在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.superstitions 迷信 2.itchy 发痒 3.ladder 梯子 原文 Superstitions I am not superstitious，are you？ Yesterday was Friday the thirteenth. Some people think that Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day. I think that it is just like any other day. Some people believe that if a black cat crosses your path，you will have bad luck I don't believe that either. My mother always gets upset if I open an umbrella in the house. She says that it is bad luck. She is probably right about that one，because an open umbrella would take up a lot of space and you might knock things over. If your left hand is itchy，you are supposed to get money. I have had an itchy left hand before，but I haven't received any money because of it. It is bad luck to walk under a ladder. That is probably true，because you might knock somebody off the ladder，or have a can of paint fall on top of you. If you are acting in a play，it is bad luck if someone says “good luck”to you This is very confusing. You are supposed to tell an actor to“break a leg”. It doesn't mean that you want the actor to break his leg. It means good luck to the actor. Actors have a lot of superstitions that are very unusual. I am not superstitious. I don't believe in superstitions at all. It is just fun to learn about superstitions. Some of them are very old，and have been passed down from generation to generation. I once did a project at school on superstitions. It was a very interesting topic，and I got a good mark for it.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.superstitions 迷信 2.itchy 发痒 3.ladder 梯子 原文 Superstitions I am not superstitious，are you？ Yesterday was Friday the thirteenth. Some people think that Friday the thirteenth is an unlucky day. I think that it is just like any other day. Some people believe that if a black cat crosses your path，you will have bad luck I don't believe that either. My mother always gets upset if I open an umbrella in the house. She says that it is bad luck. She is probably right about that one，because an open umbrella would take up a lot of space and you might knock things over. If your left hand is itchy，you are supposed to get money. I have had an itchy left hand before，but I haven't received any money because of it. It is bad luck to walk under a ladder. That is probably true，because you might knock somebody off the ladder，or have a can of paint fall on top of you. If you are acting in a play，it is bad luck if someone says “good luck”to you This is very confusing. You are supposed to tell an actor to“break a leg”. It doesn't mean that you want the actor to break his leg. It means good luck to the actor. Actors have a lot of superstitions that are very unusual. I am not superstitious. I don't believe in superstitions at all. It is just fun to learn about superstitions. Some of them are very old，and have been passed down from generation to generation. I once did a project at school on superstitions. It was a very interesting topic，and I got a good mark for it.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.lamp 灯 2.bump 触碰 3.rub 擦 4.genie 精灵 5.grant 授予 6.mansion 豪宅 7.fame 名声 8.enormous 巨大的 9.self-determination 自我认定 原文 If I Found a Magic Lamp If I was walking down the beach one day，and I happened to bump my toe on a magic lamp，I would pick it up and rub it. If it was a real magic lamp（but I don't believe that there really is a magic lamp），a genie would pop out in a cloud of smoke，and he would call me master. He would say that he would grant me three wishes. I would have to think very hard about those wishes，because I wouldn't want to waste them. I don't think I'd want millions of dollars. Money doesn't buy happiness，or so they say. I might wish for good health，because if health isn't good，you won't be able to enjoy anything. Some people might wish for beauty，but beauty is only skin deep. Some people might wish for a mansion，or a beautiful car or a big boat. I don't want any of those things. Some people would want fame. Some people would want talent. Some people would wish for happiness. That might be a good thing to wish for. Yes，maybe I'd wish for health and happiness，but what would my third wish be？ I could wish something enormous，something global. I could wish world peace. That would be a wonderful thing，if somebody could grant me that. Yes，that would probably be my third wish. It's too bad there aren't any genies inside magic lamps. I won't get my three wishes. I can still work toward getting my wishes. I can eat well and exercise to stay heathy. I can be involved with a lot of things and be with my friends to stay happy. I can volunteer my time to different organizations to help achieve world peace. I can do my fair share in my community to help others. That's how I can get my three wishes，not through a magic lamp. I can only get what I want through self-determination and hard work. That is the key to getting your wishes fulfilled.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.strikes 击打 2.sneaks 偷溜 3.coincidences 巧合 原文 My Favorite Bedtime Story Every night when I was little，my mother would read me a bedtime story. My favorite story was Tom's Midnight Garden. This was a story by Philippa Pearce. It was a quite long book，and it took quite a few nights for my mother to read the entire book to me. In Tom's Midnight Garden，Tom moves to city to stay with his aunt and uncle. He is very bored at their apartment. They have no children，so Tom has nothing to do. One night，the clock sticks thirteen times. Tom knows that this is impossible. A clock can only strike up to twelve times. He sneaks downstairs and goes outside. When he gets outside，there is a wonderful garden that wasn't there the day before. The next day，Tom goes outside and find that there is no garden. The garden only seems to appear at night. Every night，Tom slips out to the wonderful garden and he meets some people in the garden. He meets a girl named Hattie. Hattie and Tom become very good friends in this garden. Some very strange things happen in this book. There are some coincidences that keep you guessing about what is really going on The surprise ending is wonderful. I really enjoyed Tom's Midnight Garden，and I was very sad when my mother and I came to the end of the book. I felt that I had visited the magical garden with Tom. It is a book that I will remember all of my life.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.addiction 上瘾 2.craved 渴望 3.inhale 吸入 4.drifts 飘 5.light up 点烟 原文 Do People Have the Right to Smoke in Public？ My father used to smoke . He got very ill. The doctor told him that he had to quit smoking. My father tired for a long time to quit. It was very difficult for him. Smoking is an addition. After many months，my father finally gave up smoking，but he still craved a cigarette once in a while. He says that quitting smoking is the hardest thing that he has ever done. When my father did smoke，he smoked everywhere. He smoked in restaurants，stores and many public buildings. Now，you are not allowed to smoke in a lot of public places. When my father smoked ，the rules were not so strict. People could smoke just about anywhere. It really wasn't fair for the people who didn't smoke. Their clothes always smelled like smoke，and they breathed in second-hand smoke. Some people think that second-hand smoke actually worse for you than if you smoke yourself. People would smoke in their houses，and very young children would inhale the smoke that was in the air. Some people still smoke in their houses，and their children breath in the smoke. Some restaurants have areas for smokers and nonsmokers，but usually the smoke drifts from one area to the other. There are some businesses that have banned smoking altogether. Personally，I think that smoking in public places should be completely banned. I don't think that I should have to breath in another person's smoke if I choose not to smoke myself. It wouldn't be fair for a nonsmoker to get lung cancer，because they had to be in a place where smoker were allowed to light up. I know that the smoking is a powerful addiction and that is very difficult to quit，but smokers should be restrict their smoke to places where there is nobody else around. Lung cancer is an awful disease. Nobody should have to suffer with lung cancer. People should be educated about the dangers of smoking. Smoking should be banned in public places，but eventually I believe that fewer people will smoke. It would be nice to live in a smoke free environment.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.ceiling 天花板 2.needle 针 3.thread 线 4.rake 耙子 5.hurricane 飓风 6.gallons 加仑 7.quench 解渴 原文 If I were a Giant If I were a giant，I wouldn't be able to fit in my house. I'd have to live in a building that had a high ceiling，but I'd probably have a hard time getting through the door. I'd have to make my own clothes，but where would I get a giant needle and thread to sew with？ I couldn't ride in a car or a plane. I suppose I would just have to take giant steps from place to place. I would have to be very careful not to step on anybody or anything. When I talked，people would cover their ears. My voice would sound very loud to them. I wouldn't find any shoes to cover my feet. I wouldn't find a knife and fork to eat my dinner with. I might have to use a rake as a fork. My dinner would be huge. What would I cook my dinner in？ I certainly wouldn't find an oven big enough to put my dinner in. If I sneezed，it would be like a hurricane If I fell down，it would be like an earthquake.. I wouldn't have any friends because everyone would be too tiny for me to talk to. I think that being a giant would be very lonely. I couldn't have just one apple. I would have to have a lot of apples to fill me up. I could have to drink gallons and gallons of water to quench my thirst. I could never relax under a tree，I would be taller than all the trees. I don't think that being a giant would be fun. I won't ever make a wish to be giant. I would rather be my height. I'm very happy the way I am.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.crumbles 面包屑 2.bottle cap 瓶盖 3.thimble 针箍 4.oar 桨 5.handkerchief 手帕 6.matchbox 火柴盒 7.gust 一阵狂风 原文 If I Was Tiny Imagine what life would be like if you were two inches tall. You would have to be careful that nobody stepped on you. You would have to watch out for cats，dogs and birds. It would be very dangerous，but just think of the things that you could do. You could live in dollhouse，or even a shoebox. You could use a bottle cap for a plate. You would have to wear dolls' clothes. A stamp would make a lovely picture to hang on your wall. You could hide in a mouse hole or a drawer. You wouldn't need much food. You could probably live comfortably on the crumbles that people would leave on the table. A thimble would make a good cup. If you went outside，the grass would seem like a jungle. An insect would be huge and frightening. A puddle would seem to be an ocean. You could cross the puddle in a paper cup and use a spoon for an oar. And matchbox would make a good bed with a handkerchief as a bedspread. You'd brush your hair with a toothbrush，and you'd never find anything small enough to brush your teeth with. You could take a ride on the back of a mouse. You wouldn't find any books that were small enough to read，but you might read the back of a pill bottle. You could ride in a toy car and have a soup bowl for a swimming pool. A leaf would be your umbrella，and a mitten would make a great sleeping bag. If you use your imagination，you could think up something to use for almost all your purposes. Being small might be fun，but then again，it would be frightening. I'd be afraid of my pet cat. I wouldn't want a book to fall on me. I would be afraid of being swept away by a big gust of wind. I think I'd rather be my size.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.crumbles 面包屑 2.bottle cap 瓶盖 3.thimble 针箍 4.oar 桨 5.handkerchief 手帕 6.matchbox 火柴盒 7.gust 一阵狂风 原文 If I Was Tiny Imagine what life would be like if you were two inches tall. You would have to be careful that nobody stepped on you. You would have to watch out for cats，dogs and birds. It would be very dangerous，but just think of the things that you could do. You could live in dollhouse，or even a shoebox. You could use a bottle cap for a plate. You would have to wear dolls' clothes. A stamp would make a lovely picture to hang on your wall. You could hide in a mouse hole or a drawer. You wouldn't need much food. You could probably live comfortably on the crumbles that people would leave on the table. A thimble would make a good cup. If you went outside，the grass would seem like a jungle. An insect would be huge and frightening. A puddle would seem to be an ocean. You could cross the puddle in a paper cup and use a spoon for an oar. And matchbox would make a good bed with a handkerchief as a bedspread. You'd brush your hair with a toothbrush，and you'd never find anything small enough to brush your teeth with. You could take a ride on the back of a mouse. You wouldn't find any books that were small enough to read，but you might read the back of a pill bottle. You could ride in a toy car and have a soup bowl for a swimming pool. A leaf would be your umbrella，and a mitten would make a great sleeping bag. If you use your imagination，you could think up something to use for almost all your purposes. Being small might be fun，but then again，it would be frightening. I'd be afraid of my pet cat. I wouldn't want a book to fall on me. I would be afraid of being swept away by a big gust of wind. I think I'd rather be my size.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.content 满足 2.purring 发出咕噜声 3.couched 蹲着 4.pounce 猛扑 5.centipede 蜈蚣 6.crawl 爬行 原文 What My Cat Did One day，I was sitting in a chair drinking a cup of tea. My cat came into the room and sat on my lap. She was quite content，and she sat there purring. My cat likes to drink water，and sometimes she drinks milk. I would never give she tea to drink. Cats just don't drink tea. We were sitting there quietly when suddenly my cat stood up. She was looking at something on the floor. She crouched down low and got ready to pounce. I saw what she was looking at，it was a huge centipede. I think that centipedes are ugly. They have many legs and they move very fast. I would hate to have one crawl over me. My cat jumped to the floor and she ran over to the centipede. She was incredibly fast. I was surprised that she caught the centipede She put her paw on it，and then she reached down and ate the centipede.. The centipede must not have tasted very good. My cat got a funny look on her face，and she looked like she was trying to get a bad taste out of her mouth. I was thinking that I would be sick if I ate a centipede. My cat looked at me and jumped back up in my chair. She stuck her face in my teacup and took a big drink of tea. I was shocked. I had never seen a cat drink tea before. I think that centipede must have tasted so bad that my cat just needed something to wash the taste out of her mouth. Guess what？ I didn't finish my tea. I threw it out and washed out the cup. My cat has never had a drink of tea since that day. She has also never eaten another centipede. If a centipede walks by，she just pretends that she doesn't see it.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.content 满足 2.purring 发出咕噜声 3.couched 蹲着 4.pounce 猛扑 5.centipede 蜈蚣 6.crawl 爬行 原文 What My Cat Did One day，I was sitting in a chair drinking a cup of tea. My cat came into the room and sat on my lap. She was quite content，and she sat there purring. My cat likes to drink water，and sometimes she drinks milk. I would never give she tea to drink. Cats just don't drink tea. We were sitting there quietly when suddenly my cat stood up. She was looking at something on the floor. She crouched down low and got ready to pounce. I saw what she was looking at，it was a huge centipede. I think that centipedes are ugly. They have many legs and they move very fast. I would hate to have one crawl over me. My cat jumped to the floor and she ran over to the centipede. She was incredibly fast. I was surprised that she caught the centipede She put her paw on it，and then she reached down and ate the centipede.. The centipede must not have tasted very good. My cat got a funny look on her face，and she looked like she was trying to get a bad taste out of her mouth. I was thinking that I would be sick if I ate a centipede. My cat looked at me and jumped back up in my chair. She stuck her face in my teacup and took a big drink of tea. I was shocked. I had never seen a cat drink tea before. I think that centipede must have tasted so bad that my cat just needed something to wash the taste out of her mouth. Guess what？ I didn't finish my tea. I threw it out and washed out the cup. My cat has never had a drink of tea since that day. She has also never eaten another centipede. If a centipede walks by，she just pretends that she doesn't see it.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.tonsils 扁桃体 2.surgery 外科手术 3.gown 长袍 4.frightening 吓人的 原文 A Trip to the Hospital I have to get my tonsils out. I'm not really happy about it，but I'm tired of being sick and having sore throats. I have to go to the hospital two hours before my surgery. My mother will go with me. The nurses will take me temperature and check my blood pressure. They will make sure that I am ready for my operation. I will be dressed in a white gown，and I will be wheeled down the hall to the operating room. I can't have anything eat or drink for a long time before my surgery. My mother will walk down the hall with me，then she will wave goodbye as they wheel me into the operating room. The doctor and nurses will be busy in the operating room. They will be getting ready to perform my surgery. The doctor will say hello to me and tell that he will be going to put me to sleep. He will put something into my arm. He will tell me to count backwards from ten. I think that I will only say“ten，nine”，then I will be fast asleep. I won't be awake for the surgery. When I wake up，I will be surprised that the surgery is over. My throat will be hurt，and I probably won't feel very good. My mother will be there with me. The nurses will give me a drink and try to make me comfortable. I won't be in the hospital overnight. I will go home later in the day. My parents will make sure that I have a lot of drink. I can't eat any hard food，or they will hurt my throat. I will sleep a lot，because I will feel not well for a couple of days. It won't take long before I recover from my surgery. Sometimes，we need surgery to make us feel better. Hospital can be a bit frightening，but doctors and nurses are very nice，their job is to make you feel better.

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕 关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频 词汇提示 1.tonsils 扁桃体 2.surgery 外科手术 3.gown 长袍 4.frightening 吓人的 原文 A Trip to the Hospital I have to get my tonsils out. I'm not really happy about it，but I'm tired of being sick and having sore throats. I have to go to the hospital two hours before my surgery. My mother will go with me. The nurses will take me temperature and check my blood pressure. They will make sure that I am ready for my operation. I will be dressed in a white gown，and I will be wheeled down the hall to the operating room. I can't have anything eat or drink for a long time before my surgery. My mother will walk down the hall with me，then she will wave goodbye as they wheel me into the operating room. The doctor and nurses will be busy in the operating room. They will be getting ready to perform my surgery. The doctor will say hello to me and tell that he will be going to put me to sleep. He will put something into my arm. He will tell me to count backwards from ten. I think that I will only say“ten，nine”，then I will be fast asleep. I won't be awake for the surgery. When I wake up，I will be surprised that the surgery is over. My throat will be hurt，and I probably won't feel very good. My mother will be there with me. The nurses will give me a drink and try to make me comfortable. I won't be in the hospital overnight. I will go home later in the day. My parents will make sure that I have a lot of drink. I can't eat any hard food，or they will hurt my throat. I will sleep a lot，because I will feel not well for a couple of days. It won't take long before I recover from my surgery. Sometimes，we need surgery to make us feel better. Hospital can be a bit frightening，but doctors and nurses are very nice，their job is to make you feel better.