Paul:
I think books will be more affordable. They are pretty expensive. Publishers are so silly be-cause they focus on "We're not going to be selling so many hardcover books at $26. " But you're going to sell infinitely more electronically, so what are you complaining about? I view it as a grea-ter opportunity. My e-reader is great because I travel, and I don't want to carry a billion things with me.
David:
I don't own an e-reader, and I've never read a page on an e-reader. I do everything I can to avoid more screen time. Not to play down the value of a physical book, when it comes to somebody investing in one, it's something you want to keep. You have to give readers a choice, between a ric- her experience with physical books, and a more lifeless experience through an electronic reader.
James:
The new immigrants don't shoot the old inhabitants when they come in. One technology tends to supplement rather than substitute. How you read is not as important as: Will you read? Will you read something that's a book-the sustained train of thought of one person speaking to another?
Search techniques are embedded in e-books that invite people to dip into something rather than follow a full train of thought.
Alex:
We've maintained in the last few years there will be fewer bookstores. We have the best busi-ness model in the world. Books are still a majority of what we sell in stores, but they are becoming less and less. About 50 percent of physical books are sold in non-bookstore outlets, like drugstores and club stores. There are people with agendas in this industry, but the physical book is going no- where.
William:
E-readers take out the paper middleman and give me what I want from books: the words. My e-reader has allowed me to read more than ever. When I travel I can take five books with me all without cutting down a single tree or using any extra jet fuel. Books made of paper can be beautiful, but they are never as beautiful as the words in the best of them.
Now match the name of each person (36 to 40) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
A. I prefer physical books to e-books.
B. E-books are environmentally friendly.
C. The market for physical books is shrinking.
D. What counts is not how but how well you read.
E. E-reading will benefit, rather than harm, publishers.
F. The price of hardcover books will be greatly lowered.
G. Non-bookstore outlets add to the growth of physical books.
Paul________.
【参考译文】
保罗：
我认为书会更便宜。它们很贵。出版商之所以如此愚蠢，是因为他们关注的是“我们不会以26美元的价格卖出这么多精装书”。但你将以电子方式销售，那你在抱怨什么呢？我认为这是一个更大的机会。我的电子阅读器很棒，因为我旅行，我不想随身携带十亿件东西。
戴维：
我没有电子阅读器，也从来没有在电子阅读器上读过一页。我尽我所能避免更多的屏幕时间。不要贬低一本实体书的价值，当有人投资一本时，它是你想要保留的东西。你必须给读者一个选择，在ric-her的实体书籍体验和通过电子阅读器的更无生命体验之间。
詹姆斯：
新移民进来时不会向老居民开枪。一种技术倾向于补充而不是替代。你怎么读书不如：你会读书吗？你会读一本关于一个人和另一个人说话的思想的书吗？
搜索技术被嵌入到电子书中，它邀请人们去探索一些东西，而不是遵循一个完整的思路。
亚历克斯：
我们过去几年一直认为书店会减少。我们有世界上最好的商业模式。书籍仍然是我们在商店里销售的大部分，但它们越来越少了。大约50%的实体书在非书店销售，如药店和俱乐部商店。在这个行业里，有些人有自己的计划，但实体书却没有走向何方。
威廉：
电子阅读器把纸中间商拿出来，给我我想要的书：文字。我的电子阅读器使我比以往任何时候都能阅读。当我旅行时，我可以随身带五本书，而不必砍倒一棵树或使用任何额外的航空燃料。用纸做的书可以很美，但从来没有最好的书中的文字那么美。
【解析】
主旨题。保罗认为出版商出售电子书是一个很好的机会，会给他们带来利润，与E项“电子阅读会给出版商带来更多的好处而不是坏处”相符，故选E。
David________.
主旨题。大卫认为人们应该自己选择想要看书的方式，他更倾向于纸质书，与A项表示相同的意思，故选A。
James________.
主旨题。詹姆士认为电子书的作用是补充读书方式，而不是替代纸质书，重要的不是如何读书，而是读得怎么样，与D项“重要的不是如何读书，而是读得怎么样”意思相符，故选D。
Alex________.
主旨题。艾利克斯认为纸质书虽然是商店出售的主要产品，但是销量在逐年下降，这与C项的“纸质书的市场在萎缩”意思相同，故选C。
William________.
主旨题。威廉认为电子书不会消耗资源并且不会增加飞机燃油消耗，这与B项“电子书非常环保”意思相同，故选B。