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1、英语专业四级阅读朗诵口语训练15篇Passage 1Town and Country Li fe i n EnglandThere i s a b i g d i fference between town I i fe and country I i fe i n Eng I and. I n the country, everybody knows everybody e I se. They know what time you get up, what t ime you go to bed and what you have for d i nner. I f you want he

2、 I p, you wi I I always get it and you wi I I be glad to he Ip others.In a large town I i ke London, however, i t can somet imes happen that you have never seen your next door ne i ghbor and you do not know hi s name or anything about him. PeopIe in London are often very I one I y. Th i s i s becaus

3、e peop I e go to d i fferent p I aces i n the even i ngs and at weekends. I f you wa I k through the streets i n the centre of London on Sunday, i t i s I i ke a town wi thout peop I e. One i s sorry for o I d peop I e I i v i ng on the i r own . They cou I d d i e i n the i r homes and wou I d not

4、be d i scovered for weeks or even months. (154 words) UsefuI Words and Express i ons:next door n. n. B鬲壁the ne i ghbors next 他 door 隔壁邻居lonely adj .孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的 manufactured material. Plastic was first made in the 1860s from plants, such as wood and cotton. That plastic was soft and burned easi

5、ly. The first modern plastics were made in the 1930s. Most clear plastic starts out as thick, black oil. That plastic coating inside a pan begins as natural gas.Over the years, hundreds of different plastics have been developed. Some are hard and strong. Some are soft and bendable. Some are clear. S

6、ome are many-colored. There is a plastic for almost every need. Scientists continue to experiment with plastics. They hope to find even ways to use them! (160 words) Useful Words and Expressions:Shampoo n.洗发精，洗发香波，洗发manufacture vt.制造，力口工manufacture an excuse 胡乱编个理由half manufactured 半成品 (的)a thing of

7、 home foreign manufacture 本国夕卜国制J品 Plastic is an important manufacture.塑料是种重要产品。 bendable可弯曲的experiment with 用做实验Passage 8Display of GoodsAre supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more? Fresh fruit and vegetables are displayed near supermarket entrances. This gives the impression that only hea

8、lthy food is sold in the shop. Basic foods that everyone buys, like sugar and tea, are not put near each other. They are kept in differentaisles so customers are taken past other attractive foods before they find what they want. In this way, shoppers are encouraged to buy products that they do not r

9、eally need. Sweets are often placed at childrens eye level at the checkout. While parents are waiting to pay, children reach for the sweets and put them in the trolley.More is bought from a fifteen-foot display of one type of product than from a ten-foot one. Customers also buy more when shelves are

10、 full than when they are half empty. They do not like to buy from shelves with few products on them because they feel there is something wrong with those products that are there. (166 words)Useful Words and Expressions:aisle n.走廊，过道roll them in the aisle 口使（观众）捧腹大笑knock them in the aisle使（观众）捧腹大笑lay

11、 them in the aisle使（观众）捧腹大笑rock them in the aisle使（观众）捧腹大笑have them rolling in the aisle 使（观众）捧腹大笑 trolley n.手推车checkout （超级市场等的）收款台Passage 9Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879. His 号 father owned a factory that made electrical devices. His mother enjoyed music and books. His

12、parents were Jewish but they did not observe many of the religions rules. Albert was a quiet child who spent much of his time alone. He was slow to talk and had difficulty learning to read. When Albert was five years old, his father gave him a compass. The child was filled with wonder when he discov

13、ered that the compass needle always pointed in the same directionto the north. He asked his father and his uncle what caused the needle to move. Their answers about magnetism and gravity were difficult for the boy to understand. Yet he spent a lot of time thinking about them. He said later that he f

14、elt something hidden had to be behind things. （143 words）Useful Words and Expressions:device n.装置，设备leave to （one，s） own devices听任某人自行其是，允许某 人按自己的意愿做事She left the child to her own devices for an hour in the afternoon.她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。compass n. 指南针beyond sb. s compass某人力所不及cast/fetch/take a comp

15、ass 兜圈子，绕道，转弯抹角 keep sth. within compass把某种事物限制在适当的范围内speak within compass s谨慎小心地说within sb.s compass某人力所能及的；在某人权力之内的 within the compass of 在的范围内 magnetism n. 磁， 磁力Passage 10Private CarsWith the increase in the general standard of living, some ordinary Chinese families begin to afford a car. Yet opi

16、nions of the development of a private car vary from person to person. It gives a much greater degree of comfort and mobility. The owner of a car is no longer forced to rely on public transport, and hence no irritation caused by waiting for buses or taxis. However, others strongly object to developin

17、g private cars. They maintain that as more and more cars are produced and run in the street, a large volume of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the atmosphere and causing actual harm to the health of people.Whether private cars should be developed in China is a difficult question to answer

18、, yet the desire for the comfort and independence a private car can bring will not be eliminated. (143 words)Useful Words and Expressions: Mobility n. 活动性，机 动性 hence ady.因此，从此 seven years hence七年以后Hence the Play.因而就有了这出戏。It Is very late； hence you must go to bed. 时间已经彳艮 晚了，因此你必须睡觉去。The town was buil

19、t among the hills, hence the name Hilltown.该城镇修建在群山之中，故取名山城。irritation n.愤怒 volume n.量 elimiimte vt.消除Passage 10A Henpecked Husband and His WifeThere was once a large, fat woman who had a small, thin husband. He had a job in a big company and was given his weekly wages every Friday evening. As soon

20、as he got home on Fridays, hiswife used to make him give her all his money, and then she used to give him back only enough to buy his lunch in his company every day.One day, the small man came home very excited. He hurried into the living-room. His wife was listening to the radio and eating chocolat

21、es there.will never guess what happened to me today, dear, he said. He waited for a few seconds and then added, won ten thousand dollars on the lottery!pulled a long face and added angrily, how could you afford to buy the ticket?Useful Words and Expressions:henpecked adj. 口怕老婆的，妻管严的living-room客厅，起居室

22、lottery n.奖券，彩票a lottery ticket 彩票，奖券a great lottery虚无缥缈的事delightedly adj.喜欢地，高兴地a delighted look高兴的神情pull a long face 拉下脸来have a smiling face 笑脸have a face to say that脸皮厚得竟能讲出这种话 Passage 12A Young Mans PromiseOne day a young man was writing a letter to his have a face to say that girl friend who li

23、ved just a few miles away in a nearby town. He was telling her how much he loved her and how wonderful he thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic he became. Finally, he said that in order to be with her he would suffer the greatest difficulties, he would face the greatest dangers that any

24、one could imagine. In fact, to spend only one minute with her, he would swim across the widest river, he would enter the deepest forest, and he would fight against the fiercest animals with his bare hands.He finished the letter, signed his name, and then suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to

25、mention something quite important. So, in a postscript below his name, he added: doesnt rain. Useful Words and Expressions:Suffer vt.遭受，经历，忍受suffer from a headache 经受头痛之苦suffer death 丧生suffer heavy casualties 伤亡沉重 suffer from ill health 身体不好fierce.凶猛的，猛烈的a fierce wolf一头凶猛的恶狼the fierce glare on his f

26、ace 他那种凶狠的目光 poetic 诗情画意的，浪漫的poetic diction诗般的词句a poelc romance诗一般浪漫的经历poetic insight诗人般的洞察力 postscript n. 附言，后记Passage 13A Kind NeighborMr. and Mrs. Jones apartment was full of luggage, packages, furniture and boxes. Both of them were very busy when they heard the doorbell ring. Mrs. Jones went to

27、open it and she saw a middle-aged lady outside. The lady said she lived next door. Mrs. Jones invited her to come in and apologized because there was no place for her to sit. some parts of this city neighbors are not friendly at all. There are some apartment houses where people dont know any of thei

28、r neighbors, not even the ones next door. But in this building everyone is very friendly with everyone else. We are like one big happy family. Im sure you 11 be very happy here. and Mrs. Jones said, apartment. Weve lived here for two years. We re moving out tomorrow. Useful Words and Expressions: lu

29、ggage n.彳亍李, 皮箱 a piece of luggag 一件行李check one s luggage 寄存行李，打行李票 luggage-rack （火 车上的）行李架excess luggage超重行李hand luggage手提行李（旅客随身携带）personal luggage 随身（小件）行李registered luggage托运的行李package n.包 裹，包dweller n.居住者，居民dwell vi.居留；居住dwell in the country y 住在乡下dwell in someones mind 留在某人脑海里dwelli joy沉浸于欢乐之中

30、Passage 14That Isnt Our FaultMr. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twenty-three, and she was twenty. Twenty-five years later, they had a big party, and a photographer came and took some photographs of them. Then the photographer gave Mrs. Williams a card and said, be ready next Wednesday. Yo

31、u can get them from studio. The photographs arrived a week later, but Mrs. Williams was not happy when she saw them. She got into her car and drove to the photographer5 s studio. She went inside and said angrily, took some photographs of me and my husband last week, but I m not going to pay for them

32、. didnt you think of that before you marriedhim?Useful Words and Expressions: fault n.过错， 缺点, 毛病-Who broke the cup?-Its my fault, I dropped it.一谁把杯子摔了？ 一这是我的过错，我摔的。Thats no fault of his.这不是他的过错。The fault lies with me, not with you. 这是我的责任， 不是你的责任。photographer n. 摄影师 photograph n. 照片 take a photograp

33、h of拍摄studio n.照相室，工作室，画室art studio美术工作室broadcast studio播出演播室，广播播音室TV studio电 视演播室film Studio电影制片厂，电视制片演播室radio studio 播音室Passage 15A Guides AnswerIn 1861, the Civil War started in the United States between the Northern and the Southern states. The war continued with great bitterness until 1865, whe

34、n the Northerners were victorious. However, even today, manylonely life孤单的生活a lonely old man一位孤独的老人a I one I y sand一个孤岛the Ionel iest night最孤独的夜晚on (ones) own单独；独立地；通过自己的努力She I i ves on her own.她一个人过。She go the job on her own.她自己找到了这份工作。He I s now out of col Ieg6 and on h i s own.他现在离开了 大学并且自己生活。Pa

35、ssage 2A Change i n Women1s L i feThe important change i n women1s I ife-pattern has on Iy recent Iy begun to have i ts fu I I effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls I eft schoo I at the f i rst opportun i ty, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they mar

36、 r i ed, they usua I I y I eft work at once and never returned to it. Today the schoo I -1 eav i ng age i s s i xteen, many girls stay at schoo I after that age, and though women tend to marry younger, more marr i ed women stay at work at I east unt i I short Iy before the i r f i rst child i s born

37、. Very many more afterwards return to full-time or part-time work. Such changes have I ed to a new re I at i onsh i pSoutherners have not forgotten their defeat, or forgiven the Northerners.i n mar r i age, with the husband accept i ng a greater share of the dut i es and sat i sfact i ons of fami ly

38、 I ife and with both husband and w i fe shar i ng more equa Ilyin prov i d i ng the money, and runn i ng the home, accord i ng to the ab i I i t i es and i interests of each of them. (154 words) Usefu I Words and Express i ons:I i fe-pattern生活方式effect i fekt n.结果，效果,作用，影响The oId system is still in e

39、ffect.旧制度仍然有效。He is, in effect, my rival.实际上他是我的竞争对手。The med i c i ne quickly took effect.药物很快见效了。share vt. 提供；共享，参与n.一份，局部，份额share responsibi I ity 共同负责share a room with sb.与某人共居一室share the joys and hardships 同甘共苦 We shared the sweets. 我们分 吃了糖果。one1 s share of the cake提供的一份好处，应得的一份 Passage 3A PopuI

40、 ar Pastime of the Engl i sh PeopIeOne of the best means of understand i ng the peop I e of any nat i on i s watch i ng what they do with the i r non-work i ng t i me. Most Eng I i sh men, women and ch i Idren I ove growi ng th i ngs, espec i a I I y f I owers. Visitors to England i n spr i ng, summ

41、er, or autumn are I i ke I y to see gardens a I I the way a I ong the ra i I wayI i nes. There are f I owers at the a i rports and f I owers i n factory grounds, as we I I as i n gardens a I ong the roads. Each Engl i sh town has at I east one park with beaut i fuI Iy kept f I ower beds. Pub I i c b

42、u i I d i ngs of every k i nd have brill i ant window boxes and somet imes baskets of fIowers are hangi ng on them.But what the Engl i sh enjoy most i s growing things themseIves, If it i s impossible to have a garden, then a window box or someth i ng growing i n a pot wi I I do.Look i ng at each ot

43、her 1s gardens i s a popuI ar pastime with the Engl i sh. (144 words)UsefuI Words and Express i ons:means n.(用作sing.)方法；方式；手段 a means to an end到达目的的方法by al I means务必；无论如何；千方百计地by any means 口用一切可能的方法或手段by fair means or fouI 不择手段地by means of通过；用；借助于by no means决不，一点也不by some means or (other)想个方法；以某种方法I

44、 eave no means untried 想尽一切方法not by any means 一点也不，绝对不The end justif ies the means.谚只要目的正当，可以 不择手段。pot n. 罐,壶windbox n.窗台上的花盆箱，窗槛花箱pastime n.消遣，娱乐Swimming I s my favor i te pastime.游泳是我最喜欢的一种 娱乐。Passage 4British and Amer ican Pol ice Off icersRea I poI i cemen, both i n Britain and the U. S, , hard

45、Iy recogni ze any common points between thei r I i ves and what they see on TVi f they ever get home i n time.Some th i ngs are a I most the same, of course, but the pol icemen do not th i nk much of them.The f i rst d i fference i s that a poI i ceman1s reaI I i fe dea I s with the I aw. Most of wh

46、at he I earns i s the I aw. He has to know actua I I y what act i ons are aga i nst the I aw and what facts can be used to prove them i n court. He has to know near Iy as much law as a Iawyer, and what1 s more, he has to put it i nto pract ice on h i s feet, i n the dark and, runn i ng down a narrow

47、 street after someone he wants to ta I k to.Little of h i s time i s spent i n talking with beaut i fu I girls or i n brave I y fac i ng crue I criminals. He will spend most of h i s work i ng I i fe arranging mill ions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, ord i nary peopIe who are

48、gui Ity-or not of stupid, unimportant cr imes. (177 words) UsefuI Words and Express i ons:th i nk much of 重视，尊重in court在法庭上criminal n.罪犯,犯罪者guilty adj.犯罪的，有罪的gulty look内疚的神色the guilty party 犯罪一方a gui Ity consc i ence 犯罪感have a gui Ity conscience问心有愧;做贼心虚be found gulty被判决有罪be gui Ity of a crime 犯了罪Passage 5Living SpaceHow much I i v i ng space does a person need? What happens when h i s space needs are not met? Sc i ent i sts are do i ngexper imerits on rats to try to determine the effects of overcrowded conditionson man. Recent stud i es have sho