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.trombone 长号 2.clarinet 单簧管 3.flute 长笛 4.viola 中提琴 5.duets 二重奏 原文 More Music I like music. I have always liked music. Even when I was very young，I liked music. I like to listen to it，and to make it. When I was a young girl，listening to nice music sometimes would make me cry！ That was seem silly，but the music was so pretty that I cried！ As I grew older，I started to take piano lessons. I was not very good at first，but after a while I got better. Also，as I grew older，I started to take violin lessons. I did not sound very good at all at first，but I improved. When I was a teenager in high school，I made sure I had music classes every year. Those were the classes I enjoyed most of all. Every one loved music，any we had a lot of fun. I started to take private singing lessons while I was in high school，too. I also sang in the choir，played in a band and acted in plays in high school. The plays were all musicals，so I got to sing and dance and enjoy music that the way also. It was so much fun pretending to be other people！ When I finish high school，I went to university to learn how to be a music teacher. That was a lot of fun because every day I was with other people who loved music as much as I do. Mostly I played the piano，but I also learned how to play the drums，a saxophone，a trombone，a French horn，a clarinet，a flute，which I really was not very good at，and a viola. I took more singing lessons，too. We did not have plays to sing and act in，but I sang in the university choir. Some years ，I played the piano for other students who were learning other instruments. One year，I played duets with another girl who was also there to play piano. She and I made sure we played fast，funny songs，so we really enjoyed ourselves doing it. Now ，I am a music teacher. I do not have a lot of students，as many as I used to have anyway. I still find it very rewarding. I like to see people who start off not knowing very much，if anything，and go on to be very good at creating music. I still love listening to music also. Music makes me happy when I am sad. It makes me want to dance or sing when I am already happy. Mostly，music just makes me glad that I am me and that music is alive in me.

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.squeals 尖叫声 2.count down 倒数 原文 New year's “Ten，nine，eight，seven，six，five，four，three，two，one！HAPPY NEW YEAR！”. What is New Year's？ Well，to me a New Year is when the date of the year changes. This year is 2001，and on December 31th at midnight it will change to 2002. I wonder who invented the changing of years and how it made the way it is. It must have been someone a long time ago，since it's already 2001. When New Year's comes closer，a lot of people talk about New Year's resolutions. I don't bother making“resolutions”，because I never do them anyway！ And the ones that I do make are usually ones that will happen anyway. I guess it's just common sense. The biggest reason why I like New Year's is because of the fireworks that we have here in Canada and many other countries，too. You should see some of the fireworks that go off. There are many different colors. There's pink，blue，purple，yellow，green，red，even white，silver and gold. Fireworks make loud bangs，squeals，siren sounds，and sometimes all at once. There are lots of different sounds，but I can't even explain what they are all like. Fireworks are best when it's very dark outside. They light up the whole sky！ Sometimes，they look as though they are going to fall on you. I like New Year's because it's fun in other ways，but the fireworks are the best part. You can buy fireworks to use for your own fireworks show. However，you have be careful that no one gets burned or hurt. Usually，there are parties at New Year's. Some people really dress up fancy and even wears masks. They don't know who one another is until midnight when they take their masks off. As midnight comes very close， everybody begins to count down，and then everyone yells out“Happy New Year's”and bang pots and pans or ring bells or honk horns. Join me to count down on New Year's Eve. “Ten，nine，eight，seven，six，five，four，three，two，one -HAPPY NEW YEAR！”.

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.goblins 哥布林地精 2.skeletons 骨架 3.chimes 敲响 4.porch 门廊 5.naughty 顽皮的 6.recorder 录音机 原文 Halloween（1） Ghosts，goblins，witches，princes and princesses，kings，queens，skeletons！ So many of these“things”are walking down my street. “Oh，no！They are coming to my door！ ” The doorbell chimes，and I slowly open the door. There standing on my front porch，is a little ghost and a cute little witch. They hold up a bag and say，“trick or treat”. I put candy into their bags and they smile and say，“thank you”. Every October 31st is Halloween. That is when children dress up as different things（not just funny people，but things like animals or fruits or vegetables，etc）. They go from door to door and get different candies or little toys from the people in the houses. Some children，who are not very nice will do naughty things to houses where people are not home，like throwing eggs at their windows. I think that is bad. Sometimes people decorate their houses for this day. Some of the houses can be pretty scary. They'll have scary noises coming from a tape recorder，too. However，it's only for a few days out of the year，so we may as well have fun with it. This year，my brother is dressing up as a skeleton，and I'm dressing up as a bride. I am wearing my mom's wedding dress. It is fun dressing up in costumes and putting on lots of makeup. Sometimes our friends don't even know who we really are！ The best part of Halloween is the candy，of course！ I once got an entire garbage bag full of candy. My mom and dad took it away，because I was eating too much. Mom gave me a piece of candy every day，though. If you eat too much candy，you can get a stomach ache. You need to remember to brush your teeth often too，so you don't get cavities. Still，that candy sure does taste good. Well，it's time to go“trick or treating”. So off I go，door to door，getting yummy candy and hearing people say，“Oh，aren't you pretty！”.

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.cereals 谷类 原文 Health Our health is very important to us. People can have good jobs，money or good looks. However，if they become sick，those things don't mean a thing. It is wonderful to feel good. Feeling good isn't just about our body. It is also about our mind and spirit. We need to feel good in every area of our life. One of the things we can do to be healthy is to get enough sleep. If we don't sleep well，or enough，it hurts our body. It is during sleep that our body restores itself. Everybody knows we should also eat good foods. We need milk products，meats，fruits and vegetables and breads and cereals. We shouldn't eat too much fat or sugar things either. Of course，we just shouldn't eat too much at all. Another thing that is very important is water. Most people know our bodies are mainly water，and we need to keep that replaced with good water——often！ Exercise is very good for both our body and mind. It is good for our heart，lungs，muscles and bones. It gets oxygen to our brain to help us think better. It can help us be smarter. Doing things that we believe are right and good gives us peace inside. It makes us nicer people and is good for our spirit. When we do what we know is right，it helps to reduce stress，which isn't good for any part of us. When we take care of our body，mind and spirit，we feel good all over and inside，too！ What a beautiful world this would be，if we could all work at doing these things for ourselves and also trying to be a help to others！

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.awkward 尴尬 2.waist 腰 3.bumping 冲撞 原文 School Dance It is the first school dance that I have ever been to. All of the boys are standing on one side of the gymnasium，and all of the girls are standing on the other side. There is loud music playing，and I can hardly hear my friends talking. The music is going fast，and some people are starting to move to the beat of the song. Soon all the girls are dancing，but the boys are still standing against the wall. Then the song ends，and slow music comes on. I don't know what to do，so I just go and stand against the wall. Then one of the boys in my class comes over and asks me if I would like to dance to the slow song. I really feel awkward and nervous，but say yes. We go out into the middle of the gym，and he puts his hands on my waist，and I put my hands on his shoulder. We start to move to the music，and we step on each other's feet. He is bigger than me，so my toe starts to hurt a little bit. As we continue to “slow dance”，more boys and girls come to the middle of the gym to dance together. It sure is funny to watch people dance because they are stepping on each other's toes and bumping into each other and turning in opposite directions. Soon the song ends，and the boys go to one side of the gym again. The girls decide that they want to dance to a fast song，so they stay in the middle of the gym and dance with one another. Our teachers are making sure that we are behaving because they are watching us I wonder if they want to dance. They probably are remembering their first school dance. I wonder if someday I'll be grown up just like the teachers and laughing at the memories of my first school dance？I sure hope so！

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.sign up 注册 2.rambled on 漫步，漫谈 原文 University It's time to sign up for school. This year Natalie is going to Brock University. She is never been to university before. She is little bit scared. She hopes she meets nice，new friends. Natalie stood in line to get her picture taken. The picture was put on a card. The card was her picture ID (identification). She would use this card if she needed to buy books from the school bookstore；if she wanted to get a book from the library；or if she wanted to use the pool. After all of the signing up and money was paid. Natalie went out to lunch with her mother. “Mom，I'm kind of scared about going to school. I'm going to be the youngest kid there. I don't know how to take notes. The teachers might been mean…”，Natalie rambled on. Her mom just calmed her down and said“Take one day at a time，Natalie. Worry only about today.” “Hmmmm，you're right，mom. Thanks！”. Natalie was very scared on the first day of school. She made sure she had all of the books she needs and lots of pen，pencils and erasers. She walked into the front of the building and went on her way to try and find her way to her classroom. Natalie got through her classes and met a lot of new people，nice people. Her classes seemed to go by really fast，and the day went by even faster. When Natalie got home，she was so excited. She told her mom that classes weren't all that scary；the students and the teachers weren't scary either. Natalie knew that the school work would be hard，but she felt good that the people she had met that day. She knew she'd have a good year.

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.damp 潮湿 2.clips 别针 3.bellies 肚子 4.Caesar salad 凯撒沙拉 原文 First Date “Ring，ring”，the phone is ringing. My mother answers it，“hello”she says. It is for me. When I pick up the phone，I hear a boy's voice. It is a boy I go to school with. This boy is very nice，and he is cute too. He asks me if I want to go out for dinner with him tonight. I say yes. He is going to pick me up at 5:30 pm in the evening. He has a nice red car. Before he picks me up，I have to find out an outfit to wear. I am nervous and don't know what to wear. So my sister picks out an outfit for me. I feel excited and have the sensation of butterflies in my stomach. The inside of my hands are damp，too. I put on my outfit and do my hair. My sister gives me some nice clips to put in my hair. “Ding-dong”the doorbell buzzes. My date is here！ I hurry to the door，so I can greet him. He tells me that I look nice and that we are going to a place called M-T Bellies. When we arrive at M-T Bellies，there is loud music playing. A smiling waitress comes who serves us our food. I order a large Caesar salad. My date orders steak. When it arrives，the food looks and is delicious. The waitress asks us if we want desert after we've finished. But we are too full. So we ask for our bill to pay. My date pays for the meal. I brought money just in case e would share the cost. When we leave the restaurant，we go for a walk by the river. It is a beautiful night. I am enjoying my first date. I am laughing and having fun. It is time for us to go home，so my date takes me home. I smile and thank him for the great time. I hope he'll ask me out again.

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.sink 下沉 原文 Music As song comes on the radio，my lips start to move，singing along. My fingers start to snap，my feet begin to tap. The music sinks deep into my soul. I listen to the music as it falls my brain，and I remember when I used to sing. I sang in front of huge crowds. I loved it when they watched me and clapped for me when I was finished. Letting out my feeling when I was sad，mad，happy or glad was when I would sing. I sang in the shower；I sang in the rain；I sang in church；I sang walking down the street. Music has always been a big part of my life. It seems like I was a baby when I started playing the piano. I would sit on my sister's lap while she played the piano，and I would band on the keys. I remember sitting beside her and learning how to sing. I sang my little lungs out！ As I grew，I listen to other singers on tapes，the radio and CDs. I took those things that I heard from different singers and made myself sound like them. Soon，I could take what I had heard all my life and make it into my own sound. I have always liked singing jazz and blues. I don't listen to jazz and blues a lot，however. I listen to pop，rack，classical and some country. As you can see，I like many types of music. I have seen musicals，too，like Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables. Those musicals were amazing There were such bright costumes and stage sets，not to mention the wonderful songs and singing.. Music has been on this earth since the beginning of time，and it touches every one in a different way. I know it has not only touched me，but is a big part of my very being！

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.twinkle 闪烁 2.urge 冲动 原文 Stars in the Midnight Sky “Twinkle，twinkle，little star，how I wonder what you are；up above the world so high，like a diamond in the sky，twinkle，twinkle，little star.” This is a poem/song I always say when I am outside and I see the stars. When I see the first star of the night，I always say this one： “Star light，star blight，first star I see tonight；I wish I may；I wish might ，have the wish I wish tonight.” Do you have a special thing to say about the stars？ Stars are beautiful bright spots in the sky. Stars are usually seen at night when it is dark. We can't see them in day time because the sun is so bright，the brightest star of all. I like staying up late just to look at the stars. One time I was outside at midnight，and the stars are seemed to sparkle and dance. They really did look like diamonds dancing in the sky. If you watch the stars long enough，you may see a falling star or shooting star I have seen both. A falling star is where the star seems to drop，and it leaves a trail of what appears like star dust. A shooting star is very beautiful. It “shoots”across the sky leaving a long trail of colorful “star dust”. Shooting stars seem to brighten up the whole sky. They usually seem quite close to the earth. Have you ever watched the stars and get the urge to reach out and touch them，or even to join them in their secret dance？ I wonder what it would be like to see a star up to close. Would it look like the moon？ Maybe one day when I am older，I will go up in a rocket ship and visiting the dancing stars in the midnight sky！

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.recipe 食谱配方 2.Fahrenheit 华氏度 3.flour 面粉 4.ingredients 成分配料 原文 Making Cookies Ummmm. Something smells good！. My friend's mom is making cookies. They are chocolate chip，my favorite！ I think I'll go home and ask my mom if we can make cookies，too. I run all the way home and rush through the door. I yell，“Mom，Mom！”. She comes from her bedroom，her eyes wide. “what？”she answers，a little worried. I breathlessly ask if we can please，pretty please，make cookies. She smiles and says，“I guess so！”. “Yes！”I reply. First，my mom tells me to get out the cooking stuff；so I get out the mixer and bowl，the measuring cup and spoons and cooking sheets. Then，she tells to get out the recipe book. I remind her that the recipe book is on the chocolate chip package. “Right”she says. Then she asks me to look at the recipe and get out the things we need：like flour，sugar and butter. We sent the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Then，we mix all of the flour and other stuff（ingredients）together. Last，we add the chocolate chips. We drop the batter by big teaspoons fall onto the cookie sheets. We set the timer for 12 minutes and just sit back and enjoy the good smell. The buzzer rings，we take the cookies out. Oh，do they look good. We don't even wait for them to cool down. Both mom and I get a big glass of cold milk and two warm cookies each. Yum！Yum！Want to join us？

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.pails 桶 2.forts 堡垒 3.frisbee 飞盘 4.glides 滑翔 5.vigorously 活泼地 6.inflatable 充气玩具 7.floating mattress 漂浮床垫 8.wade 蹚水 原文 A Day at the Beach When the hot summer weather arrives，many people like to cool off by visiting the beach. Often，there is a cool breeze that comes off the water. And，of course，the water itself is cool and refreshing. One of the favorite activities at the beach is building sandcastles. Children use small shovels and pails to move the sand. They can build small forts and castles by carefully forming and shaping the sand. Building sandcastles is a lot of fun，but you shouldn't build them too close to the water：a wave might come and wash your sandcastles away！ There are also many games that people like to play at the beach. Some people play catch with a small plastic disc called a Frisbee. The Frisbee glides smoothly through the air. Other people like to play beach volleyball in the soft sand. Some people prefer just to relax on the beach. They like to lie down on a blanket and feel the warm sunshine. I like to sit on the beach with an ice-cream cone. But you have to eat it quickly，before it melts. Of course，the main attraction of a beach is the water. Many children learn to swim at the beach，and enjoy playing in the water. Some people like to swim vigorously. Other people like to relax in the water on a inflatable，floating mattress. Other people just wade around in the water，as a way to keep cool. When it is a windy day，some people try sports such as surfing. Going to the beach is surely one of the best ways to spend a summer day！

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.cart 推车 2.poultry 禽类 3.lamb 羊羔 4.pasta 意大利面食 5.macaroni 通心粉 6.spaghetti 意大利面 原文 Going to the Grocery Store Each week I go to the grocery store to buy food for my family. I get a shopping cart from the front of the store，and I push the cart all around the store. The cart is large，but when I am finished shopping，the cart is nearly full. The grocery store is also called a supermarket. When I go shopping，I start out in the produce section of the supermarket. The produce section is where the fresh fruits and vegetables are kept. I like to buy different kinds of fruits，such as apples，oranges and bananas. The vegetables that I often buy are carrots，peas and corn. I also buy tomatoes when they are bright red in color. I often buy a bag of potatoes or a bag of rice. After visiting the produce section，I go to the meat section. Here I buy poultry，such as chicken and turkey. I often buy seafood，especially fish. I also buy beef，and sometimes pork or lamb. I also visit dairy section，where I can buy milk and cheese. Sometimes I also buy ice cream or yogurt. When I have finished in the meat section and dairy sections，I then move to the bakery section. This is where loaves of bread are baked and sold. There are many kinds of different bread in the bakery section. The bakery section also sells pasta，such as macaroni and spaghetti. And，of course，you can buy pies，cakes and cookies in the bakery section. These foods are very sweet and tasty. I also pick up a few other things at the supermarket，such as soap，toothpaste，and cleaning supplies. But sometimes I forget to buy something that I had planned to get. Maybe I should make a list of the things I need to buy.