疯狂英语.docx

1、疯狂英语NO.1: I want to know 我只想知道 (By Oriah Mountain Dreamer, a Native American Elder, who speaks of being in touch with your wellspring of happiness, of being in tune with yourself.) It doesnt interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting y

2、our hearts longing. It doesnt interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesnt interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, and

3、 if you have been opened by lifes betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide or fade it or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, and if you can dance with wildne

4、ss and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being a human. It doesnt interest me if the story youre telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, a

5、nd if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can be faithful and trustworthy. I want to know if you can see the beauty even when it is not pretty every day, and if you can source your life from its presence. I want to know if your can live with fa

6、ilure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon Yes. It doesnt interest me to know where you live, or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs

7、 to be done for the children. It doesnt interest me who you are, or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesnt interest me with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else fails

8、away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. *NO.2: The only bed in town 意外的回报 One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned. - Mark Ortman With several major conventions in town, ther

9、e was not a room to be rented anywhere. When an elderly couple walked in out of the cold rain, the desk clerk knew they would never find 1)lodging. In an act of kindness, he offered them the only bed in town, his own bed. The couple at first refused, but through reason and kindness, he persuaded the

10、 couple to accept his offer. When they checked out the next morning, the elderly gentleman said to the desk clerk, You are the kind of person who should be managing the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday Ill build one. They 2)chuckled about that and the elderly couple left. The incident

11、and the elderly couple were forgotten by the desk clerk until two years later when he received a letter from the old man requesting he come up to New York and see him. There was a round-trip airline ticket with the letter. The desk clerk thought, Why not? and took the flight to New York. The old man

12、 met him at the airport and immediately took him to a construction site to show him an enormous 3)castle-like structure being built there. That, 4)proclaimed the old man, is the hotel Im building for you to manage! The old man was William Waldorf Astor, and the hotel would soon be known as the Waldo

13、rf-Astoria. The former desk clerk, George C. Boldt, became the first manager. *NO.3: Today is a Gift 活着是福 Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the

14、rooms only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by th

15、e window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The windo

16、w overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.As

17、 the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldnt hear the band - he could see it in his m

18、inds eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospita

19、l attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take hi

20、s first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside

21、 this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you. （怎样去听：1.浏览，查生词。2.泛听，培养语感。3.精听，在大脑中映出每个单词。4.听写，尽可能快的跟着材料听写。练完了，阁下也成精了，呵呵）*NO.4: The Cost of Love 爱的代价One day my daughter wanted to get paid for doing some routi

22、ne household chores, so she gave me the following list:For washing the car.$5.00 For making my own bed this week.$1.00 Going to the provision shop.$0.50 Playing with little sister .$0.25 Taking out the rubbish.$1.00 Getting a good report card$5.00 And for sweeping the common corridor.$2.00 Total .$1

23、4.75 I looked at her standing there expecting payment. A thousand memories flashed through my mind. So I picked up a pen and turning the paper over, this is what I wrote: For 9 months I carried you, growing inside me.NoChargeFor the nights I sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you.NoChargeFor t

24、he toys, food and clothes and wiping your nose.NoChargeWhen you add it all up, the full cost of my love.NoChargeWell, when she finished reading, she had great big tears in her eyes. She looked at me and said, Mummy, I love you. Then she took the pen and in great big letters, she wrote, PAID IN FULL.

25、 听完长篇的，是不是有些累？听些短的故事，会让你放轻松。：） *NO.5: I Can Sleep when the Wind Blows 风起入眠 Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the Atlantic

26、, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer. Are you a good farmhand? the farmer asked him.Well, I can sleep when the wind blows, answere

27、d the little man.Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him.The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the mans work. Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer gra

28、bbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hands sleeping quarters.He shook the little man and yelled, Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away! The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.Enraged by the old man

29、s response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutt

30、ers were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, and he returned to bed to also sleep while the wind blew. 我希望，我们不只是练听力。因为这些文章，更有其超出本意的含义。*NO.6: Free to Soar 断线的风筝 One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing in the heady atmosp