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.trunk 大箱子 2.attic 阁楼 3.treasures 宝藏 4.vacuum 用吸尘器 5.crates 板条箱 6.sort 分类整理 7.rusty 生锈的 8.latch 上锁 9.pried 撬开 10.velvet 天鹅绒 11.moth holes 蛀虫洞 12.bell-bottom slacks 喇叭裤 13.report cards 成绩单 原文 The Trunk in the Attic Last month，my grandmother asked me if I could help her to clean out her attic. I was happy that she asked me. My grandmother says that her attic is full of junk. I think that her attic is full of treasures. I helped her to dust and vacuum the attic. I pulled and pushed around the boxes and crates. I helped her to wash the floors and walls. My favorite thing that I did was to sort through the old trunk that she had up there. The trunk had a rusty latch on it. It was a bit difficult to open，but my grandmother got a knife and pried the latch open. The trunk was full of all kinds of things. There were lots of clothes. Some of the clothes had been my grandmother's. There was a blue velvet dress that she had worn to a dance when she and my grandfather were dating. It was a beautiful dress，but there were a few moth holes in it. There were some of my mother's old clothes. There was a pair of bell-bottom slacks that had bright flower on it. I couldn't believe that my mother had ever worn something like that. There were some of my mother's old report cards. Some of her marks weren't very good. I had fun reading the report cards. There were photographs. There was a picture of my grandparents holding my mother when she was a baby. There was an old baseball glove that one of my uncles had owned. There was even one of my old dolls in there. One of her legs was missing. My grandmother said that I was rough with dolls when I was little. I should have taken better care of my toys. There was even some old jewelry. I tried on some of the old clothes and jewelry. I told my grandmother that I liked looking through old things. My grandmother told me to keep whatever I wanted. She said that it was all junk. I still say that the trunk was full of treasures.

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.trait 特质 原文 What I Like Most and Least About Myself I was trying to think up the best and worst things about myself. I think the best thing about me is that I am very friendly. I have a lot of friends，and they all like me. I try to be good to my friends. I don't often have arguments with people. I think that I am quite easy to get along with. The worst thing about me is that I sometimes feel sad. Sometimes I don't feel sad for any particular reason. I just get into moods where I am depressed. Sometimes there is a reason to be sad. I was sad when my pet frog died. I was sad when I lost my favorite baseball card. On those days，I'll still nice to my friends，but inside I feel like there is a heavy weight in my chest. I think that everyone feels sadness sometimes. I try to do things that make me happy whenever I get into one of my sad moods. Last Saturday，I felt a bit sad so I called up my friend John and asked if he wanted to go to the movies. We went to a comedy. We laughed all the way through the movie，so that by the time the movie was over，I didn't feel sad anymore. My friendliness is my best trait，and my sad moods are my worst traits. I have to work at getting over my sad moods more quickly. Being sad doesn't do anyone any good. There is no use in feeling sorry for oneself.

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.trait 特质 原文 What I Like Most and Least About Myself I was trying to think up the best and worst things about myself. I think the best thing about me is that I am very friendly. I have a lot of friends，and they all like me. I try to be good to my friends. I don't often have arguments with people. I think that I am quite easy to get along with. The worst thing about me is that I sometimes feel sad. Sometimes I don't feel sad for any particular reason. I just get into moods where I am depressed. Sometimes there is a reason to be sad. I was sad when my pet frog died. I was sad when I lost my favorite baseball card. On those days，I'll still nice to my friends，but inside I feel like there is a heavy weight in my chest. I think that everyone feels sadness sometimes. I try to do things that make me happy whenever I get into one of my sad moods. Last Saturday，I felt a bit sad so I called up my friend John and asked if he wanted to go to the movies. We went to a comedy. We laughed all the way through the movie，so that by the time the movie was over，I didn't feel sad anymore. My friendliness is my best trait，and my sad moods are my worst traits. I have to work at getting over my sad moods more quickly. Being sad doesn't do anyone any good. There is no use in feeling sorry for oneself.

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.back then 那时候 2.mentally alert 思维敏捷 3.physically agile 身体灵活 4.Prime Minister 首相 原文 If I Live to be 100 I think I would like to live to be 100. It seems like an awfully long time to live. It is an entire century. Imagine all the changes that you would see if you lived to be 100. I had a neighbor who was 85. She used to tell me what things were like when she was a little girl. She told me what my town used to look like，what her clothes were like，what her school was like. I used to enjoy listening to her stories. Everything was so different when she was young. Listening to her was like having history come to life. I used to try to imagine what life was like for her back then. When I was 100，I would have grandchildren and great grandchildren. I would tell them stories about my childhood. I would hope that I had a good memory so that I could remember everything. If I do want to live to 100，I'll have to live a healthy lifestyle. Not too many people live to be that old. If I do get to be that old，I hope I'll still be mentally alert and physically agile. In my country，the Prime Minister sends a letter of congratulations to anyone who has their hundredth birthday. People who live to be 100 are very special. Maybe in the future，with better medical and healthier lifestyles，more people will live to be 100. If I live to be 100，I'll have a birthday cake，but I won't put 100 candles on the cake. I could never blow out 100 candles.

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.back then 那时候 2.mentally alert 思维敏捷 3.physically agile 身体灵活 4.Prime Minister 首相 原文 If I Live to be 100 I think I would like to live to be 100. It seems like an awfully long time to live. It is an entire century. Imagine all the changes that you would see if you lived to be 100. I had a neighbor who was 85. She used to tell me what things were like when she was a little girl. She told me what my town used to look like，what her clothes were like，what her school was like. I used to enjoy listening to her stories. Everything was so different when she was young. Listening to her was like having history come to life. I used to try to imagine what life was like for her back then. When I was 100，I would have grandchildren and great grandchildren. I would tell them stories about my childhood. I would hope that I had a good memory so that I could remember everything. If I do want to live to 100，I'll have to live a healthy lifestyle. Not too many people live to be that old. If I do get to be that old，I hope I'll still be mentally alert and physically agile. In my country，the Prime Minister sends a letter of congratulations to anyone who has their hundredth birthday. People who live to be 100 are very special. Maybe in the future，with better medical and healthier lifestyles，more people will live to be 100. If I live to be 100，I'll have a birthday cake，but I won't put 100 candles on the cake. I could never blow out 100 candles.

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.panic 恐慌 2.choke 窒息 3.lifeguards 救生员 4.length 长度 原文 My Worst Fear I am afraid of water. I don't know why I am afraid. I have never had a bad experience in the water. I just never learned to swim. I should have done that when I was just little. It would be easier for me to swim now，if I had started when I was young. I will go into the shallow water，I start to panic when the water gets higher than my chest. I don't like the feeling of not being able to put my feet on the bottom of the pool or the lake. I don't like get water up my nose. I choke and cough when that happens. My friends just tell my to relax and I will float，but I find it is hard to relax in deep water. They keep telling me that if I panic I will sink. Most of my friends have had swimming lessons. Some of them are even lifeguards. They have tried to teach me to swim，but I think I need go to a place where they actually teach swimming. It would be so nice to jump into a pool of cool water on a hot summer day. That would be so refreshing. If I go out onto a boat，I always wear a life jacket. I think it is wise to do that. Everyone should wear a life jacket on a boat. I would rather be safe than sorry. I have decided that I will overcome my fear. I will go and take swimming lessons. I have a goal. By this time next year，I would like to be able to swim the length of the pool without being afraid. It is best to face your fear and deal with them. I hope that I can overcome my fear of water.

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.panic 恐慌 2.choke 窒息 3.lifeguards 救生员 4.length 长度 原文 My Worst Fear I am afraid of water. I don't know why I am afraid. I have never had a bad experience in the water. I just never learned to swim. I should have done that when I was just little. It would be easier for me to swim now，if I had started when I was young. I will go into the shallow water，I start to panic when the water gets higher than my chest. I don't like the feeling of not being able to put my feet on the bottom of the pool or the lake. I don't like get water up my nose. I choke and cough when that happens. My friends just tell my to relax and I will float，but I find it is hard to relax in deep water. They keep telling me that if I panic I will sink. Most of my friends have had swimming lessons. Some of them are even lifeguards. They have tried to teach me to swim，but I think I need go to a place where they actually teach swimming. It would be so nice to jump into a pool of cool water on a hot summer day. That would be so refreshing. If I go out onto a boat，I always wear a life jacket. I think it is wise to do that. Everyone should wear a life jacket on a boat. I would rather be safe than sorry. I have decided that I will overcome my fear. I will go and take swimming lessons. I have a goal. By this time next year，I would like to be able to swim the length of the pool without being afraid. It is best to face your fear and deal with them. I hope that I can overcome my fear of water.

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.servants 仆人 2.chores 家务活 3.privacy 隐私 4.security 安全 原文 Being a Princess Sometimes，I think that I would like to be a princess. A princess would live in a palace and wear beautiful clothes. She would have servants do chores for her，and she would probably marry a handsome prince. People would recognize her. They would wave to her as she drove by. It seems like it would be a lot of fun to be a princess. But maybe it wouldn't be so nice. Maybe it would be terrible to be recognized by everyone. Maybe a princess would feel like everyone was watching her. She would have to look nice every time she left the palace. There would always be people with cameras who want to take her picture. A princess would have no privacy. Even in her own palace，there would be servants around，so she would never really be alone. If I were a princess，I would worry about security for my family. Sometimes，people who are in high position are threatened by other people. That would be a worry. I'm not so sure that being a princess would be all that much fun. I think it might be better to be just a normal person like me. I don't have to worry about looking wonderful all the time. People don't follow me around and take my picture. Whenever you see a picture of a princess，she is smiling. I wonder she is smiling on the inside，or just smiling for the camera.

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.servants 仆人 2.chores 家务活 3.privacy 隐私 4.security 安全 原文 Being a Princess Sometimes，I think that I would like to be a princess. A princess would live in a palace and wear beautiful clothes. She would have servants do chores for her，and she would probably marry a handsome prince. People would recognize her. They would wave to her as she drove by. It seems like it would be a lot of fun to be a princess. But maybe it wouldn't be so nice. Maybe it would be terrible to be recognized by everyone. Maybe a princess would feel like everyone was watching her. She would have to look nice every time she left the palace. There would always be people with cameras who want to take her picture. A princess would have no privacy. Even in her own palace，there would be servants around，so she would never really be alone. If I were a princess，I would worry about security for my family. Sometimes，people who are in high position are threatened by other people. That would be a worry. I'm not so sure that being a princess would be all that much fun. I think it might be better to be just a normal person like me. I don't have to worry about looking wonderful all the time. People don't follow me around and take my picture. Whenever you see a picture of a princess，she is smiling. I wonder she is smiling on the inside，or just smiling for the camera.

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.figures 人物 2.figurine 小雕像 3.cape 斗篷 4.mature 成熟 原文 Super Heroes When my brother was very young，he loved super heroes. He collected plastic figures of all the super heroes. I think he had every super hero figurine that there was. He used to tie a towel on his shoulders and run through the back yard. He pretended that he was rescuing people. One time，he stood on the roof. He really thought that he could fly with his super hero cape on. He would have hurt himself if he had jumped. My dad saw him and told him to get down. My dad explained to my brother that super heroes are not real. Real people cannot fly from rooftops. My brother was disappointed. He thought that the super heroes were really existed. My dad explained that most super heroes were created as comic book characters. Somebody used their imagination to make them up，and then an artist drew them. My brother was not impressed. He said that he wanted to meet the super heroes. My father told him that he might meet someone dressed up as a super hero，but it wouldn't really be a super hero in costume. It is hard to explain to small children that the things that they see in comic books and on televisions aren't really real. My brother still pretends that he is a super hero. He doesn't jump from rooftops，but he runs around and makes noise like he is flying I look at him and remember when I used to do things like that. I'm more mature than my brother. I know that super heroes aren't real，but I know he is having fun and using his imagination.

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.figures 人物 2.figurine 小雕像 3.cape 斗篷 4.mature 成熟 原文 Super Heroes When my brother was very young，he loved super heroes. He collected plastic figures of all the super heroes. I think he had every super hero figurine that there was. He used to tie a towel on his shoulders and run through the back yard. He pretended that he was rescuing people. One time，he stood on the roof. He really thought that he could fly with his super hero cape on. He would have hurt himself if he had jumped. My dad saw him and told him to get down. My dad explained to my brother that super heroes are not real. Real people cannot fly from rooftops. My brother was disappointed. He thought that the super heroes were really existed. My dad explained that most super heroes were created as comic book characters. Somebody used their imagination to make them up，and then an artist drew them. My brother was not impressed. He said that he wanted to meet the super heroes. My father told him that he might meet someone dressed up as a super hero，but it wouldn't really be a super hero in costume. It is hard to explain to small children that the things that they see in comic books and on televisions aren't really real. My brother still pretends that he is a super hero. He doesn't jump from rooftops，but he runs around and makes noise like he is flying I look at him and remember when I used to do things like that. I'm more mature than my brother. I know that super heroes aren't real，but I know he is having fun and using his imagination.

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.clumsy 笨拙的 2.waltz 华尔兹 原文 Learning to Dance I went to England with my mother. She used to be a singer in a band. We went to the hotel that she used to sing at. It was a big fancy hotel. Some of the people she knew when she sang in the band were still there. They remembered my mother，and they had a good time talking to her and remembering old times. Many people told me that I looked like my mother. In the hotel，they had a fancy hall where they had ballroom dancing. I am not used to that kind of dancing. I always dance to rock music. A man told me that he would teach me how to dance. It looked very easy. I held one of his hands，and put my other hand on his shoulder. He told me exactly how move my feet. I was very clumsy，and I stepped on his toes. He was patient with me，and he counted“one，two，three”. I tried to waltz with him. I would start out pretty well，and then I would get mixed up them and stand on his toes again. The man laughed about it. I told him that I wasn't a very good dancer，but he said that I was good for a beginner. I think he was just being polite. The man asked my mother to dance. My mother is a very good dancer. I didn't know that about her. She never stepped on the man's toes once. The man thanked us for dancing with him，and I thanked him for giving me dancing lessons. I don't think I'll ever be very good at that type of dancing. Each generation has a specific type of dancing. The way that I dance is different from the way that my mother dances. The way my dance doesn't involve moving your feet too much. I'm not too good at fancy steps.