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目录　

Week1　

Day1MuchtoLiveFor生命的追求

Day2YaoMing:

NewCenterStyle姚明：

新式中锋

Day3TallTale吹牛

Day4Nanotechnology:

BeyondYourWildestDreams纳米科技：

超越终极想象

Day5Jimmy:

PictureBooksforAdults幾米：

画给大人看的漫画

Day6ATaleofTwoCities（excerpt）双城记（节选）

Day7TwoPoems诗两首

TimeforFun

Week2　

Day1Youth青春

Day2TheMountianStory大山的故事

Day3TwoFables寓言两则

Day4DoesItMakeaDifference这样做有用吗

Day5JaneEyre（excerpt）简爱（节选）

Day6RavetheDay锐舞终日

Day7WinnerNeverQuit成功者决不放弃

TimeforFun

Week3　

Day1Persistence毅力

Day2CostofLove母爱无价

Day3GreatExpectations（excerpt）远大前程（节选）

Day4Anthrax,AnotherTerroristWeapon炭疽热，恐怖分子的又一种武器

Day5TheGardenofEden伊甸园

Day6Hallowe’en万圣节

Day7TwoPeoms诗两首

TimetoLearn

Week4　

Day1ACourageousLeader勇敢的领袖

Day2AntelopeandLion羚羊和狮子

Day3Habit习惯

Day4LearnConstantly不断学习

Day5TheFoxandtheRooster狐狸和雄鸡

Day6DoYouFeartheWind你可害怕风

Day7ThePriceofMiracle奇迹的价格

TimetoLearn

Week5　

Day1TheEndofADream美梦告终

Day2AStrangePresent一件奇怪的礼物

Day3VacationsinSpace太空度假

Day4KeepingPleasant保持愉快的心情

Day5TheManIRespectMost我最尊敬的人

Day6MyTimeofHappinessEachDay我每天的快乐时光

Day7Home—AJoyForever家——永恒的快乐

TimetoSpeak

Week6　

Day1Lincoln’sGettysburgAddress林肯在盖茨堡的演说

Day2Self-ShorteningShirt自动伸缩衬衫

Day3StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening风雪夜林边停

Day4WinstonChurchill’sAddress温斯顿·丘吉尔的演说

Day5Summer夏日

Day6Hip-HopWorld嘻哈音乐的世界

Day7HowtoBeHappy快乐的秘诀

TimetoSpeak

Week7　

Day1ExploringtheOceans海洋探索

Day2AttitudeisEverything态度决定一切

Day3Yoga瑜伽

Day4SpringSong春之歌

Day5TheSonicCruiser音速巡航机

Day6NewPicturesofanOldUniverse宇宙初生

Day7FatherandDaughter父亲和女儿

TimetoEnjoy

Week8　

Day1TroubleontheTable餐桌上的麻烦

Day2ThreeDaystoSee假如给我三天光明

Day3PitchinforthePlanet为这颗星球努力

Day4WhoMovedMyCheese谁动了我的奶酪

Day5TheRisingPopularityofExtremeSports极限运动日渐流行

Day6IHaveaDream我有一个梦想

Day7TheWisdomofOneWord一句话的智慧

1.1MuchtoLiveFor

ThereissomuchIhavenotbeen,somuchIhavenotseen.Ihavenotthoughtandhavenotdoneorfeltenough—theearlysun,rainandtheseasonaldelightofflocksofducksandgeeseinflight,themysteriesoflate-at-night.Istillneedtimetoreadabook,writepoems,paintapicture,lookatscenesandfacesdeartome.Thereissomethingmoretobeofvalue—somethingIshouldfindwithinmyself—aspeaceofmind,patience,graceandbeingkind.IshalltakeandIshallgive,whileyet,thereissomuchtolivefor—rainbows,starsthatgleam,thefields,thehills,thehope,thedreams,thetruththatonemustseek.I’llstayhere—treasureeverydayandlovetheworldinmyownway!

[注释]：

seasonaldelight:

季节性的喜悦　grace:

魅力，优雅　gleam:

闪光；闪耀

1.2YaoMing:

NewCenterStyle

　If20yearsagoyouaskedtheaverageAmericanbasketballfanifaChinesemancouldplaycenterforanNBAteam,hisanswermighthavesoundedsomethinglikethis:

“Haha.No,he’dbetooshort!

”Butnow,thedoubtersaresilent.Whoclosedtheirmouths?

HoustonRockets,2.26-meter-tallcenterYaoMing,fromChina.YaoMinggrewupinafamilyofbasketballplayers.Whenhewas12,YaoMingstartedgoingtoanathleticsacademyoutsideofShanghaiandlaterspentalotoftimestudyingNBAgamestelevisedinChina.Allthishaspaidoff.Yao’sfirstNBAhonorwashisrankingasnumber-onedraftpick,andhe’sbeenelectedforaRookie-of-the-Monthaward.YaoMinghasastyledifferentfromthoseoftallcentersinthepast.Herarelygoesfortheflashyslams.He’drathershowoffhissilk-smoothfree-throwshots,orusehisheighttopopinjumpshotsfromthethree-pointline.

　[注释]：

doubter:

持怀疑态度的人　athletics:

体育运动　academy:

学院　

televise:

（电视）播放　payoff：

还清，赢利　ranking:

排名　

draft:

（美国）职业运动的选秀　pick:

挑选　slam:

灌篮　

rookie:

新秀选手　flashy:

花哨的，华丽的　showoff：

炫耀　

popin：

投入

1.3TallTale

Afriendtoldmethisstory.Hecanstretchthetruthabit,soI’mnotsurewhethertobelievehim.Butontheotherhand,truthcanbestrangerthanfiction!

Whatdoyouthink?

Twobrotherswerewatchingahorrorfilmonvideolateonenight.Onebrotherdozedoffanddreamedthathewasbeingchasedbythecrazymanfromthemovie,whowastryingtokillhim.Inthedream,hehidinacupboard.Therewasnosoundexcepthisheartpounding,andhehadnoideawherehiscrazedcaptorwas.Hewasterrified!

Atthatmoment,thevideofinished,andhisbrotherputhishandontheshoulderofhissleepingsiblingtowakehim.Theshockatthattensemomentwasenoughthatthesleepingbrothersufferedamassiveheartattackanddiedinstantly.

　Theanswer：

Ofcourseit’snottrue!

Ifhediedinstantly,howwouldanyoneknowwhathisdreamwasabout?

Andthinkagain:

　Thereisagirlbehindeachboy,andaboybehindeachgirl.Howmanychildrenareneededtodothis?

Theanswer：

Itcanbedonewithjusttwochildren:

onlyoneboyandonegirlareneedediftheystandbacktoback!

[注释]：

tretch...abit：

夸大事实，言过其实　horrorfilm：

恐怖电影　

dozeoff：

打瞌睡　cupboard:

橱柜captor:

捕捉者　sibling:

兄弟，姐妹　

1.4Nanotechnology:

BeyondYourWildestDreams

Nanotechnologyisthescienceofmovingindividualatomsaroundandputtingthempreciselywherewewant.Sinceeverythingiscomposedofatoms,bydoingthiswecan,intheory,constructanythingwewant.Forexample,bymovingaroundtheatomsinapieceofcoal,wecouldcreateadiamond.　Currently,nanotechnologyisstillquitecrude.Scientistscanalterthepropertiesofthingslikeplasticsorclothtomakethemharderorsofterormoredurable,buttheycan’tbuildsomethingnewfromacollectionofatoms.Why?

Well,becausethingsaremadeupofbillionsofatomsandittakestoolongtomovethemaround.So,thenextbigstepinnanotechnologywillbebuildingmachinesthatcandothisautomatically.Oncewehavetheseweshouldbeabletomakealmostanythingwithnowasteandnopollution,atverylittlecost.Scientiststhinkthatthefirst“UniversalAssembler”mightbebuiltinaround15years.　

.[注释]：

nanotechnology:

纳米技术　individual:

个别的，单独的，个人的　

atom:

原子precisely:

准确地；明确地　becomposedof:

由……组成，

currently:

目前　crude:

未成熟的　alter:

改变　

property:

特性，属性　durable:

耐久的　billion:

十亿（的）　

1.5Jimmy:

PictureBooksforAdults

　Artistsandauthorsusemanydifferentwaystotalkaboutsociety;manywritenovels,whileotherspaintpictures.AnartistinTaipeihasfoundadifferentwaytotalkaboutlife,people,andtheproblemsweallface.HisnameisJimmyLiao,andhecreatesillustratedbooks.Jimmyisbothanillustratorandanauthor.Hedrawsallofthecolorfulpicturesinhisbooksandwritesallofthestorylines.Hissmallpaperbackbooksusuallyhaveonlyoneortwolinesoftextperpage,therestbeingfilledbyhiscute,simpledrawings.SimplicityisoneofJimmy’sstrongpoints;hedoesn’tlosethereaderincomplexplotsordialogues.　Jimmy’sbooksspeaktoreadersabouttheupsanddownsoflivinginthemodernworld.Oneofhismostpopularstories,TurningLeft,TurningRight,　tellsofashortromancebetweenacouplethatlivenexttoeachother.Thelonelypairmeetonedayintheparkandimmediatelyfallinlove.Whentheyleaveeachotherattheendofafun-filledday,theyexchangetelephonenumbers,buttheraincausesthenumberstobecomeillegible.Theyareunabletocontacteachother,andsoonreturntotheirlonelylives.　Sad,right?

Don’tstartcryingyet;there’sacatchtothestory.Yousee,thismanandwomanactuallyliveinthesamebuilding!

Theproblemis,whentheyleavetheirapartments,onealwaysturnstotheleft,whiletheotheralwaysturnstotheright.Theresultisthattheyneverrealizetheyareneighbors.Thelessonofthestory?

Lifeisinthedetails:

thingsthatseemsmallandinsignificantcanactuallyturnouttobeimportant.AndthisisanotherofJimmy’stalents:

heshowshisreadershowthe“littlethings”inlifeareoftenmoreimportantthanwerealize.　

illustrate:

画插图　paperback:

平装本　

upsanddowns：

起起落落　illegible:

无法辨认的，字迹不清的　

catch:

圈套，陷阱　insignificant:

无意义的，微小的　talent:

t才能　

1.6ATaleofTwoCities（excerpt）

Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes;itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity;itwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofdarkness;itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair;wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus;wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway...

......CharlesDickens....

1.7TwoPoems

Fog　

Thefogcomes　

onlittlecatfeet.　

Itsitslooking　

overharborandcity　

onsilenthaunches　

andthenmoveson.　

ByCarlSandburg　　　

FirstFig..

Mycandleburnsatbothends,..

Itwillnotlastthenight,..

Butahmyfoesandohmyfriends..

Itgivesalovelylight...

ByEdnaSt.VincentMillay....

Timeforfun

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。

Timeiswhatyoumakeofit.（Swatch）

天长地久。

（斯沃奇手表）

Makeyourselfheard.（Ericsson）

理解就是沟通。

（爱立信）

Startahead.（Rejoice）

成功之路，从头开始。

（飘柔）

Adiamondlastsforever.（DeBierres）

钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。

（戴比尔斯）

ConnectingPeople.（Nokia）

科技以人为本。

（诺基亚）

Let'smakethingsbetter.（Philips）

让我们做得更好。

（飞利浦）

MosquitoByeByeBye.（RADAR）

蚊子杀杀杀。

（雷达牌驱虫剂）

Goodtothelastdrop.（Maxwell）

滴滴香浓，意犹未尽（麦斯威尔咖啡）

Obeyyourthirst．

服从你的渴望。

（雪碧）

ThingsgobetterwithCoca-Cola.（Coca-Cola）.

饮可口可乐，万事如意。

（可口可乐）

Thechoiceofanewgeneration.

新一代的选择。

（百事可乐）

Taketimetoindulge．

尽情享受吧！

（雀巢冰激凌）

Thetasteisgreat.

味道好极了。

（雀巢咖啡）

Tome，thepastisblackandwhite，butthefutureisalwayscolor．

对我而言，过去平淡无奇；而未来，却是绚烂缤纷。

（轩尼诗酒）

Ju