英语阅读文章（一）：
What would you do if you failed?Many people may choose to give up. However，the surest way to success is to keep your direction and stick to your goal.
On your way to success，you must keep your direction. It is just like a lamp，guiding you in darkness and helping you overe obstacles on your way. Otherwise，you will easily get lost or hesitate to go ahead.
Direction means objectives. You can get nowhere without an objective in life.
You can try to write your objective on paper and make some plans to achieve it. In this way，you will know how to arrange your time and to spend your time properly. And you should also have a belief that you are sure to succeed as long as you keep your direction all the time.
如果失败了你会怎样做?很多人可能会选择放下。然而，要想成功，最可靠的方法就是坚持你的方向和目标。
在通往成功的路上，你必须坚持你的方向。它就像一盏灯，在黑暗中为你指路，帮忙你度过难关。否则，你很容易就会迷失方向或犹豫不前。
方向意味着目标。人生如果没有目标，将一事无成。
你能够试着把你的目标写在纸上，并制定实现目标的计划。这样，你就会懂得如何合理安排时光，如何正确地支配时光。并且你还要有这样的信念：只要你一向坚持自我的方向，你就必须能够成功。
英语阅读文章（二）：
Sports help everyone to keep healthy， happy， and efficient. So I pay special attention to games， especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.
Table-tennis is an ideal game for us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles， expands our lungs， promotes the circulation of the blood， and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides， it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus， it is my favorite kind of exercise.
运动能帮忙每一个人坚持健康、欢乐和有效率。所以我异常重视运动，异常是桌球，桌球是我最喜欢的运动。我几乎每一天玩。
桌球对我们而言，是一项梦想的运动，因为它能够使我们全身运动，它能够增强我们的肌肉，扩张我们的肺部，促进血液循环，并且使肌肤产生健康作用，此外，它很趣味并且所费不多。桌球是相当温和适中的，它不像足球那么粗野。它是一种室内运动，甚至在下雨天也能玩。所以，桌球是我最喜爱的一种运动。
英语阅读文章（三）：
I think smiling is as important as sunshine. Smiling is like sunshine because it can make people happy and have a good day. If you aren’t happy， you can smile， and then you will feel happy. Someone may say， “But I don’t feel happy.” Then I would say， “Please smile as you do when you are happy or play with your friends happily. You will really be happy again.”
Smiling can let you have more friends.So I say， smiling is like a flower. It will give you happiness.
微笑
我认为微笑是一样重要的像阳光。 微笑是象阳光，因为它可能使人愉快和有一个早晨好。 如果您不是愉快的，您能微笑，您然后将感觉愉快。 某人也许说， “可是我不感到愉快”。 然后我会说， “请微笑，您，当您愉快地是愉快或戏剧与您的朋友。 您真正地再将是愉快的”。
微笑可能让您有更多朋友。如此我说，微笑是象花。 它将给您快乐。
英语阅读文章（四）：
Television has e into our lives for many years. We can nearly say that we can’t live happily without television. It can give us the latest information and news. It can open up our eyes and enlarge our knowledge. We can be entertained by the programs on television. Otherwise，we’ll be boring all day if there is no television. Television programs are attractive. After a whole day’s hard work， we can sit before the television enjoying ourselves. How wonderful it is!
电视已经进入到我们的生活很多年了。我们几乎能够说没有电视我们的生活就不会欢乐。电视能够给我们最新的信息和新闻。它能够拓展我们的视野和扩大我们的知识面。电视节目能够娱乐我们。否则，如果没有电视的话我们一整天都会很无聊。电视节目很有吸引力。一整天的辛苦工作后，我们能够坐在电视机前享受。这是多完美的事情啊！
However， television also does harm to people’s health. It’s bad for us to watch TV too long， especially bad for our eyes. Besides， watching TV may take the time to study or play on outside world. In short， television is good and we should make use of it appropriately.[本内容由 首页 / 整理]
然而，电视也会对人们的健康有害。长时光看电视对我们是不好的，异常是有损眼睛。此外，看电视可能会占据大部分学习或者出去玩的时光。总之，电视是好的，我们应当适当利用它。
电视在现今生活是每家的必备品，应对电视，同学们将如何表达呢？
英语阅读文章（五）：
我们需要梦想
We all want to believe that we are capable of great feats， of reaching our fullest potential. We need dreams. They give us a vision of a better future. They nourish our spirit。
我们都相信自我有成就伟业的本事，能发挥出自我的最 大潜能，我们需要梦想，它会给我们展现一番更好的前景，它能滋养我们的灵魂。
They represent possibility even then we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers Dreamers are not content with being merely mediocre， because no one ever dreams of going halfway.
梦想代表一种可能性，尽管它会受现实的羁绊。梦想让我们勇往直前。多数成功人士都是梦想家。梦想家不满足于平庸，因为谁也不期望半途而废。
When we were little kids， we didn’t dream of a life of struggle and frustration. We dreamed of doing something big and splashy， something significant. We dreamed big.
孩提时，我们不曾梦想过自立而充满挫折的生活，却梦想做一些轰轰烈烈而又意义的大事。我们梦想成为伟人。
We know now that we have to put in the effort to reach our dreams， but the tough part is that most of us don’t know where to start working. duanwenw We might have every intention of being Vice President in five years or running across the finish line in a marathon or pleting the novel we started years ago. But often we have no idea how to translate these dreams into actions.
如今，我们明白，要实现梦想必须全力以赴，可多数人却不知从何入手。我们能够有5年后成为副总统，或者马拉松赛中冲过终点，或完成多年前就已经开始创作的小说的梦想。可我们往往不知怎样将梦想转为行动。
In order to make real steps toward fulfilling our ultimate， big， splashy dreams， we have to start with concrete objective. These are our goals.
为了真正付诸实施，实现我们终极、伟大而恢弘的梦想。我们必须要从具体的目标着手，这些就是我们的目标。
英语阅读文章（六）：
Most people plain of fortune，few of nature; and the kinder they think the latter has been to them，the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former.Why have not I the riches，the rank，the power，of such and such，is the mon expostulation with fortune; but why have not I the merit，the talents，the wit，or the beauty，of such and such others，is a reproach rarely or never made to nature.The truth is，that nature，seldom profuse，and seldom niggardly，has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed to have done.Education and situation make the great difference.Culture improves，and occasions elicit，natural talents I make no doubt but that there are potentially，if I may use that pedantic word，many Bacons，Lockes，Newtons，Caesars，Cromwells，and Marlboroughs at the ploughtail behind counters，and，perhaps，even among the nobility; but the soil must be cultivated，and the season favourable，for the fruit to have all its spirit and flavour.If sometimes our mon parent ha
s been a little partial，and not kept the scales quite even; if one preponderates too much，we throw into the lighter a due counterpoise of vanity，which never fails to set all right.Hence it happens，that hardly any one man would，without reverse，and in every particular，change with any other.Though all are thus satisfied with the dispensations of nature，how few listen to her voice! How to follow her as a guide! In vain she points out to us the plain and direct way to truth，vanity，fancy，affection，and fashion assume her shape and wind us through fairy-ground to folly and error.很多人抱怨命运，却很少有人抱怨天然;人们越是认为天然对他们仁爱有加，便越是嘀咕命运对他们的所谓不公。人们常常对命运发出诘难：我为何没有财富、地位、权力以及诸如此类的东西;但人们却很少或从不这样责怪过天然：我为何没有长处、天赋、机智或美丽以及诸如此类的东西。事实是，天然总是将天赋公平地分配给人们，比人们通常认为的还要不偏不倚，很少过分地慷慨!也很少吝啬。 人与人之间的巨大差异是由于教育和环境使然。文化修养改良了天赋，机遇环境诱发了天赋。
我们并不怀疑在农田耕作，在柜台后营业，甚至在豪门贵族中间有很多 潜在的培根们、洛克们、牛顿们、凯撒们、克伦威尔们和马尔伯勒们，如果允许我用“潜在的”这个学究味浓重的词的话;可是要使果实具有它全部的品质和风味， 还必须有耕耘过的.泥土，必须有适宜的季节。倘若大自然有时候有那么一点偏心，没有将天平摆正;倘若有一头过重，我们就会在轻的一头投上一枚大小适当的虚荣的砝码，它每次都会将天平重新调平，从不出差错。所以就出现了这种情景：几乎没有人会毫无保留地和另一个人里里外外全部对换一下。虽然对于天然的分配，人人都感到满意;然而肯听听她的忠告的人却是如此之少!能将她当作向导而跟随其后的人又是如此之少!她徒然地为我们指出一条通向真理的笔直的坦途;而虚荣、幻想、矫情、时髦却俨然以她的面貌出现，暗中将我们引向虚幻的歧途，走向愚笨和谬误。
英语阅读文章（七）：
Some people go through life standing at the excuse counter.They say they'd like to do this or that，but then they offer all the excuses in the world for why they can't do whatever it is.No matter what the excuses are，the only thing that is usually limiting them is their own self-perception.If I've learned anything，I've learned that a person —any person —may do anything they set their mind on doing.The things you need are willingness to work for what you want，patience to learn what you need to know and，most important of all，belief in yourself.You only need a seed，and then your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward.If your self-perception is that you can't acplish something because you're not smart enough，then take the time to learn what you need to know，and then your self-perception will change.If your self-perception is that you can't acplish something because you never finish anything you start，then go and finish something and change your self- perception.If your self-perception
is that you're too lazy，too busy，too unworthy，too unfocused，too depressed，or too dependent on others to acplish great things，then you're right.You are that because you believe you are，but in fact，you can change that! Life is change，and the past doesn't equal the future.Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions.Change your beliefs and actions，and you will change your future.Whether you think you can or you can't，you're right.You are what you think.Think about that the next time you need an excuse.有些人的一生都在借口中度过。他们总是说喜欢这喜欢那，只是随之给出各种理由来解释他为什么没能去做。但无论是什么借口，能限制他们行为的通常只是他们的自我认知。如果说我确实明白了一些事情，那就是了解了一个人，任何一个人，几乎能够做成任何事情，只要他们下决心去做。你需要的只是为梦想而奋斗的意愿、为学习必要知识的耐心，可是最重要的是你的.自信。你只需播下一粒梦想的种子，你的信念将会随着你一齐长大。如果你自认为是因不够聪明而不能完成某件事情，那么就花些时光去学习所需要的知识，这样，你的自我认知就
会改变。如果你自认为你不能完成某件事情常常是因为半途而废，那么就去做完它，将这种自我认知彻底改变。如果你自认为是因太懒惰、太忙、太卑微、太不专心、太消沉、太依靠别人而不能做成大事，那么你是对的。英语短文你确实是这样，因为你自我就是这样认为的。但事实上你能够改变。生活无时无刻不在变化，过去不等于未来。你的此刻正是你过去所想所做的必然结果。改变你的信念和行动，成就你的将来。如果你认为你能或不能做什么，那么你是对的，因为正是你的思想造就了你。
英语阅读文章（八）：
I like to read books， because a good book， contains a wealth of knowledge and good feelings. Reading a good book is across time and space， dialogue with wisdom and noble people.
Reading makes me rich knowledge， purify the soul. Book is the ocean of knowledge， it is gradually broadened my horizons， improve my ability. I have benefited a lot from reading this is self-evident.
Reading is a golden key for me open the door to knowledge， reading is like the sun light up bright future for me.
The book， not dull， inflexible. But like a person， lively and interesting. A good book is the best teacher， is a friend， is a partner. World writer gorky once said: "books are the ladder of human progress."
Because of this， I like reading， it makes my writing improve a lot， gave me a lot of harvest.
Love books! It will make you have a lot of harvest.
我喜欢读书，因为一本好书，蕴含着丰富的知识和完美的情感。阅读一本好书就是跨越时光和空间，同睿智而高尚的人对话。
读书使我丰富了知识，净化了灵魂。书是知识的海洋，它在潜移默化之中开拓了我的眼界，提高了我的才干。读书使我受益匪浅这是不言而喻的。
读书是一把金钥匙为我打开知识宝库的大门，读书就像阳光为我照亮完美的前程。
书，不是枯燥的，呆板的。而是如同一个人一样生动，趣味。一本好书是良师，是益友，是伴侣。世界文豪高尔基以往说过：“书是人类提高的阶梯。”
因为这样，我喜欢读书，它让我的写作水平提高了许多，给了我许多收获。
爱书吧!它会让你有许多收获。
英语阅读文章（九）：
Courage
勇气
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less amagnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite ofpersonal consequences， in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and thatis the basis of all human morality．
生活之中的勇气，通常不会像千钧一发时的勇气那样充满戏剧性；但他人不失为是一个胜利与杯具的壮观组合。一个人将个人得失，障碍、危险还有压力抛在脑后，只是做他必须做的，而这便是人类一切道德的基础。
To be courageous…requires no exceptional qualifications， no magic formula， no special bination of time， place andcircumstance. It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all.Politics merely furnishes one arena which imposes special tests of courage. In whatever arena of life， one may meet the challenge of courage， whatever may bethe sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience， the loss of his friends，his fortune， his contentment， even the esteem of his fellow men， each man must decidefor himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can definethat ingredient， they can teach， they can offer hope， they can provideinspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must lookinto his own soul．
勇敢，不需要突出的品质，不需要秘诀，不需要天时地利，每个人或早或晚都有机会。政治可是是对勇气进行异常考验的一个竞技场而已，在人生的每一个竞技场上勇气都会前来挑战。如果你跟随你的良心，那么任何东西都可能被牺牲：朋友，财产，满足，甚至是别人对你的尊重。走哪条路只能由自我来决定。前人的故事能够告诉你什么叫勇敢。他们能够教你，能够给你期望和灵感，但不能给你真正的勇气，要得到它你必须要发掘自我的灵魂。
英语阅读文章（十）：
Storms Always Give Way to the Sun阳光总在风雨后What is the secret ingredient of tough people that enanble them to succeed? Why do they survive the tough times when others are overe by them? why do they win when others lose， why do they soar when others sink?The answer is very simple. It is all in how they perceive their problems. Yes，every living person has problems. A problem-free life is an illsion - a mirage in the desert. Accept that fact.Every mountain has a peak. Every valley has its low point. Life has its ups and downs， its peaks and its valleys. No one is up all the time， nor are they down all the time. Problems do end， they are all resolved in time.You may not be able to control the times， but you can pose your response. You can turn your pain into provanity or into poetry. The choice is up to you. You may not have chosen your tough time， but you can choose how you will react to it. For instance， what is the positive reaction to a terrible financial setback? Would it be a positive reaction t
o cop out or run away? Escape through alcohol? No! Such negative reactions only produce greater problems by promising a temporary "solution" to the pressing problem. The positve solution to a problem may require courage to initiate it. When you control your reaction to the seemingly uncontrolable problem of life， then in fact you do control the problem's effect on you. Your reaction to the problem is the last word! That is bottom line. What will you let this problem do to you? It can make you tender or tough. It can make you better or bitter. It all depends on you.In the final analysis， tough people who survive the tough times do so because they have chosen to react positvely to their predicament. Tough times never last， but tough people do. Tough people stick it out. History teach us that each problem has a lifespan .No problem is permanent.Storms always give way to the sun. Winters always thaws into springtime. Your storm will pass. Your winter will thaw. Your problem would be solved.
译文：
坚韧不拔的人成功的秘诀是什么？他们为什么能挺过艰难的时刻，而其他人却被困难所压倒？为什么成功的是他们而失败的人是其他人？为什么他们一飞冲天，而其他人却深陷泥沼？答案很简单，全看他们是如何看待自我面临的难题的。不错，人人有本难念的经。没有难题困扰的人生是一个幻想，是沙漠中的海市蜃楼。还是理解这个事实吧。每一座山都有巅峰，每一人峡谷都有深底。人生也有兴衰起伏，不会有人一生都时乖命蹇，难题总有了结的一天。随着时光的推移，一切难题都会迎刃而解。你也许不能控制时势，可是你能够冷静应对。你既能够把痛苦转换为怨天尤人的诅咒，也能够赋之以诗意，这全在于你自我的选择。时运不济的你或许无从选择，可是你能够选择应对的方略。譬如，遭遇一次严重的经济挫折，究竟怎样作才称得上进取应对呢？放下后潜逃？借酒浇愁？这样的逃避是进取应对吗？当然不是！这样一些消极的反应似乎暂时解决了迫在眉睫的难题，但事实上只会招致更棘手的难题。进取的应对只能是鼓起勇气着手解决对于人生中看似无法控制的难题。当你能够控制自我的应对，那么你就事实上控制了难题对你的影响。你对难题的应对是至关重要的、最根本的。难题能对你产生什么样的影响呢？它能够使你脆弱，也能够使你坚强，
它能够使你升华，也能够使你痛苦。这全在于你自我。归根结底，坚韧的人之所以能够挺过艰难的岁月，是因为他们选择进取地去应对困境。艰难的岁月不会没完没了，坚韧的人会始终不懈，坚持到底。历史告诉我们，每一人难题都有始有终，任何难题都不会永久存在。阳光总在风雨后。严冬必然会化为春光。你的暴风雨也会过去，你的冬天也会回暖。 你的难题终将解决。
英语阅读文章（十一）：
Night after night， she came to tuck me in， even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom， she"d lean down and push my long hair out of the way， then kiss my forehead.
I don"t remember when it first started annoying me her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me， for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally， one night， I lashed out at her: Don"t do that anymore your hands are too rough! She didn"t say anything in reply. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love. Lying awake long afterward， my words haunted me. But pride stifled my conscience， and I didn"t tell her I was sorry.
Time after time， with the passing years， my thoughts returned to that night. By then I missed my mother"s hands， missed her goodnight kiss upon my forehead. Sometimes the incident seemed very close， sometimes far away. But always it lurked， hauntingly， in the back of my mind.
Well， the years have passed， and I"m not a little girl anymore. Mom is in her mid-seventies， and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She"s been our doctor， reaching into a medicine cabinet for the remedy to calm a young girl"s stomach or soothe a boy"s scraped knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could and still insists on dishing out ice cream at any hour of the day or night.
Through the years， my mother"s hands have put in countless hours of toil， and most of hers were before automatic washers!
Now， my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad， and on special occasions， I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was that late on Thanksgiving Eve， as I drifted into sleep in the bedroom of my youth， a familiar hand hesitantly stole across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss， ever so gently， touched my brow.
In my memory， for the thousandth time， I recalled the night my surly young voice plained: Don"t do that anymore your hands are too rough! Catching Mom"s hand in hand， I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she"d remember， as I did. But Mom didn"t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten and forgiven long ago.
That night， I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
英语阅读文章（十二）：
People need homes: children assume their parents" place as home; boarders call school home on weekdays; married couples work together to build new homes; and travelers have no place to call home ， at least for a few nights.
So how about people who have to travel for extended periods of time? Don t they have the right to a home? Of course they do.
Some regular travelers take their own belongings: like bed sheets， pillowcases and family photos to make them feel like home no matter where they are; some stay for long periods in the same hotel and as a result bee very familiar with service and attendants; others may simply put some flowers by the hotel window to make things more homely. Furthermore， driving a camping car during one s travels and sleeping in the vehicle at night is just like home -- only mobile!
And how about maintaining relationships while in transit? Some keep contact with their friends via internet; some send letters and postcards， or even photos; others may just call and say hi， just to let their friends know that they"re still alive and well. People find ways to keep in touch. Making friends on the way helps travelers feel more or less at home. Backpackers in youth hostels may bee very good friends， even closer than siblings.
Nowadays， fewer people are working in their local towns， so how do they develop a sense of belonging? Whenever we step out of our local boundaries， there is always another home waiting to be found. Wherever we are， with just a little bit of effort and imagination， we can make the place we stay home .
英语阅读文章（十三）：
It is the habit of the poets， and of many who are poets neither in vision nor in faculty， to speak of youth as if it were a period of unshadowed gaiety and pleasure， with no consciousness of responsibility and no sense of care.
The freshness of feeling， the delight in experience， the joy of discovery， the unspent vitality which weles every morning as a challenge to one's strength， invest youth with a charm which art is always striving to preserve， and which men who have parted from it remember with a sense of pathos; for the morning of life es but once， and when it fades something goes which never returns. There are ample pensations， there are higher joys and deeper insights and relationships; but a magical charm which touches all things and turns them to gold， vanishes with the morning. All this is true of youth， which in many ways symbolises the immortal part of man's nature， and must be， therefore， always beautiful and sacred to him. But it is untrue that the sky of youth has no clouds and the spirit of youth no cares; on the contrary， no period of life is in many ways more painful.
The finer the organisation and the greater the ability， the more difficult and trying the experiences through which the youth passes. George Eliot has pointed out a striking peculiarity of childish grief in the statement that the child has no background of other griefs against which the magnitude of its present sorrow may be measured. While that sorrow lasts it is plete， absolute， and hopeless， because the child has no memory of other trials endured， of other sorrows survived. In this fact about the earliest griefs lies the source also of the pains of youth. The young man is an undeveloped power; he is largely ignorant of his own capacity， often without inward guidance towards his vocation; he is unadjusted to the society in which he must find a place for himself.
He is full of energy and aspiration， but he does not know how to expend the one or realise the other. His soul has wings， but he cannot fly， because， like the eagle， he must have space on the ground before he rises in the air.
英语阅读文章（十四）：
You cannot change the laws of physics ... but could physics actually enable us to travel through time?
It might sound crazy， but according to Einstein‘s theories， there‘s no logical reason why time travel isn‘t possible.
Time travel is clearly a trickier proposition than space travel，though. And prior to Einstein， it would have been deemed utterly impossible! That‘s because the old idea about time was that it was like a cosmic metronome keeping a regular and constant beat throughout the universe. And it was thought to move in one direction only .
However， what physicists now know is that time is rather more flexible than the old “ Clockwork Universe” ideas they had it. And it was Albert Einstein who set the cat among the pigeons.
Einstein‘s theories about time and space were revolutionary. He became a celebrity--and not just in scientific circles. It‘s only since he published his theories that scientists have been able to demonstrate that space and time really behave the way he said they did.
In 1971， after Einstein‘s death， two scientists were able to carry out a crucial experiment. They used two atomic clocks， synchronized them， and placed one on a plane， while the other stayed in the same location on Earth. The plane then flew around the world for 80 hours. According to Einstein‘s theory， the clock on the plane would be expected to have lost time， due to being in motion over 80 hours pared to the clock on the ground. When they brought the clocks together and made a parison， the clock on the plane was indeed a few nanoseconds slower than the other clock. The experiment was replicated in 1996 with advanced technology， and it was proved again--with an even bigger time difference this time. Which proves that not only is time “ warp-able” ， but Einstein was arguably the greatest thinker the world has ever seen.
If it were possible， however， it would present some pretty knotty paradoxes... For example， what if someone or something traveled back in time and changed the ensuing future? And have you heard the one about the time traveller who dots back and forward in time and by means of various medical technologies is able to be his own father AND mother?! And besides， if time travel is possible， where are all the people from the future--surely they‘d want to e and meet us poor stranded 21st century beings?
英语阅读文章（十五）：
"Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.
When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face， she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born without ears.
Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect. It was only his appearance that was marred. When he rushed home from school one day and flung himself into his mother's arms， she sighed， knowing that his life was to be a succession of heartbreaks.
He blurted out the tragedy. "A boy， a big boy...called me a freak."
He grew up， handsome for his misfortune. A favorite with his fellow students， he might have been class president， but for that. He developed a gift， a talent for literature and music.
"But you might mingle with other young people，" his mother reproved him， but felt a kindness in her heart.
The boy's father had a session with the family physician... "Could nothing be done?"
"I believe I could graft on a pair of outer ears， if they could be procured，" the doctor decided. Whereupon the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.
Two years went by. One day， his father said to the son， "You're going to the hospital， son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But it's a secret."
The operation was a brilliant success， and a new person emerged. His talents blossomed into genius， and school and college became a series of triumphs.
Later he married and entered the diplomatic service. One day， he asked his father， "Who gave me the ears? Who gave me so much? I could never do enough for him or her."
"I do not believe you could，" said the father， "but the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."
The years kept their profound secret， but the day did e. One of the darkest days that ever pass through a son. He stood with his father over his mother's casket. Slowly， tenderly， the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick， reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears.
"Mother said she was glad she never let her hair be cut，" his father whispered gently， "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful， did they?"
英语阅读文章（十六）：
"On 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 the militant 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 spirit will 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 subsistence and consequently the degree of economic development attained by a given people or 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 production and 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 the dark.
"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.
英语阅读文章（十七）：
The sun is shining brightly out of my window. I can feel the sunbeam e straight from my eyes to my heart. But there is no warmth. I’m still really cold.
After the first remedy， I never feel any better. Everyone warned me not to move anywhere. Even a little cut may deprive my life.
“My honey，” Mommy said to me with manful spirit in her eyes. “Please go on， you’re strong enough， you’re brave enough to live on!”
“Don’t worry，” I smiled， “I’m Ok， Mommy， I’ll never give up.” Mommy smiled as return after hearing my words.
But how can I go on? I am the biggest criminal in my family! It’s I who have spent each penny in my family which was made yb my parents for their whole lives. It’s my blood cancer that made my parents bee old overnight， but they still have to smile and encourage me though they’re being killed by the much more sorrow than I am. How can I still live in this family? How can I still live in the world?
In fact， we have had no money to pay for the second remedy. I don’t know why I have to be paid so much to keep the little time in my life. It’s really unnecessary.
Severe pain is killing me. I want to stop. I don’t want to be the criminal. I don’t want to leave the world with an empty family and hopeless parents. I don’t want to be the heavy burden of my family of my world in my last days.
I suddenly feel the wall ing to me. All is black. I passed out again. I don’t know how many times I pass out and revive. I hope， I wish this is the last time.
A familiar song es to my clear mind:
“Mama， you gave life to me，turned a baby into a lady;Mama， all I have to offer was a guarantee of you loving me…
Good-bye is the saddest word I’ve ever heard，Good-bye is the last time I can hold you near.Someday you’ll say that word and I will cry，It will break my heart to hear you say good-bye.Till we meet again， until than good-bye.”
I don’t know if I’m still alive. But I’m sure I could see the drops of tears ing from Mommy’s eyes and she is smiling. She said to me: “ Baby， I know you’re leaving， I know I can’t stop you from leaving me. Take care of yourself whether you’re in the human world or not. I will always- love – you!”
英语阅读文章（十八）：
Much meaning can be conveyed， clearly， with our eyes， so it is often said that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at stranger， but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared at， he may feel unfortable.
The same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary， you will look at yourself up and down， to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong， you will feel angry toward other’s stare with you that way. Eyes do speak， right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it es to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze， his intentions are obvious， that is， he wishes to attract her attention， to make her understand that he is admiring her.
However， the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time， in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking， to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking， as if he tries to dominate you， you will feel disconcerted. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim， since he believes in the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest munication. Quite the contrary.
In fact， continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only， who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time， to show affection that words cannot express.
Evidently， eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
英语阅读文章（十九）：
I strongly believe that it is rather important to be a good listener. And although I have bee a better listener than I was ten years ago， I have to admit I'm still only an adequate1 listener.
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond. In some ways， the way we fail to listen is symbolic of the way we live. We often treat munication as if it were a race. It's almost like our goal is to have no time gaps between the conclusion of the sentence of the person we are speaking with and the beginning of our own. My wife and I were recently at a cafe having lunch， eavesdropping on the conversations around us. It seemed that no one was really listening to one another， instead they were taking turns not listening to one another.I asked my wife if I still did the same thing. With a smile on her face she said，" Only sometimes." Slowing down your responses and being a better listener aids you in being a more peaceful person. It takes pressure from you. If you think about it， you'll notice tha
t it takes an enormous amount of energy and is very stressful to be sitting at the edge of your seat trying to guess what the person in front of you (or on the telephone) is going to say so that you can fire8 back your response. But as you wait for the person you are municating with to finish， as you simply listen more intently to what is being said， you'll notice that the pressure you feel is off. You'll immediately feel more relaxed， and so will the people you are talking to.They will feel safe in slowing down their own responses because they won't feel in petition with you for " air time " ! Not only will being a better listener make you a more patient person， it will also enhance the quality of your relationships. Everyone loves to talk to someone who truly listens to what they are saying.
英语阅读文章（二十）：
It seems to me a very difficult thing to put into words the beliefs we hold and what they make you do in your life. I think I was fortunate because I grew up in a family where there was a very deep religious feeling. I don’t think it was spoken of a great deal. It was more or less taken for granted that everybody held certain beliefs and needed certain reinforcements of their own strength and that that came through your belief in God and your knowledge of prayer.
But as I grew older I questioned a great many of the things that I knew very well my grandmother who had brought me up had taken for granted. And I think I might have been a quite difficult person to live with if it hadn’t been for the fact that my husband once said it didn’t do you any harm to learn those things， so why not let your children learn them? When they grow up they’ll think things out for themselves.
And that gave me a feeling that perhaps that’s what we all must do-think out for ourselves what we could believe and how we could live by it. And so I came to the conclusion that you had to use this life to develop the very best that you could develop.
I don’t know whether I believe in a future life. I believe that all that you go through here must have some value， therefore there must be some reason. And there must be some “going on.” How exactly that happens I’ve never been able to decide. There is a future-that I’m sure of. But how， that I don’t know. And I came to feel that it didn’t really matter very much because whatever the future held you’d have to face it when you came to it， just as whatever life holds you have to face it exactly the same way. And the important thing was that you never let down doing the best that you were able to do-it might be poor because you might not have very much within you to give， or to help other people with， or to live your life with. But as long as you did the very best that you were able to do， then that was what you were put here to do and that was what you were acplishing by being here.
And so I have tried to follow that out-and not to worry about the future or what was going to happen. I think I am pretty much of a fatalist. You have to accept whatever es and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
英语阅读文章（二十一）：
"Everything happens for the best，" my mother saidwhenever faced disappointment. "If you can carryon， one day something good will happen. And you'llrealize that it wouldn't have happened if not for thatprevious disappointment. " Mother was right， as Idiscovered after graduating from college in 1932. Ihad decided to try for a job in radio， then work myway up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicagoand knocked on the door of every station -and got turned down every time.
In one studio， a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring inexperienced person. "Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance，" she said.
I thumbed home to Dixon， Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon， myfather said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage itssports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football， I applied. The jobsounded just right for me. But I wasn't hired.
My disappointment must have shown. "Everything happens for the best，" Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to hunt for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport， Iowa. The programdirector， a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur， told me they had already hired anannouncer.
As I left his office， my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud， "How can a fellow get to be asport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station? "
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling， "What was that you said aboutsports? Do you know anything about football? " Then he stood me before a microphone andasked me to broadcast an imaginary game.
On my way home， as I have many times since， I thought of my mother's words: "if you carryon， one day something good will happen. Something wouldn't have happened if not for thatprevious disappointment" I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I'dgotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
英语阅读文章（二十二）：
Sometimes people e into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there， they serve some sort of purpose， to teach you a lesson or help figure out who you are or who you want to bee. You never know who these people may be - your roommate， neighbor， professor， long lost friend， lover or even a plete stranger who， when you lock eyes with them， you know that very moment that they will affect your life in some profound way.
And sometimes things happen to you and at the time they may seem horrible， painful and unfair， but in reflection you realize that without overing those obstacles， you would have never realized your potential， strength， will power or heart. Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness， injury， love， lost moments of true greatness and sheer stupidity - all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests， if they be events， illnesses or relationships， life would be like a smoothly paved， straight， flat road to nowhere. Safe and fortable but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life and the successes and downfalls you experience - they are the ones who create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. Those lessons are the hardest and probably the most important ones.
If someone hurts you， betrays you or breaks your heart， forgive them for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart to. If someone loves you， love them back unconditionally， not only because they love you， but because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt without them.
Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can， for you may never be able to experience it again.
Talk to people you have never talked to before， and actually listen. Let yourself fall in love， break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to. Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself， for if you don"t believe in yourself， no one else will believe in you either. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.
People are like tea bags - you have to put them in hot water before you know how strong they are.
英语阅读文章（二十三）：
We all， at one time or another， have pretended to be a rock star， singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults， in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio， find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time， I do this on my way to work.
Yes， that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes， jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and others laugh. Personally， I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!
The definition for the word silly， according to the dictionary is: stupid， foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious， which in all honesty， is foolish!
No one is perfect， I repeat: no one is perfect. I don"t care how educated， how thin， how beautiful， how simple， how frugal， how rich， and so on No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?
Life is so short You never know when this beautiful journey will be over， so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity? Here is a quote by Souza， that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:
Dance as though no one is watching you，
Love as though you have never been hurt before，
Sing as though no one can hear you，
Live as though heaven is on earth.
When we were kids， we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However， as we grew up， we lost that childlike innocence.
So don"t lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down， go turn on your favorite song， and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts. Trust me， you will feel a whole lot better， and who doesn"t want to feel good?
英语阅读文章（二十四）：
Starbucks invades Parisian cafe culture
A form of alien civilisation has finally landed in Paris - unfamiliar green and black signs have appeared on the Avenue de L'Opera.
It is the first Starbucks cafe to boldly go where no Starbucks has gone before， onto potentially hostile French territory.
Its advertising posters on the Champs Elysee announce "Starbucks - a passion pour le cafe".
But is the pany aware of the risk it is taking by challenging the very birthplace of cafe society?
"I think every time we e into a new market we do it with a great sense of respect， a great deal of interest in how that cafe society has developed over time，" Bill O'Shea of Starbucks says.
"We recognise there is a huge history here of cafe society and we have every confidence we can enjoy， augment and join in that passion."
And he may be right. Despite some sniffiness in the French press， some younger French are expressing their excitement that they will finally be able to visit the kind of cafe they love to watch on the US TV series Friends.
In fact， for some， it is an exotic rarity， far more exciting than the average French cafe.
Melissa， aged 18， says she can hardly wait: "I love Starbucks caramel coffee - it's very good and I like the concept that they're opening in Paris. I think Starbucks will be OK for French people."
An American tourist is equally excited when she spots the sign - this could be just the thing to help her get over the occasional twinge of homesickness.
"I love the French cafes， but Starbucks is so popular in the States and it's bee part of American culture and now it's e to France， and that's OK，" she said.
But that is the problem for many French， who do not want France to be just like the rest of the world: with standardised disposal cups of coffee - identical in 7，000 branches around the world - even if they are termed handcrafted beverages.
At the traditional cafes， customers worry that the big US coffee house chains could drive out small， family-owned cafes.
Others here think they could e round to the idea of Starbucks， though for them it would never replace the corner cafe or the typical Parisian petit noir coffee .
英语阅读文章（二十五）：
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop. There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty， dark， disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that litter the floors.
No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated searcher for art treasures must have patience， and above all， the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this， he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery， he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
My old friend， Frank Halliday， is just such a person. He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere &5. One Saturday morning， Frank visited an antique shop in my neighbourhood. As he had never been there before， he found a great deal to interest him. The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing-case lying on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just e in， but that he could not be bothered to open it. Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open. The contents were disappointing. Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger， the box was full of crockery， much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature Painting at the bottom of the packing-case. As its position and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well， he decided to buy it. Glancing at it briefly， the dealer told him that it was worth &5. Frank could hardly conceal his excitement
， for he knew that he had made a real discovery. The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth thousands of pounds.
英语阅读文章（二十六）：
One day， the time management expert lectured to a group of business school students.
He made a demonstration at the scene， which left a lasting impression on the students.
Standing in front of students with high iqs， he said， let's take a quiz. Take out a one-gallon jar and set it on the table in front of him. Then he took out a bunch of fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them in a jar. When the jar was over the top of the jar and no more rocks could fit in， he asked， "is the jar full?" All students should say: "full!" . The time management expert replied， "really?" He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He poured some of the gravel in， and tapped the glass bottle wall to fill the gap between the stones. "Is the jar full now? "He asked the second time. But this time the students understood， "probably not，" one student said. "Good! Experts say. He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of sand. The sand is filled with all the gaps between the rock and the gravel. Once more he asked the question， "is this jar full?" "No! "Shouted the students. Once again he said， "good! Then he took a pitcher of water and poured it into the jar until i
t was flat. Looking up at the students， he asked， "what is the point of this illustration?" One eager student raised his hand and said， "no matter how tight your schedule is， if you work hard， you can do more!" "No!" The time management expert said， "that's not what it really means. This example tells us that if you didn't blow up the rock first， you couldn't put it in the bottle anymore. So， what are the big rocks in your life? Spend time with the people you love， your beliefs， education， dreams? Remember to deal with these big rocks first， otherwise， you can't do it all your life!
So tonight， perhaps this morning， you are reading this essay， and you have tried to ask yourself this question: what is the "big rock" in my life? Then， please put them in the bottle of your life first. It is better to be busy with dreams than to lose your dreams by being busy!
英语阅读文章（二十七）：
It is the habit of the poets，and of many who are poets neither in vision nor in faculty，to speak of youth as if it were a period of unshadowed gaiety and pleasure， with no consciousness of responsibility and no sense of care.
The freshness of feeling，the delight in experience，the joy of discovery，the unspent vitality which weles every morning as a challenge to one's strength， invest youth with a charm which art is always striving to preserve，and which men who have parted from it remember with a sense of pathos;for the morning of life es but once， and when it fades something goes which never returns.
There are ample pensations， there are higher joys and deeper insights and relationships; but a magical charm which touches all things and turns them to gold， vanishes with the morning.All this is true of youth，which in many ways symbolises the immortal part of man's nature， and must be，therefore，always beautiful and sacred to him.But it is untrue that the sky of youth has no clouds and the spirit of youth no cares; on the contrary，no period of life is in many ways more painful.
The finer the organisation and the greater the ability，the more difficult and trying the experiences through which the youth passes. George Eliot has pointed out a striking peculiarity of childish grief in the statement that the child has no background of other griefs against which the magnitude of its present sorrow may be measured. While that sorrow lasts it is plete， absolute， and hopeless， because the child has no memory of other trials endured， of other sorrows survived. In this fact about the earliest griefs lies the source also of the pains of youth.
The young man is an undeveloped power;he is largely ignorant of his own capacity，often without inward guidance towards his vocation;he is unadjusted to the society in which he must find a place for himself.He is full of energy and aspiration， but he does not know how to expend the one or realise the other. His soul has wings， but he cannot fly， because， like the eagle， he must have space on the ground before he rises in the air.
英语阅读文章（二十八）：
To respect my work， my associates and myself. To be honest and fair with them as I expect them to be honest and fair with me. To be a man whose word carries weight. To be a booster， not a knocker; a pusher， not a kicker; a motor， not a clog.
To base my expectations of reward on a solid foundation of service rendered; to be willing to pay the price of success in honest effort. To look upon my work as opportunity， to be seized with joy and made the most of， and not as painful drudgery to be reluctantly endured.
To remember that success lies within myself; in my own brain， my own ambition， my own courage and determination. To expect difficulties and force my way through them， to turn hard experiences into capital for future struggles.
To interest my heart and soul in my work， and aspire to the highest efficiency in the achievement of results. To be patiently receptive of just criticism and profit from its teaching. To treat equals and superiors with respect， and subordinates with kindly encouragement.
To make a study of my business duties; to know my work from the ground up. To mix brains with my efforts and use system and method in all I undertake. To find time to do everything needful by never letting time find me or my subordinates doing nothing. To hoard days as a miser does dollars， to make every hour bring me dividends in specific results acplished. To steer clear of dissipation and guard my health of body and peace of mind as my most precious stock in trade.
Finally， to take a good grip on the joy of life; to play the game like a gentleman; to fight against nothing so hard as my own weakness， and endeavor to grow in business capacity， and as a man， with the passage of every day of time.
英语阅读文章（二十九）：
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics.Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.When the article arrived，the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.' The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts，but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile，the editor was getting impatient，for the magazine would soon go to press.He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams，but received no reply.He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.When the journalist again failed to reply，the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.A week later，the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist.Not only had the poor man been arrested，but he had been sent to prison as well.However，he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
报刊杂志的修改常常为了向读者供给成立一些关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。去年，一位记者受一家有名的杂志的委托写一篇关于非洲某个新成立共和国总统府的文章。稿子寄来后，修改看第一句话就拒绝予以发表。文章的开头是这样的："几百级台阶通向环绕总统的高墙。"修改立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。
记者立即出发去核实这些重要的事实，但过了好长时光不见他把数字寄来，在此期间，修改等得不耐烦了，因为杂志立刻要付印。他给记者先后发去两份传真，但对方毫无反应。于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。但记者还是没有回复。修改无奈，勉强按原样发稿了。一周之后，修改最终接到记者的传真。那个可怜的记者不仅仅被捕了，并且还被送进了监狱。可是，他最终获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉修改，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。
英语阅读文章（三十）：
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.At this time of the morning，the arcade was almost empty.Mr Taylor，the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished.Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.After gazing at the display for several minutes，Mr Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car，with its headlights on and its horn blaring，roared down the arcade.It came to a stop outside the jeweler's.One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.While this was going on，Mr Taylor was upstairs.He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue，but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.The raid was all over in three minutes，for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.Just as it was leaving，Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases，but it was impossible to stop the thieves.They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一条著名拱廊街道上，几家高档商店刚刚开始营业。在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。他手下两名店员从早上8点就开始忙碌，这时刚刚布置完毕。钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上头。泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
宁静突然被打破，一辆大轿车亮着前灯，响着喇叭，呼啸着冲进了拱廊街，在珠宝店门口停了下来。一人留在驾驶座上，另外两个用黑色长筒丝袜蒙面的'人跳下车来。他们用铁棒把商店橱窗的玻璃砸碎。这开始发生时，泰勒先生正在楼上。他与店员动手向窗外投掷家具，椅子，桌子飞落花流水在拱廊街上。一个窃贼被一尊很重的雕像击中，但由于他忙着抢钻石首饰，竟连疼痛都顾不上了。这场抢劫只持续了3分钟，因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车，以惊人的速度开跑了。就在轿车离开的时候，泰勒先生从店里冲了出来，跟在车后追赶，一边还往车上扔烟灰缸、花瓶。但他已无法抓住那些窃贼了。他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。
英语阅读文章（三十一）：
He wrote that the ‘human mind is capable of excitement without the application of grossand violent stimulants’.And it appears that simply reading those words by William Wordsworth prove his point.
英国诗人威廉·华兹华斯曾写道：“人的心灵，不用巨大猛烈的刺激，也能够兴奋起来”。要说明这一点，看上去似乎单是读一下这句话就够了。
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the prose of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and the like had a beneficial effect on the mind，providing a 'rocket-boost' to morale by catching the reader's attention and triggering moments of self-reflection.
利物浦大学的研究人员发现，莎士比亚和华兹华斯以及其他类似作家的作品对思维具有裨益，能够吸引读者的注意力，让读者自我反省，像“火箭助推器”一样提升人的精神状态。
Using scanners，they monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their original form and in a more dumbed-down，modern translation.
研究员们使用扫描仪，监测志愿者们阅读经典英国文学作品时的大脑活动。他们阅读的既有原作，又有简化的现代版译文。
And，according to the Sunday Telegraph，the experiment showed the more 'challenging' prose and poetry set off far more electrical activity in the brain than the pedestrianversions.
根据《星期日电讯报》的报导，这个实验还证明：比起那些平淡的版本，散文和诗作更具有挑战性，脑电活动也活跃得多。
The research also found poetry，in particular，increased activity in the right hemisphere of the brain，an area concerned with 'autobiographical memory'，which helped the reader to reflect on and reappraise their own experiences in light of what they had read.Theacademics said this meant the classics were more useful than self-help books.
研究也发现，诗作尤其能够增加人右脑的活动，而右脑和“自传式记忆”有关，能够让读者根据读到的资料回想到他们自我的经历，并且对之重新评价。学者说这就意味着经典作品比励志图书更有用。
The brain responses of 30 volunteers was monitored in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in its original and 'modern' form.
实验的第一部分中，30名志愿者阅读了莎比士亚作品的原版和“现代版”，与此同时研究者们监测了他们大脑的反应。
In one example，volunteers read a line from King Lear，'A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded'，before reading the simpler.'A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged'.
其中一个例子是志愿者阅读《李尔王》中的一句台词，“A father and a gracious aged man: him have you madded”接下来他们又阅读了一句简单一点的版本，“A father and a gracious aged man: him you have enraged”。(小编注：此句译文为：这样一位父亲，这样一位仁慈的老人家，你们却把他激成了疯狂!)
Shakespeare's use of the adjective 'mad' as a verb caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose.
比起直白的现代版诗句，莎士比亚把形容词“mad”用作动词形式，这让大脑的活跃度更高。
The next phase of the research is looking at the extent to which poetry can affect psychology and provide therapeutic benefit.Volunteers' brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth，and four 'translated' lines were also provided.
第二个阶段是研究诗作能够影响心理状态到什么程度，给健康带来多少益处。研究者在志愿者阅读华兹华斯的四句诗作原文和“译文”时扫描了它们的大脑。
The first version caused a greater degree of brain activity，lighting up not only the left part of the brain concerned with language，but also the right hemisphere that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion.
前者能够让大脑的活跃程度更高，不仅仅让控制语言的左脑变得更活跃，同时也能让控制自传式记忆以及情感的右脑更活跃。
'Poetry is not just a matter of style.It is a matter of deep versions of experience that add the emotional and biographical to the cognitive，' said Prof Davis，who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week.
“诗歌不单单是一种文体。诗歌是一种深层次的经验，这种经验是在认知经验的基础上加上情感经验和生平经历而构成的，”戴维斯教授如是说。戴维斯教授将在本周在谢菲尔德举行的北英格兰教育大会上介绍他的研究成果。
英语阅读文章（三十二）：
These days，people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices.People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.Such is human nature，that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of being white collar workers.This can give rise to curious situations，as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married，Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation.Every morning，he left home dressed in a smart black suit.He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.Before returning home at night，he took a shower and changed back into his suit.Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will，for Alf has just found another job.He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk.He will be earning only half as much as he used to，but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.From now on，he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr.Bloggs'，not 'Alf'.
如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。坐办公室的之所以常常被称作"白领工人"，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。许多人常常情愿放下较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣，此乃人之常情。而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。
艾尔弗结婚时，感到十分难为情，而没有将自我的职业告诉妻子。他只说在埃尔斯米尔公司上班。每一天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班，然后换上工作服，当8个小时清洁工。晚上回家前，他洗个淋浴，重新换上那身黑色西服。两年多以来，艾尔弗一向这样，他的同事也为他保守秘密。艾尔弗的妻子一向不明白她嫁给了一个清洁工，并且她永久也不会明白了，因为艾尔弗已找到薪职，不久就要坐办公室里工作了。他将来挣的钱仅有他此刻的一半。可是他觉得，地位升高了，损失点儿钱也值得。从此，艾尔弗能够一天到晚穿西服了。别人将称呼他为"布洛格斯先生"，而不再叫他"艾尔弗"了。
英语阅读文章（三十三）：
Don’t Work for Money 不做有才华的穷人
The world is filled with smart，talented，educated and gifted people.We meet them every day.A few days ago，my car was not running well.I pulled it into a garage，and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes.He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine.I was amazed.The sad truth is，great talent is not enough.
世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人，我们每一天都会见到他们。几天前，我的汽车运转不灵了。我把它开进维修厂，一位年轻的机械工只消几分钟就把它修好了。他仅凭倾听发动机的声音就能确定哪儿有毛病，这让我惊奇不已。然而遗憾的是，光有非凡才华是不够的。
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn.I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100，000 a year.A business consultant who specializes in1 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors，dentists and chiropractors struggle financially.All this time，I thought that when they graduated，the dollars would pour in.It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase，“They are one skill away from great wealth.” What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their ine would jump exponentially.I have mentioned before that financial intelligence is a synergy of accounting，investing，marketing and law.Combine those four technical skills and making money with money is easier.When it es to money，the only skill most people know is to work hard.
我常常吃惊，为什么有才华的人却仅有微薄的收入。前几天我听人说，仅有不到5%的美国人年收入在10万美元以上。一位精通药品贸易的商务顾问以往告诉我，有有许多医生、牙医和按摩师生活拮据。以前我总以为他们一毕业，财源便会滚滚而来。这位商务顾问告诉了我一句话：“离发大财，他们还差一项技能。”这句话的意思是说，大部分人还需多学习并掌握一项技能，他们的收入才能呈指数倍增长。以前我提到过，财商是会计、投资、市场营销和法律方面的本事综合。将上述四种专业技能结合起来，以钱生钱就会更容易。说到钱，大部分人所知的唯一技能就是拼命工作。
When I graduated from the U.S.Merchant Marine Academy in 1969，my educated dad was happy.Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet.I had a great career ahead of me，yet I resigned after six months with the pany and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly.My educated dad was devastated.Rich dad congratulated me.
1969年，我从美国海运学院毕业了。我那有学识的父亲十分高兴，因为加州标准石油公司录用我为它的油轮队工作。尽管我的未来前程远大，但我还是在6个月后辞职离开了这家公司，加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。对此我那有学识的父亲十分悲痛，而富父亲则祝贺我做出的决定。
Job security meant everything to my educated dad.Learning meant everything to my rich dad.Educated dad thought I went to school to learn to be a ship’s officer.Rich dad knew that I went to school to study international trade.So as a student，I made cargo runs，navigating 6 large freighters，oil tankers and passenger ships to the Far East and the South Pacific.While most of my classmates，including Mike，were partying at their fraternity houses，I was studying trade，people and cultures in Japan，Thailand，Singapore，Hong Kong，Vietnam，Korea and the Philippines.I also was partying，but it was not in any frat house.I grew up rapidly.
对于有学识的父亲来说，稳定的工作就是一切。而对于富父亲来说，学习才是一切。有学识的父亲以为我上学是为了做一名船长，而富父亲明白我上学是为了学习国际贸易。所以，在做学生时，我跑过货运、为前往远东及南太平洋的大型货轮、油轮和客轮导航。当我的大部分同班同学，包括迈克，在他们的联谊会会堂举办晚会的时候，我正在日本、泰国、新加坡、中国香港、越南、韩国和菲律宾学习贸易、人际关系和文化。我也参加晚会，但不去任何联谊会，我迅速地成熟起来了。
There is an old cliché that goes，“Job is an acronym9 for ‘Just Over Broke.’” And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people.Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence，most workers “live within their means.” They work and they pay the bills.Instead I remend to young people to seek work for what they will learn，more than what they will earn.Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the “Rat Race”.Once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying，they bee like those little hamsters running around in those little metal wheels.Their little furry legs are spinning furiously，the wheel is turning furiously，but e tomorrow morning，they’ll still be in the same cage: great job.
常言道，“工作(job)就是‘比破产强一点(Just Over Broke)’的缩写”。然而不幸的是，这句话确实适用于千百万人，因为学校没有把财商看作是一种才智，大部分工人都“量入为出”：干活挣钱，支付账单。相反，我劝告年轻人在寻找工作时要看看能从中学到什么，而不是只看能挣到多少。在选择某种特定职业之前或是陷入 “老鼠赛跑(激烈的竞争)”之前，要好好掂量自我到底需要获得什么技能。一旦人们为支付账单而整天疲于奔命，就和那些在小铁轮里不停奔跑转圈的小老鼠一样了。老鼠的小毛腿跑得飞快，小铁轮也转得飞快，可到了第二天早上，他们发现自我依然困在同一个老鼠笼里，那就是：重要的工作。
When I ask the classes I teach，“How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands.I then ask，“So if most of you can cook a better hamburger，how e McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems.The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems.The world is filled with talented poor people.All too often，they’re poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of，not because of what they know but because of what they do not know.They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
当我在自我教授的班级上问到“你们当中有多少人做的汉堡包能比麦当劳更好”时，几乎所有的学生都举起了手。我之后问，“如果你们当中大部分人都能做出比麦当劳更好的汉堡包，那为什么麦当劳比你们更能赚钱?”答案是显而易见的：麦当劳拥有一套出色的运营体系。许多才华横溢的人之所以贫穷的原因，就是因为他们只是专心于做更好的汉堡包，而对运营体系几乎一无所知。世界上到处都是有才华的穷人。在很多情景下，他们之所以贫穷、生活拮据或者收入与其本事不相符，不是因为他们已知的东西而是因为他们未知的东西。他们只将注意力集中在提高和完善做汉堡包的技术上，却不注意提高有关汉堡包的销售和送货技能。
英语阅读文章（三十四）：
Famed novelist Gabriel García Márquez passed away on Thursday，according to a family member cited by the Associated Press.He was 87 years old.
据美联社报道，著名小说家加夫列尔·加西亚·马尔克斯在周四逝世，享年87岁。
The Colombian Nobel Prize winning author was hospitalized for nine days in late March for an infection in his lungs and urinary tract.He had been recovering in his home in Mexico City since April 8.
在今年三月份，这位哥伦比亚籍的诺贝尔奖得主因肺部和尿道感染住院9天，从4月8号开始，他就一向在墨西哥的家中休养。
García Márquez was born in Aracataca，Colombia on March 6，1927.The northern Colombian town inspired the setting for his 1967 novel One Hundred Years of Solitude，which earned international critical acclaim and tens of millions of readers.García Márquez earned even more fans with his 1985 book，Love in the Time of Cholera.He was considered by many to be the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes，who wrote Don Quixote in the 17th century.
加西亚·马尔克斯于1927年3月6日出生于哥伦比亚的阿拉卡塔卡，这座哥伦比亚北部的小镇曾是马尔克斯写于1967年的《百年孤独》里的故事背景，这部《百年孤独》赢得了国际评论界与万千读者的广泛赞誉。加西亚·马尔克斯出版于1985年的小说《霍乱时期的感情》，吸引了更多的读者。他被认为是自米格尔·德·塞万提斯(他在17世纪时期创作了《唐吉诃德》)以来，最受欢迎的西班牙语作家。
García Márquez won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982 for his novels and short stories.When he won the award，he called Latin America a “source of insatiablecreativity，full of sorrow and beauty，of which this roving and nostalgic Colombian is but one cipher more，singled out by fortune.Poets and beggars，musicians and prophets，warriors and scoundrels，all creatures of that unbridled reality，we have had to ask but little of imagination，for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means torender our lives believable.” He is credited with helping to invent the literary genre of magical realism.
加西亚·马尔克斯凭借他的长篇小说和短篇小说获得了1982年的诺贝尔文学奖。他在领奖时，表示拉丁美洲是一个“永不枯竭的、充满不幸与完美事物的创作源泉，而我这个游浪和思乡的哥伦比亚人，只可是是一个被命运圈定的字码而已。诗人和乞丐、音乐家和预言家、武士和恶棍，总之，我们，一切隶属于这个非同寻常的现实的人，很少需要求助于想象力。因为对我们最大的挑战，是我们没有足够的常规手段来让人们相信我们生活的现实。”他被视为文学魔幻现实主义的创始人。
英语阅读文章（三十五）：
One of the most interesting paradoxes in America today is that Harvard University，the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States，is now engaged in a serious debate about what a university should be，and whether it is measuring up.
Like the Roman Catholic Church and other ancient institutions，it is asking - still in private rather than in public - whether its past assumptions about faculty，authority，admissions，courses of study，are really relevant to the problems of the 1990s.
『Should Harvard or any other university be an intellectual sanctuary，apart from the political and social revolution of the age，or should it be a laboratory for experimentation with these political and social revolutions; or even an engine of the revolution? 』This is what is being discussed privately in the big clapboard houses of faculty members around the Harvard Yard.
The issue was defined by Waiter Lippmann，a distinguished Harvard graduate，several years ago.If the universities are to do their work，he said，they must be independent and they must be disinterested They are places to which men can turn for judgements which are unbiased by partisanship and special interest.『Obviously，the moment the universities fall under political control，or under the control of private interests，or the moment they themselves take a hand in politics and the leadership of government，their value as independent and disinterested sources of judgement is impaired.