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.dormitory 宿舍楼 2.tent 帐篷 3.motel 汽车旅馆 4.trailer 拖车 原文 Places to Lives I live in a house. My house is a town. My uncle lives in an apartment building. His apartment building is in a busy city. My cousin lives in a dormitory in a school. He shares his room with a classmate. My uncle lives out in the country. He lives on the farm. The police caught a criminal，now the criminal lives in prison. When I go to summer camp，I live in a tent. When my parents go on vacation，they live in a motel or a hotel. A motel only has one or two floors. A hotel usually has many floors. My aunt and uncle live in a trailer. They like to move around from place to place. My friends live in a cottage by a lake. My grandfather lives in a retirement home. My people who are about the same age as he is live there. I would like to live in a palace. I think you have to be a king，or a queen，or a prince，or a princess to live in a palace.

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.spacious 宽敞 2.facilities 设施 3.hydro 水力 4.utilities 公共事业 5.responsible 负责 6.resume 简历 7.duplex 复式住宅 7.references 证明 原文 Roommate Wanted Spacious two-bedroom apartment with kitchen facilities. On the bus route to Brock University. Looking for quiet female roommate. Must be a non-smoker. Available from September 1. $300 a month. Hydro is including. Call Barb after 5. 905-111-1111. For Sale Ten speed men's bike for sale. Excellent condition. $100 dollars or best offer. Call Fred 905-111-1111. Apartment for Rent Three-bedroom apartment in the downtown area. $450 a month. With walking distance to stores and bus route. Utilities not included. Call 905-111-1111. Please leave a message on the machine，and I will get back to you. Roommate Wanted Responsible，quiet roommate wanted to share to bedroom apartment. Some furniture including. First and last month's rent required. $300 a month. Utilities included. Call before 6. 905-111-1111. Ask for George. Help Wanted Friendly reliable person wanted to work part time hours at shoe store. No experience necessary，we will train you. Please leave resume at Friendly Feet Shoe Store，34 Main，Niagara Falls. For Sale Textbooks for sale. Included are 2ndyear English and American history texts. Excellent condition. For complete list of texts，call Marie 905-111-1111 anytime after 5. Upper Half of Duplex for Rent Within walking distance to Brock University. Two bedroom and balcony. Laundry facilities in basement. Very spacious and clean. Hydro not included. References required. $700 per month. Call 905-111-1111，and ask for Mr. Bridges.

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.captured 捕获 2.film 胶片 3.precious 宝贵的 4.cherish 珍惜 原文 Memories Somebody once asked me what the most valuable things that I own were. I thought about that for a long time. Then I realized that most of the things that I had could be replaced. What I would not be able to replaced were the photographs that I had of my friends and family. Photographs are memories that are captured on film. Some of the photographs are of the people who are no longer with us. I would hate to lose them. Memories are precious. They are all we have sometimes to link us to days gone by. I remember the good times. I try to relive them in my mind sometimes. I remember the sad times. Some of the sad memories are painful，but they are all a part of my life，and I don't want to lose any of my memories. People come into our lives and people leave our lives，but most people leave our a memory for us. I have lots of memories，and when I look at my photographs，the memories come flooding back into my brain. I remember what people were like when they were younger. I remember vacations that I took. I remember the days that seem ordinary at the time，but you never get to relive even the ordinary days. Memories are so precious. Cherish your memories，and keep them in a place close to your heart.

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.wheelchair 轮椅 2.crayon 蜡笔 3.tray 托盘 4.credit 信用 5.handle 处理 原文 Amy Amy was a girl who came into our classroom. She had many things wrong with her. Amy was in a wheelchair，and she couldn't talk. She couldn't make her hands and feet do what she wanted them to do. We wondered why Amy would even be in our class，because she really couldn't do much of anything. Amy had a teaching assistant who had to stay with her all the time. One day，the teaching assistant got called away. I had to look after Amy. I was afraid to look after her. I really didn't know what to do. I sat beside Amy，and smiled at her. She smiled back at me. I never realized before that she had a such nice smile. Amy made a noise. It seemed like she wanted a crayon that was lying beside her. I put the crayon into her hand. She had trouble holding it，but eventually she got the crayon into her hand well enough ，so that she could make marks on the paper that was on the tray in front of her. Amy spent a long time making marks on the paper. She tried so hard to create whatever it was that she was drawing. She worked for a long time. I just watched her，and I gave her a lot of credit for not giving up when she obviously had so many problems. When she was finally done，she picked up the paper with great difficulty. With a look of pride on her face，she handed me the picture. It was for me. I was very touched that she spent all that time drawing something for me. I thanked Amy and smiled at her. I told her I loved the picture. I still have the picture，although I'm not sure what it is a picture of. I learned a lot from Amy that day. I saw a brave girl who wouldn't give up. Whenever I think my problem is too big to handle，I think of Amy and I remember her smile.

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.measure 测量 2.conscious 意识到 3.glance 瞥一眼 原文 Time Time is something you should never waste. Once an hour is gone，it is gone forever. You should make the most of every minute. Time is a funny thing. Some days go by so slowly. Those are the days that you do things that aren't fun. When you are having fun，time just flies by. Time is made up of different units. Seconds turn into minutes. Minutes turn into hours. Hours turn into days. Days turn into weeks. Weeks turn into months，and months turn into years. We measure our lives by time. We are very concerned with time. Even little children are very conscious of time. Little children often want to appear older，so if you ask a three-year-old how old he is，he will often says three and a half. Many of our says are based on time. “Give me a minute.” “Hold on a second.” “I'm running out of time.” “Time's up.” “I just want an hour of your time”. All of these are common things that we say，and they're all based on time. We are a society that lives by the clock. We almost all wear watches，and we glance at our watches a lot. Time is something that we can't see，but it is a big factor in our lives. How many times a day do you look at a watch or a clock？ I bet you're surprised at just how many times you do.

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.cane 手杖 2.bald 秃头 3.wrinkled 皱纹 4.naps 瞌睡 原文 Getting Old My grandfather is getting old. When I was younger ，my grandfather would carry me on his shoulders，and we would go for a walk. Now，my grandfather cannot put me on his shoulders. He has a hard time walking，and he uses a cane. My grandfather used to have lots of hair. Now he is bald. His skin doesn't look like it used to. It is more wrinkled. My grandfather takes more naps than he used to. He goes to doctor's，and he takes pills for his heart. I love my grandfather very much. I don't like the fact that he is getting old，but my mother says that growing older is just a fact of life. She says that we will all get older. Sometimes my grandfather forgets things. My mother says to be patient. I am patient. I try to help my grandfather as much as I can. I sometimes go for a walk with him. I help him to walk when he has trouble. I cheer him up when I think he might be sad. I get things for him，and I even read to him at night. He used to read to me when I was little. Now his eyesight is bad，and he can't see very well. My grandfather tells me stories about when he was a boy. The world was a very different place than he tells me. His stories are interesting. Sometimes I wish we could trade places for a day，so that I would know what it felt like to be old. My grandfather doesn't complain. He jokes about his old bones. I spend a lot of time with my grandfather. I hope that he is around for a long time.

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.fascinating 吸引人的 原文 Making Friends I used to be very shy. I would not go up to someone that I did not know and say hello. I was afraid that people would not want to talk to me. I have changed. I have become less shy. I have learned that making friends is easy to do. All you have to do is say hello. Most people will respond to a smile and a friendly hello. People will begin to talk to you about little things in their lives. You will soon realize you have something in common with that person. Whenever I start talking to a new person，I find that there is some interest that we share. Maybe we know some of the same people，or we went to the same school. Often we find that we like the same music or the same movies. It is easy to have a conversation with someone once you find a topic that you both can relate to. The most important part to making friends is to listen to what the other people says. If you take an interest in them，they are sure take an interest in you. I have learned many things from many people. I have had many fascinating conversations，and I have made a lot of good friends. One day，a girl came up to me and said that she was lost. She couldn't find her way to her English class. I said that I was going to that class too. I told her to come with me. We began talking，and we became very good friends. That was a few years ago. She is still one of my best friends. Just think，if she hadn't been lost，we might never have become friends.

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.daffodils 水仙花 2.dandelions 蒲公英 原文 Favorite Colors My very favorite color is purple. There are not a lot of things that are purple. Some grapes are purple. Sometimes the sky looks purple. My second favorite color is blue. Something is blue. The sky is blue，and water is blue. Many people have blue eyes. Green is a very common color in nature. Trees are green in summer. Some trees are green all year long. Grass is green. Sometimes water looks green. Many people have green eyes. Many vegetables are green. Broccoli，cabbages，beans，lettuce，peas and cucumbers are all green. Green vegetables are very good for you. Yellow is a bright color. The sun looks yellow. Bananas are yellow. Some people have yellow hair. Daffodils and dandelions are yellow. White is a common color，especially in the winter. Snow is white. Clouds are white. Polar bears，some dogs and some cats are white. There are white flowers that grow. Some flowers are red. Roses can be red. Blood is red. Sometimes the sky is red at night or in the morning. Artists use all these colors to make beautiful paintings. Nature used all these colors to make the beautiful earth. We are so fortunate to be surround by beauty. We should do our part to make sure that nature stays beauty and clean.

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.principal 校长 2.veterinarian 兽医 3.shots 打针 4.rescue 救援 5.defending 辩护 6.carpenter 木匠 7.welder 焊接工 8.metal 金属 原文 When I Grow Up I have been thinking about what I'd like to be when I grow up. There are so many choices. I could be a principal like my father. I could be a teacher. I like animals. Maybe I should be a veterinarian. My cat just went to the veterinarian to get her shots. I don't think my cat was too happy to be there. I could be a farmer and grow vegetables. Maybe I could be a doctor and cure people. If I was good enough，I could be a famous sports person or a singer. I could be an actor on television or in the movies. Maybe I would like to be a policeman or a fireman. I could rescue people. I can play the piano. Maybe I should be a musician. I could be a lawyer. I sometimes watch shows about layers defending people. Lawyers have to be able to speak well. I could be a carpenter and work with wood，or I could be a welder and work with metal. There are just so many jobs. I could work in a restaurant. I could cook food，or I could serve food. I could be an airplane pilot or the captain of a ship. I could be a repairman or an artist. The world is full of jobs. Some of the jobs require a lot of education. Some require a little bit training and some require a lot of training. It's all up to me. I can be whatever I want to be.

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.atlas 地图册 2.fine 罚款 3.recipes 食谱 原文 The Library One of my favorite places is the library. I go there to get books for school，and I go there to get books for pleasure. I often read mysteries for fun. In the summer，I read lots of mysteries. I like to sit outside and read. In the winter，I have to read books for school. I go to the library to find out things for my projects. I often use the dictionary and the atlas. Some of my friends go with me，and we sit at the tables and do our homework. We can't make a lot of noise in the library. People have to be quiet when they are in a library. When I first went to the library，I was confused about how to find books. The librarian showed me how to use the computer to find books. Now I am able to do all my research by myself. I have read some very interesting books. I have learned a lot for library books. I always bring the books back on time，so I don't get a fine. I am collecting books at home. People often give me books for gifts. Soon I will have my own library. Reading is a good hobby. Everyone in my family likes to read. The library has other things besides books. There are videos at the library. There are also compact discs at the library. I have a library card so I can get books，videos or compact discs whenever I want to My mother sometimes goes to the library to look at the magazines. She gets some good recipes from the magazines. My father looks for books on how to build things. He is building some bookshelves for me at the moment. He found the instructions in a book. My little brother reads children's books. He likes books about trains. I have liked books ever since I was very small. My mother says that reading is a good habit to get into.

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.Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉瀑布 2.railings 栏杆 3.tumbles 滚落 4.drawn 拉 5.mist 薄雾 6.mighty 强大的 7.legends 传说 8.maid 少女 9.daredevils 蛮干的人 10.barrels 桶 11.tightropes 钢索 原文 Niagara Falls I live in Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is a famous place. A lot of tourists visit here every year. Most of the tourists come to see the waterfalls. The waterfalls are very beautiful and powerful. At night，they shine lights on the falls that make them even more dramatic. Tourists line up against the railings to watch the water as it tumbles into the Niagara River. There are other things in Niagara Falls that tourists like to visit. There are a lot of gifts shops and museums. There are many hotels that the tourists can stay at. Tourism is very important to Niagara Falls. Many people work in the tourism industry. There are many jobs in the tourism industry. You can take a special bus and tour Niagara Falls. You can ride in a horse-drawn-carriage and in Niagara-on-the-lake，or you can take a balloon ride over the falls from the American side. You can even ride in a helicopter over the falls. Niagara Falls is very busy in summertime. Summer is the time when most tourists visit here. Sometimes the tourists think it raining near the falls，but it is only the mist that rises from the mighty waterfalls. There are many legends and stories connected to Niagara Falls. There is a special legend called“The Maid of The Mist”. There are stories about the daredevils who thought that they were more powerful than the falls. Some of them went over the falls in barrels，and others walked on the tightropes over the falls. Both of those things are very dangerous. I stay behind the railings when I look at the falls. I know just how powerful the falls are. It is interesting to discover all the stories that there are about Niagara Falls.

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.faint 微弱的 2.hip 臀部 3.grateful 感激的 原文 The Smart Paperboy In my town，there is a paperboy who just got an award because of his actions This boy delivered the local newspaper every morning. One of the people to whom he delivered the paper was an elderly man. This man lived alone. The paperboy had often spoken to the man，so he knew that the man lived alone. The paperboy often left the newspaper in the man's mailbox. One morning，the boy notice that the man had not picked up his newspaper and his mail from the day before. The boy felt that something was not right. All day at school，the boy had a feeling that something might be wrong with the man. After school，the boy went back to the man's house to see if he had taken his mail and newspapers. The newspapers and mail were still in the mailbox. The boy knocked on the man's door. He could hear a faint voice，but could not hear what the person was saying. He tried to open the door，but it was locked. The boy knew that something wasn't right，so he went home and called the police station. He explained to the police that the man lived alone. He gave the address of the man's house to the police. The police knocked on the door，and they also heard the faint voice. The police got into the house and found the man lying at the bottom of the stairs. The man had fallen and broken his hip. The man had not been able to get up. He had been afraid that nobody would find him. He was very grateful to the paperboy for caring enough to get the police. The boy got an award. The man said that the boy was a hero. The police said that the boy was an example of a very good citizen. The paperboy and the man are very good friends. The man will never forget what the paperboy did for him.