小學英語英語朗讀發(fā)音練習的理念、操作與案例

I英語朗讀發(fā)音練習的理念、操作與案

1.Pronunciation（發(fā)出聲）

2.Articulation（發(fā)清晰）

3.Enunciation（發(fā)準確）

Sixelementsinloud-reading:

讀的六大要素）

1.Sentencestress（good

comprehensionisrequired）

2.Apauseforsensegroups

3.Incompleteexplosion

4.Linkage

5.Weakform

6.Intonation

1.Usetheslowspeedmodeto

playtheaudio.

2.Markthesixelementsbefore

youstartloud-readingpractice.

3.Payattentiontothetunein

eachsentence.

4.Makesureyoureadwith

sentencestressandpauses

betweenmeanings

ssage2目Dothelish

[English?

IarrivedinLondonQatlast.

Therailwaystationwasbig,

blackanddark.Ididnot

knowthewaytomyhotel,

soIaskedaporter.Inot

onlyspokeEnglishvery

carefully,butveryclearlyas

well.Theporter,however,

couldnotunderstandme.I

repeatedmyquestion

severaltimesQandat

lastQheunderstood,he

answeredme,buthespoke

neitherslowlyQnorclearly.

’Iamaforeigner/Isaid.

Thenhespokeslowly,butI

couldnotunderstandhim.

ssage2目Dothelish

English?

IarrivedinLondonHatlast.

Therailwaystationwasbig,

blackanddark.Ididnot

knowthewaytomyhotel,

soIaskedaporter.Inot

onlyspokeEnglishvery

carefully,butveryclearlyas

well.Theporter,however,

couldnotunderstandme.I

repeatedmyquestion

severaltimesQandatlasthe

understood,heanswered

me,buthespokeneither

slowlynorclearly.'Iama

foreigner/Isaid.Thenhe

spokeslowly,butIcould

notunderstandhim.

Myteacherneverspoke

Englishlikethat!Theporter

andIlookedateachother

andsmiled.Thenhesaid

somethingandIunderstood

it.'You11!soonlearn

English!1hesaid.Iwonder.

InEngland,eachperson

speaksadifferentlanguage.

TheEnglishunderstand

eachother,butIdon't

understandthem!Dothey

speakEnglish?

Lesson1Aprivateconversation

LastweekIwenttothetheatre.I

hadaverygoodseat.Theplay

wasveryinteresting.Ididnot

enjoyit.Ayoungmananda

youngwomanweresitting

behindme.Theyweretalking

loudly.Igotveryangry.Icould

notheartheactors.Iturned

round.Ilookedatthemanand

thewomanangrily.Theydidnot

payanyattention.Intheend,I

couldnotbearit.Iturnedround

again.vlcan'thearaword!11said

angrily.

'It'snoneofyourbusiness,'the

youngmansaidrudely.Thisisa

privateconversation!'

?sentencestress(good

comprehensionisrequired)

?apauseforsensegroups

?incompleteexplosion

?linkage

?weakform

?intonation

Lesson2Breakfastorlunch?

ItwasSunday.Inevergetup

earlyonSundays.Isometimes

stayinbeduntillunchtime.Last

SundayIgotupverylate.I

lookedoutofthewindow.Itwas

darkoutside.'Whataday!vI

thought.Ifsrainingagain.'Just

then,thetelephonerang.Itwas

myauntLucy.Tvejustarrivedby

train/shesaid.Tmcomingto

seeyou.'

'ButTmstillhavingbreakfast,'I

said.

Whatareyoudoing?1sheasked.

Tmhavingbreakfast/Irepeated.

'Dearme/shesaid.'Doyou

alwaysgetupsolate?It*sone

o'clock!'

Lesson3Pleasesendmeacard

Postcardsalwaysspoilmy

holidays.Lastsummer,Iwentto

Italy.Ivisitedmuseumsandsatin

publicgardens.Afriendlywaiter

taughtmeafewwordsofItalian.

Thenhelentmeabook.Ireada

fewlines,butIdidnot

understandaword.EverydayI

thoughtaboutpostcards.My

holidayspassedquickly,butIdid

notsendcardstomyfriends.On

thelastdayImadeabigdecision.

Igotupearlyandbought

thirty-sevencards.Ispentthe

wholedayinmyroom,butIdid

notwriteasinglecard!

Lesson4Anexcitingtrip

Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrom

mybrother,Tim.Heisin

Australia.Hehasbeentherefor

sixmonths.Timisanengineer.

Heisworkingforabigfirmand

hehasalreadyvisitedagreat

numberofdifferentplacesin

Australia.Hehasjustboughtan

Australiancarandhasgoneto

AliceSprings,asmalltowninthe

centreofAustralia.Hewillsoon

visitDarwin.Fromthere,hewill

flytoPerth.Mybrotherhasnever

beenabroadbefore,soheis

fendingthistripveryexciting.

Lesson5Nowrongnumbers

Mr.JamesScotthasagaragein

Silburyandnowhehasjust

boughtanothergaragein

Pinhurst.Pinhurstisonlyfive

milesfromSilbury,butMr.Scott

cannotgetatelephoneforhis

newgarage,sohehasjust

boughttwelvepigeons.Yesterday,

apigeoncarriedthefirst

messagefromPinhursttoSilbury.

Thebirdcoveredthedistancein

threeminutes.Uptonow,Mr.

Scotthassentagreatmany

requestsforsparepartsand

otherurgentmessagesfromone

garagetotheother.Inthisway,

hehasbegunhisownprivate

'telephone'service.

Lesson6PercyButtons

Ihavejustmovedtoahousein

BridgeStreet.Yesterdayabeggar

knockedatmydoor.Heaskedme

foramealandaglassofbeer.In

returnforthis,thebeggarstood

onhisheadandsangsongs.I

gavehimameal.Heatethefood

anddrankthebeer.Thenheputa

pieceofcheeseinhispocketand

wentaway.Lateraneighbortold

meabouthim.Everybodyknows

him.HisnameisPercyButtons.

Hecallsateveryhouseinthe

streetonceamonthandalways

asksforamealandaglassof

beer.

Lesson7Toolate

Theplanewaslateanddetectives

werewaitingattheairportall

morning.Theywereexpectinga

valuableparcelofdiamondsfrom

SouthAfrica.Afewhoursearlier,

someonehadtoldthepolicethat

thieveswouldtrytostealthe

diamonds.Whentheplane

arrived,someofthedetectives

werewaitinginsidethemain

buildingwhileotherswere

waitingontheairfield.Twomen

tooktheparcelofftheplaneand

carrieditintotheCustomsHouse.

Whiletwodetectiveswere

keepingguardatthedoor,two

othersopenedtheparcel.Totheir

surprise,thepreciousparcelwas

fullofstonesandsand!

Lesson8Thebestandtheworst

JoeSandershasthemost

beautifulgardeninourtown,

NearlyeverybodyentersforThe

NicestGardenCompetition'each

year,butJoewinseverytime.Bill

Frith'sgardenislargerthanJoe's.

BillworksharderthanJoeand

growsmoreflowersand

vegetables,butJoe'sgardenis

moreinteresting.Hehasmade

neatpathsandhasbuilta

woodenbridgeoverapool.Ilike

gardenstoo,butIdonotlikehard

work.EveryyearIenterforthe

gardencompetitiontoo,andI

alwayswinalittleprizeforthe

worstgardeninthetown!

Lesson9Acoldwelcome

OnWednesdayevening,wewent

totheTownHall.Itwasthelast

dayoftheyearandalargecrowd

ofpeoplehadgatheredunderthe

TownHallclock.Itwouldstrike

twelveintwentyminutes'time.

Fifteenminutespassedandthen,

atfivetotwelve,theclock

stopped.Thebigminutehanddid

notmove.Wewaitedandwaited,

butnothinghappened.Suddenly

someoneshouted.vltvstwo

minutespasttwelve!Theclock

hasstopped!'Ilookedatmy

watch.Itwastrue.Thebigclock

refusedtowelcometheNewYear.

Atthatmoment,everybody

begantolaughandsing.

Lesson10Notforjazz

Wehaveanoldmusical

instrument.Itiscalleda

clavichord.Itwasmadein

Germanyin1681.Ourclavichord

iskeptinthelivingroom.Ithas

belongedtoourfamilyforalong

time.Theinstrumentwasbought

bymygrandfathermanyyears

ago.Recentlyitwasdamagedby

avisitor.Shetriedtoplayjazzon

it!Shestruckthekeystoohard

andtwoofthestringswere

broken.Myfatherwasshocked.

Nowwearenotallowedtotouch

it.Itisbeingrepairedbyafriend

ofmyfather's.

Lesson11Onegoodturn

deservesanother

Iwashavingdinnerata

restaurantwhenTonySteele

camein.Tonyworkedina

lawyer'sofficeyearsago,buthe

isnowworkingatabank.Hegets

agoodsalary,buthealways

borrowsmoneyfromhisfriends

andneverpaysitback.Tonysaw

meandcameandsatatthesame

table.Hehasneverborrowed

moneyfromme.Whilehewas

eating,Iaskedhimtolendme

twentypounds.Tomysurprise,

hegavemethemoney

immediately.vlhavenever

borrowedanymoneyfromyou/

Tonysaid,vsonowyoucanpay

formydinner!*

Lesson12Goodbyeandgood

luck

Ourneighbour,CaptainCharles

Alison,willsailfromPortsmouth

tomorrow.Wellmeethimatthe

harbourearlyinthemorning.He

willbeinhissmallboat,Topsail.

Topsailisafamouslittleboat.It

hassailedacrosstheAtlantic

manytimes.CaptainAlisonwill

setoutateighto'clock,sowe'll

haveplentyoftime.We'llseehis

boatandthenwefllsaygoodbye

tohim.Hewillbeawayfortwo

months.Weareveryproudof

him.Hewilltakepartinan

importantraceacrossthe

Atlantic.

Lesson13TheGreenwoodBoys

TheGreenwoodBoysareagroup

ofpopsingers.Atpresent,they

arevisitingallpartsofthe

country.Theywillbearriving

heretomorrow.Theywillbe

comingbytrainandmostofthe

youngpeopleinthetownwillbe

meetingthematthestation.

Tomorroweveningtheywillbe

singingattheWorkers1Club.The

GreenwoodBoyswillbestaying

forfivedays.Duringthistime,

theywillgivefiveperformances.

Asusual,thepolicewillhavea

difficulttime.Theywillbetrying

tokeeporder.Itisalwaysthe

sameontheseoccasions.

Lesson14Doyouspeak

English?

Ihadanamusingexperiencelast

year.AfterIhadleftasmall

villageinthesouthofFrance,I

droveontothenexttown.Onthe

way,ayoungmanwavedtome.I

stoppedandheaskedmeforalift.

Assoonashehadgotintothe

car,Isaidgoodmorningtohimin

Frenchandherepliedinthe

samelanguage.Apartfromafew

words,IdonotknowanyFrench

atall.Neitherofusspokeduring

thejourney.Ihadnearlyreached

thetown,whentheyoungman

suddenlysaid,veryslowly,MDo

youspeakEnglish?1AsIsoon

learnt,hewasEnglishhimself!'

Lesson15Goodnews

ThesecretarytoldmethatMr.

Harmsworthwouldseeme.Ifelt

verynervouswhenIwentintohis

office.Hedidnotlookupfrom

hisdeskwhenIentered.AfterI

hadsatdown,hesaidthat

businesswasverybad.Hetold

methatthefirmcouldnotafford

topaysuchlargesalaries.

Twentypeoplehadalreadyleft.I

knewthatmyturnhadcome.

^r.Harmsworth/Isaidinaweak

voice.

'Don'tinterrupt/hesaid.

ThenhesmiledandtoldmeI

wouldreceiveanextrathousand

poundsayear!

Lesson16Apoliterequest

Ifyouparkyourcarinthewrong

place,atrafficpolicemanwill

soonfindit.Youwillbevery

luckyifheletsyougowithouta

ticket.However,thisdoesnot

alwayshappen.Trafficpoliceare

sometimesverypolite.Duringa

holidayinSweden,Ifoundthis

noteonmycar:'sir,wewelcome

youtoourcity.Thisisa”No

Parking11area.Youwillenjoyyour

stayhereifyoupayattentionto

ourstreetsigns.Thisnoteisonly

areminder?Ifyoureceivea

requestlikethis,youcannotfail

toobeyit!

Lesson17Alwaysyoung

MyauntJenniferisanactress.

Shemustbeatleastthirty-five

yearsold.Inspiteofthis,she

oftenappearsonthestageasa

younggirl.Jenniferwillhaveto

takepartinanewplaysoon.This

time,shewillbeagirlof

seventeen.Intheplay,shemust

appearinabrightreddressand

longblackstockings.Lastyearin

anotherplay,shehadtowear

shortsocksandabright,

orange-coloureddress.Ifanyone

everasksherhowoldsheis,she

alwaysanswers,'Darling,itmust

beterribletobegrownup!v

Lesson18Heoftendoesthis!

AfterIhadhadlunchatavillage

pub,Ilookedformybag.ihad

leftitonachairbesidethedoor

andnowitwasn'tthere!AsIwas

lookingforit,thelandlordcame

in.

'Didyouhaveagoodmeal?”he

asked.

'Yes,thankyou/Ianswered,fbutI

can'tpaythebill.Ihaven'tgotmy

bag/

Thelandlordsmiledand

immediatelywentout.Inafew

minuteshereturnedwithmybag

andgaveitbacktome.

Tmverysorry/hesaid.'Mydog

hadtakeninintothegarden.He

oftendoesthis!1

Lesson19Soldout

Theplaymaybeginatany

moment/Isaid.

Itmayhavebegunalready/

Susananswered.

Ihurriedtotheticketoffice.

vMayIhavetwoticketsplease?*I

asked.

Tmsorry,we'vesoldout/the

girlsaid.

fWhatapity!1Susan

exclaimed.

Justthen,amanhurriedto

theticketoffice.

'CanIreturnthesetwo

tickets?1heasked.

'Certainly,'thegirlsaid.

Iwentbacktotheticket

officeatonce.

'CouldIhavethosetwo

ticketsplease?11asked.

,Certainly；thegirlsaid,'but

they'refornextWednesday's

performance.Doyoustillwant

them?1

'Imightaswellhavethem/I

saidsadly.

Lesson20Onemaninaboat

Fishingismyfavoritesport.I

oftenfishforhourswithout

catchinganything.Butthisdoes

notworryme.Somefishermen

areunlucky.Insteadofcatching

fish,theycatcholdbootsand

rubbish.Iamevenlesslucky,i

nevercatchanything-noteven

oldboots.Afterhavingspent

wholemorningsontheriver,I

alwaysgohomewithanempty

bag.*Youmustgiveupfishing!'

myfriendssay.'It'sawasteof

time?Buttheydon'trealizeone

importantthing.Ivmnotreally

interestedinfishing.Iamonly

interestedinsittinginaboatand

doingnothingatall!

Lesson20Onemaninaboat

Fishingismyfavouritesport.I

oftenfishforhourswithout

catchinganything.Butthisdoes

notworryme.Somefishermen

areunlucky.Insteadofcatching

fish,theycatcholdbootsand

rubbish.Iamevenlesslucky,i

nevercatchanything■■noteven

oldboots.Afterhavingspent

wholemorningsontheriver,I

alwaysgohomewithanempty

bag.*Youmustgiveupfishing!*

myfriendssay.'It'sawasteof

time.'Buttheydon'trealizeone

importantthing.I'mnotreally

interestedinfishing.Iamonly

interestedinsittinginaboatand

doingnothingatall!

Lesson22Aglassenvelope

Mydaughter,Jane,never

dreamedofreceivingaletter

fromagirlofherownagein

Holland.Lastyear,wewere

travellingacrosstheChanneland

Janeputapieceofpaperwithher

nameandaddressonitintoa

bottle.Shethrewthebottleinto

thesea.Sheneverthoughtofit

again,buttenmonthslater,she

receivedaletterfromagirlin

Holland.Bothgirlswritetoeach

otherregularlynow.However,

theyhavedecidedtousethepost

office.Letterswillcostalittle

more,buttheywillcertainlytravel

faster.

Lesson23Anewhouse

Ihadaletterfrommysister

yesterday.ShelivesinNigeria.In

herletter,shesaidthatshewould

cometoEnglandnextyear.Ifshe

comes,shewillgetasurprise.

Wearenowlivinginabeautiful

newhouseinthecountry.Work

onithadbegunbeforemysister

left.Thehousewascompleted

fivemonthsago.Inmyletter,I

toldherthatshecouldstaywith

us.Thehousehasmanylarge

roomsandthereisalovely

garden.Itisaverymodernhouse,

soitlooksstrangetosome

people.Itmustbetheonly

modernhouseinthedistrict.

Lesson24Ifcouldbeworse

Ienteredthehotelmanager's

officeandsatdown.Ihadjust

lost$50andIfeltveryupset.vlleft

themoneyinmyroom/Isaid,

'anditvsnottherenow?The

managerwassympathetic,buthe

coulddonothing.'Everyone's

losingmoneythesedays/he

said.Hestartedtocomplain

aboutthiswickedworldbutwas

interruptedbyaknockatthedoor.

Agirlcameinandputan

envelopeonhisdesk.It

contained$50.'Ifoundthis

outsidethisgentleman'sroom；

shesaid.Well/Isaidtothe

manager,'thereisstillsome

honestyinthisworld!1

Lesson25DotheEnglishspeak

English?

IarrivedinLondonatlast.The

railwaystationwasbig,blackand

dark.Ididnotknowthewayto

myhotel,soIaskedaporter.Inot

onlyspokeEnglishverycarefully,

butveryclearlyaswell.The

porter,however,couldnot

understandme.Irepeatedmy

questionseveraltimesandatlast

heunderstood,heansweredme,

buthespokeneitherslowlynor

clearly.'Iamaforeigner/Isaid.

Thenhespokeslowly,butIcould

notunderstandhim.Myteacher

neverspokeEnglishlikethat!

TheporterandIlookedateach

otherandsmiled.Thenhesaid

somethingandIunderstoodit.

'You'llsoonlearnEnglish!*he

said.Iwonder.InEngland,each

personspeaksadifferent

language.TheEnglish

understandeachother,butIdon't

understandthem!Dotheyspeak

English?

Lesson26Thebestartcritics

IamanartstudentandIpainta

lotofpictures.Manypeople

pretendthattheyunderstand

modernart.Theyalwaystellyou

whatapictureis'about'.Of

course,manypicturesarenot

'about'anything.Theyarejust

prettypatterns.Welikethemin

thesamewaythatwelikepretty

curtainmaterial.Ithinkthat

youngchildrenoftenappreciate

modernpicturesbetterthan

anyoneelse.Theynoticemore.

Mysisterisonlyseven,butshe

alwaystellsmewhethermy

picturesaregoodornot.She

cameintomyroomyesterday.

'Whatareyoudoing?1she

asked.

Tmhangingthispictureon

thewall,'Ianswered.vltvsanew

one.Doyoulikeit?'

Shelookedatitcriticallyfor

amoment.Ifsallright/shesaid,

vbutisn'titupsidedown?1

Ilookedatitagain.Shewas

right!Itwas!

Lesson27Awetnight

Lateintheafternoon,theboys

putuptheirtentinthemiddleofa

field.Assoonasthiswasdone,

theycookedamealoveranopen

fire.Theywereallhungryandthe

foodsmelledgood.Aftera

wonderfulmeal,theytoldstories

andsangsongsbythecampfire.

Butsometimelateritbeganto

rain.Theboysfelttiredsothey

putoutthefireandcreptinto

theirtent.Theirsleepingbags

werewarmandcomfortable,so

theyallsleptsoundly.Inthe

middleofthenight,twoboys

wokeupandbeganshouting.

Thetentwasfullofwater!They

allleaptoutoftheirsleeping

bagsandhurriedoutside.Itwas

rainingheavilyandtheyfound

thatastreamhadformedinthe

field.Thestreamwounditsway

acrossthefieldandthenflowed

rightundertheirtent!

Lesson28Noparking

JasperWhiteisoneofthoserare

peoplewhobelievesinancient

myths,hehasjustboughtanew

houseinthecity,buteversince

hemovedin,hehashadtrouble

withcarsandtheirowners.When

hereturnshomeatnight,he

alwaysfindsthatsomeonehas

parkedacaroutsidehisgate.

Becauseofthis,hehasnotbeen

abletogethisowncarintohis

garageevenonce.Jasperhasput

up'NoParking1signsoutsidehis

gate,butthesehavenothadany

effect.Nowhehasputanugly

stoneheadoverthegate.Itisone

oftheugliestfacesIhaveever

seen.Iaskedhimwhatitwasand

hetoldmethatitwasMedusa,

theGorgon,jasperhopesthat

shewillturncarsandtheir

ownerstostone.Butnoneof

themhasbeenturnedtostone

yet!

Lesson29Taxi!

CaptainBenFawcetthasbought

anunusualtaxiandhasbeguna

newservice.The'taxi'isasmall

SwissaeroplanecalledaPilatus

Porter1.Thiswonderfulplanecan

carrysevenpassengers.The

mostsurprisingthingaboutit,

however,isthatitcanland

anywhere:onsnow,water,or

evenonaploughedfield.Captain

Fawcetfsfirstpassengerwasa

doctorwhoflewfrom

Birminghamtoalonelyvillagein

theWelshmountains.Sincethen,

CaptainFawcetthasflown

passengerstomanyunusual

places.Oncehelandedonthe

roofofablockofflatsandon

anotheroccasion,helandedina

desertedcarpark.Captain

Fawcetthasjustrefuseda

strangerequestfroma

businessman.Themanwantedto

flytoRockall,alonelyislandin

theAtlanticOcean,butCaptain

Fawcettdidnottakehimbecause

thetripwastoodangerous.

taxin.

PilatusPorter

landv.

ploughv.

lonelyadj.

Welshadj.

roofn.

blockn,

flatn.

desertv.

本?弗西特機長買了一輛不同尋

常的出租汽車，并開始了一項新的業(yè)

務(wù)。這輛“出租汽車”是一架小型瑞士

飛機，叫“皮勒特斯?波特”號。這架奇

妙的飛機可以載7名乘客。然而，最

令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降

落：雪地上，水面上，甚至剛耕過的

田里。弗西特機長的第一名乘客是位

醫(yī)生，他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區(qū)一

個偏僻的村莊。從那時開始，弗西特

機長已經(jīng)載送乘客到過許多不尋常

的地方。一次，他把飛機降落在了一

棟公寓樓的屋頂上；還有一次，降落

在了一個廢棄的停車場上。弗西特機

長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。

這個人想要飛往大西洋上的一個孤

島-羅卡爾島，弗西特機長之所以

不送他去，是因為那段飛行太危險

了。

Lesson30

Footballorpolo?

TheWayleisasmallriver

thatcutsacrosstheparknearmy

home.IlikesittingbytheWayle

onfineafternoons.Itwaswarm

lastSunday,soIwentandsaton

theriverbankasusual.Some

childrenwereplayinggameson

thebankandthereweresome

peoplerowingontheriver.

Suddenly,oneofthechildren

kickedaballveryhardandit

wenttowardsapassingboat.

Somepeopleonthebankcalled

outtothemanintheboat,buthe

didnothearthem.Theballstruck

himsohardthathenearlyfell

intothewater.Iturnedtolookat

thechildren,butthereweren't

anyinsight:theyhadallrun

away!Themanlaughedwhenhe

realizedwhathadhappened.He

calledouttothechildrenand

threwtheballbacktothebank.

polon,水球

Waylen.威爾（河名）

cutv.穿過

rowv.劃（船）

kickv.踢

towardsprep.朝，向

nearlyadv.幾乎

sightn.眼界，視域

威爾河是橫穿過我家附近公園的

一條小河。我喜歡在天氣晴朗的下午

到河邊坐坐。上星期日天氣很暖和。

于是我和往常一樣，又去河邊坐著。

河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有

些人正在劃船。突然，一個孩子狠狠

地踢了一腳球，球便向著一只劃過來

的小船飛去。岸上的一些人對著小船

上的人高喊，但他沒有聽見。球重重

地打在他身上，使他差點兒落入水

中。我轉(zhuǎn)過頭去看那些孩子，但一個

也不見，全都跑了！當那個人明白了

發(fā)生的事情時，笑了起來。他大聲叫

著那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。

Lesson31

Successstory

YesterdayafternoonFrank

Hawkinswastellingmeabouthis

experiencesasayoungman,

Beforeheretired,Frankwasthe

headofaverylargebusiness

company,butasaboyheusedto

workinasmallshop.Itwashis

jobtorepairbicyclesandatthat

timeheusedtoworkfourteen

hoursaday.Hesavedmoneyfor

yearsandin1958heboughta

smallworkshopofhisown.Inhis

twentiesFrankusedtomake

sparepartsforaeroplanes.At

thattimehehadtwohelpers.Ina

fewyearsthesmallworkshop

hadbecomealargefactorywhich

employedsevenhundredand

twenty-eightpeople.Frank

smiledwhenherememberedhis

hardearlyyearsandthelong

roadtosuccess.Hewasstill

smilingwhenthedooropened

andhiswifecamein.Shewanted

himtorepairtheirgrandson's

bicycle!

retirev,退休

companyn.公司

bicyclen.自行車

savev.積蓄

workshopn.車間

helpern.幫手，助手

employv.雇傭

grandsonn.孫子

昨天下午弗蘭克?霍金斯向我講

述了他年輕時的經(jīng)歷。在退休前，弗

蘭克是一家非常大的商業(yè)公司的經(jīng)

理，但他小時候卻在一家小鋪里做

Io他那時的工作是修理自行車，并

且通常是一天工作14個小時。他靠

多年積蓄，于1958年買下了自己的

一個小鋪子。20多歲的時候，弗蘭克

曾生產(chǎn)飛機零配件。那時他有兩個幫

手。幾年之后，小鋪子已經(jīng)發(fā)展成了

一個雇有728人的大工廠。弗蘭克回

想著他早年的艱難經(jīng)歷和走過的漫

長的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑著的

時候門開了，他的妻子走了進來。她

叫他去修理孫子的自行車。

Lesson32

Shoppingmadeeasy

Peoplearenotsohonestas

theyoncewere.Thetemptation

tostealisgreaterthanever

before■■especiallyinlargeshops.

Adetectiverecentlywatcheda

well-dressedwomanwhoalways

wentintoalargestoreon

Mondaymornings.OneMonday,

therewerefewerpeopleinthe

shopthanusualwhenthewoman

camein,soitwaseasierforthe

detectivetowatchher.The

womanfirstboughtafewsmall

articles.Afteralittletime,she

choseoneofthemostexpensive

dressesintheshopandhanded

ittoanassistantwhowrappedit

upforherasquicklyaspossible.

Thenthewomansimplytookthe

parcelandwalkedoutoftheshop

withoutpaying.Whenshewas

arrested,thedetectivefoundout

thattheshopassistantwasher

daughter.Thegirl'gave'her

motherafreedressonceaweek!

onceadv.曾經(jīng)，以前

temptationn.誘惑

articlen.物品,東西

wrapv.包裹

simplyadv.僅僅

arrestv.逮捕

人們不再像以前那樣誠實了。偷

竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候都更強

烈--特別是在大的商店里。一名偵

探最近注意上了一位穿著講究的婦

女，她總是在星期一上午進入一家大

商場。有一個星期一，當這位婦女走

進這家商場時，里面的人比往常少，

因此，偵探比較容易監(jiān)視她。這位婦

女先是買了幾樣小商品。過了一會

兒，她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣

服，把它遞給了售貨員。那售貨員以

最快的速度為她包好了衣服。然后，

那婦女拿過包就走出了商場，根本沒

有付錢。她被逮捕后。偵探發(fā)現(xiàn)原來

那售貨員是她的女兒。那姑娘每星期

“送”她母親一件免費的衣服！

Lesson33

Outofthedarkness

Nearlyaweekpassedbefore

thegirlwasabletoexplainwhat

hadhappenedtoher.One

afternoonshesetoutfromthe

coastinasmallboatandwas

caughtinastorm.Towards

evening,theboatstruckarock

andthegirljumpedintothesea.

Thensheswamtotheshoreafter

spendingthewholenightinthe

water.Duringthattimeshe

coveredadistanceofeightmiles.

Earlynextmorning,shesawa

lightahead.Sheknewshewas

neartheshorebecausethelight

washighuponthecliffs.On

arrivingattheshore,thegirl

struggleduptheclifftowardsthe

lightshehadseen.Thatwasall

sheremembered.Whenshewoke

upadaylater,shefoundherself

inhospital.

darknessn.

explainv,

coastn.

stormn.

towardsprep,

rockn.

shoren.

lightn.

aheadadv.

cliffn.

strugglev.

hospitaln.

幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能

講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小

船從海岸出發(fā)，遇上了風暴。天將黑

時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳

進了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才

游到岸邊。在那段時間里，她游了8

英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈

光，知道自己已經(jīng)接近岸邊了，因為

那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。到達岸邊

后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎

著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這

些。第二天她醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在

醫(yī)院里。

Lesson34

Quickwork

DanRobinsonhasbeen

worriedallweek.LastTuesdayhe

receivedaletterfromthelocal

police.Intheletterhewasasked

tocallatthestation.Dan

wonderedwhyhewaswantedby

thepolice,buthewenttothe

stationyesterdayandnowheis

notworriedanymore.Atthe

station,hewastoldbyasmiling

policemanthathisbicyclehad

beenfound.Fivedaysago,the

policemantoldhim,thebicycle

waspickedupinasmallvillage

fourhundredmilesaway.Itis

nowbeingsenttohishomeby

train.Danwasmostsurprised

whenheheardthenews.Hewas

amusedtoo,becausehenever

expectedthebicycletobefound.

Itwasstolentwentyyearsago

whenDanwasaboyoffifteen!

stationn.（警察）局

mostadv.相當，非常

丹?魯賓遜焦慮了整整一個星期。

上星期二他收到當?shù)鼐炀值囊环?/p>

信，要他到警察局去一趟。丹奇怪警

察為什么找他，但昨天還是去了，結(jié)

果他一再擔心了。在警察局里，一位

面帶笑容的警察告訴他，他的自行車

找到了。那位警察對他說，那輛自行

車是5天前在400英里外的一個小村

里發(fā)現(xiàn)的，現(xiàn)在正用火車給他運回家

來。丹聽到這個消息后，驚奇萬分，

但又感到非常好笑，因為他從未指望

那輛自行車還能找到。這是20年前

丹還是一個15歲的孩子時被人偷走

的！

Lesson35

Stopthief!

RoyTrentonusedtodrivea

taxi.Ashortwhileago,however,

hebecameabusdriverandhe

hasnotregrettedit.Heisfinding

hisnewworkfarmoreexciting.

Whenhewasdrivingalong

CatfordStreetrecently,hesaw

twothievesrushoutofashop

andruntowardsawaitingcar.

Oneofthemwascarryingabag

fullofmoney.Royactedquickly

anddrovethebusstraightatthe

thieves.Theonewiththemoney

gotsuchafrightthathedropped

thebag.Asthethieveswere

tryingtogetawayintheircar,

Roydrovehisbusintotheback

ofit.Whilethebatteredcarwas

movingaway,Roystoppedhis

busandtelephonedthepolice.

Thethieves1carwasbadly

damagedandeasytorecognize.

Shortlyafterwards,thepolice

stoppedthecarandbothmen

werearrested.

whilen.一段時間

regretv.后悔

faradv.非常

rushv.沖

actv.行動

straightadv,徑直

frightn,害怕

batteredadj.撞壞的

shortlyadv.很快，不久

afterwardsadv.以后

羅伊,特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，

然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽

車，也并不為此而感到后悔。他發(fā)覺

自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，

當他正開車在凱特福德街上行駛時，

看到有兩個小偷從一家商店里沖出

來，奔向等在那里的一輛汽車，其中

一個提著一只裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊

行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。拿錢

的那個小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當那

兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛

他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的后尾

上。當那輛被撞壞的車開走后，羅伊

停下車，給警察掛了電話。小偷的車

損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。沒過多久，

警察就截住了那輛車，兩個小偷都被

抓住了。

Lesson36

AcrosstheChannel

DebbieHartisgoingtoswim

acrosstheEnglishChannel

tomorrow.Sheisgoingtosetout

fromtheFrenchcoastatfive

o'clockinthemorning.Debbieis

onlyelevenyearsoldandshe

hopestosetupanewworld

record.Sheisastrongswimmer

andmanypeoplefeelthatsheis

suretosucceed.Debbie'sfather

willsetoutwithherinasmall

boat.Mr.Harthastrainedhis

daughterforyears.Tomorrowhe

willbewatchingheranxiouslyas

shes