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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< /p>

爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽；到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住 。

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 positi

on and a gold

blanket

.

作为共和国的创始 人，这位总统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，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< /p>

求怜悯。实际上，他在任何一个困境时期都充满着希望，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。

< br>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

< /p>

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

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回报。

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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，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

< /p>

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，承诺说

< br>

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，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

< br>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，

< br>

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。

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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

应道：

“

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。

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，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，我们在表演中加上幽默的动作，互相开着玩笑。很

< br>

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。

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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：

很久以前，人类的祖先很坏，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