第一篇：小黑老師獨(dú)家英語學(xué)習(xí)資料-大話短文17

第十七期 Boasting

吹牛是一種夸大狂，在道德家來看，也許認(rèn)為是缺點(diǎn)，可是在處世接物上卻是一種呱呱叫的妙用。就像善意的謊言一樣，有時(shí)候吹牛是很有必要的。假如你這一生缺少了吹牛的本領(lǐng)。別說工作不好找，連修鞋的也不把你放在眼里。讓我們看看中國(guó)人是怎么吹牛的：

Because of their earnest and down--to—earth approach to work, westerners are, in the eyes of Chinese smarties, next door to idiotic.They are being laughed at by Chinese smarties for the tremendous amount of energy they put into their activities.While westerners go about whatever work they do methodically and patiently, never dreaming of reaching great height in one step, we Chinese are always given to seeking a shortcut and regard the ability to boast as the master key to it.看來吹牛在某些人眼里被看作街景，有神奇的作用，你具備這種本領(lǐng)嗎？

重點(diǎn)“解毒”如下，詞匯及句子：

down-to-earth

tremendous

shortcut

down-to-earth 指腳踏實(shí)地，實(shí)際的，Eg: He needs to many a down-to-earth person who will organize his wife for him.它需要娶個(gè)講求實(shí)際的人作妻子好為他安排生活。這個(gè)人的想法是不是和《亂世佳人》（Gone with the wind）中維系里的想法相似呢？ tremendous 之極大的巨大的，Eg: It makes a tremendous difference tome.這對(duì)我來說差別極大。a shortcut 指近路；捷徑：更快更有效的辦事方法。Eg: Becoming a doctor requires years of training----there are really no shortcut.句子：Because of their earnest and down--to—earth approach to work, westerners are, in the eyes of Chinese smarties, next door to idiotic.Because of their earnest and down--to—earth approach to work,原因狀語從句，westerners are 主語和系動(dòng)詞，in the eyes of Chinese smarties插入語，next door to idiotic表語。They are being laughed at by Chinese smarties for the tremendous amount of energy they put into their activities.they put into their activities 是定語從句，修飾energy。

第二篇：小黑老師獨(dú)家英語學(xué)習(xí)資料-大話短文73

第73期 CDs+Beer=Science!

澳大利亞科學(xué)家卡梅倫·瓊斯發(fā)明了種將啤酒和聽CD結(jié)合在一起的新方法。瓊斯發(fā)現(xiàn)：將啤酒倒在光盤上，放一個(gè)晚上晾干，之后光盤表面會(huì)生成一種真菌。這種真菌并不會(huì)損壞光盤，而是改變了光盤中的音樂。

This bizarre innovation is the brainchild of Cameron Jones, who as well as being a mathematician with the record of published research also owns a nightclub in Melbourne.Johnes told New Scientist that he came across the discovery quite by accident, when he was Djing in his bar.“I often change CDs when my hands are wet with beer,” he said, “One night I must have changed the CDs, touched the data surface.” The following week, he put on a CD by Nine inch Nails and found that it would not play properly because fungus had grown on it.But the fungus had not ruined the disc.The original audio sequerce was there, but it woubl sometimes change in pich and there were small staccato noises in the background.他問自己：“如果我刻意地在光盤上種上真菌，酵母或細(xì)菌會(huì)怎樣呢？”

于是“酸奶光盤”便誕生了。

瓊斯說，他在這種開創(chuàng)性的研究過程中尚未毀掉任何光盤或播放機(jī)，但是他也警告說，這個(gè)技術(shù)可能會(huì)毀了計(jì)算機(jī)上的CD播放機(jī)，因?yàn)檐浖?yīng)付不了這個(gè)。

重點(diǎn)“解毒”如下，詞匯及句子：

brainchildn.詞匯fungusn.staccatoadj.Brainchild指某人的構(gòu)想、構(gòu)思、發(fā)明或創(chuàng)見。Eg: The new arts center is the brain-child of a wealthy local businessman.Fungus指真菌。Eg: Mildew and mushrooms are fungi.霉和蘑菇都是真菌。Fungi是fungus的復(fù)數(shù)形式。Staccato是指斷奏的，不連貫的。Eg: play this phrase staccato.這一句要演奏成斷音。

句子：①This bizarre innovation is the brainchild of Cameron Jones,(who as well as being a mathematician with the record of published research also owns a nightdub in Melbourne).()部分為非限制性定語從句。

第三篇：小黑老師獨(dú)家英語學(xué)習(xí)資料-大話短文70

第70期Winners Are Made, Not Born

廚師長(zhǎng)沃爾特·波騰扎在羅得島州擁有了家生意興隆的意大利餐館。他經(jīng)過學(xué)習(xí)、訓(xùn)練，成為一名廚師，但是現(xiàn)在他認(rèn)識(shí)到，他今天的能力是終生學(xué)習(xí)的結(jié)果。

When he opened his first restaurant, “All of a sudden my schooling, the knowledge and the history of my family, the ethics of my father came into play.It made me an academic, a person who explored the food business.”

And the learning never stops.“One of the secrets is, it’s a business where you constantly need to stay on top.Chefs are not born.” Walter explains that the process continues for him every day” Walter explains that the process continues for him every day: “I’m an obsessive reader.Every time you read a book, you get ideas.You introduce your ideas into your work place.Then you make that work better.”

他對(duì)在餐飲業(yè)中取得成功有明確的定義：“我所想要的成功，是別人記得我是一個(gè)有創(chuàng)新精神的人，一個(gè)把意大利烹飪文化引進(jìn)到美國(guó)的人。飲食是昨天和今天之間的紐帶，是維系家庭的紐帶。”對(duì)我來說，成功并非賺了多少錢。但是假如一天下來，我能讓15位到20位顧客感到滿意，那我也就心滿意足了。

重點(diǎn)“解毒”如下，詞匯及句子：

ethics

詞匯chefn.obsessiveadj.Ethics指道德規(guī)范。Eg: The ethics of his decision are doubtful.他的這一決定是否合手疾眼快道德規(guī)范值得懷疑。Chef 指廚師長(zhǎng)。Eg :He is the chef of this restaurant.Obsessive 指縈繞于心的，有執(zhí)著想法的。Eg: She’s obsessive about punctuality.他對(duì)守時(shí)十分固執(zhí)。

句子：①It made me an academic,(aperson who explored the food business.)

()部分解釋說明academic

第四篇：小黑老師獨(dú)家英語學(xué)習(xí)資料-大話短文14

第十四期 Mark Twain and the Old Man

馬克吐溫是美國(guó)著名的作家，他的作品《湯姆索亞歷險(xiǎn)記》和《哈克貝利 費(fèi)恩歷險(xiǎn)記》深受廣大讀者的喜愛。她喜歡和別人開玩笑，不過有一次卻把玩笑開到自己的身上。有一次，他到一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)演講，午飯時(shí)他遇到一個(gè)年輕人并得知此人的叔叔從來不會(huì)發(fā)小或微笑

他就讓這個(gè)年輕人在當(dāng)天晚上來聽他的演講，并保證肯定會(huì)讓他笑，結(jié)果如何呢？請(qǐng)聽下面分解：

That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row.Mark Twain spoke directly at the old man.He told some rather funny stories, which made everyone in the hall laugh.But the old man never laughed or smiled.Mark Twain told the funniest stories he knew.But the old man’ face was still a blank.At last Mark Twain stopped.He felt very tired and discourage.Some days later, Mark Twain told a friend of his about what had happened.“Oh,” said his friend, “I know that old man.“He had been deaf for years.”

原來如此?。●R克.吐溫若真能把他講笑了那才新鮮呢。馬克吐溫真是聰明一世，糊涂一時(shí)啊！

重點(diǎn)“解毒”如下，詞匯和句子

hall

blank

discourage

hall指開會(huì)，用餐，音樂演出等建筑或廳堂，如 the Town Hall 指市政廳，dance halls 指舞廳。Hall還可以指（英國(guó)一些大學(xué)的各學(xué)院的）食堂，Eg: dine in hall。與hall看上去相似的ball指（正式舉辦的）舞會(huì)，ballroom也指舞廳。Blank 指沒有表情的，不理解的，沒興趣的。本文中老人根本聽不見馬克吐溫在說什么，自然his face was still a blank.例句：Her questions drew blank looks all round.她的問題把大家問得目瞪口呆。discouraged 指使某人泄氣，adj.地discourage sb.from doing sth.指勸阻某人不要做壞事。

句子：He told some rather funny stories, which made everyone in the hall laugh.which made everyone in the hall laugh.非限定性定語從句，修飾stories。Mark Twain told a friend of his about what had happened.what had happened 賓語補(bǔ)足語

第五篇：小黑老師獨(dú)家英語學(xué)習(xí)資料-大話短文69

第69期 Great wall of China

長(zhǎng)城是人類歷史上最耗時(shí)、耗資、耗力的建筑工程，它是人類最偉大的建筑。長(zhǎng)城像一條沉睡的巨龍，在中華大地上沿著鄉(xiāng)村蜿蜒起伏，綿延萬里。它是中國(guó)地理的一部分，舉世無雙，無與倫比。是一大世界奇跡。創(chuàng)造這偉大奇跡的是一個(gè)被稱為秦始皇的強(qiáng)權(quán)君主。

The Ancient Chinese territory map looked like a jigsow.Seven and seven kingdoms vying for power, but one of these kingdoms the chin kinodom conquered the other six kingdoms to create what is regarded as the first centralized empire in Chinese history.Emperor chin was brash and ambitious but he knew he could never defeat the ruthless horse-riding warriors to the northe-the Mongols.He decided that a wall should be built to prevent those Mongols invading again.So he started the long history of Great wall building.在此后的2000年里，中國(guó)各朝代繼續(xù)修建城墻最終形成了一條完整的城墻網(wǎng)絡(luò)，橫亙?cè)谥袊?guó)北部。它寬15英尺，高21英尺，總長(zhǎng)4000多英里。過去，中國(guó)長(zhǎng)城一直發(fā)揮著它真正的實(shí)際作用——保衛(wèi)國(guó)家。現(xiàn)在它已成為一種象征，中華民族靈魂的象征。長(zhǎng)城位列我們十大人工奇觀之首。

重點(diǎn)“解毒”如下，詞匯及句子。

Territoryn.詞匯jigsawn.invadev.territory指領(lǐng)土（的范圍）。Occupying enemy territory占領(lǐng)敵方的土地，new territory指新的領(lǐng)土。Jigsaw指玩具拼圖。Eg: Have you finished the jigsaw yet?你拼好那個(gè)拼圖了嗎？invade指侵犯，侵略。Eg: He ordered the army to invade at dawn.他命令軍隊(duì)拂曉侵入該國(guó)。句子：①He decided(that a wall be built to prevent those Mongols invading again).()部分為that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句。