英语晨读精6167Word格式.docx

1、 gave birth to 缔造conceived in liberty: having liberty as an ideal of the nation 以自由为理想dedicated to: devoted to 献身于proposition : statement; assertion 主张；信条that all men are created equal: that all men are born equal, one of the self-evident truthsmentioned in the Declaration of Independence 美国独立宣言明白揭示

2、的真理：人类生而平等endure :exist; last 存续a portion of that field: a part of that battlefield 那个战场的一部分final resting-place: burial-place; cemetery 葬地；墓地in a larger sense: broadly speaking 从广义上说consecrate : set apart as sacred 奉为神圣hallow : regard as holy 尊为神圣detract : reduce in degree 减损thus far: to this extent

3、 到如此地步gave the last full measure of devotion: gave the last, largest extent of devoutness 鞠躬尽瘁perish : be destroyed or ruined 毁灭Day 2 Self-Shortening Shirt 自动伸缩衬衫Self-Shortening Shirts下面是一段科技新闻类文字。这样的文字往往简洁明了，逻辑严密。这正是英文写作中要注意的地方。An Italian fashion house has recently manufactured a shirt that shorten

4、s its own sleeves when the weather gets warm. Before you get excited and rush out to buy a new set of clothes for the beach, consider the price: US$4,000 per shirt.So how does the new shirt work? Well, its made from a mixture of nylon and an alloy called nitinol. Clothes containing this alloy can be

5、 twisted into any shape, but always return to their original shape when heated to a certain temperature. If the original shirt has short sleeves, when the temperature rises, so will the sleeves.Even if you roll the shirt into a ball and sit on it, all you need to do is give it a quick blow with a ha

6、irdryer and it returns to its original shape. This has the added bonus that the shirt will never need ironing. It is also washable, totally non-allergenic and, of course, guaranteed never to stretch, unless you sit in the refrigerator.manufacture : to make or process （a raw material） into a finished

7、 product, especially by means ofa large-scale industrial operation 制造, 加工sleeve : a part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm 衣袖rush : to move or act swiftly; hurry 冲，奔，闯；赶紧；涌现 mixture : something produced by mixing 混合物nylon : 尼龙alloy : a mixture; an amalgam 合金twist : to be or become twist

8、ed 扭hairdryer : 吹风机added : 附加的bonus : something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected 奖金，红利；意外收获ironing : the act or process of pressing clothes with a heated iron 熨non-allergenic: 医非引起过敏症的guarantee : to assume responsibility for the quality or performance of 保证，担保stretch : to lengt

9、hen, widen, or distend 伸展，伸长Day 3 Stopping by Woods Oil a Snowy Evening 风雪夜林边停Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening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 will not see me stopping her

10、e,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,Of easy wind and downy flak

11、e.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, other than a yoke, with which a

12、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。Day 4 Winston Churchills Address 温斯顿丘吉尔的演说Winston Churchill

13、s Address“.取得胜利会很艰巨，但必须胜利，无论其道路多长多远，因为没有胜利就不能生存。”英国前首相温斯顿丘吉尔口才极佳。他在敦刻尔克大撤退后，法西斯轰炸英伦三岛，人心惶恐的情况下发表了那著名的、令人久久不能忘怀的演说。.Victory in spite of terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight

14、 in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,

15、we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.survival : 生存；幸存者flag : 悬旗beach : the shore of a body of water, especially where sandy or pebbly 海滩surrender : to relinquish possession or control of to another because of demand or compulsion 放弃，投降Day 5 Summer 夏日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

16、的好时光。I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer, and took a 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 season of the year every lane is a beautiful walk, and every hedge full of nosegay

17、s, I lost myself, with a great deal of pleasure, among several thickets and bushes that were filled with a great variety of birds, and an agreeable confusion of notes, which formed the pleasantest scene in the world to one who had passed a whole winter in noise and smoke. The freshness of the dews t

18、hat lay upon everything about me, with the cool breath of the morning, which inspired the birds with so many delightful instincts, created in me the same kind of animal pleasure, and made my heart overflow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfaction as are not to be described or accounted for.

19、Joseph Addison, Tulips divert : 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 and to be filled beyond capacity 溢出，充满Joseph Addi

20、son 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。Day 6 HipHop World 嘻哈音乐的世界Hip-hop World饶舌歌曲方兴未艾，布袋挎裤、运动鞋、闪亮配件样样齐全！没有跳过街舞也必定看过打扮一身行头的帅哥酷妹吧？！一探劲爆的hip-hop 文化如何攻占你的心Every age has its music. Jazz was once king. Rock had its day. Now rap is in the house, a

21、nd the party is just getting started.Like other musical formssuch as jazz and rockthat have their roots in the black community, rap has faced its share of criticism. Rap music was once called a fad, but its been around for more than two decades, and its more popular than ever. Rap is a way of speaki

22、ng or singing rhythmically, in rhyme. Hip-hop first refers to the backing music for rap. It also refers to rap culture. Hip-hop is not just music; its a way of life, a culture. Look around you: wherever there are young kids hanging out, youre sure to see the signs. Baggy jeans, sports jerseys, and b

23、aseball hats worn sideways are just a few of hip-hop trademarks that have begun appearing on the streets of somewhere.Technically there are four elements that make up hip-hop: graffiti, break-dancing, rap music, and mixing. Most agree that the culture of hip-hop started in New Yorks Bronx in the lat

24、e 1970s. Early hip-hop music focused on the difficulties of living in the poor urban ghettoes. It talked to African-Americans directly about their problems.It was a way for inner-city youths to publicize the problems they faced.The music of hip-hop is rap. Its a style based on rhythm and spoken word

25、s. The music went hand-in-hand with break-dancing, a dance style that took off around the same time. Mixing records started as a way to produce new music cheaply. The other element, graffiti, has long been a part of urban culture. Originally used by gangs as a way to mark their territory, graffiti eventually developed into an independent form of street art.Thats how it started, so then where did hip-hop go? Everywhere, man, it went everywhere. From England to Brazil to