1、9.保護野生動植物Wildlife ProtectionDinosaursdied outbecause of anunexpectedincident. Butwildlifetoday disappears or isin dangerjust because humans doharmto it. For example, tigers arehunted forfurto makecarpetsso thatthey can only live insecurereserves; grassland is destroyed withoutmercyso thatduststormsc

2、ome intobeingaffectingdistantcities.Last year, scientists saw some monkeysrubbing themselves with acertainkind ofinsects toprotectthemselvesfromfiercemosquitoesbiting.According tothe result of theinspection, they found that the insectcontains apowerfuldrug, so local farmers wereemployed to catch the

3、 insects. Theendingwas that the insects disappeared from the wholezone. When told that it was alossto humans, the farmersburst into laughterandresponded, “Our real loss is ourdecreasingincome.”We shouldappreciatethe natural balance andpaymoreattention totheimportanceof wildlifeprotection. Not until

4、wesucceed inletting wildlife livein peace, can we smilein relief.恐龍因一次意外事件而滅絕，但是今天的野生動植物卻是因為人類的傷害而消失或處在危險中。例如，老虎被獵殺以獲取做地毯的皮毛，以致它們只能生活在安全的保護區(qū)里；草地被毫不憐憫地破壞，以致沙塵暴開始影響遙遠的城市。去年，科學家觀察到猴子在身上擦某種昆蟲來保護自己不受兇猛的蚊子的叮咬。根據(jù)檢查的結果，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這種昆蟲含有一種具有強大效力的藥物，于是，當?shù)氐霓r民都被雇來抓蟲子。結果是，這種昆蟲從這整個地區(qū)都消失了。當被告知說這是整個人類的損失時，農民們都突然大笑著回應道：“我們

5、減少的收入才是我們真正的損失呢！”我們應該意識到自然平衡的重要，更加注意野生動植物的保護。直到我們成功讓野生動植物安詳平靜地生活，我們自己才能如釋重負地笑開顏。10.My First Band我的第一支樂隊I was verysensitiveto music. Justdippingintothe music booksbriefly, I could sing or play well.To be honest, I alwaysdreamtofbecoming a famousfolk actor. I was soconfidentthat I never decreased myde

6、votion.Iformed my first band called “Rolling Frog”. At the beginning, werelied onperforming oninstruments inpubs or topassers bytoearnextramoneyin cash. Then we wore falsebeardstopretendto be themusicians whom peoplewere familiar with.In addition, weattachedhumorousacts to ourperformancesandplayedjo

7、kes oneach other. Soon, our “funnyjazz” became famous andinvitations to perform forbroadcaststations began to come.Afterwards, wesortedoutattractivemusic and made a record in astudio. A millionor socopies were sold and we becamemillionaires.It waspainfulthat the bandbroke upfinally. Butabove all, I

8、realized my dream to be a musician.我對音樂很敏感，只要簡要地瀏覽一下樂譜，我就能演唱或演奏得很好。說實話，我一直都夢想著能成為出名的民間演員，自信的我從未減少過熱愛。我組成的第一支樂隊叫做“搖滾蛙”。開始，我們依靠在酒吧里或向路人表演樂器來掙些零花的現(xiàn)金。然后我們帶上假胡子假扮人們熟悉的音樂家，除此之外，我們在表演中加上幽默的動作，互相開著玩笑。很快，我們的“滑稽爵士樂”出了名，到廣播電臺表演的邀請開始多起來。隨后，我們把我們吸引人的音樂做了分類，在一間音樂工作室錄制了1張唱片，大約賣出了100萬張，這使我們都成了百萬富翁。樂隊最終的解散讓我很心痛，但最重要

9、的是，我實現(xiàn)了自己當音樂家的夢想。11.An Interesting Festival有趣的節(jié)日TheAgriculturalFeasttakesplaceafter theIndependenceDay. It is not aworldwidecelebration. OnlyChristians inMexicolook forward toitsarrivalfor itsreligiousorigin:Long ago, humansancestors were bad. Theyfooled andplayedtricks oneach other and neverkeptthe

10、irword. So Godturnedupanddrowned all their crops. Humansstarvedday and night,weeping. In order togainGodsforgiveness, a womanpoetset offto see God. Sheadmired God and keptapologizing. God was moved. With hispermission, humans finally had goodharvests again. So, towipesadnessandremindthemselvesoftheb

11、eliefin God, people began the festival.On the festival, peoplegatherin open air, such as playgrounds orparking lots, andenergeticallyhave fun witheach otherall night long,as thoughthey were never tired. When abeautydressedupin lovelyclothingreads poemsin memory ofthe poet, everyoneholdstheir breath.

12、 Then, it is thecustomthat theboneof aroosterhead is given to her as anaward.Obviously, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.農業(yè)盛會在獨立日后舉行。它不是一個世界性的慶典，由于它的宗教起源，只有墨西哥的基督徒才盼著節(jié)日的到來：很久以前，人類的祖先很壞，他們互相欺騙，耍詭計，從不遵守諾言。于是，上帝出現(xiàn)了，淹死了他們所有的作物。人們日夜挨餓，哭泣著。為了獲得上帝的原諒，一位女詩人出發(fā)去見上帝。她對上帝的贊美和懷有的歉意感動了上帝，有了他

13、的允許，人類終于又獲得了豐收。因此，為了抹去憂傷并提醒自己對上帝的信仰，人們開始舉辦這個節(jié)日。在節(jié)日那天，人們聚集在露天場所，例如操場或停車場，通宵達旦地玩得非常開心，精力充沛的人們似乎不知疲倦。當一位用可愛的衣服盛裝打扮的美女朗讀詩歌以紀念那位詩人時，在場的每個人都屏住了呼吸，然后，按照風俗，將獎勵給她一只公雞的頭骨。很明顯，這個故事不是真的，但是節(jié)日卻很有趣。12.Balanced Diet 平衡膳食Wang Pengearned hislivingby running abarbecuerestaurant, which served deliciousbacon,friedchicke

14、nbreastandmuttonroasted withpepperandgarlic. But his food anddiscountattracted fewer and fewercustomers. Finally, he wasin debt. Yong Huisslimming restaurant served freshpeas,carrots,eggplants, andrawcucumbers withvinegar. As thehostess, she saidfibresbenefited customersdigestionthe most. In order n

15、ot to let Yong Huiget away withtellinglies, Wang Pengspied onYong Hui despite herglare. But he was surprised that she was losing her customers, too.Curiositydrove Wang Peng toconsultan expert. The expertsighed and said, “Both of your menus haveweaknessandlimitedstrength. Your customersput on weightt

16、oo easily, while Yong Huislose weighttoo quickly. So, Wang Peng,cut downthe fat of your food and increase vegetables and fruits, likenuts,beans,mushrooms,peaches andlemons. Youought tocombinethe two menus and provide abalanceddiet.”Before long, Wang Peng won his customers back.王鵬經營一家燒烤餐廳來謀生，他的餐廳供應美味

17、的臘肉、油炸的雞胸，還有用辣椒和大蒜一起烤制的羊肉。但是，他的食物和折扣吸引的顧客越來越少，最后是他負債累累。永慧的減肥餐廳供應的是新鮮的豌豆、紅蘿卜、茄子和醋腌的生黃瓜。作為老板娘（女主人），她總是說食物纖維才最有利于顧客的消化。為了不讓永慧說了謊不受懲罰，王鵬不顧她的怒視，前去探查個究竟。但是讓他驚奇的是，永慧的顧客也在嚴重地流失。好奇心驅使王鵬去咨詢專家。那位專家嘆息著說：“你們倆的菜單都缺點明顯、優(yōu)點有限。你的顧客很容易就發(fā)胖，而永慧的顧客體重卻減輕得太快。所以嘛，王鵬，你要減少你的食物中的脂肪含量，增加蔬菜和水果，例如堅果、豆類、蘑菇、桃子和檸檬之類。你應該把兩份菜單結合起來，給顧客

18、提供平衡的膳食?！辈痪茫貔i就贏回了他的顧客。13.Sailing Home劃船回家Thisnovelwas about anunbelievablebutgenuineadventure. Itsauthorwas a blackbusinessmanwho wasbrought upin America. In 1956, he visited Africa, hisbirthplace. One day, when he waswandering on thepavementnear thebayenjoying the seascenes, he lost his money and

19、passport that he kept in anenvelope. So he went to theembassytoseekhelp, but the ambassador withrudemanners didntpermithis staff to help though hebowed to him.Staring athisimpatientface, he understood that it was thefaultof his skin colour thataccountedfortheirrefection. So he decided totake a chanc

20、eto sail on a small boat home.He meta large amount ofdifficulty but was never stopped.On the contrary, difficulty pushed him togo aheadharder. Three months later, he wasspotted by a shipby accident. He wasin ragsindeed. A maid evenscreamed when bringing him asteakandpineappledessert. Aboard, he earn

21、ed hispassageby working as a barber and got home finally.As forthe name of his novel, he couldnt think of a better one than thephrase“Go Ahead”.這部小說寫的是一次令人難以置信而又真實的歷險。其作者是一位在美國被撫養(yǎng)長大的黑人商人。1956年，他回到他的出生地非洲。有一天，當他在海灣邊的人行道上漫步欣賞海景時，他丟失了一個裝著錢和護照的信封，于是向當?shù)氐拇笫桂^尋求幫助。但是大使態(tài)度非常粗魯，即使向他鞠躬，也不允許他的職員幫忙。盯著他那不耐煩的臉，他知道是

22、他皮膚顏色的錯才導致了他們的拒絕。于是，他決定冒險駕駛一只小船回家。他遇到了許多困難，但是從未停止，相反，困難推動他更努力地前進。三個月后，當他被一艘船偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)時，真的是衣衫襤褸。給他端來牛排和菠蘿甜品的女仆甚至被嚇得尖叫起來。在船上，他當一名理發(fā)師來掙取船費，最后終于回到了家。至于這部小說的名字，他再也不能想到一個比“前進”更好的短語了。14.Explore MKII探測MKII行星MKII, a planetbillions of kilometers away, is the origin of life in manyreligions.Physicists have proved t

23、hetheorythat itsgentleclimateand thepullof itsgravityare similar to the earths. Andastronomers have found thatoxygenatoms andcarbondioxide, which arefundamentalto life, exist in itsatmospherethroughsatellites.Cheeredupby this news,biologists, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people

24、spuzzlesNow thatthere are some suitable conditions, does life reallyexiston thisglobe? Do theymultiplybylayingeggsorgiving birth tobabies?Last month, aspaceshipwas sent there. Its a pity that this mission failed.Unlikethe earth, MKII is a much younger planet.Thus,masses ofharmfulacidcloudsfloatevery

25、where causingviolentchain reactionstobreak out. These clouds not onlyblockedoutthe pilots sight but also damaged the enginesystem. Luckily, the pilotswatchedoutcarefully andprevented the spaceship fromcrashingin time.MK二號是一顆幾十億公里外的行星，它在許多宗教里都是生命起源的地方。物理學家已經證明了它溫和的氣候和重力的牽引都和地球相似的理論；天文學家也通過衛(wèi)星，在它的大氣層里發(fā)

26、現(xiàn)了氧原子和二氧化碳的存在，這些都是對生命來說，都是基本的。受到這一消息的鼓舞，生物學家們接著開始了研究以解開人們的迷惑既然有了適合的條件，生命真的存在于這個星球嗎？他們是通過下蛋，還是產仔來繁殖后代的呢？上個月，一艘太空飛船被派到了那兒?？上У氖?，這次任務失敗了。不像地球，MK二號是一顆年輕得多的行星。因此，大團大團的有害酸云到處漂浮，引起猛烈的連鎖反應的爆發(fā)。這些云團不僅阻擋了飛行員的視線，而且還損壞了發(fā)動機系統(tǒng)。幸運的是，飛行員小心注意，才及時阻止了飛船的墜毀。15.A Journey across Canada橫穿加拿大的旅行After aquizlast autumn, Kuang

27、crossed thecontinenteastwardto Toronto to visit hisschoolmate, thedistancemeasuringapproximately5,000 kilometers,His train started from Vancouver, a citysurrounded by mountains. Afterconfirming hisbaggagewasaboardthe train, Kuangsettleddownin his seat.Having a gift forcommunication, he startedchatti

28、ng with another passengerwithin5 minutes. Theirtopics included theCanadiantraditions, thePrime Minister, themixtureof races, and theterrifyingGreat Fall. After a nicebuffetat noon, he waspleasedto find that thescenerywasimpressive. He saw beautifulharboursin the distance,wealthyurbanareas andmaplefo

29、rest that covered thousands ofacres. He evenmanagedtocatch sight ofaneagleflyingupwardoverbushes.Kuang reached Toronto which liesslightlynear theborderat amistydawn. There wasfrostand thebroaddowntownstreets were very quiet. Though it was early, Kuang phoned his schoolmate in aboothnearbyat oncerath

30、er thanwaiting for him to come. They had a good time together.去年秋天的一次考試后，光向東橫穿整個大陸，來到多倫多探望他的同學，這次旅行的距離測量起來大約有五千多公里。他的火車從群山圍繞的溫哥華啟程。在證實了自己的行李都在火車上之后，光就在座位上安坐下來。因為在與人交流方面有天賦，他在5分鐘內就和另一個乘客聊起天來。他們的話題包括加拿大的傳統(tǒng)、加拿大的總理、種族的混合，還有讓人心驚膽戰(zhàn)的大瀑布。中午吃了一頓美味的自助餐后，他很高興發(fā)現(xiàn)外面的風景非常讓人印象深刻。他看見了遠處美麗的海港、富裕的市區(qū)，還有延綿幾千畝的楓樹林，他甚至還設法

31、看見了一只在灌木叢上空翱翔的鷹。光在一個薄霧籠罩的黎明到達稍稍接近邊境的多倫多，地上有霜，寬闊的市區(qū)街道很安靜。盡管還很早，光卻不愿等待，立刻就在附近電話亭給同學打了個電話。他們在一起度過了美好的時光。16.A Woman Doctor-Lina女醫(yī)生麗娜Born in a pigsnest, Linaled apoorlifein herchildhood. She waslookeddown uponby the children of hergeneration. But sheintended to become a doctor after shecame acrossLin Qia

32、ozhiby chance, who wasdelivering medical courses to anaudiencecrowding around her. Beforemoving off, Lininspired her tocarry onher study. With Linssupport, Lina entered aninstituteand studied hard sparing no time forentertainment. Her beingoutspokenandmodestwonrespectfor her. Her excellentarguingski

33、lls andobservationabilityputothersinto the shade.Now, Lina has become aspecialistinhuman beingsemergencysickness. Herkindnessandconsideratebehaviorto the poor were well known. Theorganizationshe founded carried outcampaigns andwelfare projects to help cut the deathratefor the poor. Her job was hard

34、butworthwhile. She oftenreferstotheconnectionbetween herachievementand Lin Qiaozhi, and says that her poor childhood is thebondbetween her and the poor.麗娜出生在豬圈里，童年過著貧窮的生活，被和她同輩的孩子看不起。但是在她偶然遇見了林巧芝之后卻打定注意想要成為一名醫(yī)生，當時林巧芝正在給擁擠在她身邊的觀眾傳授醫(yī)療課程，在離開之前，林巧芝鼓舞她繼續(xù)堅持學習。在林的支持下，麗娜進入了一所學院。她努力學習，毫不浪費時間玩鬧娛樂。她的坦誠和謙虛為她贏得了

35、尊敬，她優(yōu)秀的辯論技巧和觀察能力使其他的人都黯然失色?，F(xiàn)在，麗娜已經成為一名人類緊急病癥專家。她對窮人的好心和考慮周到的一舉一動都眾所周知，她建立的組織開展各種活動和福利項目來為窮人減少死亡率。她的工作艱苦卻很值得。她常常提到她的成就和林巧芝之間的聯(lián)系，還總是說她貧窮的童年就是她與窮人之間的紐帶。17. A New Farming Way新的耕種方式Tuan was a farmer inVietnam. Fordecades, he had beenstrugglingtoridhis family ofhunger. However, it alwaysconfused him how t

36、oexpandtheoutputof hiscrops. Thisdisturbingproblemled tohisregretting being a farmer. Hewould ratherhave chosen another job.One day, whenskimming through a newspaper, Tuan read acommenton Yuan Longpin. Heunderlined Yuansnationalityandoccupation, and thenfocusedonhisdiscoveryand thestatistics of his

37、research. He found the knowledge Yuancirculated very practical.Therefore, he made asummaryand began tobuild upa new farming method. He plantedsuper grainof richnutritionandequipped himself to keep his cropsroots free frombacteriaandpests. He also enrichedminerals in thesoilwhilereducingchemical fert

38、ilizers. Though it cost him more time andfreedom, he was full of hope.The next year, Tuan wassunburntbutsatisfied withhisproductionvery much.Thanks toYuan Longpin, he not only won thebattleagainst hunger, but he could alsoexporthis crops abroad.俊是一名越南的農民，幾十年來，他都一直在努力使家人擺脫饑餓。然而，如何擴大他的農作物產量這一問題卻一直在困擾著他。這個惱人的問題導致了他后悔當一名農民，而寧愿自己當初選擇其它的工作。一天，俊在瀏覽報紙的時候，讀到一篇關于袁隆平的評論。他在袁的國籍和職業(yè)下面劃了線，然后將焦點集中在他的發(fā)現(xiàn)和研究數(shù)據(jù)上。他發(fā)現(xiàn)袁傳播的知識非常實用，因此，他做了摘要，并開始建立一種新的耕作方式。他種植營養(yǎng)豐富的超級谷物，添置設備以使作物的根部免受細菌害蟲的傷害；他還增加土壤所含的礦物質，同時減少化學肥料的使用。盡管耗費了他更多的時間和自由，他卻充滿著希望。第二年，俊被曬黑了，但是卻對自己的