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1 1 1 FallFall inin LoveLove withwith EnglishEnglish 爱上英语爱上英语 Hiding behind the looseloose dustydusty curtaincurtain a teenagerteenager packpacked upup his overcoatovercoat into the suitcasesuitcase He planned to leave home atat duskdusk though there was thunderthunder and lightninglightning outdoorsoutdoors He hadhad gotgot toto dodo this because he waswas tiredtired ofof his parents nagging about his English study and did not want to gogo throughthrough it any longer He couldn t getget alongalong well withwith English and dislikedisliked joinjoining inin English classes because he thought his teacher ignoreignored him onon purposepurpose As a result his score in each exam never addadded upup toto over 60 His partnerpartner waswas concernedconcerned aboutabout him very much She understood exactlyexactly what he was suffersuffering fromfrom but entirelyentirely disagreedisagreed withwith his idea InIn orderorder toto calmcalm him downdown and settlesettle his problem she talked with him faceface toto faceface and swapswapped a a seriesseries ofof learning tiptips with him The itemitems she setset downdown helped him find the highwayhighway to studying English well The teenager was gratefulgrateful and got great powerpower from his friend s words Now he has recoverrecovered fromfrom being upsetupset and has fallfallen inin lovelove withwith English 有个少年少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大衣装入手提箱大衣装入手提箱 尽管外面外面正打雷打雷 闪电闪电 他仍计划在黄昏黄昏时分离家出走 他不得不不得不这样做是因为厌倦了厌倦了父母对 他英语学习的唠叨 不想再忍受忍受下去了 他的英语学习总是无法取得进展进展 而 且不喜欢参加不喜欢参加英语课的学习 因为他以为老师有意忽视有意忽视他 结果 他每次考试 的分数合计合计从未超过 60 他的搭档搭档很关心关心他 也确切地确切地理解他遭受遭受的折磨 但却完全不同意完全不同意 他的想法 为了为了使他冷静冷静下来好好解决解决问题 她和他面对面面对面地交谈 并交换交换了 一系列一系列的学习心得技巧技巧 她写下来写下来的条款条款帮助他找到了学好英语的最佳捷径最佳捷径 这个少年非常很感激很感激 并从朋友的话里获得极大的动力动力 现在 他已经 从沮丧沮丧中恢复恢复过来 真正爱上爱上了英语 2 2 2 DifferentDifferent CountriesCountries HaveHave DifferentDifferent KindsKinds ofof EnglishesEnglishes 不同的国家有不同的英语不同的国家有不同的英语 VoyageVoyages of people from England playplay anan important partpart inin spreading the English language AtAt presentpresent English is frequentlyfrequently spoken as an officialofficial or common language in many countries suchsuch asas America SingaporeSingapore MalaysiaMalaysia and some AfricanAfrican countries All basebased onon British English the English spoken in these countries can be well understood by nativenative English speakers But actuallyactually these Englishes have been graduallygradually changing in accentaccents spellingspellings expressionexpressions and the usageusage of vocabularyvocabulary BecauseBecause ofof this fact you can makemake useuse ofof the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your blockblock are from For example if a boss fluentlyfluently commandcommands s his driver ComeCome upup straightstraight to my apartmentapartment by elevatorelevator and take e some gasgas for my trucks and cabcabs instead of requestrequesting Please come to my flatflat by liftlift and take some petrolpetrol for my lorrieslorries and taxis you can recognizerecognize his American identityidentity while the latterlatter suggestsuggests that he is British 英国人的航海航海在英语的传播中扮演了扮演了重要的角色的角色 目前目前 英语在许多国 家被作为官方官方语言或通用语言频繁地频繁地使用 例如例如美国 新加波新加波 马来西亚马来西亚和一 些非洲的非洲的国家 这些国家的英语都以以英式英语为基础为基础 能很好地为以英语为本本 族族语的的人所理解 但是实际上实际上 这些英语在口音口音 拼写拼写 表达表达和词汇词汇的使用使用方 面都在逐渐逐渐变化 因为因为这一情况的存在 你就可以利用利用这些英语之间的区别说出你们街区街区 的外国人是哪个国家来的了 例如 如果有个老板流利地命令流利地命令他的司机 Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs 直接直接搭电梯电梯到我公寓上来公寓上来拿卡车和出租车出租车的汽油汽油 而不是要求要求说 Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis 请直接搭电梯电梯到我公寓公寓上来拿卡车卡车和出租车的汽汽 油油 你就可以轻易地辨认辨认出他的美国人身份身份 而后者后者却暗示暗示着那是一位英 国人 请注意 听力录音里第二段两个 电梯 的单词跟原文不一致 原文 是对的 录音弄错了 elevator 才是美式说法而 lift 是英式说法 3 3 A3 A HardHard TripTrip 一次辛苦的旅行一次辛苦的旅行 My sister waswas fondfond ofof traveling EverEver sincesince graduatinggraduating she had been determineddetermined to organizeorganize a trip to an old templetemple Since transporttransporting farefare was expensive she decided to use a bicycle to cyclecycle there not caringcaring aboutabout the disadvantagedisadvantages Her stubbornstubborn attitudeattitude was always her shortcomingshortcoming Once she mademade upup her mindmind to do something no one could persuadepersuade her to changechange her mindmind FinallyFinally we gavegave inin asas usualusual though we preferpreferred to take a train After we prepared everything including the scheduleschedule reliablereliable weather forecastforecast and the insuranceinsurance we began our trip Our journeyjourney was along a river flowflowing from a high altitudealtitude Our pacepace was slow because the river frequently had many sharp bendbends through deep valleyvalleys where the water seemed to boilboil Just as I recorded in my journaljournal it was really a hard journey But we also enjoyed great viewviews One night I put my head on my pillowpillow a a parcelparcel ofof woolwool coats and lay beneathbeneath the stars When the flameflame in front of our cavecave went out atat midnightmidnight I found the sky so beautiful 我的妹妹很喜欢喜欢旅行 自从毕业自从毕业以来 她就下定决心下定决心要组织组织一次往一座古 庙庙的旅行 因为交通费用交通费用昂贵 她决定骑自行车骑自行车去 毫不担心担心其中的不利不利情况 顽固的态度顽固的态度一直都是她的缺点缺点 一旦她下定决心下定决心要做的事 就没有人能说服说服她 改变主意改变主意 最后最后 我们像往常一样让步像往常一样让步 尽管我们更喜欢更喜欢乘火车去 我们准备 好了所有东西 包括时间表时间表 可靠的可靠的天气预报预报 还有保险保险 就开始了旅程 我们的旅程旅程沿着一条从高海拔海拔处流流下来的河流前行 但我们的步伐步伐很慢 因为当流经深深的峡谷峡谷时 这条河流急转弯转弯很多 急湍的河水都似乎沸腾沸腾起来 正如我在旅行日志旅行日志里记录的那样 这真是一次艰苦的旅行 但是我们也欣赏到 了美丽的景色景色 一天晚上 我把头枕在一包羊毛一包羊毛衣服做的枕头枕头上 躺在在星空下下 当岩洞岩洞前的火焰火焰在午夜午夜熄灭时 我发现夜空是如此的美丽 4 4 A4 A HorribleHorrible EarthquakeEarthquake 可怕的地震可怕的地震 DirtyDirty water rose in wellwells and canalcanals before the earthquakeearthquake But no one judgejudged that an earthquake was coming Suddenly everything shook It seemed asas ifif the world was atat anan endend MillionsMillions ofof brickbrick houses and a a numbernumber ofof damdams were destroydestroyed Railway tracktracks became uselessuseless barbars PipePipes in minemines burstburst and let out smellysmelly steamsteam Huge crackcracks traptrapped cyclistcyclists everywhere The next day this eventevent was the headlineheadline or main titletitle of all newspapers With the reporterreporters giving an outlineoutline of the disasterdisaster the whole nationnation was shockshocked by the damagedamage and the victim s extremeextreme sufferingsuffering People were moved when they read that the survivorsurvivors s comforted each other by saying CongratulationCongratulations s You survived So they not only expressexpressed their sympathy sincerelysincerely but also organized together to help the victims rightright awayaway The injureinjured were rescuerescued and the dead were buriedburied The frightenfrightened survivors were dugdug outout from under the ruinruins and were offered sheltershelter fresh water and electricityelectricity Thanks to people s help the loss was minimized 地震地震前 水井水井和运河运河里的污污水都涨涌起来 但是却没人判断判断出地震即将来 临 霎那间 一切都在摇晃 似乎似乎整个世界就要结束结束 数以百万数以百万的砖砖房和许多许多 水坝水坝遭到破坏破坏 铁路轨道轨道都变成无用的无用的铁条条 煤矿管道煤矿管道纷纷爆裂爆裂 发出有臭味臭味 的蒸汽的蒸汽 到处都有骑车的人骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住裂缝陷住 第二天 所有报纸都纷纷以大字标题大字标题或主要标题标题报道了这一事件事件 记者记者们 描述了灾难灾难的大概情况大概情况 全国国都被地震的破坏破坏和灾民们极度的苦难极度的苦难所震惊震惊 当 人们读到幸存者幸存者以 恭喜恭喜啊 你还活着 来互相安慰时 都被感动了 人们 不仅衷心地表达衷心地表达了他们的同情 而且还立刻立刻组织起来帮助灾民 伤伤员被救救助了 死者被埋葬埋葬了 吓坏吓坏的幸存者被从废墟废墟中挖出来挖出来了 栖身处栖身处 净水和电力电力也很 快得到提供 多亏了人们的帮助 灾区的损失被减到了最小 5 5 The5 The GreatGreat PresidentPresident 伟大的总统伟大的总统 As the founderfounder of the republicrepublic the presidentpresident had many good qualitiesqualities Before comingcoming toto powerpower he was a generousgenerous lawyerlawyer He waswas willingwilling toto selflesslyselflessly help everyone who turnedturned toto him He accepted no feefee to offer legallegal guidanceguidance and opinionopinions to those who were outout ofof workwork or uneducateeducated Later believing all mankindmankind to be equalequal he devotedevoted himself to stopping the unfairunfair anti anti black laws He setset upup the Black YouthYouth LeagueLeague and was votevoted to be the leader However though he kept peacefulpeaceful principleprinciples without violenceviolence and terrorterror his meanmean enemies still blewblew upup his house and attackattacked his relativerelatives and he himself couldn t escapeescape bebeing sentencedsentenced toto 30 years in prison Not fearing of the prison guards crueltycruelty he kept activeactive and begbegged no mercy from them AsAs a a mattermatter ofof factfact he was always hopefulhopeful and never lostlost heartheart during the stagestage even though he was inin troubletrouble Finally people rewardrewarded him with the leader s position and a gold blanketblanket 作为共和国共和国的创始人创始人 这位总统总统具备许多的优秀品质品质 还在掌权掌权之前 他就是一位慷慨的律师慷慨的律师 他愿意无私地愿意无私地帮助那些向向他求助求助的人 他免费费为失业失业 的的 或没有受过教育教育的人提供法律指导法律指导和意见意见 后来 因为相信所有人类人类都是 生来平等平等 他全身心投入投入到废除不平等的反不平等的反黑人法律工作中 他建立建立了黑人青青 年团年团并被选选为领袖 然而 尽管他坚持没有暴力暴力 没有恐怖恐怖的和平原则和平原则 卑鄙卑鄙 的的敌人还是炸毁炸毁了他的家 袭击袭击了他的亲属亲属 他自己也无法逃脱被判逃脱被判 30 年徒 刑的遭遇 在狱中 他毫不畏惧狱警的残酷残酷 始终保持积极积极的态度 不向他们乞求乞求 怜悯 实际上实际上 他在任何一个困境时期困境时期都充满着希望充满着希望 从未灰心灰心 最后 人们以领袖的职位和一块金毯子回报毯子回报了他的贡献 6 6 A6 A BraveBrave MaidMaid 勇敢的女仆勇敢的女仆 A woodenwooden vasevase from the Ming DynastyDynasty at the entranceentrance of the receptionreception hall amazeamazed everyone The artistartists designdesigned it in a rarerare stylestyle and selectselected valuablevaluable jeweljewels to decoratedecorate it People thoughtthought highlyhighly ofof its fancyfancy colour of honeyhoney and the beautiful paintingpaintings on it The vase used to belongbelong toto a formerformer castlecastle But when the country was atat warwar the enemy trooptroops explodeexploded the castle DebateDebates on how the vase survivesurvived went on and on In order to removeremove people s doubtdoubt a team of no lessless thanthan 20 people carried out an informalinformal investigation The evidenceevidences s they found showed that a maidmaid tooktook the vase apartapart and asked a sailorsailor to sinksink it in a locallocal well She never gave away the secret even under the cruel trialtrial of the enemies who were inin searchsearch ofof treasures It is worthworth giving this brave maid a fortune inin returnreturn 接待接待大厅入口处入口处的明朝木制花瓶朝木制花瓶 使使每个人都惊奇惊奇不已 艺术家艺术家以一种 罕有的风格设计罕有的风格设计它 并挑选挑选了贵重的珠宝装饰贵重的珠宝装饰它 人们高度赞赏高度赞赏它那蜂蜜蜂蜜般的 奇特奇特颜色 还有上面绘制的绘画绘画 这个花瓶曾经属于属于一座从前的城堡从前的城堡 但在战争战争期间 敌人的军队炸毁军队炸毁了 城堡 于是关于这个花瓶是如何幸存下来幸存下来的争论争论就一直在持续着 为了解开解开人 们的疑问疑问 一个由不少于少于 20 人的调查队开展了一次非正式的非正式的调查 他们找到 的证据证据表明 有个女仆女仆 把把花瓶拆开拆开 然后让一名水手水手把它沉沉到当地的当地的一个水 井里 她从来没有泄露这个秘密 即使是在搜寻搜寻财宝的敌人残酷的审讯审讯下 这位女仆真是值得值得给予一大笔钱作为对她的回报回报 7 7 A7 A FairFair CompetitionCompetition 公平的比赛公平的比赛 SwiftSwifter Higher and Stronger standsstands forfor the spirit of the Olympics But fairness is the basisbasis of this mottomotto Only when you win fairly will you and your homelandhomeland deservedeserve the great gloryglory But nowadaysnowadays unlike the ancientancient honest slaveslave competitorcompetitors some hopelesshopeless athleteathletes who can t bear the painpain of training cheat when takingtaking partpart inin games MedalMedals seem to have magicalmagical power causing them to cheat and the prize money has replacereplaced the motto as their only goal So in the gymnasticsgymnastics event to be held in our city next month one of the hosthost s responsibilitiesresponsibilities is to keep competitions fair They advertiseadvertised on posterposters outside the stadiumstadium to promise that every competitor is to have a regularregular physicalphysical examination in a gymnasiumgymnasium oneone afterafter anotheranother No one can bargainbargain on this The volunteervolunteers inin chargecharge will be very strict It is foolishfoolish to cheat because they will not be admitadmitted to competecompete and will even be finefined asas wellwell 更快快 更高 更强 代表代表着奥运精神 但是公平却是这一格言格言的基基 础础 只有当你公平地赢得比赛 你和你的祖国祖国才会承受承受这样的光荣光荣 但如今如今 不像古代古代那些诚实的奴隶参赛者奴隶参赛者 有些没有希望的运动员没有希望的运动员无法承受训练的痛苦痛苦 于是在参加参加比赛时作假 奖牌奖牌似乎有某种魔魔力使他们作假 奖金也已经代替代替了 奥运格言成为了他们唯一的目标 因此 在我们市下个月即将举行的一场体操体操赛事中 主办方主办方的其中一项 责任责任就是要确保比赛的公平 他们在体育场体育场外的海报海报上做广告做广告 承诺说每个参 赛者都将在体育馆一个一个地体育馆一个一个地参加常规的身体常规的身体检查 对此没有人可以讨价还价讨价还价 8 负责负责此事的志愿者志愿者将非常严格 作假是很愚蠢的愚蠢的 因为他们将不被允许允许去竞赛竞赛 甚至还还将被罚款罚款 8 Computers8 Computers 电脑电脑 The goalgoal of early calculatingcalculating machines was to simplifysimplify difficult sumsums But withwith thethe helphelp ofof new technologytechnology electronicelectronic chipchips replaced tubetubes and a revolutionrevolution of artificialartificial intelligenceintelligence has arisearisen FromFrom then onon the appearanceappearance of computers totallytotally changed our lives They can not only downloaddownload information from the wetwet when connected by the networknetwork or mobilemobile phone signalsignals but also solvesolve different typetypes of logicallogical problems With operatoroperators as their coachcoaches they can even control rocketrockets to exploreexplore the moon and instruct androidandroids with the humanhuman racerace s charactercharacters to mopmop floors and watchwatch overover your naughtynaughty nieceniece AnyhowAnyhow computers are soso helpful thatthat they do bring happinesshappiness However computers are easily attacked by virusviruses This realityreality has become a hard to dealdeal withwith problem AsAs a a resultresult computers are dangerous inin a a wayway So personallypersonally I worry about their universaluniversal applicationapplications in some fields such as financefinance 早期计算计算机器的目的目的是简化简化比较难的计算计算 但是在在新技术技术的帮助下帮助下 电电 子芯片子芯片代替了电子管电子管 一场人工智能革命人工智能革命由此掀起掀起 从从那时起起 电脑的出现完出现完 全全改变了我们的生活 它们不仅能在网络网络或移动移动电话信号信号的连接下从网网上下载下载 信息 而且可以解决解决各种类型类型的逻辑逻辑问题 在操作员操作员的教练教练下 它们甚至还可 以控制火箭探索火箭探索月球 指导具有人类性格人类性格的机器人擦洗机器人擦洗地板和照顾照顾你调皮的侄调皮的侄 女女 不管怎么说不管怎么说 电脑都是如此的如此的有用 以致以致的确给人们带来了快乐快乐 9 然而 电脑很容易受到病毒病毒的攻击 这一现实现实已经成为一个难以处理处理的 难题 结果结果 电脑在某种程度上在某种程度上是很危险的 因此 就个人而言就个人而言 我很担心电 脑在某些领域 例如金融金融方面的广泛应用广泛应用 9 9 保护野生动植物保护野生动植物 WildlifeWildlife ProtectionProtection DinosaurDinosaurs dieddied outout because of an unexpectedunexpected incidentincident But wildlifewildlife today disappears or is inin dangerdanger just because humans do harmharm to it For example tigers are hunthunted for furfur to make carpetcarpets soso thatthat they can only live in securesecure reservereserves grassland is destroyed without mercymercy so that dustdust storms comecome intointo being affectaffecting distantdistant cities Last year scientists saw some monkeys rubrubbing themselves with a certaincertain kind of insectinsects to protectprotect themselves fromfrom fiercefierce mosquitomosquitoes bitingbiting AccordingAccording toto the result of the inspectioninspection they found that the insect containcontains a powerfulpowerful drug so local farmers were employemployed to catch the insects The endingending was that the insects disappeared from the whole zonezone When told that it was a lossloss to humans the farmers burstburst intointo laughterlaughter and respondresponded Our real loss is our decreasingdecreasing incomeincome We should appreciateappreciate the natural balance and paypay more attentionattention toto the importanceimportance of wildlife protectionprotection Not until we succeedsucceed inin letting wildlife live inin peacepeace can we smile inin reliefrelief 恐龙恐龙因一次意外事件意外事件而灭绝灭绝 但是今天的野生动植物野生动植物却是因为人类 的伤害伤害而消失或处在危险中处在危险中 例如 老虎被猎杀猎杀以获取做地毯地毯的皮毛皮毛 以致以致它 10 们只能生活在安全的保护区安全的保护区里 草地被毫不怜悯怜悯地破坏 以致沙尘沙尘暴开始影响开始影响 遥远的遥远的城市 去年 科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某擦某种昆虫昆虫来保护保护自己不受凶猛的不受凶猛的 蚊子的叮咬蚊子的叮咬 根据检查根据检查的结果 他们发现这种昆虫含含有一种具有强大强大效力的的药 物 于是 当地的农民都被雇雇来抓虫子 结果结果是 这种昆虫从这整个地区地区都消 失了 当被告知说这是整个人类的损失损失时 农民们都突然大笑突然大笑着回应回应道 我 们减少的收入减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢 我们应该意识到意识到自然平衡的重要重要 更加注意注意野生动植物的保护保护 直 到我们成功成功让野生动植物安详平静地安详平静地生活 我们自己才能如释重负地如释重负地笑开颜 10 My10 My FirstFirst BandBand 我的第一支乐队我的第一支乐队 I was very sensitivsensitive to music Just dipdipping intointo the music books brieflybriefly I could sing or play well ToTo bebe honesthonest I always dreamdreamt ofof becoming a famous folkfolk actoractor I was so confidentconfident that I never decreased my devotiondevotion I formformed my first band called RollRolling Frog At the beginning we reliedrelied onon performperforming on instrumentinstruments in pubpubs or to passerpassers byby to earnearn extraextra money inin cashcash Then we wore false beardbeards s to pretendpretend to be the musicianmusicians whom people werewere familiarfamiliar withwith InIn additionaddition we attachattached humoroushumorous acts to our performanceperformances s and playplayed jokesjokes onon each other Soon our funny jazzjazz became famous and invitationinvitations to perform for broadcastbroadcast stations began to come AfterwardsAfterwards we sortsorted outout attractiveattractive music and made a record in a studiostudio A million oror soso copies were sold and we became millionairemillionaires It was painfulpainful that the band brokebroke upup finally But aboveabove allall I realized my dream to be a musician 11 我对音乐很敏感敏感 只要简要地浏览简要地浏览一下乐谱 我就能演唱或演奏得很好 说实话说实话 我一直都梦想梦想着能成为出名的民间演员民间演员 自信的自信的我从未减少过热爱热爱 我组成组成的第一支乐队叫做 摇滚摇滚蛙 开始 我们依靠依靠在酒吧酒吧里或 向路人表演乐器路人表演乐器来挣挣些零花的现金零花的现金 然后我们带上假胡子假扮胡子假扮人们熟悉熟悉的音乐音乐 家家 除此之外除此之外 我们在表演表演中加上幽默的加上幽默的动作 互相开着玩笑开着玩笑 很快 我们的 滑稽爵士乐爵士乐 出了名 到广播广播电台表演的邀请邀请开始多起来 随后随后 我们把我 们吸引人的吸引人的音乐做了分类分类 在一间音乐工作室工作室录制了 1 张唱片 大约大约卖出了 100 万张 这使我们都成了百万富翁百万富翁 乐队最终的解散解散让我很心痛痛 但最重要的是最重要的是 我实现了自己当音乐 家的梦想 11 An11 An InterestingInteresting FestivalFestival 有趣的节日有趣的节日 The AgriculturalAgricultural FeastFeast taketakes placeplace after the IndependenceIndependence Day It is not a worldwideworldwide celebrationcelebration Only ChristianChristians in MexicoMexico looklook forwardforward toto its arrivalarrival for its religiousreligious originorigin Long ago humans ancestorancestors were bad They foolfooled and playplayed trickstricks onon each other and never keptkept their wordword So God turnturned upup and drowndrowned all their crops Humans starvestarved dayday andand nightnight weepweeping In order to gaingain God s forgivenessforgiveness a woman poetpoet setset offoff to see God She admireadmired God and kept apologizingapologizing God was moved With his permissionpermission humans finally had good harvestharvests again So to wipewipe sadnesssadness and remindremind themselves ofof the