职称英语综合类教材阅读理解易考文章(1)
<p> <span word="Telling">Telling</span> <span word="Tales">Tales</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="People">People</span></p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="types">types</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nonfiction">nonfiction</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="enjoy">enjoy</span> <span word="reading">reading</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="peoples">peoples</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="stories">stories</span> <span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="general">general</span> <span word="categories">categories</span>: <span word="autobiography">autobiography</span>, <span word="memoir">memoir</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="biography">biography</span>.</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="autobiography">autobiography</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="herself">herself</span>. <span word="Often">Often</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="begins">begins</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="persons">persons</span> <span word="earliest">earliest</span> <span word="recollections">recollections</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ends">ends</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="present">present</span>. <span word="Autobiography">Autobiography</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="entirely">entirely</span> <span word="objective">objective</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reader">reader</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="diverse">diverse</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Benjarmin">Benjarmin</span> <span word="Franklin">Franklin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Helen">Helen</span> <span word="Keller">Keller</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="autobiographies">autobiographies</span>. 1<span word="Other">Other</span> <span word="writers">writers</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="Joyce">Joyce</span>，<span word="have">have</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="thinly">thinly</span> <span word="fictionalized">fictionalized</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="These">These</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="autobiographies">autobiographies</span>，<span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p> <span word="Memoirs">Memoirs</span>, <span word="strictly">strictly</span> <span word="speaking">speaking</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="autobiographical">autobiographical</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="author">author</span>. 2<span word="Memoir">Memoir</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="typically">typically</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="backdrops">backdrops</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="describe">describe</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="detail">detail</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="importance">importance</span>. <span word="Recently">Recently</span>，<span word="though">though</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="memoir">memoir</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="interchangeab">interchangeab</span>1<span word="e">e</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="autobiography">autobiography</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="memoir">memoir</span> <span word="nowadays">nowadays</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p><p> <span word="Biographies">Biographies</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="accounts">accounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="elses">elses</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="senses">senses</span>，<span word="these">these</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hardest">hardest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="types">types</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span>. <span word="Autobiography">Autobiography</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="biography">biography</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="possible">possible</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="facts">facts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="include">include</span>. <span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="goal">goal</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="balanced">balanced</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span>，<span word="not">not</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="overly">overly</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="critical">critical</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="fair">fair</span> <span word="well">well</span>-<span word="presented">presented</span> <span word="biography">biography</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="write">write</span>.</p>
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