6. The most
unimportant light task may turn out to be worthwhile if it is dealt with
eagerly and with interest.

1. Every time he
returned home from work at midnight, he would tiptoe upstairs, trying not to
disturb his neighbours.
2. To establish some kind of rapport with his
new neighbour, Mr.Jones lost no chance in offering to carry her luggage into
the house.
3. The article
recommended by Dr. Miller centres on the problem of air pollution; meanwhile,
it touches upon other issues such as water pollution, noise pollution and
visual pollution.
4. If it had not
been for the constant encouragement and help from her friends, she couldn't
have accomplished anything.
5. It was only a
few days ago that he was full of contempt for the new project, but he is now
working hard with zest for its realization. What a baffling change!
6. Judging from
what she wrote in her autobiography, she always had mixed feelings for that
pianist.
7. While waiting in
the lounge for the flight, he struck up a conversation with two American
travellers and touched on many interesting crosscultural issues.
8. These girls all
dread working alone on night duty.
9. I don't mind
working overtime. What I do mind is working on those insignificant trivial
things during the weekend.
10. Actually nobody
asked them to do anything on the first day of school. When they saw the
classroom in such a mess, however, they cleaned it spontaneously.

1 I argue plainly that making marks in a book
is not something done to spoil it but to show its worth and value.
2 Getting the book by payment is merely a
preparatory step on the way to ownership.
3 Only when you have fully absorbed it can
you say that you own the book completely.
4 The third kind of book owners possess only
a few or many books, but every one of them is worn, with the corners of the
leaves folded over, and has become less tightly bound because of constant use.
There are marks and informally written notes in each book from cover to cover.
5 I would never mark pages of a first edition
copy of Paradise Lost, just as I would not give my baby a set of coloured
pencils and a painting by Rembrandt in the original.
6 If the elaborate cover, style of printing
or layout prevent you from marking up a book, then you'd better buy a cheap
edition in which you can show your respect to the writer (i.e., by writing
notes in it).
7 If you write notes in the book yourself,
the words and sentences will stand out more distinctly in your mind and last
longer in your memory.
8 Don't believe that a reader is only
expected to take in passively what is in the book (i.e., the reader should also
contribute).
9 Comprehension is a process involving both
reception and production. If you remain a container ready only to receive, you
cannot expect to learn very much.

1 You are not likely to grasp an article on
logic unless you think actively in the course of ／ while
reading.
2 According to the author, one of the most
effective ways to read a good book is by writing between the lines while
reading.
3 He was so absorbed in one of his cloning
experiments that he wasn't aware of my entering the laboratory at all.
K 454 I don't think happiness consists in obtaining what you
need; I believe happiness consists in doing what you can for society.
5 Air pressure, oxygen and temperature are
among the conditions indispensable to the survival of the astronauts on the
moon.
6 In a certain sense, postgraduate students
are also researchers.
7 He would rather set down what he has
observed, important or trivial, in his notebook than commit it to his memory,
because he believes in the remark that “The worst
pen is better than the best memory.”
8 He was supposed to explain to the students
why sharp observation and logical thinking were indispensable qualities to
research work, but his talk was more confusing than clarifying.
9 According to his theory of foreign language
learning, one can better learn English in a state of relaxation than in a state
of concentration.
10 Planning and outlining are only a prelude
to writing. Drafting, revising and editing are necessary steps required of
thesis writing.


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