本文共分三段，第一段，作者用了“Time spent in a book shop can be most enjoyable...”作为主题句，强调无论出于何种原因进入书店，你都会沉浸在书的海洋里，以至忘了自己的约会。第二段用较多篇幅谈及书店的assistant and bookseller，同时有提到You have to be very careful not to be attracted by the variety of books。其实都是围绕第一句“This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is， I think， the main attraction of a book shop”展开。第三段，看似有点出现得很突然，其实第三段是和第二段的assistant and bookseller相连，有一定的内在必然，同时也是文章的升华部分。
如此精辟的原文，读者便不难理出其梗概，并有条不紊地写出规定字数以内(100字)的summary。
Whatever the reason you enter a bookshop， you can always find great pleasure there， forgetting the time， the surroundings， and even the noise outside world. While browsing in the bookshop， you should avoid blindness and aimlessness， the unnecessary consumption of money and the inappropriate killing of time， caused by charming covers and fascinating illustrations. Assistant in a decent bookshop should possess longsuffering and indulgent disposition and never offer undesirable services. To poor students， a bookshop is sometimes served as a readingroom， to which booksellers are to show tolerance and generosity.
思考与练习：
I.便笺写作练习
1.邀请函
Note of Invitation： It"s MidAutumn festival. You will hold an outdoor party to celebrate in Chaoyang Park at 6 p.m. Friday. You want to invite your teacher， Professor Lee， to join you. Please write a note of invitation to him.
2.感谢信
Note of Acknowledgement： You are transmitted to Shanghai Branch Company. Your colleagues held a gorgeous sendoff for you. You are deeply impressed and write a note of acknowledgement to them.
3.请假条
Note of Ask for Leave： Due to a National English Debate， you will be absent from your Chinese Classical Literature class at 8 a．m．， Monday. You write to your teacher， Prof. Wang， to ask for leave and promise that you will make up for the missed class.
4.祝贺信
Note of Congratulation： Your good friend， Jennifer Heavy， has got the first prize scholarship this academic year. You write a note to send your hearty congratulation to her on this special occasion.
5.道歉信
Note of Apology： You had a quarrel with your girlfriend yesterday because of some trifles. Later， you realized that you should be more considerate and understanding. So you decide to write a note of apology to your friend to express your regret.
6.约会便笺
Note of Appointment： It"s a sunny weekend. You want to go shopping with your good friend， John Thomson. You write a note to tell him that you will meet him at 10 a.m. Sunday at McDonald"s.
7.留言条
Note of Message： Mrs. Green called your roommate Mark to tell him that he had to hand in his paper before next Monday. But unfortunately he wasn"t in. You leave him a message and tell him about it.
8.投诉信
Note of Complaint： Your parents came to visit you from a remote village. You decided to invite them to a good restaurant near your school. However， the service was very bad and the dishes tasted terrible. You were really disappointed and wrote a note of complaint to the manager of the restaurant.
9.寻物启事
Lost and Found： You left your electrical dictionary in classroom 308 last night. Write a note to find it.
10.建议信
Note of Advice： You have heard that your friend， Helen， is hesitant about whether to study abroad or not. She has been puzzled by this question for a long time， so you decided to write her a note and give her some advice about it.
II.备忘录写作练习
1. It is very hot in the summer in Beijing. However there is no airconditioner in your office. You write a memo to the department of office equipment and hope they can solve the problem.
2. You are the general secretary of our company. The president of the company decides to lay off 120 employees this month. You write a memo to each manager and inform them.
3. You are an assistant to your professor， Mr．Richard Burberry， who informs you that he will give a lecture on Friday evening. He wants you to prepare a meeting room for him. So you have to write a memo to the section of school facility.
III.通告写作练习
1. Professor Charlie Denson， from the University of International Business and Economics， will be giving a lecture on newlypassed laws responding to the entry of the WTO in the Conference Hall at 9 sharp on Saturday， May 22， 2008. Please write a notice about the above information.
2.Mr． Wilson， the sales manager of a famous cosmetics company， issued a public notice about the returned purchase of their certain cosmetics with quality problem. He promised that the customers who have bought the products concerned could go to the counter with the receipt and receive the return of goods for free.
3. A very famous stateowned enterprise will go to your university and hold a meeting to recruit new employees. The meeting will be held at 9 a．m．， Saturday， April 14， 2007. Please write a notice to inform the students who are interested in this enterprise.
4. Your company has just developed a new shampoo product and decided to issue a notice to inform the public about the outstanding effect of this shampoo.
5.Your company will move to a new， big building this weekend. So please write a notice of moving to your partners and your customers.
6．A new employee， Susan Xu， will be transferred to the Shenzhen Branch. Write a notice of new employee to the branch company.
7．Mr． Charles Heath， the general manger of the company， will visit the factory in Tianjin. Please write a notice of visit to Tianjin factory and inform them of necessary preparation.
IV.书信写作练习
1. Write a personal letter to your net friend， telling him/her something about your personality or hobbies.
2. National Day holiday is coming. Write a Email to your friend who lives in Xinjiang and invite him/her to Beijing and you will be his/her tour guide.
3. It is Mother"s day. Write a letter to your mother to thank her for her careful nurturing and understanding and tell her how much you love her.
V.推荐信写作练习