随身英语 Harry Potter star's books on the Tube 《哈利·波特》女主角在伦敦地铁里藏书
Play audio file 为什么一位电影演员会在伦敦地铁里藏书呢?为了鼓励大众多读书,电影《哈利·波特》的女主角扮演者艾玛·沃森在伦敦地铁里藏了一百本书供众人去发现并浏览阅读。“地铁图书”(Books On The Underground)活动计划在英国首都伦敦的交通系统里放成千上万本书供乘客阅读。本期《随身英语》带你看个究竟。
课文内容 Vocabulary: Reading 词汇:阅读
Now here's what I call a turn-up for the books - a film star's been giving away free books on the London Underground. If you're a bookworm, a Harry Potter fan and a London Underground user then it's been an exciting month for you.
Emma Watson, who starred in films based on the novels about a fictional schoolboy wizard, has been hiding books on the Tube for passengers to leaf through.
It's part of the Books On The Underground movement, which has a simple aim: to get more people burying themselves in literature. And the way they do it is to leave tomes on trains for commuters to pick up, dip into and then leave for another lucky reader to skim.
The movement started out in 2017 and drops off about 150 volumes a week in stations across the UK's capital. Talking about Watson's participation in the project, the manager of Books On The Underground, Cordelia Oxley, said, "The reaction has been phenomenal. It must be a mixture of how much everyone adores Emma, and how exciting it is to find something as wonderful as a new book on your journey."
The 100 or so editions Watson left for passengers to pore over were even more special because she left a hand-written inscription. The paperbacks were copies of Kaya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom.
One person who discovered a copy of the book on the Tube said she felt like the character Charlie Bucket – a boy who finds a golden ticket to the world's greatest chocolate factory – in the Roald Dahl classic, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Watson became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador in the summer of 2017 and has since started devouring as many books and essays on equality and feminism as possible. She has also started her own book club.
So, why not take a leaf out of Emma Watson's book and leave a copy of your favourite book on a train? It could make a stranger's life richer.
词汇表 a turn-up for the books 意想不到的事情,出乎意料的事
a bookworm 书虫,书迷
based on 以……改编的
a novel 小说
fictional 虚构的
to leaf through 略读,浏览
to bury oneself (in something) 把自己埋在(某物)中
a tome 巨著
to dip into 随便翻翻
to skim 粗略地浏览
a volume 书;卷,册
an edition 版本
to pore over 仔细阅读
hand-written 手写的
an inscription 题赠,题词
a classic (书)经典作品
to devour 如饥似渴地阅读
an essay 散文,短文
a book club 读书俱乐部
to take a leaf out of someone's book 以某人为榜样,向某人学习
测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. What type of films did Emma Watson star in?
2. True or false? Emma Watson dropped off 150 copies of a book on the London Underground.
3. What does Books On The Underground aim to do?
4. Did Emma Watson type a message on the books?
5. Is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a well-known book?
2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。
1. Harry Potter is a __________ character.
bookworm fictional fiction real-life
2. The university professor always made the students read heavy __________ on economics.
novels inscriptions tomes book clubs
3. I didn't have enough time so I just __________ the novel before my literature class.
skimmed devoured pored over hand wrote
4. The Harry Potter books have become __________ in the author's own lifetime.
tomes fiction essays classics
5. I haven't read much Shakespeare but I have ___________ it from time to time.
dipped into pored over buried myself devoured
答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. What type of films did Emma Watson star in?
Emma Watson starred in films based on books about a fictional wizard called Harry Potter.
2. True or false? Emma Watson dropped off 150 copies of a book on the London Underground.
False. Emma Watson dropped off about 100 copies of a book on the London Underground.
3. What does Books On The Underground aim to do?
Books On The Underground aims to get more people to read.
4. Did Emma Watson type a message on the books?
No, Emma Watson wrote a message with a pen.
5. Is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory a well-known book?
Yes, it's a classic.
2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。
1. Harry Potter is a fictional character.
2. The university professor always made the students read heavy tomes on economics.
3. I didn't have enough time so I just skimmed the novel before my literature class.
4. The Harry Potter books have become classics in the author's own lifetime.
5. I haven't read much Shakespeare but I have dipped into it from time to time.
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