elsewhere2019年12月英语四六级考试阅读提高练习(33)

2021年1月9日发(作者：禹中斌)
2019年12月英语四六级考试阅读提高练习(33)

Putting the Sun to Work

It's a hot summer day, and you, your family, and friends
decide to drive to the beach for a cookout.

When you get to the beach, the sand and the rocks are so
hot that they hurt your bare feet. You put on sneakers in a
hurry. The water is so bright and shining in the sun that you
can hardly look at it. While the charcoal (木炭) fire is
starting to burn in the cookout stove, every one goes for a
swim. The water feels good—warm at the top, but cooler down
around your toes.

A little wind is blowing when you come out. The fire
isn't quite ready for cooking yet, so you play tag (儿童捉人
游戏) or read.

For lunch there are hot dog, corn, salad and rolls, sodas,
fruit, and coffee for the adults. By the time the coffee
water boils and the corn and hot dogs are cooked, all the
bathing suits are dry. So are the towels spread out on the
rocks, in the sun.

Lunch is good. Just as you are finishing, it starts to
rain so you pack up and run. But nobody minds the rain. It
will cool things off.

At the same time you were having fun at the beach, work
was being done. Energy from the sun was doing work. Energy,
in one form or another, does all the work in the world.