选修 7 Module 3 Literature板块一 话题 · 晨读积累 [话题素材] 好词 1．drama n. 话剧 2.comedy n. 喜剧 3．tragedy n. 悲剧 4.scene n. 场 5．plot n. 情节 6.classical literature 古典文学 7．contemporary literature 现代文学 8．historical novel 历史小说 9．best seller 畅销书 10．humorous story 幽默小说 11．science fiction 科幻小说 12．be set in 以……为背景 13．be popular with 受到……欢迎 14．appeal to 吸引 15．take place 发生 佳句 1．She spent a peaceful afternoon by the river, reading a novel. 她在河边看小说，度过了一个宁静的下午。 2．We are always finding new beauties in Shakespeare's poetry. 我们不断地在莎士比亚的诗歌中发现美妙之处。 3．He thinks by reading quietly in a situation of his own he can better understand the author's ideas. 他认为独自静心地读能更好地理解作者的思想。 4．Night had fallen before we knew it. 不知不觉夜幕就降临了。 5．He who laughs last laughs best. 谁笑到最后谁就笑得最好。 [精美语篇] “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” —Sir Winston Churchill This quotation from Winston Churchill tells us that we shouldn't get discouraged right after failures. Rather, we should keep trying with enthusiasm. Success consists in the ability to continue efforts through failures. At the age of twelve, I got a nice bike as a birthday gift. So excited was I that I couldn't wait to try my hand at riding it. However, it was harder than expected. The bike seemed too heavy and difficult to control. Worse still, I took many falls off the bike. I was about to give up when my father came and encouraged me to keep going. With more practice, I did better and better. Looking back, I feel I wouldn't be able to ride a bike had I lost heart. Actually, we can't succeed ...
