Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 词汇提示 1.mutiny 兵变 原文 Chapter Eight: Escape from the island I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island, and I did not want to be there for another year. We worked hard to get the corn in, and to make a lot of bread. We had dried fruit and salted meat, and big pots to keep water in. One evening Friday went out to look for a turtle for meat and eggs. But in less than an hour he was back, and he looked very afraid. 'Master! Master!' he cried. 'There's a great ship near the island, and men are coming to the shore in a boat!' I jumped up and ran with him down to the shore. To my great surprise, I saw that it was an English ship! But why was it here? English ships never came this way. Perhaps they were pirates! 'Don't let them see you, Friday!' I called. 'We'll hide in the trees and watch. There were eleven men in the boat, but three of them were prisoners. Their arms were tied with rope, but their legs were free and they could walk. The other sailors pushed the three prisoners up the beach, laughing and shouting and hitting them. Then some of them sat down on the sand and began to drink. Others walked away to look at the island, and two men stayed to watch the boat. The three prisoners walked slowly along the beach and sat down under a tree, not far from us. They looked very unhappy. Very quietly, I came up behind them through the trees, and called out to them in English. 'Don't be afraid,' I said. 'I'm an Englishman. Perhaps I can help you.' The three men turned and looked at me. They did not answer at once; they were too surprised. Perhaps they thought I was a wild man myself, in my strange homemade clothes of animals' skins, and with my long hair and beard. Then the oldest man spoke. 'I am the captain of that ship,' he said, 'and these two men are my first and second officers. Last night there was a mutiny, and the seamen took the ship from me. Now they're going to leave the three of us here, to die on this island.' 'Do these mutineers have guns?' 'Only two,' he answered, 'and they've left those on the boat.' Friday ran back to my house to get all the guns, and the captain and I made a plan. The first part was easy because the seamen were not ready for a fight. We shot the two men at the boat, and the captain shot another man. This man, Tom Smith, was the worst of them all and he began the mutiny on the ship. Then the captain talked to the other five men, and they agreed to help him. They did not really want to be mutineers, but they were afraid of Tom Smith. 'Now,' I said to the captain, 'we must get back your ship. How many men are on it?' 'Twenty-six,' the captain replied, 'and they will fight hard because they won't want to go home. It is death for all mutineers in England. But not all the men are bad. I'm sure that some of them will help me.' Just then we saw another boat, which was coming from the ship to the shore. There were ten men in it, and they all had guns. We ran into the trees and waited. It was a long hard fight, but by now it was dark and this helped us very much. We ran here and there in the trees, calling and shouting. The seamen could not see us and did not know how many men they were fighting. In the end the first officer shouted to them: 'Put down your guns and stop fighting! The captain has fifty island people to help him. We can kill you all!' So the seamen stopped fighting and we took their guns. Three of the men agreed to come back to the captain, and we put the others in my cave. Friday and I stayed to watch the prisoners, while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship. All night we listened to the sound of guns and shouting, but in the morning, when the sun came up, the captain was master of his ship again. I went down to the shore to meet him. 'My dear friend,' he cried. 'There's your ship! I'll take you to the ends of the world in it!' I put my arms round him, and we laughed and cried together. How happy I was to leave the island! My good friend Friday came with me, of course, but we left the mutineers on the island. We decided not to kill them; they could begin a new life on the island. I showed them my three houses, my cornfields and my goats, and all my tools. Their life would be easy because of all my hard work for so many years. And so, on the nineteenth of December 1686 – after twenty-seven years, two months and nineteen days -I said goodbye to my island and sailed home to England.

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 121. I don't feel very well. I should go home. 我感觉不太舒服，我该回家。 122. Were you able to do everything you wanted to get done? 你能做成你想做的一切事情吗？ 123. One good friend is better than ten relatives. 一个好友胜过十个亲戚。 124. I couldn't prevent Tom from eating all the cookies. 我阻止不了汤姆把饼干全吃了。 125. We have to sing at an old folks home today. 我们今天得去养老院唱歌。 126. We are looking forward to seeing you and your family. 我们很期待见到您和您的家人。 127. What do you want to be when you grow up? 你长大后想成为什么？ 128. I would like to retract my previous statement. 我想撤回我之前的陈述。 129. She spends a lot of time practicing the piano. 她花很多时间练钢琴。 130. The boss has a good opinion of your work. 老板对你的工作有很高的评价。

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 4 31. Across 穿过 He walked across the field. 他走过田野。 I can swim across the river. 我能游到河的对岸。 My house is just across the street. 我的房子就在马路对面。 There's a bank right across the street. 马路对面有一家银行。 32. Act 行动 We should act morally. 我们应该按道德行事。 I will act on your advice. 我会根据你的建议行事。 He acts as if he were a king. 他的行为就像是国王一样。 You'd better act upon his advice. 你最好听他的建议行事。 It was obvious that they acted wrongly. 很明显，他们的行为是错误的。 33. Action 行动 He is a man of action. 他是个有行动能力的人。 Prompt action is necessary. 必须迅速采取行动。 This action had been calculated. 这个动作已经过计算。 We need to take military action. 我们需要采取军事行动。 Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. 思考不会克服恐惧，但行动会克服恐惧。 34. Active 活跃 He is an active member. 他是一名活跃成员。 You need to be more active. 你需要更加活跃。 He is an active member of the club. 他是俱乐部的活跃成员。 Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active. 尽管他快80岁了，但他仍然非常活跃。 35. Actively 积极地 She's actively looking for a job. 她正在积极找工作。 Your proposal is being actively considered. 您的提案正在积极考虑之中。 She actively takes part in social activities. 她积极参与社交活动。 36. Activity 活动 I enjoy outdoor activities. 我喜欢户外活动。 He doesn't like indoor activities. 他不喜欢室内活动。 She takes part in many school activities. 她参加了许多学校活动。 Do you take part in any community activities? 你参加任何社区活动吗? 37. Actual 实际的 Belief creates the actual fact. 信念创造了真实的事实。 The movie is based on actual events. 这部电影是根据实际事件改编的。 How much actual experience do you have? 你有多少实际经验？ The actual cost was higher than expected. 实际成本高于预期。 First we need to identify actual and potential problems. 首先，我们需要确定实际和潜在的问题。 38. Actually 其实 Do you actually believe that? 你真的相信吗？ They're not married, actually. 实际上，他们还没结婚。 I don't know what actually happened. 我不知道到底发生了什么。 Russia is the biggest country in the world, but China actually has longer land borders. 俄罗斯是世界上最大的国家，但中国的陆地边界实际上更长。 39. Adapt 适应 He couldn't adapt to new circumstances. 他无法适应新的情况。 We must adapt our plan to these new circumstances. 我们必须调整我们的计划以适应这些新情况。 I quickly adapted myself to my new school. 我很快就适应了我的新学校。 40. Addition 另外 In addition to being a doctor, he is a writer. 除了当医生外，他还是一名作家。 In addition to English I can speak basic Japanese. 除了英语，我还能说基本的日语。

词汇提示 1.lobbying 游说 2.torn 拔出 3.snarled 混乱的 4.proportion 比例 5.concern 涉及 6.fumes 废弃 7.erode 侵蚀 8.whiz by 呼啸而过 9.bumper 保险杠 原文 Public Transit Public transportation in North America varies greatly from place to place. Some large cities like New York, Boston, Toronto and Montreal have subway systems. These same cities usually also have train service into the city. But most towns and cities do not have subways or trains. Some do not even have buses. Most big cities have some sort of public bus service. Inmost North American cities, people who use the buses complain about poor service. This is partly because most people prefer to drive a car. Automobile companies spend billions of dollars on advertising. They want to convince young people that they should drive a car as soon as they are old enough. Even when public transportation is very good, most North Americans prefer to drive cars. So mostly students, poor people and seniors use buses. The large car companies have a lot of economic and political power in North America. They can usually convince politicians to limit the money put into public transit. Lobbying by large car companies has been effective in closing down many railway lines. In some cases, large corporations have bought train tracks, and torn them up so that no one could use them again. Because of this, nearly all transportation in North America is by car, bus or truck. The automobile created the modern North American city. Cars allowed families to live outside the city and drive back in to work. Since the 1920s, large numbers of Americans have lived in the suburbs, and used cars to do nearly all their daily activities. People drive to school, to work, to the shopping mall, to the theater, to church and to doctors, lawyers and dentists. Because the modern city is so spread out, it is difficult to get where you want to go by walking, or even by bicycling. But the automobile also causes problems. Car accidents are a major cause of death and injury. Crowded streets and snarled traffic can lead to road rage. Young people often use cars as super toys. They enjoy driving very fast and take risks while driving. A high proportion of serious accidents concern drivers using alcohol or drugs. More recently, some people have accused cell phones of being a cause of accidents. About half of the air pollution in North American cities is caused by motor vehicles. The exhaust fumes from cars and trucks are part of this. The other part is that vehicles erode the surface of the highways. Small particles are torn loose from the road and thrown into the air as cars whiz by. Heavy trucks are particularly large contributors to particle pollution. Especially in hot weather, a layer of smog covers many cities. Because city roads are often crowded, the result is frequent traffic jams. When cars are moving very slowly, bumper to bumper, it adds to air pollution. Another problem with cars is that not everyone can afford one. The average car costs nearly $20,000 to buy, and about $4,000 a year to operate. So cars are also a status symbol. People with cars tend to move out of the city. As a result, downtown areas are usually where the poorer people live. For along time, many people have said that governments should try to make downtown areas more attractive to live in. This would include improving public transit, into and inside, the cities. Then some people may move back from the suburbs. And air pollution levels will decline. Right now, the large automobile companies and oil companies oppose these measures. Recently,there have been cuts to public transit in many cities. Whether these cuts continue, or whether they get reversed, is a big political issue in North America today. 翻译 公共交通 北美各地的公共交通差异很大。 一些大城市，如纽约、波士顿、多伦多和蒙特利尔都有地铁系统。 这些城市通常也有火车服务进入城市。 但是大多数城镇没有地铁或火车。 有些甚至没有公共汽车。 大多数大城市都有某种公共汽车服务。 在大多数北美城市，乘坐公共汽车的人抱怨服务差。 部分原因是大多数人喜欢开车。 汽车公司在广告上花费数十亿美元。 他们想让年轻人相信，他们应该一到年龄就开车。 即使公共交通很发达，大多数北美人还是喜欢开车。 所以大多数学生，穷人和老年人使用公共汽车。 大型汽车公司在北美有很大的经济和政治权力。 他们通常能说服政客限制公共交通的资金投入。 大型汽车公司的游说有效地关闭了许多铁路线。 在某些情况下，大公司买下铁轨，然后把它们撕碎，这样就没有人能再使用它们了。 正因为如此，北美几乎所有的交通工具都是汽车、公共汽车或卡车。 汽车创造了现代北美城市。 汽车让人们可以住在城外，开车回家上班。 自20世纪20年代以来，大量美国人住在郊区，几乎所有的日常活动都用汽车来完成。 人们开车去上学、上班、去购物中心、去剧院、去教堂、去看医生、律师和牙医。 因为现代城市是如此分散，很难通过步行，甚至骑自行车到达你想去的地方。 但是汽车也会带来问题。 车祸是造成伤亡的一个主要原因。 拥挤的街道和混乱的交通会导致路怒症。 年轻人经常把汽车当作超级玩具。 他们喜欢开得很快，喜欢冒险。 严重事故的很大一部分与驾驶员使用酒精或药物有关。 最近，一些人指责手机是交通事故的一个原因。 北美城市大约一半的空气污染是由机动车造成的。 汽车和卡车排放的废气也是其中的一部分。 另一部分是车辆侵蚀高速公路的表面。 当汽车呼啸而过时，路面上的小颗粒被撕裂，抛向空中。 重型卡车是颗粒物污染的主要来源。 特别是在炎热的天气，一层烟雾覆盖了许多城市。 由于城市道路经常拥挤，结果是交通堵塞频繁。 当汽车一辆接一辆地缓慢行驶时，就加剧了空气污染。 汽车的另一个问题是并不是每个人都买得起。 一辆车的平均售价接近2万美元，每年的运营费用约为4000美元。 所以汽车也是地位的象征。 有车的人倾向于搬出城市。 因此，市中心通常是穷人居住的地方。 很长一段时间以来，许多人都说政府应该努力使市中心地区更有吸引力。 这将包括改善城市内外的公共交通。 之后一些人可能会从地铁回去。 空气污染水平也会下降。 目前，大型汽车公司和石油公司对此表示反对。 最近，许多城市都削减了公共交通开支。 这些削减是否会继续，或者是否会逆转，是当今北美的一个重大政治问题。

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 原文 Chapter Seven: Man Friday For two years I never went anywhere without my gun. I felt lonely and afraid, and had many sleepless nights. One night there was a very bad storm, and I thought I heard the sound of guns out at sea. The next morning I looked out, and saw a ship. It was lying on its side not far from the shore. Quickly, I put my little boat in the water and sailed out to it. There were two dead men on the ship, but no one alive. The bodies of the other sailors were lost in the sea. I took some clothes and tools, and also a box of Spanish gold and silver money. I was a rich man now, but what use was money to me? I could not buy anything with it. I wanted people, a friend, somebody to talk to ... somebody who could help me escape from my island. One morning I woke up and made a plan. 'I'll try to catch one of the prisoners of the wild men,' I said to myself. 'He'll be happy to be alive and perhaps he'll help me to escape.' I watched day and night, but for a year and a half there were no boats. Then one day five boats came. There were about thirty men and they had two prisoners. They made their fire on the sand and danced round it. Then they killed one of the prisoners and began to cook their terrible meal. The second prisoner waited under the trees, with two men to watch him. Suddenly, the prisoner turned and ran. The two men ran after him, but the other wild men were busy round the fire and did not see what was happening. The prisoner ran like a wild goat, and soon I saw that he was coming near the bottom of my hill. As fast as I could, I ran down the hill and jumped out of the trees between the prisoner and the two wild men. I hit the first man with the wooden end of my gun and he fell down, but I had to shoot the second man. The poor prisoner did not move. He was afraid of the noise of my gun. I called to him and tried to show him that I was friendly. Slowly, he moved nearer to me, but just then the first wild man began to get up from the ground. Then the prisoner spoke and I understood that he wanted my sword. How happy I was to hear words again! I gave him my sword, and at once he cut off the head of his enemy. Hurriedly, we hid the dead bodies under some leaves, and then left quickly. I took my prisoner to my secret cave on the other side of the island and gave him food and drink. After that, he went to sleep. He was a fine young man, about twenty-five years old, tall and well-built, with a kind face and a nice smile. He had a brown skin, black hair, bright eyes and strong white teeth. I decided to give him the name of 'Man Friday', because I first saw him on a Friday. When he woke up in the morning, he ran out to me. I was milking my goats in the field, and he got down on the ground and put his head near my foot. I understood that he was thanking me, and I tried to show him that I was his friend. I began to teach him to speak English, and soon he could say his name, 'Master', and 'Yes' and 'No'. How good it was to hear a man's voice again! Later that day we went back to my first house. We went carefully along the beach, but there were no boats and no wild men. Just blood and bones all over the sand. I felt ill, but Friday wanted to eat the pieces of men's bodies which were still on the ground. I showed him that this was terrible for me, and he understood. When we got to my house, I gave Man Friday some trousers, and I made him a coat and a hat. He liked his new clothes very much. Then I made him a little tent to sleep in, but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me. Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night. At first, Friday was very afraid of my gun. Sometimes he talked to it, and asked it not to kill him. Friday was a quick learner and his English got better day by day. I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England, and he told me about his country and his people. One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island, and we were looking out to sea. It was a very clear day and we could see a long way. Suddenly, Friday began to jump up and down, very excited. 'What's the matter?' I said. 'Look, Master, look!' Friday cried. 'I can see my country. Look over there!' I looked, and there to the north-west, between the sea and the sky, was a long thin piece of land. I looked, and there to the north-west, between the sea and the sky, was a long thin piece of land. I began to think again about escape. Perhaps Friday wanted to go home too. Perhaps together we could get to his country. But what then? Would Friday still be my friend, or would his people kill me and eat me? I took Friday to the other side of the island and showed him my big canoe. It still lay under the trees. It was very old now, and there were holes in the wood. 'Could a boat like this sail to your country, Friday?' I asked him. 'Oh yes,' he answered. 'A boat like this can carry a lot of food and drink.' 'Then we'll make another canoe like it, and you can go home in it,'I said. But Friday looked very unhappy. 'Why are you angry with me?' he asked. 'What have I done? Why do you want to send me home?' 'But I thought you wanted to go home,' I said. ' Yes. But you must come with me. Kill me if you want, but don't send me away fromyou!' Then I saw that Friday was a true friend, and so I agreed to go with him. We began work on the canoe at once. Friday chose the tree himself - he understood wood better than I did - and we cut it down. We worked hard and in a month the boat was finished. Two weeks later it was in the sea, and we began to get ready for our long journey.

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。 词汇提示 1.vowed 发誓 2.platform 站台 原文 111. I vowed that I would never speak to her again. 我发誓再也不跟她说话了。 112. The teacher lined the children up in order of height. 老师按照身高给孩子们排队。 113. The train for Birmingham leaves from platform 3. 去伯明翰的火车从3号站台出发。 114. It took her a long time to choose a hat. 她花了好长时间挑帽子。 115. He is as smart as any other boy in the class. 他和班上其他男生一样聪明。 116. I agree with what you say to some extent. 在某种程度上，我认同你所说的。 117. As soon as she wakes up, we'll turn on the music. 她一醒，我们就放音乐。 118. The fish he caught yesterday is still alive. 他昨天抓住的鱼一直还活着。 119. If I'd known the truth, I'd have told you. 如果我知道真相，我就告诉你了。 120. It is easy for a monkey to climb a tree. 对猴子来说，爬树很容易。

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 3 21. Accommodation 住宿 We need accommodation for seven adults and two children. 我们需要为七名成人和两名儿童提供住宿。 Hotel accommodation is included in the price of the tour. 旅游价格中包含酒店住宿。 They're not sure they could provide accommodation for the whole group. 他们不确定他们能否为整个团体提供住宿。 22. Accompany 陪伴 May I accompany you home? 我可以陪你回家吗？ He suggested that I accompany him to the party. 他建议我陪他去参加聚会。 Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you? 你确定你不想让我陪你吗？ 23. According to 根据 Everything proceeds according to plan. 一切都按计划进行。 I did everything according to your instructions. 我按照你的指示做了所有事情。 According to the weather forecast, it will rain tomorrow. 根据天气预报，明天会下雨。 24. Account 帐户 Here's my account number. 这是我的账号。 They don't have a bank account. 他们没有银行账户。 I'd like to open a savings account. 我想开一个储蓄账户。 I withdrew $200 from my savings account. 我从储蓄账户中提取了200美元。 25. Accurate 准确的 He is very accurate in his work. 他的工作非常准确。 This data isn't accurate at all. 这些数据根本不准确。 Your analysis of the situation is accurate. 你对情况的分析是准确的。 Accurate measurement is very important in science. 准确的测量在科学中非常重要。 26. Accuse 指责 She accused him of lying. 她指责他撒谎。 He was wrongly accused of theft. 他被错误地指控犯有盗窃罪。 The police accused him of murder. 警察指控他犯有谋杀罪。 He is accused of stealing the money. 他被指控偷钱。 The coach accused us of not doing our best. 教练指责我们没有尽力而为。 27. Achieve 实现 He finally achieved his goals. 他终于实现了自己的目标。 I always aim high to achieve my best. 我总是以高远的目标来实现自己的最佳状态。 Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. 没有热情，任何伟大的成就都不可能实现。 She finally achieved her ambition of becoming a famous writer. 她终于实现了成为著名作家的雄心。 28. Achievement 成就 He proudly told me his achievement. 他自豪地告诉我他的成就。 His academic achievements are impressive. 他的学术成就令人印象深刻。 What do you consider your greatest achievement? 你认为你最大的成就是什么？ They are proud of their children's achievements. 他们为孩子的成就感到自豪。 It was a remarkable achievement for such a young leader. 对于这样一位年轻的领导人来说，这是一项了不起的成就。 29. Acknowledge 承认 He acknowledges that he was defeated. 他承认自己被打败了。 We acknowledge receipt of your letter. 我们确认收到您的来信。 She acknowledged that she couldn't speak English. 她承认自己不会说英语。 They acknowledged that the decision was a mistake. 他们承认这个决定是错误的。 30. Acquire获得 They acquired a large fortune. 他们获得了一大笔财富。 She has acquired a good knowledge of English. 她已经掌握了很好的英语知识。 How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills? 掌握必要的技能需要多长时间？

词汇提示 1.enchanted 迷人的 2.oxide 氧化的 3.occupations 职业 4.orchards 果园 5.strife 斗争 原文 Prince Edward Island Throughout history, people have dreamed about a special place, remote from the day-to-day business world. Sometimes,they have thought of this place as an enchanted world where the weather is always good and food is always easy to get. Sometimes,it has been a hidden valley in the mountains, or an island far out at sea. When the Europeans arrived in the South Pacific, they thought that they had found it. Islands such as Tahiti seemed about as perfect as possible. Nowadays,our cities grow larger and larger, and people have to work harder and harder to succeed. Many people would like to escape to a quieter, slower, more peaceful, more attractive environment. When summer holidays come, many people travel to Prince Edward Island in Eastern Canada. It has a mild summer climate, and hardly ever gets too hot or dry. The fields, trees, and crops stay green all summer. In fact, P.E.I. is famous for the many shades of green on the island. Its soil and dirt roads are red because of iron oxide in the soil. And visitors are never far away from the blue waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In late June and early July, the roadsides are covered with large purple flowers called lupins. The vivid colors of P.E.I. help make the province a photographer's paradise. Prince Edward Island is almost 100 miles long and about 20 miles wide. It is small enough that a tourist can see much of the Island in a couple of days. But there are enough interesting things to see and do that most people like to stay longer. One of the chief traditional occupations is fishing. Atone time, fishing was an important source of food and income for many islanders. Now the fisheries are in decline; boat owners find it more profitable to take tourists out to fish than to fish themselves. Lobsters and shellfish are still important to the Island, which is famous for its “lobster suppers”. Tourists can visit many picturesque little fishing villages all around the coastline. P.E.I.is famous for its potatoes, which are exported all over the world. Dairy farming is also common, and local ice cream is popular with tourists. Apple orchards, grain fields, hay fields, and vegetable gardening are also widely found. During the era of sailing ships, a lot of shipbuilding took place on the Island. But as steel hulls replaced wooden hulls, shipbuilding moved to regions where steel was being produced. The full impact of the industrial revolution has never hit P.E.I. Farming,fishing and tourism have remained the chief industries. There are no large cities on the Island. So,if young people want to go to the big city, they have to leave P.E.I. The majority of Island people prefer to live in small towns and villages, just as their ancestors did. Since there wasn't much industry on the Island, many people did not have a lot of money. As a result, they "made do" with their old houses, old furniture, and old ways of doing things. This is why visitors to P. E. I. sometimes feel like they are going back in time. Things on the Island seem like they are still the way things were in our parents' or grandparents' day. Most of the people who live on the Island are descended from British immigrants in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. The majority of these were from Scotland, and the Scottish heritage remains strong. There are also some Micmac Indians and some French Canadians, or Acadians. The Island has generally avoided social and political strife, and this contributes to the peaceful atmosphere. Islanders welcome people "from away" as tourists. However,some say that to be a true Islander, you have to be born on the Island. Nonetheless,some tourists have fallen in love with P.E.I. and have gone there to live. A couple of years ago, a bridge was built to connect the Island with the mainland. Many opposed this "fixed link," saying that it would destroy the special P.E.I. atmosphere. It remains to be seen whether the Island will change, now that tourists can drive directly on to the rich, red soil. 翻译 爱德华王子岛 纵观历史，人们一直梦想着一个特殊的地方，远离日常的商业世界。 有时，他们认为这个地方是一个迷人的世界，天气总是很好，食物总是很容易得到。 有时，它是一个隐蔽的山谷在山，或一个岛屿在遥远的海上。 当欧洲人到达南太平洋时，他们以为已经找到了。 像塔希提岛这样的岛屿似乎再完美不过了。 如今，我们的城市变得越来越大，人们必须越来越努力地工作才能成功。 很多人都想逃到一个更安静、更慢、更平和、更有吸引力的环境中去。 暑假来临时，许多人去加拿大东部的爱德华王子岛旅游。 它的夏季气候温和，几乎不会太热或太干。 整个夏天，田地、树木和庄稼都是绿色的。 事实上，P.E.I.岛以岛上深浅不一的绿色而闻名。 它的土壤和土路是红色的，因为土壤中的氧化铁。 游客们永远不会远离圣劳伦斯湾的蓝色海水。 在六月下旬和七月初，路边开满了紫色的大花，叫做羽扇豆花。 P.E.I.岛以鲜艳的色彩使该省成为摄影师的天堂。 爱德华王子岛长约100英里，宽约20英里。 它足够小，游客可以在几天内看到岛上的大部分地方。 但是这里有很多有趣的东西可以看，可以做，所以大多数人喜欢多待一会儿。 捕鱼是主要的传统职业之一。 曾经，捕鱼是许多岛民的重要食物和收入来源。 现在渔业在减少;船主发现带游客出海捕鱼比自己捕鱼更有利可图。 龙虾和贝类对这个以“龙虾晚餐”闻名的岛屿来说仍然很重要。 游客们可以在海岸线上参观许多风景如画的小渔村。 P.E.I.以马铃薯闻名，马铃薯出口到世界各地。 奶牛场也很常见，当地的冰淇淋很受游客的欢迎。 苹果园、谷地、干草地和菜园也随处可见。 在帆船时代，岛上发生了大量的造船活动。 但随着钢船体取代了木制船体，造船转移到了生产钢铁的地区。 工业革命的全面影响从未冲击过P.E.I. 农业、渔业和旅游业仍然是主要产业。 岛上没有大城市。 所以，如果年轻人想去大城市，他们必须离开P.E.I. 大多数岛民喜欢住在小城镇和村庄，就像他们的祖先一样。 由于岛上没有多少工业，许多人没有很多钱。 结果，他们只好凑合着用他们的旧房子、旧家具和旧的做事方式。 这就是为什么来体育课的人有时会觉得自己回到了过去。 岛上的事情似乎仍然是我们父母或祖父母时代的样子。 住在岛上的大多数人是十八、十九世纪英国移民的后裔。 其中大多数来自苏格兰，苏格兰的传统仍然很强。 也有一些米克马克印第安人和一些法裔加拿大人，或阿卡迪亚人。 该岛一般避免了社会和政治冲突，这有助于和平气氛。 岛民欢迎“远道而来”的游客。 然而，有人说，要成为一个真正的岛民，你必须出生在岛上。 尽管如此，还是有一些游客爱上了P.E.I.，并去那里生活。 几年前，建了一座桥把这个岛和大陆连接起来。 许多人反对这种“固定联系”，称这会破坏P.E.I.的特殊氛围。 现在游客们可以直接开车到这片肥沃的红色土地上，岛上是否会发生变化还有待观察。

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 原文 Chapter Six: A footprint Then, one year, something strange and terrible happened. I often walked along the shore, and one day I saw something in the sand. I went over to look at it more carefully, and stopped in sudden surprise. It was a footprint - the footprint of a man! Who could this be? Afraid, I looked around me. I listened. I waited. Nothing. I was more and more afraid. Perhaps this man was one of those wild people who killed and ate other men! I looked everywhere, but there was nobody, and no other footprint. I turned and hurried home. 'There's someone on my island,' I said to myself. 'Perhaps he knows about me ... Perhaps he's watching me now from behind a tree .…. Perhaps he wants to kill me.' That night I couldn't sleep. The next day I got all my guns ready and I put more wood and young trees around my house. Nobody could see me now. But, after fifteen years alone on the island, I was afraid, and I did not leave my cave for three days. In the end, I had to go out to milk my goats. But for two years I was afraid. I stayed near my home and I never used my guns because I didn't want to make a noise. I could not forget the footprint, but I saw and heard nothing more, and slowly I began to feel happier. One day, a year later, I was over on the west side of the island. From there I could see the other islands, and I could also see a boat, far out to sea. 'If you have a boat,' I thought, 'it's easy to sail across to this island. Perhaps that explains the footprint - it was a visitor from one of the other islands.' I began to move more freely around the island again, and built myself a third house. It was a very secret place in a cave. 'No wild man will ever find that,' I said to myself. Then one year something happened which I can never forget. I was again on the west side of the island and was walking along the shore. Suddenly, I saw something which made me feel ill. There were heads, arms, feet, and other pieces of men's bodies everywhere. For a minute, I couldn't think, and then I understood. Sometimes there were fights between the wild men on the other islands. Then they came here to my island with their prisoners, to kill them, cook them, and eat them. Slowly, I went home, but I was very angry. How could men do this? For many months I watched carefully for the smoke from fires, but I didn't see anything. Somehow the wild men came and went, and I never saw them. I was angry and afraid. I wanted to shoot them all, but there were many of them and only one of me. 'Perhaps I can shoot two or three, 'I said to myself, 'but then they will kill and cat me.' Then, one morning in my twenty-third year on the island, I was out in my fields and I saw the smoke from a fire. Quickly, I went up the hill to watch. There were nine men around the fire, and they were cooking their terrible food. Then these wild men danced round the fire, singing and shouting. This went on for about two hours, and then they got into their boats and sailed away. I went down to the shore and saw the blood of the dead men on the sand. ' The next time they come, I'm going to kill them, 'I said angrily.

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 101. Having lived in Tokyo, I know the city well. 因为在东京住过，我对这个城市非常了解。 102. We waited in the park for a long time. 我们在公园等了好久。 103. It's next to impossible to finish it in a day. 在一天之内完成它几乎是不可能的。 104. He looked for every possible means of escape. 他寻找一切可能的逃生途径。 105. It took us half an hour to set up the tent. 搭帐篷花了我们半小时。 106. I have two dogs. One is white and the other black. 我有两条狗。一条是白色的，另一条是黑色的。 107. My cell phone has a built-in digital camera. 我的手机有内置的数码相机。 108. My husband reads the newspaper while eating breakfast. 我丈夫一边吃早餐一边读报纸。 109. I live near the sea so I often go to the beach. 我住在海边，所以经常去海滩。 110. My wife's part-time job brings in a little extra money. 我太太兼职的工作赚进了一些额外的钱。

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 2 11. Absorb 吸收 This paper does not absorb ink. 本纸不吸收墨水。 He was absorbed in a computer game. 他沉迷于电脑游戏。 He was completely absorbed in his work. 他完全沉迷于自己的工作。 12. Abuse 虐待 He abuses his authority. 他滥用权力。 She abused her friend's trust. 她滥用了朋友的信任。 She is a victim of sexual abuse. 她是性虐待的受害者。 Many children have been sexually abused. 许多儿童遭到性虐待。 13. Academic 学术的 His academic achievements are impressive. 他的学术成就令人印象深刻。 She is working at an academic institution. 她在一家学术机构工作。 14. Accent 口音 He made fun of my accent. 他取笑了我的口音 He has a southern accent. 他有南方口音。 He spoke with a regional accent. 他讲话时带有区域口音。 15. Accept 接受 He accepted our offer. 他接受了我们的提议 Will you accept my invitation? 你会接受我的邀请吗？ We must accept this inevitable fact. 我们必须接受这一不可避免的事实。 Please accept my sincere apologies. 请接受我诚挚的歉意。 She's decided not to accept the job. 她决定不接受这份工作。 16. Acceptable 可以接受的 We want a solution that is acceptable to all parties. 我们想要一个各方都能接受的解决办法。 The food at this restaurant was acceptable, but no more. 这家餐厅的食物可以接受，但没有更多。 17. Access 访问 They have access to the library. 他们可以进入图书馆。 You'll need a password to access the database. 您需要密码才能访问数据库。 18. Accident 事故 I only found it by accident. 我只是偶然发现的。 He was injured in the accident. 他在事故中受伤了。 The accident happened at 3 p.m. 事故发生在下午3点。 That was a frightening accident. 那是一场可怕的意外。 The accident could have been avoided. 事故本来可以避免的。 19. Accidental 偶然的 This is an accidental error. 这是一个意外错误。 That discovery was quite accidental. 这个发现是非常偶然的。 20. Accidentally 偶然 I accidentally deleted the file. 我不小心删除了这个文件。 I accidentally stepped on her foot. 我不小心踩到了她的脚。 I accidentally stepped on her toe. 我不小心踩到了她的脚趾。

词汇提示 1.charm 有美丽的 2.granite 花岗岩 3.destination 目的地 4.vicinity 周围地区 5.dwellings 住所 6.prominent 突出 7.lobsters 龙虾 8.thrive 生长 9.spray 海浪 10.carnivorous 食肉的 11.nourish 滋养 12.stately 庄严的 13.beak 鸟喙 原文 Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Why do people travel hundreds of miles to look at beautiful scenery? And why does one particular place attract many more visitors than similar places not far away? Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, Canada, is one of those special spots that draws people from all over the world. It is hard to explain its special charm, but anyone who has been there will know whatI am talking about. The southern-eastern shore of Nova Scotia possesses many picturesque fishing villages and many beautiful seascapes. But one doesn't have to go very far from the capital city of Halifax to see this special spot. The dominant feature are huge round granite rocks, many of them the size of houses. They seem to be pushing up and out of the land and sea. Nestled inside the circle of these rocks is a group of fishing huts. Now and then a fishing boat leaves by the little bay or cove, in order to travel out into the great Atlantic Ocean. For nearly two hundred years, there have been fishermen at Peggy's Cove. All around the little harbor there are huts or "fish stores" where the fishermen do their work. Here they bring in the fish, and clean them, wash them and salt them. The salted fish are then stored in barrels. Visiting as a tourist, I wandered into one of these huts while the fisherman was busy at his work. He explained to me that, although Peggy's Cove is a tourist destination, it is also a working fishing village. The fishermen get no money from the tourists, but have to take the time to talk to them and explain their work. There are, however, some tourist shops and tea rooms in the vicinity. Part of the charm of Peggy's Cove is that it is so small. The population has been well under 100 people for most of its history. The buildings are mostly small dwellings, with the lighthouse being the most prominent structure. A good variety of fish are caught in the area, including mackerel, herring,haddock, cod and halibut. Lobsters are also trapped nearby. However,because of over-fishing, catches have declined in recent decades. Showy purple lupins grow close to the ocean. They thrive on salty ground, and the closer they grow to the spray of the ocean the better. One of the world's few carnivorous plants - the common pitcher plant -also grows around Peggy's Cove. Its leaves trap insects, which are digested to nourish the plant. Common birds are the stately blue heron, which likes to fish in the marshy pools. The heron stands several feet high and spear fish and frogs with its sharp beak. Another bird is the osprey, or fish hawk. The osprey's keen eyes can spot a fish moving beneath the surface of the water. It can dive swiftly, hitting the water with great speed, catch the fish in its claws,and then fly away with its catch. I have also seen pools close to the ocean full of large tadpoles. These tadpoles spend several years in the water before they develop into bullfrogs. Bullfrogs,the largest Canadian frog, have been know to eat baby ducks and small fish. Looking over the little harbor and out toward the great ocean, one notices the contrast between the very small and the very large. If Peggy's Cove were larger, it would be more ordinary. As it is, it represents all the little fishing villages, where men have gone forth inlittle boats to fish on the wide ocean. 翻译 佩吉湾，新斯科舍省 为什么人们不远万里去看美丽的风景? 为什么一个特定的地方比不远处的类似地方吸引更多的游客? 加拿大新斯科舍省的佩吉湾是吸引世界各地游客的特别景点之一。 很难解释它的特殊魅力，但任何去过那里的人都会知道我在说什么。 新斯科舍省东南岸有许多风景如画的渔村和美丽的海景。 但人们不必离开首都哈利法克斯很远就能看到这个特别的地方。 主要特征是巨大的圆形花岗岩，其中许多有房子那么大。 它们似乎正在向上伸展，脱离陆地和海洋。 在这些岩石圈内坐落着一群钓鱼小屋。 偶尔会有一艘渔船从小海湾或小海湾驶出，驶往浩瀚的大西洋。 近两百年来，佩吉湾一直有渔民。 小港口周围到处都是小屋或“鱼店”，渔民们在那里工作。 在这里，他们把鱼带进来，把鱼洗干净，再加盐。 咸鱼然后被储存在桶里。 我以游客的身份来到这里，当渔夫忙于工作时，我走进了其中一间小屋。 他向我解释说，虽然佩吉湾是一个旅游胜地，但它也是一个工作的渔村。 渔民没有从游客那里得到钱，但不得不花时间与他们交谈并解释他们的工作。 然而，附近有一些旅游商店和茶室。 佩吉湾的魅力之一就在于它很小。 在其历史上的大部分时间里，人口都远远低于100人。 这些建筑大多是小型住宅，灯塔是最突出的建筑。 该地区捕捞的鱼类种类繁多，包括鲭鱼、鲱鱼、黑线鳕、鳕鱼和大比目鱼。 龙虾也被困在附近。 然而，由于过度捕捞，近几十年来捕捞量有所下降。 艳丽的紫色羽扇豆生长在靠近海洋的地方。 它们在咸的土地上茁壮成长，越靠近海洋的浪花越好。 世界上为数不多的食肉植物之一——常见的猪笼草——也生长在佩吉湾附近。 它的叶子捕获昆虫，这些昆虫被消化以滋养植物。 常见的鸟类是庄严的蓝鹭，它喜欢在沼泽池塘里钓鱼。 苍鹭有几英尺高，用它锋利的喙刺鱼和青蛙。 另一种鸟类是鱼鹰或鱼鹰。 鱼鹰敏锐的眼睛能发现在水面下游动的鱼。 它能迅速潜水，以极快的速度撞水，用爪子抓住鱼，然后带着鱼飞走。 我还见过靠近海洋的池塘里满是大蝌蚪。 这些蝌蚪在长成牛蛙之前要在水里待上几年。 牛蛙是加拿大最大的蛙类，以小鸭子和小鱼为食。 从小港口望向大海，人们会注意到小港湾和大港湾之间的对比。 如果佩吉湾再大一点，它就会更普通。 事实上，它代表了所有的小渔村，在那里，人们乘着小船在广阔的海洋上捕鱼。