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.

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.opposite 反面 2.pillow 枕头 3.puddle 水坑 4.shallow 浅的 原文 Opposites Some things are opposites of each other. The opposite of black is white. The opposite of happy is sad. If I am at the opposite side of the room from you，it means that I am at the other side of the room than you are on. The opposite of up is down，and the opposite of left is right. Do you know what the opposite of young would be？ Old is the opposite of young. What is the opposite of dirty？ Clean is the opposite of dirty. Big is the opposite of small. Man is the opposite of woman. Boy is the opposite of girl. Sometimes people think the opposite things than other people. Someone might be wrong，and someone might be right. The opposite of mother is father. See if you can think of some opposites. It is cold in the winter，and it is hot in the summer. My father is very tall，and my brother is very short. A rock is hard，and a pillow is soft. An ocean is deep，and a puddle is shallow. I might tell the truth，and I might tell a lie. All of these things are opposites. The morning is bright，but the night is dark. A feather is light，but an elephant is heavy. Sugar is sweet，but a lemon is sour. A jet plane is fast，but a turtle is slow. I can go out in the day，or I can go out at night. I might love to swim，or I might hate to swim. It is interesting to see how many opposites you can think up. I could say hello，but I think it's time to say goodbye.

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.diagrams 图标 2.occur 发生 原文 Homework Sometimes，my teacher gives us homework. I don't mind doing my homework except when the weather is really nice and all my friends are outside. On those nights，I'd rather be outside with them，so I try to get my homework done quickly. Tonight，I have some English homework. We have been reading a book. We have to read a chapter of the book and answer the questions at the end of the chapter. It is an interesting book，so the homework for this is quite easy. My math homework is not so easy. I have to do some addition and subtraction. I don't mind that，but there are some problems that need to be solved. The problems involve addition，subtraction and multiplication. I am not good with numbers. I need to work harder on my math. I just finished a project for history. I had to make a map of Canada with diagrams showing the routes of all the explorers. It was an interesting project，because I have been to some of the places that the explorers went to. I don't have any science homework. At school，we are growing bean plants. We go in every day and see how the plants have grown. We write all the changes that occur in the plant every day. The only other homework that I have is geography. I have the map of Canada，and I have to write the names of all provinces and their capitals on it. It won't take me long to do that，because I know all the provinces. When my homework is all done，I will go outside and play ball with my friends until it is time to come in. I am a good student. I get good marks because I like school. My favorite subjects are physical education，English and history. Math is my least favorite subject，but I'm trying to improve my marks.

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.rhyming 押韵 2.lime 石灰 原文 Rhyming words Sometimes my friends and I play a game. It's something we made up，so it doesn't have a name. We like to take words that rhyme. We put them together line by line. Do get the picture now？ We're playing the game，and this is how. I might say that I like to drive a car. I really don't like to go very far. If I decide to take a walk，I'd like go with a friend so that we could talk. Do you see that these lines rhyme？ Play the game，if you have time. We could talk about school or even playing. Do you know I am saying？ Rhyming words is easy to do. It's fun for me，it can be fun for you. Just join in and say something. Or make it into a song that you can sing. There are so many words that rhyme with others. Like“smile”and“mile”，and“mothers”and“brothers”. I could spend all day just making up these things. I could let my imagination fly on wings. Up to the could and back to my mind. There are so many rhymes that I can find. There are some words that are hard to find rhymes for. I don't use those words anymore. I like to choose words that are easy to rhyme. Like “cat”and“bat”or“lime”and“time”. So give it a try，you'll have fun. I'll say “goodbye”，my rhyming is done.

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.frustrated 沮丧的 2.spaniel 猎犬 原文 A Surprise Last Friday，my dad came home from work and said that he had a surprise for us. We tried to guess what the surprise might be. My brother said that we were going out for dinner. My dad said“no”. My other brother asked if my father had tickets to a hockey game. My dad said“no”. My sister asked if we were going on a trip. My dad said“no”. My mother knew what the surprise was，so she just stood and smiled at us. I guessed that we might be getting a swimming pool. My dad said“no”. We were getting very frustrated trying to guess what the surprise might be. My brother asked how big the surprise was. My dad said that the surprise was quite small. We were not sure what the surprise could be. “Will we all like it？”I asked. “Yes”my dad replied. Every one of you will love this surprise. We heard the noise. It was a crying noise. “Your surprise wants to see you”，my dad said He opened the door to the bedroom，and a tiny puppy came running out.. We were all excited. Our surprise was a puppy. It was a little baby spaniel. The puppy loved all of us. She ran around and licked all of our faces. We had always wanted a dog. We take turns feeding the puppy and taking her out for walks. She is growing quickly and will soon be an adult dog. We all agree that the puppy was the nicest surprise that my dad could had given 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.involved 包含 2.comforted 安慰 原文 My Mother My mother does so many things. She has a job at a dress store；she cooks our meals；she cleans the house；she feeds the pets，and she still finds time to spend with us. My mother is always busy，but she says that her favorite time is time that she spends with us. My mother works from Monday to Friday. When she comes home from work，she makes something for supper. We usually do the dishes，so that she won't have to do them. After supper，she helps us with our homework or she sits down to watch television. Some nights，she goes for shopping，and she takes whoever wants to go with her. Mothers are a little bit of everything. My mother is like a teacher when she helps us with our homework. She is like a nurse when she looks after us when we're ill. She is like a cook when she makes meals for us. She says that cleaning the house is her least favorite thing. She says that the house gets dirty right after you clean it. She gets my father，my brothers ，my sister and me to help her with the cleaning. My mother washes all our clothes，and sometimes she irons them when they need it. My mother says that there are not enough hours in a day. We try to help our mother as much as we can. There is a lot of work involved in keeping a home neat and organized. Most of my friends' mothers work. Mothers are the people who you go to when you need to be comforted. Mothers are the people who can make you feel better. I'm glad that I have mother that I have. My mother is caring and funny. She is fun to be around.

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.yell 大喊 2.spilled 溢出 3.arena 圆形运动场 4.assignments 任务 5.foundation 基础 原文 My Dad My dad is the man whom I respect the most in my life. He works very hard to make the money that supports us. My mother has a job too，and she also works very hard. My dad is the principal of a high school. He works at the school all day，and often has to go to meetings at night. He deals with parents，students and staff. There is always something that he has to deal with. He has a lot on his mind. It doesn't matter how much work my dad has to do，he always has time for my brothers，my sister and me. If I go to him with a problem，he will sit down and discuss it with me. He doesn't yell. He is always very logical，and he tries to think of the best way to deal with things My dad is a very patient man. Once，I spilled some ink on some papers that he was working on. I thought he would be mad，but he didn't get angry. He said that it was okay. He takes time out to do things with us. He has taken my brothers fishing. He takes me to the arena to skate，and he helps my sister to write her essays and assignments. He always makes us laugh，and he makes us feel like we are very special to him He is a very good father And on Father's day，I always buy him a card that tells him just how much he means to me.. I think it is important to have good parents. I hope that when I have children，I will be a good parent like my parents are to me Parents give children the foundation that they need to live good lives.