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英语晨读精华
目录
Week1
Day1MuchtoLiveFor生命的追求
Day2YaoMing:
NewCenterStyle姚明：
新式中锋
Day3TallTale吹牛
Day4Nanotechnology:
BeyondYourWildestDreams纳米科技：
超越终极想象
Day5Jimmy:
PictureBooksforAdults幾米：
画给大人看的漫画
Day6ATaleofTwoCities（excerpt）双城记（节选）
Day7TwoPoems诗两首
TimeforFun
Week2
Day1Youth青春
Day2TheMountianStory大山的故事
Day3TwoFables寓言两则
Day4DoesItMakeaDifference这样做有用吗
Day5JaneEyre（excerpt）简爱（节选）
Day6RavetheDay锐舞终日
Day7WinnerNeverQuit成功者决不放弃
TimeforFun
Week3
Day1Persistence毅力
Day2CostofLove母爱无价
Day3GreatExpectations（excerpt）远大前程（节选）
Day4Anthrax,AnotherTerroristWeapon炭疽热，恐怖分子的又一种武器
Day5TheGardenofEden伊甸园
Day6Hallowe’en万圣节
Day7TwoPeoms诗两首
TimetoLearn
Week4
Day1ACourageousLeader勇敢的领袖
Day2AntelopeandLion羚羊和狮子
Day3Habit习惯
Day4LearnConstantly不断学习
Day5TheFoxandtheRooster狐狸和雄鸡
Day6DoYouFeartheWind你可害怕风
Day7ThePriceofMiracle奇迹的价格
TimetoLearn
Week5
Day1TheEndofADream美梦告终
Day2AStrangePresent一件奇怪的礼物
Day3VacationsinSpace太空度假
Day4KeepingPleasant保持愉快的心情
Day5TheManIRespectMost我最尊敬的人
Day6MyTimeofHappinessEachDay我每天的快乐时光
Day7Home—AJoyForever家——永恒的快乐
TimetoSpeak
Week6
Day1Lincoln’sGettysburgAddress林肯在盖茨堡的演说
Day2Self-ShorteningShirt自动伸缩衬衫
Day3StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening风雪夜林边停
Day4WinstonChurchill’sAddress温斯顿·丘吉尔的演说
Day5Summer夏日
Day6Hip-HopWorld嘻哈音乐的世界
Day7HowtoBeHappy快乐的秘诀
TimetoSpeak
Week7
Day1ExploringtheOceans海洋探索
Day2AttitudeisEverything态度决定一切
Day3Yoga瑜伽
Day4SpringSong春之歌
Day5TheSonicCruiser音速巡航机
Day6NewPicturesofanOldUniverse宇宙初生
Day7FatherandDaughter父亲和女儿
TimetoEnjoy
Week8
Day1TroubleontheTable餐桌上的麻烦
Day2ThreeDaystoSee假如给我三天光明
Day3PitchinforthePlanet为这颗星球努力
Day4WhoMovedMyCheese谁动了我的奶酪
Day5TheRisingPopularityofExtremeSports极限运动日渐流行
Day6IHaveaDream我有一个梦想
Day7TheWisdomofOneWord一句话的智慧
1.1MuchtoLiveFor
ThereissomuchIhavenotbeen,somuchIhavenotseen.Ihavenotthoughtandhavenotdoneorfeltenough—theearlysun,rainandtheseasonaldelightofflocksofducksandgeeseinflight,themysteriesoflate-at-night.Istillneedtimetoreadabook,writepoems,paintapicture,lookatscenesandfacesdeartome.Thereissomethingmoretobeofvalue—somethingIshouldfindwithinmyself—aspeaceofmind,patience,graceandbeingkind.IshalltakeandIshallgive,whileyet,thereissomuchtolivefor—rainbows,starsthatgleam,thefields,thehills,thehope,thedreams,thetruththatonemustseek.I’llstayhere—treasureeverydayandlovetheworldinmyownway!
[注释]：
seasonaldelight:
季节性的喜悦 grace:
魅力，优雅 gleam:
闪光；闪耀
1.2YaoMing:
NewCenterStyle
If20yearsagoyouaskedtheaverageAmericanbasketballfanifaChinesemancouldplaycenterforanNBAteam,hisanswermighthavesoundedsomethinglikethis:
“Haha.No,he’dbetooshort!
”Butnow,thedoubtersaresilent.Whoclosedtheirmouths?
HoustonRockets,2.26-meter-tallcenterYaoMing,fromChina.YaoMinggrewupinafamilyofbasketballplayers.Whenhewas12,YaoMingstartedgoingtoanathleticsacademyoutsideofShanghaiandlaterspentalotoftimestudyingNBAgamestelevisedinChina.Allthishaspaidoff.Yao’sfirstNBAhonorwashisrankingasnumber-onedraftpick,andhe’sbeenelectedforaRookie-of-the-Monthaward.YaoMinghasastyledifferentfromthoseoftallcentersinthepast.Herarelygoesfortheflashyslams.He’drathershowoffhissilk-smoothfree-throwshots,orusehisheighttopopinjumpshotsfromthethree-pointline.
[注释]：
doubter:
持怀疑态度的人 athletics:
体育运动 academy:
学院
televise:
（电视）播放 payoff：
还清，赢利 ranking:
排名
draft:
（美国）职业运动的选秀 pick:
挑选 slam:
灌篮
rookie:
新秀选手 flashy:
花哨的，华丽的 showoff：
炫耀
popin：
投入
1.3TallTale
Afriendtoldmethisstory.Hecanstretchthetruthabit,soI’mnotsurewhethertobelievehim.Butontheotherhand,truthcanbestrangerthanfiction!
Whatdoyouthink?
Twobrotherswerewatchingahorrorfilmonvideolateonenight.Onebrotherdozedoffanddreamedthathewasbeingchasedbythecrazymanfromthemovie,whowastryingtokillhim.Inthedream,hehidinacupboard.Therewasnosoundexcepthisheartpounding,andhehadnoideawherehiscrazedcaptorwas.Hewasterrified!
Atthatmoment,thevideofinished,andhisbrotherputhishandontheshoulderofhissleepingsiblingtowakehim.Theshockatthattensemomentwasenoughthatthesleepingbrothersufferedamassiveheartattackanddiedinstantly.
Theanswer：
Ofcourseit’snottrue!
Ifhediedinstantly,howwouldanyoneknowwhathisdreamwasabout?
Andthinkagain:
Thereisagirlbehindeachboy,andaboybehindeachgirl.Howmanychildrenareneededtodothis?
Theanswer：
Itcanbedonewithjusttwochildren:
onlyoneboyandonegirlareneedediftheystandbacktoback!
[注释]：
tretch...abit：
夸大事实，言过其实 horrorfilm：
恐怖电影
dozeoff：
打瞌睡 cupboard:
橱柜captor:
捕捉者 sibling:
兄弟，姐妹
1.4Nanotechnology:
BeyondYourWildestDreams
Nanotechnologyisthescienceofmovingindividualatomsaroundandputtingthempreciselywherewewant.Sinceeverythingiscomposedofatoms,bydoingthiswecan,intheory,constructanythingwewant.Forexample,bymovingaroundtheatomsinapieceofcoal,wecouldcreateadiamond. Currently,nanotechnologyisstillquitecrude.Scientistscanalterthepropertiesofthingslikeplasticsorclothtomakethemharderorsofterormoredurable,buttheycan’tbuildsomethingnewfromacollectionofatoms.Why?
Well,becausethingsaremadeupofbillionsofatomsandittakestoolongtomovethemaround.So,thenextbigstepinnanotechnologywillbebuildingmachinesthatcandothisautomatically.Oncewehavetheseweshouldbeabletomakealmostanythingwithnowasteandnopollution,atverylittlecost.Scientiststhinkthatthefirst“UniversalAssembler”mightbebuiltinaround15years.
.[注释]：
nanotechnology:
纳米技术 individual:
个别的，单独的，个人的
atom:
原子precisely:
准确地；明确地 becomposedof:
由……组成，
currently:
目前 crude:
未成熟的 alter:
改变
property:
特性，属性 durable:
耐久的 billion:
十亿（的）
1.5Jimmy:
PictureBooksforAdults
Artistsandauthorsusemanydifferentwaystotalkaboutsociety;manywritenovels,whileotherspaintpictures.AnartistinTaipeihasfoundadifferentwaytotalkaboutlife,people,andtheproblemsweallface.HisnameisJimmyLiao,andhecreatesillustratedbooks.Jimmyisbothanillustratorandanauthor.Hedrawsallofthecolorfulpicturesinhisbooksandwritesallofthestorylines.Hissmallpaperbackbooksusuallyhaveonlyoneortwolinesoftextperpage,therestbeingfilledbyhiscute,simpledrawings.SimplicityisoneofJimmy’sstrongpoints;hedoesn’tlosethereaderincomplexplotsordialogues. Jimmy’sbooksspeaktoreadersabouttheupsanddownsoflivinginthemodernworld.Oneofhismostpopularstories,TurningLeft,TurningRight, tellsofashortromancebetweenacouplethatlivenexttoeachother.Thelonelypairmeetonedayintheparkandimmediatelyfallinlove.Whentheyleaveeachotherattheendofafun-filledday,theyexchangetelephonenumbers,buttheraincausesthenumberstobecomeillegible.Theyareunabletocontacteachother,andsoonreturntotheirlonelylives. Sad,right?
Don’tstartcryingyet;there’sacatchtothestory.Yousee,thismanandwomanactuallyliveinthesamebuilding!
Theproblemis,whentheyleavetheirapartments,onealwaysturnstotheleft,whiletheotheralwaysturnstotheright.Theresultisthattheyneverrealizetheyareneighbors.Thelessonofthestory?
Lifeisinthedetails:
thingsthatseemsmallandinsignificantcanactuallyturnouttobeimportant.AndthisisanotherofJimmy’stalents:
heshowshisreadershowthe“littlethings”inlifeareoftenmoreimportantthanwerealize.
illustrate:
画插图 paperback:
平装本
upsanddowns：
起起落落 illegible:
无法辨认的，字迹不清的
catch:
圈套，陷阱 insignificant:
无意义的，微小的 talent:
t才能
1.6ATaleofTwoCities（excerpt）
Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes;itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity;itwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofdarkness;itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair;wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus;wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway...
......CharlesDickens....
1.7TwoPoems
Fog
Thefogcomes
onlittlecatfeet.
Itsitslooking
overharborandcity
onsilenthaunches
andthenmoveson.
ByCarlSandburg
FirstFig..
Mycandleburnsatbothends,..
Itwillnotlastthenight,..
Butahmyfoesandohmyfriends..
Itgivesalovelylight...
ByEdnaSt.VincentMillay....
Timeforfun
商业广告（Advertisement）中不乏文字精炼优美，内涵令人回味的佳作。
且大都朗朗上口，易于诵记。
下面选录了一些著名品牌的经典广告词。
Timeiswhatyoumakeofit.（Swatch）
天长地久。
（斯沃奇手表）
Makeyourselfheard.（Ericsson）
理解就是沟通。
（爱立信）
Startahead.（Rejoice）
成功之路，从头开始。
（飘柔）
Adiamondlastsforever.（DeBierres）
钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。
（戴比尔斯）
ConnectingPeople.（Nokia）
科技以人为本。
（诺基亚）
Let'smakethingsbetter.（Philips）
让我们做得更好。
（飞利浦）
MosquitoByeByeBye.（RADAR）
蚊子杀杀杀。
（雷达牌驱虫剂）
Goodtothelastdrop.（Maxwell）
滴滴香浓，意犹未尽（麦斯威尔咖啡）
Obeyyourthirst．
服从你的渴望。
（雪碧）
ThingsgobetterwithCoca-Cola.（Coca-Cola）.
饮可口可乐，万事如意。
（可口可乐）
Thechoiceofanewgeneration.
新一代的选择。
（百事可乐）
Taketimetoindulge．
尽情享受吧！
（雀巢冰激凌）
Thetasteisgreat.
味道好极了。
（雀巢咖啡）
Tome，thepastisblackandwhite，butthefutureisalwayscolor．
对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。
（轩尼诗酒）
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