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3500
个单词
1. Fall in Love
with English
爱上英语
Hiding
behind
the
loose
dusty
curtain
,
a
teenager
pack
ed
up
his
overcoat
into
the
suitcase
.
He
planned to leave home
at dusk
though there was
thunder
and
lightning
outdoors
. He
had
got to do
this
because
he
was
tired
of
his
parents’
nagging
about
his
English
study
and
did
not
want
to
go
through
it any longer. He
couldn’t
get along
well
with
English and
dislike
d
join
ing
in
English classes
because
he
thought
his
teacher
ignore
d
him
on
purpose
.
As
a
result,
his
score
in
each
exam
never
add
ed
up
to
over 60.
His
partner was
concerned about
him very much. She
understood
exactly
what he
was
suffer
ing
from
, but
entirely disagree
d
with
his idea.
In
order to calm
him
down
and
settle
his problem, she
talked with him
face to
face
and
swap
ped
a series
of
learning
tip
s with him. The
item
s she
set
down
helped him find the
highway
to studying English
well.
The teenager was
grateful
and got great
power
from his
friend’s words. Now, he has
recover
ed
from
being
upset
and has
fall
en
in love
with
English.
有个<
/p>
少年
躲在
积满灰尘的松散窗帘
后把
大衣装入手提箱
。尽管
外面
正
打雷闪电
，
< br>
他仍计划
在
黄昏
时分离家出走。他
不得不
这样做是因为
厌倦了
父母对他英语学习的唠叨，不想再
忍受
下去
了。他的英语学习总是无法取得
进展
，而且
不喜欢参加
英语课的学习，因为他以
为老师
有意忽视
他。结果，他每次考试的分数
< br>合计
从未超过
60
。
他的
搭档
很
关心
他，也
确切地
理解他
遭受
的折磨，但却
完全不同
意
他的想法。
为了
使他
冷静
下来好好
解决
问题，她和
他
面对面
地交谈，并
交换
了
一系列
的学习心得
技巧<
/p>
。她
写下来
的
条
款
帮
助他找到了学好英语的
最佳捷径<
/p>
。
这个少年非常
很感激
，并从朋友的话里获得极大的
动力
。现在，他已经从
沮丧
中
恢复
过来，真正
爱上
了英语。
< br>
2. Different Countries
Have Different Kinds of Englishes
不同的国家有不同的英语
Voyage
s
of
people
from
England
play
an
important
part
in
spreading
the
English
language.
At
present
,
English is
frequently
spoken
as an
official
or common
language in many countries,
such
as
America,
Singapore
,
Malaysia
and some
African
countries. All
base
d
on
British English, the
English
spoken
in
these
countries
can
be
well
understood
by
native
English
speakers.
But
actually
,
these
Englishes
have
been
gradually
changing
in
accent
s,
spelling
s,
expression
s
and
the
usage
of
vocabulary
.
Because of
this fact, you
can
make use of
the
differences to tell which country the foreigners
of your
block
are
from.
For
example,
if
a
boss
fluently
commands
his
driver,
―
Come
up
straight
to
my
apartment
by
elevator
and tak
e
some
gas
for my
trucks and
cab
s‖, instead of
request
ing, ―Please come
to
my
flat
by
lift
and
take
some
petrol
for
my
lorries
and
taxis‖,
you
can
recognize
his
American
identity
, while the
latter
suggest
s that he is British.
英国人的
航海
在英语的传播中
扮演了
重要
的角色
。
目前
，英语
在许多国家被作为
官方
语言或通用
语言
频繁地
使用，
例如
美国、
新加波、马来西亚
和一些
非
洲的
国家。这些国家的英语都
以
英式英
语
为基础
，能很好地为以英语为
本族
语
的
人所理解。
但是
实际上
，这些英语在
口音、拼写、
表达
和
词汇
的
使用
方面都在
逐渐
变化。
因为
这一情况的存在，你就可以
< br>利用
这些英语之间的区别说出你们
街区
< br>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
他的司机：“
Come up straight to
my apartment by elevator and
take some
gas for my trucks and cabs
（
直
接
搭
电梯
到我
公寓上来
拿卡车和
出租车
的
汽油
）”，而不
是
要求<
/p>
说，“
Please come to my flat by
lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis
（请直接搭
电
梯
到我
公寓
上来拿
卡车
和出租车的
汽油
）”，你就可以轻易地
辨认
出他的美国人
身份
，而<
/p>
后者
却
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。
)
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3. A Hard Trip
一次辛苦的旅行
My sister
was fond
of
traveling.
Ever since
graduating
, she had been
determined
to
organize
a
trip to an old
temple
. Since
transport
ing
fare
was expensive, she
decided to use a bicycle to
cycle
there
not
caring about
the
disadvantage
s. Her
stubborn attitude
was always
her
shortcoming
. Once she
made up
her
mind
to do something, no one could
persuade
her to
change
her
mind
.
Finally,
we
gave
in as usual
though we
prefer
red to take a train.
After we prepared everything, including the
schedule,
reliable
weather
forecast
and the
insurance
, we began
our trip.
Our
journey
was along a river
flow
ing from a high
altitude
. Our
pace
was slow because the
river
frequently
had
many
sharp
bend
s
through
deep
valley
s,
where
the
water
seemed
to
boil
.
Just
as
I
recorded in
my
journal
, it was really a
hard journey. But we also enjoyed great
view
s. One night, I put
my head on my
pillow
--
a parcel
of
wool
coats,
and lay
beneath
the stars.
When the
flame
in front of
our
cave
went out
at midnight
, I found the sky
so beautiful!
我的妹妹很
喜欢
旅行。
自从毕业
以来，她就
下定决心
要
组织
一次往一座古
庙
的旅行。因为
交通费用
昂贵，她决定
骑自行车
去，毫不
担
心
其中的
不利
情况。
< br>顽固的态度
一直都是她的
缺点
，
一旦她
下定决心
要做的事，就没有人能
说服
她
改变主意
。
最后
，我们
像往常一样让步
，尽管我们
更喜欢
乘火车去。我们准备好了所
有东西，包括
时间表
、
可靠的
天气
预报
，还有
保险<
/p>
，就开始了
旅程。
我们的
旅程
沿着一条从高
海拔
处
流
下来的河流前行。但我们的
步伐
很慢，因为当流经深深的
峡谷
时，这条河流急
转弯
很多，急湍的河水都似乎
沸腾
起来。正如我在
旅行日志
< br>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
。一天晚上，我把头枕在
一包羊毛
衣服做的
枕头
上，躺
在
星空
下
，当
岩洞<
/p>
前的
火焰
在
午夜
熄灭时，我发现夜空是如此的美丽！
4. A Horrible Earthquake
可怕的地震
Dirty
water rose in
well
s and
canal
s before the
earthquake
. But no one
judge
d that an earthquake
was
coming. Suddenly, everything shook.
It seemed
as if
the world
was
at an end
.
Millions of
brick
houses
and
a number of
dam
s were
destroy
ed. Railway
track
s became
useless bar
s.
Pipe
s in
mine
s
burst
and let out
smelly
steam
. Huge
crack
s
trap
ped
cyclist
s everywhere.
The next day, this
event
was the
headline
or main
title
of all newspapers. With the
reporter
s giving an
outline
of
the
disaster
,
the
whole
nation
was
shock
ed
by
the
damage
and
the
victim’s
extreme
suffering
.
People
were
moved
when
they
read
that
the
survivors
comforted
each
other
by
saying
―
Congratulations
!
You
survived!‖.
So
they
not
only
express
ed
their
sympathy
sincerely
,
but
also
organized together to
help the victims
right away
.
The
injure
d were
rescue
d and the dead were
buried
.
The
frighten
ed survivors were
dug out
from under the
ruin
s and were offered
shelter
, fresh water
and
electricity
.
Thanks to people’s help, the loss was
minimized.
地震
前，
水井
和
运河
里的
污
水都涨涌起来。但是却没人
判断
出地震即将来临。霎那间，一切都在
摇晃，
似乎
整个世界就要
结束
。
数以百万
的
砖
房和
许多水坝
遭到
破坏
；铁路
轨道
都变成
无用的
铁
条
；
煤矿管道
纷纷
爆裂
，发出有
臭味的蒸汽
；到处都有
骑车的人
< br>被巨大的
裂缝陷住
。
第二天，
所有报纸都纷纷以
大字标题
或主要
标题
报道了这一
事
件
。
记者
们描述了
灾难
的
大概情况
，
全
国
都被地震的
破坏
和灾民们
极度的苦难
所
震惊
。当人们读到
幸存者
以“
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
了他们的同情，
而且还
立刻
组织起来帮助灾民。
伤
员被
救
助了，死者被
埋葬
了，
吓坏
的幸存者被从
废墟
中
挖出来
了，
栖身处
、净水和
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。
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5. The Great President
伟大的总统
As the
founder
of the
republic
, the
president
had many good
qualities
. Before
coming to power
, he
was a
generous
lawyer
. He
was willing
to
selflessly
help everyone who
turned to
him. He accepted no
fee
to
offer
legal
guidance
and
opinion
s
to
those
who
were
out
of
work
or
un
educate
d.
Later,
believing
all
mankind
to be
equal
, he
devote
d himself
to
stopping the
unfair anti-
black laws. He
set
up
the
Black
Youth
League
and
was
vote
d
to
be
the
leader.
However,
though
he
kept
peaceful
principle
s
without
violence
and
terror
,
his
mean
enemies
still
blew
up
his
house
and
attack
ed
his
relative
s, and he himself
couldn’t
escape
be
ing
sentenced
to
30 years in prison.
Not
fearing
of the prison guards’
cruelty
, he kept
active
and
beg
ged no mercy from them.
As a matter
of
fact
, he was always
hopeful
and never
lost heart
during the
stage
even though he was
in trouble
.
Finally, people
reward
ed him with the
leader’s position and a gold
blanket
.
作为
共和国
的
创始人
，这位
总统
< br>具备许多的优秀
品质
。还在
掌权
之前，他就是一位
慷慨的律师
。
他
愿意无私地
帮助那些
向
他
求助
的人。他免
费
为
失业的
，或没有受过
教育
的人提供
法律指导
和
意
见
。后来，因为相信所有
人类
都是生来
平等
，他全身心
投入
到废除
不平等的反
黑人法律工作中。
他
建立
< br>了黑人
青年团
并被
选
为领袖。然而，尽管他坚持没有
暴力
、没有
恐怖
的
和平原则
，<
/p>
卑鄙的
敌人还是
炸毁
了他的家、
袭击
了他的
亲属
，他自己也无法
逃脱被判
30
年徒刑的遭遇。
在狱中，他毫不畏惧狱警的
残酷
，始终保持
积极
的
态度，不向他们
乞求
怜悯。
实际上
，他在任何
一个
困境时期
< br>都
充满着希望
，从未
灰心
。
最后，人们以领袖的职位和一块金
毯子回报
了他的贡献。
6.
A Brave Maid
勇敢的女仆
A
wooden vase
from the Ming
Dynasty
at the
entrance
of the
reception
hall
amaze
d everyone. The
artist
s
design
ed it in a
rare style
and
select
ed
valuable
jewel
s to
decorate
it. People
thought highly of
its
fancy
colour
of
honey
and the beautiful
painting
s on it.
The
vase
used
to
belong
to
a
former
castle
.
But
when
the
country
was
at
war
,
the
enemy
troop
s
explode
d the castle.
Debate
s on how the vase
survive
d went on and on. In
order to
remove
peo
ple’s
doubt
,
a
team
of
no
less
than
20
people
carried
out
an
informal
investigation.
The
evidences
they
found showed that a
maid
took
the vase
apart
and asked a
sailor
to
sink
it in a
local
well. She never
gave away the secret even under the
cruel
trial
of the enemies
who were
in search of
treasures.
It is
worth
giving this brave maid
a fortune
in return
.
接待
大厅
入
口处
的明
朝木制花瓶
使
每个人都
惊奇
不已。
艺术家
以一种
罕有的风格设计
它，并
挑
选
了
贵重的珠宝装饰
它。人们
高度赞赏
它那
蜂蜜
般的
奇特
颜色，还有上面绘制的
绘画
。
这个花瓶曾经
属于
一座
从前的城堡
，但在
战争
期间，
敌人的
军队炸毁
了城堡，于是关于这个花瓶
是如何
幸存下来
的
争论
就一直在持续着。为了
解开
人们的
疑问
，一个由不
少于
20
人的调查队开
展了一次
非正式的
调查。他们找到的
证据
表明，有个
女仆
把
花瓶
拆开
，然后让一名
水手
把它<
/p>
沉
到
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
财宝的敌人残
酷的
审讯
下。
这位女仆真是
值得
给予一大笔钱作为对她的
< br>回报
。
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/p>
7. A Fair Competition
公平的比赛
Swift
er, Higher and Stronger
stands for
the spirit of the
Olympics. But fairness is the
basis
of this
motto
. Only when you win
fairly will you and your
homeland
deserve
the great
glory
. But
nowadays
,
unlike
the
ancient
honest
slave
competitor
s,
some
hopeless
athlete
s
who
can’t
bear
the
pain
of
training cheat when
taking
part in
games.
Medal
s seem to have
magical
power causing them
to cheat,
and the prize money has
replace
d the motto as their
only goal.
So,
in the
gymnastics
event to
be held in our city next month, one of the
host
’s
responsibilities
is to
keep
competitions
fair.
They
advertise
d
on
poster
s
outside
the
stadium
to
promise
that
every
competitor is to have
a
regular physical
examination in a
gymnasium one after
another
. No one can
bargain
on this.
The
volunteer
s
in
charge
will be very strict. It is
foolish
to cheat because
they will not
be
admit
ted to
compete
and will even be
fine
d
as
well
.
“更
快
！更高！更强！”
代表
着奥运精神。但是公平却是这一
格言
的
基础
。只有当你公平地赢得
比赛，你和你的
祖国
才会
承受
这样的
光荣
。但
如今
< br>，不像
古代
那些诚实的
奴隶参赛
者
，有些
没有
希望的运动员
无法承受训练的
痛苦
，于是在
参加
比赛时作假。
奖牌
似乎有某种
魔
力使他们作假，
奖金也已经
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
赛事中，
主办方
的其中一项
责任
就是要确保比赛的公
平。他们在
体育场
外的
海报
上
做广告<
/p>
，承诺说每个参赛者都将在
体育馆一个一个地
参加
常规的身
体
检查。对此没有人
可以
讨价还价
。
负责
< br>此事的
志愿者
将非常严格。作假是很
愚蠢的
，因为他们
将不被
允许
去
竞赛
，甚至
还<
/p>
将被
罚款
。
8.
Computers
电脑
The
goal
of early
calculating
machines was to
simplify
difficult
sum
s.
But
with the help of
new
technology
,
electronic
chip
s
replaced
tube
s
and
a
revolution
of
artificial
intelligence
has
arise
n.
From
then
on
, the
appearance
of computers
totally
changed our lives.
They can not only
download
information
from
the
wet
when
connected
by
the
network
or
mobile
phone
signal
s,
but
also
solve
different
type
s of
logical
problems. With
operator
s as their
coach
es, they can even
control
rocket
s to
explore
the moon and
instruct
android
s with the
human race
’s
character
s to
mop
floors and
watch
over
your
naughty
niece
.
Anyhow
,
computers are
so
helpful
that
they
do bring
happiness
.
However,
computers
are
easily
attacked
by
virus
es.
This
reality
has
become
a
hard-to-
deal
with
-problem.
As
a
result
,
computers
are
dangerous
in
a
way
.
So,
personally
,
I
worry
about
their
universal application
s in
some fields, such as
finance
.
早期
计算
机器的
目的
是
简化
比较难的
计算
。但是
在
新
技
术
的
帮助下
，
电子芯片
代替了
电子管
，一
场
人工智能革命
由此
掀起
。
从
那时
起<
/p>
，电脑的
出现完全
改变了我们的生活，它
们不仅能在
网络
或
移动
电话
信号
的连接下从
网
上
下载
信息，
而且可
以
解决
各种
类型
的
逻辑
问题。
在
操作员
的
教练
下，
它们甚至还可以控制
火箭探索
月球，指导具有
人类性格
的
机器人擦洗
地板和
照顾
你
调皮的侄女
。
不管怎么说
，电脑都是
如
此的
有用，
以致
的确给人们带来了
快乐
。
然而，电
脑很容易受到
病毒
的攻击，这一
现实<
/p>
已经成为一个难以
处理
的难题，
结果
，电脑
在某种
程度
上
是很危险的。因此，
就个人而言
，我
很担心电脑在某些领域，例如
金融
方面的
广泛应用
。
4
40
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3500
个单词
9.
保护野生动植物
Wildlife Protection
Dinosaur
s
died
out
because of an
unexpected
incident
. But
wildlife
today disappears or
is
in danger
just
because humans do
harm
to
it. For example, tigers are
hunt
ed for
fur
to make
carpet
s
so that
they
can
only live in
secure
reserve
s; grassland is destroyed
without
mercy
so that
dust
storms
come
into
being
affect
ing
distant
cities.
Last
year,
scientists
saw
some
monkeys
rub
bing
themselves
with
a
certain
kind
of
insect
s
to
protect
themselves
from
fierce
mosquito
es
biting
.
According
to
the
result
of
the
inspection
,
they
found that the insect
contain
s a
powerful
drug, so local
farmers were
employ
ed to
catch the insects.
The
ending
was
that
the
insects
disappeared
from
the
whole
zone
.
When
told
that
it
was
a
loss
to
humans, the farmers
burst into laughter
and
respond
ed, ―Our real loss is
our
decreasing
income
.‖
We should
appreciate
the
natural
balance and
pay
more
attention
to
the
importance
of wildlife
protection
. Not until we
succeed in
letting wildlife
live
in peace
, can we smile
in relief
.
恐龙
因一次
意外事件
而
灭绝
，但是今天的
野生动植物
却是因为人类的
伤害
而消失或
处在危险
中
。例如，老虎被
猎杀
以获取做
地毯
的
皮毛
，
以致
它们只能生活在
安全的保护区
里；草地被毫不
怜悯
地破
坏，以致
沙尘
暴
开始影响遥远的
城市。
去年，科
学家观察到猴子在身上
擦某
种
昆虫
来
保护
自己
不受凶
猛的蚊子的叮咬
。
根据检查
的
结果，他们发现这种昆虫
含
有一种具有
强大
效力
的
药物，于是
，当地的农民都被
雇
来抓虫子。
结
果
是，这种昆虫从这整个
地区
都消失了。当被告知说这是整个人类的
损失
时，农民
们都
突然大笑
着
回应
< br>道：“我们
减少的收入
才是我们真正的损失呢！”
我们应该
意识到
自然平衡的
重要
，更加
注意
野生动植物的
保护。
直到
我们
成功
让野生动植物
安详平静地
生活，我们自己才能
如释重负地
笑开颜。<
/p>
10. My First
Band
我的第一支乐队
I was very
sensitiv
e to music. Just
dip
ping
into
the music books
briefly
, I could sing or
play well.
To
be
honest
,
I
always
dream
t
of
becoming
a
famous
folk
actor
.
I
was
so
confident
that
I
never
decreased
my
devotion
.
I
form
ed
my
first
band
called
―
Roll
ing
Frog‖.
At
the
beginning,
we
relied
on
perform
ing
on
instrument
s in
pub
s or to
passer
s
–
by
to
earn extra
money
in cash
. Then we wore false
beards
to
pretend
to be the
musician
s whom
people
were familiar with
.
In addition
, we
attach
ed
humorous
acts to our
performances
and
play
ed
jokes
on
each other. Soon, our
―funny
jazz
‖ became famous
and
invitation
s
to
perform
for
broadcast
stations
began
to
come.
Afterwards
,
we
sort
ed
out
attractive
music
and made a record in a
studio
. A million
or so
copies were sold and
we became
millionaire
s.
It was
painful
that the band
broke up
finally. But
above all
, I realized my
dream to be a musician.
我对音乐很
敏感
，只要
简要地浏览
一下乐谱，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。
说实话<
/p>
，我一直都
梦想
着能成为出名的
民间演员
，
自信的
我从
未减少过
热爱
。
我
组成
的第
一支乐队叫做“
摇滚
蛙”。开始，我们
依靠
在
酒吧
里或向
路人表演乐器
来
挣
些
零
花的现金
。然后我们带上假
胡子假扮
人们
熟悉
的
音乐家
，
除此之外
，我们在<
/p>
表演
中
加上幽默的
动
作，互相
开着玩笑
。很快，我们的
“滑稽
爵士乐
”出了名，到
广播
电台表演的
邀请
开始多起来。
随后
，我们把我们
吸引人的
音
乐做了
分类
，在一间音乐
工作室
录制了
1
张唱片，
大
约
卖出了
100
万张，这使我们都成了
百万富翁
。
乐队最终的
解散
让我很心
痛
，但
最重要的是
，我实现
了自己当音乐家的梦想。
5
<
/p>
40
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3500
个单词
Interesting
Festival
有趣的节日
The
Agricultural
Feast
take
s
place
after the
Independence
Day. It is not
a
worldwide
celebration
.
Only
Christian
s in
Mexico
look
forward to
its
arrival
for its
religious
origin
:
Long ago,
humans’
ancestor
s were bad.
They
fool
ed and
play
ed
tricks
on
each other and never
kept
their
word
. So God
turn
ed
up
and
drown
ed all their crops.
Humans
starve
d
day and night
,
weep
ing.
In
order
to
gain
God’s
forgiveness
,
a
woman
poet
set
off
to
see
God.
She
admire
d
God
and
kept
apologizing
.
God
was
moved.
With
his
permission
,
humans
finally
had
good
harvest
s
again.
So,
to
wipe
sadness
and
remind
themselves
of
the
belief
in
God, people began the festival.
On the
festival, people
gather
in
open air, such as playgrounds or
parking lot
s, and
energetic
ally
have
fun with
each
other
all
night
long
,
as
though
they
were
never
tired.
When
a
beauty
dress
ed
up
in
lovely
clothing
reads
poems
in
memory
of
the
poet,
everyone
hold
s
their
breath
.
Then,
it
is
the
custom
that
the
bone
of a
rooster
head is given to her
as an
award
.
Obvious
ly, the story is not
true, but the festival is interesting.
农业盛会
在
独立
日后
举行
。它不是一个
世界性的庆典
，由于它的
宗教起源
，只有
墨西哥
的
基督徒
才
盼
着节日的
到来<
/p>
：
很久以前，人类的
< br>祖先
很坏，他们互相
欺骗
，
耍诡计
，从不
遵守诺言
。于是，上帝
出现
了，
淹死
了他们所有的作物。人们
日夜挨饿
，
哭泣
着。为了
获得
上帝
的
原谅
，一位女
诗人出发
去见上帝。
她对上帝的
赞美
和怀有的
歉意
感动了上帝，有了他的
允
许
，人类终于又获得了
丰收
。因此，为
了
抹去忧伤
并
提醒
自己
对
上帝的
信仰
，人们开始举办这个节日。
在节日那天，人们
聚集
在露天场所，例如操场或
停车场
，
通宵达旦地玩
得非常开心，
< br>精力充沛的
人们
似乎
不知疲倦。
当一位用可爱的
衣服盛装打扮
的
美女<
/p>
朗读诗歌以
纪念
那位诗人时，在场的每<
/p>
个人都
屏住了呼吸
，然后，按照
风俗
，将
奖励
给她一只
公鸡
的头
骨
。
很
明显
，这
个故事不是真的，但是节日却很有趣。
ed Diet
平衡膳食
Wang Peng
earn
ed his
living
by running a
barbecue
restaurant, which
served delicious
bacon
,
fried
chicken
breast
and
mutton
roast
ed with
pepper
and
garlic
. But his food and
discount
attracted fewer
and
fewer
customer
s.
Finally,
he
was
in
debt
.
Yong
Hui’s
slim
ming
restaurant
served
fresh
pea
s,
carrot
s,
eggplant
s,
and
raw
cucumber
s
with
vinegar
.
As
the
hostess
,
she
said
fibre
s
benefit
ed
customers'
digestion
the most. In order
not to let Yong Hui
get away with
tell
ing
lies
,
Wang
Peng
spied
on
Yong
Hui
despite
her
glare
.
But
he
was
surprised
that
she
was
losing
her
customers, too.
Curiosity
drove Wang Peng to
consult
an expert. The
expert
sigh
ed and
said, ―Both of your menus
have
weakness
and
limited strength
. Your
customers
put on weight
too easily, while Yong Hui’s
lose
weight
too
quickly. So, Wang Peng,
cut
down
the fat of your food and increase
vegetables and fruits,
like
nut
s,
bean
s,
mushroom
s,
peache
s and
lemon
s. You
ought
to combine
the two menus and provide
a
balanced
diet
.‖
Before long
, Wang Peng won
his customers back.
王鹏经营一家
烧烤
餐厅来
谋生
，他的餐厅供应美味的
腊肉
、
油炸的
鸡
胸
，还有用
辣椒
和
大
蒜
一起
烤制
的
羊肉
。但是，他的食物和
< br>折扣
吸引的
顾客
越来越少，最后
是他
负债累累
。永慧的
减
肥
餐厅供应的是新鲜的
豌豆
、
红萝卜
、
茄子
和
醋
腌的
生黄瓜
。作为老板娘（
女主人
）
，她总是
说
食物
纤维
才最
有利于
顾客的
消化
。为了不让永慧<
/p>
说了谎不受惩罚
，王鹏不顾她的
怒视
，前去
探查
个究竟。但是让他惊奇的是，永
慧的顾客也在严重地流失。
好奇心
驱使王鹏去
咨询
专家。那位专家
叹息
着说：
“你们俩的菜单都
缺点
明显、
优点有限
。你
的顾客很容易就
发胖
，而永慧的顾客
体重
却
减轻
得太快。
所以嘛，王鹏，你要
减少
你的食物中的
脂肪含量，增加蔬菜和水果，例如
坚果
、
豆类
、
蘑菇
、
桃子
和
柠檬
之类。你
应该
把两份菜单
结合
起来，给
顾客提供
平衡的膳食
。
”
不久
，王鹏就赢回了他的顾客。
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篇
英语短文搞定高考
3500
个单词
13. Sailing Home
划船回家
This
novel
was
about
an
unbelievable
but
genuine
adventure
.
Its
author
was
a black
businessman
who
was
brought
up
in
America.
In
1956,
he
visited
Africa,
his
birthplace
.
One
day,
when
he
was
wander
ing on
the
pavement
near the
bay
enjoying the sea
scene
s, he lost his money
and passport that
he kept in an
envelope
. So he went to the
embassy
to
seek
help, but the
ambassador with
rude
manner
s
di
dn’t
permit
his staff to help
though he
bow
ed to him.
Staring at
his
impatient
face, he
understood
that it was the
fault
of his skin colour
that
account
ed
for
their
refection. So he decided to
take a
chance
to
sail on a small boat home.
He met
a large amount of
difficulty
but was never stopped.
On the
contrary
, difficulty pushed him to
go ahead
harder. Three
months later, he was
spot
ted
by a ship
by accident
. He
was
in rags
indeed
. A
maid
even
scream
ed when bringing
him a
steak
and
pineapple
dessert
. Aboard, he earned
his
passage
by
working as a barber and got home finally.
As for
the name
of his novel, he couldn’t think of a better
one than the
phrase
―Go
Ahead‖.
这部
小说
写的是一次令人
难以置信
而又
真实的历险
。其
作者
是一位在美国被
抚养
长大的黑人
< br>商
人
。
1956
年，他回到他的
出生地
非洲。有一天，当他在
海湾
边的
人行道
上
漫步
欣赏海
景
时，
他丢
失了一个装着钱和护照的
信封
，于
是向当地的
大使馆寻求
帮助。但是大使
态度
非常
粗鲁
，即使向
他
鞠躬
，也不
允许
他的职员帮忙。
盯着
他那
不耐烦的
脸，他知道是他皮肤颜色的
错
才
导致
了他们
的拒绝。于是，他决定<
/p>
冒险
驾驶一只小船回家。
他遇到了
许多
困难，但是从未停止，
相反
，困难推动他更努力地
前进
。三个月后，当他被一艘船
偶然发现
时，
真的是衣衫褴褛
。给他端来
牛排
和
菠萝甜品
的女仆甚至被吓得
尖叫
起来。在船上，
他当一名
理发师
来挣取
船费
，最后终于回到了家。
< br>至于
这部小说的名字，他再也不能想到一个比
“前进”更
好的
短语
了。
14. Explore
MKII
探测
MKII
行星
MKII,
a
planet
billion
s
of
kilometers
away,
is
the
origin
of
life
in
many
religion
s.
Physicist
s
have
proved
the
theory
that
its
gentle
climate
and
the
pull
of
its
gravity
are
similar
to
the
earth’s.
And
astronomer
s have found that
oxygen atom
s and
carbon dioxide
, which are
fundamental
to life, exist
in
its
atmosphere
through
satellite
s.
Cheer
ed
up
by this news,
biologist
s,
in
their turn, began to do
some
re
search
to
remove
people’s
p
uzzle
s
—
Now
that
there
are
some
suitable
conditions,
does
life
really
exist
on this
globe
? Do they
multiply
by
lay
ing
eggs
or
giving
birth to
babies?
Last month,
a
spaceship
was
sent there. It’s a pity that this mission failed.
Unlike
the earth, MKII is a
much
younger planet.
Thus,
mass
es
of
harmful acid
clouds
float
everywhere causing
violent
chain
reactions
to
break out
. These clouds
not only
block
ed
out
the pilots’ sight but
also damaged the engine
system
. Luckily, the pilots
watch
ed
out
carefully and
prevent
ed the spaceship
from
crash
ing
in
time
.
MK
二号是一颗几
十亿
公里外的行星，它在许多
宗教
里都是生命起源的地方。
物理学家
已经
证明了它
温和的气候
和
重
力
的
牵引
都和地球相似的
理论
；
天文学家
也通过
卫星
，在它的
大气层
里
发现了
氧原子
和
< br>二氧化碳
的存在，这些都是对生命来说，都是
基本的
。受到这一消息的
鼓舞
，
< br>生
物学家
们接着开始了研究以解开人们的
迷惑
——
既然
有了适合的条件
，生命真的
存在
于这个
星球
吗？他们是通过
下蛋
，还是
产
仔来
繁殖
后代的呢？
上个月，一艘
太空飞船
被派到了那儿。可惜的是，这次任务失败了。
不像
地球，
MK
二号是一
颗年轻
得多的行星。
因此
，大
团
大团的
有害酸
云到处
漂浮<
/p>
，引起
猛烈的连锁反应
的
爆发
。这些云
团不仅
阻挡
了飞行员的视线，而且还损坏了发动机
系统
。幸运的是，飞行员小心
注意
，才
及时
阻
止
了飞船的
坠毁
。
7
40
篇英语短文搞定高考
3500
个
单词
15.A Journey across Canada
横穿加拿大的旅行
After a
quiz
last
autumn, Kuang crossed the
continent
eastward
to Toronto to visit his
schoolmate
,
the
distance measuring
approximately
5,000 kilometers,
His train started from
Vancouver, a city
surround
ed
by mountains. After
confirm
ing his
baggage
was
aboard
the
train,
Kuang
settle
d
down
in
his
seat.
Having
a
gift
for
communication,
he
started
chat
ting
with another passenger
within
5 minutes. Their
topic
s included the
Canadian tradition
s, the
Prime Minister
, the
mixture
of races, and the
terrifying
Great Fall. After
a nice
buffet
at noon, he
was
pleased
to find that the
scenery
was
impressive
. He saw beautiful
harbour
s
in the
distance
,
wealthy
urban
areas and
maple
forest that covered
thousands of
acre
s. He even
manage
d
to catch
sight of
an
eagle
flying
upward
over
bush
es.
Kuang reached Toronto which lies
slightly
near the
border
at a
misty
dawn
. There was
frost
and
the
broad downtown
streets were
very quiet. Though it was early, Kuang phoned his
schoolmate in a
booth nearby
at once
rather than
waiting
for him to come. They had a good time together.
去年秋天的一次
考试
后，光
向东
横穿整个
大
陆
，来到多伦多探望他的
同学
，这次旅
行的
距离
测量
起来
大约
有五千多公里。
他的火车从群山
围绕
的温哥华启程。在
证实
了自己的
行李
都<
/p>
在
火
车上
之后，
光就在座位上
安
坐下来
。因为
在
与人交流
方面有天赋
，他
在
5
分钟
内
就和另一个乘客
聊
起
天
来。他们的
话题
包括
加拿大的传统
、加拿大的
总理
、种族的
混合
，还有
让人心惊
胆战的
大瀑布。中午吃了一顿美味的
自助餐
后，
他
很高兴
发现外面的
风景
非常让人
印象深刻
。
他看见了
远处
美丽的
海港
、
富裕
的
市区
，
还有延绵几千
亩
的
枫树
林，他甚至还
设法看见
了一只在
灌木丛上
空翱翔的<
/p>
鹰
。
光在一个
薄雾笼罩的黎明
到达
稍稍
接近
边境
的多伦多，地上
有
霜
，
宽阔的市区
街道很安静。
尽管还很早，光却
不愿
等待，立刻就在
附近电话亭
给同学打了个电话。他们在一起度
过了美好的
时光。
16.A
Woman Doctor-Lina
女医生丽娜
Born
in
a
pigs’
nest
,
Lina
led
a
poor
life
in
her
childhood
.
She
was
look
ed
down
upon
by
the
children
of her
generation
. But she
intend
ed to become a doctor
after she
came across
Lin
Qiaozhi
by
chance
, who was
deliver
ing medical courses
to an
audience
crowd
ing around her. Before
moving off
,
Lin
inspire
d her to
carry on
her
study. With Lin’s
support
,
Lina entered an
institute
and studied hard
sparing
no
time
for
entertainment
.
Her
being
outspoken
and
modest
won
respect
for
her.
Her
excellent
arguing
skills and
observation
ability
put
others
into the shade
.
Now,
Lina
has
become
a
specialist
in
human
being
s’
emergency
sickness
.
Her
kindness
and
considerate
behavior
to
the
poor
were
well
known.
The
organization
she
founded
carried
out
campaign
s
and
welfare
project
s
to
help
cut
the
death
rate
for
the
poor.
Her
job
was
hard
but
worthwhile
. She often
refer
s
to
the
connection
between her
achievement
and Lin Qiaozhi,
and says
that her poor childhood is the
bond
between her and the
poor.
丽娜出生在猪
圈
里，童年
过着
贫穷
的生活
，被和她同
辈
< br>的孩子
看不起
。但是在她
偶然遇
见
了
林巧芝之后却打定注意
想要
成为一名医生，当时林巧芝正在给
拥挤
在她身
边的
观众传授
医疗课
程，在
离开
之前，林巧芝
鼓舞
她
继续坚持
学习。在林的
支持
下，丽娜进入了一所
学院
。她努力学
习，毫不浪费时间玩闹
娱乐
。她的
< br>坦诚
和
谦虚
为她赢得了
尊敬
，她优秀的
辩论
技
巧和
观察
能力
使
其他的人都
黯然失色
。
现在，丽娜已经成为一名
人类紧急病症专家
。她对穷人的
好心
和
考虑周到的一举一动
都众所
周知，她建立的
组织
开展各种
活动
和
福利项目
来为穷人减少死亡
率
。她的工作艰苦却很
值得
。她
常常
提到
她的
成就
和林巧芝之间的
联系
，还
总是说她贫穷的童年就是她与穷人之间的
纽带
。
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< br>
17. A New Farming Way
新的耕种方式
Tuan
was
a
farmer
in
Vietnam
.
For
decade
s,
he
had
been
struggling
to
rid
his
family
of
hunger
.
However,
it always
confuse
d him how
to
expand
the
output
of his
crop
s. This
disturbing
problem
led
to
his
regret
ting being a farmer.
He
would rather
have chosen
another job.
One
day,
when
skim
ming
through
a
newspaper,
Tuan
read
a
comment
on
Yuan
Longpin.
He
underline
d
Yuan’s
nationality
and
occupation
, and then
focus
ed
on
his
discovery
and the
statistic
s of
his
research. He found the knowledge Yuan
circulate
d very practical.
Therefore
, he made a
summary
and began
to
build up
a new farming
method. He planted
super grain
of rich
nutrition
and
equip
ped
himself
to
keep
his
crops
root
s
free
from
bacteria
and
pest
s.
He
also
enriched
mineral
s
in
the
soil
while
reducing chemical
fertilizer
s. Though it cost him more
time and
freedom
, he was
full of hope.
The next
year, Tuan was
sunburnt
but
satisfied with
his
production
very much.
Thanks to
Yuan
Longpin, he not only won the
battle
against hunger, but
he could also
export
his
crops abroad.
俊是一名
越南
的农民，几
十年
来，他都一直在
努力使
家人
摆脱
饥饿。然而，如何
扩大
他的
农作物产量
这一问题却一直在
困扰
着他。这个
恼人的
问
题
导致
了他
后悔
当一名农民，而
宁愿
自己
当初选择其
它的工作。
一天，俊在
浏览
报纸的时候，读到一篇关于袁隆平的
评论
。他在袁的
国籍
和
职业下面划了线
，
然后将
焦点集中在<
/p>
他的
发现
和研究
数据
上。他发现袁
传播
的知识非常实用
，
因此
，他做了
摘要
< br>，
并开始
建立
一种新的耕作方式
。他种植
营养
丰富的
超级谷物
，
添置设备
以使作物的
根部
免受
细菌
害虫
的伤害；他还增加
土壤
所含的
矿物
质
，同时
减少化学肥料
的使用。尽管耗
费了他更多的时间
和
自由
，他却充满着
希望。
第二年，俊被
晒黑
了，但是却对自己的
生产
非常
满意
。
多亏了
< br>袁隆平，他不仅赢得了对抗饥
饿的
战斗
< br>，而且还将自己的作物
出口
到国外呢。
< br>
18. Chaplin
- A Great Master of Humour
幽默大师卓别林
Chaplin
was
an
extraordinary
performer
who
star
red
in
and
direct
ed
many
outstanding
comedies
. Few were
bored
watching his
moustache
, his
gesture
s or his
entertaining
react
ions when
chased by
detective
s. Being
drunk
,
sliding
on a banana skin or
whisper
ing his own
failure
s to nobody,
he made us
feel
more
content with
our life without
any
verbal
explanation. His
particular
sense of
humor
has
astonish
ed everybody
throughout
the world
up to now
.
In a small
budget
film, he played a
badly-off
and
homeless
person wearing
worn-out
shoes and
messy
clothes. On one
occasion
, he was trapped by
a
snowstorm
in a vast
mountainous
area. Though
he
overcame
many difficulties, he wasn’t
fortunate
enough. With all
the
porridge
eaten up, he
pick
ed
out
a shoe and boiled it to
eat. He
cut off
the
leather
bottom and
chew
ed it like a
pancake
. According
to an
actress
,
his acting was so
convincing
and
amusing
that everybody
couldn’t help
bursting into
laughter.
卓别林是一名
非凡的演员
，他
主演
并
导演
了多部
杰出的喜剧
。看见他可笑的
小胡子
、滑稽的
手势
动作，
还有面对
警探
的追捕时
有趣的反应
，很少有人会觉得
厌烦
。
< br>喝醉酒
啦，踩到香蕉皮
滑
倒
啦，或者自言自语（
低语
）自己的
糗事
啦，他无需任何
语言解释
< br>的表演总是使我们对自己的生
活
感到
更加
满意
。他
独特的幽默
感
直到现在
依然
使
世界各地的
人们都感到惊讶
。
在一部小
预算
的电影里，他穿着
磨破的
鞋子和
脏兮兮的
衣服，扮演了一名
贫穷
又
无家可归的
人。在一幕
场景
中，他被一场
暴风雪
困在一片
多山的
区里。尽管他
克服
了许
多困难，但是他还是
运气不好的
。
粥<
/p>
都吃完了，他只好
挑
出一只鞋子煮来吃。
他
切下皮革
的鞋底，像
烙饼
一样地
咀嚼
起来。据一名
女演员
所说，他的表演是如此地
令人信服
而又
逗人发笑的
，以致在场的所有人都
忍
不住
大笑起来。
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19.A
Misunderstanding
一场误会
In
general
,
spoken
statement
s
are
the
major
way
of
communication,
but
body
language
and
facial
expressions
also
have such kinds of
function
. For example,
yawn
ing means being
not
interested and
turn
ing
one’s
back
to
someone
or swinging your
fist
shows
your
anger
. But what those
gestures really
mean
is
subjective
in
different
cultures.
Thus,
misunderstand
ings
happen
now
and
then
in
today’s
world of cultural
crossroads
.
Once,
represent
ing the
Adult
s’ Education
Association
, I went to the
airport to meet an official of high
rank
from
Columbia
and take him to his
dormitory
and then to the
canteen
. After the
flight
arrived, I
saw a man looking around
curious
ly. So I
approach
ed to
greet
him. He suddenly
dash
ed to
hug
me
and kissed
me on both
cheek
s. As a
young girl, I felt
truly
embarrassed and put up my hands to
defend
myself.
His
false
smile told me that
he had
lost face
.
Later, I received a
cassette
from him, in which
he recorded his apology. On hearing that
Columbians
were
more
likely to
kiss others, I
soon felt
at
ease
.
通常说来
，
口头表达
是人们交流的
主要
方法，但是肢体语言和
面部
表情也有这
种
功能
。例如，
打
哈欠
意味着不感兴趣，
背对
别人或
向其挥舞
拳头
表达的是
愤怒
。但是在不同的文化中那些手势表
达的真正意思是很
主观的
。由此，
误会
就时不时地发生
在今天这个文化
交叉
碰撞的世界里。
有一回，
我
代表成人
< br>教育
协会
到机场去接一位从
哥伦
比亚
来的高
级
官员，
< br>我得带他到
宿舍
和
食堂
。
当他的
航班
到达时，
我看见一名男子
好奇地
东张西望，于是
走上前去
和他
打招呼
。他突然
猛冲
过
来
拥抱
我，还亲了我的
脸颊
。还是个年轻姑娘的我感到
真
尴尬，不由自主举起手来
保护
自己。他
的
假
笑告诉
我他感到
丢了面子
。
后来，我收到他送来的一盒
磁带
，里面录了他的道歉。
当听到这只是因为哥伦比亚人更
倾向于
见
面时互相亲吻时，我很快就感到
轻松安心
了。
20.A Unique Theme Park
独一无二的主题公园
As soon
as our
shuttle got close to
the
theme
park by the
freeway
, everyone
came to life
and put on
cloth
sneaker
s
in
advance
for
an
outing
.
Our
translator
paid
for
the
admission
,
and
we
started
enjoying the
various
attraction
s in the
sunlight
.
According to the travel
brochure
, this
unique
park
is
famous for
its well
preserve
d
minority
culture.
We experienced many
deed
s of the early
settler
s, such as
swing
ing across rivers,
hunting
creature
s in
the
jungle
, or
taking part in
sword
s
fighting
tournament
s.
This park is
also famous for its wooden
souvenir
s.
Whichever
we bought in the
central
shop was
made of wood, and
wherever
we went we could
see minority
carpenter
s
working. They made wooden
tools,
wooden
cartoon
figures,
wooden
athletic
products
and
so
on.
They
even
built
a
huge
wooden
engine
with a
length
of 20 metres, which
was modeled after
a real
one.
This theme park is
really a
fantasy amusement
park.
No wonder
it has
become the
brand
of local
tourism
.
我们走
高速公路
的
来往穿梭巴士
一
接近主题
公园，大家都
< br>活跃了起来
，并且
提前
穿上了<
/p>
布
鞋
，做好这趟
外出旅游
的准备。
翻译
付了
入场费
后，我们就开始在
阳光
下欣赏
各种各样吸引人的
东西
。<
/p>
根据旅行
手
册
的介绍，这个
独一无二的
公园
因
其得到良好
保护
的
少数
名族文化
而闻名
< br>。我们
体验了许多早期
定居者
所
做的
事
，
如
荡
过河啦，
在
丛林
中猎杀
动物
啦，
或者参加
剑
术
比赛
啦等等。
这个公园还因为它的木制
纪念品
而闻名，我们在
中心
商
场购买的
任何一件物品
，都是用木头
制
作的，
无论
我们走到
哪里
，都可以看见少数名族的
木匠
们在忙碌。他们制作的
有木制工具、木
制的
卡通
人物、木制的
运动用的
产品，等等等等。他们甚至还根据一台真实发动机
仿造
了一台
长
度<
/p>
有
20
米的木制
发动机
。
这个主题公园真是个充满
幻想
的
娱乐<
/p>
公园，
怪不得
它成为当地
旅游业
的一个
品牌
。
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21.A Strange
Disease
奇怪的疾病
When
the
construction
of the
firework
factory came to the
stage of painting, a
pump
was put in. Then,
all
the
painter
s
in
the
neighbourhood
were
defeat
ed
by
a
severe
disease
whose
characteristic
was
alike
to that
of a bad burn.
An
expert
physician
was
instruct
ed to
attend
to the
victim
s and
handle
this case. He was
enthusiastic
,
but
he didn’t
foresee
that it
was a hard
challenge
. After
simple
enquiry
, he
announce
d that the
pollute
d
paint
was to
blame
. But without
positive
evidence, people
suspect
ed and
reject
ed his view, saying
the
theory he
put forward
made no sense
. Being much more
strict with
himself, he
contribute
d himself to
the
case.
Apart
from
making
enquiries,
he
made
detailed
chart
s
and
analyse
d
the
data
cautiously
.
Finally, he
drew a
scientific conclusion
,
link
ing the disease
to
the
radium
in the pump.
Expose
d
to
radium,
a
kind
of
radioactive
material
in
the
universe
,
people
absorb
ed
radiation
and
got
sick
immediately.
Spin
ning the
pump
backward
, he took away
the radium. This simple
movement
cure
d all the victims.
当那座
烟花
工厂的
建设
到了油漆阶段时，一个
水泵
被安装进来
，接着，在它
附近
的
油漆
工
都得了一种
严重的
疾病（疾病
击败
油漆工）
< br>，其
特征
与烧伤
相似
。
一位
经验丰富的内科
医生
被
指定
去
照顾受害者
并负责
处理
这一案例。他<
/p>
热情地
投入到工作中，但
是却没有
预见
到这是一次艰难的
挑战
< br>。
在简单的
询问
后，
他就
宣布
说罪魁祸首是受
污染
的油漆
（油
漆应受
责备
）
。但是没有
确实的
证据，人们很
怀疑
并
拒绝
他的观点，大家都说他
提出
的理
论
毫无
道理
。他对自己要求更加
严格
，
全身心地投入
。
除了
询问，他还制作了详细的
图表<
/p>
，
谨慎地分析
各项数据，最后，他终于<
/p>
得出了一个科学的结论
，把疾病和水泵中的
镭联系
起来。镭是
宇宙
中的
一种放射性物质，当
暴露
在镭的辐射中时，人体
吸收
其射线，立刻染上疾病。
他把水泵
向后旋转
，拿走了里面的镭，这个简
单的
动作治愈
了所有的受害者。
eeing in the
United Kingdom
观光联合王国
After the
wedding
, my cousin and his
wife went to the
United
Kingdom
for
nationwide
sightseeing
.
He
fax
ed a letter to me in
English yesterday. To my
delight
, he no longer made
any
tense error
. And his
description
roughly
clarified
my
questions
about
the
UK--its
currency
,
its
administration
,
the
institution
which
divide
s
it
into
four
province
s,
and
the
historical
conflict
s
and
quarrel
s
when
Southern Ireland
broke away
from
the UK.
Unwilling
to
leave
out
any
attraction,
my
cousin
arrange
d
his
enjoyable
journey
carefully.
One
attractive
place he visited
was a castle in the
countryside
of Scotland,
which lies near a
port
. It
used to
be the headquarters
（
请注意：音频里面是
headquarter
，没有加
s
，是不对的。
）
of
the
Communism
Union
but
broke
down
during
the
war.
Finding
nothing
could
take
the
place
of
this
splendid
architecture
, people
accomplish
ed rebuilding it
in 1952. It was
to their
credit
that all
furnish
ed rooms
are
consistent
with what they used to be. My cousin was
thrill
ed by its
collection
s consisting of
statue
s
plus
royal
uniform
s
fold
ed
in
glass
tanks.
Though
there
was
no
possibility
to
buy
some
of
these
exhibits, it was
convenient
to take photos,
which he sent me along with his fax.
<
/p>
我的表弟和他妻子在举办了
婚礼
后到
联合王国
做
全国旅游观光
< br>去了。他昨天
传真
了一封英文信给
我，让我
高兴
的是，他再也不犯
时态
错误
了，而且他的
描述
也
粗略地
向我
阐明
了关于英国
的一些
问题——它的
货币
啦，
行政管理
啦，
把
它
分成
四个
行政区
的
制度
啦，还有在南爱尔兰
脱离
联合王
国时发生的一些历史上的
冲突
和
争拗
。
因为
不愿意漏掉
任何一个景点，我表弟仔细地
安排
了他
愉快的
旅程
。他参观的其中一个
吸引人的
地方是苏格兰
乡村
的一个城堡。城堡靠近一座
港口
，曾经是
共产主义联盟会
的总部，但是在战争
中
倒塌
了。人们发现没有任何东西可以
取代
这座
辉煌的建筑
，于是在
1952
年
完成
了重建。
值得
赞扬
的是，所有
配备家具
的房间都和它们过去
一致的
。由
雕像加折叠
在玻璃柜里的
< br>皇家制服
组成
的
收藏品
使我表弟
震撼
不已。尽管没有
< br>可能
购买这些展览品，拍照却很
方便
，他在传真中一起发
给了我。
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篇英语短文搞定高考
3500
个单词
Air
Crash
飞机失事
I was a
previous
typist
in a post office.
Because I couldn’t
tolerate
typing any more
postage
bills or
postcode
s on a
typewriter
every
day,
I resigned. With a
greedy motivation
of making
big money,
I
took
up
working as a business
representative
for the
G
.E
Ecology
Company, which produced
goods
by
recycling
useful
material
s from our
dustbin
s. My new job left me
good
impression
s in many
aspect
s
except
that the working
timetable
was full of traveling by
jet
s.
Once,
when
speed
ing
up
,
our
jet
was
swallow
ed
by
a
thunderstorm,
which
destroyed
our
GPS
receiver
and made us
lose sight
of
the directions. A
constantly flash
ing light
showed that our jet was in
danger. A
steward instantly
asked us
to put on
mask
s and
fasten
the safety
belt
s, and then
press
ed a
button
to
switch
on the
escaping
capsule
. It
slid sideways out of
the
opening
at once and landed
in a
desert
area safely.
Lack
ing food and
tablet
s, we were nervous and
uncertain
at first. But we
all kept
optimistic
and made
good
adjustment
to the
situation. We
swept up
the
surrounding mud
to make our
settlement
and
were back on our feet
soon.
Finally,
guide
d
by the smoke of our crashing jet,
some
local
citizen
s
came by
carriage
s and saved
us.
我
以前
是一家邮局的
打字员
，因为
忍受
够了
每天在
打字机
上打
邮资
账单或
邮政编码
，我辞了职。
带着想挣大钱的
贪婪动机
，我
开始
给一家叫
G.E
生态
公司的企业当商务
代表
，这家公司通过
回收
我们
垃圾箱
里的有用
材料
生产
商品
。我的新工
作在多
方面
都给了我很好的
印象
，除了一点：乘
飞
机
旅行挤满了我的工作
时间表
。
有一次，我们的喷气飞机在
加速
时被一场雷暴
吞没
，不仅损坏了
GPS
信号
接收器
，还使我们
看不
见
方向。一盏
持续闪亮
的灯说明我们的飞机正处在危险中。一名
乘务员立刻
让
我们戴上
面罩
、
系
牢安全
带
，接着
按
下一枚
按钮
打开
逃生
仓电源
，逃生仓马上
侧着滑出出口
，安全降落在一片
荒
凉的
地区。因为
缺少
食品和
药品
，我们一开始都又紧张又
心里没底
，但是我们都保持
乐观
，做好
调整
适应这一新境况。我们
打扫
干净<
/p>
周围的泥土
，
安顿
下来，很快就
恢复
过来。最后，在我们坠
机烟雾的
指引
下，一些当地的
居民
搭乘
马车
到来，我们都获救了。
Amateur
Journalist
业余记者
Jane is a
housewife
, but
delighted
to work as an
amateur journalist
. It is a
dilemma
for her to rush
between family and work, and it is also
unusual
for the News
Department
to
depend on
an amateur to
cover
crimes
. But
Jane is really
gifted
. It is
admirable
that she is seldom
accuse
d
of
making mistakes.
And,
eager
to
become more
professional
,
she
concentrate
s
on
her job and
update
s herself now and
then.
Once
she
is
inform
ed
of
a
new
case
,
her
normal
working
process
is
as
follows:
first,
she
makes
appointment
s
with
guilty
people
for
interviews.
So
as
to
acquire
accurate
stories,
she
usually
demand
s
to record what they say.
Meanwhile
, a
technically
good
colleague
will
assist
her in taking
photograph
s. Second, she
assess
es whether they are
deliberately
hiding the
truth. If she is
skeptical
about their words, she will look into
the case herself. Third, she writes
thorough
stories ahead of
the
deadline
and
submit
s it to the
senior chief editor
, who
polish
es and
approve
s every
section
. Finally,
her stories will be
publish
ed in different
edition
s of their
magazine.
简是一名
家庭主妇
，但却非常
乐意
< br>做一名
业余记者
。在家和工作之间奔波总是使她
左右为难
，而
且对于新闻
部
来说，
依靠
一名业余人员来报道<
/p>
罪案
也是
不同寻常的
，但是简真的很
有天赋
，
让人
钦佩的
是她极少
因
为犯错而
受到责备
。因为
渴望
做得更加
专业
，她
全神
贯注于
工作，且时不时地
就
提升
自身的业务水平。
一旦接到新
案子
的
通知
，她通常的工作
程序
如下：首先，她和
有罪的
人
约
了作采访。
为了获
得准
确的
新闻，她通常
要求
做录音，
同时
，一位
技术
上
好的
同事
会
协助
她拍
照
；接着，她对受采访的
人是否有
故意
隐瞒真相作出
评估
。如果她
怀疑
他们的话，
就会亲自调查案件；然后，她在截稿
期
限
前写出
详尽的
报道，
呈交
给
高级主编
，由他对每个
部分
做
润色
和
批准
；最后，她的新闻就
发表
在杂志的
各个
版本
中了。
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