高中英语美文5篇知识讲解.doc

高中英语美文5篇

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Time Is Money
Total:161 words
“Time is money.” This saying means that time is very valuable. But time is more valuable than money. The money we have lost can be gained again, but the time we have wasted cannot be regained. Moreover, sometimes persons can exist without money, but nothing can be done without time, just as no one can live without air.
Despite being so valuable, time is often neglected by men. Since time is an invisible thing, men often waste their time unconsciously. Without anything to do, they may gossip from morning till night.
People can live only at most to about 100 years. It seems fairly long, but in fact it is rather short. We often say “How quickly time flies!” How many things can a man accomplish in such a short period? Hence we should use the valuable time properly to do our work. We will race with it. We will study and work hard. Never waste a little bit of it.
1. neglect [nɪˈglekt] vt. 忽略; 疏忽
2. invisible [ɪnˈvɪzəbl] adj. 看 不见的; 不易为视线所见的，隐匿的
3. unconsciously [ʌnˈkɒnʃəsli] adv. 未意识到地; 不知道地; 失去知觉地; 神志不清地‘

We Have Only One World
Total:160 words
When industries grow, pollution also grows. Today the problem of environment has become more and more important. The world population is rising so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we don’t take action immediately, then we will destroy our only world.
Man has made great progress in environment protection. Government of many countries has established laws to protect the forest and sea resource and to stop the environmental pollution.
Still more measures should be taken to solve the problem. First, we should start by educating the public about the hazards of pollution. The government on its part should also design stricter laws. This is not only for our own generation but also for the future generation to come.
It is necessary to protect our nature environment. We must begin now to protect our only world.
4. established [ɪˈstæblɪʃt] adj. 已建立的; 已设立的; 已制定的; 确定的;
5. measure [ˈmeʒə(r)] n. 措施
6. hazard [ˈhæzəd] n. 危险

My Views on Large Modern Cities
Total:144 words
Since every coin has two sides, living in large modern cities offers us many advantages, simultaneously causes many troubles. Better education and better jobs are easy to get, and better medical care is convenient to receive in large modern cities.
People are usually well informed due to the advanced media, such as television, newspaper and net PC. Large modern cities also provide varied entertainment for the city-dwellers. The public places like cinema, bar, disco-ball are everywhere.
On the other hand, large modern cities are too big to control, so the traffic jams and traffic accidents often happen, and the social security is a headache problem. And city-dwellers have to face the housing problem. Usually a house is too expensive for the salary earning class to buy and the rent is also high. Moreover, noise and pollution in large cities bring harm to people’s health.
7. simultaneously [ˌsɪməl'teɪnɪəslɪ] adv. 同时地
8. varied [ˈveərid] adj. 各种各样的
9. dweller [ˈdwelə(r)] n. 居民，居住者

Top Meal of the Day
Total:143 words
A recent study shows that nearly 50 percent of the school kids in Beijing do not have breakfast. They tend to feel sleepy all day and have bad memories, so it is hard for them to get high marks in all kinds of test.
Some students who study late into the night choose to miss breakfast so that they can have a few extra minutes in bed. Others are given money to buy their breakfast on the way to school because their parents are too busy to prepare it for them. In addition, a few schoolgirls want to stay slim and often go to school without breakfast.
In fact, the morning meal plays an important part. It can provide 30 percent of the whole day’s energy. For a creative mind and better judgment, school kids should start their day with a regular breakfast.
10. slim [slɪm] adj. 细长的; 苗条的，纤细的

Youth
Total:243 words
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite for what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young. 

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you've grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.
11. rosy [ˈrəʊzi] adj. 玫瑰色的
12. supple [ˈsʌpl] adj. 灵活的
13. predominance [prɪˈdɒmɪnəns] n. 优势; 主导或支配的地位
14. timidity [tɪ'mɪdətɪ] n. 胆怯，羞怯
15. wrinkle [ˈrɪŋkl] vt. 使起皱纹
16. enthusiasm [ɪnˈθu:ziæzəm] n. 热情，热忱; 热衷的事物
17. wireless [ˈwaɪələs] adj. 不用电线的，用无线电波传送的
18. infinite [ˈɪnfɪnət] n. 无限，无穷
19. aerial [ˈeəriəl] n. 天线
20. cynicism ['sɪnɪsɪzəm] n. 玩世不恭; 愤世嫉俗
21. pessimism [ˈpesɪmɪzəm] n. 悲观; 悲观主义; 悲观情绪
22. optimism [ˈɒptɪmɪzəm] n. 乐观; 乐观主义

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