英语文章阅读
英语文章阅读 第一篇 How to Find Happiness Without Buying It 如何不花钱就能找到乐子 Our materialistic society has led us to believe that happiness cannot be obtained without having money. 在这个物质社会，我们深信没有钱就没有幸福感。 Rather than learning to be satisfied with what we have, we are taught to want more. We learn from advertising, and from the media, that we need to buy trinkets and toys in order to make ourselves happy, or to fulfill emotional needs, and that the purchases they are trying to talk us into will provide us with the psychological comfort we are looking for. 我们不断的奢望得到更多而不是学着满足我们现有的。通过广告和媒体，我们了解到为了让自己开心，为了满足心理需求，我们需要买一些小玩意儿和玩具，仿佛买了这些东西我们就能找到一直想要的心理安慰。 Unfortunately, as a society we have bought into these misguided messages and have come to believe that spending money on certain items will bring us fame, fortune, happiness, beauty, or popularity. We end up using money as a crutch to provide us with something we ultimately must find within ourselves. As we become caught up in this charade, we trade precious hours of our lives trying to earn the money we have been taught to covet so much. 不幸的是我们还是会被这些信息误导并且开始相信花钱买一些东西会带给我们带来声誉，运气，快乐，美丽或者名气。我们不断拿金钱作为靠山，得到最终想要的东西。一次一次我们深陷其中，于是，为了买到我们垂涎已久的东西，我们用宝贵的时间辛苦赚钱。 We trade hours of our lives working, sacrificing time that could have been spent with our families, for the pursuit of the almighty dollar. 我们把生命中的每时每刻拿来工作，牺牲我们本该和家人在一起的时间，只为了追求万能的美元。 In order to find true happiness, we first must learn to change our attitudes about money. We must learn that money, and the spending of it, provides only a temporary relief but does not present us with any real long lasting benefits. We end up owning something we either do not really want or do not really need, and the underlying emotional issues remain. 为了找到真正的快乐，我们必须首先改变对待金钱的态度。我们必须要知道花掉挣到的钱只是让我们暂时舒坦，却并不能带来任何持久的利益。最后我们拥有一些实际上我们根本不想要或根本不需要的东西，而内在的情感问题依然没有解决。 Rather than focus on the temporary satisfaction you may feel from spending money, try the following to bring you happiness without it. 与其通过花钱让自己得到一时的满足感，不如试试下面几招让你不用花钱买就感到快乐： Imagine Having no Money 假想自己分文没有 Imagine what you would do for happiness if you had no money at all. Think about how you would spend your time, and what you would do for enjoyment. Change your focus from material possessions to other things that bring you enjoyment, such as spending quality time with your family and friends. Rather than focusing on the accumulation of possessions, concentrate instead on playing with or reading to your children, or spending time out enjoying nature. 想象一下如果你一分钱没有做什么会感到快乐。想一下没钱的你将如何打发时间，如何找乐子。把焦点从物质层面的东西转移到能让你快乐的其他事上，比如，陪家人朋友一起度过休闲时光。多和你的孩子玩耍或者给孩子朗读或者出去亲近大自然，而不是专注于积累财富。 Want What you Already Have 满足你所拥有的 Society teaches us to want what others have. Instead, shift your thinking so that you are satisfied with, or want, what is already yours. What tends to happen is once we reach our goals in terms of owning personal possessions, we trade those old goals in for a set of new ones that involves bigger, better, and grander objects. 社会教会我们追逐潮流，别人有什么，我们就追求什么。然而，我们不应该真这么做，而是对于我们已经拥有的东西感到知足。往往我们一旦达到目标就会制定一堆新的更大更好的目标。 Goals are good to have because they motivate us to work, and to continue to strive for self improvement. The key is to find a balance between having worthy goals and recognizing when we are allowing the desire for possessions to overwhelm the importance of other aspects of our lives. Rather than constantly striving for things we do not have, we need to shift our focus to being thankful for the things we already possess. 有目标是好的，因为目标让我们的工作更有积极性，让我们不断改进。而关键是我们要找到一个平横点，不仅能让我们的目标有价值，还要让我们不能因为对物质的欲望而忽视了生活其它方面的重要性。我们应该感谢那些我们已经拥有的，而不是不断追求我们没有的。 Volunteer Your Time 把你的时间贡献出来 One way to appreciate what you have is to work with others who have nothing, or who have disabilities that no amount of money can overcome. Volunteering time to work in a food bank, or to work with underprivileged children, can really alter your perspective on where you are in life, and can create a deeper appreciation for the gifts you do have in your life.
英语文章阅读
在学英语的过程中，阅读非常重要，多读，多看，多背一些文章，对于语感的`形成，内容的积累，都非常关键。 Passage 1.Woodpecker There are many apple trees in a garden. They’re good friends. One day an old tree is ill. There are many pests in the tree. Leaves of the tree turn yellow. The old tree feels very sad and unwell. Another tree sends for a doctor for him. At first, they send for a pigeon, but she has no idea about it. Then they send for an oriole, and she can’t treat the old tree well. Then they send for a woodpecker. She is a good doctor. She pecks a hole in the tree and eats lots of pests. At last the old tree becomes better and better. Leaves turn green and green. Passage 2.A Busy Day Today is Sunday! On Sundays, I usually play the flute.My father usually reads the newspaper. My motherusuallycleansthe house. Buttoday my mother is in bed. She is ill. My father has to do the housework. Now, he is cleaning the house. Sam, can you help me? Yes, Dad! Now, we’re washing the car. Where’s my sister, Amy? She is playing my flute. What a lucky girl! Passage 3.The dog and his reflection One day a dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing a plank over a stream. As he walked along,helookedintowater,andhesawhis reflection. He thought this was another dog carrying a piece of meat. And he felt he would like to have two pieces. So he snapped at the reflection in the water, and of course, as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat disappeared quickly. Passage 4.An honest boy Tony is seven years old. He is an honest and polite boy. One day, it was Sunday. Tony, his sister and his mother stayed at home. He was watching TV and his sister was reading books. His mother was washing clothes. Just then, his father came back with a bag of pears. Tony likes pears very much and he wanted to eat one. His mother gave him four and said, Let’s sharethem. Whichpeardo youwant, Tony? asked his mother. The biggest one, mum. What? said his mother, You should be polite and want the smallest one. Should I tell a lie just to be polite, mum? Passage 5.A birthday party Today is Susan’s birthday. She is nine years old. Her friends are in her home now. There is a birthday party in the evening. Look! Mary is listening to the music. And Tom is drinking orange juice. Jack and Sam are playing cards on the floor. Lily and Amy are watching TV. Someone is knocking at the door. It’s Henry. He brings a big teddy bear for Susan. The teddy bear is yellow. Susan is very happy. All the children are happy. They sing a birthday song for Susan. Passage 6.The Farmer and the Snake It was a cold winter day.A farmer found a snake on the ground. It was nearly dead by cold. The Farmer was a kind man. Hepicked up thesnake carefully and put it under the coat. Soon the snake Began to move and it raised its mouth and bit the farmer. Oh, My god! said the farmer, I save your life, but you thank me in that way. You must die. Then he killed the snake with a stick. At last he died, too. Passage 7.Two Young Trees Two young trees are standing on the top of the hill. Their names are Tim and Alan. One day, it’s sunny and warm. Some birds are singing in the trees. The wind blows, and the trees are talking. What do you want to be when you grow up?’’ asks Tim. I’m not sure. I think I want to be a chair or a desk. answers Alan, Maybe I want to be a toy box or a baseball bat. I like children.What do you want to be when you grow up? asks Alan. Me? says Tim, I just want to be a tree. I want to be a house for birds and spiders. I want to have many apples. And when it’s sunny and hot, people and animals can stand under me.
英语阅读的三个步骤
英语阅读的三个步骤：略读短文，把握方向；浏览问题，有的放矢；分析判断，确定答案。 第一步：略读短文，把握方向 用尽量短的时间扫视短文，特别留意每段的第一句和末段的最后一句。因为各段的主题句往往在句首，而文章的最后一句很可能是概括总结。略读的目的是掌握短文的主旨大意，做到对全文的内容心中大致有数，有一个思考的方向。 第二步：浏览问题，有的放矢 浏览问题，揣测出题者出此题的目的并侧重阅读短文相关部分。由于对所问问题及文章主旨都已了解，在阅读时自然会知道哪些地方得细读哪些地方可一带而过甚至跳过不读。 第三步：分析判断，确定答案 在完成上面两步的基础上，对问题逐一解答。需要注意的是：要是文章内容涉及自己熟悉的题材和知识范畴，在选项时绝对不能单凭自己的主观判断解决问题。因为文章考的是你对该篇的阅读理解能力，而不是你的某种知识，因此选项不能脱离文章的题意。
阅读英语文章的方法？
大量阅读
以前我们数十年来英语教学不很成功的主要原因就是拘泥于教科书，没有相当阅读量配合。据统计，把以前的中学六年的英语教科书的课文内容全部相加总量不过是一张日报一面的量，这些语言量不管怎么读，也是不可能掌握一门语言的，所以现在新的英语教学大纲要求初中毕业生的英语阅读量为30万单词，高中毕业的量为60万单词，从教学措施上保证学生必须达到这个阅读量的标准，因为我们在学校读的英语课本实质上仅仅是精读，因此我们要补充的应是泛渎，读什么呢？
我建议读下列四方面的内容：一、选一本你感兴趣，且翻最初几页你不查词典也能看懂的英语书，开始可选一些简易或缩写的读物，然后可选一些原著。
二、订一份英语报纸，开始可订属中学生看的，
快速阅读
读文章如同看树林一样，人站在树林前不能把眼睛光看着一棵树，甚至只盯着树上的叶子，一张一张地看，看到最后，还是一张一张叶子，叶子固然要看，但整棵树也要看，整片森林更要看，我们必须迅速把视野扩大，这样才能对森林全貌有所了解。读文章也是如此，如何才能加强对阅读文章的理解呢？那就是在阅读文章材料时要学会快速阅读。快速阅读是综合运用阅读技巧，在快速阅读时通过逻辑思维，获取尽可能多的信息。在整个快速阅读过程中，要高度集中思想，让大脑处于高度兴奋状态中。如果念得很慢，一词一词地读，往往念完全文，很茫然，词都认识，就是不知道文章讲什么。所以现在的英语测试都有一个阅读速度的要求。
整体理解
我们常有这样的情况：句子都能看懂，但读完文章印象却不深，这就牵涉到对文章框架结构的整体理解。如何学会对文章的整体理解呢？首先，要重视文章的题目和文章的首句。因为文章的题目就是文章的主题，文章的内容就是环绕主题展开。首句很关键是因为首句是文章的导入，点明作者写文章的意图，背景等。接着的每一段的第一句也很重要，因为每段的第一句实际上多半是每段的主题句，然后进行陈述或论述，逐步展开，给予例证，最后把该段内容用一句话来小结，所以每段的最后一个句子常常是该段的结论句，而整篇
文章的最后一句就往往是这篇文章的结论或作者写这篇文章的用意所在。所以我们在阅读文章时要养成这样一个习惯：见了文章的题目，要停顿一下，想一想，如果让你写这篇文章将如何写，或猜一猜，这篇文章大概写什么，然后你会饶有兴趣地读下去。接着在往下阅读时特别注意每段的第一句与最后一句，并用心记往，在读完全文时清晰地将全文的主要内容像看电影似的一幅一幅地印在脑中，记忆很深既把握住了全文的主要内容、论点、论据，又学会了作者的逻辑推理的方法技巧及整篇文章的框架结构，而这是写文章最重要的，也就是文章的构思。
积累词语
要提高阅读水平，词汇量与短语量非常重要，打个譬方：造房子要砖瓦材料，词汇就是阅读英语的砖瓦材料，没有相当量的英语词汇，阅读英语是无法进行的。所以要提高阅读水平，我们就得学会积累词语。我们不妨这么做：在通读全文后看第二遍，遇到生词尽可能根据上下文来猜，仍猜不出意思的，就把这些生字查好词典，然后抄写在一本可随身携带的小本子上。每天有空时，就拿出这小本子背诵记忆，这样做不费时，效果却很好，不时接触，反复记忆，词汇量增加得很快。
按上述几种方法训练自己，没多久，英语阅读能力就提高了，对付考试也就没有问题了。
快速提高书面表达能力似乎是不可能的。但是应试还是有一些小诀窍。
考前可以将历年常规考题的题型进行一下归纳。将每一题型的写作结构、步骤、方法弄清。并背记同一类型2－3篇范文。这种背记要做到十天一个循环的重复。也许会对你答题有些微帮助。
另一忠告是，每天定时大声朗读背记一些不太难的语篇，培养语流直至高考。如果你认为有价值可以尝试。
以下建议或许对英语学习有帮助。
第一，每天不要一做题就是单选题，应花相当的时间体会语篇，无论是完型还是阅读，都要能够在做前，做后都把文章通读几遍。这种学习类似高一，高二精读课文，但又不是那么面面俱到。目的是体会语言。语言的体会就是语境中学习语言。不但有知识性的学习，复习，同时又能达到交流的目的（这是学习语言的最终目标）。脱离了后者去答高考这么一篇以考查语言运用能力为主的试卷，势必会失败。因此这是我给出建议的理由。
第二，坚持每天至少半小时大声朗读所学过的课文（高中一至六册）。考前强化语言对自己的刺激，可使考场上语言感觉顺畅。由于高考题多数是选择题，不排除也不排斥猜题（出题人认可）。因为这是考查阅读量（每年20万字课外阅读）及语感的测试手段。如果你的语流在考场上非常顺畅，那么你就有优势。这种语言刺激的方式，一定坚持到考前一天。相信会给你一个意外的收获。
另大声朗读也是矫正读音的一个方法，只有能够正确读出单词和用正确的语调读出句子，在听力当中，你才可能有较强的辨音能力及较快的反应能力。无疑对听力的提高也是有益的。
第三，如果在过去五年中学习英语时没有养成背记语篇的话，最后一年强化背记一些典型题材的文章，也许会有助于写作分数的提高。
第四，有些同学做阅读时，只把注意力放在做对多少道题上，没有养成回头再把文章分析、体会的习惯。这里我特别要强调的是，加强难句的分析（虽然没有影响做题），这种分析除了语法结构知识方面的，还应养成与同学、老师讨论深层含义以及语句的逻辑关系。这样多做几次就能够逐步的独立分析难句。在考场上，就能够独立完成选项，并有信心拿分。
第五，有些同学由于考试紧张通常在考场上会发生阅读障碍，也就是眼睛很快的扫描文章，而文章和语句的意思不能理解。这可能是由于同学们不良的阅读习惯所至，不能高效集中精力阅读。这是很危险的。一个补救的办法就是从现在起，做阅读按篇或按套限时，有条件的同学可以买一个定时器，按篇每篇设置7－8分钟完成，按套35－40分钟完成。
而且做题时尽量找一无打扰环境，一定不要听音乐，吃东西。这样一段时间下来，这种类似考场上的氛围会让你习惯考场上的紧张，从而使你能够进入一种非常好的阅读状态
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