高一英语课外阅读
如何扩大高一学生英语课外阅读量的案例分析
如何扩大高一学生英语课外阅读量的案例分析根据《普通高中英语课程标准》对语言技能目标六级的阅读要求第六条,“除教材外,课外阅读量应累计达到18万词以上。
”根据我们常规的课时安排,我们是没有课外阅读的机会,而且学生的自觉程度也不是很高,那么靠学生自觉在课外阅读而没有老师的适当的监督效果是非常不好的,结果是绝大多数学生几乎没有进行过课外阅读,除了每单元的测试题里有适当的阅读。
因此,学生的课外阅读量是远远达不到课标的要求的。
而阅读在高考题中所占比例是很大的,而且其他题型也在一定程度上与阅读有着紧密的联系。
因此,扩大学生的阅读量、提高学生的阅读能力是提高学生英语综合运用能力和高考成绩的关键。
对于这样的一个重要的教学问题我们备课组从本学期起每单元增加一课时补充阅读课,来扩大学生的课外阅读量和阅读能力。
为了配合补充阅读课,我们本学期的教辅资料改订了《学生双语报》。
因为我们发现这份报纸上的课外阅读很多并适合我们学校学生的阅读程度。
而且双预报上还有与教材中主要阅读文章内容相近的阅读文章,这也是我们教材外补充阅读的目标。
我们在课外补充阅读课上需要学生阅读两篇文章,这两篇文章的内容要与各单元主要阅读文章的内容要一致,是单元主阅读的适当的扩充。
因为我们发现教材中的主阅读文章的内容不是很完善,学生对此内容的了解不是很全面,我们找出相关内容的阅读文章让学生阅读也有此目的。
另外,为了增加学生阅读的兴趣,我们还上网去找相关的图片和视频让学生看,并且也能将文章的抽象的文字形象化,提高了学生对文章的更深层的理解,同时也扩大了学生的知识面,一举多得。
我们补充阅读课具体的操作如下:1.在集体备课时提前找好单元的补充阅读材料,基本上是从《学生双语报》的课本链接上找的文章,另外,如果双语报上还有相关的文章我们就不用再在其他地方找了,如果没有可利用的文章,我们会上网查找一篇并配上相关的图片信息。
然后印发给学生。
2.学生在上课3、4天前得到资料,将学生按座位分成8个小组,每组有一名组长负责。
高一必读英语课外读物
高一必读英语课外读物对于高一的学生来说,英语课外阅读是提高英语水平的重要手段。
通过阅读英语课外读物,学生不仅可以扩大词汇量,提高阅读理解能力,还可以增强英语语感,提高英语表达能力。
在众多的英语课外读物中,有哪些是高一学生必读的呢?本文将推荐一些适合高一学生阅读的英语课外读物,并简要分析其特点。
一、小说类1.TheHungerGames(饥饿游戏)作者:苏珊·柯林斯适合年龄段:12岁以上简介:这是一部充满悬念和刺激的小说,讲述了一个被分为几个部落的未来世界,人们必须参加残酷的“饥饿游戏”,以争夺生存的权利。
这本书词汇量适中,情节紧凑,非常适合高一学生阅读。
2.TheAlchemist(炼金术士)作者:保罗·科埃略适合年龄段:10岁以上简介:这是一部充满哲理的小说,讲述了一位寻找财富的牧羊人,在追寻过程中领悟到了真正的财富——友谊、爱和内心的成长。
这本书语言优美,故事感人,非常适合高一学生阅读。
二、科普类1.TheScienceofSuperheroes(超级英雄的科学)简介:这是一本介绍超级英雄背后的科学知识的书,从物理、化学、生物等方面解释了超级英雄的能力来源。
这本书词汇量适中,适合对科学感兴趣的高一学生阅读。
2.TheUniverseinaNutshell(微观宇宙)简介:这是一本介绍宇宙知识的书,通过有趣的比喻和生动的图片,讲述了宇宙的起源、演化、黑洞等知识。
这本书语言简单易懂,适合对宇宙感兴趣的高一学生阅读。
三、故事类1.ALongWalktoWater(水之道)简介:这是一部讲述作者自幼跟随家人移居美国后的成长故事,通过作者的经历反映了移民家庭在美国社会中的艰辛和挑战。
这本书语言朴实,情感真挚,非常适合高一学生阅读。
2.TheDiaryofaWimpyKid(小屁孩日记)简介:这是一本幽默风趣的日记体小说,讲述了一个小男孩在学校和家庭生活中的种种趣事。
这本书语言简单易懂,情节生动有趣,非常适合高一学生阅读。
【英语阅读】高中英语课外读物美文欣赏40篇(双语版)
高中英语课外读物美文欣赏40篇(双语版)1《飞鸟集》精选1夏天的飞鸟,飞到我的窗前唱歌,又飞去了。
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away.2 秋天的黄叶,它们没有什么可唱,只叹息一声,飞落在那里。
And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign.3世界对着它的爱人,把它浩翰的面具揭下了。
它变小了,小如一首歌,小如一回永恒的接吻The world puts off its mask of vastness to its lover. It becomes small as one song, as one kiss of the eternal.4是大地的泪点,使她的微笑保持着青春不谢。
It is the tears of the earth that keep her smiles in bloom.5无垠的沙漠热烈追求一叶绿草的爱,她摇摇头笑着飞开了。
The mighty desert is burning for the love of a blade of grass who shakes her head and laughs and flies away.6如果你因失去了太阳而流泪,那么你也将失去群星了。
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.7跳舞着的流水呀,在你途中的泥沙,要求你的歌声,你的流动呢。
你肯挟瘸足的泥沙而俱下么?The sands in your way beg for your song and your movement, dancing water. Will you carry the burden of their lameness?8她的热切的脸,如夜雨似的,搅扰着我的梦魂。
高中英语课外阅读---金银岛(英语名著阅读)
Treasure Island金银岛简介年轻的吉姆•霍金斯躺在床上,梦见宝藏和海上历险。
过几天这一切都将成为现实。
他将要和他的朋友,乡绅屈利劳尼、大夫李甫西乘伊斯帕尼奥拉号帆船离开英格兰到南方的金银岛去寻宝。
岛上的宝藏过去属于一个叫弗林特的海盗,他把那些宝藏埋藏在岛上一个秘密的地方。
弗林特船长现在已经死了,但曾和他一起出海的海盗还活着,他们也想找到弗林特的宝藏。
他们不知道金子在哪儿,但他们会不择手段地去找。
他们这伙人中有老瞎子皮尤一个叫黑狗的人,还有一个一条腿的海员……他们是那些海盗中最危险的一伙。
罗伯特•路易斯•史蒂文森1850 年生于苏格兰的爱丁堡。
他学过法律,但在21 岁时决定开始写作。
《杰克博士和海德医生》和《金银岛》是他最著名的代表作。
史蒂文森1894 年病逝于萨摩亚岛。
1 The old seaman SquireSquire Trelawney, Dr Livesey, and the others have asked me to write down all I know about Treasure Island .My name is Jim Hawkins, and I was in the story right from the start, back in 17-.I was only a boy then, and it all began at the time my father owned the Admiral Benbow inn, at Black Hill Cove .I remember so clearly the day when the old seaman came to stay-I can almost see him in front of me as I write.He arrived with his sea-chest, a tall, strong man with a cut across one cheek. He sang that old sea sang as he walked up to the inn door:Fifeen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho,and a bottle of rum!The old seaman called for a glass of rum,and stood outside,drinking and looking around. Our inn was on me cliffs above Black Hill Cove, and was a wild ,lonely place. But第 1 页共70 页the seaman seemed to like it.‘Do many people come here?’ h e asked.‘No,’my father told him.‘Then it's the place for me,’said the seaman.‘I'll stay here for a bit. You can call meCaptain.’He threw down three or four gold coins.‘Tell me when I've spent all that.’He was a silent man. All day he walked around the cove, or up on the cliffs ;all evening he sat in a corner of the room, and drank rum and water .He only spoke to our other customers when he was drunk. Then he told them terrible stories of his wild and criminal life at sea. Our customers were mostly quiet ,farming people; the captain frightened them and they soon learned to leave him alone.Every day, he asked if any seamen had gone along the road. At first we thought he wanted friends of his own kind, but then we began to understand that there was a different reason .He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared. He promised to give me a silver coin every month for doing this .I dreamed about this one-legged seaman for many nights afterwards.The captain stayed week after week, month after month. His gold coins were soon used up, but my father was a sick man and afraid to ask for more.Dr Livesey came late one afternoon. After he had seen my father ,he had dinner with my mother, then stayed to smoke his pipe .I noticed the difference between the doctor with his white hair and pleasant way of speaking, and that dirty, heavy, red-faced seaman, drunk with rum.The captain began to sing his song:Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!Drink and the devil had killed off the rest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of, rum!Dr Livesey did not like the song.He looked up angrily before he went on talking to old Taylor, the gardener. Others in the room took no notice of the song. The captain beat the table with his hand for silence. The voices in the room died away, all except Dr Livesey's.The doctor continued to speak.The captain swore softly, then said,‘ Silence!’‘Are you speaking to me ,sir?’asked the doctor.第 2 页共70 页‘Yes,’the captain told him, swearing again.‘I have only one thing to say to you, sir,’ replied the doctor.‘If you keep on drinking rum ,the world will soon be free of a dirty scoundrel!’The captain jumped to his feet with a knife in his hand ,but the doctor never moved .He spoke to the captain in a calm and clear voice so that others in the room could hear:‘If you don't put that knife away, I promise you shall die a criminal's death under the law.’Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the cap-tain soon put away his weapon and sat down like a beaten dog. Soon after Dr Livesey rode away on his horse. The captain was silent for the rest of the evening, and for many evenings after-wards.1 老海员乡绅屈利劳尼、李甫西大夫和其他几位绅士让我把金银岛的故事从头至尾写下来。
黑布林分级英语课外阅读高一《呼啸山庄》阅读练习
黑布林分级英语阅读高一(呼啸山庄)Wuthering Heightsreading task: P 20-391. Who do you think the three Catherines are(多选)?A. Catherine EarnshawB. Catherine HeathcliffC. Catherine LintonD.Catherine Lockwood2.Who took Lockwood upstairs to a bedroom?A.ZillahB. CatherineC. HeathcliffD. Hindley3.Whose diary did Lockwood find in the bedroom?A.Catherine’sB. Edgar’sC. Nelly’sD. Heatchliff’s4.How might Catherine Earnshaw be related to Hareton Earnshaw?A.auntB. motherC. sister5.From the passage, we can conclude that Catherine is someone Heathcliff _________.A. lovedB. hatedC. feels indifferent aboutD. liked6.From the dialogue between Mrs Dean and “I”, we can safely say that _______.A. Heathcliff is a born gentlemanB. Hareton and Catherine are cousins while she and her husband are notC. Mrs Dean has lived at Thrushcross Grange for 18 yearsD. Catherine Linton is the ghost “I” came across at Wuthering Heights the other evening7.When did Mr. Earnshaw pass away?A.Saturday morningB. December eveningC. October eveningD. January evening8.Heatchcliff and Catherine are afraid of being punished. True False9.A bear had Catherine’s ankle in its mouth and she cried. True False10.When Catherine returned from Thrushcross Grange, she looked like a lady.True False11.Hindley was unhappy about Catherine’s changes, while Heatchcliff finds these changes pleasant.True Falsereading task: P 40-551. What will Catherine’s life be like if she marries Edgar? And if she marries Heathcliff?A. With Edgar: rich, comfortable but maybe boring life. With Heathcliff: poor, life of work but of love and friendship.B. With Edgar: poor and tough, but full of love and happiness. With Heathcliff: poor, life of work but of love and friendship.C. Either Edgar or Heathcliff can make Catherine lead a happy and wealthy life.2.From the passage, we can conclude that __________.A.Catherine loves Edgar more than she loves HeathcliffB.Catherine can’t marry Heathcliff because she dislikes himC.Heathcliff leaves because he think Catherine doesn’t love him and misunderstands herD.Deep inside Heathcliff’s heart he knows that Catherine does everything for his good3.Why did Catherine want to marry Edgar?A.S he loved Edgar.B.for sake of Edgar’s status and wealthC.In order to help Heathcliff to escape from Hindleys’ power.D. to satisfy Hindley’s demand.4.After the death of France, who has become the only visitor to the Wuthering Heights?A.LockwoodB. Edgar LintonC. HindleyD. Heathcliff5.Who caught the poor Hareton after he was threw from the banister rail by his father?A.LockwoodB. Edgar LintonC. HindleyD. Heathcliff6.Which word can describe Catherine and Edgar’s marriage?A.HappyB. bitterC. satisfiedD. bored7.We may guess that Catherine __________________ .A.has been loving Edgar ever since they get marriedB.has come to love Edgar ever since they get marriedC.love Edgar more than he does herD.at first had a bad temper because she was unhappy with Nelly and the servants8.Why did Catherine say that Isabella is unkind to her?A.She is trying to protect IsabellaB.She wants to keep Heathcliff for herselfC.She hates Isabella.9.Catherine says Heathcliff will never love a Linton, because ____________ ?A.She knows Heathcliff is a vindictive man and doesn’t mean well to LintonsB.She wants to keep Heathcliff for herself and says it to scare Isabella awayC.She doesn’t want Heathcliff to be married to a girl she hates so much.D.She doesn’t think Isabella will make a good wife for Heathcliff10.Why might Heathcliff want to marry Isabella?A.Because he loves IsabellaB.Because he wants to revenge.C. Because he wants to own her property.D. Because he wants to get more closer to Catherine.1.Who do you think want to hurt Isabella’s dog?A.HindleyB. NellyC. CatherineD. Heathcliff2.Isabella fell in love with Heatheliff because_____A.he behaved and dressed like a gentleman.B.he was kind to herC.she liked his wild passionate nature.3.Catherine became ill because_____A.she saw Heathcliff kiss Isabella.B.she couldn't live without HeathcliffC.she was expecting a babyD.she thought Nelly was a witch.4.Who was riding the horses that Nelly heard?A.HindleyB. NellyC. CatherineD. Heathcliff5.How was Isabella at Wuthering Heights with Heathcliff?A.MiserableB. happyC. Ordinary6.Who arranged a meeting for Heathcliff and Catherine?A.LintonB. LockwoodC.Nelly7.Catherine died after giving a birth to the baby. True False8.Nelly refused to arrange a meeting for Heathcliff initially, but in the end she gave in.True False9.Edgar Linton never replied to his sister’s letter. True False10.Isabella was regretful that she married Heathcliff. True False1.Why do you think Isabella calls her son Linton?A.To show her deep love for LintonB.To get back at Heathliff2.When Hindley died, who inherited Wuthering Heights?A.Hareton EarnshawB. Linton HeathcliffC. HeathcliffD. Isabella3.Hindley is Catherine Earnshaw’s _________ and Cathy Linton’s _______A.brotherB. nephewC. uncleD. aunt4. Linton Heathcliff is Edgar’s _______ and Isabella’s_________A. sonB. nephewC. uncleD. aunt5. Isabella is Cathy Linton’s _____ and Catherine’s _____A. cousinB. auntC. uncleD. sister-in-law6. Hareton is Cathy Linton’s _________A. cousinB. auntC. uncleD. sister-in-law7. After hearing Catherine’s death, Heathcliff’s attitude is ____A. happyB. grievedC. relievedD. apathy8. Which of the following sentences is true?A. Cathy and Hareton got married.B. Catherine died because of illness.C. Mr Earnshaw brought Heathcliff to live at Wuthering Heights.D. Hindley returns to Wuthering Heights with his wife Isabella.9.When was Catherine’s baby born?A.in the morningB. at noonC. in the afternoonD. at night.10. Which of the following sentences is wrong?A. Hindley Earnshaw came back to Wutheriing Heights with a wife.B. Heathcliff wanted Hareton and Cathy Linton to marry.C. Catherine did not want to marry Heathcliff because he was poor.D. When Hindley died, Heathcliff inherited Wuthering Heights.1.Who took care of Mr Linton and Nelly when they both were ill.B.Hareton Earnshaw B. Linton HeathcliffC. HeathcliffD. Cathy2.Where did Cathy go in the evenings?A.Wuthering HeightsB. Thrushcross GrangeC. the heath3.Why did Heathcliff lock Cathy and Nelly in the room?A.Because Heathcliff wanted Cathy and Linton to get married as soon as possible.B.Because Linton asked Heathcliff to do so.C.Because Heathcliff loved Cathy.4.Heathcliff wanted his son to marry Cathy becauseA.He knew they loved each other.B.He wanted her to live at Wuthering Heights.C.He wanted to own Thrushcross Grange.D.He thought she was lonely.5.Who helped Nelly to escape from Wuthering Heights?B.Hindley B. ZillahC. CatherineD. Heathcliff6.When did Heathcliff die?A.in SeptemberB. in JuneC. in JulyD. not mentioned7.Who has become the narrator of this story since Linton passed away?A.Mr LockwoodB. HindleyC. HeathcliffD. Cathy8.At first Cathy made fun of her cousin Hareton because he couldn’t read or write. But they gradually became friends. True False9.Nelly left the Wuthering Heights and Zillah became the housekeeper. True False10.At last, Heathcliff went mad. He didn’t eat or drinking anything. Sometimes he just sat and stared in front of him with a look of joy on his face. True False。
高中1年级英语课外阅读推荐书单
高中1年级英语课外阅读推荐书单在高中一年级的英语学习过程中,课外阅读不仅能拓宽学生的视野,还能加深对语言的理解。
选择适合的书单对于激发学生的阅读兴趣和提高英语水平至关重要。
以下是一些经过精心挑选的书籍推荐,每本书都是一位充满智慧的朋友,等待与学生相遇,帮助他们在英语学习的道路上走得更远。
首先,经典文学作品是学生们必须接触的领域之一。
《小妇人》由路易莎·梅·奥尔科特编写,它不仅讲述了四姐妹的成长故事,还描绘了19世纪美国家庭生活的真实面貌。
通过阅读这本书,学生可以深入了解人性的复杂和美好,同时也能感受到语言的独特魅力。
接着,《了不起的盖茨比》是由F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德创作的一部经典小说。
书中的华丽场景和复杂人物关系,描绘了美国梦的多样性和陷阱。
对于高一学生来说,这本书不仅有助于提升阅读技巧,还能引发对社会和文化的深刻思考。
此外,《哈利·波特与魔法石》无疑是一部能引起学生强烈兴趣的书籍。
J.K.罗琳创造的魔法世界充满了想象力和冒险精神。
通过这本书,学生们不仅能提高词汇量和阅读理解能力,还能体验到奇幻故事带来的乐趣。
《杀死一只知更鸟》由哈珀·李撰写,揭示了20世纪30年代美国南部的种族问题。
书中的勇气和正义感,将帮助学生们理解社会公平与个人责任的深层意义。
它是一本兼具情感深度和社会价值的佳作,非常适合高中一年级的学生阅读。
《简爱》是夏洛蒂·勃朗特的经典之作。
它讲述了一个孤儿女孩如何克服逆境,争取自己的幸福与尊严的故事。
这部作品不仅展示了坚定的个人品质,还提供了丰富的文学技巧,对学生的英语写作和理解能力有着很大的提升作用。
同时,《1984》由乔治·奥威尔创作,是一本描绘未来社会反乌托邦的小说。
它通过细腻的描写和深刻的洞察力,展示了权力和控制对个人自由的压迫。
这本书能够引导学生们思考更深层次的社会问题,拓展他们的批判性思维。
最后,推荐《呼啸山庄》由艾米莉·勃朗特编写。
高中英语课外阅读材料经典
高中英语课外阅读材料经典高中英语课外阅读材料(一)加倍重视自己的价值Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.Amulberry leaf(桑叶) touched with the genius of man becomes silk.A field of clay touched with the genius of man becomes a castle.A Cyprus tree touched with the genius of man becomes a shrine.A cut of sheep's hair touched with the genius of man becomes raiment for a king.If it is possible for leaves and clay and wood and hair to have their value multiplied a hundred, yea a thousandfold by man, cannot I do the same with the clay which bears my name?Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.I am liken to a grain of wheat which faces one of three futures. The wheat can be placed in a sack and dumped in a stall until it is fed to swine. Or it can be ground to flour and made into bread. Or it can be placed in the earth and allowed to grow until its golden head dividesand produces a thousand grains from the one.I am liken to a grain of wheat with one difference. The wheat cannot choose whether it be fed to swine, ground for bread, or plantedto multiply. I have a choice and I will not let my life be fed to swine nor will I let it be ground under the rocks of failure and despair to be broken open and devoured by the will of others.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.To grow and multiply it is necessary to plant the wheat grain in the darkness of the earth and my failures, my despairs, my ignorance,and my inabilities are the darkness in which I have been planted inorder to ripen. Now, like the wheat grain which will sprout and blossom only if it is nurtured with rain and sun and warm winds, I too must nurture my body and mind to fulfill my dreams. But to grow to fullstature the wheat must wait on the whims of nature. I need not wait forI have the power to choose my own destiny.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.And how will I accomplish this? First I will set goals for the day, the week, the month, the year, and my life. Just as the rain must fall before the wheat will crack its shell and sprout, so must I have objectives before my life will crystallize. Insetting my goals I will consider my best performance of the past and multiply it a hundredfold. This will be the standard by which I will live in the future. Never will I be of concern that my goals are too high for is it not better to aim my spear at the moon and strike only an eagle than to arm my spear atthe eagle and strike only a rock?Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.The height of my goals will not hold me in awe though I may stumble often before they are reached. If I stumble I will rise and my falls will not concern me for all men must stumble often to reach the hearth. Only a worm is free from the worry of stumbling. I am not a worm.I am not an onion plant. I am not a sheep. I am a man. Let others builda cave with their clay. I will build a castle with mine.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.And just as the sun must warm the earth to bring forth the seedling of wheat so, too, will the words on these scrolls warm my life and turn my dreams into reality. Today I will surpass every action which I performed yesterday. I will climb today's mountain to the utmost of my ability yet tomorrow I will climb higher than today, and the next willbe higher than tomorrow. To surpass the deeds of others is unimportant; to surpass my own deeds is all.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.And just as the warm wind guides the wheat to maturity, the same winds will carry my voice to those who will listen and my words will announce my goals. Once spoken I dare not recall them lest I lose face.I will be as my own prophet and though all may laugh at my utterances they will hear my plans, they will know my dreams; and thus there willbe no escape for me until my words become accomplished deeds.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.I will commit not the terrible crime of aiming too low.I will do the work that a failure will not do.I will always let my reach exceed my grasp.I will never be content with my performance in the market.I will always raise my goals as soon as they are attained.I will always strive to make the next hour better than this one.I will always announce my goals to the world.Yet, never will I proclaim my accomplishments. Let the world, instead, approach me with praise and may I have the wisdom to receive it in humility.Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.One grain of wheat when multiplied a hundredfold will produce a hundred stalks. Multiply these a hundredfold, ten times, and they will feed all the cities of the earth. Am I not more than a grain of wheat?Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.And when it is done I will do it again, and again, and therewill be astonishment and wonder at my greatness as the words of these scrolls are fulf in me.高中英语课外阅读材料(二)世界上最遥远的距离The furthest distance in the worldIs not between life and deathBut when I stand in front of youYet you don't know thatI love youThe furthest distance in the worldIs not when i stand in font of youYet you can't see my loveBut when undoubtedly knowing the love from bothYet cannotBe togehterThe furthest distance in the worldIs not being apart while being in loveBut when plainly can not resist the yearningYet pretendingYou have never been in my heartThe furthest distance in the worldIs notBut using one's indifferent heartTo dig an uncrossable riverFor the one who loves you世界上最遥远的距离,不是生与死而是我就站在你的面前,你却不知道我爱你世界上最遥远的距离,不是我站在你面前,你却不知道我爱你而是明明知道彼此相爱,却不能在一起世界上最遥远的距离,不是明明知道彼此相爱,却不能在一起而是明明无法抵挡这股想念,却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里世界上最遥远的距离,不是明明无法抵挡这股想念,却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里而是用自己冷漠的心,对爱你的人掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠高中英语课外阅读材料(三)难忘的野营When I was a boy, I belonged to the Boy Scouts so I used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which I have never been able to explain.We were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, we all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, we noticed that it was surrounded(环绕) by cliffs(悬崖). If someone wanted to reach the river at this point, he had to walk past our camp.Several days later, the scoutmaster had to be away for a day. That afternoon, we had supper early. We were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when a man walked past and went down towards the river. We all felt that this man looked very strange, but, because each of us was afraid of looking very stupid, no one said anything.We ate rather slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, we collected our plates together so that we could take them to the river where we always washed them. But no one moved towards the rivere stood looking at each other ashamed. Then all shouting at once, we began talking about the man who had walked past us. We agreed how strange he looked and we wondered what he could be doing by the river. We knew that he could only return by passing through our camp.An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested we shouldcreep(悄悄移动) down by the river so that we could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, we crept down towards the bank. One boy climbed a tree so that he could see everything clearly. He called to us that there was no one there, so we ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. We could not understand where the man had gone.When it got dark, we went back to our camp feeling bewildered. We told the scoutmaster what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he doubted that we had seen the man, but finally suggested we go and look again. We did, but there was no one there.Many years have passed, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. What did we see? I do not know.。
高中英语课外阅读推荐书单
高中英语课外阅读推荐书单在这个充满挑战和机遇的高中阶段,英语课外阅读如同一位温柔的导师,引导学生进入一个丰富多彩的知识世界。
面对琳琅满目的书籍,选择适合的读物显得尤为重要。
为了帮助学生们在英语学习的旅程中更好地前行,以下几本书单将成为他们的最佳伙伴。
首先,经典文学作品往往是学生语言能力提升的有力工具。
《了不起的盖茨比》由F. ScottFitzgerald创作,通过其优美的语言和深刻的社会洞察,展现了2 0世纪初美国社会的风貌。
这本书不仅有助于理解复杂的英语句型,还能引发对美国历史和文化的深刻思考。
紧接着,J.K.Rowling的《哈利·波特》系列无疑是另一个不可错过的选择。
这一系列小说融合了奇幻与冒险,通过丰富的情节和生动的角色,激发了无数年轻读者的想象力。
对高中生而言,它不仅能增强词汇量和阅读理解能力,还能帮助他们在阅读中获得乐趣。
同时,《杀死一只知更鸟》由HarperLee创作,这本书在探讨种族和社会不公方面展现了巨大的文学价值。
通过这部小说,学生们能够更好地理解复杂的社会问题,并在阅读中提高英语的分析能力和批判性思维。
此外,GeorgeOrwell的《1984》以其独特的未来主义视角,为读者提供了对政治和社会的深刻见解。
这本书的语言风格和内容不仅能提升学生的阅读水平,还能激发他们对社会问题的思考。
在现代文学领域,JohnGreen的《寻找阿拉斯加》是一本值得推荐的读物。
这本书通过真实而感人的故事,让学生在享受阅读的同时,也能对青春、友情和成长有更深刻的理解。
Green的语言简练而富有情感,对提高英语表达能力大有裨益。
最后,不容忽视的是《简爱》由CharlotteBrontë创作。
这本经典小说不仅以其优美的文字和动人的情节吸引读者,还通过主角的坚韧与智慧,让学生感受到语言的力量和人性的深度。
这些书籍不仅是语言学习的工具,更是文化与思想的桥梁。
每本书都如同一扇窗户,让学生在英语的世界中看到更多,理解更深。
英语课外阅读材料(大一下)
1The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women; the male version is the changshan. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qipao or chipao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown.The modernized version is noted for accentuating the figures of women, and as such was popular as a dress for high society. As Western fashions changed, the basic cheongsam design changed too, introducing high-necked sleeveless dresses, bell-like sleeves, and the black lace frothing at the hem. By the 1940s, cheongsam came in a wide variety of fabrics with an equal variety of accessories.A frog (sometimes referred to as a Chinese frog) is an ornamental braiding for fastening the front of a garment that consists of a button and a loop through which it passes.“旗袍”在英语中有一个固定的词,不过是一个loanword,外来语,写做cheongsam,是从广东话Cantonese里来的。
适合高一学生的英语课外读物
以下是一些适合高一学生的英语课外读物:
1. 《典范英语》:这是一套英国学生学习英语的教材,共7册,内容丰富,难度适中,适合高一学生阅读。
2. 《新概念英语》:这是一套经典的英语学习教材,共4册,每册涵盖多个话题,内容丰富,难度逐渐递增,适合高一学生阅读。
3. 《普通高中英语课程标准实验教科书》:这是一套符合高中英语课程标准的教材,共5册,每册涵盖多个话题,内容丰富,难度逐渐递增,适合高一学生阅读。
4. 《牛津阅读树》:这是一套英国著名的英语分级阅读教材,适合不同水平的学生阅读,高一学生可以选择其中适合自己水平的级别进行阅读。
5. 《剑桥英语分级阅读》:这是一套由剑桥大学出版的英语分级阅读教材,适合不同水平的学生阅读,高一学生可以选择其中适合自己水平的级别进行阅读。
以上读物均具有不同的特点和风格,可以根据自己的兴趣和需要进行选择。
同时,建议在阅读过程中记录自己的阅读心得和笔记,以便更好地掌握阅读技巧和理解文本内容。
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高中英语课外阅读文章推荐高中的时候经常会阅读一些课外英语知识,因为有趣,所以这个习惯一直持续到高中毕业。
这里与大家分享,有时间我们不妨学习一下高中英语课外阅读文章,看看自己能够做到何种程度。
高中英语课外阅读文章(一)Hillary tours AsiaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discusses trade and investment while on her Asia tour.US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, arrived in China last Friday, after stopping in Japan, Indonesia and the Republic of Korea, on her Asia tour. She met with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao over the weekend. They discussed trade, investment (投资), China's 4-trillion-yuan stimulus (经济刺激) package and environmental issues.The China-US relationship is one of the most important international relationships in the world today. China is America's second-largest trading partner, after Canada. The US is also China's second largest trading partner, behind the EU.Last year, the US imported $252.3 billion worth of Chinese goods, while exporting $81.4 billion to China.In recent years, China's economic growth has given it new power on the diplomatic (外交的) front. It continues to be a key player in international attempts to seek a peaceful solution to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (朝鲜的) nuclear issue. And the US and the United Nations need China's help to solve the Iranian (伊朗的) nuclear issue.Climate change has become one place where the US can establish a positive working relationship with China. The two countries are the world's top greenhouse gas emitters (排放源).China hopes to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions through technology, something for which it needs US help.While the US has a long list of issues on which it wants China's support, China has a list of its own. China wants a greater say in the decision-making of the International Monetary Fund (国际货币基金组织), and tougher regulations on the financial system in wealthy countries to prevent future problems.The global financial crisis (危机) is likely to overshadow (使……失色) the human rights issue for now. Trade, security (安全), and environmental issues will be the key issues in the relationship between China and the US in the years ahead.BONUSWhen we address people formally we address them using their title before either their fullname or by their surname. For example Hillary Clinton is addressed as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or as US Secretary of State Clinton.高中英语课外阅读文(二)One of the greatestCRISTIANO Ronaldo has said new rumors (谣传) that he will move to Real Madrid are "lies". This follows months of speculation (猜测) over whether he will stay at Manchester United."Whoever says that [I want to move] is a liar because I am happy at Manchester United, I want to stay," Ronaldo said. "I feel at home here."In mid 2008, he announced a plan to move to Real Madrid, and there were rumors that the Spanish were willing to pay up to 70 million pounds for him. But the Red Devils wouldn’t let him go. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson even threatened to leave him off the field during games if he didn’t stop trying to negotiate a deal.On the field, it’s been an a mazing year for the 23-year-old winger.He had a stunning (惊人的) season for Manchester United in the English Premier League and UEFA Champions League, leading the team to victory in both, with an unheard-of 42 goals. The fact that he was the Premier League’s top scorer is even more impressive because he is a midfielder and not a striker.Then, earlier this month, Ronaldo was crowned European Footballer of the Year. He became only the third Portuguese star to win the honor.It hasn’t been all smooth sailing f or Ronaldo. On the field, he’s been accused of diving, or pretending other players have fouled (对……作了犯规行为) him. His performances for the Portuguese national team have also been criticized.Some critics say Ronaldo "chokes" in big games, and finds it difficult to perform against better opponents. A missed penalty (点球) in the European Cup final almost spelled disaster for his team.The pressure is now on for Ronaldo to redeem (挽救) himself and return to form. Sir Alex Ferguson maintains (主张) that he will be one of the greatest football stars the world has ever seen."There are a lot of things in his favor to go on and become a legend. The answers will come in the next few years."。
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【高中英语】高中英语课外阅读短文_课外阅读高中英语课外阅读短文,希望同学们牢牢掌握,不断取得进步!My father was a self-taught mandolin player. He was one of the best string instrument players in our town. He could not read music, but if he heard atune a few times, he could play it. When he was younger, he was a member of a small country music band. They would play at local dances and on a few occasions would play for the local radio station. He often told us how he had auditioned and earned a position in a band that featured Patsy Cline as their lead singer. He told the family that after he was hired he never went back.Dad was a very religious man. He stated that there was a lot of drinking and cursing the day of his audition and he did not want to be around that type of environment.Occasionally, Dad would get out his mandolin and play for the family. We three children: Trisha, Monte and I, George Jr., would often sing along. Songs such as the Tennessee Waltz, Harbor Lights and around Christmas time, thewell-known rendition of Silver Bells. "Silver Bells, Silver Bells, its Christmas time in the city" would ring throughout the house. One of Dad's favorite hymns was "The Old Rugged Cross". We learned the words to the hymn when we were very young, and would sing it with Dad when he would play and sing. Another song that was often shared in our house was a song that accompanied the Walt Disney series: Davey Crockett. Dad only had to hear the song twice before he learned it well enough to play it. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" was a favorite song for the family. He knew we enjoyed the song and the program and would often get out the mandolin afterthe program was over. I could never get over how he could play the songs sowell after only hearing them a few times. I loved to sing, but I never learned how to play the mandolin. This is something I regret to this day.Dad loved to play the mandolin for his family he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was like that. If he could give pleasure to others,he would, especially his family. He was always there, sacrificing his time and efforts to see that his family had enough in their life. I had to mature intoa man and have children of my own before I realized how much he had sacrificed.I joined the United States Air Force in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home on leave, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. Nobody played the mandolin like my father. He could touch your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his pride in his ability to play so well for his family.When Dad was younger, he worked for his father on the farm. His father was a farmer and sharecropped a farm for the man who owned the property. In 1950, our family moved from the farm. Dad had gained employment at the local limestone quarry. When the quarry closed in August of 1957, he had to seek other employment. He worked for Owens Yacht Company in Dundalk, Maryland and for Todd Steel in Point of Rocks, Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was involved in an accident. His job was to roll angle iron onto a conveyor so that the welders farther up the production line would have it to completetheir job. On this particular day Dad got the third index finger of his left hand mashed between two pieces of steel. The doctor who operated on the finger could not save it, and Dad ended up having the tip of the finger amputated. He didn't lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, but it did impact his ability to play the mandolin.After the accident, Dad was reluctant to play the mandolin. He felt that he could not play as well as he had before the accident. When I came home on leave and asked him to play he would make excuses for why he couldn't play. Eventually, we would wear him down and he would say "Okay, but remember, Ican't hold down on the strings the way I used to" or "Since the accident to this finger I can't play as good". For the family it didn't make anydifference that Dad couldn't play as well. We were just glad that he would play. When he played the old mandolin it would carry us back to a cheerful, happier time in our lives. "Davey, Davey Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier", would again be heard in the little town of Bakerton, West Virginia.In August of 1993 my father was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. He chose not to receive chemotherapy treatments so that he could live out therest of his life in dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said "okay". He knew it would probably be the last time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few notes. When I looked around, there was not a dry eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet humble man with an inner strength that comes from knowing God, and living with him in one's life. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. We felt at the time that he wouldn't haveenough strength to play, and that makes the memory of that day even stronger. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, giving. As sick as he was,he was still pleasing others. Dad sure could play that Mandolin!以上就是为大家整理的高中英语课外阅读短文,希望同学们阅读后会对自己有所帮助,祝大家阅读愉快。
高中英语课外阅读文章
高中英语课外阅读文章高中英语课外阅读文章引导语:对课外阅读文章的积累,可以很好地提高英语阅读水平,以下是店铺为大家整理的高中英语课外阅读文章,欢迎阅读!ONEAt sixty-five Francis Chichester set out to sail single-handed round the world. This is the story of that adventure.Sailing Round the WorldBefore he sailed round the world single-handed, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail. His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August, 1963, at the age of nearly sixty-five, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life. Soon, he was away in this new 16-metre boat, Gipsy Moth.Chichester followed the route of the great nineteenth century clipper ships. But the clippers had had plenty of crew. Chicheater did it all by himself, even after the main steering device had been damaged by gales. Chichester covered 14, 100 miles before stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone.He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He received a warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him. On shore,Chichester could not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not go any further. But he did not listen.After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.On 29 January he left Australia. The mext night, the blackest he had ever known, the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. Food, clothes, and broken glass were all mixed together. Fortunately, bed and went to sleep. When he woke up, the sea had become calm the nearest person he could contact by radio, unless there was a ship nearby, Wild be on an island 885 miles away.After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the followiing radio message to London:" I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again."Juat before 9 o'clock on Sunday evening 28 May, 1967, he aeeived back in England, where a quarter of a million people were waiting to welcome him. Queeh Elizabeth II knigthed him with the very sword that Queen Elizabeth I had sailed round the world for the first time. The whole voyage from England and back had covered 28, 500 miles. It had taken him nine months , of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.Like many other adventurers, Chichester had experienced fear and conquered it. In doing so, he had undoubtedly learnt something about himself. Moreover, in the modern age when human beings depend so much on machines, he had given menthroughout the world new pride.NEW WORDSsingle-handed a & ad. (done) by one person alone 单独的(地) adventure n. 冒险(活动)solo a. single-handed 单独的transatlantic a. crossing the Atlantic Ocean 横度大西洋lung n. part of the body with which one breathes 肺cancer n. 癌determined a. with one's mind firmly made up 下定了决心的determine v. determination n.retire vi. stop working at one's job(because of age) 退休voyage n. sea journey 航海;航行route n. way from one place to another 路线clipper n. 快速帆船crew n. group of people who work together on a ship or aeroplane 全体船员;全体乘务员steer vt. make (esp. a boat or road vehicle) go in a particular direction 为...撑舵device n. a piece of equipment 设备;装置steering device n. 操舵装置damage vt. cause harm or injury to 损坏gale n. very strong wind 大风cover vt. travel (a certain distance) 行过(一段距离)previously ad. before 以前 previous a.attempt n. try 试图,尝试dissuade vt. prevent (sb.) from doing sth. by reasoning 劝阻treacherous a. more dangerous than it seems 暗藏危险的;奸诈的cape n. 海角rough a. (of weather or the sea) stormy; not calm (气候)有暴风雨的;(海)波涛汹涌的fortunately ad. luckily 幸运地;幸亏 fortunate a.contact vt. get in touch with 联系,接触nearby ad. close by 在附近following a. next; to be mentioned immediately 接着的`;下列的waken v. (cause to) wake 唤醒;醒来nightmare n. terrible dream 恶梦drag vt. pull along with great effort 拖,拉sinister a. 凶恶的,邪恶的knight n. 爵士 vt. 封... 为爵士sword n. 剑,刀accomplish vt. finish successfully 完成conquer vt. overcome 征服undoubtedly ad. certainly 无疑地moreover ad. in addition 此外,而且human a. of or concerning people 人们being n. a living thing, esp. a person 生物;人PHRASES & EXPRESSIOMSset out begin a course if action 着手,开始give up atop doing 放弃be determined to (do) have a strong will to (do) 决心(做) (all) by oneself (completely) alonein spite of not taking notice of; not caring about 尽管;虽然by far by a large amount or degree...得多turn over (cause to) fall over, upset (使)翻倒,(使)倾覆can not help can not keep oneself from 禁不住NAMESFrancis Chichester 弗朗西斯. 奇切斯特Gipsy Moth 吉普赛. 莫斯Sydney 悉尼(澳大利亚城市)Cape Horn 合恩角(智利)London 伦敦Elizabeth 伊丽莎白(女子名)Drake 德雷克(姓氏)UNIT three: The PresentTWOLet us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results be if such a proposal were accepted. Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction of TV, they might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our problems -- everything, in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of mental illness -- are caused at least in part by failure to communicate. We do not tell each other what is disturbing us. The result is emotional difficulty of one kind or another. By using the quiet family hour to discuss our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better.On evenings when such talk is unnecessary, families could rediscover more active pastimes. Freed from TV, forced to find their own activities, they might take a ride together to watch the sunset. Or they might take a walk together (remember feet?) and see the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes.With free time and no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading. There is more entertainment in a good book than in a month of typical TV programming. Educators report that the generation growing up with television can barely write an English sentence, even at the college level. Writing is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.A different form of reading might also be done, as it was in the past: reading aloud. Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the quiet hour ends, the TV networks might even be forced to come up with better shows in order to get us back from our newly discovered activities.At first glance, the idea of an hour without TV seems radical. What will parents do without the electronic baby-sitter? How will we spend the time? But it is not radical at all. It has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can remember childhoods without television, spent partly with radio -- which at least involved the listener's imagination -- but also with reading, learning, talking, playing games, inventing new activities. It wasn't that difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ball.NEW WORDSworthwhile a. good enough for the time or effort needed; valuable 值得花时间(或精力)的;有价值的program (me) n. performance on radio or television 节目educational a. of or for education; providing education or information 教育的;有教育意义的current a. of the present time 当前的social a. of or in society 社会的movie n. film that one sees at a cinema 电影nevertheless conj. but; however 然而,不过propose vt. suggest 建议broadcasting n. the action of sending out sound (or images) by radio (or television) 广播prohibit v & n. forbid by law 禁止proposal vt. suggestion 提议,建议actually n. in actual fact, really 实际上generation n. all the people about the same age (一)代gap n. an empty space between two things or two parts of a thing; a wide difference of opinion, character, or the like 缺口,间隙;分歧,隔阂divorce n. end of a marriage by law 离婚rate n. 率mental a. of the mind 精神的;思想上的communicate vi. share or exchange opinions, ideas, etc. 交流意见,思想等disturb vt. make (sb.) worried 使烦恼emotional a. 感情的pastime n. anything done to pass time pleasantly 消遣,娱乐sunset n. the going down of the sun; the time when the sun goes down 日落(时分)neighborhood n. the area around a point or place 邻近地区;地段adult n. 成年人typical a. 典型的educator n. a person whose profession is education 教育家barely ad. hardly 仅仅,勉强;几乎没有literate a. able to read and write 能读写的;有文化的product n. sth. made or grown 产品network n. 广播(或电视)联播公司;广播(或电视)网glance n. quick look 一瞥;扫视radical a. extreme; very different 激进的electronic a. 电子的electron n.baby-sitter n. someone who looks after a child when theparents are away for a short time (代人临时)照看婴儿childhood n. time when one is a child 童年partly ad. not completely; in some degree 部分地;在一定程度上involvevt. have as a part or result (必须)包括imagination n. the ability to imagine 想像力learning n. the gaining of knowledge or skill through studying; knowledge or skill gained through studying 学习;学问,知识invent vt. produce (sth.) for the first time 发明PHRASES & EXPRESSIONSgeneration gap failure of the younger and older generations to communicate and understand one another 代沟in part in some degree; partly 在一定程度上;部分地grow up change from a child to a man or a woman 成长,长大bring together cause to meet 使相聚come up with think of; produce 想出;提出at first glance when first seen or thought about 乍一看;最初考虑时have a ball (sl.) enjoy oneself, have a very good time 玩得开心PROPER NAMESMayer 迈耶(姓氏)the United States 美国Unit Five: A Miserable,Merry Christmas下载全文。
高中英语学习需要哪些课外阅读材料?
高中英语学习需要哪些课外阅读材料?高中英语学习要都有哪些课外阅读材料?高中英语学习的核心目标是重视培养学生英语综合运用能力,而课外阅读是提升语言能力的重要途径,理当被重视。
对于高中阶段英语学习的特点和需求,学生需要选择适合的课外阅读材料,才能事半功倍。
一、更注重趣味与深度:1.文学作品:经典名著:莎士比亚戏剧、狄更斯小说等,能有效提升学生的文化素养,深刻体会英语语言的魅力。
建议选择经典作品的简化版或改编版,降低阅读理解难度。
当代作品:如《哈利波特》、《饥饿游戏》等,贴近学生生活,蕴满趣味性,能激发阅读兴趣。
2.科普类文章:国家地理、科学美国人等杂志:涵盖教育科学、地理、人文等多个领域,拓展学生的知识面,有效提升批判性思维能力。
TED演讲:内容多样,语言生动,能提升学生的听力及口语表达能力。
3.新闻报道:BBC、CNN等网站:了解世界大事,掌握时事热点,有效提升英语阅读速度和理解能力。
二、注重实际实用性:1.英语学习类书籍:语法、词汇类书籍:巩固课本知识,积累词汇量,增加语言运用能力。
写作技巧类书籍:学习写作规范,提高写作水平。
2.英语学习网站和app:英语学习网站:比如BBCLearningEnglish、VoicewithAmerica等,可以提供丰富的学习资源,包括词汇自学、语法练习、听力材料等。
英语学习APP:如Memrise、Duolingo等,提供形象生动的学习方式,能提高自学兴趣。
三、依据自己的兴趣选择:如果喜欢体育,可以选择体育类杂志或网站;如果喜欢音乐,可以选择音乐类书籍或网站。
如果将来想去学习医学,可以选择医学类书籍或文章。
四、阅读策略与技巧:制定阅读计划:每隔一天要坚持阅读,并记录阅读时长和内容。
精读与泛读相结合:精读注重理解和分析,泛读注重速度和浏览。
积累词汇:遇到生词,及时查询词典,并尝试在不同语境中使用。
注重理解和思考:阅读理解并非仅仅是读懂文字,更重要的是理解文章内容,并进行思考和分析。
五篇英语经典课外阅读
1.Different people spend their weekends in different ways. Some like to stay at home to read books or watch TV. Some like to go out with their families. As for(关于)a group of foreign and Chinese sports lovers in Guangzhou, they like to play a kind of ball game with their friends. And the name of the game may sound new to most of us. It’s floorball.(福乐球)Floorball is an indoor team sport. People use sticks and a ball to play the game on a court. Floorball started in America and is becoming more and more popular all over the world now. The sport came to Beijing, Shanghai and later some foreign people brought to Guangzhou to kill time for fun. People there set up the South China Taipan Club to play floorball together. Now there are over 40 members from different countries, such as Sweden, Japan, India, Iran, China and Mexico.2. In China, every book-lover must know Xinhua Bookstore, China’s largest chain bookstore. There are many branches all over China. Now its first branch in London opens. It is also the first Xinhua Bookstore in Europe.The store sells Chinese books and magazines, English books on China and other Chinese things such as chess and paintings. It can help the readers in the UK know more about China.The store is on Park Royal Road(皇家花园路)in the north of London. People can take the subway and get off at North Acton(阿克顿)station. Then take the Bus 440 to get off at Park Royal Road stop. Cross the road, and the store is on your right.3.Good afternoon, boys and girls. I have something to tell you. We’re going to do some cleaning after school this afternoon. It’s going to rain at night, so please don’t forgetto close the door and windows. It’s going to be very cold tomorrow morning. Please remember to put on more warm clothes. Mr. Wang isn’t here today. He’s ill in hospital. I hope you can go to see him. But you don’t need to buy anything for him. By the way, there’s lots of homework for you this evening. You must finish doing it and bring it to school tomorrow morning. So you’d better not watch TV. Now let’s begin our cleaning.4. Do you like travelling around the world and making friends?Y es? Then come to Shanghai in 2010. You can meet many people from all over the world and make friends with them. Why? Because the 2010 World Expo will be held in the city of Shanghai.Chinese people are doing many things in different ways to welcome it. About 1,000 young college students in Shanghai Jiao T ong University shape themselves into logo of EXPO 2010 Volunteer. That’s their way to show their love for the big event. The logo looks like the Chinese character “heart”. It also looks like the English letter “V”. The students hope it can tell the world that Chinese volunteers are getting ready to welcome all the people to Shanghai.4.World Car Free Day(世界无车日)is September 22. It started from France in 1998. Because of the air and noise pollution, some French young people wanted a day without cars. They called the idea “A day in the city without my car”and many people liked it very much. So on September 22, people in 35cities of France didn’t use their cars. They went to work or school by bike, bus or on foot. After that, September 22 became World Car Free Day. More and more cities in Europe, South America and Asia began to take part in the activity. Chengdu is the first Chinese city to join in it.5.What do you want to be when you grow up? Ask children this question, and we will get different answers. Some may say they want to be doctors and some want to be teachers. Some may say they want to be reporters, but the 18-year-old American boy Nick Jonas’dream is different from others’. He is one of the three members of the Jonas Brothers, a popular American boy band. The young singer has got a lot of fans all over the world now. But that’s not enough for him. He has a bigger dream—to be the President of the USAone day.Nick Jonas once took a trip to the White House. He said his trip was very cool and he wants to run for President. “I know it’s not an easy job. I will work hard at college first,” he said.。
高中英语课外阅读材料---小妇人(浅易英文名著阅读)
Little Women 小妇人1 Four sisters'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,'said Jo crossly(发怒地).'It's so awful to be poor!'agreed Meg,looking at her old dress.'It's not right for some girls to have pretty things,and others to have nothing at all,'said little Amy.'We've got Father and Mother,'and each other,'said Beth gently.The four young faces round the fire cheered up as they thought of this,but then Jo said sadly,'We haven't got Father,and we won't have him for a long time.'She didn't say 'perhaps never,'but each silently thought it,remembering that he was away at the war in the South.Then Meg said,'Mother says we shouldn't spend money on presents when our men are fighting a war.''We can't expect anything from Mother or each otehr,'said Jo,' but we only have a dollar each,and that won't help the army much.Let's each buy ourselves what we want,and have a little fun.We work hard to earn it.' 'I do,teaching those awful children,' said Meg.'What abut me?'said Jo.' I'm shut up all day working for a terrible old lady,who gives me different orders every five seconds!''I think washing cups and plates and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the world,'said Beth.'My hands get too tired to play my music.' 'I have to go to school with girls who laugh at my dresses and say cruel things because my father isn't rich,'said Amy.'I wish we had the money Father lost when we were little,Jo,'said Meg.'I wish I was a boy,' said Jo.'Then I could go and fight beside Father!'Meg was sixteen and very pretty,with large eyes and soft brown hair,and white hands.Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall and thin.Her long,dark-red hair was usually pushed up out of the way.Beth was thirteen,a very shy girl who seemed to live in a happy world of her own.Amy was the youngest,but thought herself to be the most important.She had blue eyes,and yellow hair which curled on to her shoulders.At six o'clock,Beth put a pair of slippers(拖鞋)by the fire to warm and Meg lit the lamp.Amy got out of the comfortable chair without bing asked, and Jo forgot how tired she was and held the slippers closer to the fire.'These are old,she said.'Mother needs a new pair.''I'll get her some with my dollar,'said Beth.'No,I shall!'cried Amy.'I'm the oldest—'began Meg.'I'm the man of the family now. Father is away,and I shall buy tnem,'said Jo.'Let's each get her something and not get anything for ourselves,'said beth.'That's a kind idea!'said Jo.'What shall we get?'Everyone thought for a moment,then Meg said,'I'll give her a nice pair of gloves.''The best army slippers,said Jo.'Some handkerchiefs,'said Beth.'A little bottle of perfume(香水),'said Amy.'It won't cost much,so I'll have some money left to buy something for me.''We'll let Mother think we're getting things for ourselves,and then surprise her,'said Jo.Mrs March arrived home soon after.She took off her wet things and put on her warm slippers.Meg made the tea,Jo brought wood for the fire,Beth was quiet and busy,and Amy gave orders.I've got a letter from Father!'cried Mrs March.It was a letter to cheer them up,and the special message for the girls came at the end:Give them all my love and a kiss.I think of them every day.I know they will be loving children to you, and that when I come back,I will be prouder than ever of my little women.A tear dropped off the end of Jo's nose.Amy hid her face on her mother's shoulder .'I'm selfish,'she cried,'but I'll try to be better.''We all will!' cried Meg.'I think too much about the way I look,and hate to work,but I won't any more.''And I'll try to be a“little woman”,'said Jo,'and not be rough and wild.' Beth said nothing,but she began to work hard at a blue army glove she was making.So the four girls decided that they would all try very hard to be good.They would never be cross,or lazy,or selfish, and they would all help each other.They talked over their plan that evening,while they made sheets for Aunt March.Then at nine o'clock they stopped to sing a song.Beth played the old piano,and Meg and her mother led the singing.Jo always sang in the wrong place,but the girls never got too old to sing together.2 A Happy ChristmasJo was the first to wake up on Christmas morning,but soon they were all awake and they went downstairs.'Where's Mother?'asked Meg.'I don't know,'said old Hannah.She had lived with the family since Meg was born,and was more like a friend than a servant.'Some poor woman came to the door and your mother went off to see what was needed.''She'll be back soon,'said Meg.She looked at the presents for her mother which were in a basket under a chair,ready to bring out at the right time.'Where is Amy's bottle of perfume?'She went to put some pretty paper round it,I think,'said Jo.Suddenly,they heard the outside door close.'Here's Mother!Hide the basket,quick!' said Jo.But it was Amy.She came in quickly.'Where have you been,and what's that behind you?'asked Meg.'I ran to the shop and changed the little bottle of perfume for a big one,'said Amy.'I spent all my money to get it,and I'm not going to be selfish any more!' Meg smiled proudly and put her arms around her sister.Then there was another bang(巨响)from the outside door,and the basket was pushed back under the chair.The girls ran to the table,ready for their breakfast.'Happy Christmas,Mother!'they shouted.Happy Christmas,little daughters!'said Mrs March.Then the smile disappeared from her face.'Girls,listen.Not far away is a poor woman,Mrs Hummel,with a new baby.Her six children are in one bed,trying to keep warm,as they have no wood for a fire.There is nothing to eat and they are hungry and cold.Will you give them your breakfast as a Christmas present?For a minute no one spoke.Then Jo said,'Mother,I'm so glad you came back before we began to eat!'And the girls quickly began to put their breakfast in a basket.'I knew you would do it,'said Mrs March,smiling.She took the girls and Hannah to a cold ,miserable little room in an old building,where they found a sick mother,a crying baby,and a group of children with white,frightened faces.The children were on the bed under a blanket,trying to keep warm.The woman almost cried with happiness when she saw the girls.Hannah,who had brought wood,made a fire.Mrs March gave the mother tea and hot food,then she dressed the little baby gently.The girls put the children round the fire and fed them like hungry birds.It was a very happy meal,although the girls ate none of it.But no one was happier than those hungry young ladies who gave away their breakfast on Christmas morning.Mrs March was surprised and pleased when she saw her presents later.Therewas a lot of laughing and kissing and explaining.Then,for the rest of the day,the girls were busy.Jo liked to write plays,and the four of them were going to act one that evening.They had learned their words,and had worked hard to make strange and wonderful clothes for all the different characters in the play.On Christmas night,some other girls came to watch.At first,there was a lot of whispering and laughing from the four sisters behind the curtains.Then the curtains were opened and the play began.It was an exciting story about Hugo(acted by Jo wearing a black beard!),beautiful Zara and brave Roderigo.There were also two ghosts,a cruel king,and a tall castle made of paper and wool, which unfortunately fell down just as Roderigo and Zara were escaping from it.There were screams of laughter from everyone,but the actors picked themselves up and carried on through more dangers and mysteries until the happy ending was reached.All the visitors loved the play,and after the excitement and fun came a surprise for everyone.'would the young ladies like to stay for supper?'asked Hannah.And when the girls saw the supper table,they could not believe their eyes!There was ice-cream,cake,fruit,and French chocolate!And in the middle of the table were flowers for each of the four actors.'Where did it all come from?'asked Amy.'From Father Christmas,perhaps?'said Beth.'Mother did it,'said Meg.Aunt March sent it,'said Jo.'You're all wrong,'laughed Mrs March.'Old Mr Laurence sent it!''The Laurence boy's grandfather?'said Meg.'But we don't know him.''Hannah told his servant about your breakfast party,and that pleased him,'said Mrs March.'He knew my faher many years ago,and he sent me a note this afternoon,asking if he could send my cbildren a few small Christmas presents.' 'The idea came from that boy,I know it did!'said Jo.'I'm sure he wants to know us,but he's shy,and Meg won't let me speak to him when we pass him in the street.She says that it's not at all polite for young ladies to introduce themselves to strangers.'You mean the people who live in the big house next door,don't you?'said one of the other girls.'My mother knows old Mr Laurence.She says he keeps his grandson in the house when the boy isn't riding or walking with his tutor(家庭教师),and makes him study very hard.We invited the boy to our party but he didn't come.''That boy needs to have some fun,'said Jo.3 The Laurence boy'Look!'said Meg,excitedly,a day or two later.She waved a piece of paper at Jo.'An invitation to a New Year's party at Sallie Gardiner's house,and it's for both of us.Mother says we can go,but what shall we wear?''Our best cotton dresses,'said Jo,'because we haven't got anything else. Yours is as good as new,but mine has a burn and a hole in the back.'Then you must keep your back out of sight,'said Meg.'I'll have a new ribbon (缎带)for my hair,and my new slippers.And my gloves are all right.' 'Mine are stained(染污),so I'll have to go without.''You must wear gloves to a dance,Jo!” cried Meg.'Then we'll each wear one good one and carry a bad one,'said Jo.Meg looked worried.“All right,but you will behave nicely,won't you?Don't stare,or put your hands behind your back.”On New Year's Eve,the two younger sisters watched the two older girls get ready for the party.There was a lot of running up and down,and laughing and talking.Meg wanted some curls(卷曲)around her face,so Jo began to work on the papered(纸糊的)ends of Meg's hair with a pair of hot tongs(钳子).'Should they smoke like that?'asked Beth.'It's the wetness drying,'said Jo.'What a strange burning smell!'said Amy.'I'll take the papers off now,'said Jo,'and you'll see lots of little curls.She took the papers off, and,to her horror,the burnt hair came off with them!'Oh,oh!What have you done to my hair!'cried Meg.'I always get things wrong,'said Jo unhappily.'I'm so sorry.I suppose the tongs were too hot.'Don't worry,'Amy told Meg,who was crying.'Just tie your ribbon so that the ends come on to your forehead a little,and it will look quite fashionable.' At last,Meg and Jo were ready and went off to the Gardiners' house where Mrs Gardiner welcomed them kindly.Meg immediately began to enjoy herself with Sallie,but Jo wasn't interested in girlish talk and stood with her back carefully against wall,watching the dancing.Soon Meg was asked to dance,then Jo saw a big red-haired boy coming towards her and she quickly went through a door into a small room. Unfortunately,another shy person was already hiding there and she found herself looking at the'Laurence boy'.'Oh dear,I didn't know any one was here!'Jo said.The boy laughed.'Don't go.I came in here because I don't know any people,but I think I've seen you before,'he said,'You live near us,don't you?''Next door,said Jo.'We enjoyed your nice Christmas present.''My grandfather sent it,Miss March.''But you gave your grandfather the idea,didn't you,Mr Laurence?I'm not Mr Laurence,only Laurie,'he said.'And I'm not Miss March,only Jo,'she said.'Do you like parties?'Sometimes,'he answered.I've been abroad a lot recently,and I don't know how you do things here.''Abroad!'said Jo.'Oh,did you go to Paris?''We went there last winter.''Can you speak French?'she asked.He said something in French,and Jo listened carefully.'You asked,“Who is the young lady in the pretty slippers?”It's my sister,Meg,and you knew it was!Do you think she's pretty?''Yes,'he said.'She looks so fresh and quiet.'This pleased Jo very much,and soon the two of them were talking easily,like old friends.'I hear you're always studying hard,'said Jo.'Are you going to college soon?''Not for a year or two,'he said.'I'm sixteen next month,and I won't go before I'm seventeen.''I wish I was going to college,said Jo.'I hate even the idea of it!'said Laurie.Jo wanted to know why,but he looked so serious that instead of asking she said,'Why don't you go and dance?''I will if you'll come too,'he answered.'I can't because—' Jo stopped.'Because what?''You won't tell?''Never!''I' ve a bad habit of standing near a fire,and I burn my dresses,'said Jo.'I have to keep still so that no one will see the burn on this one.Laugh if you like.' But Laurie didn't laugh.'Never mind that,he said gently.'Please come.' Jo smiled.'All right,'she said.'Thank you.'When the music stopped,they sat down and began to talk,but Jo saw Meg waving at her.She went over and followed her sister into a side room.'I've turned my foot over and hurt my ankle,'said Meg.'I can't walk on it,and I don't know how I'm going to get home.''I'm not surprised you turned your foot over in those stupid high shoes,'said Jo.'You'll have to get a carriage or stay here all night.''A carriage will cost a lot,' said Meg,'and I can't stay here for the night because the house is full.I'll just rest until Hannah comes to fetch us,then do the best I can.''They're going in for supper now,'said Jo.'I'll stay with you.'No,run and bring me some coffee,' said Meg.Jo found the coffee,but immediately dropped some down the front of her dress.She was cleaning it off with Meg's glove when a friendly voice spoke to her.'Gan I help?'said Laurie.He had a cup of coffee in one hand and a plate with a cake on it in the other.'I was trying to get something for Meg,'said Jo.'And I was looking for someone to give this to,' he said.He fetched more coffee and a cake for Jo,then the three of them had a happy time talking together until Hannah arrived. Meg completely forgot about her foot and stood up quickly.She cried out with pain,and when Laurie saw that she could not walk,he immediately offered to take them home in his grandfather's carriage.'But you can't want to go home yet,'said Jo.'I always go early,'said Laurie.He sat with the driver,and the two girls sat with Hannah inside the carriage and talked excitedly about the party.'I had a wonderful time,did you?' said Jo.'Yes,until I hurt myself,'said Meg.'Salie's friend,Annie Moffat,has asked me to go and stay with her for a week in the spring,when Sallie does.' Jo told Meg her adventures,and then they were home.They thanked Laurie and went quietly into the house,hoping to wake no one.But as soon as they opened their bedroom door,two little voices cried out:'Tell us about the party!Tell us about the party!'4 The house next door'It's so nice to go to parties and drive home in carriages.'said Mea,the next morning.'Other people live like that all the time,and I wish we could.I wish we were rich.''Well,we're not,'said Jo.' So we must do our work with a smile,the way Mother does.'Mr March had lost most of his money helping a friend.When the two older girls discovered this,they wanted to do something to earn some money for the family,and as soon as they were old enough,they found work.Meg got a job teach ing four small children.It was hard for her to be poor because she could remember the time when their home had been beautiful,with every thing they wanted.And every day at Mrs King's house she saw pretty dresses,and heard talk of parties andthe theatre-all the things which Meg loved.Jo went to Aunt March,who needed someone to fetch and carry things,and read to her.She was a difficult old lady who complained a lot,but Jo did her best.Beth was much too shy to go to school with other children,so she studied at home with her father.When he went away,and her mother was busy with war work,Beth continued to study by herself and helped Hannah keep the home tidy for the others.She also spent long,quiet hours alone,talking to her dolls(玩偶)or playing the old piano.Beth loved music and,although the family could not afford music lessons or a good piano for her,she tried hard to make herself a better musician.Amy drew the most beautiful pictures and wanted to be a famous painter one day.She was a favoturite with everyone,except when she complained abut having to wear her cousin's old clothes because her mother could not afford to buy new ones for her.One afternoon a week or two later,Jo went outside to clear the snow away from some of the garden so that Beth could walk there when the sun came out.She looked across to the house next door-a big stone house with lovely things inside that.Jo occasionally(偶尔)saw through the open curtains at the windows.But it seemed a lonely,lifeless kind of house,as no children played outside,no motherly (慈母般的)face smiled at the windows,and not many people went in and out,except the old gentleman and his grandson.She had not seen the Laurence boy lately and wondered if he was away,but suddenly she saw him looking out of an upstairs window.She threw up a handful of soft show and called out,'Are you ill?'Laurie opened the window. I'm almost better,thank you,'he said.'I've had a bad cold.''What do you find to do?'said Jo.'Nothing,'he said.'They won't let me.''Why don't you get someone to come and see you?''I don't know anyone.''You know us,'said Jo.'So I do!'laughed Laurie.'Will you come,please?''I'll come if Mother will let me.I'll go and ask her.Shut the window and wait until I come.'Laurie was excited and began to get ready for Jo's visit.He brushed his hair and tried to make his room tidy.Soon after,he heard voices downstairs,then a surprised servant ran up to his room.There's a young lady to see you,sir,'she said.A moment later,Jo appeared with a box in one hand and Beth's three small cats in the other.'Mother sends her love,'she said.'Meg asked me to bring some of her cake,and Beth thought you would like to play with her cats.Isn't she funny?' Laurie laughed. “How kind you all are,'he said.'Shall I read to you?'sald Jo.'I'd rather talk,'he said.'I can talk all day,'said Jo, smiling.'Beth says I never know when to stop.' 'Is Beth the one who stays at home?''Yes,that's Beth.She's a good girl.''The pretty one is Meg,and the curly-haired one is Amy,is that right?' he said.'Yes.How did you know?'Laurie's face became red.'I hear you calling to each other,and you always seem to be having so much fun.Sometimes,in the evenings,you forget to close your curtains and I can see you sitting round the fire with your mother.I haven't got a mother.'Jo saw the sadness in his eyes.'Why don't you come over and see us?Would your grandfather let you?''Perhaps,if your mother asked him,'said Laurie.'He spends a lot of time among his books,and Mr Brooke,my tutor(家庭教师),doesn't live here.So I haven't anyone to go out with.Do you like your school?''I don't go to school.I go out to work-to my aunt's,'said Jo.She described the difficult old lady and made him laugh with her stories.She told him all about her sisters,the plays they acted,and their hopes and fears for their father. Then they talked about books,and Jo discovered that Laurie loved them as much as she did.'Come and see our library,'he said.'Grandfather is out,so you needn't be afraid.''I 'm not afraid of anything,' replied Jo.He took her down to a room where the walls were covered with books and pictures.'You should be the happiest boy in the world!'said Jo,sitting in a big armchair and looking round.'A person can't live on books,'he said.Suddenly,a bell rang.Jo jumped up out of the chair.It's your grand father!'she said.'What if it is?'said Laurie,with a smile.'You're not afraid of anything,remember?''Perhaps I am a little bit afraid of him,'said Jo.The servant came in at that moment.'The doctor is here to see you,sir,'she said to Laurie.'Can I leave you for a minute or two,Jo?'he said.'Yes,I'm very happy here,'said Jo.He went away and Jo was staring at a large picture of the old gentleman when the door opened again without turning,she said,'I won't be afraid of him,because he's got kind eyes,although his mouth looks hard and cold.He's not as handsome as my grandfather,but I like him.''Thank you,'said a deep voice behind her.She turned quickly-and saw old Mr Laurence!Jo's face turned a bright red and she wanted to run away.But the old man's eyes looked kinder than those in the picture and seemed to have a smile in them .'So you're not afraid of me,eh?'he said.'Not much,sir.''But I'm not as handsome as your grandfather?''Not quite,sir.''But you like me.'He laughed and shook hands with her.'Now,what have you been doing with my grandson?''Trying to cheer him up,sir,' said Jo.'He seems a bit lonely.''Then come and have some tea with us.'Laurie was very surprised to see Jo with his grandfather,but was soon talking and laughing happily with Jo.The old man watched the two young people and noticed the change in his grandson.'She's right,'he thought.The boy does need cheering up.'After tea,they went into a room where there was a large and beautiful piano.'Do you play?'Jo asked Laurie.'Sometimes,'he answered.'Play now.I want to hear it so I can tell Beth.'So Laurie played and Jo listened.Afterwards,Mr Laurence said,'He plays quite well,but I want him to do well in more important things.Now,I hope you'll come again.'He shook hands with her.'Goodnight,Jo.'Laurie walked to the door with her.'He doesn't like to hear me play,'he said.'why not?' said Jo.'I'll tell you one day,'he said.When Jo told the family of her afternoon's adventures,they all wanted to go and visit the big house.'Mother,why doesn't Mr Laurence like to hear Laurie play the piano?'askedJo.'Laurie's father married an Italian lady,a musician,' said Mrs March.'The old man didn't like her,and never saw his son after they were married.Laurie was born in Italy,but his parents died when he was a child,and his grandfather brought him home.Laurie loves music and I expect his grandfather is afraid he'll want to be a musician like his mother.'Laurie should be a musician if he wants to be,'said Jo.'Sending him to college will just make him unhappy.'5 A surprise for BethLaurie and the four girls were soon great friends.Mr Brooke complained to the old gentleman that his student was always running across to see the Marches.'Let him have a bit of a holiday,'said Mr Laurence.'He can catch up with his studies later.'What good times they had!Writing and acting plays,happy evenings at the Marches,and little parties at the big house. Only Beth was too shy to go there.When Mr Laurence heard about Beth's shyness, he came to have tea with their mother one day,and began to talk about music and great singers he had heard.Beth found it impossible to stay in her corner and came to listen.'Laurie hasn't much time for his music,'Mr Laurence told Mrs March,'so the piano is not used very often.Would any of your girls like to play it sometimes?They needn't see or speak to anyone,and I'll be in my study.'He got up to go.'But if they don't want to come…'At this moment,a little hand touched his own.It was Beth's.'I-I want to come,'she said,her voice shaking.'Very much.''You're the musical girl,'said Mr Laurence,gently.'I'm Beth.Yes,I love music,and I shall come.'The next day,Beth waited until the old and the young gentlemen both went out,then she ran across to the big house and found her way to the room with the beautiful piano.As soon as she began to play,she forgot her fears immediately in the delight which the music gave her.After that,Beth went every day.She never knew that Mr Laurence often opened his study door to hear her playing,or that Laurie stood in the hall to keep the servants away from the shy little girl.But she was so grateful that she asked her mother and sisters to help her make the old gentleman a pair of slippers.After several days careful sewing(缝纫),the slippers were finished.Then Beth wrote a short letter and,with Laurie's help,left it with the slippers in the old man's study one morning,before he was up.The next day,Beth went out for a walk,and when she came back the otherswere waiting for her.'Here's a letter for you,Beth!' they called out.'Come and read it!'She hurried to the house and they took her into the front room.'Look there!' everyone was saying at once.Beth looked-and got the biggest surprise of her life!For there stood a lovely little piano,with a letter on the top of it,addressed to :' Miss Elizabeth March'.'You-you read it,Jo,' whispered Beth.'I can't.'So Jo opened the letter and began to read.'Dear Miss March,'she read,'I have had many pairs of slippers but none which have pleased me so much as yours.I should like to thank pou for your kindness by sending you something that once belonged to my little granddaughter,who died.With many thanks.I am your good friend,James Laurence.' Jo put an arm around her sister.'Now try it,Beth,'she said.Beth sat down and began to play,and everyone thought it was the most perfect piano they had ever heard.'You'll have to go and thank him,'said Jo,with a smik,knowing that Beth was much too shy to do anything like that.But Beth surprised them all.'I'll do it at once,' she said bravely,and away she walked,through the garden and into the big house next door.She went up to the old gentleman's study and knocked on the door.'Come in,'said Mr Laurence.Beth went in.'I came to say thank you,sir,'she began, in her quiet little voice.But he looked so friendly that she ran and put both her arms around his neck and kissed him.The old gentleman was so surprised that he nearly fell off his chair.But he was very pleased indeed by that shy little kiss,and soon the two of them were talking like old friends.Later,he walked home with Beth.The girls,watching with great interest from the window,could not believe their eyes.'Well,'Meg said,' I do believe the world is coming to an end!'6 Amy in trouble'Where are you going?'Amy asked Meg and Jo one afternoon.'I want to come,too.''You can't,dear,you're not invited,said Meg.'You're going somewhere with Laurle,I know you are!''Yes,we are,'said Jo.'Now stop annoying(骚扰)us.''You're going to the theatre!'Amy said suddenly.'I want to go With you!' 'We could take her,I suppose,'began Meg.'No,Laurie only invited us,'said Jo.'I shall go,'shouted Amy.'Meg says I can.'。
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高中年级英语课外阅读文章材料高中,说长也长说短也短,在这个阶段,我们可以吸收很多知识,甚至是英语课外阅读知识也不例外。
这里与大家分享,有时间我们不妨学习一下高中年级英语课外阅读文章,看看自己能够做到何种程度。
高中年级英语课外阅读文章(一)Do you want a cupcake?YOUR mom might cook a bowl of noodles for you on your birthday. But in the US, a mom makes a cupcake (杯形蛋糕) for her children on their birthday.Cupcakes are small, round cakes topped with frosting (糖霜). It has been an American tradition that moms bring cupcakes to the classroom to celebrate th eir child’s birthday.But recently some doctors have called for this to be banned (禁止). They believe cupcakes contribute to child obesity (肥胖).Despite their good intentions, however, some people believe that experts are interfering (妨癨-) with American culture. The cupcake is seen as American as apple pie — only prettier.According to Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University, the cupcake is the most democratic (民主的) of desserts. As they are small enough for one person, you don’t have to share your cupcake with anyone —it’s all yours. They are also all the same size, so there can’t be any cries of “she got the bigger piece!”Each bite can taste different depending on how much icing you have. It is a lesson in self-determination (自主). Some people eat only a little of the frosting every time, others have it all in just one bite.In recent years, eating a cupcake has become as trendy as having a cup of Starbucks coffee.Democratic presidential candidate (候选人) Hillary Clinton jokingly promised on a talk show that if she was elected president, she would give everyone a cupcake on her birthday.Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief (主编) of Gourmet magazine, explains that the rise of the cupcake is very much about going back to American national identity (认同感) in food, which is all about comfort. “People want to think about when they and their country were innocent (纯真的),” she said.高中年级英语课外阅读文章(二)Mourinho: I'm still the special oneUPON landing in the English Premier League (英超) three years ago, Jose Mourinho declared (宣称) he was the special one. “Please don’t call me arrogant (傲慢的), but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.”He was definitely different from other managers. Never before had a football manager entertained the world both on and off the pitch (球场). The 44-year-old Portuguese manager is arrogant, witty and brilliant, but never dull.Two league titles in two seasons suggested he was indeed special. Under Mourinho, Chelsea never lost a Premier League match at their home stadium, Stamford Bridge.But despite these achievements, Mourinho’s relationship with the club’s owner Roman Abramovich become fractured (破裂) beyond repair.Abramovich decided to buy players like Andri Shevchenko and Michael Ballack. But Mourinho did not always play them.Abramovich wanted Chelsea to play an aggressive, attacking style of football, but Mourinho also refused. When Mourinho found his authority was being weakened, he walked away.Off the pitch, Mourinho was arrested (逮捕) after an angryquarrel with police officers about his dog. But he was also the manager who would run off from an interview to open the door for an elderly woman who was struggling with it.Mourinho was born into a family with football tradition. Despite an academic record that could have opened many other doors, he never considered a career outside of football.When it became clear he didn’t have enough talent to be a great player, he began working towards a career in coaching. And he has built a great one.“I think I’m still special. I achieved good things and it was a fantastic period in my career. I’ll try to forget the bad things and remember the good ones,” he said.。
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高中英语课外阅读材料通用一篇高中英语课外阅读材料 1How to Improve Your Study HabitsWant to know how to improve your grades without having to spend more time studying? Sounds too good to be true? Well, read on.How to Improve Your Study HabitsPerhaps you are an average student with average intelligence. You do well enough in school, but you probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily the case, however. You can receive better grades if you want to. Yes, even students of average intelligence can be top students without additional work. Here's how:1. Plan your time carefully. Make a list of your weekly tasks. Then make a schedule or chart of your time. Fill in mitted time such as eating, sleeping, meetings, classes, etc. Then decide on good, regular times for studying. Be sure to set aside enough time to plete your normal reading and work assignments. Of course, studying shouldn't occupy all of the free time on the schedule. It's important to set aside time for relaxation, hobbies, and entertainment as well. This weekly schedule may not solve all of your problems, but it will make you more aware of how you spend your time. Furthermore, it will enable you to plan your activities so that youhave adequate time for both work and play.2. Find a good place to study. Choose one place for your study area. It may be a desk or a chair at home or in the school library, but it should be fortable, and it should not have distractions. When you begin to work, you should be able to concentrate on the subject.3. Skim before you read. This means looking over a passage quickly before you begin to read it more carefully. As you preview the material, you get some idea of the content and how it is organized. Later when you begin to read you will recognize less important material and you may skip some of these portions. Skimming helps double your reading speed and improves your prehension as well.4. Make good use of your time in class. Listening to what the teacher says in class means less work later. Sit where you can see and hear well. Take notes to help you remember what the teacher says.5. Study regularly. Go over your notes as soon as you can after class. Review important points mentioned in class as well as points you remain confused about. Read about these points in your textbook. If you know what the teacher will discuss the next day, skim and read that material too. This will help you understand the next class. If you review your notes and textbook regularly, the material will e more meaningful and you will remember it longer. Regular review leads to improved performance on test.6. Develop a good attitude about tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. The world won't end if you don't pass a test, so don't worry excessively about a single test. Tests provide grades, but they also let you know what you need to spend more time studying, and they help make your knowledge permanent.There are other techniques that might help you with your studying. Only a few have been mentioned here. You will probably discover many others after you have tried these. Talk with your classmates about their study techniques. Share with them some of the techniques you have found to be helpful. Improving your study habits will improve your grades.Vocabularyaveragen. ordinary 普通的;中等的intelligencen. ability to learn and understand 智力necessarilyad. inevitably 必定casen. what has really happened; actual condition 实情additionala. added 附加的,额外的n. additionweeklya. done or happening every week 每周的;一周一次的schedulen. timetable 时间表chartn. (sheet of paper with) information written or drawn in the form of a picture 图(表)mitvt. 指定...用于asidead. to the side在旁边;到(向)一边etc(Latin, shortened form for et cetera) and other things等等normala. usual正常的readingn. the act or practice of reading阅读assignmentn. sth. given out as a task(布置的')作业occupyn. take up占用relaxationn. (sth. done for) rest and amusement休息,娱乐v. relaxhobbyn. what one likes to do in one's free time业余爱好entertainmentn. show, party, etc. that people enjoy娱乐vt. entertainsolvevt. find an answer to (a problem)解决(问题)awarea. having knowledge or understanding知道的;意识到的furthermoread. moreover; in addition而且;此外enablevt. make (sb.) able (to do sth.)使(某人)能(做某事)activityn. sth. (to be) done 活动adequatea. as much as one needs; enough充分的;足够的distractionn. sth. that draws away the mind or attention分心(或分散注意力)的事物concentrate (on or upon)vi. pay close attention (to)全神贯注(于)skimvt. read quickly to get the main ideas (of)略读previewvt. have a general view of (sth.) beforehand预习contentn. what is written in a book, etc.内容organizevt. form into a whole组织laterad. 后来;以后skipvt. pass over略过portionn. part; share一部分;一份doublev. make or e twice as great or as many(使)增加一倍prehensionn. the act of understanding or ability to understand理解(力) mentionvt. speak or write about (sth.) in a few words提及confuseda. mixed up in one's mind迷惑的,混淆的vt. confusetextbookn. a standard book for the study of a subject教科书;课本performancen. achievement成绩meaningfula. having important meaning or value富有意义的attituden. what one thinks about sth.态度,看法purposen. aim目的,意图excessivelyad. too much过多地,过分地a. excessivepermanenta. lasting for a long time; never changing持久的;永久的techniquen. way of doing sth.技巧,方法helpfula. useful; providing help or wiling to help有益的;给予帮助的,肯帮忙的Phrasesfill inwrite in填写,填充decide onmake a choice or decision about选定,决定set asidesave for a special purpose留出as wellalso; too; in addition也,还;同样be aware (of)know (sth.); know (what is happening)知道,意识到concentrate ondirect one's attention, efforts, etc. to全神贯注于look overexamine (quickly)把...看一遍,过目。
【高中英语】高中英语课外读物:一个小时内请别跟我说话_课外阅读
【高中英语】高中英语课外读物:一个小时内请别跟我说话_课外阅读本文题目:高中英语课外读物:一个小时内请别跟我说话起不来:请不要和我说话一个小时youmaybeoneyourself,oryoumayliveorworkwithone...thegrumpswhocannotbeartotalkto anyonefirstthinginthemorning。
你可能是一个起床的人,或者你可能和这样一个脾气暴躁的人一起生活或工作:他们是脾气暴躁的家伙,早上不理任何人。
nowasurveyof2,000britonshasfoundthatafterwakingupatanaveragetimeof6.49am,it’s anotherhourand15minutesbeforethegrumpsfeeluptohavingaconversation.so,it’snotu ntilaround8amthatanyoneshoulddaresayawordtothem。
一项针对2000名英国人的调查发现,根据早上6:49的平均起床时间,起床生气的人直到起床75分钟后才愿意说话。
所以没有人敢在早上8点之前和一个生气的人说话。
morethanhalfoftheadultsinthesurveysaidtheyaregrumpyinthemorning,with43percento fpeoplesayingtheyevenavoidtalkingtotheirpartneruntiltheyfeeluptoit.超过一半的受访者表示他们会在早上起床;43%的人表示,他们会在生气之前尽量避免与伴侣交谈。
almostathirddodgeconversationwiththeircolleaguesfirstthing,while21percenteveni gnoretheirchildren.将近三分之一的人避免在早上与同事交谈,而21%的人甚至直接无视自己的孩子。
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T rekking Alone in Antarctica for My 60th BirthdayNovember 1997At 50 I was the first woman to travel solo to any of the world’s Poles when I soloed the magnetic North Pole. I walked and skied, pulling my own 160 pound sled without the help of a dog team or snowmobiles. I chose this Pole because it is the one with a large population of polar bears and my fascination with these dangerous but intelligent animals played a decisive part in my decision.But what should I do to celebrate my 60th? What else, but a trekking journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica. I began my almost 200 mile journey on November first 1997. I walked and skied alone, pulling my sled once more without the help of a dog team or snowmobile. I was entirely alone, trekking in a place white and lifeless with no other living creatures and an always circling sun that never dipped below the horizon. Just as was the case for my 50th, I was again about to embark on a journey of challenge and danger.On October 21 I flew to Punta Arenas, a small, wind swept city in southern Chile. It was there that I prepared my equipment and sled to be flown to the Antarctic aboard a Hercules aircraft.. On October 30, we received the good news that the winds and cloud cover were "OK" for a landing on the blue ice strip at the Patriot Hills base camp 21 miles from the edge of the Antarctic coast. After a noisy six and a half hour flight in this giant cargo aircraft we landed on the rock-hard, bumpy strip. It was exciting to at last be in the Antarctic. Patriot Hills base camp sits in the shadow of the glaciated Patriot Hills mountain range.I awoke on November 1st to a heavy cloud cover and 20 mph winds. However by early evening the skies cleared and the OK was given to fly me north to my starting point at Hercules Inlet on the edge of the Antarctic continent. My starting position was 80 degrees 00 minutes south and 80 degrees 9 minutes west. As the Twin Otter aircraft returned to base I was left alone to begin my journey. I looked around me. All I could see was snow and ice in all directions with low shark fin mountains ahead blocking my path to the icy plateau 15 miles away . I put my sled harness on then as I strapped my skis on I pulled the straps on my ski bindings tight. Suddenly one of the buckles split. It was late and cold so I decided to stay there the night and make repairs before continuing.The next day with repairs completed I began the steep, icy climb, pulling my 260 pound sled behind me. After two days of hard climbing I was at last on top where the slope wasn’t as steep. So far my route had taken me mostly west to avoid low mountains and deep crevasses but now with the hard coastal climbing behind me I could turn south with the aid of my compass and global positioning system (GPS). It w asn’t long before I discovered that my plan to follow a straight course to the South Pole was thwarted by an exceptionally windy winter which had formed high ridges of sastrugi which are rock hardmounds and ridges of slippery ice. I was forced to weave a path east and west through a forest of ridges which was at first frustrating until I realized that these conditions were going to continue indefinitely and patience was the order of the day.So far the wind had been a brisk 20 to 25 mph with bright sunshine 24 hours a day. But changes were just around the corner. On the third day I was struggling through 30 to 40 mph winds with the loose surface snow blasting any exposed skin like sand. During the next week the wind increased and I found myself tent bound for an entire day, then I would travel the next day or two only to be forced to seek the shelter of my tent once more. On my travel days I was making good progress considering the sastrugi and winds that were now 50 mph and increasing. I remained optimistic that the wind would calm down but the worst was yet to come. El Nino was at work even in the Antarctic.I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that my 260 pound sled was blown sideways which in turn pulled me to the side with the result that I made impressive progress east but none south. Now I had to put my tent up before the wind became impossibly strong and could turn the tent into an uncontrollable sail. With the tiny tent finally anchored securely I scrambled inside. Within minutes the gale had increased to a howling, screaming wind storm that threatened to blow me and my tent into oblivion. I tied a rope around my waist, ran it out the tent door and tied it securely with an ice screw into the ice. If the tent ripped a way at least I wouldn’t be blown away with it. I ran another rope through my equipment until I had everything anchored. I sat with my back to the rear of the tent to brace the fabric from the inside against the jarring gusts that vibrated every thread of that tough little tent. It reminded me of the times on high altitude mountains and on my magnetic North Pole solo expedition when I faced similar situations of survival in powerful wind storms. The roaring scream of the wind engulfed me in sound so loud I felt as though I was inside a jet engine.I found out later that base camp experienced the same strong winds as they fought to save tents and equipment. They recorded wind speeds of 100 miles an hour which agreed with my wind meter. They told me later they wondered if I would survive the storm alone in my tent. The main storm lasted for 24 hours and as the winds subsided to a gentle breeze a total whiteout settled over the area like a suffocating white blanket. V isibility was reduced to two feet. I waited f or better visibility to make sure I didn’t walk into a crevassed area. But at least I was able to sleep in the welcome, relative quietness.On November 12 the day dawned clear with winds of "only" 20 mph, which after the wind storm, seemed almost calm.Today was my 60th birthday and I was determined to celebrate in the appropriate manner.I thawed a frozen cupcake over my stove, placed a candle on the top, lit it and sang "happy birthday to me" at the top of my voice. It was just the best tasting cupcake. With festivities over I set out once more, trying to make up for lost time.I increased my daily mileage in spite of the always present wind which I had learnt by now to accept as part of the journey. My spirits were high and my only concern were the extra miles I was forced to travel because of sastrugi and wide areas of deep crevasses. I had already taken two wide detours around crevasses, some of which were 20 feet wide. The edges were fragile and when I probed farther across with my ski pole to test the strength of the snow bridge they often fell away, exposing deep blue chasms.Now, with the coastal mountains far behind me, I was traveling through the vast, white, lifeless interior of the Antarctic. I couldn’t have been more alone if I had been on th e moon.One day I was climbing yet another low ridge. Before climbing I carefully scanned the slope for the heavy horizontal lines in the snow that signals crevasses. The slope looked safe so I took a straight-ahead course. Suddenly without warning my world dropped out from under my skis. With a heart-stopping jolt I dropped into a crevasse. My skis hit the wall and flipped me upside down with the lip of the crevasse about 8 feet above me. I was hanging from my sled by the pull ropes which were all that stopped me from dropping into the black chasm. My sled barely bridged the gap. At this point I made the mistake of looking down into the blackness far below me. Icy hands of fear gripped my very soul in that heart stopping moment as I looked down into the blackness. A piece of ice fell downward into the void and I never heard it land. The bottom was hundreds of feet below.I had practiced crevasse self rescue many times in the Cascade Mountains where I live and now I automatically began the process of getting myself out. I took two ice screws I wore on my waist harness and screwed them into the hard, smooth, blue ice of the crevasse wall. Using the ice screws as steps I carefully took each ski off and gingerly reached up and pushed them over the crevasse lip above my head. Then placing one screw at head level I hung a rock climbers ladder on it and carefully tested it to make sure it would hold my weight. I made slow, awkward progress as I inched my way up to the surface, keeping my body close to the wall so t hat I wouldn’t fall backward into the black void below. A deep cold caused by the sunless, icy tomb was penetrating my body to its very core. After what seemed to be an eternity I finally climbed to the top of the crevasse and with a final prayer I reached up and heaved my body over the top. I was out and safe for at least the moment. The meager warmth of the blazing sun felt good. After solidly anchoring my sled and carefully extracting it and its precious load I put my skis on and scanned the snowy slope ahead for more crevasses. I could see one faint line but it was at right angles to my direction of travel so I decided to go straight ahead. An hour later the ridge was behind me and without so much as a backward glance I pressed onward just glad to be alive and away from that deep, yawning chasm that at one point seemed determined to keep me in its grip. I was thankful for all the training I had gone through for such emergencies.I continued to increase my daily mileage. I was in good health and all of my equipment was working well. I was so optimistic that I decided that the next day, the 22nd day of the expedition, I would increase my work day to 12 hours.As I skied I often thought back to my magnetic North Pole solo expedition when I traveled alone on foot through a large population of polar bears and compared the journey to this one. I was impressed with the fact that there were no polar bears here to stalk me forcing me to live on the edge of emotional survival. Here the ice was stable, whereas in the Arctic I walked over fragile sea ice that could break up without warning. Overall, in spite of the strong winds and crevasses, the Antarctic journey was safer and to some degree easier than the magnetic North Pole expedition was. Although some have tried, no-one has successfully soloed the magnetic North Pole on foot since my 1988 journey. Perhaps this is an indication of the difficulty factor.Next morning I set out across a flat area swept by 20 mph winds. I was moving quickly until I reached an area of three to four foot high sastrugi. The wind picked up with stronger gusts reaching 30 mph as I carefully worked my way through trying to avoid the roughest areas. Just as I pulled my sled across a really rugged group of ridges a gust caught my sled turning it into a hurtling missile as it tumbled off the ridge, slamming into my left hip and leg. My leg collapsed in excruciating pain and I suffered a concussion as I was driven forward head first into another rock hard ridge of ice. I couldn’t stand on my left leg and my head was woozy from concussion but I knew that I had to get up. I wouldn’t last long laying on the ice. I finally struggled to my knees knowing that somehow I had to put my tent up for shelter. On hands and knees I got the tent up and dragged my sleeping bag into the tent and lay down out of the cold wind.Now it was time to reach a decision. Should I wait and hope my injuries would correct themselves or should I call for a plane and withdraw? I knew that if I continued I would be far less th an 100% and would seriously compromise my safety. It didn’t take me long to decide that the only responsible decision was to return to base camp. I didn’t want to become another Mount Everest where people push on through injury, storms and illness, sometimes with fatal results. I had to think of my family and friends who were depending on me to do the right thing. And I couldn’t let the educational program down. It was time to make the right choice. I did so without regret. I had achieved my first ambition to celebrate my 60th birthday trekking in the Antarctic. I had traveled for 22 days and almost 200 miles and had had an extraordinary experience. For 22 days I saw no other living thing, I never even saw an aircraft or heard the sound of another human voic e. I felt as though I was living on the moon. I had met the challenges of solo travel in an extreme climate. As luck would have it this year was an exceptionally windy one with all the problems of gale force winds and sastrugi. But I took these conditions as another challenge and another of life’s experiences. A solo journey on foot is a much differentexperience than that of even a small group. It is an experience I shall never forget and shall value for the rest of my life.After sending an emergency signal via my satellite beacon a Twin Otter aircraft soon arrived and whisked me back to base camp. A doctor attended to my injuries and the next day I was on the Hercules aircraft on my way back to a hospital in Chile.My injuries have healed and I am back running 10 miles a day in training with Bill preparing together for our next adventure.In March of 1998 we will trek with the Western Arctic caribou herd as they once more go through their centuries old tradition of migrating from their wintering grounds through The Gates of the Arctic National Park to their calving grounds north of the Brooks Range in the far north of Alaska. This is the largest caribou herd in the world numbering almost half a million animals. We will document the migration with field notes, 35mm and video photography which will be developed into an educational project for schools in the same manner as my solo trek on foot to the magnetic North Pole, our 600 mile trek across the Canadian Y ukon to live with and study wolves, the 1,500 mile Amazon kayak expedition, the 1,500 mile trek through the American and Mexican deserts and the 1,400 mile crossing on foot of the Sahara.Helen ThayerDecember 15, 1997。