专题01 高考真题类-《高考英语晨读美文100篇》 Word版含解析
专题1：2020全国卷I改编 - 晨读+晚练轻松拿下高考英语3500词
第一单元晨读完形真题——完形语篇是最具发掘价值的语料库2020·全国卷Ⅰ——父母不应对孩子撒谎，否则对其有不良影响Since our twins began learning to walk, my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding glass door is just a window. __1__ If we admit it is a door, they’ll want to go outside constantly.It will drive us crazy.The kids apparently kno w the truth.But our insisting it’s merely a window has kept them from attempting millions of requests to open the door.__2__ One day they’ll wake_up and discover that everything they’ve always known about windows is a lie.__3__ I have a very strong fear that the lie we’re telling is doing spiritual damage to our children.Windows and doors have important metaphorical (比喻) mea nings.I’m telling them they can’t open what they absolutely kno w is a door.What if later in life they come to a metaphorical door, like an opportunity (机会) of some sort, and instead_of_ opening the door and taking the opportunity, they just stare_at it and wonder, “What if it isn’t a door？” __4__Maybe it’s an unreasonable fear. __5__ I should just accept repeatedly having to say, “No.We can’t go outside now.” Then when they come to other doors in life, be they real or metaphorical, they won’t hesitate to open them and walk through.真题变形练——“填词”变“填句”从以下所给的七个选项中选择合适的句子补全短文。
晨读英语美文100篇 (2)
晨读英语美文100篇Passage1. Knowledge and VirtueKnowledge is one thing, virtue is another; good sense is not conscience, refinement is not humility, nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no command over the passions, no influential motives, no vivifying principles. Liberal Education makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to have a cultivated intellect, a delicate taste, a candid, equitable, dispassionate mind, a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life—these are the connatural qualities of a large knowledge;they are the objects of a University.I am advocating, I shall illustrate and insist upon them;but still, I repeat, they are no guarantee for sanctity or even for conscientiousness,and they may attach to the man of the world, to the profligate,to the heartless, pleasant, alas, and attractive as he shows when decked out in them.Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not;they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run;and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy,not, I repeat, fromtheir own fault,but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not,and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk,then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledgeand human reason to contend against those giants,Passage 2. “Packing” a PersonA person, like a commodity, needs packaging.But going too far is absolutely undesirable.A little exaggeration, however, does no harmwhen it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantage.To display personal charm in a casual and natural way,it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself.A master packager knows how to integrate art and nature without any traces of embellishment,so that the person so packaged is no commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, radiant with beauty and full of life,has all the favor granted by God.Any attempt to make up would be self-defeating.Youth, however, comes and goes in a moment of doze.Packaging for the middle-aged is primarily to conceal the furrows ploughed by time.If you still enjoy life's exuberance enough to retain self-confidenceand pursuepioneering work, you are unique in your natural qualities,and your charm and grace will remain.Elderly people are beautiful if their river of life has been,through plains, mountains and jungles, running its course as it should.You have really lived your life which now arrives at a complacent stage of serenityindifferent to fame or wealth.There is no need to resort to hair-dyeing；the snow-capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland.Let your looks change from young to old synchronizing with the natural ageing processso as to keep in harmony with nature, for harmony itself is beauty,while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness.To be in the elder's company is like reading a thick book of deluxe editionthat fascinates one so much as to be reluctant to part with.As long as one finds where one stands, one knows how to package oneself,just as a commodity establishes its brand by the right packaging.Passage 3. Three Passions I Have Lived forThree passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life:the longing for love, the search for knowledge,and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither,in a wayward course over a deep ocean ofanguish,reaching to the very verge of despair.I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy—ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my lifefor a few hours for this joy.I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness—that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousnesslooks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss.I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen,in a mystic miniature,the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined.This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life,this is what—at last—I have found.With equal passion I have sought knowledge.I have wished to understand the hearts of men.I have wished to know why the stars shine ...A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.But always pity brought me back to earth.Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart.Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people—a hated burden to their sons,and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer.This has been my life.I have found it worth living, and would gladly live itagainif the chance were offered me.Passage 4. A Little GirlSitting on a grassy grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.With her head bent back she was gazing up at the sky and singing,while one of her little hands was pointing to a tiny cloudthat hovered like a golden feather above her head.The sun, which had suddenly become very bright, shining on her glossy hair,gave it a metallic luster, and it was difficult to say what was the color, dark bronze or black.So completely absorbed was she in watching the cloud to which her strange song or incantation seemed addressed,that she did not observe me when I rose and went towards her.Over her head, high up in the blue,a lark that was soaring towards the same gauzy cloud was singing, as if in rivalry.As I slowly approached the child,I could see by her forehead, which in the sunshine seemed like a globe of pearl,and especially by her complexion, that she uncommonly lovely.Her eyes, which at one moment seemed blue-gray, at another violet,were shaded by long black lashes, curving backward in a most peculiar way,and these matched in hue her eyebrows,and the tresses that were tossed about her tender throat were quivering in the sunlight.All this I did not take in at once;for at first I could see nothing but thosequivering, glittering, changeful eyes turned up into my face.Gradually the other features, especially the sensitive full-lipped mouth,grew upon me as I stood silently gazing.Here seemed to me a more perfect beauty than had ever come to me in my loveliest dreams of beauty.Yet it was not her beauty so much as the look she gave me that fascinated me, melted me.Passage 5 Declaration of IndependenceWhen in the Course of human events,it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bandswhich have connected them with another,and to assume among the powers of the earth,the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them,a decent respect to the opinions of mankindrequires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,and to institutenew Government,laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form,as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long establishedshould not be changed for light and transient causes;and accordingly all experience has shown,that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.But when a long train of abuses and usurpations,pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce themunder absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty,to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies;and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.The history of the present King of Great Britainis a history of repeated injuries and usurpations,all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.Passage 6. A Tribute to the DogThe best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy.His son or daughter that he has rearedwith loving care may prove ungrateful.Those who are nearest and dearest to us,those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name,may become traitors to their faith.The money that a man has he may lose.It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most.A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action.The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with usmay be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world,the one that never deserts him,the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely,if only he may be near his master’s side.He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer;he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world.He will guard the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.When all other friends desert, he remains.When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces,he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless,the faithfuldog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him,to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies.And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace,and his body is laid away in the cold ground,no matter if all other friends pursue their way,there by the grave will the noble dog be found,his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness,faithful and true even in death.Passage 7. Knowledge and ProgressWhy does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world?Surely because progress of a particular kind is actually taking place around usand is becoming more and more manifest.Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligence or morality,it has made extraordinary progress in the accumulation of knowledge.Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individualcould be communicated to another by means of speech.With the invention of writing，a great advance was made,for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored.Libraries made education possible, and education in its turn added to libraries:the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound interest law,which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing.All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science,the tempowas suddenly raised.Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan.The trickle became a stream;the stream has now become a torrent.Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account.What is called “modern civilization” is not the result of a balanced development of all man's nature,but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life.The problem now facing humanity is:What is going to be done with all this knowledge?As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weaponwhich can be used equally for good or evil.It is now being used indifferently for both.Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly weirdthan that of gunners using science to shatter men's bodies while, close at hand,surgeons use it to restore them?We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge,with its ever-increasing power, continues.Passage 8. Address by EngelsOn the 14th of March, at a quarter to three in the afternoon,the greatest living thinker ceased to think.He had been left alone for scarcely two minutes,and when we came back we found him in his armchair,peacefully gone to sleep—but forever.An immeasurable loss has been sustained both by themilitant proletariat of Europe and America,and by historical science, in the death of this man.The gap that has been left by the departure of this mighty spiritwill soon enough make itself felt.Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature,so Marx discovered the law of development of human history:the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology,that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing,before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc.;that therefore the production of the immediate material means of subsistenceand consequently the degree of economic development attained by a given peopleor during a given epoch form the foundation upon which the state institutions,the legal conceptions, art, and even the ideas on religion,of the people concerned have been evolved, and in the light of which they must, therefore,be explained, instead of vice versa, as had hitherto been the case.But that is not all.Marx also discovered the special law of motion governing the present-day capitalist mode of productionand the bourgeois society that this mode of production has created.The discovery of surplus value suddenly threw light on the problem,in trying to solve which all previous investigations,of both bourgeois economists and socialist critics, had been groping in thedark.Two such discoveries would be enough for one lifetime.Happy the man to whom it is granted to make even one such discovery.But in every single field which Marx investigated—and he investigated very many fields,none of them superficially—in every field, even in that of mathematics,he made independent discoveries.Passage 9. Relationship that LastsIf somebody tells you,“ I’ll love you for ever,” will you believe it?I don’t think there’s any reason not to.We are ready to believe such commitment at the moment,whatever change may happen afterwards.As for the belief in an everlasting love, that’s another thing.Then you may be asked whether there is such a thing as an everlasting love.I’d answer I believe in it, but an everlasting love is not immutable.You may unswervingly love or be loved by a person.But love will change its composition with the passage of time.It will not remain the same.In the course of your growth and as a result of your increased experience,love will become something different to you.In the beginning you believed a fervent love for a person could last definitely.By and by, however, “fervent” gave way to “prosaic”.Precisely because of this change it became possible for love to last.Then what was meant by an everlasting love would eventually end up in asort of interdependence.We used to insist on the difference between love and liking.The former seemed much more beautiful than the latter.One day, however, it turns out there’s really no need to make such difference.Liking is actually a sort of love.By the same token, the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.I wish I could believe there was somebody who would love me for ever.That’s, as we all know, too romantic to be true.Passage 10. RushSwallows may have gone, but there is a time of return;willow trees may have died back, but there is a time of regreening;peach blossoms may have fallen, but they will bloom again.Now, you the wise, tell me, why should our days leave us, never to return?If they had been stolen by someone, who could it be?Where could he hide them?If they had made the escape themselves, then where could they stay at the moment?I don’t know how many days I have been given to spend,but I do feel my hands are getting empty.Taking stock silently, I find that more than eight thousand days have already slid away from me.Like a drop of water from the point of a needle disappearing into the ocean,my days are dripping into the stream of time, soundless, traceless.Already sweat is starting on my forehead,and tears welling up in my eyes.Those that have gone have gone for good, those to come keep coming;yet in between, how fast is the shift, in such a rush?When I get up in the morning,the slanting sun marks its presence in my small room in two or three oblongs.The sun has feet, look, he is treading on, lightly and furtively;and I am caught, blankly, in his revolution.Thus —the day flows away through the sink when I wash my hands,wears off in the bowl when I eat my meal,and passes away before my day-dreaming gaze as reflect in silence.I can feel his haste now, so I reach out my hands to hold him back,but he keeps flowing past my withholding hands.In the evening, as I lie in bed, he strides over my body, glides past my feet, in his agile way.The moment I open my eyes and meet the sun again, one whole day has gone.I bury my face in my hands and heave a sigh.But the new day begins to flash past in the sigh.What can I do, in this bustling world, with my days flying in their escape?Nothing but to hesitate, to rush.What have I been doing in that eight-thousand-day rush, apart from hesitating?Those bygone days have been dispersed as smoke by a light wind,or evaporated as mist by the morning sun.What traces have I left behind me?Have I ever left behind any gossamer traces at all?I have come to the world, stark naked;am I to go back, in a blink,in the same stark nakedness?It is not fair though:why should I have made such a trip for nothing!You the wise, tell me,why should our days leave us, never to return?。
高考英语阅读理解100篇(精选范文)
高考英语阅读理解100篇（精选范文）【高考】高考英语阅读理解100篇：presidentThere are stories about two U.S . presidents，Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the American English term OK.We don?t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting. The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education.In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing.When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said.If he approved of a paper.he would write“all correct”on it.The problem was that he didn?t know how to spell.So what he really wrote was“ol korekt”.After a while，he shortened that term to “OK”.The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York.Van Bnren?s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called“OK”.31.The authorA. believes both of the storiesB.doesn?t believe a word of the storiesC is not sure whether the stories are trueD. is telling the stories just for fun32. According to the passage，President JacksonA.couldn?t draw up any documents at allB. didn?t like to read important papers by himselfC.often had his assistants sign documents for himD .wasn?t good at reading，writing or spelling33.According to the first story, the term “OK”A. was approved of by President JacksonB.was the title of some Official documentsC.was first used by President JacksonD.was an old way to spell“all correct’’34 .According to the second story，the term‘‘OK”A.was the short way to say‘‘old Kinderhook Club”B.meant the place where President Van Buren was bornC.was the name of Van Buren?s clubD.was used to call Van Buren?s supporters in the election35.According to the second story.the term“OK”was first usedA.by Van BurenB.in a presidential electionC.to organize the Old Kinderhook ClubD.by the members of the‘‘Old Kinderhook Club”答案：CDCDBPassage 1解析：这里要讲述Andrew Jackson 和Martin Van Buren这2届美国总统的小故事。
专题01 高考真题篇-高考英语夜读美文 Word版含解析
高考真题1.导读:有人说爱是宽容、理解、支持，然而在婚姻中有一种爱叫作接受。
就像婚礼誓言中所说：“从今天开始相互拥有、相互扶持，无论是好是坏、富裕或贫穷、疾病还是健康都彼此相爱、珍惜，直到死亡才能将我们分开。
”Dance in the RainIt was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital.I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for appointment at 9:30.The nurse had him take a seat in the waiting area, telling him it would be at least 40 minutes before someone would be able to see him. I saw him look at his watch and decided, since I was not busy-my patient didn’t turn up at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. ①While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.The gentleman said no and told me that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. ②He told me that she had been there for a while and that she had a special disease.I asked if she would be worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not been able to recognize him for five years now. I was surprised and asked him, “And you still go every morning, ③even though she doesn’t know who you are?”He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to ④hold back tears as he left.Now I realize that in marriages, true love is acceptance of all that. The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. Life isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.在风雨中起舞这是一个忙碌的早晨，大约8:30的时候，一位80多岁的老先生来到我所在的医院。
晨读英语美文100篇：Blood,Toil, Sweat and Tears
晨读英语美文100篇：Blood，Toil， Sweatand Tears[00:00.24]Passage 99. Blood, Toil, Sweat and Tears[00:07.56]In this crisis I think I may be pardoned if I do not address the House at any length today,[00:13.31]and I hope that any of my friends and colleagues or former colleagues who are affected by the political reconstruction[00:20.64]will make all allowances for any lack of ceremony with which it has been necessary to act.[00:25.90]I say to the House as I said to Ministers who have joined this government,[00:31.26]I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, sweat and tears.[00:35.96]We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.[00:40.12]We have before us many, many months ofstruggle and suffering.[00:45.04]You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea and air.[00:52.26]War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us,[00:57.41]and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and unpleasant catalogue of human crime.[01:04.30]That is our policy.[01:07.47]You ask, what is our aim?[01:09.99]I can answer in one word.[01:12.50]It is victory. Victory at all costs—victory in spite of all terrors—victory, [01:19.67]however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival.[01:25.47]Let that be realized.[01:27.87]No survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, [01:33.68]no survival for the urge, the impulse of the ages,[01:38.60]that mankind shall move forward toward his goal.[01:41.66]I take up my task in light heart and hope.[01:45.38]I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men.[01:49.65]I feel entitled at this juncture, at this time, to claim the aid of all and to say, [01:55.99]“Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.”。
晨读英语美文100篇[有关于安全的英语美文]
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晨读英语美文100篇[有关于安全的英语美文]最大的节约是安全、最大的浪费是事故;最大的隐患是麻痹、最大的祸根是失职。
了有关于安全的英语美文，欢迎阅读!Over the past couple of years, several cases of the food scandal have been disclosed on various media.The problem of food security has bee a hot button across society.The prevalence of food insecurity has greatly impacted public health, which the government could not afford to ignore, aording to the online edition of the People Daily。
There are a couple of driving forces, I would argue, behind this undesirable tide. First, in the course of the rapid economic evolution, we ignore moral education, giving rise to the rising rate of the problem. More importantly, the lack of adequate regulation and punishment on those illegal producers enforces the trend。
As Confucius instructed, it is better late than never. Prompt and strict measures should be taken to turn back this evil trend. The government should launch a massive moralcampaign to educate all citizens and draw up tougher laws to crack down on those irresponsible corporations and prohibit them from entering the food industry again.I am firmly convinced that through our bined efforts we are bound to enjoy more risk-free foods in the days ahead。
励志晨读英语美文带翻译 晨读英语美文100篇带翻译优秀6篇
励志晨读英语美文带翻译晨读英语美文100篇带翻译优秀6篇英语晨读美文带翻译篇一Youth not a teme of lefe; et a state of mend; et not a matter of rosy cheeks, red leps and supple knees; et a matter of the well, a qualety of the emagenateon, a vegor of the emoteons; et the freshness of the deep sprengs of lefe.Youth means a temperamental predomenance of courage over temedety, of the appetete for adventure over the love of ease. Th often exts en a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserteng our edeals.Years may wrenkle the sken, but to geve up enthuseasm wrenkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-dtrust bows the heart and turns the speret back to dust.Whether 60 or 16, there en every human beeng’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfaeleng appetete for what’s next and the joy of the game of leveng. In the center of your heart and my heart, there a wereless stateon; so long as et receeves messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the enfenete, so long as you are young.When your aereals are down, and your speret covered weth snows of cynecm and the ece of pessemm, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aereals are up, to catch waves of optemm, there’s hope you may dee young at 80.译文：青春青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生命的深泉在涌流。
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目录Week 1Day 1 Much to Live For 生命的追求Day 2 Yao Ming: New Center Style 姚明：新式中锋Day 3 Tall Tale 吹牛Day 4 Nanotechnology: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams 纳米科技：超越终极想象Day 5 Jimmy: Picture Books for Adults 幾米：画给大人看的漫画Day 6 A Tale of Two Cities (excerpt) 双城记（节选）Day 7 Two Poems 诗两首Time for FunWeek 2Day 1 Youth 青春Day 2 The Mountain Story 大山的故事Day 3 Two Fables 寓言两则Day 4 Does It Make a Difference 这样做有用吗Day 5 Jane Eyre (excerpt) 简爱（节选）Day 6 Rave the Day 锐舞终日Day 7 Winner Never Quit 成功者决不放弃Time for FunWeek 3Day 1 Persistence 毅力Day 2 Cost of Love 母爱无价Day 3 Great Expectations（excerpt）远大前程（节选）Day 4 Anthrax, Another Terrorist Weapon 炭疽热，恐怖分子的又一种武器Day 5 The Garden of Eden 伊甸园Day 6 Hallowe’en 万圣节Day 7 Two Poems 诗两首Time to LearnWeek 4Day 1 A Courageous Leader 勇敢的领袖Day 2 Antelope and Lion 羚羊和狮子Day 3 Habit 习惯Day 4 Learn Constantly 不断学习Day 5 The Fox and the Rooster 狐狸和雄鸡Day 6 Do You Fear the Wind 你可害怕风Day 7 The Price of Miracle 奇迹的价格Time to LearnWeek 5Day 1 The End of A Dream 美梦告终Day 2 A Strange Present 一件奇怪的礼物Day 3 Vacations in Space 太空度假Day 4 Keeping Pleasant 保持愉快的心情Day 5 The Man I Respect Most 我最尊敬的人Day 6 My Time of Happiness Each Day 我每天的快乐时光Day 7 Home—A Joy Forever 家——永恒的快乐Time to SpeakWeek 6Day 1 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 林肯在盖茨堡的演说Day 2 Self-Shortening Shirt 自动伸缩衬衫Day 3 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 风雪夜林边停Day 4 Winston Churchill’s Address 温斯顿·丘吉尔的演说Day 5 Summer 夏日Day 6 Hip-Hop World 嘻哈音乐的世界Day 7 How to Be Happy 快乐的秘诀Time to SpeakWeek 7Day 1 Exploring the Oceans 海洋探索Day 2 Attitude is Everything 态度决定一切Day 3 Yoga 瑜伽Day 4 Spring Song 春之歌Day 5 The Sonic Cruiser 音速巡航机Day 6 New Pictures of an Old Universe 宇宙初生Day 7 Father and Daughter 父亲和女儿Time to EnjoyWeek 8Day 1 Trouble on the Table 餐桌上的麻烦Day 2 Three Days to See 假如给我三天光明Day 3 Pitch in for the Planet 为这颗星球努力Day 4 Who Moved My Cheese 谁动了我的奶酪Day 5 The Rising Popularity of Extreme Sports 极限运动日渐流行Day 6 I Have a Dream 我有一个梦想Day 7 The Wisdom of One Word 一句话的智慧Much to Live For热爱生活，让生命的体验成为一段美丽的乐符。
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1. My First Ride to Malaysia by Train导读: 第一次乘坐火车去马来西亚，漫长、枯燥的长途旅行令＂我＂无比厌烦。
车窗外淳朴的村民们热情地挥手向旅客们致意，＂我＂立刻来了精神，身边的景物似乎也焕发了生机。
My First Ride to Malaysia by TrainThere were smiling children all the way. Clearly they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang. ①Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives. This is the simple village people of Malaysia. I was moved.I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train.I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread. I looked about the train. There was not one familiar face. I sighed and sat down to read my Economics.②It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia. Johore Baru (柔佛巴鲁——马来西亚城市）was just another city like Singapore, so I ③was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past. As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green. Then the first village came into sight. Immediately I came alive, I decided to wave back.From then on my journey became interesting. I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to ④join in Malaysian life. Then everything came alive. The mountains seemed to speak to me. Even the trees were smiling. I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time.The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry. I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3:00 pm. Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth. I looked at the people all around me. They all looked beautiful. When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug. I had never done this before. He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile. We walked arm in arm to his car.I ⑤looked forward to the return journey.第一次坐火车去马来西亚一路行来，到处可见微笑的孩子们。
他们清楚地知道火车经过他们家门的时间，那个时候就会站在铁路边向那些素昧平生的驶向槟榔屿的旅客们挥手欢呼。
他们还常常会全家出动，站在门外挥手、微笑，好像火车上是他们最爱的亲人。
这就是马来西亚淳朴的村民，我为之感动。
之前我总是乘飞机或开车去马来西亚，这是我第一次坐火车。
我特别不喜欢长途火车旅行，于是带上了一堆读过的、没读过的杂志，来消磨时光。
我四下环顾，车厢里没有一张熟悉的面孔。
我叹了口气，坐下来继续读那本《经济学》。
不久之后，火车穿越新柔长堤，进入了马来西亚半岛。
柔佛巴鲁是一个像新加坡一样的城市，车外人群熙熙攘攘，我丝毫提不起兴趣。
穿过这座城市之后，一排排橡胶树、绵延数里的绿地映入了我的眼帘。
随后我看到了第一个村庄，这时我立刻来了精神，我决定也向他们挥手致意。
从那时起，我的旅程就开始变得有趣了。
我把那些杂志扔进垃圾桶，决定融入马来西亚的生活。
从此一切都开始充满了生机。
青山好像在和我说话，树木也好像在向我微笑。
我新奇地看着车外的一切，就好像是第一次看到它们一样。
时间过得很快，直到感觉到饥肠辘辘的时候，我才想起还没有吃午饭。
我看了看手表，吃惊地发现已经是下午3点了。
不久火车在巴特沃思停了下来。
我看着周围的人们。
他们看起来是那样美丽。
当叔叔面带微笑出现在我面前时，我抱住他，给了他一个大大的拥抱。
以前我可从没有这样做过。
他似乎有些吃惊，不过很快在他饱经风霜的脸上就浮现出了温暖而开心的笑容。
我们挽着手臂朝他的车走去。
我已经开始期待回程之旅了。
重点单词:1. Penang [pɪ'næŋ] n.槟榔屿（位于马来西亚）2. relish ['relɪʃ] vt.喜爱3. the Causeway['kɔːzweɪ] 新柔长堤（沟通新加坡和马来半岛的纽带）4. Butterworth 巴特沃斯（马来西亚地名）5. weather-beaten ['weðə,bi:tən] adj.饱经风霜的重点短语 / 亮点句式：1. Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives.他们还常常会全家出动，站在门外挥手、微笑，好像火车上是他们最爱的亲人。
as if 意为＂好像＂，引导方式状语从句，从句的谓语动词可以用真实语气也可以用虚拟语气。
如：The child talked to us as if he were a grown-up.那孩子跟我们谈起话来，像个成年人似的。
The boss speaks aloud as if he is angry.老板说话声音很高，好像他真的生气了。
2. It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia.不久之后，火车穿越新柔长堤，进入了马来西亚半岛。
It is/was not long before …. 意为＂很快……，不久之后……＂。
如：It won't be long before he returns to the court.过不了多久，他就会返回球场。
It was not long before they got married。
不久以后，他们就结婚了。
3. be tired of 厌烦。
如：You may be tired of working for someone else.你可能厌倦了为别人工作。
4. join in加入；参加。
如：My parents join me in wishing you a happy future.我和我父母都祝你未来幸福。
Soon the whole crowd joined in to sing the song.很快整个人群都加入进来唱这支歌。
5. look forward to 盼望，期待。
这个词组中的to是介词，其后要跟名词、代词或者动名词作宾语。
如：I look forward to your guidance.我期待获得您的指导。
We look forward to hearing from you soon.我们盼望着不久能收到您的回信。
名句背诵：From the errors of others a wise man corrects his own. (Pubius Syrus)智者从他人犯的错中，看到自己的不足，然后改正它们。
(普布利柳斯·西鲁斯)2. Where My Rainbow Has Gone?导读：雨后的彩虹色彩斑斓，就好像年少时我们心中那些美好的希望和梦想。
从某种意义上来讲，每个人都需要自己的＂彩虹＂来照亮人生之路。
Where My Rainbow Has Gone?When you are little, the whole world feels like a big playground. I was living in Conyers,Georgia the summer it all happened. I was a second grader, but my best friend Stephanie was only in the first grade. Both of our parents were at work and most of the time they let us go our own way.It was a hot afternoon and we decided to have an adventure in Stephanie’s basement. ①As I opened the basement door, before us lay the biggest room, full of amazing things like guns, dolls, and old clothes. I ran downstairs, and spotted a red steel can. It was paint. I looked beyond it and there lay even more paint in bright colors like purple, orange, blue and green.＂Stephanie, I just found us a project for the day. Get some paintbrushes. We are fixing to paint.＂ She screamed with excitement as I told her of my secret plans and immediately we got to work. We gathered all the brushes we could find and moved all of our materials to my yard. There on the road in front of my house, we painted bit stripes of colors across the pavement. Stripe by stripe, our colors turned into a beautiful rainbow. It was fantastic!The sun was starting to sink. I saw a car ②in the distance and jumped up as I recognized the car. It was my mother. I couldn’t wait to show her my masterpiece. The car ③pulled slowly into the driveway and from the look on my mother’s face, I could tell that I was in deep trouble.My mother shut the car door and walked towards me. ④Her eyes glaring, she shouted, ＂What in the world were you thinking? I understood when you made castles out of leaves, and climbed the neighbors’ trees, but this! Come inside right now!＂ I stood there ⑤glaring back at her for a minute, angry because she had insulted my art.＂Now go clean it up!＂ Mother and I began cleaning the road. Tears ran down my cheeks as I saw my beautiful rainbow turn into black cement.Though years have now passed, I still wonder where my rainbow has gone. I wonder if, maybe when I get older, I can find my rainbow and never have to brush it away. I guess we all need sort of rainbow to brighten our lives from time to time and to keep our hopes and dreams colorful.我的＂彩虹＂去了哪里？小时候，整个世界就像一个大操场。