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1、 激动的，表现不安的Vacations in SpaceWant a ride in a spaceship? It will cost you about 20 million US dollars.At least thats what Dennis Tito recently paid for a trip to theInternational Space Station. What if you arent rich, but still want totravel in space? Dont worry. Research supported by NASA might make

2、your dream come true. Scientists are refining a process that, if successful,will enable rockets to take off from the back of an airplane. If people doend up taking vacations in space, dont worry about finding somewhere tostay. Businessmen like British Richard Branson are already thinkingabout buildi

3、ng hotels out there.NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration （美国）国家航空航天局；美国航天及太空总署end up: 结束；告终Keeping PleasantIn these grim times, weighed down with tension and pressure from therealities of life, many people have lost their sense of humor. They tend tokeep a straight face all day long a

4、nd fail to keep life in perspective. Theyforget how to smile and finally become physical and mental wrecks. Theyregard life as a burden, and tend to look on the dark side of things.Well goes a saying, “Laugh, and grow fat.” Laughter releases tension,and smiling helps create a pleasant social atmosph

5、ere. And, thus, in a way,a sense of humor is an elixir that helps cure mental diseases. Somepatients even improve their physical and mental health by readinghumorous stories or watching funny movies. This proves that a sense ofhumor helps us look at the world in a true and healthy light and makesour

6、 life worth living. grim: rigid 无情的，严酷的tension: uneasy suspense 紧张（状态），不安perspective: subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view 观点，评价； indim bimbo 又笨又坏的女人The Man I Respect MostMy father is the man I respect most. Stern as he may be, he never fails toshow his care and considerat

7、ion. Once I broke a neighbors window.Seeing nobody around, I ran away immediately. When Dad came home,he noticed my uneasiness and asked me what had happened.I could only tell him the truth. Rather than scold me, he praised myhonesty and then encouraged me to apologize to our neighbor. I learnedfrom

8、 this episode that not only does Dad take care of our health but healso teaches us how to be good citizens. How lucky I am to have such agood father! stern : severe, strict 严厉的consideration : careful thought; deliberation 体谅，考虑uneasiness : 不安episode : an incident or event that is part of a progressi

9、on or a larger sequence 插My Time of Happiness Each DayAs a student, most of my time is spent on school work and otherschool-related activities. Consequently, my time of happiness each day isvery limited.However, this is not to say that I am not happy every day. In fact, Ireally enjoy coming home fro

10、m school each evening and having dinnerwith my family. After dinner, I read or watch some TV with my family.This is a happy time for me every day. But my happiest time of a day is just before I fall asleep. Lying inbed, I think about all I achieved that day, and it makes me happy to knowthat the day

11、 was full.consequently : therefore 从而，因此achieve : to perform or carry out with success; accomplish 完成，达到Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening风雪夜 林边停是一首著名的诗歌。写的是雪夜美景？写的是守诺如一？写的是人生不得不向前行？不同的读者会有完全不同的理解。这大概就是文学批评中所说的“接受美学”的观点吧。Whose woods these are I think I know,His house is in the village though.He wil

12、l not see me stopping here,To watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queer,To stop without a farmhouse near,Between the woods and frozen lake,The darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shake,To ask if there is some mistake.The only other sounds the sweep,英语

13、晨读精华87Of easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost queer : deviating from the expected or normal; strange 奇怪的farmhouse : a dwelling on a farm 农舍，农家harness : the gear or tackle,

14、 other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or animplement （全套）马具, 系在身上的绳子downy : made of or covered with down 绒毛的，柔和的flake : a flat, thin piece or layer; a chip 薄片；雪片Robert Frost: 弗罗斯特R.（18741963）美国诗人。生于旧金山，求学于哈佛大学。它的诗集新罕布什尔、诗选和又一片牧场均获得普利策奖，被公认为美国无冠的桂冠诗人。HomeA Joy ForeverHome mean

15、s a lot to me. “Be it ever so humble, there is no place likehome.” I appreciate the warmth of my home, and regard it as one of thebrightest and dearest spots on earth. It is the place where I can take refugewhenever I meet with difficulties, failures and even frustrations in mydaily life. At home, m

16、y dear parents and brothers and sisters will comfortme and cheer me up. And with their concern and encouragement, I willregain my self-confidence and muster up all my strength and courage toface the stern realities of life. To me, home is forever a joy where I canalways find love, understanding, car

17、e and help.humble : low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly 粗陋的refuge : protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship 庇护，避难，避难所frustration: the act of frustrating or an instance of being frustrated 挫败，挫折，受挫muster : to call forth; summon up 鼓起（勇气等），积聚 hard, harsh, or severe in ma

18、nner or character 严厉的，严酷的Summer夏日晨风，拂过我的脸庞，扰动我的梦想，飞扬在这青春读书的好时光。I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer, and tooka walk into the country to divert myself among the fields and meadows,while the green was new, and the flowers in their bloom. As at this seasonof the year every la

19、ne is a beautiful walk, and every hedge full ofnosegays, I lost myself, with a great deal of pleasure, among severalthickets and bushes that were filled with a great variety of birds, and anagreeable confusion of notes, which formed the pleasantest scene in theworld to one who had passed a whole win

20、ter in noise and smoke. Thefreshness of the dews that lay upon everything about me, with the coolbreath of the morning, which inspired the birds with so many delightfulinstincts, created in me the same kind of animal pleasure, and made myheart overflow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfacti

21、on as are notto be described or accounted for. Joseph Addison, Tulips 90divert : to entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares; amuse 消遣，通过把注意力从烦恼之事上转移开而娱乐meadow : 草地hedge : 树篱nosegay : 花束thicket : 灌木丛animal pleasure： 快感instinct : 本能overflow : to have a boundless supply

22、and to be filled beyond capacity 溢出，充满Joseph Addison 艾迪生J. （1672l 719），英国随笔作家和诗人。生于威尔特郡，曾就读于牛津大学。曾任贸易和殖民地事务专员，1717 年被任命为国务大臣。同年他还创办旁观者杂志。本文选自他的郁金香。Exploring the Oceans海洋是生命的摇篮，风雨的故乡，气候的调节器，交通的要道，资源的宝库。缤纷的海洋世界到底有多少未知的秘密?Ever wonder what lives in the Earths waters? Some 300 scientists from53 different

23、 countries are wondering the same thing. For the first time inhistory, scientists are trying to count how many species of fish, animalsand plants live under water.They are conducting a census of life in the worlds oceans, whichcover 70 per cent of the Earths surface. The study began in 2000 and isex

24、pected to end in 2010, at a cost of US$1 billion. So far, scientists havecounted more than 15,000 species of fish and around 200,000 species ofanimals and plants in the oceans. They expect to find at least another5,000 species of fish.Scientists believe that the animals and plants theyve found so fa

25、rrepresent just 10 per cent of the worlds total underwater population. Thatmeans that they expect to find almost 2 million species of animals and103plants by 2010. “Our goal by 2010 is to know as much about life in theoceans as we know about life on land now,” says a marine biologist whois working o

26、n the project.The newly-discovered species are not all new species. Many of themhave just never been recorded before. Scientists fear that the growinghuman population is decreasing the variety of species living in the ocean.They hope the census will help them learn how human activity, such asfishing

27、 and agriculture, is affecting the oceans.species : 品种（单复数同形）census : official counting of the information 普查，种群普查conduct : to direct the course of; to manage or control 进行，主持surface : the outer or the topmost boundary of an object 表面represent : to stand for; to symbolize 代表underwater : relating to, occurring, used, or performed beneath the surface of water 水中的biologist : 生物学家decrease : to grow or cause to grow gradually less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity减少variety : a group that is distinguished from other groups by a specif