<p>1. Fall in Love with English愛上英語</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Hiding behind the loosedustycurtain, a teenagerpacked up his overcoat into the suitcase. He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightningoutdoors. He had got to do this because he was tired of his parents’ nagging about his English study and did not want togo throughit any longer. He couldn’t get along well with English and disliked joining in English classes because he thought his teacher ignored him on purpose. As a result, his score in each exam never added upto over 60.</p><p><br></p><p>His partnerwas concerned about him very much. She understood exactly what he was suffering from, but entirelydisagreed with his idea. In order tocalm him down and settle his problem, she talked with him face to face and swapped a seriesof learning tips with him. The items she set down helped him find the highway to studying English well.</p><p><br></p><p>The teenager was grateful and got great power from his friend’s words. Now, he has recovered from being upset and has fallen in love with English.</p><p><br></p><p>有個少年躲在積滿灰塵的松散窗簾后把大衣裝入手提箱。盡管外面正打雷閃電， 他仍計劃在黃昏時分離家出走。他不得不這樣做是因為厭倦了父母對他英語學(xué)習(xí)的嘮叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英語學(xué)習(xí)總是無法取得進展，而且不喜歡參加英語課的學(xué)習(xí)，因為他以為老師有意忽視他。結(jié)果，他每次考試的分?jǐn)?shù)合計從未超過60。</p><p><br></p><p>他的搭檔很關(guān)心他，也確切地理解他遭受的折磨，但卻完全不同意他的想法。為了使他冷靜下來好好解決問題，她和他面對面地交談，并交換了一系列的學(xué)習(xí)心得技巧。她寫下來的條款幫助他找到了學(xué)好英語的最佳捷徑。</p><p><br></p><p>這個少年非常很感激，并從朋友的話里獲得極大的動力?，F(xiàn)在，他已經(jīng)從沮喪中恢復(fù)過來，真正愛上了英語。</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes不同的國家有不同的英語</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Voyages of people from England play an important part in spreading the English language. At present, English is frequently spoken as anofficial or common language in many countries, such as America, Singapore,Malaysia and someAfrican countries. All based on British English, the English spoken in these countries can be well understood by native English speakers.</p><p><br></p><p>But actually, these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents, spellings, expressions and theusage of vocabulary.</p><p><br></p><p>Because of this fact, you can make use of the differences to tell which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss fluentlycommands his driver, “Come up straight to my apartment by elevatorand take some gas for my trucks and cabs”, instead of requesting, “Please come to my flat by lift and take somepetrol for mylorries and taxis”, you can recognize his Americanidentity, while the lattersuggests that he is British.</p><p><br></p><p>英國人的航海在英語的傳播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英語在許多國家被作為官方語言或通用語言頻繁地使用，例如美國、新加波、馬來西亞和一些非洲的國家。這些國家的英語都以英式英語為基礎(chǔ)，能很好地為以英語為本族語的人所理解。</p><p><br></p><p>但是實際上，這些英語在口音、拼寫、表達和詞匯的使用方面都在逐漸變化。</p><p><br></p><p>因為這一情況的存在，你就可以利用這些英語之間的區(qū)別說出你們街區(qū)的外國人是哪個國家來的了。例如，如果有個老板流利地命令他的司機：“直接搭電梯到我公寓上來拿卡車和出租車的汽油”，而不是要求說，“請直接搭電梯到我公寓上來拿卡車和出租車的汽油”，你就可以輕易地辨認(rèn)出他的美國人身份，而后者卻暗示著那是一位英國人。</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>3. A Hard Trip一次辛苦的旅行</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>My sister was fond of traveling. Ever sincegraduating, she had been determinedtoorganizea trip to an old temple. Since transporting fare was expensive, she decided to use a bicycle to cycle there not caring about the disadvantages. Her stubbornattitude was always her shortcoming. Once she made up her mindto do something, no one could persuade her to change her mind.Finally, we gave inas usualthough we preferred to take a train. After we prepared everything, including the schedule, reliableweather forecast and the insurance, we began our trip.</p><p><br></p><p>Our journeywas along a river flowing from a high altitude. Our pace was slow because the river frequently had many sharp bends through deep valleys, where the water seemed to boil. Just as I recorded in my journal, it was really a hard journey. But we also enjoyed great views. One night, I put my head on my pillow--a parcel ofwool coats, and lay beneath the stars. When the flamein front of our cave went out at midnight, I found the sky so beautiful!</p><p><br></p><p>我的妹妹很喜歡旅行。自從畢業(yè)以來，她就下定決心要組織一次往一座古廟的旅行。因為交通費用昂貴，她決定騎自行車去，毫不擔(dān)心其中的不利情況。頑固的態(tài)度一直都是她的缺點，一旦她下定決心要做的事，就沒有人能說服她改變主意。最后，我們像往常一樣讓步，盡管我們更喜歡乘火車去。我們準(zhǔn)備好了所有東西，包括時間表、可靠的天氣預(yù)報，還有保險，就開始了旅程。</p><p><br></p><p>我們的旅程沿著一條從高海拔處流下來的河流前行。但我們的步伐很慢，因為當(dāng)流經(jīng)深深的峽谷時，這條河流急轉(zhuǎn)彎很多，急湍的河水都似乎沸騰起來。正如我在旅行日志里記錄的那樣，這真是一次艱苦的旅行。但是我們也欣賞到了美麗的景色。一天晚上，我把頭枕在一包羊毛衣服做的枕頭上，躺在星空下，當(dāng)巖洞前的火焰在午夜熄滅時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)夜空是如此的美麗！</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>4. A Horrible Earthquake可怕的地震</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Dirty water rose in wells and canals before the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It seemedas if the world was at an end. Millions ofbrick houses anda number ofdams were destroyed. Railway tracks became uselessbars. Pipes in mines burstand let out smellysteam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere.</p><p><br></p><p><b style="font-size: 15px;"><i>The next day, this event was the headline or maintitle of all newspapers. With the reporters giving an outlineof the disaster, the whole nation wasshocked by the damage and the victim’s extremesuffering. People were moved when they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”. So they not only expressed their sympathy sincerely, but also organized together to help the victims right away. The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The frightened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and were offered shelter, fresh water andelectricity. Thanks to pe</i></b></p>