in contact with the best minds of human history.l Reading enriches our experience.l Reading empowers us with knowledge.l Reading improves our character and taste.l Reading is a good pastime.2 Some hints: a) Different people read literature for different reasons and purposes because of their different backgrounds, tastes, experiences and educational background. b) Those who prefer reading novels may think novels are more interesting and easier to read probably because novels usually have plots. They can take readers to other places and times, real or imaginary, allowing them to meet people and experience life in many different ways. A good novel makes readers think, laugh, cry or wonder. 3 Reference: Literary works play an important role in our life. They can broaden our horizons. They help us experience a kind of life which we cannot have in real life. They help us see the things which we tend to ignore in our daily life. They can also help us escape from reality.Section B Quotes ▇ Study the following quotes about reading and reflection and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them. Francis Bacon⊙Some books are to be tasted。 others to be swallowed。 and some few to be chewed and digested. — Francis BaconInterpretation:There are different ways of reading books. To taste a book, one can read it in a state of relaxation. To swallow a book one can glide his eyes across the lines of a book. To chew or digest a book one should read it actively. And when he has finished reading a book, the pages are filled with his notes. Only when good books are chewed and digested can they have a lasting influence on one’s life.About Francis Bacon (15611626): an English politician, philosopher, and writer. Francis Bacon graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the founder of English materialist philosophy, as well as of modern science in England. He is especially famous for his Essays, in which his practical wisdom is shown through his reflections and ments on rather abstract subjects. Benjamin Franklin◎ Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. — Benjamin Franklin Interpretation:Reading broadens our horizons, molds our temperament and enlightens our minds. Reading provides us with the possibility of opening ourselves up to the world, which helps us to bee learned and knowledgeable persons. Thinking deeply helps us gain an insight into human life. Having scholarly conversations with others helps us bee wiser.About Benjamin Franklin (17061790): a US politician, writer, and scientist. He was involved in writing two historically significant documents, the Declaration of Independence (《獨(dú)立宣言》) and the Constitution of the United States (《美國憲法》). He is famous for proving that lightning is a form of electricity by doing a scientific test in which he flew a kite during a storm, and he invented the lightning conductor. He is also well known for his literary works such as Poor Richard’s Almanac (《窮理查德年鑒》17321757；亦譯作《格言歷書》、《窮理查歷書》) and Autobiography (《自傳》1790). Denis Parsons Burkitt◎ It is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little. — Denis Parsons BurkittInterpretation:What really counts is not how many books we have read but whether we spend time thinking over what we have read. So we should read selectively and reflectively. About Denis Parsons Burkitt (1911–1993): an acplished British surgeon. His major contribution to medical science was the description, distribution, and ultimately, the etiology (病因?qū)W；病源論) of a pediatric (小兒科的) cancer that bears his name Burkitt’s lymphoma (伯基特氏淋巴瘤). Louisa May Alcott◎ Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen。 the more select, the more enjoyable. — Louisa May Alcott Interpretation:Books and friends should be few but good. We should be highly selective in reading books, and our greatest pleasure in reading es from the best books.About Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888): an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women (《小婦人》）.Section C Watching and Discussion▇ Watch the following video clip “Reading Really Matters” and do the tasks that follow.Introduction of the video: Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is talking about arts education. First he mentions a problem in the United States: People are reading less and employers are facing a serious problem that their new employees can’t read and can’t write. According to Dana Gioia, those people who read do exercise more and do more volunteering charity work. Then he es to talk about how reading actually matters to a person. 1 Now fill in the note form according to what you hear. Topic: Reading Awakens Something inside the Reader1) reading increases your sense of your own personal destiny. 2) reading makes the lives of other people more real to you.In summary, reading makes you understand that other people have an inner life as plicated as your own.Reading builds a society with not only imaginative capability, intellectual capability, but passion, and humanity.2 Discuss the following questions.Do you agree that Chinese people are reading less?Do you think modern technology has influenced the way people read?Open. ▇ Script： Americans are reading less. Beca