eg. The amount of benefit you are entitled to will be worked out as follows Grammatically speaking, as follows is a clause, in which as is a pronoun that functions as the subject and follows, the verb predicate in the present third person singular 3. Reading Comprehension a Why does the author use horses in his farming and pencils in his writing Because he doesn't want to be hooked to the energy corporation; because he doesn't want to be involved in what he perceives as the rape of nature any more than he absolutely must How would using a computer involve the writer in the rape of nature? It would require using electricity, which is provided by practices that damage the environment. What is the authors objection to putting computers into schools? When schools that dont have enough books for the students to read spend their money on computers, he clearly feel that the children s education is being neglected. What does the author think is "typical of present-day technological innovation"(Para. 6)? People lose jobs as a result of innovations What is it that the author doesnt "wish to fool himself]"about( Para. 7 He doesnt wish to fool himself into thinking a computer would make him a better writer Which of the standard" listed at the end of the text shows that the author values independence and individual ism very highly? You could say all of them show individualism, since his whole line of thinking is pretty unusual But number 5 shows that he values independence from the energy industries; number 6 shows that he values independence from needing other people' s services; and number 7 and 8 show that he supports small, independence local companies -1.e, he values the individual over big businesses, organizations, corporations, etc 721Century College English Book 3 Teaching Plan Wang Yinquan - 7 - ◼ eg. The amount of benefit you are entitled to will be worked out as follows. ◼ Grammatically speaking, as follows is a clause, in which as is a pronoun that functions as the subject and follows, the verb predicate in the present third person singular. 3. Reading Comprehension ◼ Why does the author use horses in his farming and pencils in his writing? Because he doesn’t want to be hooked to the energy corporation; because he doesn’t want to be involved in what he perceives as the rape of nature any more than he absolutely must. ◼ How would using a computer involve the writer in the rape of nature? It would require using electricity, which is provided by practices that damage the environment. ◼ What is the author’s objection to putting computers into schools? When schools that don’t have enough books for the students to read spend their money on computers, he clearly feel that the children’s education is being neglected. ◼ What does the author think is “typical of present-day technological innovation” (Para. 6)? People lose jobs as a result of innovations. ◼ What is it that the author doesn’t “wish to fool [ himself ]” about (Para. 7)? He doesn’t wish to fool himself into thinking a computer would make him a better writer. ◼ Which of the “standard” listed at the end of the text shows that the author values independence and individualism very highly? You could say all of them show individualism, since his whole line of thinking is pretty unusual! But number 5 shows that he values independence from the energy industries; number 6 shows that he values independence from needing other people’s services; and number 7 and 8 show that he supports small, independence local companies – i.e., he values the individual over big businesses, organizations, corporations, etc