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expensive怎么读

篇一：

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第十七篇EiffelIsanEyeful

Some2300metersup,neartheEiffelTower'

swind-whippedsummittheworldcomestoscribble3.Japanese,Brazilians,Americans—theygraffiti4theirnames,lovesandpoliticsonthecoldiron—transformingthemostFrenchofmonumentsintosymbolofaworldonthemove5.WithParislaidoutinminiature6below，itseemsstrangethatvisitorswouldratherwastetimemarkingtheirpresencethanadmiringtheview7.Butthegraffitialsoraisesaquestion：

Why,nearly114yearsafteritwascompleted,anddecadesafteritceasedtobetheworld,stalleststructure,islaTourEiffelstillsopopular8?

Thereasonsareascomplexastheironworkthatgraces9astructuresome90storieshigh.Butpartoftheansweris,nodoubt,itsagelessness.Regularlymaintained,itshouldneverrustaway.Graffitiisregularlypaintedover,butthetowerliveson.

"

EiffelrepresentsParisandParisisFrance.Itisverysymbolic”，saysHuguesRichard10,a31-year-oldFrenchmanwhoholdstherecordforcyclinguptothetower'

ssecondfloor一747stepsin19minutesand4seconds,withouttouchingthefloorwithhisfeet."

It'

sironlady，Itinspiresus11”，hesays.

Buttowhat12?

Afterall,thetowerdoesn'

thaveapurpose.Itceasedtobetheworld’stallestin1930whentheChryslerBuilding13wentupinNewYork.Yes，televisionandradiosignalsarebeamedfromthetop,andGustaveEiffel,afreneticbuilderwhodiedonDecember27，aged91,useditsheightforconductingresearchintoweather,aerodynamicsandradiocommunication.Butinessencethetowerinspiressimplybybeingthere_ablankcanvasforvisitorstomakeofitwhattheywill14.Tothetechnicallyminded15,it'

sanengineeringtriumph.Forlovers,it'

sromantic.

Thetowerwilloutlastallofus,andbyalongway16”，saysIsabelleEsnous,whosecompanymanagesEiffelTower.

第十八篇GoalofAmericanEducation

EducationisanenormousandexpensivepartofAmericanlife.Itssizeismatchedbyitsvariety.

DifferencesinAmericanschoolscomparedwiththosefoundinthemajorityofothercountrieslieinthefactthateducationherehaslongbeenintendedforeveryone—notjustforaprivilegedelite.Schoolsareexpectedtomeettheneedsofeverychild,regardlessofability,andalsotheneedsofsocietyitself.Thismeansthatpublicschoolsoffermorethanacademicsubjects.Itsurprisesmanypeoplewhentheycomeheretofindhighschoolsofferingsuchcoursesastyping,sewing,radiorepair,computerprogrammingordrivertraining,alongwithtraditionalacademicsubjectssuchasmathematics,history,andlanguages.Studentschoosetheircurriculadependingontheirinterests,futuregoals,andlevelofability.TheunderlyinggoalofAmericaneducationistodevelopeverychildtotheutmostofhisorherownpossibilities,andtogiveeachoneasenseofcivicandcommunityconsciousness.

Schoolshavetraditionallyplayedanimportantroleincreatingnationalunityand“Americanizing”themillionsofimmigrantswhohavepouredintothiscountryfrommany

differentbackgroundsandorigins.Schoolsstillplayalargeroleinthecommunity,especiallyinthesmalltowns.

Theapproachtoteachingmayseemunfamiliartomany,notonlybecauseitisinformal,butalsobecausethereisnotmuchemphasisonlearningfacts.Instead,Americanstrytoteachtheirchildrentothinkforthemselvesandtodeveloptheirownintellectualandcreativeabilities.Studentsspendmuchtime,learninghowtouseresourcematerials,libraries,statisticsandcomputers.Americansbelievethatifchildrenaretaughttoreasonwellandtoresearchwell,theywillbeabletofindwhateverfactstheyneedthroughouttherestoftheirlives.Knowinghowtosolveproblemsisconsideredmoreimportantthantheaccumulationoffacts.

ThisisAmerica'

sanswertothesearchingquestionthatthoughtfulparentsallovertheworldareaskingthemselvesinthefast-movingtime:

“Howcanonepreparetoday'

schildforatomorrowthatonecanneitherpredictnorunderstand?

”

篇二：

阅读理解题

（一）

Hi,Louis!

I’mwritingtotellyousomethingaboutthecustoms（习俗）andfestivals（节日）.

Everyonelovesholidayssinceonedoesn’tneedtogotoschoolorwork.Althoughallholidaysmeannoschoolandwork,butnotallofthemarethesame.Onsomeofthemyougooutwithfriends;

onothersyoustayhometoeat,talk,andhavefunwithyourfamily.ForexampleintheU.S.,everyonethinksNewYear’sEveandNewYeararebothforpartyingwithfriends.Christmasisthetimetostayhomeandexchangegiftswithfamilymembers.TheoppositeistrueinJapanthough.Forexample,inJapan,NewYearisforspendingtimewiththefamilytoeat,talk,havefun,andgotothetemples.ButChristmasisforboyandgirlfriendstogooutandex