5)Doyouagreethat “abookisessentiallynotatalkingthing”? Whyorwhynot?
6)Summarizethefeaturesandsignificancesof “thebooksofthehour”.
7)Summarizethefeaturesandsignificancesof “thebooksofalltime”.
8)Whichtypeofbooksisclosertotheessenceoftheconceptofbooksasawhole, accordingtotheauthor? Whatarethereasons?
: Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue (T) orfalse (F) accordingtotheknowledgeyoulearnedandtellwhy.
____ 1)Thelivingpeoplewillthemselvestellyouaboutpassingmattersmuchbetterintheirtalkthanintheirwritings.
____ 2)Onlygoodbooksaredivisibleaccordingtothecriteriaoftheauthor.
____ 3)Thegoodbookofthehourissimplytheusefulorpleasanttalktosomepersonwhomyoucanconversewith.
____ 4)weoughttobethankfulforandmakegooduseofthebooksofthehour, andthatisenoughforreading.
____ 5)Strictlyspeaking, thebooksofthehourarenotbooksatall, butmerelylettersornewspapersingoodprint.
____ 6)Abookisessentiallynotatalkingthing, butawrittenthing.
____ 7)Thebookoftalkisprintedonlybecauseitsauthorcannotspeaktothousandsofpeopleatonce.
____ 8)Wisemen’sworkswillneverbemixedwithevilfragments—ill-done, redundant, affectedwork.
____ 9)Lifeisshort, soweshouldn’twasteourtimeonthebooksofthehour.
____ 10)Theauthorhassomethingtosaywhichheperceivestobetrueanduseful, orhelpfullybeautiful.
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1)The _____ fishintheriverinthisseasonhasmadeagreatfeastforthebearsintheforest.
2)Hisglasseswerecoveredwith _____ whenhecameinfromtheoutsidesuddenly.
