英语导读1000句文本.doc

英语导读 1000 句

Section 1 Making Friends
Section 2 Around Town
Section 3 Sir, Madam, Mr., Mrs., Miss and Ms.
Section 4 Going Places
Section 5 In the Home
Section 6 Cities, Towns and Villages
Section 7 In the Garden
Section 8 Playing Games
Section 9 Types of Work
Section 10 Different Kinds of Eating
Section 11 Time
Section 12 Different Values
Section 13 Libraries
Section 14 Cinema, Theater
Section 15 Flying
Section 16 Supermarkets
Section 17 Children
Section 18 Music
Section 19 Famous Writers
Section 20 Famous Musicians
Section 21 Television
Section 22 Radio
Section 23 Newspapers
Section 24 School
Section 25 University
Section 26 Electricity
Section 27 Environment
Section 28 Acid Rain
Section 29 Global Warming
Section 30 Climate Change
Section 31 Marriage
Section 32 Death
Section 33 Birth
Section 34 Clothes
Section 35 The Body
Section 36 Illness
Section 37 Cooking
Section 38 Inventions
Section 39 Languages
Section 40 Geography
Section 41 Shopping
Section 42 Visiting the Doctor
Section 43 Hospitals
Section 44 At Sea
Section 45 Swimming etc.
Section 46 Holidays
Section 47 Books
Section 48 Magazines
Section 49 Water
Section 50 Positions
Section 51 Toilet
Section 52 Washing
Section 53 Toys
Section 54 Games etc.
Section 55 Dance
Section 56 Computers
Section 57 Directions
Section 58 Internet
Section 59 Transport
Section 60 Which Knife
Section 61 Weather
Section 62 Art
Section 63 In the Countryside
Section 64 Under the Sea
Section 65 Mountains
Section 66 Travel Guides
Section 67 Atlas, Map, Globe
Section 68 Politics
Section 69 Goodbyes

Section 1
Making Friends

1 Hi, my name is Bill.
2 Hi, I’m Mary.
3 Nice to meet you, Mary.
4 Likewise.
5 Where are you from?
6 I’m from the USA, and you?
7 Oh, I’m from Finland.
8 Finland? Where is that?
9 It’s in northern Europe.
10 Oh, I didn’t know.
11 And where in the America are you from?
12 I’m from Texas. That’s in the south.
13 Yes, I’ve heard of it.
14 Have you really?
15 Sure, it’s quite famous.

Section 2
Around Town

1 Do you know this town well?
2 Sure, I have been here many times.
3 How many libraries are there here?
4 There are three.
5 Three, that’s a lot for a small town.
6 Well, one belongs to the town.
7 And the other two？
8 They belong to the university.
9 Can anyone use them?
10 No. Only students can use the university libraries.
11 But can anyone use the town library?
12 Of course. I have been going there for years.
13 But really you should join the library.
14 How do I do that?
15 You gave them your name and address, and they gave you a ticket.
16 Good. That sounds easy.

Section 3
Sir, Madam, Mr., Mrs., Miss and Ms.

1 In western countries, many titles are used.
2 Men are usually called Mister.
3 Women can have different titles.
4 A woman can choose her title.
5 If she is married, she can call herself Mrs. or Ms.
6 If a woman is unmarried, she can call herself Miss or Ms.
7 So when do we use Sir or Madam?
8 They are often used in formal letters.
9 Sometimes we hear people call others Sir or Madam.
10 Yes. They are formal terms and very polite.
11 So how do we know when to use them?
12 Well, if you don’t know people, you can use those terms.
13 It is considered too polite.
14 Some people would think so, but don’t worry about it.
15 Most people don’t mind if you guess.

Section 4
Going Places

1 Travel can be very exciting.
2 Many people like to travel.
3 People think travel is expensive.
4 This need not be so.
5 We can travel by many ways.
6 Walking is a form of travel.
7 It can be very interesting.
8 Walking enables us to see many things in detail.
9 We can travel by plane, bus, train or car.
10 When we travel that way, we get to places quickly.
11 However, we don’t see things so deeply.
12 A bicycle is a quicker way to travel than walking.
13 By bicycle, we can still see things in detail.
14 We can stop easier and examine what we find interesting.
15 But all types of travel are interesting.

Section 5
In the Home

1 There are many kinds of rooms in a house.
2 The bedroom is where we sleep.
3 In the kitchen we cook our meals.
4 In the dining room, we eat the food we have cooked.
5 Lounges are used for relaxing.
6 Some houses have a study.
7 The study is like an office at home.
8 The bathroom is where we wash.
9 Some bathrooms have a bath.
10 Other bathrooms have a shower.
11 Most bathrooms have a toilet.
12 Some houses have more than one bathroom.
13 Several bedrooms can make a part of a house.
14 A house can also have a garden.
15 A garden may have a small house called a shed.

Section 6
Cities, Towns and Villages

1 A city is really just a large town.
2 A town is just a large village.
3 A small village without any shops is called a hamlet.
4 A hamlet may have only a few houses.
5 A village will contain a few shops and several houses.
6 Cities have lots and lots of people.
7 Towns have fewer people.
8 Villages and hamlets have even fewer people.
9 In England, every city has a cathedral.
10 A cathedral is a large church.
11 Some European countries also have cathedrals.
12 Towns have several churches.
13 A village will often have at least one church.
14 A hamlet may or may not have a church.
15 Churches are an important part of cities, towns, villages and hamlets.

Section 7
In the Garden

1 Many houses have gardens.
2 But gardens are not just for houses.
3 Many towns and cities have public gardens.
4 House gardens can have several uses.
5 People use them to grow things.
6 If the climate is right, people like to have lawns.
7 Lawns are areas of grass.
8 The grass will be kept, cut and neat.
9 Flowers are popular in gardens too.
10 They make the garden beautiful.
11 Some people use gardens to grow food.
12 Vegetables are popular, but so is fruit.
13 Public gardens usually don’t have vegetables and fruit.
14 They have trees, bushes, lawns and flowers.
15 Gardens are to relax in a beautiful environment.

Section 8
Playing Games

1 How many games can you think of?
2 Well, that depends on what kinds of games you mean.
3 Any kind.
4 Well, there are all kinds of sports.
5 Like what?
6 Like football, swimming, tennis etc.
7 Yes. Those games are for outdoors.
8 Sometimes swimming and tennis are not.
9 You’re right, but what about indoor games?
10 Like table tennis, badminton and volleyball.
11 Yes. But those need special places.
12 What do you mean?
13 Well, you can’t play them at home.
14 Oh, you mean games like chess, drafts and cards.
15 Yeah, they are games too.

Section 9
Types of Work

1 What does your father do?
2 He is a teacher.
3 What does he teach?
4 Mathematics.
5 Does your mother work?
6 Sure, she is a doctor.
7 In the hospital?
8 Yes, and your parents?
9 My father is an engineer.
10 And your mother?
11 She was once a secretary in a factory.
12 My sister is a soldier.
13 Oh, my brother will be going into the army.
14 So, they’ll both be in the army.
15 Yes. And I have another brother who has been in the navy.

Section 10
Different Kinds of Eating

1 I like restaurants.
2 What kind of restaurants?
3 For food, of course.
4 Ah, but there are many kinds of restaurants.
5 Like what?
6 Well, there are fancy restaurants.
7 You mean expensive ones?
8 Yes. And there are cheap ones too.
9 Like fast food restaurants.
10 Well, yes. But not all cheap ones are fast food.
11 Like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
12 We usually call that one KFC.
13 What about Café’s? Are they restaurants?
14 Some are, if they serve food.
15 But their menus are usually limited.

Section 11
Time

1 There are three different ways of telling the time.
2 We can say, for example, three fifteen (3:15).
3 Or we can say a quarter past three (3:15).
4 We can also say zero three fifteen hours (03:15).
5 That’s if it is 3:15 am.
6 If it is 3:15 pm, we say fifteen fifteen hours (15:15).
7 We call that the 24-hour clock.
8 If it is 3:45, we can say that.
9 Or we can say a quarter to four (3:45).
10 3:35 becomes twenty-five to four.
11 We can say five past three (3:05).
12 We can’t say six past three (3:06).
13 We must say six minutes past three (3:06).
14 If it is not 5, 10, 20, 25, 35, 40, 50 or 55, then we must add minutes.
15 But it really doesn’t matter which we use if others understand us.

Section 12
Different Values

1 Weights and measures are different in different countries.
2 We call the different systems decimal and imperial.
3 Most countries use the decimal system.
4 That’s a system that uses units of ten to count and measure.
5 The imperial system came from England and is still used in some countries.
6 England will have changed to the decimal system by the end of the decade.
7 Many imperial countries are changing to decimal.
8 America uses the imperial system for weights and measures.
9 But America uses decimal for money.
10 Americans use pounds and ounces for weight.
11 The decimal system uses grams and kilograms.
12 The imperial system uses inches, feet, yards and miles for measuring length.
13 The decimal system uses millimeters, centimeters, meters and kilometers.
14 In the imperial system, pints, quarts and gallons measure liquids and fluids.
15 The decimal system uses liters.

Section 13
Libraries

1 Most towns and cities have a library.
2 Libraries are available to everyone.
3 People think that libraries are just for books.
4 They are wrong.
5 In modern libraries, you can borrow many things.
6 Books, of course, are what people expected to find in libraries.
7 Did you know, however, that you can also borrow music?
8 Yes, many libraries will lend CDs and records.
9 Some libraries will also lend computer programs.
10 Do you know why we have libraries?
11 It is to enable those who can not afford to buy books etc. to have access to them.
12 However, they are not just used by poor people.
13 All kinds of people use them, from children to professors, poor to rich.
14 It would be almost impossible for you or me to collect so many books and CDs.
15 So libraries can be said to be very useful places.

Section 14
Cinema, Theater

1 What’s the difference between a cinema and a theater?
2 Theaters are generally for live performances.
3 Cinemas are for recorded shows.
4 What are live performances?
5 These are where there are people on the stage actually performing there and then.
6 So what sort of performances can we expect?
7 There can be acting of plays, you know, drama, comedy etc.
8 Anything else?
9 Sure, there can be musical performances by solo artists or by bands.
10 Can I see classical concert at a theater?
11 Yes, some theaters are used for that.
12 Cinemas are different then?
13 Yah, cinemas usually show movies.
14 And these are not live.
15 That’s right, they were recorded on film long before you see it in the cinema.
16 I don’t know which I prefer.
17 Perhaps they are equally as good as each other.

Section 15
Flying

1 We usually fly in aeroplane.
2 But there are different kinds of machines for flying in.
3 The general term for machines we fly in is aircraft.
4 The types most people use for travel are called passenger aircraft.
5 Similar aeroplanes are used for transporting goods.
6 These we term as transport aircraft.
7 Helicopters are used by both the military and by private citizens.
8 However, some aircraft are only used by the military.
9 The military is the army, navy and airforce.
10 Not just the airforce use aircraft.
11 Most military aircraft are used for fighting or defense.
12 Many, however, are used for transport.
13 These provide food etc. for the armed forces.
14 Some aircraft fly from ships called aircraft carriers.
15 Even space rockets can be called aircraft.

Section 16 Supermarkets
1 What happens in a supermarket?
2 Well, first, you will pick up a basket or a trolley.
3 What’s the difference between a basket and a trolley?
4 A basket is used for just a little shopping.
5 A trolley has wheels and is used when we have a lot to buy.
6 Then when we have chosen which we want, we go shopping.
7 Modern supermarkets have food from all around the world.
8 The food is arranged in sections containing similar foods and supplies.
9 You walk up and down the sections choosing what you want.
10 In big supermarkets, the choice can be very large.
11 You can buy clothes and household items in some supermarkets.
12 When you have finished, you go to the checkout.
13 Here you take all your shopping out of the basket or trolley.
14 The checkout person will then put the items across a machine.
15 The machine tells you how much to pay.

Section 17 Children
1 Children from all around the world are basically the same.
2 Their needs are similar wherever they live.
3 Of course they need food, parents and love.
4 However, as children grow older, their needs may differ according to their culture.
5 In some countries, children go to school from the age of three.
6 In other cultures, children may never go to school at all.
7 When they are babies, they all eat or drink milk.
8 When they are older, their food becomes the same as their parents.
9 This naturally is different in different parts of the world.
10 In the west, children learn to use knives and forks and spoons.
11 In the east, they use chopsticks and spoons.
12 Children will leave school and start work at different ages.
13 Their education will depend on many things including cultural background.
14 It does not matter if they are from east or west, most people think children are beautiful.
15 It is a shame it changes as they get older.

Section 18
Music

1 Some people say that music is the universal language.
2 Music bridges culture better than language does.
3 Almost everyone in the world knows about classical music.
4 Classical music is the kind written by Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Tchaikovsky etc.
5 These composers came from different countries.
6 But their music spread around the world.
7 Today we can buy all kinds of music to listen to.
8 Popular music, also called pop music, generally appeals to teenagers.
9 Rock, jazz, blues, opera, soul and folk music are specialest kinds of music.
10 However, they can appeal to all kinds of people in all countries.
11 In the 1960s and 1970s, the Beatles from England were the most famous musicians.
12 Their music influenced young people around the world.
13 Although they no longer create music like Beethoven etc., the Beatles’ music is still loved and performed.
14 Today there is such a wide variety of music to choose from, that it seems difficult.
15 It maybe best to try all the different kinds available.
16 Then we can buy and enjoy the ones we like most.

Section 19
Famous Writers

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