英语晨读30篇

背诵文选背诵文选 30 篇篇 使用要求 每周在专用本上抄写两篇 字迹工整清晰 无拼写错误 并能熟练朗读 其使用要求 每周在专用本上抄写两篇 字迹工整清晰 无拼写错误 并能熟练朗读 其 中一篇必须背诵 课堂中一篇必须背诵 课堂 Report Time 随机抽查 随机抽查 1 Home A Joy Forever Home means a lot to me Be it ever so humble there is no place like home I appreciate the warmth of my home and regard it as one of the brightest and dearest spots on earth It is the place where I can take refuge whenever I meet with difficulties failures and even frustrations in my daily life At home my dear parents and brothers and sisters will comfort me and cheer me up And with their concern and encouragement I will regain my self confidence and muster up all my strength and courage to face the stern realities of life To me home is forever a joy where I can always find love understanding care and help 词汇注释 1 humble adj 卑下的 微贱的 谦逊的 粗陋的 2 refuge n 庇护 避难 避难所 3 frustration n 挫败 挫折 受挫 4 muster v 集合 召集 征召 鼓起 勇气等 集聚 5 stern adj 严厉的 苛刻的 2 Water Shortage It s long been my dream to make a speech in English I am very delighted that I can make it today I hope you ll agree with what I m going to say It goes without saying that water is essential to our life We need it every day We use it to drink wash clothes water plants and so on We can t live without water Though more than 70 of the earth is covered with water most of it is seawater or salty water As a matter of fact fresh water takes up only a small percentage Do you know that our earth is facing a very critical problem the water shortage Without water we can do nothing It s our duty to preserve our water resources We must prevent water from being polluted We should learn to save water We should make every effort to protect our valuable drinking water 词汇注释 1 essential adj 本质的 基本的 精华的 2 percentage n 部分 百分比 3 critical adj 评论的 批评的 危急的 4 preserve vt 保护 保持 保存 保藏 5 takes up v 拿起 开始从事 继续 吸收 占据 6 make every effort to do v 努力去做 3 Ladies First Who goes first and who follows Despite women s growing sense of equality most of them still expect receive and cherish a number of small special courtesies Many men still rise when ladies enter the room on a social occasion although the custom is fading with the younger generation and under the impact of women s liberation Nonetheless most women of all ages still appreciate this courtesy when it occurs Men usually open doors for ladies but they stand back and allow them to go through first This may be different in China for the Chinese women traditionally follow the men When in the West usually walk ahead of men into a room or a theatre or a restaurant unless there is business to be done such as choosing a table handing tickets or buying something Then the man goes ahead to attend to the details 词汇注释 1 cherish vt 珍爱 怀抱 希望等 2 courtesy n 谦恭 允许 礼貌 3 nonetheless adv 虽然如此 但是 4 appreciate vt 赏识 鉴赏 感激 5 traditionally adv 传统上 传说上 4 Summer I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer and took a walk into the country to divert myself among the fields and meadows while the green was new and the flowers in their bloom As at this season of the year every lane is a beautiful walk and every hedge full of nosegays I lost myself with a great deal of pleasure among several thickets and bushes that were filled with a great variety of birds and an agreeable confusion of notes which formed the pleasantest scene in the world to one who had passed a whole winter in noise and smoke The freshness of the dews that lay upon everything about me with the cool breath of the morning which inspired the birds with so many delightful instincts created in me the same kind of animal pleasure and made my heart overflow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfaction as are not to be described or accounted for Joseph Addison Tulips 词汇注释 1 divert v 转移 转向 消遣 使高兴 2 meadow n 草地 牧场 3 lane n 乡间 小路 巷 里弄 狭窄的通 道 4 hedge n 树篱 障碍物 5 nosegay n 尤指有香味的 花束 6 thicket n 灌木丛 7 agreeable adj 使人愉快的 惬意的 适合的 8 dew n 露 露水般的东西 清新 9 animal pleasure n 快感 10 account for v 说明 占 解决 得分 5 The Media and Famous People In almost every form of media including television newspapers and magazines a great deal of attention is paid to the personal lives of celebrities It seems that the public cannot get enough of this kind of news However I believe that the media pays too much attention to the personal lives of famous people Perhaps most importantly the media should respect the privacy of every individual including public figures They may have chosen to be in the public eye but that does not give the public the right to know everything about them Moreover many stories about celebrities are untrue they are only gossip reported to increase sales of magazines and other media In a word I believe that the media should pay attention to matters other than the private lives of public figures In this way they can appeal to a wider audience and encourage people to develop other interests 词汇注释 1 celebrity n 名声 名人 2 privacy n 隐私 秘密 3 individual n 个人 个体 4 gossip n 闲话 闲谈 5 appeal to v 呼吁 上诉 有吸引力 6 audience n 听众 观众 6 Moon river song moon river wider than a mile I m crossing you in style some day oh dream maker you heart breaker wherever you re going I m going your way two drifters off to see the world there s such a lot of world to see we re after the same rainbow s end waiting round the bend my huckleberry friend moon river and me moon river wider than a mile I m crossing you in style some day oh dream maker you heart breaker wherever you re going I m going your way two drifters off to see the world there s such a lot of world to see we re after that same rainbow s end waiting round the bend my huckleberry friend moon river and me moon river moon river 词汇注释 1 drifter drift n 漂流物 流浪者 2 bend bend n 弯曲 处 3 go one s way s 动身 前往 4 in style 很成功地 7 I Have a Dream I say to you today my friends so even though we face the difficulties of the day and tomorrow I still have a dream It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content their character I have a dream today 词汇注释 1 creed n 信条 2 self evident adj 自明的 不证自明的 不言而喻的 3 swelter vi 闷热 被暑气所苦 汗流浃背 4 injustice n 不公平 不讲道义 5 oppression n 压迫 镇压 压抑 苦恼 6 oasis n 沙漠中 绿洲 舒适的地方 7 live out 实现 活到 8 Jane Eyre excerpt No You must stay I swear it and the oath shall be kept I tell you I must go I retorted roused to something like passion Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you Do you think I am an automation a machine without feeling And can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips and my drop of living water dashed from my cup Do you think because I am poor obscure plain and little I am soulless and heartless You think wrong I have as much soul as you and full as much heart And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth I should have made it as hard for you to leave me as it is now for me to leave you I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom conventionalities nor even of mortal flesh it is my spirit that addresses your spirit just as if both had passed through the grave and we stood at God s feet equal as we are Charlotte Bronte 词汇注释 1 oath n 誓言 宣誓 诅咒 2 retort v 反驳 反击 回报 3 automation n 自动机器 机器人 4 morsel n 食物 一口 少量 5 snatch v 攫取 6 conventionality n 常规 惯例 老一套 7 mortal n 凡人 人类 8 flesh n 供食用的 兽肉 果肉 蔬菜的嫩部 人体 9 Where There Is Life There Is Music If you ask me what is the most important thing in my life I will say music without hesitation I have liked music from my childhood My father often says when I was a baby I would never go to sleep without soft beautiful music Now music is a part of my life When I feel tired disappointed or in low spirits I usually turn to music Music nothing but music can have so wonderful an effect on my heart and feelings Not only me but also many high school students like popular music They listen to music before class after class and even at lunch It s hard to imagine life without music In fact music is an important part of many people s everyday life Music comes with us Where there is life there is music Where there is music there is hope You can hear music wherever you may go A man who doesn t know music will lose half the world A world without music would be a dull and dead one So dear friends let s open our arms and embrace music and enjoy it throughout our lives Love music and love life 词汇注释 1 hesitation n 犹豫 踌躇 2 dull adj 迟钝的 无趣的 阴暗的 3 embrace vt 拥抱 包含 信奉 4 turn to 变成 求助于 致力于 10 Yesterday Once More song When I was young I d listen to the radio waiting for my favorite songs When they played I would sing along It made me smile Those were such happy times and not so long ago How I wondered where they d gone But they are back again just like a long lost friend all the songs I love so well Every sha la la la every wo wo still shines Every shing a ling a ling that they re starting to sing so fine When they get to the part where he s breaking her heart It can really make me cry just like before it s yesterday once more Looking back on how it was in years gone by and the good time that I had makes today seem rather sad so much has changed It was songs of love that I would sing to them and I d memorize each word Those old melodies still sound so good to me as they melt the years away Every sha la la la every wo wo still shines Every shing a ling a ling that they re starting to sing so fine All my best memories come back clearly to me some can even make me c ry Just like before it s yesterday once more 11 Opportunity The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes For the most part the same air is available to everyone and everyone needs it Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves Opportunity is the same way It is everywhere Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value So many people are so anxious to get in on a ground floor opportunity as if the opportunity will do all the work That s impossible Just as you need air to breathe you need opportunity to succeed It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity however You must make use of that opportunity That s not up to the opportunity That s up to you It doesn t matter what floor the opportunity is on What matters is what you do with it 词汇注释 1 opportunity n 机会 时机 2 available adj 可利用的 有用的 接受探访 的 3 sustain vt 支撑 撑住 维持 持续 4 magnificent adj 华丽的 高尚的 宏伟的 5 seize v 抓住 逮住 夺取 6 take for granted v 认为理所当然 7 get in on v 口 参加 加入 12 We need good manners Do you remember the time when people were a litter nicer and gentler with each other I certainly do And I feel that much of the world has somehow gotten away from that Too often I see people rushing into elevators without giving those inside a chance to get out first or never saying Thank you when others hold the door open for them We get lazy And in our laziness we think that something like a simple Thank You doesn t really matter But it can matter very much The fact is that no matter how nicely we dress or how beautifully we decorate our homes we can t be truly elegant unless we have good manners because elegance and good manners go always hand in hand In fact I think of the good manners as a sort of hidden beauty secret Haven t you noticed that the kindest most generous people seem to keep getting prettier It s funny how that happens But it does Take the long lost art of saying Thank you like wearing a little makeup or making sure your hair is neat Getting into the habit of saying Thank you can make you feel better about yourself Good manners add to your image while an angry face makes the best dressed person look ugly 词汇注释 1 decorate v 装饰 为 做室内装修 2 elegant adj 文雅的 雅致的 3 makeup n 化妆品 补充 虚构 4 ugly adj 丑陋的 难看的 5 hand in hand adv 手拉手 联合 相关联的 13 Yesterday song yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away now it looks as though they re here to stay oh I believe in yesterday suddenly I m not half the man I used to be there s a shadow hanging over me oh yesterday came suddenly why she had to go I don t know she wouldn t say I said something wrong now I long for yesterday yesterday love was such an easy game to play now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday why she had to go I don t know she wouldn t say I said something wrong now I long for yesterday yesterday love was such an easy game to play now I need a place to hide away oh I believe in yesterday mm mm mm mm mm 词汇注释 1 hang over 悬浮在 之上 威胁 即将降临 发生 2 long for 渴望 羡慕 14 Hard Work Is Good for Health Why is work good for health It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness and solitude Researches show that people feel unhappy worried and solitary when they have nothing to do Instead the happiest are those who are busy Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard Work serves as a bridge between man and reality By work people come into contact with each other By collective activity they find friendship and warmth This is helpful to health The loss of work means the loss of everything It affects man spiritually and makes him liable to disease Besides work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of achievement Work makes one feel his value and status in society When a writer finishes his writing or doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow they are happy beyond words From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be Let us work hard and study well and live a happy and healthy life 词汇注释 1 solitude n 孤独 2 solitary adj 孤独的 3 collective adj 集体的 4 liable adj 有责任的 易 的 很有可能的 5 beyond words 无法形容 15 April Fool s Day The first of April is commonly known as April Fool s Day and it is customarily on this day to play a trick on a friend If your friend falls into the trap then he or she is an April Fool It isn t only children that like such jokes Grownups like such pranks too Even the media occasionally try to deceive the public with a clever April Fool story Some years ago for example a famous joke was played on the radio A scientific correspondent reported that strange geological changes had resulted in weaker gravity in different parts of Britain He asked listeners to jump up and down and see if they could jump higher than they normally could Many people did The hundreds of calls the BBC received proved how successful the hoax was Not until twelve o clock did the BBC gently remind its listeners it was April Fool s Day that day Making jokes only lasts until the noon of the day the rule is rigid and everywhere acknowledged Anyone who tries to make a fool after midday is a bigger fool than he who has been fooled The late trickster is instantly rebuffed as a piece of poem goes April Fool s gone and past You re the biggest fool at last When April Fool s Day comes again You ll be the biggest fool then 词汇注释 1 customarily adv 通常 2 prank n 胡闹 开玩笑 恶作剧 3 deceive v 欺骗 行骗 4 correspondent n 通讯记者 通信者 5 gravity n 地心引力 重力 6 hoax n 愚弄 7 rebuff v 回绝 8 play trick on 开 的玩笑 16 The Rainy Day The day is cold and dark and dreary It rains and the wind is never weary The vine still clings to the moldering wall But at every gust the dead leaves fall And the day is dark and dreary My life is cold and dark and dreary It rains and the wind is never weary My thoughts still cling to the moldering past But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary Be still sad heart And cease repining Behind the clouds is the sun still shining Thy fate is the common fate of all Into each life some rain must fall Some days must be dark and dreary Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 词汇注释 1 dreary dri ri adj 阴沉的 忧郁的 令人厌烦的 枯燥的 2 weary wi ri adj 疲倦的 困乏的 萎靡的 3 vine vain n 藤本植物 藤 4 cling kli vi 附着于 5 repine ripain vi 苦恼 埋怨 17 Under Southern Skies song There is a peace in our hearts And a hope in our hands We re a family of children We come from many different lands Our time is just beginning Our race is yet to run But if you would take us with you Then we have already won Under the southern skies Together in this land Every voice in celebration A family hand in hand under the southern skies As one we rise And turn our eyes to see All the wonder of the future in a world of harmony There s a great spirit rising From the desert to the sea As it sweeps across the southern land It comes to you and me Where the dreamers are the dreaming Where the race of the edge yet to come Every child can be a hero If our world could live as one Under the southern skies Together in this land Every voice in celebration A family hand in hand under the southern skies As one we rise And turn our eyes to see All the wonder of the future in a world of harmony 词汇注释 1 celebration n 庆祝 庆典 2 harmony n 协调 融洽 18 Have a Goal in Life Ladies and gentlemen Have a goal in life or your energies will all be wasted Goals determine what you re going to be The future is always unknown to us But to some extent we can foresee what will most likely be We can strive for the best So in the future I want to be somebody I believe that a young man who expects to be somebody often turns out to be one Lots of great people like schol