英语诵读文章12篇教学内容
海南高考状元-南京二级建造师报名
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古人云“熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟”，读是要朗声吟诵，诵出韵味来
。熟读甚至背诵
（英语）文章主要在于培养语感。
1
English
in the World
Some 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 add
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 diplomacy 外交
medicine 医药 communication 通信
event 事件
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A Friend
When 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 is a 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
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Learning English in
England
I 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 understand 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
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Body Language
If you can speak English, you know a lot of
English words. You can read, speak and understand.
But there is another kind of language you need
to know — the language of the body.
All over
the world, people
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
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。
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Hobbies
My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I
tried to collect 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,
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they teach
you a lot about the history 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。开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，但是现在我
只收集希腊和印度的，
因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。
当你仔细
看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。
我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的
车站，在那里看火车。当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和
车号。他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我
和他一起去车站，但那一点都不有趣。
我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她
也用手缝。她大多数的衣服是
她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。
engine 火车头 sewing 缝纫 tear
撕破 mend 修补
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Climbing
Mountains
Do you like climbing mountains? My
friend Ted does. He has never climbed a dangerous
mountain, but he has climbed some quite big
and difficult ones. He began to climb rocks when
he
was a small boy. Ted liked it very much and
he did not get very tired. The next year his
father took
him up some mountains in Scotland,
and he was very happy.
Last summer holidays,
Ted's uncle invited him to go to Switzerland. The
mountains are high there.
They went to
Switzerland by train and had a very good holiday.
They climbed several mountains.
At the end of
the holiday he said to Ted,
well.
Now Ted
wants to go to China to climb some of the very
high peaks in the Himalayas, but he is
still
too young and also he hasn't got enough money.
Perhaps one day he will become rich, and
then
he will go to China.
爬山
你喜欢爬山吗？我朋友特德喜欢。他
从没爬过危险的山，但他曾爬过一些很大很难爬的山。
当他还是个小男孩的时候，他就开始攀登岩石了。
特德很喜欢这个运动，一点也不感到疲倦。
第二年，他父亲带他登上苏格兰的一些山，他非常开心。
去年暑假，特德的叔叔邀请他去瑞士。那里的山很高。他们乘火车去了瑞士，过了一个非常
愉快
的假期。他们爬了几座山。在假期结束时，叔叔对特德说：“你还很年轻，但你已经爬
得很好了。”特德
听了很高兴。
现在，特德想去中国，爬上喜玛拉雅山最高的山峰，但他年纪还太小，而且没有足
够的钱。
也许有一天他会变得富有，然后他就可以去中国了。
Switzerland 瑞士
peak 山顶 Himalayas 喜马拉雅山
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A Visit to the City Centre
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On their first day in the
capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower
which stood on a hill near
the city centre.
There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana
and Peter decided to take the lift. At
the top
there was a cafe and a balcony where visitors
could stand and enjoy the view. It was
magnificent — you could see the whole city,
the river and the hills beyond.
On their way
back from the Tower, Diana and Peter went past the
main square in the city centre.
They stopped
at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and
watched the traffic for a while. The
square
was very busy, with cars, buses, bicycles and
pedestrians going in all directions. In the
centre of the square there was a policeman
controlling the traffic.
游览市中心
戴安娜和彼特第一天
游览了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有楼梯直通塔顶，
但戴安娜和彼特决定乘坐电梯。
塔顶有一个咖啡厅和观光平台，游客可以俯瞰市容。这儿的
景色很美丽——整座城市尽收眼底，还有远处
的河流和群山。
在从古塔回来的路上，戴安娜和彼特游览了市中心广场。他们在一个小摊贩前停下喝
果汁，
坐下小歇一会，观赏街上的车水马龙，广场上小汽车、公共汽车、自行车和行人络绎不绝，
广场中心一位警察在指挥交通。
stair 楼梯
take the lift 乘电梯
balcony 阳台
magnificent 壮观的
stall 摊点
pedestrian 行人
control 控制
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A Bus Ride
One day I was on a
bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of
me. She had a big bag in
her hand.
When I
was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a
young foreigner got up quickly saying,
I
was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in
the middle of the bus. Suddenly a pregnant
woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to
give up my seat to her. The foreigner smiled at
me.
He said that he was an Australian, and was
a student studying Chinese culture in China.
乘公共汽车
一天，我在一辆公共汽车上。我发现一位年长的妇人站在我的面前，她手里拿了
个大包。“帮
助老人是年轻人的美德。”我对自己说。
当我正要站起来把自己的座位让给那
位老妇人时，一个年轻的外国人很快站了起来，说：“请
这里坐。”老妇人谢谢他，然后坐下，她看上去
非常高兴。
我有一点尴尬，因为我坐在车厢的中间。突然一个孕妇上了车。我很快地站起来把座位让
给
了她。那个外国人笑着看着我，他说他是澳大利亚人，正在中国学习中国文化。
ride
骑马、骑脚踏车或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年长的
virtue 美德
pregnant 怀孕的
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In a Strange City
If you go out by yourself in a strange city,
you might get lost. What should you do? How can
you
find your way? Of course, if you never go
out alone, you won't get lost, but you will also
miss a
lot of good experiences.
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One thing you can do in case
you get lost is take a map along. It might also be
a good idea to take
a card from your hotel, so
you have the hotel's address. If the map doesn't
help you, or if you
forget to take one, you
must ask how to get where you're going. You can
ask, for example,
is Nova Hotel?'or
officers and clerks in shops are often helpful
when you ask directions.
在一个陌生的城市里
如果你在陌
生的城市里一个人出去走走，你可能会迷路。那你该怎么办呢？你该如何找到路
呢？当然，如果你从来不
独自出门，你不会迷路，但是你将会错过许多很好的经历。
为了防止迷路，你能做的一件事就是随身
携带一份地图。随身带一张酒店的卡片也是个好主
意，这样你就知道酒店的地址了。如果地图帮不了你，
或者你忘记带地图了，你必须向他人
问路。例如，你可以问“Nova酒店在哪里？”或者问“我该怎么
走才能到Nova酒店？”或者问
“您知道Nova酒店在哪里吗？”当你要问路时，警察或商店的店员
通常会帮助你。
get lost 迷路 experience 经历
in case 如果，万一
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A School Outing
The date for school outing was set for June
20th. The principal told us it would cost six
dollars
each.
We assembled at the school
at 9 o'lock, and by 9:30 we were aboard the train.
It was a good
arrangement. Each car held two
classes. Three cars were added to the regular
train so that there
would be enough room for
other passengers. As our classes were only about
thirty each, there was
plenty of room.
We
arrived at our destination by twelve, and each
class went with its teacher to lunch. Then the
guides came and took us for a tour of West
Point and finally we stopped at a small river
where we
had snacks.
We were on the train
again by six o'lock. We never needed the raincoats
everyone was carrying.
一次学校旅行
学校旅行的日子定在六月二
十日。校长告诉我们，每个人要花六美元。“今年，”他说，“我
们将乘火车去。这与去年不同。”
我们九点在学校集合，九点半我们上了火车。这是个很好的安排。每个车厢可以容纳两个
班。
在常规列车上，加挂了三节车厢，这样其他的乘客也有足够的空间。因为我们每个班大
约有三十人，所以
有足够的地方。
我们十二点到达目的地，每个班和他们的老师一起去吃午饭。然后导游来带我们去游
览西点
军校，最后在小河边停下来，我们在那儿吃点心。
到六点钟，我们又登上了火车。我们根本没用上我们每个人都带的雨衣。
outing
外出，旅行 principal 负责人，校长 assemble 集合
arrangement 安排 regular 定期的
passenger 乘客，旅客
destination 目的地 guide 导游
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A Forgetful Person
Once there
lived an old man in a town. He always forgot
things. So then he went out, his wife
always
said to him,
One day he went on a long trip
alone. He went to the station and bought a he
boarded
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the train.
About an hour later, the conductor began to
check tickets. He came to the old man and said,
you please show me your ticket?
not find
it.
ticket. All right. You don't have to buy
another ticket
still looked worried and said,
going?
一个健忘的人
从前，在一个镇里住着一位老人。他总是忘记事情。
所以当他出门时，他的妻子总是对他说，
“不要忘记这个。”
一天，他要独自出趟远门。他去火车站买了票。随后，他上了火车。
大约一小时后，乘务员
开始查票。他走到老人面前说：“可以把你的票给我看一下吗？”老人
翻遍了口袋，怎么也找不到他的票
。“我肯定买了票，但我找不到了。”老人说。“我相信你
买了票。好吧。你不用补票了。”乘务员和善
地说。但是老人看上去仍然非常着急，他说：“如
果我找不到我的票，我就记不起该在哪个站下车。我是
要去哪里呢？”
forgetful 健忘的 board
上（船、飞机等）
conductor 乘务员，售票员 surely 肯定地
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New
Year is the most important festival for Chinese
people all over the world. It is also
called
the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the
Western calendar changes from year to year.
However,
Chinese New Year takes place between
January 1 and February 19.
On the Chinese
calendar every year has an animal's name. These
animals are the rat, ox, tiger,
rabbit,
dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog
and pig. A Chinese legend says that these
twelve animals had a race. The first year was
named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven
years were named according to the order in
which the animals arrived in the race. The clever
rat
jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the
end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a
particular year has some of the characteristics of
that
animal.
春节
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。
公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日到 2 月 19 日 之间。
在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗
和猪
。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根
据动物们到达终点
的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达
终点！
中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征
lunar 月(亮)的
exact 确切的 calendar 日历
rat 鼠
ox 公 牛 rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊
rooster 公鸡 legend 传说
name after
按....命名 particular 特殊的 characteristic
特征
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