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1、第四部分阅读理解第一篇 TellingTalesaboutPeople Oneofthemostcommontypesofnonfiction,andonethatmanypeopleenjoyreading,isstoriesaboutpeople'slives.Thesestoriesfallintothreegeneralcategories:autobiography,memoir,andbiography. Anautobiographyisthestoryofaperson'slifewrittenb
2、yhimselforherself.Oftenitbeginswiththeperson'searliestrecollectionsandendsinthepresent.Autobiographywritersmaynotbeentirelyobjectiveinthewaytheypresentthemselves.However,theyofferthereaderagoodlookatthewaytheyareandwhatmakesthemthatway.PeopleasdiverseasBenjarmi
3、nFranklinandHelenKellerhavewrittenautobiographies.1Otherwriters,suchasJamesJoyce,havewrittenthinlyfictionalizedaccountsoftheirlives.Thesearenotautobiographies,buttheyareveryclosetoit. Memoirs,strictlyspeaking,areautobiographicalaccountsthatfocusasmuchontheeven
4、tsofthetimesasonthelifeoftheauthor.2Memoirwriterstypicallyusetheseeventsasbackdropsfortheirlives.Theydescribethemindetailanddiscusstheirimportance.Recently,though,thetermmemoirseemstobebecominginterchangeab1ewithautobiography.Amemoirnowadaysmayormaynotdealwitht
5、heoutsideworld. Biographiesarefactualaccountsofsomeoneelse'slife.Inmanysenses,thesemaybethehardestofthethreetypestowrite.Autobiographywritersknowtheeventstheywriteaboutbecausetheylivedthem.Butbiographywritershavetogatherinformationfromasmanydifferentsourcesasp
6、ossible.Thentheyhavetodecidewhichfactstoinclude.Theirgoalistopresentabalancedpictureofaperson,notonethatisoverlypositiveortoocritical.Afairwell-presentedbiographymaytakeyearstoresearchandwrite. 练习: 1.Thispassageismostlyabout_______. A.thecharacteristicsof
7、autobiographies,memoirs,andbiographies B.famousautobiographies C.whybiographycanbedifficulttowrite D.differencesbetweenautobiographiesandmemoirs 2.HelenKellerwrote________. A.amemoir B.anautobiography C.aworkoffiction D.abiography 3.Autobiographywriter
8、sarenotalwaysobjectivebecausethey________. A.feeltheyhavetomakeupdetailstomaketheirbookssell B.constantlycompetewithbiographywriters C.wanttopresentthemselvesinagoodlight
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