英語晨讀美文高中

英語晨讀美文高中篇一：英語美文賞析,初中美文,英語晨讀

A Strange Present

One day, when I was 14, my uncle sent me a pink T-shirt from ST. Louis, Missouri as my birthday present. On a beautiful Sunday morning, I wore this pink T-shirt and walked gently to the market. On the way, some boys whistled at me. I became very nervous, so I walked faster and more properly with more decorum, but more and more boys whistled at me later. Therefore, I couldn’t help but become more agitated. Suddenly, I turned back and run to my home. I asked my mother, “Why did the boys whistled at me?” My mother looked at my T-shirt with a smile and said nothing. Then I turned to my father. “Why did the boys whistle at me?” My father looked at my beautiful new T-shirt and then laughingly asked, “Are you lonely?” Suddenly, I realized why the boys were whistling at me. The message on my pink T-shirt was“I am lonely”.

[注釋]：

whistle: a small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath 口哨 properly: characterized by appropriateness or suitability; fitting 恰當(dāng)?shù)? decorum: the conventions of polite behavior 禮貌

agitated: 激動(dòng)的，表現(xiàn)不安的

Vacations in Space

Want a ride in a spaceship? It will cost you about 20 million US dollars. At least that’s what Dennis Tito recently paid for a trip to the

International Space Station. What if you aren’t rich, but still want to travel in space? Don’t worry. Research supported by NASA might make your dream come true. Scientists are refining a process that, if successful, will enable rockets to take off from the back of an airplane. If people do end up taking vacations in space, don’t worry about finding somewhere to stay. Businessmen like British Richard Branson are already thinking about building hotels out there.

[注釋]：

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (美國)

國家航空航天局；美國航天及太空總署

end up: 結(jié)束；告終

Keeping Pleasant

In these grim times, weighed down with tension and pressure from the

realities of life, many people have lost their sense of humor. They tend to keep a straight face all day long and fail to keep life in perspective. They forget how to smile and finally become physical and mental wrecks. They regard life as a burden, and tend to look on the dark side of things. Well goes a saying, “Laugh, and grow fat.” Laughter releases tension, and smiling helps create a pleasant social atmosphere. And, thus, in a way,

a sense of humor is an elixir that helps cure mental diseases. Some patients even improve their physical and mental health by reading

humorous stories or watching funny movies. This proves that a sense of humor helps us look at the world in a true and healthy light and makes our life worth living.

[注釋]：

grim: rigid 無情的，嚴(yán)酷的

tension: uneasy suspense 緊張(狀態(tài))，不安

perspective: subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view 觀點(diǎn)，評價(jià)；in dim bimbo 又笨又壞的女人

The Man I Respect Most

My father is the man I respect most. Stern as he may be, he never fails to

show his care and consideration. Once I broke a neighbor’s window. Seeing nobody around, I ran away immediately. When Dad came home, he noticed my uneasiness and asked me what had happened. I could only tell him the truth. Rather than scold me, he praised my honesty and then encouraged me to apologize to our neighbor. I learned from this episode that not only does Dad take care of our health but he also teaches us how to be good citizens. How lucky I am to have such a good father!

[注釋]：

stern : severe, strict 嚴(yán)厲的

consideration : careful thought; deliberation 體諒，考慮

uneasiness : 不安

episode : an incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence 插

My Time of Happiness Each Day As a student, most of my time is spent on school work and other

school-related activities. Consequently, my time of happiness each day is

very limited.

However, this is not to say that I am not happy every day. In fact, I really enjoy coming home from school each evening and having dinner with my family. After dinner, I read or watch some TV with my family. This is a happy time for me every day.

But my happiest time of a day is just before I fall asleep. Lying in

bed, I think about all I achieved that day, and it makes me happy to know that the day was full.

[注釋]：

consequently : therefore 從而，因此

achieve : to perform or carry out with success; accomplish 完成，達(dá)到

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

《風(fēng)雪夜 林邊�！肥且皇字�名的詩歌。寫的是雪夜美景？寫的是守諾如一？寫的是

人生不得不向前行？不同的讀者會(huì)有完全不同的理解。這大概就是文學(xué)批評中所說的“接受

英語晨讀美文高中篇二：激情晨讀英語美文

第一章人生如詩Human Life Like a Poem

I think that, from a biological standpoint,human life almost reads like a poem.It has its own rhythm and beat,its internal cycles of growth and decay.No one can say that a life with childhood,manhood and old age is not a beautiful arrangement;the day has its morning, noon and sunset,and the year has its seasons, and it is goodthat it is so. There is no good or bad in life,except what is good according to its own season.

And if we take this biological view of lifeand try to live according to the seasons,no one but a conceited fool or an impossible idealistcan deny that human life can be lived like a poem.——Lin Yutang

我以為，從生物學(xué)角度看，人的一生恰如詩歌。人生自有其韻律和節(jié)奏，自有內(nèi)在的成長與衰亡。人生有童年、少年和老年，誰也不能否認(rèn)這是一種美好的安排。一天要有清晨、正午和日落，一年要有四季之分，如此才好！人生本無好壞之分，只是各個(gè)季節(jié)有各自的好處。如若我們持此種生物學(xué)的觀點(diǎn)，并循著季節(jié)去生活，除了狂妄自大的傻瓜和無可救藥的理想主義者，誰能說人生不能像詩一般度過呢？ ---林語堂

人在旅途W(wǎng)e Are on a Journey

Wherever you are, and whoever you may be,there is one thing in which you and I arejust alike,at this moment, and in all the momentsof our existence.We are not at rest;we are on a journey. Our life is not a mere fact;it is a movement, a tendency, a steady,ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal.We are gaining something, or losing something, every day. Even when our position and our character seem toremain precisely the same, they are changing.For the mere advance of time is a change.It is not the same thing to have a bare fieldin January and in July. The season makes the difference.The limitations that are childlike in the child are childishin the man.

Everything that we do is a stepin one direction or another. Even the failure to do somethingis in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward.

The action of the negative pole of a magnetic needle isjust as real as the action of the positive pole.To decline is to accept — the other alternative.Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday?Yes, — you must be a little nearer to some port or other;

for since your ship was first launched uponthe sea of life you have never been still for a single moment; the sea is too deep,you could not find an anchorage if you would; there can be no pause until you come into port.

人在旅途亨利.凡.戴克

無論你身在何處，也無論你是何人，此時(shí)此刻，有一件事于你我而言都是相同的，而且只要我們活著，這個(gè)共同點(diǎn)就存在。那就是，我們并非停留不前，而是人在旅途。我們的生命是一種運(yùn)動(dòng)，一種趨勢，是向一個(gè)看不見的目標(biāo)無休止地奮進(jìn)。

每天，我們都有所得，也有所失。即便我們的位置和角色看似與原來無異，但實(shí)際上也是時(shí)時(shí)變化的。因?yàn)闀r(shí)間的推移本身就是一種變化。對于同一片荒地來說，在一月和七月是截然不同的，季節(jié)造成了這種差異。能力的局限在孩子身上被視為天真爛漫，而在大人身上則是幼稚的的表現(xiàn)。我們所做的每件事情都是

朝著某個(gè)方向邁進(jìn)了一步。即使是失敗本身，也是有所得的，失敗可以催人奮進(jìn)，也可以讓人一蹶不振。磁針負(fù)極的作用與正極的作用都是一樣真實(shí)的。拒絕也是一種接受，只不過是另一種選擇罷了。

你今天比昨天更接近你的港口了么？是的，你肯定離某個(gè)港口更近了。因?yàn)樽詮哪愕暮酱瑥纳�命的海洋上啟航的那一刻開始，你沒有哪一刻是靜止的。大海如此深邃，即便你想停泊，也找不到地方；只有當(dāng)你駛?cè)胱约旱母劭�，你才能停止下來�?/p>

人生如詩:真正的高貴The True NobilityBy Ernest Hemingway

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.But all sunshine without shade,all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.Take the lot of the happiest — it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings, one following another,make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itselfmakes life more loving. Men come closest totheir true selves in the sober moments of life,under the shadows of sorry and loss.

In the affairs of life or of business,it is not intellect that tells so much as character,not brains so much as heart, not genius so muchas self-control, patience, and discipline,regulated by judgment.I have always believed thatthe man who has begun to live more seriouslywithin begins to live more simply without.In an age of extravagance and waste, I wishI could show to the world how fewthe real wants of humanity are.To regret

one‘s errors to the point of not repeating themis true repentance. There is nothing noble in beingsuperior to some other man. The true nobility isin being superior to your previous self. 在風(fēng)平浪靜的大海上,每個(gè)人都是領(lǐng)航員。

但只有陽光沒有陰影,只有快樂沒有痛苦,根本不是真正的生活.就拿最幸福的人來說,他的生活也是一團(tuán)纏結(jié)在一起的亂麻。痛苦與幸福交替出現(xiàn),使得我們一會(huì)悲傷一會(huì)高興。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可愛。在人生清醒的時(shí)刻,在悲傷與失落的陰影之下,人們與真實(shí)的自我最為接近。

在生活和事業(yè)的種種事務(wù)之中，性格比才智更能指導(dǎo)我們，心靈比頭腦更能引導(dǎo)我們，而由判斷獲得的克制、耐心和教養(yǎng)比天分更能讓我們受益。

我一向認(rèn)為，內(nèi)心生活開始更為嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)娜耍�他的外在生活也�?huì)變得更為簡樸。在物欲橫流的年代，但愿我能向世人表明：人類的真正需求少得多么可憐。

反思自己的過錯(cuò)不至于重蹈覆轍才是真正的悔悟。高人一等并沒有什么值得夸耀的。真正的高貴是優(yōu)于過去的自已。

我的世界觀The World as I See ItBy Albert Einstein

How strange is the lot of us mortals!Each of us is here for a brief sojourn;for what purpose he knows not, though hesometimes thinks he senses it. But withoutdeeper reflection one knows from daily lifethat one exists for other people —first of all for those upon whose smilesand well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent,and then for the many, unknown to us,to whose destinies we are bound bythe ties of sympathy.

A hundred times every dayI remind myself that my inner and outer lifeare based on the labors of other men, living and dead,and that I must exert myself in order to givein the same measure as I have receivedand am still receiving. I am strongly drawnto a frugal life and am often oppressivelyaware that I am engrossing an undue amountof the labor of my fellow-men. I regardclass distinctions as unjustified and,in the last resort, based on force. I alsobelieve that a simple and unassuming lifeis good for everybody, physically and mentally.我們這些肉

體凡胎是多么奇怪啊！每個(gè)人來到這個(gè)世上都只作短暫停留，究竟為了什么目的卻無從知曉，雖然有時(shí)覺得自己好像有所感悟。但是，無需深入思考，僅從日常生活就可明白，人是為他人而存在的——首先是為這樣一些人：他們的歡笑、健康和福祉與我們的幸福息息相關(guān)；其次是為那些為數(shù)眾多的陌生人，因?yàn)橥�情他們，使得我們與他們的命運(yùn)聯(lián)系在了一起。每一天，我都上百次地提醒自己，我的精神和物質(zhì)生活都是建立在他人(包括生者和死者)的勞動(dòng)基礎(chǔ)上，對于我已經(jīng)得到和正在得到的一切，我必須盡力給以相同程度的回報(bào)。我深深向往一種儉樸的生活，由于經(jīng)常意識到自己占用了同胞太多的勞動(dòng)而心有不安。我認(rèn)為階級區(qū)分是不正當(dāng)?shù)�，其最終的達(dá)成方式常常訴諸暴力。我還認(rèn)為，無論是在身體上還是心理上，過一種簡單而不鋪張浪費(fèi)的生活對每個(gè)人都有好處。

I do not at all believe in human freedomin the philosophical sense. Everybody actsnot only under external compulsion but alsoin accordance with inner necessity.

Schopenhauer‘s saying,that ―A man can do what he wants, but not wantwhat he wants,‖ has been a very real inspirationto me since my youth; it has been a continual consolationin the face of life‘s hardships, my own and others‘,and an unfailing well-spring of tolerance.This realization mercifully mitigates the easilyparalyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us fromtaking ourselves and other people all too seriously;it is conducive to a view of life

which,in particular, gives humor its due.我完全不相信哲學(xué)意義上的人的自由。每個(gè)人的行為不僅受外在力量的約束，還要與內(nèi)在需求協(xié)調(diào)一致。叔本華說：―人可以任意而為，卻不能心想事成�！�這句話從我年輕時(shí)起就一直深深地啟發(fā)著我。在面對生活的艱辛?xí)r——無論是我自己還是他人的艱辛，這句話總能不斷地給我安慰，成為永不枯竭的忍耐的源泉。這一認(rèn)識能夠仁慈地緩和那份令人幾欲崩潰的責(zé)任感，并防止我們太把自己或者他人當(dāng)回事，還有助于形成一種尤其幽默的人生觀。

To inquire afterthe meaning or object of one‘s own existence orthat of all creatures has always seemed to meabsurd from an objective point of view. And yeteverybody has certain ideals which determinethe direction of his endeavors and his judgments.In this sense I have never looked upon easeand happiness as ends in themselves —this ethical basis I call the ideal of a pigsty.The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after timehave given me new courage to face life cheerfully,have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. Withoutthe sense of kinship with men of like mind, withoutthe occupation with the objective world, the

eternallyunattainable in the field of art and scientific endeavors,life would have seemed to me empty. The trite objectsof human efforts — possessions, outward success, luxury —have always seemed to me contemptible.

客觀地說，探求自己或者其他所有生命存在的意義或者目標(biāo)，我一直都認(rèn)為是荒唐之舉。然而，每個(gè)人多少都有自己的理想，決定著他的奮斗目標(biāo)和他對事情的看法。從這個(gè)意義上說，我從來都不會(huì)把安逸和幸�？醋鹘K極目標(biāo)——我將這種倫理道德的基礎(chǔ)稱之為―豬圈理想‖。一直以來，是對真、善、美的追求照亮了我的道路，一次又一次給我以新的勇氣，讓我愉快地面對生活。如果沒有對志同道合者的那種親近感，如果沒有對客觀世界——那個(gè)藝術(shù)和科學(xué)研究永遠(yuǎn)也無法窮極的世界——的孜孜以求，生命對我來說就是一場空。那些向來為世人競相追求的目標(biāo)——財(cái)產(chǎn)、奢華和外在的成功——我對此不屑一顧。

My passionate sense of social justice and social responsibility has always contrasted oddlywith my pronounced lack of need for direct contact with other human beings and humancommunities. I am truly a ―lone traveler‖ and have never belonged to my country, my home, myfriend, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart; in the face of all these ties, I havenever lost a sense of distance and a need for solitude-feelings which increase with the years.One becomes sharply aware, but without regret, of the limits of mutual understanding andconsonance with other people. No doubt, such a person loses some of his innocence andunconcern; on the other hand, he is largely independent, of the opinions, habits, a

ndjudgments of his fellows and avoids the temptation to build his inner equilibrium upon suchinsecure foundations.

一方面，我有著強(qiáng)烈的社會(huì)正義感和社會(huì)責(zé)任感，另一方面，我的內(nèi)心又明顯沒有與他人和社會(huì)直接接觸的需求，二者形成了一個(gè)奇怪的對比。我確實(shí)是一個(gè)―孤獨(dú)的旅者‖，我的心從未完全地屬于過我的祖國、我的家庭、我的朋友，甚至我最親近的家人。在面對所有這些羈絆時(shí)，我從來沒有失去過距離感，也沒有擺脫掉孤獨(dú)感——這種感覺隨著年歲的增長還在增加。一個(gè)人開始強(qiáng)烈地意識到人與人之間的相互理解與和諧一致是有限度的，但卻并不為此遺憾時(shí)，此人毫無疑問已經(jīng)失去了部分天真無邪、無憂無慮的童心，但另一方面，他也在很大程度上獲得了獨(dú)立，不再受他人觀點(diǎn)、習(xí)慣和判斷的影響，同時(shí)也能避免內(nèi)心那種要將平衡建立在這種不可靠的基礎(chǔ)之上的強(qiáng)烈愿望。

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotionwhich stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can nolonger wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was theexperience of mystery—even if mixed with fear—that engendered religion. A knowledge of theexistence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason andthe most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds—it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity; in this sense, and in thisalone, I am a deeply religious man. I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes hiscreatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would Iwant to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear orabsurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of lifeand with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world,together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of theReason that manifests itself in nature.

人類所能享有的最美妙的體驗(yàn)就是神秘感，這是真正的科學(xué)與藝術(shù)的根源中最基礎(chǔ)的情感。無論是誰，如果沒有感受過它的魅力，如果不再感到好奇，不再發(fā)出驚嘆，他就無異于行尸走肉，瞎眼盲心。正是這種神秘的體驗(yàn)——即使夾雜著恐懼——促進(jìn)了宗教的產(chǎn)生。我們知道有某種事物的存在我們無法參透，我們對最深刻的理性與最絢麗的美的感知，只有在它們以最原始的形式出現(xiàn)時(shí)才能有所理解——正是這種認(rèn)知和情感構(gòu)成了真正的宗教信仰。在這種意義上，也只有在這種意義上，我是一個(gè)篤信宗教的人。我無法臆想出一個(gè)對自己創(chuàng)造出來的生命加以獎(jiǎng)賞和懲罰的上帝，也無法想象他會(huì)擁有我們自身所擁有的意志。我無法也不愿想象一個(gè)人在肉體死去之后仍然可以活著。讓那些脆弱的靈魂，出于恐懼或者可笑的私利，去擁抱這種想法吧。我滿足于對生命的永恒保持神秘感，滿足于對現(xiàn)存世界神奇結(jié)構(gòu)的粗淺感知和匆匆一瞥，也滿足于通過不懈的努力，對自然本身顯露出的一部分―道‖進(jìn)行理解，哪怕只是極其微小的一部分。 熱愛生活Love Your LifeBy Hey David Thoreau

However mean your life is, meet it and live it;do not shun it and call it hard names.It is not so bad as you are. It looks poorestwhen you are richest. The fault-finder willfind faults in paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling,glorious hours, even in a poor house. The setting sunis reflected from the windows of the

almshouseas brightly as from the rich man‘s abode;the snow melts before its door as early in the spring.I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there,and have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.

The town‘s poor seem to me often to livethe most independent lives of any. Maybe they are simplygreat enough to receive without misgiving. Most think thatthey are above being

supported by the town;but it often happens that they are not abovesupporting themselves by dishonest means,which should be more disreputable. Cultivate povertylike a garden herb,

like sage. Do not trouble yourself muchto get new things, whether clothes or friends.Turn the old; return to them. Things do not change; we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

不論你的生活如何卑賤，你要面對它生活，不要躲避它，更別用惡言咒罵它。它不像你那樣壞。你最富有的時(shí)候，倒是看似最窮。愛找缺點(diǎn)的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺點(diǎn)。你要愛你的生活，盡管它貧窮。甚至在一個(gè)濟(jì)貧院里，你也還有愉快、高興、光榮的時(shí)候。夕陽反射在濟(jì)貧院的窗上，像身在富戶人家窗上一樣光亮；在那門前，積雪同在早春融化。我只看到，一個(gè)從容的人，在哪里也像在皇宮中一樣，生活得心滿意足而富有愉快的思想。城鎮(zhèn)中的窮人，我看，倒往往是過著最獨(dú)立不羈的生活。也許因?yàn)樗麄兒軅ゴ�，所以受之無愧。大多數(shù)人以為他們是超然的，不靠城鎮(zhèn)來支援他們；可是事實(shí)上他們是往往利用了不正當(dāng)?shù)氖侄蝸韺Ω渡�活，他們是毫不超脫的，毋寧是不體面的。視貧窮如園中之花而像圣人一樣耕植它吧！不要找新的花樣，無論是新的朋友或新的衣服，來麻煩你自己。找舊的，回到那里去。萬物不變，是我們在變。你的衣服可以賣掉，但要保留你的思想。

我的家庭信條The Road to HappinessBy Bertrand Russell

It is a commonplace among moralists that youcannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only trueif you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carloare pursuing money, and most of them lose itinstead, but there are other ways of pursuingmoney, which often succeed. So it is with happiness.If you pursue it by means of drink, you areforgetting the hang-over. Epicurus pursued it byliving only in congenial society and eating only drybread, supplemented by a little cheese on feast days.His method proved successful in his case, but he was a valetudinarian, and most people wouldneed something more vigorous. For most people, the pursuit of happiness, unlesssupplemented in various ways, is too abstract and theoretical to be adequate as a personalrule of life. But I think that whatever personal rule of life you may choose it should not, excepting rare and heroic cases, be incompatible with happiness.幸福之道

道德家們常說：幸福靠追求是得不到的。只有用不明智的方式去追求才是這樣。蒙特卡洛城的賭徒們追求金錢，但多數(shù)人卻把錢輸?shù)袅�，而另外一些追求金錢的辦法卻常常成功。追求幸福也是一樣。如果你通過暢飲來追求幸福，那你就忘記了酒醉后的不適。埃畢丘魯斯追求幸福的辦法是只和志趣相投的人一起生活，只吃不涂黃油的面包，節(jié)日才加一點(diǎn)奶酪。他的辦法對他來說是成功的，但他是個(gè)體弱多病的人，而多數(shù)人需要的是精力充沛。就多數(shù)人來說，除非你有別的補(bǔ)充辦法，這樣追求快樂就過于抽象和脫離實(shí)際，不宜作為個(gè)人的生活準(zhǔn)則。不過，我覺得無論你選擇什么樣的生活準(zhǔn)則，除了那些罕見的和英雄人物的例子外，都應(yīng)該是和幸福相容的。

There are a great many people who have all the material conditions of happiness, i.e. healthand a sufficient income, and who, nevertheless, are profoundly unhappy. In such cases itwould seem as if the fault must lie with a wrong theory as to how to live. In one sense, we maysay that any theory as to how to live is wrong. We imagine ourselves more different from theanimals than we are. Animals live on impulse, and are happy as long as external conditions arefavorable. If you have a cat it will enjoy life if it has food and warmth and opportunities for anoccasional night on the tiles. Your needs are more complex than those of your cat, but theystill have their basis in instinct. In civilized societies, especially in English-speaking societies, thisis too apt to be forgotten. People propose to themselves some one paramount objective,and restrain all impulses that do not minister to it. A businessman may be so anxious to growrich that to this end he sacrifices health and private affections. When at last he has becomerich, no pleasure remains to him except harrying other people by exhortations to imitate hisnoble example. Many rich ladies, although nature has not endowed them with any spontaneouspleasure in literature or art, decide to be thought culture

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It is common knowledge that music can have a powerful effect on our emotions. In fact, since the 1930s, music therapists have relied on music to soothe patients and help control pain.

Now psychologists are confirming that music can also help relieve depression and improve concentration. For instance, in a recent study, 15 surgeons were given some highly stressed math problems to solve. They were divided into three groups: one worked in silence, and in another, the surgeons listened to music of their choice on headphones; the third listened to classic music chosen by the researchers. The results of the study may surprise you. The doctors who got to choose their music experienced less stress and scored better than the others. One possible explanation is that listening to music you like stimulates the Alfa-wave in the brain, increases the heart rate and expands the breathing. That helps to reduce stress and sharpen concentration. Other research suggests a second relation between the music and the brain: by examining the students’ blood after they listened to a variety of classic music collections, the researchers found that some students showed a large increase in endorphin, a natural pain reliever. This supports what music therapists have known for years: Music can help rejuvenate or soothe the patient.

Display of Goods

Are supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more?

Fresh fruit and vegetables are displayed near supermarket entrances. This gives the impression that only healthy food is sold in the shop. Basic foods that everyone buys, like sugar and tea, are not put near each other. They are kept in different aisles, so customers are taken past other attractive foods before they find what they want. In this way, shoppers are encouraged to buy products that they do not really need. Sweets are often placed at children’s eye level at the checkout. While parents are waiting to pay, children reach for the sweets and put them in the trolley. More is bought from a fifteen-foot display of one type of product than from a ten-foot one. Customers also buy more when shelves are full than when they are half empty. They do not like to buy from shelves with few products on them because they feel there is something wrong with those products that are there.

Have you heard of the old saying that laughter is the best medicine? Then listen to this.

Seriously, research has already shown that mental stress can restrict blood flow to the heart. But now a study has linked laughter to increased blood flow. Laughter appears to cause the tissue inside blood vessels to expand. As a result, laughing may be important to reduce the risk of heart disease. So says Doctor Michael Miller of the University of Maryland Medical Center. He led a study of 20 men and women, all healthy. To get them to laugh, they watched part of the movie Kingpin, a 1996 comedy. To create the opposite emotions, they watched the opening battle in the 1998 war movie Saving Private Ryan.

The researchers used ultrasound technology to measure changes in blood flow through an artery in the arm. Blood flow increased in 19 of the 20 people after they watched Kingpin. The increase was an average of 22 percent. Doctor Miller says that is similar to the effects of aerobic exercise. Blood flow decreased in 14 of the 20 people after they watched Saving Private Ryan. The decrease was an average of 35 percent.

Studies have shown that stress can reduce the body’s ability to fight disease. When the body is under stress, it produces hormones such as adrenalin. But too much of these hormones can be harmful

The Different Approaches or Perceptions of Men and Women

As we all know, as some inherent distinctions men and women differ from each other in various factors, especially in their behaviors such as interpersonal relationships, expressing affection, friendship and views on beauty.

In my opinion, there are some differences as follows. Generally speaking, men are considered as an animal of reason and logic, while women of emotion and feeling. On the interpersonal relationships, men always establish their social relationship through common activities, by communicating and cooperating with one another. And the relationships are gradually strengthened with such kinds of outward experiences they established. On the contrary, women’s friendship usually comes from emotional resonation, and a really close relation can only be achieved by sharing quite a few personal affairs, something usually kept confidential to the outsiders. As a result, it is the sentimental characteristic that makes women’s friendships lasts even longer than men’s, for masculine relations appear more materially and reality comparing with women’s soul companions. Specifically, for one thing, women and men express their affection in apparently different ways. The female tend to convey their moods directly and softly because they’re naturally emotional. At the same time, the male are used to hiding their inner feeling to keep a calm and strong profile in front of people nearly all the time. Relevantly, they hold almost contradictory views on the criteria of beauty. Men worship strength and eloquence, while women prefer something softer, changeable, and even sometimes too colorful. Actually, the views on beauty also diverse from individual to individual, and there can never be a completely same standard even within the two groups themselves.

All in all, it is almost impossible to comprehensively summarize the differences between men and women. Their characters may count in a sense, but never account for everything. In my opinion, as equal human beings, they are both excellent and wonderful.

People often say that being famous is a hassle. I don’t see why. From what I’ve seen, from people on TV, having fame is a never-ending joy. Now, I’d like to introduce the reason behind my thought. Firstly, famous people enjoy a status that other people simply don’t have. With this higher status, famous people can enjoy such pleasures as getting a table at a crowded restaurant whenever they want one. People look up to and respect those with fame. Secondly, famous people receive attention from others. How often do you feel ignored and unheard by others? Famous people don’t have this problem. When they speak, people listen. Thirdly, famous people can often use their fame to make money. They can bring attention to products and receive money fordoing so. I, for one, would like to be famous.

Honesty Is Gold

When talking about honesty, many of us have too much to say. It is definitely a thought-provoking problem. Those who gain fortunes not by hard labor but by other means is dishonest, such as cheating in the examination, plagiarizing the publication of others, and so on. Honesty is always regarded as the virtue of the whole humanity. If you are honest all the time, you’ll be trusted and respected by others. Honesty means speaking the truth and being fair and upright in act. A liar is always looked down upon and regarded as a black sheep by the people around. Once you lie, people will never believe you even if you speak the truth. However, in the tide of commercialized society today, it seems that more and more people believe in money at

the sacrifice of honesty. They don’t understand or pretend not to understand that honesty is the biggest fortune humans own, and that it is the prerequisite for doing everything well.

So to sum up, honesty is gold. In the future, for whatever jobs we choose, we should make honesty as our basic principle, and always remember: “honesty is the best policy.”

Happy is the man who acquires the habit of reading when he is young. He has secured a lifelong source of pleasure, instruction, and inspiration. So long as he has beloved books, he need never feel lonely. He always has a pleasant occupation of leisure moments, so that he need never feel bored. He is the possessor of wealth more precious than gold. Books are treasuries filled, not with gold and silver and precious stones, but with riches much more valuable than these

— knowledge, noble thoughts, and high ideals. Poor indeed is the man who does not read, and empty is his life.

Friendships

As we walk along our paths in life, we will encounter several forms of friendship. There will be friends of convenience, friends by association, and friends of the heart. Friends out of convenience are friendships that you might have simply because you both are accessible to one another. These friendships are common in a work or school environment as people are united by place alone. You might even term these friendships as “associates” instead of friends, because you associate with one another because you feel that you have to. These types of friendships can easily(轉(zhuǎn) 載 于:www.zuancaijixie.com 蒲 公英文 摘:英語晨讀美文高中) disappear as quickly as they come or they can actually turn into more meaningful friendships as time moves on, but either way, you respect them as a part of the friend that originated then counter.

Do you know Thanksgiving Day?

Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November, a different date every year. The

President must proclaim that date as the official celebration. Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have. In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and charitable organizations offer a traditional meal to those in need, particularly the homeless. On most tables throughout the United States, foods eaten at the first thanks giving have become traditional.

Driving in America

Remember these typical traffic rules.

Keep Right

The traffic follows the “keep right rule.” While driving, drive on the right side of the road.

On one way, multiple lanes road, the right-most lane would be the slowest and left-most lane is fastest.

Hand Signals

Though indicators are used for the purpose of showing which direction we are going, knowing the relevant hand signals is very important and they are usually always asked in a driving test. When we want to turn right, we can put our left hand out of the window and point upward. When we want to make a left turn, we can stick our left arm out of the window and point to the

left. If we want to slow down or stop, we can just point downwards.

The Turning Lanes

On some two-way roads, a centre lane may be marked as a common left-turn lane to be used by vehicles in both directions. You may only use this type of lane for turning left. You may not travel in a centre turning lane.

School Buses

Yellow school buses have flashing red lights and stop signs that fold out from the driver’s side. School pupil transport vehicles, like vans, station wagons, or family sedans, have flashing red lights and SCHOOL BUS signs on top. Drivers of either kind of school vehicle use these warning signals when letting pupils on and off. No matter which side of the road you are traveling on, if you come upon a school bus or a school pupil transport vehicle with its lights flashing and a stop sign extended, you must stop. It’s the law. Remain stopped until the lights stop flashing or the stop sign folds back.

Using the Horn

Using horns is not common in America. Actually they are very rarely used. You may use your horn to warn pedestrians or other drivers of possible trouble or to avoid accidents. Do not use your horn to express anger or complain about other drivers’ mistakes or to try to get a slow driver to move faster.

Yielding

When you see a YIELD sign, slow down and be prepared to stop. Let traffic, pedestrians, or bicycles pass before you enter the intersection or join another roadway. You must come to a complete stop if traffic conditions require it.

Are People Selfish and Greedy Nowadays?

There is no question that some people are selfish and greedy. They can’t understand others’ feelings and try to do whatever they want. Because of these greedy and selfish people, we are facing more difficulties and suffering in economy, education, social relations and so on. For example, some merchants, who are rich and want to be richer, sell their fake commodities at the marketplace for more profit. There are also government officials who sell people’s trust and senior officials who take bribes by selling the power in their hands. Those people believe in the precept “Everyone for himself and the devil take the hind most.”

However, the majority of people are neither selfish nor greedy. They contribute much and ask for little. Numerous examples can be found around us: the PLA soldiers who sacrificed themselves for saving people’s lives in fighting the disastrous floods and the doctors and nurses who risked their lives to save SARS victims being two of the most typical. In contrast to the selfish and corrupt officials, they are heroes, who set up glorious images for us.

The notion that nowadays people are selfish and greedy is probably attributed to the influence of the mass media which tend to over-exaggerate the negative aspects of life. Many newspapers, particularly the gutter press, and TV films play up nastiness by reporting and showing too much about violence and sex. In addition, a lot of books portray selfishness and greed to seek sensational effect and economic profit. I wonder whether they are selfish and greedy, too.

Memory-improving Techniques

There are many techniques you can use to improve your memory. Some of them are introduced

here.

First and foremost, you need to stimulate your memory all the time. To put it simply, you should use your memory as much as possible. It is especially important to try to learn something new. If you work in an office, learn to dance; if you are a dancer, learn to deal with a computer; if you work with sales, learn to play chess; if you are a programmer, learn to paint. These added activities stimulate the brain so that it continues to function.

Older people need to pay attention to things they are dealing with. Don’t try to memorize everything that catches your attention; focus on what you consider important. For example, you can take any object such as a pen and concentrate on it. Think on its various characteristics: its material, its function, its color, and so on. Don’t allow any other thought to occupy your mind while you are concentrating on that pen.

The Ways to Enlarge Our English Vocabulary

Vocabulary is one of the most important factors contributing to a good command of a language.

A large vocabulary is most desirable to us learners of English. Instead of memorizing vocabulary from a dictionary, we can obtain a considerable amount of vocabulary by reading both intensively and extensively.

First, believe that an intensive reading is very helpful for this purpose because it ensures the basic knowledge about the exact meanings and correct usage of words and phrases, and consequently our ability to express ourselves in the language accurately is improved.

Second, sometimes, an intensive reading method would be insufficient without a second one, an extensive reading. By this method we can hopefully get an access to a large number of words in contexts with a practical knowledge about collocations as well as the different meanings and different styles resulting from different choices of words. Only in this way can we enlarge our vocabulary with a simultaneous awareness of the uses of words. By and by, our English vocabulary will be enlarged enormously.

Language is a living thing. We should enlarge our English vocabulary through reading both intensively and extensively.

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