2015公共英语一级阅读辅导：Howto”Books
发布时间：2012/7/26 17:15:33 来源：城市网学院 编辑：admin
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 for thousand books with titles that begin with the 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 book which will give them useful information about sports, hobbies and travel. Other people use their free time to make repairs and improvements on their homes. They prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to repair things like plumbing and electrical wiring or on how to redecorate or enlarge a house.
Why have “how to” books be#e so popular? Probably because life has be#e more #plex. Today people have far more free to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve, “how to” books help people to deal with modern life.
Useful words and Expressions:
1. step-by-step 按部就班的
2. redecorate 重新装饰，再装饰
3. #plex 复杂的，综合的
