资源描述
Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,11/7/2009,#,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Sentence Selecting and Filling,Sentence Selecting and Filling,Staying young forever,It,used to be a matter of fact when Peter Pan a character from James Matthew Barries 1911 book said:“All children,except one,grow up.”(67)_,According,to the NPD Group,a US market research company,sales of toys to adults in the UK increased by more than 20 percent in 2016,three times the pace of the childrens toy market itself.These toys ranged from puzzles and Lego building sets to vehicle models and action figures.And more than half of the sales came from millennials people born between the 1980s and 2000s.,“Adults of the 21st century are channeling their inner child,one toy at a time,”commented website Koreaboo.(68)_,According,to Frederique Tutt,an analyst at NPD,the motivation of these grown-ups is to escape the stress of todays fast-paced world.They are driven toward the more immediate pleasures brought by toys than those brought by,say,getting a promotion,which is far less easy to achieve.“It reminds me of the playful side of life,”Rob Willner,a 25-year-old PhD student in the UK,told The Telegraph when talking about his love for Lego,which he said brings him both comfort and entertainment.,(69)_ To Frank Furendi,a professor at the University of Kent in the UK,the fact that so many adults are pursuing“the thrills of youth”is the evidence that“adulthood has got nothing attractive about it anymore”,he told The New York Times.“Thats actually quite sad.”,(70)_ According to Canadian comic book artist Todd McFarlane,collecting toys could simply be a way for people to express their individuality.“Its just pop culture stuff.Its stuff that says,I like a little of this and I like a little of that,”he told ABC News.“Its no big deal.”,So now that over 100 years have passed since Peter Pan,perhaps its time to introduce a new“fact”,as stated in the tagline of the UK fashion brand KIDULT:“Growing old is mandatory(,强制的,),but growing up is optional,.”,Staying young forever,Task 1 Find,the topic sentence,and delete an irrelevant sentence,1.Every day the mass media tell us in some new way that the American family is in trouble.The divorce rate is rising rapidly-in California it is supposedly already over 50 percent.And it is going up fastest among people who have been married 20 years or longer.Most of American families have at least a car and a house.Almost 50 percent of all adult women work at least part time and many children are being cared for by people other than their parents.The family seems to be facing a major crisis.,Task 1 Find the topic sentenc,Man has always depended on wood.It is one substance,which grows,that can provide him with shelter,fuel and clothing.The use of wood leads to deforestation and ecological unbalance.It is a substance which gives him materials ranging from the softest tissues to hard,metal-like plastics.A few years ago,it was found that man uses wood and wood products in at least 4,000 ways.Probably by now,hundreds of new uses have been developed.,Task 1 Find,the topic sentence,and delete an irrelevant sentence,Man has always depended on woo,Task 2 Decide whether the supporting ideas are convincing,1.,Topic,sentence:,Library books are useless,Supporting,ideas:,I borrowed a book from the library last week.It was very boring and difficult.I read only ten pages,.,2,.,Topic sentence:,A great number of geniuses who contributed greatly to the development of science and technology did not have good academic records.,Supporting,ideas:,Einstein,a giant in science,was viewed as a slow student at his schooling age.Who would say Bill Gates is nobody even though he did not graduate from Harvard University?,Task 2 Decide whether the su,3.,Topic sentence:,Hard work leads to success.,Supporting,ideas:,As the saying goes,genius is 1%inspiration and 99%perspiration.,4,.Topic,sentence:,Smokers should give up smoking.,Supporting,ideas:,Medical research has convincingly proven that smoking may cause a variety of diseases,such as lung cancer,which considerably shortens smokers lifespan.The results indicate that those who smoke two packs of cigarettes a day live about ten years shorter than those who never smoke,Task 2 Decide whether they are convincing,3.Topic sentence:Hard work l,A.My,work has its,challenges,1.,_,Its discouraging when others see both my students and me as less worthy because we are not at universities.We sometimes struggle to get access to federal funding,scientific conferences,and other resources and opportunities.My pay is below the standard at 4-year research institutions,even though my teaching workload is greater.,Task3,Practice,A.My work has its challenges,F.,The,Dutch,have also had good ideas that make cycling,safer,and,more,inviting,2._ At,Dutch schools,students must,attend cycling lessons.Children aged 12 can ride on the roads very
展开阅读全文