-bilibi
(
一
)
One
day
a
10-year-old
boy
entered
a
hotel
coffee
shop
and
sat
at
a
table.
A
waitress
put
a
glass
of
water
in
front
of
him.“How
much
is
an
ice
cream
sundae
?” “
Fifty
cents
,” replied the waitress. The
little boy pulled his hand out
of his
pocket
and studied a number
of coins in it.“How much is a dish of
plain
ice
cream(<
/p>
原味冰激淋
)
?”
he
required.
Some
people
were now
waiting
for
a
table
and
the
waitress
was
a
bit
impatient(
不耐烦的
)
.
“
Thirty-five
cents
,”
she
said
rudely
. The little boy
again counted the
coins.
“
I’ll have the plain ice
cream
,” he said. The
waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table
and walked away. When the boy
finished the ice cream, he paid the bill and left
the shop. When the waitress
came back, she began wiping the table
and then
swallowed hard at what she
saw
. Beside the empty dishwere
fifteen pennies
(
便士
). The boy
left the pennies as her
tip(
小费
).
1
William
Shakespeare
was
an
English
poet(
诗人
)
and
playwright(
剧作家
).H
e
is
widely regarded
as
（被公认为）
England's
national poet
(
英国名族诗人
) and the
world's
top
drama
tist
（
世
界
顶
级
剧
作
家
）
.
Among
his
works
are
38plays
,
154sonnets(
十四行诗，一种题材
),
and
two
long
narrative
poems(
叙
事诗
)
.
His
plays
have been translated
into(
被翻译成
)
many
languages and are
performed
（被表演出来）
more than those of any other
playwright.
Shakespeare
was
born and
raised
(
抚养
)
in
Stratford
.
At
the
age
of
18,
he
married
Anne
Hathaway,
with
whom
he
had
3
children.
Between
1585
and
1592, he lived a successful life in
London as an actor, writer, and part owner
of
a
playing
records(
记录
)
of
Shakespeare's
private
life
(
私人生
活
)were kept. It
is believed that he went back to Stratford around
1613
, where he
died 3 years later.
Shakespeare
wrote many comedies(
喜剧
) and
histories(
历史剧
) in his life.
He
then began to write some
more
tragedies(
悲剧
)
，
including
Hamlet
（哈姆雷特）
,
King Lear
（李尔王）
,
Othello
（奥赛罗）
, and
Macbeth
（麦克白）
.
These later works
are ranked
（排名于
...
）
among the greatest works in the
English
language
（英语
语言学）
.
（二）
2
（三）
Some people
have very good memories
（记忆）
and they can easily
learn many
things
by heart,
but some
people
can only
remember
things
when
say
or
do
them again<
/p>
.
（但是有些人只能通过不断的说和做才能记住某些东西）
The
famous
English
writer,
Charles
Dickens,
said
that
he
could
walk
down
any streets in London
and then tell you the name of every shop he
had
passed
（经过的，路过的）
. Many great
men of the world have had wonderful memories.
A
good memory is of great help in learning a
language. Everybody learns
his own
language by remembering what he hears when he is a
small child.
Some children like boys and girls don't
live in their own
country
，
and they
seem to
（好像，似乎）
learn two languages
almost as easily as one
（好像他们
学两种语言和学一种一样简单）
.
In
school
，
it
is
not
so
easy
to
learn
a
foreign
language
because students
have so little time for it and they are busy with
other
.A man's mind is
rather like a camera
，
but it
takes photos not
only of what we see
but also of what we feel
，
hea
r
，
smell and taste. When we
take
a real photo with a camera,there
is much to do before the photo is finished and
ready to show to our friends. In the
same way
，
there is much work
to be done
before we can keep a picture
forever
（永远）
in
our minds.
Memory is the diary we all carry about
with us.
3
（四）
Simon
and
Levi
were
farmers.
Each
lived
on
a
hillside(
山坡
),
and
between
them
was
a valley
(
山谷
).
（此句话是对两家位置的描述，两家分
别住在两个山坡上，
中间隔着一个山谷）
One
year,
the
winter
was
very
cold
and
the
ground
was
almost
frozen(
结冰
) .Simon
worried(
担心
) that his
neighbor
（这里指的是
Levi
家）
didn't have enough food for his
wife and children. So one night, when
clouds
covered the
moon
,
（交代了当晚的天气情况）
Simon walked
across the dark valley
and left a
bundle of wheat(
一包小麦
)
in Levi’s field. Le
vi was
worried that Simon
did not have enough
food his family . That same night, he brought
（
bring
“带来”
的
过去式）
a buddle of wheat to
Simon’s field. The next morning when Simon
and Levi counted
(
数
) their bundles of wheat,
they
were surprised to find(
惊奇的
发现
)
the same number as the day before.
Tonight I will bring two bundles!”
Simon said to his wife. Levi called to
hi
s children and his wife, ”help me
pick up
two bundles of wheat, tonight I
will bring them to Simon field
!”
That night, the
moon shone
（
shine
的过去式）
< br>
brightly on the two farmers.
（交代了当天有月
光为下文他们认出彼此做铺垫）
Now they saw each other and understood!
They
ran
to
each
other
and
hugged(
拥抱
).
And
to
this
day,
people
in
the
valley
remember Simon and Levi, when they help
their neighbors(
从那天开始，当村
庄里的人
们互相帮助时，他们都会想到
Simon
和
Levi
的故事。
).
4
（五）
第一段主要分析了，现在
游戏玩家男性居多的现
状。
Most
of
the
computer
and
video
games
designers
are
mal
e(
男
性
).
Not
surprisingly(
不足为奇
),
so are most of the
players
（很多的游戏玩家也是男性居多）
.
But as Bob Doughty reports, the
industry says it wants to get more females
（女
性）
interested
and involved in its games
.
（但
是据报道，该行业的人说他们希望能够
吸引更多的女性玩家）
第二段对比了
男女性玩家喜
The
Entertainment
Software
Associations
says
only
35
percent
（百分比）
of
欢的游戏类型。
players
are women
. The average
(
平均的
) age of the players is
29, Experts (
专家
) say,
females enjoy different kind of games
than males do. Males generally like computer
games
with
competition(
竞争
) and some
kind of violence
（暴力）
. (
分析了男性玩
家
更
偏
爱
于
带
有
竞
争
和
暴
力
色
彩
的
< br>游
戏
)
Female
players
like
games
with
cooperation(
合作
)
and social interaction
（对比了女性更喜欢合作和具有社交性
质的游
戏）
.
介绍了一种游戏
One
series of games that many girls and woman do like
to play is
the
Sims
（模
拟人生—游戏名）
.
Sims are simulated
（
模拟的）
people.
Players guide groups of these
electronic people through
different situation(
不同的情景
)
and decide what they will
do. There are games titles like the
Sims House
Party
and the
Sims hot Date.
The company
that produced them, Electronic Arts, says
at least 50 percent of
the
players are women
（至少
50%
的玩家是女性）
.
A spokeswoman
（女发言人）
says
the
games are about building
relationships
（建立关系）
. So they
appeal to
（吸引）
5
females. They must appeal to lots of
players. The Sims is the best-selling computer
game of all time.
（本段进一步说明了合作
性的游戏更能吸引女性玩家）
（六）
6
What's the tallest height
from which you’ve fallen
?
（你之
前摔下来的最高高度
是多高？）
Your bike? A
ladder
（梯子）
?
We’re sure you’ve never fallen 23
miles
（英里）
. But that’s just
what
Felix
Baumgartner
will try to do
on Monday
（这就是
Felix Baumgartn
er
周一要尝试的
高度）
.
The Austrian
parachutist
（跳伞运动员）
has already jumped
from 13 miles
and 18 miles the jump on
Monday would
break the record
of 19.5 miles()
打破
19.5
英里的记录
. That record was
set in 1960
（这个记录是
1960
年建立的）
.
Baumgartner
will reach the height inside something that looks
like a
space
capsule
（太空舱）
. A
giant
（巨大的）
balloon will carry it up into the sky.
He will
fall
at
690
miles
per
hour
(
每小时
6
90
英里的速度
)when
he
jumps
out
of
the
capsule.
Baumgartner says he is looking forward
to his giant leap
（跳跃）
. “ I
feel like
a tiger in a cage waiting to
get out,”（他觉得自己就想是要放出笼子的老虎，表示
了他的期待与激动）<
/p>
he said,
The one
thing that could stop him from doing that
is bad weather in NEW
Mexico
,
where the jump will
take place.
（唯一能阻止他
的就是新墨西哥州的坏
天气）
Needless to
say
（不用说）
, Kids, don't try
this at home!
（七）
7
Imagine the most famous person you know
of. Michael Jordan. Britney Spears.
Prince William. They are popular with
modern-day people
（他们在当代人眼里十分
有名）
, but not one of them is as famous
as
Helen Keller
was in her d
ays.
（
第一
段以当代名人引出海伦
凯勒
）
When she was
a baby, Helen Keller became
blind
（盲）
and deaf
（聋）
because
of an
illness. Helen
’
s family
didn
’
t think she would ever
learn to communicate
well. But
Helen
’
s teacher,
Annie Sullivan,
（安妮莎莉文—海伦凯乐的老
师，是改变
她命运的重要人物）
brought light to
Helen
’
s
life
（她给海伦凯乐带来了“光明”）
.
Annie taught Helen to speak and to
communicate through sign
language
（符号
语言）
.
She also taught Helen to read and write
Braille
（盲文）
, an alphabet
system
used by blind
people
（一种供盲人用的字母表）
. Annie
made the world open up for
Helen.
（第二段主要讲述了海伦凯勒在她老师的帮助下怎么学习的）
Word of Helen
’
s
learning spread
quickly
（海伦这个名字传播的很快）
. She
became
famous, and people all over the
country wanted to meet her.
Helen went
on to
graduate from college, travel the
world, and write 13 books.
When she
died,
at the age of 87, she had become
one of America
’
s great heroe
s
（女英雄）
.
（
第
三段讲述了海伦凯勒的成就
）
（八）
8
One day last June, I was walking along
a narrow street in the small seaside town
where I lived. Though it was fine, it
was a very cold day, and there was hardly
anyone on the beach. Soon I came to
a shelter made of
glass
（阳光房）
. I sat
down and began to enjoy the sunshine.
Suddenly a large friendly dog
appeared
（出现）
and lay quiet at my
feet. I tried to make it go away, but it just
refused
（拒
绝）
. The dog was wearing a
collar
< br>（
项圈）
, but there was no
name or
address
（地
址）
on it. At
last I rang
the local police
station
（当地警察局）
and told them about
the dog.
“
I will keep the dog if
nobody comes to claim it.
”
I said to the police
officer.
A few days later, a
lady came to my house and said that the dog was
hers. It had
jumped off the bus and run
away while she was paying the bus
fare
（车票）
. Then
the lady called the dog in a soft
voice, and
at
once
（立刻）
the dog
waggled its
tail
happily
（开心的摇着尾巴）
. I was
quite sad when I said goodbye to them.
（九）
9
The year is 1912. The day is April 10.
The Titanic sets sail from England. The
enormous
（巨大的）
ship is
three football
fields long
.
Eleven stories
high
,
it is
the
largest moving object ever built
.
（本句话介绍了泰坦尼克号的外观特征）
The
ship has
elegant
（
高雅的）
restaurants, a swimming pool, and
indoor gardens.
（本剧话介绍了它的内部设施）
Some of the
world
’
s richest people
stroll through
its fine rooms. No one
would guess that tragedy
(
悲剧
) lies ahead.
（
没人会预想到
悲剧会降临在它的身上）
It is the ship
’
s
first voyage (
航行
).This
floating palace
（漂浮的宫殿—指泰坦尼克
号
）
is bound
for
（开往）
New York
City
.
Its builder says that
the Titanic is the
most powerful ship
on the sea.
The crew
(
船员
) intend to set a record
getting
there.
There
is
nothing
to
fear.
They
believe
that
they
needn
’
t
worry
about
iceberg (
冰山
)
warnings. Other ships aren
’
t
the Titanic. The Titanic is
unsinkable
（不会下沉的）
.
Around midnight on April 14, 1912,
a huge iceberg rips open the mighty
ship
’
s steel hull
(
船体
). Tons of water gush
in
（涌进）
. For the Titanic, the
end has come.
（十）
10
Picasso
(
毕加索—西班牙著名画家
) is one of the
world
’
s most famous
artists
（艺
术家）
.
He was born in
Malaga
（马拉加—西班牙南部省名）
,
Spain,in 1881(1881
指的是
19
世纪晚期
)
.
His
mother
said
that
Picasso
could
draw
before
he
could
talk. His father was
an art teacher at a famous
school of
fine arts
（美术学校）
.
Picasso
wished
（希望）
to study in this school.
The
entrance exam
（入学考试）
was so difficult that
it often took students a month to complete
< br>（这个入学考试很
难，
一般会花费学生一个月才能完成）
. Picasso finished the exam in one day!
He
was
immediately
admitted
to
（被录取进
...
）
the school.
（本段主要介绍了世界著
名画家
毕加索的生平，讲述了他从小就是非常有画画天赋的。）
As
with
many
famous
artists,
Picasso
’
s
work
went
through
many
different
pe
riods
时期（毕加索的作品经历了很多个时期。每个时期的作品都有不同
的特点。）
. Some of his
periods
are given the names
of colors.
（他不同的时期多
以颜色命名）
The
paintings
of
his
“
Blue
Period
”
have
a
deep,dark
blue
background(
背景
).
They
made
people
feel
lonely
and
sad.A
“
Pink
Period
”
followed
his
“
Blue
Period
”
.
Picasso
was
happier
during
this
time
.
Many
paintings of this
period were of warm and rosy colors.
（本段
分析了毕加索两个
时期的作品特点，“
Blue
Period
”的特点是孤独和悲伤的；“
Pink
Period
”的特点是
开心的。）
（十一）
11
I am really excited about
the ways that
a computer has changed my
life
. It even
helped me find
a
lostpet
’
s owner
（丢失的宠物的主人）
.
（本段讲述了
作者通过互
联网找到了一只猫的主人。）
When the kitten first
showed
up
（出现）
at our
back door, I wanted to keep it. I
knew,
though, that it
belonged
to
（属于）
someone
else.
（介绍了猫的来历）
Then I got an idea. I could use the
computer at school to find the
kitten
’
s owner.
I
typed up an
announcement(
布告<
/p>
)
with a
description
（描述）
of the
kitten and
my address and phone number.
I printed thirty copies of the announcement on
orange papers.
（本段主要讲了作者是通过贴布
告的方式来寻找猫的主人）
After school I
put a copy of the announcement on the
porch
（门廊）
of every
house on my street.
At 7:30 that night, I was
petting
（抚弄，
抚摸）
the
kitten when
the phone rang.
“
Yes,
she
’
s right here, and
she
’
s
fine,
”
I told the
voice on the
phone. When I hung up the
phone. I had a good feeling inside.
（介绍了
故事发展
的结局，最终作者帮助这条猫找到了主人）
（十二）
12
I get a lot of
letters at this time of year from people
complaining
（抱怨
）
that
they have a
cold which won
’
t go away.
(
每年的这个时候我都会收到很多来信，这些
信件都是和我抱怨他们得了感冒，并且这些感冒挥之不去。
)There
are
so
many
different stories about how to
prevent
（预防）
or
cure
（）治愈
a cold that
it
’
s
often
difficult to know what to do.
Although
colds are rarely dangerous except
for
people who are already weak, such as the elderly
or young babies
,
（除了对
那些本身就很虚弱的老人和宝宝来说，感冒并不是很危险的疾病）
they
are
always
uncomfortable
and
usually
most
unpleasant.
Of
course,
you
can
buy
lots
of
medicines which will help to make it go
away faster.
Another thing is that any
medicine which is strong enough to make
you feel better could be dangerous if
you are already taking drugs for some
other illness,
（你要知道的是，任何能帮你
有效治愈感冒的药在和治疗你其他疾病的药同时服用时都会非常危险）
so
always
check
with
your
pharmacist
or
doctor
（所以要和你的药剂师或医生确认一下）
to
see
whether they are all
right for you. And remember they might
make you
sleepy
—
please
don
’
t try to drive if they
do! Lastly, as far as avoiding colds is concerned
,
whatever you may be told about magic
food or drinks, the best answer is to keep
strong and healthy
（无论你被告知什么样
的特效药，最好预防感冒的方式就是保持强
壮和健康）
—
you
’
ll
have
less
chance
（很少的机会）
of
catching a cold, and if you
do, it
shouldn
’
t be so bad.
13
（十三）
Dear Angela,
I
know you
're angry with m
e
because I won't let you
get anafter-
school job
（课余时间打零工）
. I have
a couple of
concerns
（担心）
. The
main
（主要的）
concern is that I'm
afraid a job would
interfere with
（妨碍）
your studies .You
know
you
won't
be
able
to
get
into
a
good
college
if
your
grades
are
poor .Besides , I'd worry when you'd be
coming home after dark
（担心你太晚回
家）
.
（这是一封妈妈写给女儿的信，主要向女儿解释了不让她利用课余时间打零工的两个原
因，其一，担心打零工会影响到学习，如果学习不好就进不了理想的大学；其二，担心
< br>太晚回家，走夜路不安全。）
Dar Mom,
Please don't
treat
（对待）
me like
a kid. All my friends are working and making
their own money. I promise
（承诺）
you a job
won
’
t hurt my grades
< br>（女儿向妈
妈承诺，零时工不会影响到自己的学习）
.
I will be home every day by 7:00 , which
gives me tons of time to do my homework
, And Carla
’
s already said
she can
give me a lift
（让我搭便车）
home after work
.
Best of all, I will be able to buy
that winter jacket I saw at the
shopping mall with my own money
（阐述自己
打零工的目的是用自己的挣的钱买自己喜欢的夹克）
.
（第二封是女儿给妈妈的回信，针对妈妈的两点担心，女儿尝试说服妈妈。女儿承诺每
晚
7
：
00
< br>之前到家，这样就有足够的时间完成自己的作业；其次，自己的好朋友会让自
已搭
便车，不会存在安全问题）
14
（十四）
Though Italian is
the
language of music
（音乐的语言）
, the people of Germany
are
quite
as
musical
as
the
Italians
（德国人和意大利人一样擅长音乐）
.But
their
music
is
very
different
from
the
music
of
the
Italians
.Some
of
their
music
is
warlike
（尚武的）
, big and loud , and yet some of it is
gentle
（
温和的）
and sweet ,
and the most famous
cradle
songs
（摇篮曲）
, and
Christmas
carols
（圣诞颂歌）
have been
written by Germans.
”
Silent
Night
（寂静的夜）
,Holy Night
（神圣的
夜晚）
”
is one of them
（举了几首歌来说明德国人的音
乐也有温和和甜美的）
.
Musical
plays are called operas.
（音乐剧被称之为歌剧）
Some of the
greatest operas in
the
world
have
been
composed
（作曲）
by
Germans.
What's
more,
German
people have also
written some of the world
’
s
best
fairy tales
（
神话故事）
.
Storie
s
故事
,
poems
（诗歌）
,
songs
（歌曲）
and
operas
（歌剧）
have been written about
fairy
people
（神话人物）
. These people
once lived on the hills and in the caves by
the side of a river in Germany. This
river is called
the
Rhine
（莱茵河）
. On both
sides of the Rhine are hills and rocks.
On top of these hills are
castles
（城堡）
that
were built many years
ago .
15
（十五）
For most
people living in cities,
Dragon
lanterns
can be seen only on TV
< br>.
（对于那些
在城市居住的人来说，龙灯只能在电视上被
看到）
In
my
hometown,
however,
the
dragon lantern show is
very popular. To
celebrate
（庆祝）
the Spring Festival, many
villagers
make preparations
for
（为
...
< br>做准备）
the dragon lantern show.
Usually a
village organizes
a team of its own, but sometimes it is also
possible for people
from several
villages to form one team.
（讲述了龙灯队的组成规则：
通常情况下是来
自一个村子的人组成一个龙灯队；
但是有的时候
，
也会是来自几个不同村庄的人组成一个龙
灯队。）
Dragon lanterns
are
made in
（被做成
...
）
the shape of dragons which
are believed to
be living in
heaven(
天堂
)
. When
people put on dragon lantern shows, they are said
to be
”
imitating
”
（模仿）
the
movement
s
（移动）
of a dragon. In
the countryside,
the performances are
often given
in the first month of the
lunar
calendar
（农历的
一月）
.
During that time, my
hometown is filled with joy and excitement
< br>（每年的那
个时候我的家乡总是充满了欢声笑语）
.
In China, the dragon is regarded as a
symbol of happiness
（在中国。龙被视为吉
祥的象征）
.So,
besides giving
dragon
lantern
shows,
the
performers
bring
good
wishes to the people
who watch .When a team comes to perform in a
neighboring
village, it also brings to
the villagers t
he most sincere
hope(
真诚的希望
)
that
good
luck and happiness will stay with
them in the coming new year
（好运和幸福在新的一
年里能始终伴随他们）
.
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