英语100篇精读8
大学英语精读第三册第8课DaydreamaLittle
大学英语精读第三册第8课DaydreamaLittle大学英语精读第三册第8课Daydream a Little导语：白日梦是指清醒时的脑内所产生的幻想及影像，通常是开心的念头、希望或野心。
下面是一篇关于白日梦的英语课文，欢迎大家来学习。
TextDaydreaming has always had reputation, but now scientific research has revealed that daydreaming may actually improve your mental health and creativity. It can even help you achieve your desired goals.Daydream a LittleEugene Raudsepp"Daydreaming again, Barb? You'll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way! Can't you find something useful to do?" Many youngsters have heard words like those from their parents. And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one. Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered and unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing in much the same way that attitudes towards night dreaming have changed. Once it was thought that nighttime dreams interfered with our needed rest. But then researchers tried interrupting the dreams of sleepers. They learned that sleepers who aren't allowed to dream lost the benefits of rest. They become tense and anxious. They become irritable. They have trouble concentrating. Their mental health is temporarily damaged. To feel well again, theymust be allowed to dream.Now researchers are finding that daydreaming may also be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, is a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some surprising conclusions.Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves concentration, attention span, and the ability to get along with others, she says. In an experiment with school children, this same researcher found that daydreaming led the children to pay more attention to detail. They had more happy feelings. They worked together better. Another researcher reported that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative abilities.But that's only part of the story. The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its usefulness in shaping our future lives as we want them to be. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. He maintained that "you can imagine your future." Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured himself as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came true.Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick believed that the way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out. He offered this advice: "Hold a picture of yourself … in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it. Picture yourself vividly as defeated, and that will make victory impossible. Picture yourself as winning, and that will contribute immeasurably to success. Do not picture yourself as anything, and you will drift ……"The experiences of some athletes seem to confirm this belief.For instance, John Uelses, a former pole-vaulting champion, used daydreaming techniques before each meet. He would imagine himself winning. He would vividly picture himself clearing the bar at a certain height. He would go over all the details in his mind. He would picture the stadium and the crowds. He'd even imagine the smell of the grass and the earth. He said that this exercise of the imagination left memory traces in his mind that would later help his actual performance.Why would a mental vision of success help produce real success? Dr. Maxwel Maltz, a surgeon and author, say this: "Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and real experience. In either case it reacts automatically to information that you give it …… It reacts appropriately to what you think or imagine to be true."He believes that purposeful daydreaming builds new "memories" in the brain. These positive memories improve a person's self-image. And self-image has an important effect on a person's action and accomplishments.Can you use purposeful daydreaming to shape your own future? Why not try? Here is how those who believe in creative daydreaming recommend going about it. Choose a time when you can be alone and undisturbed. Close your eyes, to permit your imagination to soar more freely. Many people find that they get best results by pretending that they are sitting before a large screen. They project the desired image of themselves onto that screen.Now picture yourself —— as vividly as possible ——the way you want to be. Remember to picture your desired goals as if you had already attained them. Go over all the details of this picture. See them clearly and sharply. Impress them strongly on yourmemory. The resulting memory traces will supposedly start affecting your everyday life. They will help lead you to the attainment to your goals.Of course daydreaming is no substitute for hard work. If it's athletic achievement you want, you also have to get lots of practice in your sport. You have to work hard to develop skills. If it's school success you're after, you can't neglect studying Daydreaming alone can't turn you into your heart's desire. But in combination with the more usual methods of self-development, it might make a critical difference. It could be the difference between becoming merely good at something and becoming a champion.If what researchers are saying is true, a life lived without fantasies and daydreams isn't as rich and rewarding as life can be. So they suggest setting aside a few minutes each day for daydreaming. By so doing, you may improve your physical and mental well-being. By taking a ten-or fifteen-minute "vacation" into the realm of imagination each day, you may add much to the excitement and enjoyment of your life. And who knows: You might see your own daydreams come true.New wordshostilea. unfriendly; belonging to an enemy 敌对的viewvt. consider, regardescapen. & v. 逃跑;逃避nighttimea. occurring at nightinterferevi. get in the way of another 干涉;妨碍interference n.researchern. advantage, profit, good effect 益处tensea. feeling or showing nervous anxiety 紧张的`irritablea. easily annoyed or made angrymeansn. method or waypsychologistn. person who has studied or is skilled in psychology 心理学家contributevi. help in bringing about 贡献growthn. growing; developmentconcentrationn. concentrating or being concentratedspann. length of time during which sth. Continuses or works well 一段时间self-controln. control of one's own feelings, behavior, etc.creativea. having the power to create; inventiveremarkablea. deserving attention; unusual, out of the ordinary 显著的;非凡的shapevt. influence and determine the course or form of 形成，塑造industrialistn. one owing an industry or engaged in its managementmaintainvt. state or assert as true; keep up 断言;维持picturevt. imagine; make a picture ofinventorn. a person who makes up or produces sth. newnotablea. outstanding; worthy of notice 著名的;值得注意的achievern. one who achieves; winnervividlyad. in a lively manner 生动地;逼真的vivid a.immeasurablyad. to an extent or degree too great to be measured; beyond measuredriftvi. float or be driven along by wind, waves or currents 漂(流)athleten. person who is trained and skilled in physical exercises and who competes in games that need strength and speed 运动员pole-vaultingn. jumping with the help of a long pole held in the hand 撑竿跳championn. person or team taking the first place in competition 冠军meetn. (AmE) gathering esp. for competitive sports 下载文档。
小学英语阅读100篇中英对照
小学英语阅读100篇一引导语：下面小编为大家带来小学英语阅读100篇一，谢谢您的阅读1.Poor Man! 可怜的人!Look at this man. 看这个人。
What is he doing? He's carrying a very big box. 他在做什么?他在搬一个非常重的大盒子。
The box is full of big apples. 这个盒子装满了大苹果。
He wants to put it on the back of his bike and take it home. 他想把它放到他的自行车的后面带回家。
Can he do that? No, I don't think so. 他能做到吗?不，我不这样认为。
Why not? Because the box is too full and too heavy. 为什么不呢?因为这个盒子太满了太重了。
Look! What's wrong? He drops the box. Poor man! 看!发生了什么事?他的盒子掉下来了。
可怜的人!2.Kate 凯特Kate is a new student. She is twelve. She is from America. 凯特是个学生。
她12岁。
她来自美国。
She can speak English very well and she can speak a little Chinese. 她可以讲非常好的英语，能说一点汉语。
She is in Nanjing. Her parents are doctors. 她在南京，她的父母都是医生。
Kate is studying in a school near her home. 凯特在她家附近一所学校学习。
She has classes from Monday to Friday. 她从星期一到星期五有课。
阅读100篇翻译
阅读100篇翻译⼩学英语阅读100篇1、可怜的男⼈看看这个男⼈。
他在做什么？他在搬⼀个⾮常⼤的箱⼦。
这个箱⼦装满了⼤苹果。
他想把它（箱⼦）放到他的⾃⾏车后座上，并且带回家。
他能做到么？不，我不这么认为。
为什么呢？因为这个箱⼦太满了并且太沉了。
看！怎么回事⼉？他弄掉了那个箱⼦。
可怜的男⼈！2、凯特（卡特）凯特是个新学⽣。
她⼗⼆岁了。
她来⾃美国。
她会说⾮常好（流利）的英语，并且她会说⼀点汉语。
她在南京。
她⽗母是医⽣。
凯特正在离她家很近的学校学习。
她周⼀到周五有课。
在周六周⽇，她经常和她的中国朋友们玩游戏。
她爱中国和她的中国朋友们。
3、你能找到鲍勃么？你好，贝蒂。
请在明天早上九点在车站见鲍勃。
去那个⼤钟表那⾥。
拿⼀个绿⾊的包并且戴⼀个⽩⾊帽⼦。
他不是⾮常⾼，但是很胖。
他有（留着）⿊⾊短发和棕⾊眼睛。
他也戴眼镜。
他喜欢穿蓝⾊裤⼦和红⾊⽑⾐。
你能找到他么，贝蒂？4、我的房间这是我的房间。
在窗户旁边有⼀张桌⼦。
我经常在它上⾯做回家作业。
你能看到⼀些书，⼀些花在花瓶⾥，⼀个尺⼦和⼀⽀钢笔。
在桌⼦旁边的墙上，这⾥有⼀幅猫的画。
这⾥有个钟表在我的床头上⾯。
我经常把我的⾜球放到床下。
当然，这⾥有⼀个椅⼦在桌⼦前⾯。
我坐在那⼉就能看到外⾯的路和树。
5、他们在做什么？怀特⼀家在家⾥。
（怀特⼥⼠）妈妈在厨房。
她在做饭。
（怀特先⽣）爸爸正坐在椅⼦⾥读报纸。
汤姆和他的朋友迪克在擦洗⾃⾏车。
简和她的朋友玛丽在简的卧室。
他们在听磁带。
6、我的家庭我是汤姆。
我⼗⼀岁了。
我住在学校附近。
我每天都去学校。
在我家有三个⼈。
我爸爸，我妈妈和我。
我爸爸是⼀个公车司机。
他很友好。
他有很多朋友。
我妈妈是个教师。
她在我的学校⾥上班。
她每天做家务。
我爱他们。
7、郊游爸爸：今天是周⽇。
汤姆，我想带你去公园。
露西：我也能去么?爸爸：噢，不⾏，你必须照看你的妹妹。
并且你妈妈在⼯作。
露西：我能把妹妹也带到公园。
她可以和别的⼩朋友玩游戏。
爸爸：好吧。
去你卧室把盒⼦⾥的新连⾐裙穿上吧。
小学英语阅读100篇(1-10课)
小学英语阅读100篇（1-10课）小学英语阅读100篇(1—10课)1. Jim And Laura吉姆和劳拉Jim and Laura are at the station. They are waiting for a train to Boston. Jim is thirty thisyear. He?s tall with short blond hair and a beard. He?s wearing blue jeans and a grey sweater.He?s carrying a mall black suitcase. He?s drinking orange juice. Laura?s twenty-eight. She?s quite tall with long dark brown hair. She?s wearing a dark blue jacket, black jeans and a redsweater. She?s eating an apple pie and carrying a camera.New Words1. Boston 波士顿2. blond 金黄色的3. beard 胡子4. jeans 牛仔裤5. sweater 毛衣6. suitcase 手提箱7. juice 果汁8. pie 馅饼;派9. camera 照相机DO IT YOURSELFChoose the right answer for each sentence.1. Jim is a man with short hair and __________.A. a maskB. black eyesC. a beard 2. Jim is drinking __________.A. teaB. orange juiceC. coffee 3. Laura is eating __________.A. biscuitsB. an apple piC. a slice of cake 4. Jim is wearing__________.A. a suitB. a jacketC. a sweater 5. Laura is carrying __________.A. a suitcaseB. a cameraC. an unbrella (1—5 CBBCB)短文翻译吉姆和劳拉在车站，他们正在等开往波士顿的火车。
(新)大学英语四级考试阅读理解精读100篇(附答案)汇编
Passage One (Clinton Is Right)President Clinton\ decision on Apr.8 to send Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji packing without an agreement on China's entry into the World Trade Organization seemed to be a massive miscalculation. The President took a drubbing from much of the press, which had breathlessly reported that a deal was in the bag. The Cabinet and Whit House still appeared divided, and business leaders were characterized as furious over the lost opportunity. Zhu chiirged (hat Clinton lacked .^thc courage” to reach an accord・ And when Clinton later telephoned the angry Zhu to pledge a renewed effort at negotiations, the gesture was widely portrayed as a flip-flop.In fact Clinton made the right decision in holding out for a better WTO deal. A lot more horse trading is needed before a final agreement can be reached・ And without the Administration^ goal of a "bullet-proof agreement” that business lobbyists can enthusiastically sell to a Republican Congress, the whole process will end up in partisan acrimony that could harm relations with China for years.THE HARD PART. Miiny business lobbyists, while disappointed that the deal was not closed, agree that better terms can still be had. And Treasury Secretary Robert E・Rubin. National Economic Council Director Gene B. Sperling, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley, and top trade negotiator Charlene Barshefsky all advised Clinton that while the Chinese had made a remarkable number of concessions, •Ue're not there yet/ according to senior officials. Negotiating with Zhu over the remaining issues may be the easy part. Although Clinton can signal U.S. approval for China's entry into the WTO himself he needs Congress to grant Beijing permanent most-favored・nalio!)status as part of a broad trade accord・ Andthe temptation for meddling on Capital Hill may prove over-whelming. Zhu had barely landed before Senate Majority Leader Trent Loll (R-Miss) declared himself skeptical that China deserved entry into the WTO. And Senators Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.) and Emest E Hollings (D-S. C.) promised to intrixluce a bill requiring congressional approval of any deal.The hidden message from these three textile-state Southerners: Get more protection for the U. S. clothing industry. Hoping to smooth the way, the Administration tried, but failed, to budge Zhu on textiles・Also left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood, and Detroit・Zhu refused to open up much of the lucrative Chinese securities market and insisted on ^cultural'' restrictions on American movies and music. He also blocked cflorts to allow U. S. auto makers to provide fleet Gnancing・BIG JOB. Already, business lobbyists are blanketing Capitol Hill to presale any eventual agreement, but what they've heard so far isn't cncouraging. Rq)ublicans, including Lott, say that "the time just isn't right*' for the deal. Translation: We're determined to make it look as if Clinton has capitulated to (he Chinese and is ignoring human, religious, and labor rights violations; the theft of nuclear-weapons technology; and the sale of missile parts to America's enemies・ Beijing's fierce critics within the Democratic Party, such as Senator Paul D. Wellstone of Minnesota and House Minority leader Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri, won't help, either. Just how tough the lobbying job on Capitol Hill will be become clear on Apr. 20. when Rubin lectured 19chicf executives on the need to discipline their Republican allies. With business and the White House still trading charges over who is responsible for the defeat of fasbtrack trade negotiating legislation in 1997, working together won't be easy. And Republicans- with a winky that they Mleventually embrace China's entty into the WTO as a favor to Corporate America. Though not long before tliey torture Clinton. But Zhu is out on a limb, and if Congress overdoes the criticism, he may be forced by domestic critics to renege・ Business must make this much dear to both its GOP allies and the Whil House: This historic deal is too important to risk losing lo any more partisan squabbling 1 ・ The main idea of this passage is(A|. The Contradiction between the Democralic Party and the Republican Party.[B]. On China's entry into WTO-[C]. Clinton was right.[D|. Business Lobbyists Control Capitol Hill.2.What does the sentence “Ako left in the lurch: Wall Street, Hollywood. Detroit" convey? |A|. Premier Zhu rejected their requirements.(BJ. The three places overdid criticism.|C]. They wanted more protection.|D].They arc in trouble.3.What was the attitude of the Republican Party toward China^s entry into the WTO?[A]. Contradictory.[BJ.Appnxiadve.(CJ. Disapproving. ；JD]・ Detestftil.4.Who plays the leading part in the deal in America?(AJ. White House •[B]. Republicans.(CJ. The Dcm<x:ratic Party. [D]. Businessmen.5.It can be inferred from the passage that[A]. America will make concessions・[B]・ America will hold out for a better WTO[C]. Clinton has the right to signal U・ S. approval tor China's entry.[DJ. Democratic party approve China's entry into the WTO.17 . blanket 覆盖，妨碍扫兴.扑灭18 . Capitulate 投降，停止抵抗19 . fast track 快速行程（轻车熟路》20 . with a wink 眼睛一眨，很快的21 . out on a limb 孤立无援（尤指争论和J S见匕1. drubbingget/take a drabbing 遭人痛打2. flip・flop=grea( change suddenly 游说，突然改变，突然反方向.3.hold out 维持，保持hold out for sth. 故J S拖延达成协议以谋求••…4. horse trading 糟明的讨价还价5. bullet-proof 防弹的6. lobby 收买，暗中活动7. lobbyist Bt外活动集团成员& partisan 党人.帮派，是党派强硕支持者9. acrimony 语言/态度的刻薄10 . sell to 说服（某人）接受或采用11 . meddle 干預12 . Capitol Hill 类曲国会13 . budge 使稍微移动，改变14 . lucrative 有利可图的，赚钱的15 . block 制止16 . fleet 觌队.船队•车队.机队Vocabulary22 . renege 违约23.squabble丨・President Clinton^ decision on Apr.8 to send Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji packing without an agreement.••［结构分#f 1 send one packing打发人走.［参考译文］克林顿F 4月8 Fl决定不达成中国加入世贸组织的协议便打发中国总理朱容施丄人。
现代大学英语精读lesson8-精品文档24页
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Theme One: mysteries Who Stole Kathy Young? Theme Two: science fiction Barney and UFO Barney on Mars
Our project ran into unexpected opposition.
~ (oneself) into debt/trouble
~ sb. into despair
3.“a good”
rather more than
eg. She is a good ten years younger than he is.
to make an unsatisfactory situation as pleasant as possible (BrE: make the best of a bad job/situation)
to use an opportunity as successfully as possible eg. Japan is poor in natural resources. Therefore it tries to make
9. to tell:
to be able to recognize sth. according to the signs
eg I could tell there was somebody in the house.
He can’t tell blank from white.
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照41-42
小学英语阅读100篇中英文对照41-4241.The Old Mouse年老的耗子An old lady has a cat.一个老太太有一只猫。
The cat is now very old.这只猫现在非常老。
She cannot run fast,and she cannot bite.她跑不快，也不会咬了。
When the old cat sees a mouse,she jumps to it and catches it,but the mouse still gets out of her mouth and runs away.当这只老猫看见耗子时，她就跳起来去抓它，但耗子总是从她的嘴里逃跑。
Then the old lady is very angry.然后，这个老太太非常生气。
She begins to beat the cat.她开始打这只猫。
The cat says to her,"Don't beat me.这只猫对她说：“不要打我。
”Please be kind to me.请对我友善点。
When I was young,I gave you l lot of help".当我年轻时，我给了你很多的帮助。
42.Two Shoes两只鞋子Lucy looks up from her book.露西停下了看书。
The whole class is laughing at something.整个班的人都在笑着什么事情。
She turns around and asks Maureen what is funny.她回头问莫林什么事情这么有趣。
Maureen tries to explain,but she can't stop laughing.莫林试着去解释，但她停不下来笑。
Everyone is looking at Lucy's feet.每个人都看着露西的脚。
大学英语四级考试精读荟萃100篇
大学英语四级考试精读荟萃100篇(44):露天演出的服装Pageants are usually conceived on a fairly large scale, often under the auspices of some local or civic authority or at any rate in connection with local groups of some kind. This sometimes means that there is an allocation of funds available for the purpose of mounting the production, though unfortunately this will usually be found to be on the meager side and much ingenuity will have to be used to stretch it so that all performers can be adequately clothed.Most pageants have a historical flavour as they usually come about through the celebration of the anniversary of some event of historic importance, or the life or death of some local worthy. Research among archives and books in the public library will probably prove very useful and produce some workable ideas which will give the production an especially local flavour. From the first economy will have to be practiced because there are usually a great number of people to dress. Leading characters can be considered individually in the same way as when designing for a play; but the main body of the performers will need to be planned in groups and the massed effect must be always borne in mind.Many pageants take place in daylight in the open air. This is an entirely different problem from designing costumes which are going to be looked at under artificial lighting; for one thing, scenes viewed in the daylight are subject to many more distractions. No longer is everything around cut out by the surrounding darkness, but instead it is very easy to be aware of disturbing movement in the audience of behind the performers. Very theatrically conceived clothes do not always look their best when seen in a daylight setting of trees, verdant lawns and old ivy-covered walls; the same goes for costumes being worn in front of the mellow colors of stately homes. The location needs to be studied and then a decision can be made as to what kinds of colors and textures will harmonize best with the surroundings and conditions and then to carry this out as far as possible on the funds available.If money is available to dress the performers without recourse to their own help in the provision of items, it is best to arrange for all the cutting and pinning together of the costumes to be done by one or two experienced people than to be given out to the groups and individuals for completion. When there is little or no money at all, the garments need to be reduced to the basic necessities. Cloaks and shawls become invaluable, sheets and large bath towels and bath sheets are admirable for draping. Unwanted curtains and bed spreads can be cut to make tunics, robes and skirts. These are particularly valuable if they are of heavy fabrics such as velvet or chenille.Colors should be massed together so that there are contrasting groups of dark and light, this will be found to help the visual result substantially. Crowds of people gathered together in a jumble of colors will be ground to look quite purposeless and will lack dramatic impact.The use of numbers of identical head-dresses, however simply made, are always effective when working with groups. If these are made of cardboard and painted boldly the cost can be almost negligible. Helmets, hats and plumes will all make quite a show even if the costumes are only blandest or sheets cleverly draped. The same can be said of theuse of banners, shields and poles with stiff pennants and garlands—anything which will help to have a unifying effect. Any kind of eye-catching device will always go with a flourish and add excitement to the scenes.1. The main idea of this passage is[A]. Pageants. [B]. Costumes on the stage.[C]. Costumes for pageants. [D]. How to arrange a pageant.2. It can be inferred that the most important factor in costume design is[A]. money. [B]. color. [C]. harmony [D]. texture3. Why will much ingenuity have to be required in costume design?[A]. Because pageants take place in daylight in the open air.[B]. Because different characters require different costumes.[C]. Because the colors and textures must be in harmony with the setting.[D]. Because an allocation of the funds available is usually rather small.4. Why do most pageants have a historical flavour?[A]. Because most pageants take place for celebration.[B]. Many pageants take place for amusement.[C]. A lot of pageants take place for religion.[D]. Because pageants usually take place for competition.Vocabulary1. conceive 设想，想象to be conceived 设想好的，构思好的2. under the auspices of 在……的主办下3. meager 贫乏的，不足的4. mount 登上，制作，上演5. flavour 风味，风格，情趣6. archive(s) 档案(馆)7. distraction 使人分心的事8. ivy 常春藤9. mellow 柔和的10. recourse (to) 依赖，求助于11. drape 覆盖，披上12. invaluable 无价的，非常贵重的13. tunic (古时)长达膝盖的外衣，穿在盔甲上的战袍14. chenille 绳绒绒(织品)15. jumble 混乱，搞乱16. pennant 细长三角旗17. garland 花环，花冠难句译注1. This sometimes means that there is an allocation of funds available for the purpose of mounting the production, though unfortunately this will usually be found to be on the meager side and much ingenuity will have to be used to stretch it so that all performers can be adequately clothed.[结构简析] 复合结构。
考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit82
考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit82Unit 82When it comes to schooling, the Herrera boys are no match for the Herrera girls. Last week, four years after she arrived from Honduras, Martha, 20, graduated from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. She managed decent grades while working 36 hours a week at a Kentucky Fried Chicken. Her sister, Marlin, 22, attends a local community college and will soon be a certified nurse assistant. The brothers are a different story. Oscar, 17, was expelled two years ago from Fairfax for carrying a knife and later dropped out of a different school. The youngest, Jonathan, 15, is now in a juvenile boot camp after running into trouble with the law. "The boys get sidetracked more," says the kids' mother, Suyapa Landaverde. "The girls are more confident."This is no aberration. Immigrant girls consistently outperform boys, according to the preliminary findings of a just-completed, five-year study of immigrant children——the largest of its kind, including Latino, Chinese and Haitian kids——by Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Though that trend holds for U.S.-born kids as well, the reasons for the discrepancy among immigrants are different. The study found that immigrant girls are more adept at straddling cultures than boys. "The girls are able to retain some of the protective features of [their native] culture" because they're kept closer to the hearth, says Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, "while they maximize their acquisition of skills in the new culture" by helping their parents navigate it.Consider the kids' experiences in school. The study found that boys face more peer pressure to adopt American youthculture——the dress, the slang, the disdain for education. They're disciplined more often and, as a result, develop more adversarial relationships with teachers——and the wider society. They may also face more debilitating prejudices. One teacher interviewed for the study said that the "cultural awareness training" she received as part of her continuing education included depictions of Latino boys as "aggressive" and "really macho" and of the girls as "pure sweetness."Gender shapes immigrant kids' experiences outside school as well. Often hailing from traditional cultures, the girls face greater domestic obligations. They also frequently act as "cultural ambassadors," translating for parents and mediating between them and the outside world, says Carola Suarez-Orozco. An unintended consequence: "The girls get foisted into a responsible role more than the boys do." Take Christina Im, 18, a junior at Fairfax who arrived from South Korea four years ago. She ranks ninth in a class of 400 students and still finds time to fix dinner for the family and work on Saturdays at her mother's clothing shop. Her brother? "He plays computer games," says Im.The Harvard study bears a cautionary note: If large numbers of immigrant boys continue to be alienated academically——and to be clear, plenty perform phenomenally——they risk sinking irretrievably into an economic underclass. Oscar Herrera, Martha's dropout brother, may be realizing that. "I'm thinking of returning to school," he recently told his mother. He ought to look to his sisters for guidance.注（1）：本文选自Newsweek，7/1/2002，p51；注（2）：本文习题命题模仿对象2005年真题T ext 1.1. In the opening paragraph, the author introduces his topic by[A]posing a contrast[B]justifying an assumption[C]making a comparison[D]explaining a phenomenon2. The statement “they also frequently ac t as 'cultural ambassadors'”（Line two, Paragraph4） implies that[A]they work as a translator for their parents[B]they help their parents have a better understanding of the foreign culture[C]they encourage their parents to go into the outside world[D]their parents help them realize their dream of becoming an ambassador.3. Immigrant boys do not fare well in the outside world because of the following reasons, except that[A]American youth culture has a bad influence on the boys[B]people have prejudice against them[C]their sense of responsibility is not as strong as that of the girls[D]they do not get well along with the teachers and the outside world4. Marcelo and Carola Suarez-Orozco have eventually found in their study that[A]the immigrant boys should not be allowed to go into the outside world[B]the immigrant boys have no judgment about the youth culture[C]the immigrant girls do a better job than the immigrant boys[D]the immigrant boys should be severely disciplined5. What can we infer from the last paragraph?[A]All the dropouts should receive good education.[B]Many immigrant boys are likely to fall into trouble in the future.[C]Schooling education has been neglected.[D]More attention should be paid to the immigrant children.答案：CBACB篇章剖析本文采用提出问题——分析问题的模式，指出移民中男孩子和女孩子在学业方面的表现差别很大，并进一步分析其原因，指出可能会造成的后果。
07年考研英语阅读理解精读100篇unit8
The giant Mirafiori plant in Turin is the heart of Fiat Auto， the troubled car division of the Fiat group. As the early shift trooped home at 2pm on October 9th， the mood was pessimistic. The workers knew that the bosses were meeting union leaders later that afternoon in Rome to announce 8，100 job cuts across the group's car factories. This is on top of 3，000 job losses announced earlier this year. Workers expect one-third of Mirafiori's 12，000 employees to be gone by next July. Fiat says that all but 500 of the total are temporary lay-offs， to last about a year. But the morose workers passing through Mirafiori's gates doubt that the jobs will ever come back， whatever the firm says about new models and future investment. Fiat Auto will lose around 1 billion （$987m） this year， wiping out profits in other parts of the group， which makes everything from lorries and tractors to robots. Fiat's bosses have been in denial for years about the company's massive over-capacity， the cause of growing losses as sales slumped. Five years ago Fiat Auto made 2.6m cars a year and profits of 758m. Since then it has recorded a loss in every year bar one. This year it will produce barely 1.9m cars. Its banks forced a restructuring in May， and the chief executive of its Fiat group parent had to resign a few weeks later. The pain is bad enough in northern Italy， where unemployment is barely 4%， but it will be felt more elsewhere. The Termini Imerese plant in Sicily is to lay off 1，800 workers. Unions say that cuts among suppliers could double the number of people hit. The local official jobless rate is already 18% （though this ignores a lively “informal” economy）。
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Passage Six (The Present Is the Most Important)Shams and delusions are esteemed for soundest truths, while reality is fabulous. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as w e know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments. If we respected only what is inevitable and has a right to be , music and poetry would resound along the streets. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, --that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality. This is always exhilarating and sublime. By closing the eyes and slumbering, by consenting to be deceived by shows, men establish and confirm their daily life of routine and habit everywhere, which still is built on purely illusory foundation. Children, who play life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live worthily, but who think that they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure. I have read in a Hindoo book, that “there was a king’s son, who, being expelled in infancy f rom his native city, was brought up by a forester, and, growing up to maturity in that state, imagined himself to belong to the b arbarous race with which be lived. One of his father’s ministers having discovered him, revealed to him what he was, and the misconception of his character was removed, and he knew himself to be a prince. So soul, from the circumstances in which it is placed, mistakes its own character, until the truth is revealed to it by some holy teacher, and then it knows itself to be Brahme.” We think that that is which appears to be. If a man should give us an account of the realities he beheld, we should not recognize the place in his description. Look at a meeting-house, or a court-house, or a jail, or a shop. Or a dwelling-house, and say what that thing really is before a true gaze, and they would all go to pieces in your account of them. Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of the system, behind the farthest star, before Adam and after the last man. In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all ages. And we are enabled to apprehend at all what is sublime and noble only by the perpetual instilling and drenching of the reality that surrounds us. T he universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us. Let us spend our lives in conceiving then. The poet or the artist never yet had as fair and noble a design but some of his posterity at least could accomplish it.1. The writer’s atti tude toward the arts is one of[A]. admiration. [B]. indifference. [C]. suspicion. [D]. repulsion2. The author believes that a child.[A]. should practice what the Hindoos preach.[B]. frequently faces vital problems better than grownups do.[C]. hardly ever knows his true origin.[D]. is incapable of appreciating the arts.3. The author is primarily concerned with urging the reader to[A]. look to the future for enlightenment. [B]. appraise the present for its true value.[C]. honor the wisdom of the past ages. [D]. spend more time in leisure activities.4. The passage is primarily concerned with problem of[A]. history and economics. [B]. society and population.[C]. biology and physics. [D]. theology and philosophy.V ocabulary1. sham 虚伪2. delusion 欺骗3. fabulous 荒诞无稽的，不存在的4. exhilarating 令人高兴的5. sublime 崇高的6. slumber 睡眠7. Hindoo 印度8. Brahma 婆罗门（贵族）9. come, fall, go to pieces 崩溃，垮台10. culminate 达到顶点11. lapse 时间的推移/消逝12. apprehend 领悟，理解13. instill （慢慢地）滴注，灌输14. drench 浸泡，使湿透15. posterity 子孙后代16. look to 指望，注意难句译注1. If men would steadily observe realities only, and not allow themselves to be deluded, life, to compare it with such things as we know, would be like a fairy tale and the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.[结构简析] 虚拟条件句，主句中to compare it with…know是插入语，也有假设之意。
[参考译文] 如果人们坚持只观察现实，不让自己被蒙蔽，那么生活，把它和我们知道的事情相比较，就象神话，象一千零一夜中描述的一切。
2. When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, --that petty fears and petty pleasure are but the shadow of reality.[结构简析] 主句中两个that. 第一个是perceive 的宾语从句。
破折号的第二个that从句是说明，对比前一个that 句。