【正文】 cal system in Tang Dynasty put Europe’s in the shade. B Booking a Wessex Cottages HolidayHow to book your holidayWhen you have looked through our brochure and have chosen two or three alternative cottages you would like to stay in, please phone our Holiday Booking Office.The number is: 01225 89229931 March to 20 OctoberMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 . to 5:00 . and Thursday 9:30 . to 5:00 .Saturday closedSunday closed21 October to 30 MarchMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 . to 5:00 . and Thursday 9:30 . to 5:00 .Saturday 9:30 . to 4:30 .Sunday closedWe will check the availability of your choices and our reservation staff will help you make your decision. Should none of your choices be available, we will do our best to suggest suitable alternatives.When a provisional reservation has been made, it will be held for 7 days. We will give you a holiday reference number and ask you to plete the holiday booking form and return it, with a deposit of ONE THIRD of the cottage rental to: WESSEX COTTAGES HOLIDAY BOOKING OFFICE PO BOX 675 MEILKSHAM WILTSHIRE SN 1285XDeposit payment can be made by credit card at the time of booking or by cheque made payable to: Wessex Cottages Ltd.IF WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR COMPLETED AND SIGNED BOOKING FORM WITH DEPOSIT WHITHIN 7 DAYS, WE REGRET THAT YOUR RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED.When we receive your booking form and deposit, your reservation will be confirmed, and we will send you a Booking Confirmation, together with advice on how to reach your holiday cottage and the phone number of a local contact, should you require further details on the cottage before leaving home.ARRIVAL Please do not arrive at your holiday cottage before 3:30 . or later than 7: 00 .DEPARTUREOn the morning of departure, please leave your holiday property by 10:00 . to allow caretakers sufficient time to prepare the property for the next visitor.OVERSEAS BOOKINGSWe are delighted to take booking from overseas visitors either by telephone or fax + 44 (0) 1225890227. All payment should be made by credit card or by cheque in Pounds Sterling. Please note that provisional booking from overseas visitors will be held for 14 DAYS. ELECTRICITY In most Wessex Cottages properties, electricity must be paid for in addition to the holiday price. You may be asked to take a meter reading at the conclusion of your holiday, or an additional fixed charge for electricity may be made. In some cottages, electricity is included in the rental and in very few there is no electricity at all.BED SHEETSIn most Wessex Cottages properties, you have the choice either of hiring sheets, at a cost of 6 pounds per person per week, or of bringing your own. If you have any questions, do ask the Holiday Booking Office.60. A reservation won’t be confirmed unless _______________________. A. all the rental has been paid 7 days before arrivalB. a travel plan has been sent to the booking officeC. 1/3 rental and a signed booking form have been received D. advice on how to book the cottage has been responded to61. If you want to stay in Wessex Cottages for a holiday, you are required to _____________________. A. reconfirm your booking B. leave before 10:00 .C. use your own bed sheets D. arrive later than 7:00 .62. Which of the following is TRUE according to the brochure? A. Electricity isn’t included in the rental in most Wessex Cottages.B. Overseas visitors are required to deposit more than domestic ones.C. If you hire bed sheets, you’ll be charged 6 pounds per day per person.D. Deposit should be made by credit card at the time of booking. CReading the ScreenThe debate on literacy is one of the most heated in education. On the one hand, there is an army of people convinced that traditional skills of reading and writing are declining. On the other hand, a large number of progressives protest that literacy is much more plicated than a simple technical mastery of reading and writing. This second position is supported by most of the relevant academic work over the past 20 years. These studies argue that literacy can only be understood in its social and technical context. In Renaissance England, for example, many more people could read than could write, and within reading there was a distinction between those who could read print and those who could manage the more difficult task of reading manuscripts (手稿). An understanding of these earlier periods helps us understand today’s “crisis in literacy” debate.It seems that there has been an overall decline in some aspects of reading and writing—you only need to pare the newspapers of today with those of 50 years ago to see a clear decrease in vocabulary and simplification of sentence patterns. While reading a certain amount of writing is as crucial as it has ever been in industrial societies, it is doubtful whether a fully extended grasp of either is as necessary as it was 40 years ago. While print holds much of its authority as a source of topical information, television has increasingly taken this role. The ability to write fluent letters has been weakened by the telephone and research suggests that for many people the only use for writing, outside formal education, is making shopping lists.The decision of some car factories to issue their instructions to mechanics as a video pack rather than as a handbook might end the automatic link between industrialization and literacy. On the other hand, it is also the case that everincreasing numbers of people make their living out of writing, which is better rewarded than ever before. Schools are generally seen as institutions where books rule—films and recorded sound have almost no place, but it is not clear that this opposition is appropriate. While you may not need to read and write to watch television, you certainly need to be able to read and write in order to make programs. Those who work in new me