中学生寒假英语课外阅读刊物.doc

中学生寒假课外阅读刊物

中学生寒假课外阅读刊物
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Ttravel for sunshine
在阳光下旅行
★★ Words: 303  Time: 5 mins
People travel for a lot of reasons. Some people go to see battlefields（战场） or other historic remains（古迹）. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their own pictures taken in front of famous places. Most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on.
    Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money for sunshine because they have so little of it. People of the cities like London, Copenhagen and Amsterdam spend much of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year is in the rain. This is the reason why the Mediterranean area （地中海地区） has always attracted them. Every summer many people travel to Mediterranean resorts（度假胜地） and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!
    The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economics（经济） of Mediterranean countries. Italy’s 30,000 hotels are booked without a break every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain’s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit there yearly.
But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can deal with. The Mediterranean is already one of the most polluted seas on the earth. Obviously(明显地), many tourists don’t go there for clean water. They allow traffic jams（交通堵塞） and seem to like crowded beaches. They don’t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as there is the sunshine, it’s still better to stay there than to sit in the cold rain in Berlin, London, or Oslo（奥斯陆）.

皇家马德里足球俱乐部

Spanish football club Real Madrid

When you think of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, probably the first thing that comes into your mind is its signing(签约) of some of the world’s best footballers.
    This trend(趋势) began shortly after Euro 2000 with the world record—60 million euros(欧元) acquisition(获得) of Portuguese player Luis Figo from FC Barcelona.
    After Figo in 2001, the two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane joined the club from the Italian side Juventus. Again, it was for a world record fee, about 71 million euros. The following season, the team bought Ronaldo, top soccer in the 2002 World Cup, for around 39 million euros, from Inter Milan of Italy.
    In the summer of 2003, they got David Beckham, captain of the English national side, from Manchester United, for about 36 million euros.
    And in 2004 Real turned to Liverpool’s Michael Owen for 12 million euros.
    Even after spending so much money, Real Madrid is still a good mone-maker. It earns a lot more than it spends.
    Of course, the club is looking for not only profits(利润), but also success on the pitch(足球场). It was founded in 1902. Since the middle of the 20th century, Real Madrid has been one of the top football clubs in Europe. It has won the European Cup more times than any other club.
    In 2001, it ranked as the world’s most successful club of the 20th century by the FIFA.
However, in recent years, although it has been armed with a lot of superstars, the club has been in an embarrassing position(另人难堪的处境). Its last major title was in 2003.
    Off the field, Real Madrid is never out of the news, since it has so many superstars—led by Ronaldo—who are always in the spotlight.

全民超人 汉考克

    There are heroes... there are superheroes... and then there's Hancock. With great power comes great responsibility -- everyone knows that -- everyone, that is, but Hancock. Edgy, conflicted, sarcastic, and misunderstood, Hancock's well-intentioned heroics might get the job done and save countless lives, but always seem to leave jaw-dropping damage in their wake.
Hancock isn't the kind of man who cares what other people think -- until the day that he saves the life of PR executive Ray Embrey, and the superhero begins to realize that he may have a vulnerable side after all. Facing that will be Hancock's greatest challenge yet -- and a task that may prove impossible as Ray's wife, Mary, insists that he's a lost cause.
Vocabulary: Edgy adj. 急躁的   conflicted adj. 矛盾的；冲突的
            sarcastic adj. 讥讽的  countless adj. 无数的  jaw-dropping 目瞪口呆的

    英雄，超级英雄，汉考克。超能力带来了强大的责任-每个人都认识他，每个人，除了他，汉考克。这个急躁的，惹麻烦的，爱讥讽人的与令人误解的超级英雄，他善意的英雄举动也许能摆平事情以及拯救无数的生命，但是总是留下让人目瞪口呆的毁坏。
汉考克并不是一个会在乎别人想法的人，直到有一天他去拯救Ray Embrey的命，Ray Embrey是一名公司行政主管。这位超级英雄开始注意到他可能也有弱点。汉考克这次面对着最大的挑战-可能救不会Ray的生命。
长寿的秘密在哪里？

The secret of living longer

    If you want to live longer, you should try to get into the following habits:
    1. Don’t drink or smoke too much. Drinking or smoking too much is bad for our health. And it can cause many illnesses. So you had better not drink or smoke too much. Certainly, you’d better not smoke at all.
    2. Don’t become too fat. Becoming too fat means that a person has many chances to become ill. So we should pay more attention when eating something. Never become too fat. If you are too fat, don’t worry. Take more exercise and you can become healthy.
    3. Don’t eat too much food. A research shows that eating too much is also bad for our health. Many of the old people, who are over one hundred years old, eat less than the people around them.
    4. Eat more fruit and vegetables. As you know fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins(维生素). They are very good for our health.
    5. Take more exercise. If you want to keep healthy, you should take exercise every day. You can walk, run, play basketball, play football, or play table tennis, etc. And the best way of taking exercise is climbing stairs, hills or lifting something.
    6. Keep in touch with your family and friends. Your family and your friends can share(分享) your happiness and your trouble. They can give you some advice when you do something. And you can talk with them so you can laugh and cry freely. Thus you can keep healthy.
7. Use your head more. Whether a person use his or her head more has something to do with his or her lifespan(寿命). So in order to live longer, you should read more, do more guessing games and so on.

积极锻炼，远离肥胖

Get fit, not fat

    They started playing football for a few minutes every night. The minutes turned into an hour or more. In just a few years, the out-of-shape kid turned athletic and fit, and best of all, healthy.
    More TV equals more fat. (看太多电视会引起肥胖）
    The average（平均） American kid watches 2 hours and 56 minutes of television every day—that adds up to 44 days a year of sitting. The equation（方程式） is simple: More TV (or more Internet surfing, （上网）or more video games) equals more fat.
Getting fit—and staying fit—works. Eat an apple. Walk around the house. Play something with your dad.
    Do it today, and do more tomorrow. It will help you a lot.
华裔女演员陈冲

A Chinese actress

Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961. When she was 14, some people from afilm studio （制片厂）came to her school and chose her to study at the studio. She was happy about this chance, but mainly she liked the idea of getting out of school. Soon, however, she discovered that she really liked acting. At the age of 18, she won the Golden Rooster, （金鸡奖）China’s top film prize.
    In the late 1970s, Joan’s parents, who were doctors, moved to the USA. Joan joined them when she was 20 and went to college there. Her parents hoped she would study medicine. Instead, she majored in films and later looked for work as an actress. To work in the USA, Joan had to start all over again. She told Hollywood that she was an actress in China, but she only got some small parts in TV shows.
    One day Joan went to speak to a director who was making a film called Tai-Pan. The interview didn’t go well. As she walked away, a man in a car noticed her. The man was Dino Delaurntiis, the film’s producer. He immediately offered her a leading part. A year later, she starred in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor and was on her way to worldwide fame.

家庭抗灾准备工作

Home Preparedness

     In the event of an earthquake, you may be instructed to shut off the utility services at your home. Teach responsible members of your family how to turn off the gas, electricity, and water at valves and main switches. Consult your local utilities if you need more information.
    You can identify potential dangers in your home by conducting an earthquake hazard hunt. Foresight and common sense are all that are needed as you go from room to room and imagine what would happen in an earthquake. Some possible hazards are:
    你可以通过在家中进行“地震隐患排查”来寻找地震中可能出现的隐患。你需要做的只是巡视你的房间，设想地震时房中会发生什么，用你的常识来进行预测、找出隐患。一些可能的隐患有：
    • Tall, heavy furniture that could topple, such as bookcases, china cabinets, or modular wall units.
    • Water heaters that could be pulled away from pipes and rupture.
    • Appliances that could move enough to rupture gas or electrical lines.
    • Hanging plants in heavy pots that could swing free of hooks.
    • Heavy picture frames or mirrors over a bed.
    • Latches on kitchen or other cabinets that will not hold the door closed during shaking.
    • Breakables or heavy objects that are kept on high or open shelves.
    • A masonry chimney that could crumble and fall through an unsupported roof.
    • Flammable liquids, like painting or cleaning products, that would be safer in a garage or outside shed.
•在地震中可能会倒塌的又高又重的家具，比如书架、瓷器柜，或是定制的组合柜。应当设法固定在墙壁上
    •可能会从管道上脱离并碎裂的热水器。
    •可能发生移动，扯坏煤气管道或电线的物品。
    •悬挂在高处较重的盆载植物，有可能脱钩坠落。
    •挂在床上方较重的像框或镜子，有可能在地震中坠落。
    •橱柜或别的柜子剧烈晃动时，柜子的插销可能会松动打开。
    •放置在高处开放式储物架上的易碎品或重物可能会坠落摔碎。
    •石制烟囱可能压垮无支撑的房顶并崩塌。
    •易燃液体，如油漆及清洁剂，应储存于车库或是室外储物室中（而不是室内）。
英国年轻人的生活

Young People in Britain
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Life used to be fun for “teenagers”. （年轻人过去常常在生活中寻找乐趣。）They used to have money to spend, and free time to while(消磨) away. They used to wear teenage clothes, and meet in teenage coffee bars and discos. Some of them still do. But for many young people, life is harder now. Jobs are difficult to find. There’s not so much money around. Things are more expensive, and it’s hard to find a place to live in. Teachers say that students work harder than they used to. They are less interested in politics, and more interested in passing exams. They know that good exam results(结果) may bring them better jobs.
    Most young people worry more about money than their parents did twenty years ago. They try to spend less and save more. They want to be able to get homes of their own one day.
    For some, the answer to unemployment(失业) is to leave home and look for jobs in one of Britain’s big cities. Every day hundreds of young people arrive in London from other parts of Britain, looking for jobs. Some find jobs, and stay. Others don’t, and go home again, or join the unemployed(失业者) in London.
When you read the newspapers and watch the news on television, it’s easy to get the idea that British young people are all unemployed, angry and in trouble. But that’s not true. Three quarters of them do more or less what their parents did. They do their best at school, find some kinds of jobs in the end, and get married in their early twenties. They get on well with their parents, and enjoy their family life. After all, if they don’t, they won’t be British, will they?