Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Gabriel Verne 词汇提示 1.cargo 货物 2.Bordeaux 波尔多，法国西南部城市 3.crew 船员 4.companions 伙伴 5.pirate 海盗 6.coal 煤 原文 Chapter 8: When Phileas Fogg becomes the captain of a ship None of the boats in the port of New York were leaving before 14 December: too late to arrive at the Reform Club before eight forty-five on 21 December. Passepartout was very upset. They were only forty-five minutes late and he was certain it was his fault. Phileas Fogg did not want Passepartout to feel responsible and he simply said, 'We'll see what happens tomorrow.' The next day at midday on 12 December, with just nine days, thirteen hours and forty-five minutes to return to London, Phileas Fogg went to look for a ship -large or small - to take them across the Atlantic After trying several ships with no success, he spoke to the captain of a cargo ship,the Henrietta. 'When is the ship leaving?" he asked the captain. 'In an hour,' he replied. 'Where is the ship going to?' Phileas Fogg asked. 'To France. Bordeaux.' 'Will you take myself and three other passengers to Liverpool?' 'To Liverpool? Certainly not,' said the captain, looking at him like he was mad. 'This ship must arrive in Bordeaux by 20 December.' Phileas Fogg thought for a moment. 'I'll give you two thousand dollars for each passenger if you take us to Bordeauxt hen,' he said. 'Two thousand dollars each?' he repeated, amazed at such a generous offer. He scratched his head. Why was this man offering him so much money? Did he have something to hide? It was a lot of money. He agreed. 'The ship leaves at nine,' he said. Two hours later our four travelers were on the Henrietta and they were leaving the port of New York on their way to Bordeaux. The next day, on 13 December, Phileas Fogg was the new captain of the ship, and the Henrietta was going to Bordeaux. However,Phileas Fogg gave the sailors some money and they agreed to go to Liverpool instead. The crew locked the captain in his cabin, and he was now in there shouting and trying to free himself unsuccessfully. His companions were surprised to find that Phileas Fogg was a good sailor. Passepartout tried to ask him about this, but Phileas Fogg did not want to talk. He had to try and cross the Atlantic in stormy weather and his mind was concentrating on arriving in England on time. He also did not want to lose the ship and all its crew! Fix decided that Phileas Fogg was not just a thief, he was a pirate. 'He'snot taking the ship to Liverpool', he thought, 'but to some unknown place where it's safe for him to escape. If I don't get help from the police there, all is lost!' They were half-way across the Atlantic with only five days to go. They were going at top speed and everything was going well, until one of the men came to speak to Phileas Fogg. 'If we continue at this speed, we won't have enough coal to get the ship to Liverpool,' he said. 'We must slow down!' 'We can't,' replied Phileas Fogg. 'We'll burn all the wood on the ship, if we have to,' he told the worried crew member. When they came close to Ireland, only the outside metal of the body of the ship remained. Phileas Fogg took the ship to a port called Queens town. From there they took a train to Dublin and then a ship to Liverpool. Inspector Fix did not understand the man. What was in Liverpool? What was in London that he wanted to return for? This voyage seemed endless. At twenty to midnight on 20 December, they finally arrived in Liverpool. They were exactly six hours away from London. Enough time to get to the Reform Club to win the bet. Inspector Fix put his hand on Phileas Fogg's shoulder. 'You are Mr. Phileas Fogg. Is that correct?' he said. 'Yes,'said Phileas Fogg slowly. He was a little confused by the question. 'Phileas Fogg, I am arresting you in the name of the law,' he said. In a moment, two policemen stood next to Phileas Fogg. Phileas Fogg was very angry. 'You...'he began.'I don't like men who have no loyalty to people who help them like his own friends. How could you do this, when I thought you were an honest person? You are worse than a criminal!' For the first time, Inspector Fix felt bad. He did not know what to do now that he did not have to follow Phileas Fogg around the world. He could see that he was not really a bad man. But...he was a thief, and he wanted the reward for his efforts. He went out of the room. A policeman took Phileas Fogg away and Mrs. Aouda started crying loudly. She put her head on Passepartout's shoulder and they left. Phileas Fogg looked at the walls. He had no money. All his hopes were gone! He was in a police station because they thought he was a thief. He was losing a lot of money. He could only hope for one more amazing event to rescue him. It came sooner than he thought. Passepartout ran back to the police station with Mrs. Aouda. Then Inspector Fix arrived too. His hair was untidy and he could not breathe. 'Mr. Fogg,' he cried when he could finally speak."Mr. Fogg! You are free to go!They caught the thief three days ago!'

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 原文 411. She was advised by him to go to the police. 他劝她去报警。 412. I'm going off to Vancouver next week to see my sister. 下周我去温哥华看我妹妹。 413. I'd like to leave this town and never come back. 我希望离开这个村子并且再也不要回来。 414. I plan to stay at home all day tomorrow. 我打算明天在家里待一天。 415. It's a good thing to read good books when you are young. 年轻的时候多看点好书是件好事。 416. The truth is that nothing is totally true or false. 真相是没有什么完全正确或错误的。 417. More money for education will spur economic growth. 更多钱投资在教育上将会刺激经济成长。 418. One hundred and fifty people entered the marathon race. 150个人参加了马拉松比赛。 419. She was ashamed of herself for her carelessness. 她为自己的粗心感到羞耻。 420. Once he had written the letter, he sent it. 信一写好，他就把它寄了。

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 33 321. Cabinet n.内阁；储藏柜，陈列柜；adj.内阁的 My mom told me to put my stuffs into this cabinet. 我妈妈叫我把东西放进这个柜子里。 This cabinet is really old, we should sell it. 这个柜子真的很旧，我们应该把它卖掉。 He has just bought a new cabinet from the store. 他刚从商店买了一个新橱柜。 322. Cable n.电缆；钢缆，缆绳v.给....发电报 This cable is over 3,000 meters long. 这条电缆长度超过3,000米。 10,000 meters of cable was used for this building. 这座建筑使用了10,000米的电缆。 This channel is only available on cable. 此频道仅在有线电视上可用。 323. Cake n.饼；块；蛋糕 Do you want some birthday cake? 你想要一些生日蛋糕吗？ This cake contains flour, milk, eggs and sugar. 这个蛋糕含有面粉、牛奶、鸡蛋和糖。 324. Calculate v.计算，核算；预测，推测 I calculate that we will arrive at destination at about 6 a.m. 我估计我们将在早上6点左右到达目的地。 325. Call v.称呼，（给……）打电话 Do you want me to call an ambulance? 你要我叫救护车吗？ I'm sorry that I wasn't able to call you yesterday. 很抱歉昨天没能给你打电话。 326. Calm adj.镇静的，沉着的 n.镇静，平和v.使平静，使镇静； Did anyone call me while I was out? 我外出时有人给我打电话吗？ His voice was calm. 他的声音很平静。 She had to keep calm at all costs. 她必须不惜一切代价保持冷静。 The sea is calm this morning. 今天早上大海很平静。 327. Calmly adv.冷静地；平静地；安静地 The man calmly talked to his customers. 那人冷静地与顾客交谈。 328. Camera n.照相机；摄影机 Do you know how to use this camera? 你知道怎么用这台相机吗？ Please hold the camera steadily. 请稳固地握住相机。 My camera is different from yours. 我的相机跟你的相机不一样。 329. Camp n.营地；兵营，军营；v.野营，露营 We'll have to camp out if we can't find a place to stay. 如果我们找不到住处，我们就得去露营。 Let's go back to camp, it's getting dark. 我们回营地吧，天黑了。 He walked into the camp unarmed. 他手无寸铁地走进了营地。 330. Cancel v.取消；终止，废除；n.取消，撤销 I'm afraid I'll have to cancel our meeting tomorrow. 恐怕我明天得取消我们的会议。 He was forced to cancel his visit. 他被迫取消访问。 I'd like to cancel my order. 我想取消订单。

词汇提示 1.preeminent 卓越的 2.prejudice 偏见 3.contempt 轻视 4.cloaked 遮盖 5.plague 困扰 6.torment 折磨 7.fractured 断裂 8.obsessions 执念 9.succumb 屈服 10.impulse 冲动 11.texture 结构 12.forge 锻造 原文 Bill Clinton: 'Second Inaugural Address' (2) And once again, we have resolved for our time a great debate over the role of government. Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We-the American people-we are the solution. Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries, flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day. As times change, so government must change. We need a new government for a new century-humble enough not to try to solve our problems for us, but strong enough to give us the tools to solve our problems for ourselves; a government that is smaller, lives within its means, and does more with less. Yet where it can stand up for our values and interests in the world, and where it can give Americans the power to make a real difference in their everyday lives,government should do more, not less. The preeminent mission of our new government is to give all Americans an opportunity-not a guarantee, but a real opportunity-to build better lives. Beyond that, my fellow citizens, the future is up to us. Our founders taught us that the preservation of our liberty and our union depends upon responsible citizenship. And we need a new sense of responsibility for a new century. There is work to do, work that government alone cannot do: teaching children to read;hiring people off welfare rolls;coming out from behind locked doors and shuttered windows to help reclaim our streets from drugs and gangs and crime;taking time out of our own lives to serve others. Each and every one of us, in our own way, must assume personal responsibility-not only for ourselves and our families,but for our neighbors and our nation. Our greatest responsibility is to embrace a new spirit of community for a new century. For any one of us to succeed, we must succeed as one America. The challenge of our past remains the challenge of our future - will we become one nation, one people, with one common destiny, or not? Will we all come together, or come apart? The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices. Prejudice and contempt, cloaked in the pretense of religious or political conviction are no different. These forces have nearly destroyed our nation in the past. They plague us still. They fuel the fanaticism of terror. And they torment the lives of millions in fractured nations all around the world. These obsessions cripple both those who hate and, of course, those who are hated,robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them. And we shall replace them with the generous spirit of a people who feel at home with one another. Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Greatrewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together,forge new ties that bind together. 翻译 比尔·克林顿:“第二次就职演说”(2) 我们再一次解决了我们这个时代关于政府角色的大争论。 今天，我们可以宣布:政府不是问题所在，也不是解决问题的办法。 我们——美国人民——我们就是解决之道。 我们的开国元勋深知这一点，他们给了我们一个强大到足以持续几个世纪的民主，一个灵活到足以在每一天面对我们共同的挑战、推进我们共同的梦想的民主。 随着时代的变化，政府也必须改变。 我们需要一个新世纪的新政府，它要足够谦卑，不要试图为我们解决问题，但要足够强大，给我们提供工具，让我们自己解决问题;一个规模较小、量入为出、事半功倍的政府。 然而，只要它能在世界上维护我们的价值观和利益，只要它能给美国人带来真正改变日常生活的力量，政府就应该做得更多，而不是更少。 我们新政府的首要任务是给所有美国人一个机会——不是保证，而是真正的机会——去建设更好的生活。 除此之外，同胞们，未来掌握在我们自己手中。 我们的开国元勋教导我们，维护我们的自由和我们的联盟取决于负责任的公民。 我们需要对新世纪有一种新的责任感。 我们有很多工作要做，这些工作单靠政府是无法完成的:教孩子们阅读;雇用没有领取福利的人;走出紧锁的大门和紧闭的窗户，帮助我们的街道摆脱毒品、帮派和犯罪;从自己的生活中抽出时间来服务他人。 我们每个人都必须以自己的方式承担个人责任——不仅是为了我们自己和我们的家庭，也是为了我们的邻居和我们的国家。 我们最大的责任是在新世纪拥抱新的社区精神。 对于我们中的任何一个人来说，我们必须作为一个美国取得成功。 我们过去的挑战仍然是我们未来的挑战——我们是否会成为一个拥有共同命运的国家、一个民族? 我们会走到一起，还是走到一起? 种族分裂一直是美国的祸根。 每一波新的移民潮都为旧的偏见提供了新的目标。 在宗教或政治信念的伪装下，偏见和蔑视也没有什么不同。 这些力量在过去几乎摧毁了我们的国家。 它们仍然困扰着我们。 它们助长了恐怖主义的狂热。 他们折磨着世界各地支离破碎的国家数百万人的生命。 这些执念既削弱了那些憎恨的人，当然也削弱了那些被憎恨的人，剥夺了他们可能成为的人。 我们不能，也不会屈服于潜伏在灵魂深处的黑暗冲动。 我们将战胜他们。 我们将以一个民族的慷慨精神来取代它们，这个民族彼此之间都有家的感觉。 在21世纪，我们丰富的种族、宗教和政治多样性将是天赐之物。 那些能够在一起生活、一起学习、一起工作、建立新的联系的人将获得巨大的回报。

Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Gabriel Verne 词汇提示 1.Sioux 美洲土著 2.sledge 雪橇 3.Liverpool 利物浦，英国北部城市 原文 Chapter 7: When Phileas Fogg comes to the rescue 1 December Their journey continued across the mountains of Colorado with no other surprises. At least for now. In three days and three nights, they traveled more than 2,200 kilometres. The passengers were soon familiar with the delays; these only seemed to worry Passepartout. Phileas Fogg continued to play cards with Mrs. Aouda, while Inspector Fix slept like a baby, his head going up and down with the gentle movement of the train. Passepartout correctly predicted more problems; he was right: a few days later a group of Sioux Indians attacked their train. The Sioux rode their horses along both sides of the train. The passengers heard their battle cries before they arrived. Many of them knew what was happening, the horses of the Sioux moved faster than the train and several arrows flew towards the train carriages, until finally the train slowed down. Some of the passengers prepared to defend themselves. The Sioux jumped on the train. Their leader tied up the train driver and his assistant together and threw them offthe train. Then they went towards the other carriages. 'They're coming towards our carriage!' shouted Mrs. Aouda. Passepartout bravely hit one of the men over the head with the back of his gun. Then he left the others to see what he could do to stop the train and ask for help. 'We need to stop the train,' Passepartout told another passenger.' Maybe we can ask for help from a nearby town.' 'There are soldiers at Fort Kearney, a few miles away,' replied the man. 'Good!'said Passepartout. 'We'll stop the train and someone can go and look for help.' He knew that there was only one way to stop the train – to climb under it. He opened the door and went under their carriage. Then with his great strength he pulled himself along the bottom of the other carriages until he finally found the engine above his head. He separated the engine from the carriages and the train stopped. The soldiers at Fort Kearney heard the cries of the Sioux and the sound of the guns coming from the train. They quickly got on their horses and went to see what was happening. The Sioux were surprised to see the soldiers, who were already shooting at them from the distance. 'Let's go!' said their leader. 'But first, take that man who is giving us so much trouble.' The group rode away on their horses taking two passengers with them, and the brave young Frenchman who was trying to save them. When the battle was over Phileas Fogg could not find Passepartout. 'The Indians took him away,' said a passenger. 'Poor man! They'll kill him for sure!' 'I'll find him and bring him back, dead or alive, 'replied Phileas Fogg. Mrs. Aouda looked into his eyes. He was her hero. He truly was a wonderful person. 'We can save these people, but I need help ',Phileas Fogg said to the soldiers. He left the fort with thirty soldiers, and their horses, and followed the direction of the Sioux. Mrs. Aouda and Mr. Fix waited for him at Fort Kearney. It was incredibly cold and the wind was blowing hard. Inspector Fix and Mrs. Aouda sat in the uncomfortable station waiting room trying to keep warm. From time to time, they looked outside at the snow. The darkness of the night started to become morning, but she still could not see Phileas Fogg. Not long after the sun came up, they heard the sound of guns in the distance. They stood up, worried, and looked out of the windows. But there was no battle, just the sound of celebrations. A group of people, with Phileas Fogg in front, were coming on horses towards them. Passepartout and the two other passengers were sitting on the horses behind. They looked safe and well. Mrs. Aouda ran to meet them. Inspector Fix waited outside the station. 'Maybe he's not so clever after all,' he decided. 'But we must return to England soon and then I can arrest him.' 'You're all back safe! This is wonderful!' Mrs. Aouda cried. Everyone,except Passepartout, looked happy. 'Yes,we're safe but Mr. Fogg will probably lose his bet because of me,' said Passepartout. He left them to their celebrations and went to the station to find out about trains to New York. 'When's the next train to New York?' he asked. 'But we're already over twenty-four hours late. If the train leaves tonight, we'll be too late to get the boat!' Passepartout felt very bad. He wanted to be a hero, and Phileas Fogg came to rescue him. At that moment, Inspector Fix returned with a man he was talking to outside the station. 'This man says he can take us to the station in Omaha in his sledge,' he said. 'We can take a train to New York from there.' The man had a strange sledge with sails. He explained to them that he often took passengers from one station to another in the winter, when the snow stopped the trains, and that with a good wind behind them, they could go a lot faster than the train. Phileas Fogg agreed. They had no choice. They all climbed onto the sledge. The sledge traveled very quickly across the icy, flat lands of the central states. The passengers were very cold, and with an icy wind blowing in their ears they did not speak for most of the journey. They were in Omaha in less than five hours. When they arrived, they thanked the man and Phileas Fogg paid him well. Fortunately,they found a train to Chicago and then to New York immediately. They arrived in New York two days later at eleven o'clock on 11 December. They quickly went to the port, but the China, the ship taking them to Liverpool, was not there. Foggdid not look surprised. He looked at his watch.They were forty-five minutes late.

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 原文 401. Some of them are healthy, but others are not. 他们中的一些人身体健康，但是其他人不是。 402. My son is going to leave for France next week. 我儿子下周要去法国了。 403. It is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 这好比大海捞针。 404. Switch on the light. I can't see anything. 把灯打开。我什么都看不见。 405. Let's talk over a cup of tea, shall we? 我们用喝茶的时间谈谈，好吗？ 406. If he is innocent, it follows that his wife is guilty. 如果他是清白的，那他妻子就有罪。 407. Scientists can easily compute the distance between planets. 科学家们可以很容易地计算出行星之间的距离。 408. A foreign language cannot be mastered in a year or so. 我们无法用一年左右就掌握一门外语。 409. The police think the burglar entered through a basement window. 警察认为窃贼是从地下室窗口进入的。 410. I don't like to go out when it's dark. 我天黑后不喜欢出门。

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 32 311. Bubble n.气泡，泡沫v.冒泡，沸腾；激动 When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface. 水沸腾时，气泡升到表面。 Soap bubbles are beautiful, but very fragile. 肥皂泡很漂亮，但很脆弱。 312. Budget n.预算v.制定预算adj.廉价的，经济型的 We can't buy any more equipment or we'll go over budget. 我们不能再购买任何设备，否则我们将超出预算。 We'reworking on a limited budget. 我们的预算有限。 My boss rejected the budget for this project. 我的老板拒绝了这个项目的预算。 313. Build v.建造，修建 n.体形，体格；构件 We plan to build a new house next year. 我们计划明年建造一座新房子。 Do you know how to build muscle fast? 你知道如何快速锻炼肌肉吗？ He abandoned his plan to build a factory. 他放弃了建造工厂的计划。 314. Building n.建筑物，房屋，楼房v.建造；发展 The building was heavily damaged by fire. 该建筑物被火灾严重破坏。 An earthquake destroyed the building. 地震摧毁了建筑物。 He explained the process of building a boat. 他解释了造船的过程。 315. Bunch n.束；一伙，一群；v.捆，扎，使集中 A bunch of people were standing outside waiting. 一群人站在外面等着。 A bunch of us are going to the pub tonight. Do you want to join us? 我们一群人今晚要去酒吧。你想加入我们吗？ Your friends are all just a bunch of nobodies. 你的朋友都只是一群无名小子。 316. Burn v.燃烧，消耗；烧坏n.灼伤，烧伤 Turn the heat down or your cake will burn. 把热量调低，否则你的蛋糕就会燃烧。 Let him burn in hell! 让他在地狱里燃烧吧！ 317. Burst v.爆炸，爆裂n.突发，迸发 The children burst into tears. 孩子们哭了起来。 They burst out laughing. 他们突然笑了起来。 318. Bury v.埋，埋葬；埋头于，专心于 He was buried two days after he died. 他死后两天下葬。 She buried the box in the back garden. 她把盒子埋在后花园里。 319. Bus n.公共汽车 vt.乘公共汽车 Is there regular bus service to the town? 去镇上有定期的巴士服务吗？ My father is a bus driver. 我父亲是公交车司机。 A bus transported us from the airport to the hotel. 一辆公共汽车将我们从机场运送到酒店。 320. Bush n.灌木，灌木丛；v.蓬松；伸展 Don't beat around the bush! 别在灌木丛中跳动！ We have a beautiful rose bush growing just outside our front door. 我们在前门外面生长着一棵美丽的玫瑰灌木。 The cat slowly approached the bush where the mouse was hiding. 猫慢慢地走近老鼠藏身的灌木丛。

词汇提示 1.inaugural 就职 2.millennium 千年 3.bold 勇敢的 4.scourge 祸害 5.turmoil 混乱 6.unrivaled 无双的 7.atom 原子 8.dignity 有尊严的 9.exhilarating 振奋的 原文 Bill Clinton: 'Second Inaugural Address' (1) My fellow citizens: At this last presidential inauguration of the 20th century, let us lift our eyes toward the challenges that await us in the next century. It is our great good fortune that time and chance have put us not only at the edge of a new century, in a new millennium, but on the edge of a bright new prospect in human affairs-a moment that will define our course, and our character, for decades to come. We must keep our old democracy forever young. Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of new promise. The promise of America was born in the 18th century out of the bold conviction that we are all created equal. It was extended and preserved in the 19th century, when our nation spread across the continent, saved the union, and abolished the awful scourge of slavery. Then,in turmoil and triumph, that promise exploded onto the world stage to make this the American Century. And what a century it has been. America became the world's mightiest industrial power;saved the world from tyranny in two world wars and a long cold war;and time and again, reached out across the globe to millions who, like us, longed for the blessings of liberty. Along the way, Americans produced a great middle class and security in old age; built unrivaled centers of learning and opened public schools to all;split the atom and explored the heavens; invented the computer and the microchip;and deepened the wellspring of justice by making a revolution in civil rights for African Americans and all minorities,and extending the circle of citizenship, opportunity and dignity to women. Now,for the third time, a new century is upon us, and another time to choose. We began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast. We began the 20th century with a choice,to harness the Industrial Revolution to our values of free enterprise, conservation, and human decency. Those choices made all the difference. At the dawn of the 21st century a free people must now choose to shape the forces of the Information Age and the global society,to unleash the limitless potential of all our people, and, yes, to form a more perfect union. When last we gathered, our march to this new future seemed less certain than it does today. We vowed then to set a clear course to renew our nation. In these four years, we have been touched by tragedy, exhilarated by challenge, strengthened by achievement. America stands alone as the world's indispensable nation. Once again, our economy is the strongest on Earth. Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. Problems that once seemed destined to deepen now bend to our efforts: our streets are safer and record numbers of our fellow citizens have moved from welfare to work. 翻译 比尔·克林顿:“第二次就职演说”(1) 同胞们:在这20世纪最后一次总统就职典礼上，让我们正视下个世纪等待我们的挑战。 时间和机遇不仅把我们置于一个新世纪、一个新千年的边缘，而且把我们置于人类事务一个光明的新前景的边缘，这是我们的巨大幸运。这一时刻将决定我们今后几十年的道路和性格。 我们必须使我们古老的民主永葆青春。 在对应许之地古老憧憬的指引下，让我们把目光投向一个充满新希望的土地。 美国的希望诞生于18世纪，源于我们人生而平等的坚定信念。 它在19世纪得到扩展和保存，当时我们的国家在大陆上扩张，拯救了联邦，废除了可怕的奴隶制祸害。 然后，在动荡和胜利中，这一承诺在世界舞台上爆发，使这个世纪成为美国世纪。 这是一个怎样的世纪啊。 美国成为世界上最强大的工业强国;在两次世界大战和漫长的冷战中把世界从暴政中拯救出来;并一次又一次地向全球数百万像我们一样渴望自由祝福的人伸出援助之手。 在这一过程中，美国产生了庞大的中产阶级和老年保障;建立了无与伦比的学习中心，向所有人开放公立学校;分裂原子，探索天空;发明了计算机和微芯片;深化了正义的源泉，为非裔美国人和所有少数民族进行了民权革命，扩大了妇女的公民权、机会和尊严。 现在，我们第三次迎来了一个新世纪，这是另一个选择的时刻。 19世纪伊始，我们有一个选择，那就是把我们的国家从一个海岸扩展到另一个海岸。 进入20世纪时，我们有一个选择:利用工业革命来实现我们的自由企业、环境保护和人类尊严的价值观。 这些选择决定了一切。 在21世纪的黎明，一个自由的民族现在必须选择塑造信息时代和全球社会的力量，释放我们所有人的无限潜力，并且，是的，建立一个更完美的联邦。 上次我们聚在一起时，我们向这个新未来的进军似乎没有今天那么确定。 我们当时发誓要制定一条明确的路线来振兴我们的国家。 在这四年里，我们因悲剧而感动，因挑战而振奋，因成就而坚强。 美国是世界上不可或缺的国家。 再一次，我们的经济是地球上最强大的。 再一次，我们正在建设更强大的家庭，繁荣的社区，更好的教育机会，更清洁的环境。 曾经似乎注定要加深的问题，现在屈服于我们的努力:我们的街道更安全了，创纪录数量的同胞从领取福利转向工作。

Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Gabriel Verne 词汇提示 1.Atlantic 大西洋 2.ravines 深谷 3.whistle 汽笛 原文 Chapter 6: When our friends risk their lives 25 November They were now sailing across the Pacific on the Carnatic in the direction of San Francisco. On the journey, Passepartout started to remember more details about his evening with Mr. Fix and he began to ask questions. Why did the man try and keep him in the bar for so long? Why was he doing the exact same journey as them? It wasn't an unusual route, but why did he also want to do it so quickly? Was he following them? 'I'm going for a walk. I believe Mrs. Aouda will join me. I'll see you in the morning at seven-fifteen,' said Phileas Fogg,interrupting his manservant's thoughts. His master certainly did not look worried and Passepartout decided that he had to think about just one thing: his master had to win his bet. In the next few days, it became clear that Mrs. Aouda was very close to Phileas Fogg. He, on the other hand, did not seem to notice the beautiful lady by his side. Tuesday- 2 hours ahead. Wednesday - 3 hours behind. Thursday - arrived in San Francisco on time. The same evening, at exactly six o'clock, our adventurers left San Francisco to travel to New York. The journey that once took six months to complete, now took seven days on the new Union Pacific Railroad that took the passengers from San Francisco in the west,to Omaha in the central state of Nebraska. From there Phileas Fogg hoped to continue to New York for the final part of their journey: crossing the Atlantic to England on 11 December. On the train, Passepartout sat next to Inspector Fix, but he did not want to talk to him. He was still confused by his behavior in the bar and he did not like him. After just one hour, it started to snow. Fortunately,the snow did not slow down the train. However,about nine o'clock the next morning, the train stopped. To their amazement it was not because of the snow but because hundreds of buffalos we crossing the tracks in front of the train. Passepartout became very impatient. 'I can't believe this!' he shouted. 'This country has a modern railway and the train must stop for a group of animals!' The train driver told them he had no choice. The buffalos were not moving and they could damage the engine. They had to wait until the buffalos moved across the tracks – three hours later! As they went through the mountains in Wyoming, Phileas Fogg taught Mrs. Aouda howto play cards. Mrs. Aouda was a very patient learner, and they were soon so occupied with their games that they did not even seem to notice the deep ravines below them. Passepartout was looking out of the window, thinking about the bet, when he almost hit the seating front of him. The train stopped suddenly and gave several loud whistles. He got up to see what the problem was. He saw the driver talking to a man from the next station, a place called Medicine Bow. 'The station guard sent me to tell you that you can't go any further," he said."The bridge across the ravine is not safe and it can't take the weight of the train. We have sent a telegram to Omaha, but it will be six hours before another train arrives.' 'We can't stay here all night. We'll die of cold in this snow!' shouted one of the passengers, hearing their conversation. 'Yes,but it will take six hours to go on foot to the next station.' said the train driver's assistant. 'I think I have an idea', said the train driver. 'We can get our train across the bridge, if we go fast enough.' Passepartout was interested to hear more. 'If the train moves at its top speed, the train won't be as heavy on the bridge',he continued. 'And we can get across before the bridge breaks.' Passepartout was worried for himself and the other passengers. The bridge could break before the train reached the other side! He could not understand why the other passengers seemed to think this was a good idea. 'Isn't there a simpler solution, perhaps...?' he began to ask the driver. The driver was not listening. 'No,no, this is the best solution we have,' he said. "Yes,but maybe not the safest...' Passepartout tried to explain that he had another idea. 'Maybe the passengers can go across the bridge on foot.Then the train could follow after wards,' he said to the train driver's assistant 'No,the driver is right. If we go at top speed, we can get across the bridge. The train's leaving!' cried his assistant. The train driver blew the whistle and the train went back along the tracks about two kilometers. Then he blew the whistle again. The train moved faster and faster as it came closer to the bridge. In what seemed like minutes, or maybe it was only a few seconds, they were over on the other side, just in time to see the bridge fall into the deep ravine behind them.

听前提示 一、三遍英文，一遍中文，再一遍英文。 二、从听懂的词入手，理解句子含义。 三、根据中英文意思，听不懂的多听几遍。 原文 391. He has not written to us since last February. 他从去年二月开始就没写信给我们。 392. Can you please tell me your name once more? 你能再告诉我一遍你的名字吗？ 393. She'll give her photo to whoever wants it. 她会把她的照片给所有想要的人。 394. That was the first time that a man walked on the moon. 那是人类第一次在月球上行走。 395. I broke a glass when I did the dishes. 我做菜时打碎了一个玻璃杯。 396. Did you check all the items on the shopping list? 你检查购物单上所有的项目了吗? 397. She was too short to see over the fence. 她太矮了，看不到围墙外面。 398. Islam first reached China about the middle of the 7th century. 伊斯兰教大约在七世纪中叶传到中国。 399. He is not as smart as his older brother. 他不像他的兄长那样聪明。 400. How long does it take to get to the train station? 去火车站要多久？

听前提示 一、每期提供10个单词，每个单词都会有2-3个例句，方便理解记忆。 二、每个单词和句子都会重复5遍，其中第2遍为慢速，有助于识别。 三、本材料的整体难度较低，可以用来听力磨耳朵和单词查漏补缺。 Day 31 301. Bright adj.明亮的；聪明的 adv.光亮地，明亮地 That's a bright idea. 这是个好主意。 Look at the bright side. 看看光明的一面。 The rooms are bright and spacious. 客房宽敞明亮。 302. Brightly adv.明亮地；鲜明地；生辉地 The sun is shining brightly. 阳光明媚。 She placed a bouquet of brightly colored flowers on the table. 她在桌子上放了一束鲜艳的花朵。 303. Brilliant adj.巧妙的，成功的，辉煌的；聪颖的 She is a brilliant public speaker. 她是一位出色的公开演讲者。 Everyone recognized him as a brilliant scientist. 每个人都认出他是一位杰出的科学家。 She gave a brilliant performance. 她表现出色。 304. Bring v.拿来，带来；导致，引起 Would you please bring me a dry towel? 你能给我带一条干毛巾吗？ You aren't permitted to bring dogs into this building. 你不允许带狗进入这栋大楼。 I'll bring it to you tomorrow. 我明天把它带给你。 305. Broad adj.宽广的，宽阔的；广泛的，普遍的 The company has a broad range of experience. 该公司拥有广泛的经验。 This room is very broad. 这个房间非常宽敞。 The valley is three miles long and half a mile broad. 山谷长三英里，宽半英里。 306. Broadcast v.散布，传播n.广播节目 adv.四散地，撒播地 The concert was broadcast live. 音乐会进行了现场直播。 The football game is now being broadcast. 足球比赛现在正在播出。 307. Broadly adv.广泛地，普遍地；多方面的，全面的 The climate is broadly similar in the two regions. 这两个地区的气候大致相似。 He was grinning broadly. 他笑得很开心。 308. Brother n.兄弟；同事；战友 The company is managed by my older brother. 公司由我哥哥管理。 He is very different from his brother. 他和他的兄弟有很大的不同。 My brother is a professor. 我哥哥是教授。 309. Brown n.褐色，棕色 His face was brown from the sun. 阳光照射他的脸是棕色的。 His shoes are brown. 他的鞋子是棕色的。 She has warm brown eyes. 她有温暖的棕色眼睛。 310. Brush n.刷子，画笔；灌木丛v.刷，拂拭 You should brush your teeth twice a day. 你应该每天刷两次牙。 She brushed off the sand from her shoes. 她刷去鞋上的沙子。

词汇提示 1.Normandy 诺曼底 2.allied 盟军 3.tyranny 暴政 4.Rangers 游骑兵 5.desolate 荒凉的 6.grenades 手榴弹 原文 Ronald Reagan: 'Speech at Normandy' We're here to mark that day in history when the Allied peoples joined in battle to reclaim this continent to liberty. For four long years, much of Europe had been under a terrible shadow. Free nations had fallen, Jews cried out in the camps, millions cried out for liberation. Europe was enslaved, and the world prayed for its rescue. Herein Normandy the rescue began. Here the Allies stood and fought against tyranny in a giant undertaking unparalleled in human history. We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France. The air is soft, but forty years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon. At dawn, on the morning of the 6th of June 1944, 225 Rangers jumped off the British landing craft and ran to the bottom of these cliffs. Their mission was one of the most difficult and daring of the invasion: to climb these sheer and desolate cliffs and take out the enemy guns. The Allies had been told that some of the mightiest of these guns were here and they would be trained on the beaches to stop the Allied advance. The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers -at the edge of the cliffs shooting down at them with machine-guns and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb. They shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to pull themselves up. When one Ranger fell, another would take his place. When one rope was cut, a Ranger would grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back, and held their footing. Soon,one by one, the Rangers pulled themselves over the top,and in seizing the firm land at the top of these cliffs, they began to seize back the continent of Europe. Two hundred and twenty-five came here. After two days of fighting only ninety could still bear arms. Behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the Ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. And before me are the men who put them there. These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war. Gentlemen,I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen Spender's poem. You are men who in your lives fought for life...and left the vivid air signed with your honor'... Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. You were young the day you took these cliffs; some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. Yet you risked everything here. Why?Why did you do it? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? What inspired all the men of the armies that met here? We look at you, and somehow, we know the answer. It was faith, and belief; it was loyalty and love. The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge – and pray God we have not lost it -that there is a profound moral difference between the use of force for liberation and the use of force for conquest. You were here to liberate, not to conquer, and so you and those others did not doubt your cause. And you were right not to doubt. You all knew that some things are worth dying for. One's country is worth dying for, and democracy is worth dying for,because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. All of you loved liberty. All of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you. 翻译 罗纳德·里根:“诺曼底演讲” 我们在这里纪念历史上的那一天，盟国人民共同为解放这片大陆而战。 在漫长的四年里，欧洲大部分地区都笼罩在可怕的阴影之下。 自由的国家已经沦陷，犹太人在集中营里大声疾呼，数百万人大声疾呼要求解放。 欧洲被奴役了，全世界都在祈祷拯救它。 在诺曼底，救援行动开始了。 盟军站在这里，在人类历史上无与伦比的伟大事业中与暴政作斗争。 我们站在法国北岸一个孤独的、被风吹过的地方。 空气是柔和的，但四十年前的这个时候，空气中弥漫着浓烟和人们的呼喊声，空气中充满了步枪的噼啪声和大炮的轰鸣声。 1944年6月6日清晨，黎明时分，225名游骑兵从英国登陆艇上跳下，奔向悬崖底部。 他们的任务是入侵中最困难和最大胆的任务之一:爬上这些陡峭而荒凉的悬崖，摧毁敌人的大炮。 盟军被告知，这里有一些最强大的大炮，它们将在海滩上接受训练，以阻止盟军的推进。 游骑兵们抬头一看，看到了悬崖边的敌军士兵，他们用机关枪和手榴弹向他们射击。 美国游骑兵开始往上爬。 他们把绳梯架在悬崖上，开始往上爬。 当一个游骑兵倒下时，另一个会接替他的位置。 当一根绳子被割断时，游骑兵就会抓住另一根绳子重新开始攀登。 他们爬上去，反击，站稳脚跟。 很快，游骑兵们一个接一个地爬上了山顶，在占领了悬崖顶上坚固的土地后，他们开始夺回欧洲大陆。 225人来过这里。 经过两天的战斗，只有90人还拿着武器。 我身后是一座纪念碑，象征着刺入悬崖顶端的游骑兵匕首。 在我面前的是把他们放在那里的人。 这些是奥克角的孩子们。 就是这些人占领了悬崖。 他们是帮助解放一个大陆的斗士。 他们是帮助结束战争的英雄。 先生们，我看着你们就想起了斯蒂芬·斯彭德的诗。 你们是为生命而战的人……留下了写有“阁下”字样的生动的空气…… 自从你们在这里战斗以来，已经过去了40个夏天。 你踏上这些悬崖的那天还很年轻;你们中的一些人还仅仅是孩子，有着生命中最深的快乐。 但你却冒着一切危险。 为什么?你为什么要这么做? 是什么促使你们抛开自我保护的本能，冒着生命危险去爬这些悬崖? 是什么激励了所有在这里相遇的士兵? 我们看着你，不知怎么的，我们知道答案。 这是信念，是信念;那是忠诚和爱。 诺曼底的战士们坚信他们所做的是正确的，坚信他们为全人类而战，坚信公正的上帝会在这个滩头阵地或下一个滩头阵地给予他们怜悯。 这是一个深刻的认识——祈祷上帝我们没有失去它——在使用武力解放和使用武力征服之间存在着深刻的道德差异。 你们来这里是为了解放，而不是征服，所以你们和其他人都没有怀疑自己的事业。 你不怀疑是对的。 你们都知道有些东西是值得为之牺牲的。 一个人的国家值得为之牺牲，民主也值得为之牺牲，因为它是人类所创造的最崇高的政府形式。 你们所有人都热爱自由。 你们所有人都愿意与暴政作斗争，你们知道你们国家的人民都在支持你们。