Across America,libraries used to reach out to readers by sending bookmobiles into school parking lots,street corners and rural byways (側(cè)道).Now,those rolling reading rooms are becoming fewer.
One town in northern New England just lost its bookmobile.The Cobleigh Public Library in Lyndonville,Vt.,had managed to keep its van (有蓬貨車) rolling until about a month ago,when it died.
If you want to hear first-hand what it's like to go through a whole month without a single visit from the bookmobile,just ask the preschoolers at a daycare centre.
"We miss the bookmobile," one child says. "Yeah,we miss the bookmobile until it comes here," says another.
Now that the bookmobile has broken down,librarians have to bring books in their own cars for story hour.Daycare provider Anneka Bickford says it's not as exciting as having a big,brightly painted van roll into the driveway and open its doors so the kids can choose their own books.
"It's getting the children involved with what a library is,how to check out books and how to return books," Bickford says. "They would do programs with the children;singing,dancing,themes-so it's the excitement of the library that we can't give to the children."
It's not the first bookmobile to bite the dust.Over the years,Vermont's large number has reduced to three or four.Lyndonville's head librarian,Cindy Karasinski,says replacement costs have risen quickly.
"New bookmobiles are expensive;just one of them costs $90,000," she says, "so that seems not the way we are going to go." Sadly,Karasinksi says,money that used to support bookmobiles has nearly dried up.
However,not everyone hopes the Cobleigh bookmobile gets a second chance.Some in town feel the bookmobile has served its purpose and become a financial burden (財政負擔).
(1)What're bookmobiles? (no more than 5 words)Moving/ Rolling?reading?rooms.Moving/ Rolling?reading?rooms.
(2)What can kids do with the help of bookmobiles in the opinion of Anneka Bickford? (no more than 15 words) They?can?learn?about?libraries,do?programs?and?take?part?in?all?kinds?of?activities.They?can?learn?about?libraries,do?programs?and?take?part?in?all?kinds?of?activities.
(3)What does the underlined phrase "bite the dust" in Paragraph 7 most probably mean? (no more than 5 words)Break?down.Break?down.
(4)What leads to the disappearance of bookmobiles? (no more than 10 words)Replacement?costs?have?risen / are?too?much.Replacement?costs?have?risen / are?too?much.
(5)What's your own opinion on bookmobiles according to the passage? (no more than 25 words)Bookmobiles?not?only?provide?convenience?for?us,but?also?enrich?our?life.I' d?like?to?have?a?bookmobile?in?my?neighbourhood.Bookmobiles?not?only?provide?convenience?for?us,but?also?enrich?our?life.I' d?like?to?have?a?bookmobile?in?my?neighbourhood.
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【答案】Moving/ Rolling?reading?rooms.;They?can?learn?about?libraries,do?programs?and?take?part?in?all?kinds?of?activities.;Break?down.;Replacement?costs?have?risen / are?too?much.;Bookmobiles?not?only?provide?convenience?for?us,but?also?enrich?our?life.I' d?like?to?have?a?bookmobile?in?my?neighbourhood.
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