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英语入门级阅读材料英语入门级阅读材料 Cen tral Perk caf i nBei ji n g Almosta decade haspassed sincethe hi tsi t Friendsleft ourtelevision screens Bu t the showhas neverbeen far from one m an s thoughts Du Xin has openeda minirepl ica of the show s Central Perk caf in Beijing China Tu ckedaway on the sixthfloor of an officebl ock the caf feat ure sthe sam e orangecouch window anddoorway andplays re runs ofFriends Du Xin whose n i cknam eis Guntherafter the Friends character whoruns Central Perk told NationalPublic Radio I m crazyabout Friends For me i t s like a religion I t s mylife The caf serves the sam esn acks m entioned in the show and the menus arefilled withfun facts and detailsfrom theseries And it seems like MrXin s ideahas caugh ton as asecond Central Perk recentlyopened inShanghai His obsessi ondoesn t stopthere however Du Xin has builta replica of theapartm entthat the ch aracterJoey lived in and it even has an i den t i cal foosball table DVDs of the TVshow Baywatchand anoversized cabi n etsimilar to the oneJoey made The show is popularin Chinabecause itserves as a toolfor learningEnglish and is an introduction toAm ericancultu re People dreamabout thel aid ba ck friendship filled lifestyleit portrayswhich is a farcr yfr omthe stressfu land pet i t i ve world that you ng Chinesepeople i nhabi t Du Xinsaid That s whywe likeFriends We re lookingfor thiskind of life He added I learneda lotfrom Friends how totreat friends girlfriends my wife how to be generou s how to be gen t le Friends fans e from allover China to visitCentralPerk Qiu Yu who livesin Beijing took afriend visitingfrom Taiyuan For Qiu Yu the main attractionof the show isthat sixfriends liveon th eir own away from the const rai n ts of their families She said I thinkth eirlives arevery free very happy They cando whateverthey like For Chinesepeople the influence of our familiesis quitebig So weyearn for that lifestyle 355words 朝阳区朝外大街乙6号朝外SOHOA座0616室 近世贸天阶 Cen tralPerkcaf i nBei ji n g Almosta decade haspassed sincethe hi tsi t Friendsleft ourtelevision screens Bu tthe showhas neverbeen farfrom one m an s thoughts Du Xinhas openeda minirepl icaof the show s CentralPerkcaf in Beijing China Tu ckedaway on the sixthfloor of an officebl ock the caf feat ure sthesam e orangecouch window anddoorway andplays re runs ofFriends Du Xin whose ni cknameis Guntherafter the Friends character whoruns CentralPerk told NationalPublic Radio I m crazyabout Friends For me i t slikea religion I t s mylife The caf serves thesamesn acks m entioned in theshowand themenus arefilled withfun facts and detailsfromtheseries And it seemslike MrXin s ideahas caugh ton as asecond CentralPerk recentlyopened inShanghai His obsessi ondoesn t stopthere however Du Xinhas builta replicaoftheapartm entthat thecharacter Joeylivedin anditevenhas ani den t icalfoosballtable DVDs ofthe TVshow Baywatchand anoversized cabin etsimilar to the oneJoey made The showis popularin Chinabecause itserves asa toolfor learningEnglish andis anintroduction toAm ericancultu re People dreamabout thel aid ba ck friendship filled lifestyleit portrayswhich is a farcr yfr omthe stressfu land pet it ive worldthat you ng Chinesepeople inhabi t Du Xinsaid That s whywe likeFriends We re lookingfor thiskind oflife He added I learneda lotfrom Friends how totreat friends girlfriends my wife how to be generou s how tobe gen t le Friends fans efrom allover Chinato visitCentralPerk QiuYu who livesin Beijing took afriend visitingfrom Taiyuan For QiuYu themain attractionoftheshowisthat sixfriends liveon th eir own away fromthe const raints oftheir families She said I thinktheirlives arevery free very happy They cando whateverthey like For Chinesepeople theinfluence ofour familiesis quitebig So weyearn forthat lifestyle 355words 朝阳区朝外大街乙6号朝外SOHOA座0616室 近世贸天阶 Ten Reasonsof Travel1 I fyou don t takethe firststep you ll neverdo it 1 如果现在不踏出第一步 以后更没可能I t s soeasy to get stuckin thiscycle of I m going to go I can t goright now I ll gonext year I m goingto go and neverget outof it There is after all a lotoflogi st i csthat gointo gettingout thereand seeingthe placesyou ve alwayswanted to see 人们很容易陷入这种怪圈 我要去旅游 但现在不行 明年吧 明年我就去 可到最后也没成行 反正出门旅游的途径很多 总有办法去那些一直想看的地方 I fyou re lookingfor one there is always an excuse not to getthose tickets Bu tthe secondyou takethe plu n ge anddecide that you re actuallygoing and makingthe painful but necessary financial investments to do so everything elseh asat en dency tofall intoplace 只要你不想去 总有理由不去动身 可一旦你鼓起勇气真的决定出发时 可能要为此花掉一点必要的积 蓄 所有的一切都会清晰明朗啦 2 I t s lessexpensive than you think 2 旅游没你想得昂贵While thepu rchasesof thingslike ticketsare always goingtost in ga bit there areso m any ways to m ake yourtravels feasibl eto doon thecheap 除了票价等有点贵以外 穷游的途径还是很多的 I fa hostelis toopricey foryou though there are manywhich offerbeds at15bucks a night or even lessin major cities couch surfing isa wonderfulopt i on I fyou don t knowanyone ch eckany ofthemanywebsites which or gani zecouch surfers Speaking personally I and almost all of myfriends inParis havehosted couchsu rfersat oi me or another because weu n derst andthat it sa city so many people wantto seeat somepoint and we don t alwayshave aton ofdi sposabl eine todo so 如果你住不起旅馆 虽然有些旅馆15块钱就能住一晚 有些大 城市的旅馆甚至还能再便宜些 可以考虑做沙发客 要是你没什么认识的人 可以在组织沙发客的网站上查查 悄悄说 我和我在巴黎的朋友都时不时地招待过沙发客 因为我们 知道很多人都想来看看巴黎 但手上的积蓄又很有限 I t s actuallyincredibly funfor hoststo m eet newpeople andbe able to seetheir citythrough neweyes They can also helpyou eatcheap local foodand shopplaces where you won t be another ripped off tourist I t s win win and practicallyfree Of course it salwaysencouraged that you buya mealor bottleof winefor yourhost and helpwith choreswhen possible but still that s nothingpared to a hotel 其实 能结识新朋友并用全新的目光参观他们的城市是件非 常有趣的事情 他们还能帮你吃到便宜的地方菜 买到便宜的东西 让你避免被宰 沙发客 旅游非常廉价 是双赢的旅游攻略 当然 建议你送主人一瓶酒或请主人吃顿饭 可以的话帮忙做做家 务 不管怎样 这要比住旅馆省钱有趣多了 3 You don t everh avetobe alone 3 旅游无需落单Whether youmeet peoplein yourhostel stay onsomeone s couch or join anonline travelgroup beforeyou gowhich organizes m eetupsfor peoplepassing through the city there isnever a reason tobe alonewhile traveling if you don t wantto 如果你不想一个人旅游 那肯定能找到伴儿 你可以在旅馆结识旅伴 可以做沙发客 或在出发前网上报名那种 招人一起游览的组团 Being youngand in a new city isone ofthe easiestways tomeettons ofpeople and givesyou a million thingsto talkabout inevery conve rsat i onwith astranger I t satim eyou don t havetobeafraid offirst impressions or the baggage of your lifeback home Everything andeveryone isa cleansl at e and you can meetas many peopleas you want onyour journey 年轻人在陌生城市很容易认识各种各样的人 随便跟谁都 能有聊不尽的话题 而且这种情况下你还不必介意什么第一印象或回家后的生活烦恼 一切人与事都是新奇的 旅途中你爱结识多少人就能结识多少人 4 Bu tyou can bealoneif youwant 4 如果你想 一个人的旅程也不错I fyou are more interestedin spendingsom ealone tim e however there areamillionwaysto go aboutthat You canj ustleave for a dayand gowander arou ndanewcity taking everythinginandbeing atpeace withyou r own thoughts You cantake picturesor sitdown incafes andwrite abou t everythingyou see and don t havetobeon anyone s schedule I t s rarethat weget thesekind ofmom entsback home and weowe itto ourselvesto havethem onceinawhile if it s whatwe want 如果你宁愿一个人静静 办法也有的是 你可以抽一天时间去一座陌生城市逛逛 随遇而安 任思绪平和无 扰 也可以拍拍照片 在咖啡馆坐下写点所见所想 不受任何人搅 扰 回家后我们就难得享受这样的时光了 所以偶尔想要一个人静一静 的话 就对自己好点吧 5 Pl ane travelis anad vent ure initself 5 飞机旅行本身就是一种冒险Just theact ofgetting ina planeand feelingit takeoff or navigatingthebyzan t inechaos of an airportin earlymorning can bea thrillingexperience thatwe easilyforget wecan have There is something terriblyfri ghtenin g but also wonderfullylife affirming abou tthemom entsbefore takeoff or theglimpses ofpat chw ork fieldsyoucanget fromover thewing 仅仅是感受飞机的起飞 或清早挤过飞机场罗马式的喧嚣 就足以在不知不觉间带给我们一段激动人心的经历 起飞之前或瞥见机翼下方斑斓田野之际 总是又惊惧又笃定 Even theoften di sappoi ntingselection ofairplane foodbees som ething wonderfuland exot ic when you re goingsom ewhere you ve beendreaming abou t foryears I t samom entthat m eans yougot out thatyouovercame thefalse starts and that something new iswaiting foryou 当你前往梦寐以求的目的地时 就连不甚如意的飞机餐都变 得既可口又充满异国情调了 这是你克服障碍动身出发的时 前方是的一切在等待着你 6 Once you get there moving arou ndiseasier 6 既已抵达 游览便容易多了Take for example Europe You e primarily to see Rome bu tyouwantto get around and see otherthings Between cheaptrain ticketswith the12 30di scountcards incredibly cheapairlines thathop betweenEu ropeancities and carshares thatare easilyaessi bl e onlineand cancross entirecountries ina fewhours therearelimitless waysto getfrom oneplace toanother onceyou ve alreadytaken theleap acrossthe ocean 就拿欧洲来说 刚开始你主要是想参观罗马 但很快你就想 到周边看看别的了 既然有优惠12 30 的火车票卡 欧洲城际廉价班机 网上拼车花数小时纵览各国 只要你已经迈开第一步 就有数不尽的方法从一个地方玩到另一个 地方 Whichever continentyou re headed to thoug h you ll findthat in manyways thankstotheinter the meansof shortertravel tomakethe mostoutofasingle tripare growingex ponenti al l yevery day 不管你去哪个洲 你会发现 因为互联网的普及 一次旅游中 的短途游玩方式已经日见增多了 7 You neverknow what willhappen whenyou getthere 7 旅途总是充满新奇I t ssoclich bu tit s saidoften fora reason You canspend yearsrationalizing howyou aren t missingthat muchby notgoing or howyou don t wantto risknot havinga goodtime orthatyou won t know what todo whenyougetthere bu tthe truth isyou have no pointof referen ce 虽然有点老生常谈 却也不乏道理 你可以年复一年地说服自己 不去旅行没啥大不了 去了不好 玩才没劲呢 或者 你去了也不知道干嘛 但事实却是你这样 说毫无根据 The amountof in crediblethings thatyou couldhappen onyour tripis literally unim aginable You cansay thatyoudon t needtoseeit bu tyou reallyhavenoway ofknowing exactlywhat you re missingout on 旅途中可能发生的奇妙事情绝对不是你能想象得到的 或许你会说你根本就不想要什么奇妙经历 但这样你真的会错过很 多很多 8 You willin variabl ylearn som ething about yourself 8 你总能更加了解自己I tcanbeas simpleas I cann avigat ea foreigncity bym yselfand getaround witha language bookfu llof onlyuseful phrases I can use mylim it edskills to get goodfood aom modations and meetnew friends Even thisis anincredibly important and affirmingthing toknow about oneself and theonly wayto learnit istogetoutand seewhat happenswhenyoutry 简单一点就是 我可以自己游玩陌生城市 能 用一本实用外语手册走遍南北 还能用有限的能力解决吃饭住宿问 题并结识新的朋友 哪怕就是这些也非常了不起 足以让你了解自己 而了解自己的唯 一办法就是走出去不断尝试 9 I t s goodtogetout 9 出去走走益处多No matter how much youlove you r cur rent placeof resi dence it s j ust all around agood thingtogetout everynow andag ainandseesome newsurroundings You areable topu tsome parison upagainst thecorner barsyou areused to the restaurantsyou fre quent the architectureyou re surroundedby and thepublic tran sport ati onyou use everyday 不管你多么喜欢现在居住的城市 时不时地出去接触新环 境也很有好处 走出去你才能拿新的地方和你常去的街角酒吧 常光顾的餐馆 总 是经过的建筑风景或每天乘坐的公共交通进行比较 While youmay endup findingthatyouprefer whereyou camefrom it s nicetoseejusthowmuchofourowncities wetake forgranted asbeing universal and evenhow thebuzz ofacityarounddusk canfeel pletelydifferent ina climate which is almostidentical Cities havetheir ownlives andpersonalities and wesometim esforget thatours isfarfrombeing theonly kindout there 或许最后你发现自己更喜欢原来的地方 这样也好 原来一直这么理所当然地住在自己的城市 而黄昏时分 城市的喧嚣就算是在相同的气候下竟也有迥然不同的韵味 城市各有各的生活与特征 只是我们常常忘了外面的世界很大很精 彩 10 There aresomany peopleyou haven t met yet 10 还有很多人等你去认识Maybe youwon t meet thelove ofyour lifewaiting tocross astreet ina foreigncity Maybe youwon t havea whirlwindtwo weekswith themwhereyouex plo reyour newen vir onmentandlearn thefirst fumbling stepsofanew language Maybe youwon t endup remembering thiscity forthe restofyourlife as the placewhere everythingwonderful firstbegan Bu t maybe youwill and that s reasonenough togo 或许你不可能在异国街头邂逅你的至爱伴侣 或许你不会来一 场闪电恋爱跟他们交往两周 但旅行的乐趣在于一边探索新环境 一边结结巴巴学习新的语言 又或许以后你再也不会记得这座曼妙 旅程拉开序幕的城市 但是或许你又会 所以你一定要去旅行 Author andradio host DianeBrandon hasinterpreted hundredsof dreamsduring her40years asa student ofsleep research 作家兼广播主持人黛安 布兰森40多年来一直进行睡眠研究 她将成百上千个梦境进行了研 究解析 I feelth atouruncon sciou s whichisthe source ofmost bu t notallofour dreams isawonderful inneral ly thatis tryingto bringus towholeness andbalance Brandon tellus 布兰森说 我认为我们的潜意识也就是大部分梦境的源头 是我们身体的好盟友 会试图使我们完整和平衡 Brandon helpedus pi lea list ofthe10most mon nightmares or dreamswith negat ive meanings 布兰森还列举出十个最常见的噩梦或带有消极意义的梦境 10 Having adisease orhealth emergency10 梦到患某种疾病或遇到健康危机This ni ght mare could refl ect a fear ofanunkn own thingsuddenly havinganegat ive im pactonthe dreamer s life I tcould alsorefl ect anunderl yingfear ofillness orof contractinga seriousdisease I tcould alsoexpress a fear of not being able toenj oylife orthat there s somethingwrong ill or rot ten in one s life 这个梦境通常反映的是做梦的人对突发事件的一种恐惧 害怕 会对自己生活产生消极影响 这还可以反映出对某一潜在疾病的恐惧 又或者表达的是对不能享 受生活的担忧 或生活中出现了不如意的地方 A ni ght mare aboutan illnesscould alsobeaway oftelling the dreamer thathe orshe actuallyhasanillness even ifcon sciou slyun awareof it 关于疾病的噩梦 甚至可以告诉梦者他们的确患上了某种疾病 即使是在他们尚未察觉的情况下 9 Being attackedor injured9 梦到被打或受伤This typeofni ght mare couldrefl ecta fear of others a fear of notfitting in aliteral fearof viol ence ora fearof being figuratively attacked or critici zedby others I t s important to takeinto aountthe actual scenario andwhat sgoingon in the dream er s lifefor meanings 这种噩梦表达的是害怕别人 害怕不合群 害怕暴力或害 怕被其他人采取其他方式的 袭击 或批评 了解实际情况 知道做梦的人生活中发生了些什么 对了解梦境的 含义十分重要 8 Car trouble8 梦到车子出毛病This ni ght mare can refl ecta feeling of not beingable to moveforward in life or even ofone s lifebeing outof con t rol Our caris frequently howwe notonly travel bu t get toplaces in life 这类噩梦反应的是实际生活中不能前进或是生活失去控制的感 觉 车子反应的不仅仅是我们如何旅行 还有我们如何到达目的地 7 Drowning7 梦到溺水This ni ght mare couldm eanyou feeloverwhelmed orpu touta lotof effortwith nosuess orretu rn I tcould alsosimply representa fearof water I t s importantto payattention tothe wholescenario asdifferent meaningsorevennu ancescould emerge 这个噩梦可能表示你有挫败感 又或者辛辛苦苦付出努力却 没有获得任何成功或回报 当然也能简单的表示你怕水 关注梦里的整个场景是十分重要的 即使小差别都有着完全不同的 含义 For example if thedream eris drowning it couldm eanone thing but ifthe dreameris drowningalong withother peopleor beingdrowned bysom eone there couldbe entirelydifferent meanings 比如 如果做梦的人溺水了 可以代表一件事 但如果梦 者和其他人一起溺水 又或差点被淹死 含义将会大不相同 6 Falling6 梦到掉下来We suddenlym ayfeel thatwe re falling j erkawake and thenrealize thatwe hadindeed beensleeping Nightm aresof fallingcouldrefl ectafearofheigh ts afearof notbeing incon tr ol a feelingof havingnothing solidto holdonto inlife orevenafearof death 我们也许会突然觉得自己在坠落 然后惊醒发现不过是个梦 境 坠落的噩梦可以反映恐高 对失去控制的恐惧以及一种生活中无所 依靠的感觉 甚至是对死亡的恐惧 5 Teeth fallingout5 梦到掉牙This ni ght mare generallymeans youfeel outof cont rol powerless or in adequ at e I tcan alsorefl ectsoci alem barrassm ent fearofbeing un att ractive or fearofbeingrevealed asin adequateor not up tosnuff I twould beimportanttoconsider whatthedreamer wasgoing throughinlifefor morespeci fic meanings 这类噩梦意味着你感觉失去控制 无力或不满足 还能反映社交中的不如意 害怕不够吸引人 或害怕发现被人揭穿 不够好抑或干了什么不正当的事情 要想知道更多详细的含义 就需要了解梦者到底在现实生活中经历 了什么 4 Being lost4 梦到迷路This ni ght maremay beworse forchildren than foradults butboth canhave it 尽管大人小孩都会做这样的梦 但对于小孩来说 会更加严重一 点 For adults it canmean that thedreamerdoes notfeel incontrol inlife ordoes not knowwhattodonext orwhich directiontogointo 对于大人 这梦就意味着梦者感觉生活不受控 制 又或不知道接下来该干些什么 失去了方向感 I tcanreveal afi gurat ive feelingof notbeingabletofind one s way I tcould alsopot entially refl ectafeelingofnot payingattention toor followingdirections 这也可有一层隐含之意 表达的是 没有能 力找到自己的方向 这还有可能表达一种没有注意到或把握方向的感觉 3 Failing atest3 梦到挂科This ni ght mare isfairly mon althou ghthe exactscenario canva ry I tcan in dicat ethat onefeels unpreparedor hasn t donesomethingcorrectly inlife I tcanalsorefer tofeeling thatone hasto proveoneself andeither doesn tknowhow orfeels inadequate 这种噩梦十分常见 尽管实际的场景会发生改变 还能表示人们感觉准备不足又或什么事做错了 这还能表示人们必须要证明自己 却不知道如何证明或觉得不够格 2 Being nakedin public2 梦到在公众场合裸体This ni ghtmare canoften meanthat thedreamerfeels vul nerabl eor exposed insome way I tcould alsomean feelingsmall organged upon 这类梦意味着梦者感觉有些脆弱或暴露了自己 这还可能意味着梦者感觉被孤立或有人联合起来对付他 1 Being chased1 梦到被人追赶Many people report nightmares inwhich they re beingchased This isoften indicativeof feelingoverwhelm ed stressed thatsomething beingavoided iscatching upwith them ornotgetting everythingdone intheir lives 很多人都说做过被人追的噩梦 这通常意味着挫败感 压力 或逃避的事又来了 又或没有完成生 活中的所有事 The works of Shakespeareand Wordsworthare rocket boosters tothe brain andbetter th erapy than self help books researchers willsay thisweek 本周将发布的一项研究揭示 阅读莎士比亚与华兹华斯的 作品好比大脑的 火箭助推器 比读一些自助书籍还要管用 Scientists psychologists andEnglish academicsat LiverpoolUniversity have foundth atreading theworksofthe Bardand other classicalwriters hasaben efici aleffect onthe mind catches thereader s attention and triggersmoments ofself reflection Using scanners they monitoredthe brain activity ofvolun teersas they read worksby WilliamShakespeare William Wordsworth T S E