阅读进阶 第二周

永远的飞人：祝乔丹生日快乐！

Michael Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography（个人简介）on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "Undoubtedly(毫无疑问), Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."

乔丹语录：

1.I can accept failure. But I can't accept not trying.

我可以接受失败，但我无法接受从不去尝试。

2.I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. 我一生中有多次的挫败，但这却是我成功的原因。

3.My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, and then I will turn that perceived weakness into strength.

我的人生态度是：你若一直攻击我的弱点，那我会将此被觉察到的短处转变成优点。

4.My body could stand the crutches （拐杖）but my mind couldn’t st and

the sideline（球场边线）.

我的身体可以忍受靠拐杖行走，但我的内心无法忍受不能上场比赛。

5.There is only one person who can define（定义）success in your life -- and that's you.

只有一个人能界定你一生的成就——那就是你自己。

6.I'm back.

我回来了。

7.Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence（智力） wins championships.

天赋可以赢得比赛，但团队合作与智慧才能赢得冠军。

给出文中黑体字的翻译：

1：failure

2：attitude

3：weakness

4：success

5：teamwork

《人再囧途之泰囧》：小成本影片成票房奇迹。

A surprising record breaker

A miracle has happened at the Chinese box office. A low-budget (低成本的) film, Lost in Thailand, has become the highest grossin g (票房最高的) Chinese film of all time.

The comedy was made with a budget of 30 million yuan. It opened on December 12 and by December 24 it had made 721 million yuan. It took the crown of the best-selling domestic film (最卖座的国产片) from Painted Skin: The Resurrection (《画皮2：复活》). That film earned 702 million yuan in the summer of 2012. Lost in Thailand tells the story of three Chinese men, who meet on their trips to Thailand.

Actor Xu Zheng plays one of the leading roles along with Wang Bao qiang and Huang Bo. Xu is also the director of the film and it’s his first directing work.一：词语积累：

1：director [d?'rekt?; da?-]

n. 主任，主管；导演；人事助理

2：miracle ['m?r?k(?)l]

n. 奇迹，奇迹般的人或物；惊人的事例

3：domestic [d?'mest?k]

adj. 国内的；家庭的；驯养的；一心只管家务的

n. 国货；佣人

4：crown [kra?n]

n. 王冠；花冠；王权；

vt. 加冕；居…之顶；

二：Let’s try（敢不敢试试）

1：The best-selling domestic film before the Lost in Thailand is . 2: Who is the director of the Lost in Thailand?

3: Where did the movie take place?

4: How can you call Xu Zheng?

The earbud, the cat and the peony

Only a few weeks ago, there was a bad cat who chewed through the wire of his master’s Apple earbuds. The master was very angry at the cat and decided to tell the world about this terrible tragedy. He posted a picture of the damaged earbud online to show everyone what a bad thing the cat had done.

To his surprise, no one cared about the bad cat or the tragic fate(悲惨的命运) of the earbud. They were more interested in the background of the photo. The earbud was resting on an old-fashioned peony-patterned bed sheet（床单）. People recognized it as the same kind of bed sheet they had slept on as children. It was the same kind of bed sheet that their grandparents might still be using: big, bright, pink peonies on a solid colored background. The online photo produced a wave of nostalgia（怀旧） as people remembered feeling

warm, cozy and safe wrapped in these bed sheets as they drifted off into their childhood dreams. 这张网上的图片引起了一股怀旧热潮，随着人们渐渐进入他们的童年梦乡，他们忆起了包裹在这床单下温暖，温馨，安全的感觉。

The bed sheet also reminded people of a time when many items produced in Shanghai, although limited in choice, were low-priced and of very high quality and the designs were uniquely Chinese. Today, sadly, many of the companies that produced these items are out of business.

一：词语积累：

1：chew :[t?u?]

n. 咀嚼；咀嚼物vt. 嚼碎，咀嚼vi. 细想，深思

2：wire [wa??]

n. 电线；金属丝；电报vt. 拍电报；给…装电线

3：tragedy ['tr?d??d?]

n. 悲剧；灾难；惨案

4：background ['b?kgra?nd]

n. 背景；隐蔽的位置

5：rest [rest]

vt. 使休息，使轻松；把…寄托于

n. 休息，静止；休息时间；剩余部分；支架

6：quality ['kw?l?t?]

n. 质量，[统计] 品质；特性；才能

7：out of business

破产；失业；损坏；受伤

二：Let’s try（敢不敢试试）

1：Why did the master post a picture?

2: What were the people online interested in?

3: Why did the master use a peony-patterned bed sheet as a background?

我们都为你骄傲

We are proud of you!

Ye Shiwen was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, on March 1, 1996. She began swimming when she was only six years old.

Ye is not only China’s youngest swimmer at the 2012 London Olympic Games, but also the fastest. She won two gold medals: one in Women’s

200m Individual Medley (女子200米混合泳), and the other in 400m Individual Medley (女子400米混合泳) gold medal. She even broke the world record in the 400m event!

China, and perhaps the whole world, is proud of Ye. But the

swimming champion is very humble. She says that her success comes from hard training. “I am very young and I am sure I will get better.” Ye says.

一：Let’s try（敢不敢试试）

尝试着翻译下来：

莫言荣获诺贝尔文学奖

Mo Yan wins Literature Nobel

Chines e writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature,the Swedish Academy (瑞典文学院) announced on October 11.

Mo Yan, the first Chinese national to win t he prize, said that he was “surprised” and “delighted” at his winning.

Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan Moye (管谟业), was born in 1955 and grew up in a small village in Gaomi (高密), Shandong province.

Many of his novels are set in his hometown, including his best known work, Red Sorghum (《红高粱》). The novel was made into an Oscar- nominated film by director Zhang Yimou in 1987. Some of his works have been translated into English, French, Japanese and many other languages.

After learning that he had won the prize, Mo thanked his hometown

for inspiring him. He said in a television interview that he was very thankful to the land where he grew up and that he goes back there every year.

The academy said in a statement: “In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth. This is apparent in his novel Red Sorghum.”

The winner of the prize will be awarded a gold medal, a diploma and 8 million Swedish kronor （克朗）(about 7.5 million yuan).

一：词语积累：

1：Literature ['l?t(?)r?t??]

n. 文学；文献；文艺；著作

2：announce [?'na?ns]

vt. 宣布；述说；预示；播报

vi. 宣布参加竞选；当播音员

3：nominate ['n?m?ne?t]

vt. 推荐；提名；任命；指定

4：statement ['ste?tm(?)nt]

n. 声明；陈述，叙述

5：diploma :[d?'pl??m?]

n. 毕业证书，学位证书；公文，文书；奖状

vt. 发给…毕业文凭

二：Let’s try（敢不敢试试）用下列单词造句

1：award

2：direct

3：inspire

4: prize

The road to glory

光荣之路----孙杨

At the London Olympic Games, Sun Yang broke his own world record in the Men’s 1500m Freestyle to win a gold medal in the event. Before that victory, the young champion(冠军) won another gold in t he Men’s 400m Freestyle. At the age of 21, he became the first Chinese man to win two Olympic swimming titles! Sun was born into a sporting family in Zhejiang province. His parents were once volleyball players. In 1998, when he was seven years old,a swimming coach took Sun, the tallest boy in kindergarten(幼儿园), to her summer swimming training class.

It was obvious that Sun was a gifted swimmer. After four years of training, he was chosen to join the swimming team of Zhejiang province.

With the intention of becoming a long distance swimmer, Sun had to endure harsher training than his fellow（小伙伴）short distance team mates. And when feeling bored and tired in training, “I told myself I shouldn’t give up halfway,” Sun says.

The young swimming talent came into the spotlight （大众视野）in 2010 when he won two gold medals at the 16th Asian Games. He won the men’s 800m and 1500m freestyle at the World Championships (游泳世锦赛) in 2011.

With the glory and fame gained in recent years, especially after the Olympic victory, Sun has found himself being chased(追随) by fans and media alike, though he says he will learn how to cope with the pressure.

“What I need to do now is to turn pressure into motivation（动力）,” Sun says. He is determined to bring more gold medals to his home country.

一： Let’s try（敢不敢试试）

把单词和词义连线

glory goal and aim

coach to experience sth that is painful and unpleasant Intention honor to sb because they achieved sth important endure a feeling of anxiety

pressure someone who trains an athlete or a team