中学三年级 · 阅读系列
Lesson 1 · The Note on the Library Door
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先听一遍
先听一遍,找出主人公向图书馆提出了什么具体建议。
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On Monday, a note appeared on the library door: “Our opening hours will change next month. Do you have an idea?”
The library closed at four, but many students had club practice until five. I suggested opening it for fifteen minutes before the first class. My friend added a request for a quiet corner. We wrote our ideas below the note.
The librarian invited us to discuss them. “We cannot do everything,” she said, “but we can try one change for a week.”
A week later, I saw students reading before class. The note had not asked for a perfect answer. It had asked us to notice a problem and speak up.
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On Monday, a note appeared on the library door: “Our opening hours will change next month.
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Do you have an idea?”
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The library closed at four, but many students had club practice until five.
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I suggested opening it for fifteen minutes before the first class.
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My friend added a request for a quiet corner.
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We wrote our ideas below the note.
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The librarian invited us to discuss them.
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“We cannot do everything,” she said, “but we can try one change for a week.”
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A week later, I saw students reading before class.
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The note had not asked for a perfect answer.
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It had asked us to notice a problem and speak up.
读懂了什么?
主人公为什么建议上课前开放图书馆?
因为图书馆下午四点关门,而许多学生的社团活动直到五点才结束;上课前开放能提供另一个使用时段。
图书管理员答应了什么?
先试行一项改变,为期一周。
结尾说通知没有要求‘完美答案’,想表达什么?
重要的是注意到问题并提出可尝试的办法,而不是一开始就找出十全十美的方案。
查看中文译文
星期一,图书馆门上贴出一张通知:‘下个月,开放时间会调整。你有什么建议吗?’
图书馆下午四点关门,可不少学生的社团活动要到五点才结束。我建议在第一节课前提前开放十五分钟。朋友还提出,希望有一处安静的角落。我们把想法写在通知下面。
图书管理员请我们一起讨论。她说:‘我们不能把所有建议都实现,但可以先试行其中一项,看看一周的效果。’
一周后,我看到有学生在上课前读书。那张通知要的不是完美答案,而是请我们发现问题,勇敢说出想法。
本课重点词语
以下是本课重点词语的中文讲解;英文正文中有虚线的单词可悬停查看词义和发音。
- appear
- 出现;appear on the door 指‘出现在门上’,这里是通知被贴出来。
- opening hours
- 开放时间;opening hours 指图书馆向读者开放的时段。
- suggest doing
- 建议做某事;suggest opening 表示‘建议开放’,suggest 后常接 -ing 形式。
- add
- 补充、加上;朋友在原有建议之外又提出一项要求。
- request
- 请求、要求;a request for a quiet corner 是‘希望设立安静角落的请求’。
- invite A to do
- 邀请某人做某事;invite us to discuss 是‘请我们一起讨论’。
- discuss
- 讨论;discuss 后可直接接讨论的事情,不必再加 about。
- try one change
- 试行一项改变;先小范围尝试,再看实际效果。
- notice a problem
- 发现一个问题;notice 在这里是‘注意到’,不只是‘看到’。
- speak up
- 说出自己的意见;文末鼓励学生在发现问题时主动表达。
背景知识
想改变学校的安排时,说明‘谁在什么时候遇到困难’,再提出一项可以试行的小改动,更容易展开讨论。文中的十五分钟就是这样的具体建议。英语 suggest 后接动词时常用 -ing 形式,如 suggest opening。