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【使用指南】Black Cat 有声名著阶梯阅读
（以下内容摘自《徐老师原典英语自学法》（徐火辉 著）第二章）
在使用时，一定要做到 聆听先行，听读结合，即：
■① 打开一个 MP3文件（一般3~5分钟，最多不超过10分钟），不看任何文本，先静气聆听3~5
遍后，谨记：千万不可看文本；
■②聆听至少3遍后，打开 PDF 阅读刚才听的部分，生词可以用金山词霸查，大概读2~3遍；
■③关掉 PDF，闭目再听1~2遍;
■④最后，可以进行跟读，朗诵，背诵，写作等操练。
◆◆◆◆◆方案1. 暑期50天自学速成训练方案◆◆◆◆◆
训练素材：香港商务印书馆授权上海华东师范大学出版的 Black Cat 优质英语阶梯有声读
物 Level 1- Level 6 + VOA 慢速英语。
训练量：每天运用原典英语训练法学习6个小时，总训练时间300小时。
训练目标：听读能力达到高考水准。
训练具体方法：从 Black Cat 系列有声读物 Level 1起步，每个 Level 选约4个故事，
一个故事一个故事地运用原典英语学习法的432+模式训练，即先专注听4遍，随即立刻认真读3
遍，然后再聆听2遍。Black Cat 系列有声读物 Level 1 – Level 3 的每个故事长度平均约30
分钟，并进一步分割成平均约4分钟左右的段落（课文/音频文件），Level 4 - Level 6的每
个故事长度平均约50分钟。学习者要一课一课地完成聆听-阅读-聆听。
即，（1）. 从 Level 1的某个故事开始，先专注聆听4遍约4分钟的音频文件，共约16分钟；
（2）. 然后在电脑上打开对应的文本文件，激活翻译软件的屏幕取词翻译功能，认真阅读
理解3遍；但除了零起点的学生，一般不要用翻译软件的整句翻译功能，而应该自己先努力阅读
理解，碰到生词再使用翻译软件翻译目标生词，碰到个别实在无法理解难句可尝试使用整句翻
译（但整句翻译往往并不准确）；
（3）. 再将此阅读过的内容，认真重复聆听2遍。完成这一轮训练后，一般就可立刻进入
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到下一篇课文/音频文件，继续采用上述432模式程序训练…。每天6个小时的训练学习中，5个
小时用于432听-读-听训练，1个小时用于扩展训练。扩展训练主要用于背诵记忆单词和词组，
即前述432训练程序中遇到的生词，把它们再列表复习背诵；并可以选出听读过的一些常用句型
做口语化训练。Level 1 – Level 3 一共选约12个故事，对应的音频文件朗读总长度约为6小时，
约36,000单词的听读量。假设训练中阅读3遍需要10倍于朗读时间（即4分钟的朗读，认真阅读
其对应文本3遍，需要40分钟；实际上第一遍认真阅读耗时比较长，第二和第三遍就可以越读越
快），那么6个小时的朗读量，用432模式训练需要6 X（6+10）= 96个小时，加上扩展训练约需
20个小时（本方案中听-读-听训练和扩展训练的比例约为5:1），总共116个小时，不到20天即可
完成。然后进入到 Level 4阶段。从 Level 4 开始，学习者大体按照2:1 的比例，联合分别使用 Black
Cat 系列和 VOA 慢速英语训练，以扩展听读题材的广度。VOA 慢速英语包括诸如科技、医疗
健康、教育、经济和农业等多方面的专题素材，以及新闻等。
对 Black Cat 系列，学习者仍旧可使用432模式训练，对 VOA 慢速英语，学习者可主要使
用321模式训练，并根据题材难度和自身条件适当调整。经过50天的速成训练，学习者累计的听
读素材超过18个小时的朗读总量，合约108,000个英语单词。此时聆听素材的语速已经超过高考
水平，文本句型复杂度相当高考水平，学习者的英语语感已经初步确立，听力飞速进步，阅读
能力也显著进步，英语学习的灵感源源而生，自信心和兴趣倍增。50天之后，保持每天一到两
个小时的训练量，学习者再坚持一两个学期，就必定能在班级和年级的各种英语考试中名列前
茅，英语能力的运用更突飞猛进，超过高考英语水平。
◆◆◆◆◆方案2. 原典英语6个月自学训练方案◆◆◆◆◆
训练素材：香港商务印书馆授权上海华东师范大学出版的 Black Cat 优质英语阶梯有声读
物 Level 1- Level 6 + VOA 慢速英语。
训练量：每天运用原典英语训练法学习2个小时，总训练时间360小时。
训练目标：听读能力超越高考水准。
训练具体方法：同方案1，惟一的不同在于每天训练的时间减少，但总训练时间增加20
％。学习者要设法在周末和节假日期间增加训练量，争取在六个月之内完成360小时以上的训
练总量。
（以上内容摘自《徐老师原典英语自学法》（徐火辉 著）第二章）
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The Jumping Frog
( The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
and
Curing A Cold )
by Mark Twain
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Contents
The Celebrated Jumping Prog of Calaveras County.....................3
Chapter One: A Letter from the East.........................................................3
Chapter Two: Bets and Races................................................................... 4
Chapter Three: Daniel Webster.................................................................5
Chapter Four: A Strager at Angel's camp..................................................6
Chapter Five: The Big Bet.........................................................................8
Curing A Cold................................................................................. 9
Chapter Six: The First Sneeze...................................................................9
Chapter Seven: The Remedies................................................................ 11
Chapter Eight: The San Francisco Remedy............................................ 12
Track 1: The California Gold Rush.........................................................14
Track 2: Life In The Mining Camps....................................................... 15
Track 3: The Jumping Frog Jubilee.........................................................16
Track 4: Panning For Cold...................................................................... 17
Track 5: Are You Dressed Like A GoldMiner?.....................................18
Track 6: A City Is Born...........................................................................19
Track 7: San Francisco Today.................................................................20
Track 8: Two Old Western Ballads.........................................................21
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The Celebrated Jumping Prog of Calaveras County
Chapter One: A Letter from the East
One day a friend of mine from the East wrote me a letter. He asked me to
visit an old man named Simon Wheeler. My friend wanted me to ask Simon
Wheeler about a childhood companion①, Leonidas W. Smiley.
I found Simon Wheeler sleeping by the stove of the old tavern② in
Angel's Mining Camp. I noticed that he was fat. His face was simple and
peaceful. When he woke up, I told him that a friend of mine wanted to know
about a childhood companion named Leonidas W. Smiley.
Simon Wheeler blocked me with his chair in a corner of the tavern. Then,
very seriously, he began to tell me the story that follows.
There was once a fellow③ at the mining camp named Jim Smiley. It was
the winter of 1849 or maybe the spring of 1850. He was an unusual man. He
always bet④ money on anything that happened at the mining camp, and he
usually won. Jim Smiley was a very lucky man. When there was a horse race,
a dog-fight⑤, a cat-fight or a chicken-fight he always bet on them.
① childhood companion：儿时玩伴。
② tavern：酒馆。
③ fellow：人。
④ bet：赌博。
⑤ dog－fight：逗狗。
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Chapter Two: Bets and Races
Smiley owned an old horse that was slow and sick, but he won money on
her. The poor horse had asthma① and other animal illnesses. At races she
had a head start②, because of her health problems. Near the end of every
race, she became very excited and desperate③. She galloped④ wildly,
kicked her legs in the air, to the sides, raised the dust⑤, coughed⑥, and blew
her nose. At the end of the race, she was always the happy winner.
Smiley also had a small bulldog named Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson
was a lazy dog and did nothing all day long. But when Smiley bet money on
him, he was lively and ready to fight. When there was an important dogfight
at the mining camp, Andrew Jackson always grabbed⑦ the back leg of
the other dog. He didn't chew⑧ on it. He only kept it between his strong
teeth. He didn't let go until Smiley won the bet.
① asthma：哮喘。
② head start：领先。
③ desperate：拼命的。
④ galloped：飞奔。
⑤ dust：尘土。
⑥ coughed：咳嗽。
⑦ grabbed：用牙咬住。
⑧ chew: 咀嚼。
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Chapter Three: DanielWebster
Smiley found a frog one day and named it Daniel Webster. He took it
home and planned to teach it a lot of things. For three months, Smiley sat
outside his house and taught his frog how to jump far. Daniel Webster was a
clever frog and learned quickly. Smiley gave him a little push from behind,
and Daniel Webster flew into the air like a doughnut①. He even turned one
or two somersaults② in the air.
Smiley taught his frog to catch③ flies④. "Flies, Daniel, flies!" Smiley
shouted. Daniel jumped up and caught the fly with his long tongue⑤.
Danie Webster was the champion⑥ jumping frog of Calaveras County.
Smilely won all bets with his handdome frog.He was very proud⑦ of Daniel
Webster.
① doughnut：油炸小圈饼。
② somersaults：翻筋斗。
③ catch：捕捉。
④ flies: 苍蝇。
⑤ tongue：舌头。
⑥ champion：冠军。
⑦ proud：自豪。
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Chapter Four:A Strager at Angel's camp
Smiley kept his frog in a box with small holes① in it. One day a stranger
came to the mining camp. He saw Smiley holding the box.
"What's in that box?" asked the stranger. "Maybe② a parrot③, maybe a
canary④! No, it's a frog," answered Smiley.
The stranger took the box and looked at it carefully.
"Yes, it is. Well, what's he good for?"
"Well," Smiley said, "he's good for ONE thing: he can outjump⑤ any frog
in Calaveras County."
The stranger took the box again. He looked at the frog for a long time.
Then he returned it to Smiley and said, "I don't see anything special about
this frog."
"Maybe you don't," said Smiley. "Maybe you understand frogs and maybe
you don't understand them. But, I'll bet forty dollars that he can outjump any
frog in Calaveras County."
The fellow answered, "Well, I'm only a stranger here and I don't have a
frog. I can't bet."
"That's all right, that's all right. Hold⑥ my box a minute. I'll go to the river
and find a frog for you," said Smiley .
The stranger took the box and bet his forty dollars. Smiley bet his forty
dollars too and went to the river. The stranger sat down and waited for
Smiley.
① a box with small holes：一个带洞的小箱子。
② maybe：有可能。
③ parrot：鹦鹉。
④ canary：小鸟。
⑤ outjump：比…跳的远。
⑥ hold：拿着。
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He sat there a long time and he began to think. Suddenly, he took Daniel
Webster out of the box and opened his mouth. With a teaspoon, he put some
shotgun pellets① into the frog's mouth. Then he put him on the floor.
① shotgun pellets：手枪射出的小子弹。
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Chapter Five: The Big Bet
After some time, Smiley returned holding a frog and said, "Now put him
next to Daniel, with his front paws① in the same place. I'll give the word②!"
Then Smiley said, "One - two - three - GO!" He and the stranger pushed
the frogs from behind. The new frog jumped forward, but Daniel didn't
budge③. He tried to move his shoulders, but he was anchored④ to the floor.
Smiley was very surprised and unhappy.
The stranger won the bet. "Well," he said, "I don't see anything special
about this frog." He took the money and left.
Smiley looked at Daniel for a long time. Finally he said, "What has
happened to Daniel? He looks terribly fat."
He caught Daniel by the back of his neck and lifted him. "Cat's alive⑤!!!
You weigh five pounds⑥!"
He turned Daniel upside down, and the frog spit out⑦ a big number of
shotgun pellets .
Now he understood what happened to Daniel. Smiley was furious.
He looked for the stranger everywhere⑧, but he never found him. Simon
Wheeler's story ended here. I didn't really want to hear another story about
Smiley's bets, so I got up from my chair and left.
① paws：爪。
② give the word：发号令。
③ budge：移动。
④ anchored：固定。
⑤ “cats alive！”：感叹句。
⑥ five pounds：约 2。5 公斤。
⑦ spit out：吐出。
⑧ everywhere：四处。
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Curing A Cold
Chapter Six: The First Sneeze①
When the White House of Virginia City, Nevada burnt down②, I lostmy
home, my happiness, my health and my trunk. The loss of my home and my
happiness was not a problem. A home without a mother or a sister who care
for③ you isn't really a home. The loss of my happiness was not a problem
either. I am not a poet, and so I am usually a happy person. But the loss of
my good health and of my handsome trunk was a serious problem. On the
day of the fire, I caught a terrible cold④.
The first time I began to sneeze, a friend told me to put my feet in hot
water and then go to bed. I did this. The next day, another friend advised⑤
me to take a cold shower. I did this too.
After an hour, another friend told me to eat a big quantity of good food. So
I went to a new restaurant and started to eat everything I saw. The owner of
the restaurant asked me if the people of Virginia City often had colds. I
answered that they did. He then went outside, took down the new sign and
closed the restaurant.
That day I met another good friend. He told me that I must drink a bottle
of warm salt water. This was the only remedy⑥ to cure⑦ a cold. I tried it
and the result was surprising. I threw up⑧ everything I had in my stomach!
① sneeze: 打喷嚏。
② burnt down：付之一炬。
③ care of：关心。
④ cold：感冒。
⑤ advised：建议。
⑥ remedy：治疗法。
⑦ cure：治疗。
⑧ threw up：吐出。
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I will never drink warm salt water again! And I will never advise anyone
to do so. I prefer being in a California earthquake① than drinking a bottle of
warm salt water. This horrible remedy did not cure my cold, and it made my
stomach sick for some time.
I continued to sneeze violently, to blow my nose and to destroy
handkerchiefs. My suffering grew②.
① earthquake：地震。
② grew：加重。
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Chapter Seven: The Remedies
One day I met a woman who appeared to be one hundred and fifty years
old. She came from a deserted① part of the Far West, where there were no
doctors. She had years of experience helping sick people. She prepared a
special mixture of molasses②, aquafortis③, oils and other strange drugs. She
advised me to drink a glass of this mixture every fifteen minutes.
I only drank one glass of the mixture. It was enough to make me crazy. I
became extremely mean④ and dangerous. My mind was full of wild
thoughts. My behaviour was horrible. I was proud of being bad!
After a few days, the effect of the horrible mixture passed. I felt a lot
worse⑤. My cold passed frommy head to my lungs⑥. I coughed every
moment of the day and of the night. It was impossible to sleep. The sound of
my voice frightened me.
I got worse every day. An old friend recommended gin. I drank it. Then I
drank gin with molasses. Finally, I added onions.
So I had gin, molasses and onions. The smell of my breath⑦ was terrible.
① deserted：无人的。
② molasses：糖浆。
③ aquafortis：硝酸。
④ mean：恶毒。
⑤ lungs：肺部。
⑥ got worse：加重。
⑦ breath：呼吸。
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Chapter Eight: The San Francisco Remedy
I decided to travel to the countryside to improve my health. I went to Lake
Bigler with my friend, Wilson. We travelled in a comfortable Pioneer coach.
At Lake Bigler we fished and sailed on the lake. We hunted① for hours in
the woods. In the evening we danced. I enjoyed myself greatly. But, my
illness got worse.
A tourist at Lake Bigler recommended a cold sheet② bath. I never
refused③ a remedy. At midnight, when it was very cold, I undressed
completely. I covered my body with a wet, ice-cold sheet. I kept the s