Starting a book club is easy﹣all you need is to love reading.Here's how to get yours off to a flying start.
When you set up your book club,the first thing is to get members for your club.They could be friends,family,or those you know through various activities,but they should all love to read.A small group of seven to ten people is usually an ideal size for a book club.Too many make
discussions difficult.
Once you have a group,agree on how often you want to meet﹣usually clubs meet monthly.
Pick a date and stick with it.That way,members can easily plan for it.Send out emails a week
before the meeting to give people a written reminder.Set meeting time length.An hour is a good
start.Two hours usually does the trick.
Then,you need a good place.Libraries,parks and restaurants﹣all make good meeting
places.For many clubs,homes are the best place as you don't have to get dressed up,and noisy
public places can make talking hard.If members bring a plate of food or a bottle,it can help start
conversation.
Please don't forget the most important thing﹣the book!Think about the books your club
will enjoy.Fiction?Non﹣fiction?Your club can choose books in different ways.You can take
turns to recommend books.Let everyone vote upon what book to read.Anyway,make sure to
keep it light and fun.
After all this has been decided,your book club is ready.Now,it's time to hold the first
meeting.Enjoy your reading.
How to (56) a book club |
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(57) members |
●You can include those who share your (58) for reading. ●l(59) matters.Seven to ten people are enough for discussion. |
Setting the time |
●Set a (60) time.Send everyone an email to (61) them of the monthlymeeting beforehand. ●lDecide on how long the meetings will be. |
Deciding (62)
to meet |
●lYou can meet in (63) places,like libraries,parks and restaurants. ●lFor many clubs,meeting at home works (64) :relaxing and comfortable. |
Choosing the books |
●Think about the books your club will enjoy. ●l Decide on the (65) of choosing books:allowing everyone to recommend or vote upon the books. |
The mother said goodbye with a smile, but her eyes couldn't hide her (sad).
You told me you had (deal) with these letters. Why are they still here?
The teacher sent me home with a note for my mother that said I needed to visit the eye doctor because I failed the vision test. The trip home that day was very slow.
My mother said it would all be just fine. "It wouldn't hurt a bit," she said. But I wasn't worried about pain﹣I was worried about looking (1) .
The next day, my mother pulled me to the eye doctor's office. I (2) a set of frames (镜框) and tried to believe my mother when she said they looked really (3) on me. The doctor said the glasses would be ready soon. But I wasn't ready at all, and I didn't think I ever would be.
When the glasses arrived, the eye doctor put them on my face and walked me out onto the sidewalk in front of his office. When I looked(4) from my shoes, I found myself in a whole new world ﹣ a world filled with (5) pictures, bright colours, and fine detail everywhere I looked. Suddenly I (6) the beautiful outline of red leaves on trees. I could see the details of people's faces long before they were standing in front of me. I could see my mother (7) as she watched me see the world in a whole new way.
"Glasses aren't so bad, are they? " Mom asked.
"Not at all, " I though to myself. On that first day, they were a (8) .
The Monday morning came, and I had to (9) the kids in my classroom. And it happened, just like I feared it would be. A mean kid pointed at me in the middle of the maths class and shouted, "Four (10) ! " But at the same moment, looking through my new glasses, I could see all the way across the room that the kid who had said it had an awfully big nose.
(1)A. smart |
B. old |
C. funny |
D. blind |
(2)A. chose |
B. made |
C. fixed |
D. owned |
(3)A. silly |
B. good |
C. huge |
D. strange |
(4)A. around |
B. back |
C. down |
D. up |
(5)A. pale |
B. dark |
C. clever |
D. rare |
(6)A. noticed |
B. recorded |
C. developed |
D. imagined |
(7)A. crying |
B. worrying |
C. dreaming |
D. smiling |
(8)A. present |
B. wonder |
C. beauty |
D. fashion |
(9)A. impress |
B. visit |
C. face |
D. avoid |
(10)A. noses |
B. eyes |
C. glasses |
D. frames |
Everyone knows that second﹣hand smoke is as dangerous as first﹣hand
smoke. But have you ( 1)h of "third﹣hand" smoke?Third﹣hand smoke means the pollution left on the surfaces (表面) of things around, (2)l furniture or clothes. When someone smokes in a room, poisonous particles(粒子) in tobacco (烟草) smoke land on the surfaces of the furniture or his clothes, even after the cigarette (香烟) has been put out. This can cause a great danger to your family, (3)e younger children.
Babies have only just learned to walk. They are more likely to be harmed by third﹣hand smoke. This is(4)b they are often close to surfaces of things. such as floors, walls and furniture where tobacco particles remain. When they (5)t these surfaces, they get their hands polluted.
So, it is necessary and important to say (6)n to third﹣hand smoke. To achieve this, strict ( 7 ) r for forbidding (禁止) smoking inside homes should be carried out. If one of your family members smokes, please make sure he smokes (8)o the house. Get him a special jacket and hat, so once he (9)f smoking, he will take them off before getting inside the house. Moreover, make sure that a smoker washes his hands and face, and changes his clothes before picking up the baby.
Many times, you cannot see the smoke doing harm to your child, but it doesn't mean he or she is (10)s ". Give up smoking, or if that is not possible, make sure that your loved ones, far away from third﹣hand smoke.
Why didn't you come to my party yesterday afternoon?
Sorry, I with my parents (harvest) the wheat in the field at that time.