UNIT3BacktothepastSectionCIntegratedskillsLead-inDoyoulikehistorybook?Whichisyourfavoritehistorybook?ExpressingyouropinionofpopularhistorybooksA1Listentotheintroductionanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)

orfalse(F).(1)

ThebookisabouttheSongDynasty.

T/F(2)

Inthefirstweek,thebooksold5,000copies.

T/F(3)

Theauthorhastriedherbesttoensurethatthefactsareaccurate.

T/F(4)

Theauthorprovidesmanythoughtfulcommentsonsomeevents.T/F(5)

Alanthinksthatthereisanewtrendtowardsreadingpopularsciencebooks.T/FA2Listentotheintroductionagainandcompletethenotesbelow.MyfavouritepopularhistorybookWritingstyleTheauthorturns(1)_____________________.She(2)_________________________historicalfiguresorevents.Her

language

is

(3)____________________.FactualaccuracyTheauthorhasreferredtomanyacademichistorybooksto(4)__________________.(5)_______________onthesameeventhavebeenconsidered.(6)_____________havebeencompared.InfluenceonmeTheauthorhasinspiredmeto(7)________________oncertaintopics.Iameagerto(8)_____________________historyintoastorygivesavividdescriptionofeasytounderstandcheckthefactsDifferentviewsSimilareventsdomoreresearchreaduponhistoryBAlanhasfoundanarticleaboutpopularhistorybooks.Readthearticleandanswerthequestionsbelow.PopularhistorybooksNotsolongago，historywasaheavytopic

forthegeneralreader.Luckily

popularhistorybookshavemadethatathingofthepast.Therearemorepopularhistorybooksonourshelves

thanbefore.Asahistorian，Iamgladaboutthis!Iwantasmanypeopleaspossible

toenjoythesubject.Ibelieveunderstandingthepastthathasshapedthepresentdayhelpsuscontinuetobuildabetterfuture.However，academichistorybooksdonotusuallymakethateasyforthegeneralreader.Withtheriseof

popularhistorybooks，thesubjectisnowmoreaccessible

thanever.Thistypeofhistorybookpresentshistoricalinformationinawaythatiseasilyunderstood，sometimeswithatouchofhumour，seekingto

informandeducateawideraudienceabouthistory.Italsoprovidesaknowledgebaseforthosewhowanttostudyhistorybutneedtowalkbeforetheycanrun.Sohowdopopularhistorybooksachievethis?Theauthorsadopt

anatural，chattystyleofwritingthatopensupthesubjectmattertotheordinaryreader.Also，theyoftenusestoriesandinterestingcomparisons

todescribehistoricalfiguresoreventsvividly，thusengagingthereader’sinterest.Packed

withvividdescriptionsandfunfacts，thistypeofhistorybookishighlyreadable

andtruetolife.Readingpopularhistorybooksiscertainlyafantasticwaytointroducepeopletothebasicsofhistory.Contraryto

popularhistorybooks，mostacademicbookstendto

adoptamoreanalyticalandseriousapproachto

studyinghistory.Thinkofitthisway：popularhistorybooksleadyoutothedoorwayofapalace，butifyouwanttoenterthepalaceandtrulyexploreit，youneedtoopenafewacademichistorybookstoo!1Accordingtothehistorian，whycanpopularhistorybooksattractawideraudience?2Whatisthehistorian’sattitudetowards

popularhistorybooks?Usedetailsinthearticletosupportyouropinion.Popularhistorybooksuseanaturalandchattystyleofwritingwithvividdescriptionsandfunfacts，makingthesubjectofhistoryeasytounderstandandmoreinteresting.Thehistorianhasapositiveattitudetowardspopularhistorybooks.Hestartsoffbysaying“Luckily，popularhistorybookshavemadethatathingofthepast”，whenreferringtothefactthatinthepast，historywasaserioustopicforthegeneralreader.Histoneshowsthathesupportsthenewapproachthatpopularhistorybookshavetaken.Healsousespositiveadjectivestofurtherdescribehowthecontentispresentedinpopularhistorybooks：“anatural，chattystyleofwritingthatopensupthesubjectmattertotheordinaryreader”and“usestoriesandinterestingcomparisonstodescribehistoricalfiguresoreventsvividly，thusengagingthereader’sinterest”.Heendsbysaying“Readingpopularhistorybooksiscertainlyafantasticwaytointroducepeopletothebasicsofhistory”，whichemphasizeshispositiveattitudetowardspopularhistorybooks.Languagepoints1Therearemorepopularhistorybooksonourshelvesthanbefore.我們書架上的通俗歷史讀物比以前更多了。shelfn.（pl.shelves）（書架等的）架子，擱板ThebookIwantedwasonthetopshelf.

我想要的那本書在書架的最上層。詞塊背誦onthetop/bottomshelf在頂層／底層架子上單句語法填空（1）Heputupsome

（shelf）inhisbedroom.（2）Theoretically，thepriceissupposedtobemarked

theshelf.shelves

on

2Thistypeofhistorybookpresentshistoricalinformationinawaythatiseasilyunderstood...這類歷史書以一種容易理解的方式呈現(xiàn)歷史信息……way+定語從句way（方法，方式）作先行詞時(shí)，其后的定語從句有兩種情況：（1）關(guān)系詞在定語從句中作主語或賓語時(shí)，用that或which均可，作賓語時(shí)可省略。Ican’tunderstandthewaythat/whichisusedtosolvetheproblem.我不理解用以解決這個(gè)問題的方法。Theway（that/which）hethoughtoftopreventtheairpollutionwasverygood.他想出的防止空氣污染的方法非常好。（2）關(guān)系詞在定語從句中作方式狀語時(shí)，用that或inwhich均可，現(xiàn)代英語傾向于省略關(guān)系詞。Idon’tliketheway(that/inwhich)youspeaktoyourpartner.我不喜歡你同你搭檔說話的方式。完成句子（1）Iliketheway

（她微笑）.（2）Canyoutellmetheway

（能幫我提高我的英語）?（3）Theway

（他看這個(gè)問題）iswrong.（that/inwhich）shesmiles

that/whichcanhelpmetoimprovemyEnglish（that/inwhich）helooksattheproblem3Theauthorsadoptanatural，chattystyleofwriting...作者采用自然、閑聊式的寫作風(fēng)格……adoptvt.采用，采?。槐頉Q采納；領(lǐng)養(yǎng)，收養(yǎng)vi.領(lǐng)養(yǎng)，收養(yǎng)Allthreeteamsadopteddifferentapproachestotheproblem.三個(gè)隊(duì)處理這個(gè)問題的方法各不相同。Sheisdesperatetoadoptachild.她極其渴望領(lǐng)養(yǎng)一個(gè)孩子。詞塊背誦adoptaresolution采納一項(xiàng)決議

adoptachild領(lǐng)養(yǎng)孩子

adoptedson養(yǎng)子單句語法填空（1）Theyhavenochildrenoftheirown，butthey’rehoping

（adopt）one.（2）Thegroupisworkingtopromotethe

（adopt）ofbroadbandwirelessaccess

overlongdistances.toadopt

adoption4Also，theyoftenusestoriesandinterestingcomparisonstodescribehistoricalfiguresoreventsvividly...此外，他們經(jīng)常用故事和有趣的比較來生動(dòng)地描述歷史人物或事件……comparisonn.對(duì)比；比較搭配by/incomparisonwith與……相比bycomparison相比之下By/IncomparisonwiththeJapanese，theBritisheatfarlessfish.與日本人相比，英國人吃魚要少得多?！就卣埂縞omparevt.對(duì)比；比較compareAwithB把A和B作比較搭配

compareAtoB把A比作Bcomparedto/with...與……相比（常作狀語）IregularlycomparewhatIthinkwithwhatothershavethought.我經(jīng)常把自己的想法和別人的想法作比較。Iwasatadisadvantagecomparedto/withtheyoungermembersoftheteam.與隊(duì)里較年輕的隊(duì)員相比，我處于不利地位。單句語法填空（1）Tomymindthere’sno

（compare）betweenthetworestaurants.（2）Incomparison

thepreviousstudy，thenewstudyexpandedresearchsubjects.（3）

comparison，Americansareoftenfrankaboutdisplayingbothpositiveandnegativeemotionsinpublic.（4）

（compare）towhenwewereatschool，childrenseemtolearnmoreinterestingthingsnow.comparisonwithByCompared5Packedwithvividdescriptionsandfunfacts，thistypeofhistorybookishighlyreadableandtruetolife.充滿了生動(dòng)的描述和有趣的事實(shí)，這種類型的歷史書可讀性很強(qiáng)，真實(shí)可信。packvt.，vi.&n.（1）vt.&vi.塞進(jìn)，擠進(jìn)；裝（箱），收拾；打包；包裝

packinto...擠進(jìn)……里面搭配bepackedwith...擠滿……packup打包；收拾（行李）Hisrestaurantisalwayspackedwithcustomers.他的餐館總是擠滿了顧客。Icarefullypackedupthegifts.我小心翼翼地把禮品包好。（2）n.包，包裹；小盒，小包搭配：apackof一包/盒Theradioissmallerthanapackofcigarettes.這個(gè)收音機(jī)比一包香煙還小。單句語法填空（1）Peoplepacked

thesquareandeverystreetleadingtoitwasfilledasfarasI

couldsee.（2）Onhis