英语专业四级听写038
时间：2018-11-29 作者：英语课 分类：英语专业四级听写
英语课
Passage 38
“How to” Books
Books which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “how to” books are available. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with words “how to”.
Many “how to” books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. Many of these books help people to use their free time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements 1 on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like plumbing 2 and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge 3 a house.
Why have “how to” books become so popular? Probably because life has become more complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, “how to” books help people to deal with modern life. (173 words)
“How to” Books
Books which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “how to” books are available. In fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with words “how to”.
Many “how to” books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. Many of these books help people to use their free time better. Some people want books which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies, and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements 1 on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like plumbing 2 and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge 3 a house.
Why have “how to” books become so popular? Probably because life has become more complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, “how to” books help people to deal with modern life. (173 words)
1 improvements
增加或修改( improvement的名词复数 )； 改进； 改善； 改良
- improvements in efficiency at the factory 工厂效率的提高
- They've spent a lot of money on home improvements. 他们花了很多钱装修家居。