英语诵读文章12篇

1 . English in the WorldSome people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we ad d to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion. English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.世界上的英语有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界。

据估计，使用英语的人超过七亿五千万，其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。

如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人，这个总数将接近十亿。

英语，作为进行国际业务和外交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用。

它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。

estimate 估计exceed 超过native 本族的，本国的official 官方的acquire 掌握to some extent 达到某种程度billion 千万increasingly 越来越多地medium 工具，手段conduct 实行，执行international 国际的dipl omacy 外交medicine 医药communication 通信event 事件2.A FriendWhen you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It isa dictionary.You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how to use it.朋友当你读英语书时，你经常会碰到新单词。

你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思，但是当你无法猜出这些词的意思时，你该怎么办呢？这时你有一个好朋友。

从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等。

这个朋友可以经常伴你左右，你可以经常请他帮忙。

你知道这个朋友是谁吗？他就是字典。

你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识，所以你必须学会如何使用字典。

come across 碰到guess 猜测3 . Learning English in EnglandI came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I am going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month. At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English. Now I can speak English much better, and even und erstand English television, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot.I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know about my own country.在英国学英语去年夏天，我来到英国。

现在我在英国已经待了十一个月了。

我将很快结束在英国的学习，下个月我就将回中国了。

一开始，我觉得很难用英语和别人交流。

现在我英语说得好多了，甚至可以看懂英语电视，这是因为我学习很努力，老师和同学对我的帮助也很大。

现在我有许多英国朋友。

一些朋友甚至邀请我去他们家吃饭。

他们对中国和中国人很感兴趣。

每当他们问我许多问题时，我才意识到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少。

communicate 交流4.Body LanguageIf you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and und erstand. But there is another kind of language you need to know —the language of the body.All over the world, people "talk?with their hands, with their heads, and with their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together.When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on the cheek only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says "Hello? Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.身体语言即使你会说英语，你知道很多英文单词，你会读，会说，能听懂，但还有另外一种语言你需要了解——那就是身体语言。

在全世界，人们都用他们的手、头和眼睛“说话”。

当日本人见面时，他们相互鞠躬。

印度人见面时他们双手合十。

当英国人和美国人第一次和别人见面时，他们互相握手。

通常，他们不和熟悉的人握手。

女人有时亲吻她们的女性朋友，男人也会亲吻女性朋友（只亲脸颊）。

当男人见到男性朋友时，他只微笑着说声“你好”。

男人之间不会互相亲吻或牵手。

即使是父子之间也不会经常亲吻对方。

5.HobbiesMy hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to coll ect the stamps of all the countries, but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a l ot about thehistory of other countries.My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and number. He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with him one day, but it wasn't interesting.My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn't got a sewing machine, but she sews with our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes, and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.业余爱好我的爱好是集邮。