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1、Week1Day 1 Much to Live For热爱生活，让生命的体验成为一段美丽的乐符。翻开书页，睁开双眼，用心体会这优美的语言,聆听这智慧的声音。There is so much I have not been, so much I have not seen. I have not thought and have not done or felt enoughthe early sun, rain and the seasonal delight of flocks of ducks and geese in flight, the mysteries of late-at-ni

2、ght. I still need time to read a book, write poems, paint a picture, look at scenes and faces dear to me. There is something more to be of valuesomething I should find within myselfas peace of mind, patience, grace and being kind. I shall take and I shall give, while yet, there is so much to live fo

3、rrainbows, stars that gleam, the fields, the hills, the hope, the dreams, the truth that one must seek. Ill stay heretreasure every day and love the world in my own way!注释：seasonal delight: 季节性的喜悦mystery: something that is not fully understood 秘密，谜grace: a characteristic or quality pleasing for its

4、charm 魅力，优雅rainbow: a graded display of colors 虹，彩虹gleam: to emit a gleam; flash or glow 闪光；闪烁或发光；闪耀Day 2 Yao Ming: New Center Style“你怎么就知道我明年来就不是状元秀了呢？”2001 年随国家队赴达拉斯集训，有记者问及“今年参加选秀有可能是状元，没参加是否遗憾”时如是说。“什么时候他们能把中文讲得那样好我们就厉害了！”在更衣室采访的时候亲耳听见科比夸赞他英语好，大姚却轻叹一口气。这就是姚明If 20 years ago you asked the average

5、American basketball fan if a Chinese man could play center for an NBA team, his answer might have sounded something like this: “Ha ha. No, hed be too short!” But now, the doubters are silent. Who closed their mouths? Houston Rockets, 2.26-meter-tall center Yao Ming, from China. Yao Ming grew up in a

6、 family of basketball players. When he was 12, Yao Ming started going to an athletics academy outside of Shanghai and later spent a lot of time studying NBA games televised in China. All this has paid off. Yaos first NBA honor was his ranking as number-one draft pick, and hes been elected for a Rook

7、ie-of-the-Month award. Yao Ming has a style different from those of tall centers in the past. He rarely goes for the flashy slams. Hed rather show off his silk-smooth free-throw shots, or use his height to pop in jump shots from the three-point line.注释：doubter: 持怀疑态度的人athletics: activities, such as

8、sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill 体育运动academy: 学院televise: to broadcast or be broadcast by television （电视）播放pay off：还清，赢利ranking: of the highest rank 排名draft: a system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professionalteams （美国）职业运动的选秀pick: the ac

9、t of selecting or choosing; choice 挑选rookie: a first-year player, especially in a professional sport 新秀选手flashy: cheap and showy; gaudy 花哨的，华丽的slam: to hit something with force; crash 灌篮show off：炫耀pop in：投入Day 3 Tall Tale关于吹牛，中国文化和西方文化的幽默方式真是不一样。西方文化注重逻辑严密，而中国文化讲求整体性和模糊性。下面这段话请你仔细想一想，是真的吗？A friend t

10、old me this story. He can stretch the truth a bit, so Im not sure whether to believe him. But on the other hand, truth can be stranger than fiction! What do you think? Two brothers were watching a horror film on video late one night. One brother dozed off and dreamed that he was being chased by the

11、crazy man from the movie, who was trying to kill him. In the dream, he hid in a cupboard. There was no sound except his heart pounding, and he had no idea where his crazed captor was. He was terrified! At that moment, the video finished, and his brother put his hand on the shoulder of his sleeping s

12、ibling to wake him. The shock at that tense moment was enough that the sleeping brother suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly.注释：stretch . a bit：夸大事实，言过其实horror film：恐怖电影doze off：打瞌睡cupboard: a closet or cabinet, usually with shelves for storing food, crockery, and utensils 橱柜pounding:

13、跳动声，重击声captor: one that takes another as a captive 捕捉者terrified: deeply afraid 恐惧的sibling: one of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister兄弟，姐妹massive heart attack：严重的心脏病The answer：Of course its not true! If he died instantly, how would anyone know what hisdr

14、eam was about?And think again:There is a girl behind each boy, and a boy behind each girl. How many childrenare needed to do this? The answer：It can be done with just two children: only one boy and one girl are needed if they stand back toback!Day 4 Nanotechnology: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams纳米技术带来的变

15、化，将超出你最疯狂的想象。应用纳米科技，我们可以移动一颗颗原子，把它们放到我们想放的地方。这样，在理论上，我们就可以制造出任何我们想要的东西。例如，通过移动煤炭里的原子我们可以制造钻石。多么令人惊奇！当然，目前纳米技术还没有发展成熟。Nanotechnology is the science of moving individual atoms around and putting them precisely where we want. Since everything is composed of atoms, by doing this we can, in theory, const

16、ruct anything we want. For example, by moving around the atoms in a piece of coal, we could create a diamond. Currently, nanotechnology is still quite crude. Scientists can alter the properties of things like plastics or cloth to make them harder or softer or more durable, but they cant build someth

17、ing new from a collection of atoms. Why? Well, because things are made up of billions of atoms and it takes too long to move them around. So, the next big step in nanotechnology will be building machines that can do this automatically. Once we have these we should be able to make almost anything wit

18、h no waste and no pollution, at very little cost. Scientists think that the first “Universal Assembler” might be built in around 15 years. 注释：nanotechnology: 纳米技术individual: of or relating to an individual, especially a single human being 个别的，单独的，个人的atom: a part or particle considered to be an irred

19、ucible constituent of a specifiedsystem 原子precisely: in a precise manner 准确地；明确地be composed of: 由组成，由构成construct: to form by assembling or combining parts; build 建造currently: belonging to the present time 目前crude: unripe or immature 未成熟的alter: to change or become different 改变property: a characterist

20、ic trait or peculiarity, especially one serving to define or describe itspossessor 特性，属性durable: capable of withstanding wear and tear or decay 耐久的billion: 十亿(的)Day 5 Jimmy: Picture Books for Adults迷宫般的城市，习惯看相同的景物，走相同的路线，到达相同的目的地；习惯让人的生活不再变化；习惯让人有种莫名的安全感，却又有种莫名的寂寞。而你永远不知道，你的习惯会让你错过什么。向左走，向右走，一个发生在城市

21、 只可能发生在城市的、关于追寻的故事。作者以一种淡淡的、幽默的笔调缓缓述说，在故事情节与画面中制造城市生活中的种种“巧合”，让人在阅读时感到既熟悉又惊讶，不自觉地发出会心一笑Artists and authors use many different ways to talk about society; many write novels, while others paint pictures. An artist in Taipei has found a different way to talk about life, people, and the problems we all

22、face. His name is Jimmy Liao, and he creates illustrated books. Jimmy is both an illustrator and an author. He draws all of the colorful pictures in his books and writes all of the storylines. His small paperback books usually have only one or two lines of text per page, the rest being filled by his

23、 cute, simple drawings. Simplicity is one of Jimmys strong points; he doesnt lose the reader in complex plots or dialogues. Jimmys books speak to readers about the ups and downs of living in the modern world. One of his most popular stories, Turning Left, Turning Right,tells of a short romance betwe

24、en a couple that live next to each other. The lonely pair meet one day in the park and immediately fall in love. When they leave each other at the end of a fun-filled day, they exchange telephone numbers, but the rain causes the numbers to become illegible. They are unable to contact each other, and

25、 soon return to their lonely lives. Sad, right? Dont start crying yet; theres a catch to the story. You see, this man and woman actually live in the same building! The problem is, when they leave their apartments, one always turns to the left, while the other always turns to the right. The result is

26、 that they never realize they areneighbors. The lesson of the story? Life is in the details: things that seem small and insignificant can actually turn out to be important. And this is another of Jimmys talents: he shows his readers how the “little things” in life are often more important than we re

27、alize。注释：illustrate: 画插图illustrator: 插图画家storyline: 故事情节，故事大纲paperback: a book having a flexible paper binding 平装本，纸面本drawing: the art of representing objects or forms on a surface chiefly by means of lines 线条画simplicity: the property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined 简单plot: the

28、plan of events or main story in a narrative or drama 情节ups and downs： 起起落落romance: a love affair 恋爱，罗曼史illegible: not legible or decipherable 无法辨认的，字迹不清的contact: to get in touch with; communicate with 联络，联系catch: a tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback 圈套，陷阱insignificant: lacking in

29、 importance; trivial 无意义的，微小的talent: a marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment 才能Day 6 A Tale of Two Cities (excerpt)狄更斯在双城记一书的开头就说，“这是一个最好的时代，也是一个最坏的时代”。妙哉斯言！这段文字中多个平行句所表达的希望与绝望、光明与黑暗、理想与现实一直深深地打动读者。文中句型的反复、形式上的对偶、内容上的对比、总体结构上的平行（排比），都值得我们细细体味。It was the best of times, it was the wors

30、t of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us;

31、 we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.-Charles Dickens 注释：wisdom: a wise outlook, plan, or course of action 智慧，明智的行为，学识epoch: a particular period of history, especially one considered remarkable or noteworthy age, era,period 新纪元，时代，时期incredulity: the state or qu

32、ality of being incredulous; disbelief 怀疑despair: to lose all hope 绝望，失望查尔斯狄更斯（18121870），英国大名鼎鼎的作家，是19 世纪英国现实主义文学的主要代表。他笔耕一生，靠勤奋和汗水创作出大卫科波菲尔、双城记等世界名著。他的作品以妙趣横生的幽默、细致入微的心理分析以及现实主义描写与浪漫主义气氛的有机结合而著称。Day 7 Two Poems下面是两首著名的小诗。桑德堡的短诗雾曾在各种媒体上广为传播，是美国家喻户晓的名作。而在米莱创作的许多优美的抒情诗中，被引用最频繁的是第一颗无花果。Fog The fog comes

33、 on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. -Carl SandburgFirst Fig My candle burns at both ends,It will not last the night, But ah my foes and oh my friends It gives a lovely light.-Edna St. Vincent Millay 注释：harbor: a sheltered part of a body of

34、water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships 海港haunch: the hip, buttock, and upper thigh in human beings and animals 腰fig: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus, especially F. carica, native to theMediterranean region and widely cultivated for its edible multiple fruit 无花果candle: rea

35、dily bent; pliant 柔软的Time for fun商业广告（Advertisement）中不乏文字精炼优美，内涵令人回味的佳作。且大都朗朗上口，易于诵记。下面选录了一些著名品牌的经典广告词。Time is what you make of it. (Swatch)天长地久。（斯沃奇手表）Make yourself heard. (Ericsson)理解就是沟通。（爱立信）Start ahead. (Rejoice)成功之路，从头开始。（飘柔）A diamond lasts forever. (De Bierres)钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。（戴比尔斯）Connecting Peo

36、ple.(Nokia)科技以人为本。（诺基亚）Lets make things better.(Philips)让我们做得更好。（飞利浦）Mosquito Bye Bye Bye.(RADAR)蚊子杀杀杀。（雷达牌驱虫剂）Good to the last drop. (Maxwell)滴滴香浓，意犹未尽（麦斯威尔咖啡）Obey your thirst服从你的渴望。（雪碧）Things go better with Coca-Cola. (Coca-Cola).饮可口可乐，万事如意。（可口可乐）The choice of a new generation.新一代的选择。（百事可乐）Take ti

37、me to indulge尽情享受吧！（雀巢冰激凌）The taste is great.味道好极了。（雀巢咖啡）To me， the past is black and white， but the future is always color对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。（轩尼诗酒）Just do it.只管去做。（耐克运动鞋）Feel the new space.感受新境界。（三星电子）Intelligence everywhere.智慧演绎，无处不在。（摩托罗拉手机）Lets make things better. (Philips)让我们做得更好。（飞利浦电子）No

38、business too small, no problem too big.没有不做的小生意，没有解决不了的大问题。 （IBM 公司）Week2Day 1 Youth20 世纪初塞缪尔厄尔曼写的这篇不足500 字的短文青春一直为世人倾倒，过了这么多年它的魅力依旧。因为它给予了一种启示，教我们如何美好地生活。Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a q

39、uality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old

40、 merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every beings heart the lure of wonder, the un

41、failing child-like appetite of whats next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young. When the aerials are do

42、wn, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.-Samuel Ullman注释：rosy cheeks: 玫瑰花般的脸颊supple: readily bent; pliant 柔软的v

43、igor : physical or mental strength, energy, or force 精力，活力temperamental : excessively sensitive or irritable; moody 心情变化快的，喜怒无常的predominance : the state or quality of being predominant; preponderance 优势timidity : shy 胆怯的，害羞的appetite : 食欲，胃口，欲望，爱好desert : 放弃，遗弃wrinkle: to draw up into wrinkles; pucke

44、r 起皱enthusiasm : great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause 狂热，热心，积极性wireless : 无线的infinite : having no limits 无限的，无穷的aerial : 天线cynicism: a scornful, bitterly mocking comment or act 玩世不恭，冷嘲热讽pessimism: a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable possible view 悲观，悲观主义optimism: a ten

45、dency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects ofa situation 乐观，乐观主义塞缪尔厄尔曼，1840 年生于德国，童年时移居美国。他在古稀之年才开始写作，是一个了不起的人。（本文由于手抄流传等多种原因，存在多个版本，这里采用作者原文。）Day 2 The Mountain Story这篇短文拨动了许多人的心弦。请你仔细品读，相信你也会从中得到启示。A son and his father were walking on the mountains.Suddenly, his

46、 son falls, hurts himself and screams, “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!”To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!”Curious, he yells, “Who are you?”He receives the answer, “Who are you?”Angered at the response, he screams, “Coward!”He receives the answer, “Coward!”He

47、looks to his father and asks, “Whats going on?”The father smiles and says, “My son, pay attention.”And then he screams to the mountain, “I admire you!”The voice answers, “I admire you!” Again the man screams, “You are a champion!”The voice answers, “You are a champion!”The boy is surprised, but does

48、 not understand.Then the father explains, “People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.It gives you back everything you say or do.Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve yo

49、ur competence.This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. ITS A REFLECTION OFYOU!注释：scream: to make a loud, piercing sound 喊叫，尖叫coward: one who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pai

50、n 懦夫，胆小的人echo: to repeat (a sound) by the reflection of sound waves from a surface 回声competence: a specific range of skill, knowledge, or ability 能力coincidence: a sequence of events that although accidental seems to have been planned orarranged 巧合Day 3 Two Fables寓言大都是代代流传、寓意深远的故事，常常以物比人，又可以以古喻今。The

51、Donkey and the Grasshopper A donkey heard some grasshoppers chirping. He was enchanted and also wanted to possess their charming melody. He asked, “What food do you eat to give you such beautiful voices?” They replied, “The dew.” The donkey then decided that he would only eat dew. In a short time, h

52、e died of hunger. The Kingdom of the Lion The animals of the forest had a lion as their king. He was neither cruel, nor tyrannical, but a just and gentle king. As king, he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the animals. He passed a law, stating, “All animals will now live togeth

53、er in perfect peace and friendship. The wolf and the lamb, the cat and the bird, the tiger and the deer, the fox and the rabbit, will no longer be enemies.” The rabbit said, “ Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak will be equal to the strong.” And after saying this, he ran for his

54、 life. 注释：donkey: the act of proclaiming or the condition of being proclaimed 宣布assembly: 集合，大会，大集会Day 4 Does It Make a Difference这个故事可以让我们反复思考并放飞心灵。An old man was walking along the beach one evening at low tide.He noticed that thousands of starfish had been stranded on the sand by the receding wate

55、rs. In the course of his walk he came upon a young man who was picking up some of the starfish and throwing them back into the sea. “What are you doing?” the old man asked.“Oh, just saving some starfish,” the young man replied.“Well, youre a fool,” the old man told him.“Really?” replied the young ma

56、n, “What makes you say so?”“Well, just look at all the starfish on this beach. There are thousands of them.”The old man looked around and then at the young man.“You dont have the time nor the energy to save all of them. Yoursaving a few starfish is nice, but in the larger scheme of things its ridicu

57、lous. What difference could you possibly make?” The young man looked at the old man for a moment. Then wordlessly, he bent down, picked up a starfish, and threw it far out into the water. “Well,” he said, putting his hands on his hips in satisfaction, “I made a big difference to that one.”And he tos

58、sed another into the ocean, “and this one”, tossed, “and this one.”注释：starfish : 海星strand: 搁浅，使搁浅recede: to move back or away from a limit, point, or mark 后退toss: the act of tossing or the condition of being tossed 投，掷Day 5 Jane Eyre (excerpt)“仿佛我们两人穿过坟墓，站在上帝脚下，彼此平等本来就如此!”这是小说简爱里面简和罗切斯特最经典的对白。“No. Y

59、ou must stay! I swear it and the oath shall be kept”.“I tell you I must go!” I retorted, roused to something like passion.“Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton? a machine without feeling? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips，and my

60、 drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to

61、 leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities，nor even of mortal flesh it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at Gods feet, equal as weare!” Charlotte Bronte注释：s

62、wear: to make a solemn promise; vow 发誓oath: the words or formula of such a declaration or promise 誓言retort: to present a counterargument 反驳，反击automaton: a self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot 机器人morsel: a small amount; a piece (食物)一口，少量snatch: to grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, o

63、r suddenly 攫取dash: to splash; bespatter 泼溅obscure: of undistinguished or humble station or reputation 身份卑微的conventionality: the state, quality or character of being conventional 惯例，俗套，老一套mortal: of or relating to humankind; human 人类的grave: an excavation for the interment of a corpse 墓穴，坟墓夏洛蒂勃朗特的简爱通过简爱的自述，描绘了一个出身贫苦家庭、长相平凡、无依无靠的女家庭教师的曲折遭遇。简，成为纯洁、热情、坦率、热爱真理、敢于追求幸福的女性的象征，因而形象鲜明。作品成功之处还在于从作者对人性的描述中，我们隐约看到了自己卑劣或美丽的人性，而觉得心有戚戚焉。Day 6 Rave the Day“Rave”一词也算个时尚字眼，那么何为“Rave party”，仔细看看下面的短文。Its