美文赏析：面对考试

美文赏析：面对考试（通用7篇）

美文赏析：面对考试 篇1

美文赏析：面对考试

我不喜欢考试。

每次参加大大小小的考试，我都紧张到不能再紧张了，拿着笔的手也不听使唤，总是抖个不停，跟随着我因紧张而跳动的心而抖动。最后，考试结果出来了，也总不尽我意。

语文吧。一两三四个错别字是常有的事，只是改卷老师不够仔细，常常辨别不出来罢了。数学。由于紧张，一道题做大半天，没做完就交卷是家常便饭，更别题做完试卷好好检查了。至于英语，对于一进考场脑袋就懵了的我来说，英语单词早就被我抛到九霄云外去了。这个单词、那个句子，真么写?怎么写?好眼熟，就是想不起来了：是什么来着?考物理时，激动得连公式都不会写了……从小学开始，老师就千叮咛万嘱咐：考试不要紧张，就当做做作业好了。可每次面对考试，我的紧张就一拥而上，冲垮了我好不容易才建立的.脆弱的平静大堤。

就拿这次考试来说。是使用答题纸的，因为怕自己填错了，就先在试卷上练练，舒缓一下紧张的心情，最后誊抄在答题纸上。可一练不要紧，时间不够了。再慌忙写在答题纸上，字不好不说，还抄错了行，划掉重新写，整个卷面都不整洁了。考完试后，我一直在想：如果不紧张，这些失误就不会出现了吧。

面对考试，绝不能紧张焦虑，此乃考试之大忌也。一点小考我就如此紧张，中考时我不晕死过去了?SO，面对考试，一定要保持一颗平常心，要有自信，不要是是而非。紧张时深呼吸缓解压力，可以一试。

面对考试，要保持镇定。我想，它只是检测我这段时间学习成果的方式，要快乐地接受，不必如此讨厌它

人之所以充实，不是拥有多少，而是奋斗的过程……

独自面对美文 篇2

一位泳坛的朋友曾给我讲了他当初学游泳时的故事。

有一位教练，教他们十几个学员游泳。开始时，朋友不懂技巧，在水里胡乱折腾，还呛了几口水，弄得非常狼狈。后来，教练扔给他一个救生圈，让他推着它在水池里自我练习。

此法果然有效，借助救生圈的浮力，他在水里东奔西突、游刃有余，终于在水里重新找回了一点点自信。有救生圈相伴真好，它比救命的稻草实用多了。于是，他便一直推着它，那种感觉特别轻松。

有一天，教练来检查他们的训练情况，教练一看他还在推救生圈，便一脸不悦，跳下水来，一把夺过他手中的救生圈。失去了救生圈的庇护，他一不留神，身子便沉了下去，猛不丁地又呛了一口水。他从水中探出头来冲教练叫喊：“快还我救生圈!”教练却站在岸边，对他的大叫大嚷无动于衷。无奈之际，他只有奋力扑腾，结果，奇迹出现了，离开了救生圈，他也能浮出水面了。

原来，这些天在水里浸泡，救生圈已教会了他许多东西。其实，推救生圈只是一个过程，要想学会游泳，非得将救生圈拿开不可。

生活中，人们往往容易走入这样的误区，以为离开某人就活不下去了，事实却是，世上根本就没有人可以支持你一生。别人可以在必要的时候来扶你一把，但别人还有别人的事情，他不可能变成你的一部分。因此，有很多时候，我们必须单独去面对一些烦心的问题，必须单独去面对一些摆不脱的痛苦，必须单独去面对一些困难的工作。因为，有许多问题是别人帮不了你的。

突然想起一个离婚女子的故事。初秋，一位来自河南的追梦女孩儿，在深圳的一场赛事上邂逅了她心目中的偶像——一位大她19岁的音乐人。郎情妾意，两人很快坠入爱河。，年仅19岁的她为他诞下一女。婚后的日子，一直是在他的`呵护下一页页翻过，他教会她认识这个世界，为她打开很多扇窗户。对于未来，她曾有无数幻想，想一直陪伴他，想在他老得走不动时搀扶着他的胳膊。6年后，当他说出“分手”二字时，她的天一下子塌了。

接下来的日子，她将自己深锁闺中，避不见人。她开始失眠，面对食物毫无胃口，迅速瘦成了一把骨头。面对年幼的女儿，她没有权利倒下。后来，在朋友的点拨下，她发现了自己的艺术天分。不久，她充分发挥自己的设计优势，与人合伙成立了服装公司，并很快创出了自己的品牌。以前的她总在别人的呵护下成长，后来才明白，要生存，有些事得自己独自面对，最坚强的后盾还是自己。

她就是高晓松的前妻徐珊珊(又名徐粲金、夕又米)。离婚，不是枯萎，而是盛开。经历了这一轮起落，她也明白了婚姻与人生的意义，她会珍惜曾经的拥有和此后的辉煌。

面对逆境的选择美文 篇3

大约二十分钟后，父亲把火关了，把胡萝卜和鸡蛋捞出来分别放入两个碗里，然后又把咖啡舀到一个杯子里。做完这些后，他才转过身问女儿：“亲爱的，你看见什么了？”女儿回答：“胡萝卜、鸡蛋、咖啡。”

父亲让女儿靠近些并让她用手摸摸胡萝卜。她摸了摸，注意到胡萝卜变软了。父亲又让女儿拿起那只鸡蛋并打破它。将壳剥掉后，女儿看到的是煮熟的鸡蛋。最后，父亲让她喝了咖啡。品尝到香浓的咖啡，女儿笑了。她问道：“父亲，这些意味着什么呢？”

父亲解释说：“这三样东西面临同样的逆境，但其反应各不相同。胡萝卜入锅之前是结实的，但进入开水之后，它变软变弱了。鸡蛋原来是易碎的，但经开水一煮，它的内在变硬了。而咖啡粉则很独特，进入沸水之后，它们改变了水。”

学会微笑着面对失败美文 篇4

怎样面对失败?对任何一个人都是值得思考的问题。

关键在于：失败转化为成功要有条件。如果创造了条件，就能从失败走向成功，否则，只能永远停留在失败。可见失败让人承受了巨大的心里压力。当天空中有一道裂缝的时候，无论多么阴的天，也不会再下雨了。所以，我们应敞开郁闷的`胸膛，对着自己，对着失败，微笑。

也许是上帝太宠于刘翔，在他的跨栏生涯中去捉弄他，考验他。于是上天没有给刘翔在“鸟巢”夺金的机会，可是也没剥夺他展现奥运伟大精神的权利。这样的场景，也早在19墨西哥城奥运会的马拉松比赛上上演过。

比赛已结束一个小时，观众早已走光，工作人员也在收拾东西。突然，开路的警车闪着灯进来了，一个一条腿上缠着血染的绷带的运动员跌跌撞撞地走进来。他是最后一个完成马拉松比赛的，他叫约翰·阿赫瓦里。当他教练劝他放弃时，他却笑着说：“我的祖国从700英里外的远方把我送到这里，不是让我开始比赛的，而是让我完成比赛的。”于是他微笑着半走半跑地坚持着，完成了整个比赛。

人生的起起落落就像月圆月缺一样，是自然界的规律。经历了一些挫折，也应感受到了历练的味道。就像约翰一样，只要笑一笑，没有什麽事情过不了。

八次落榜的明朝人归有光，一边在嘉定招生办学，一遍发奋攻读，终于写出了长达40卷的《震川文集》。

三次落榜的著名医学家李时珍，下决心从医，一生精心研究，走遍了长江黄河流域，历时27年，参考了800多种医书，终于写出了医学巨著《本草纲目》。四次落榜的清代文学家蒲松龄，深入民间，广泛搜集，写出了著名的文言小说集《聊斋志异》。

他们同是经历了落榜、失败后，调整好自己的心态，笑着重新出发。

面对困难无非三点美文摘抄 篇5

后来当了现场导演，跟现场的观众朋友讲一些笑话，活跃气氛、带头鼓掌。那时，我是每期鼓掌鼓得最厉害的。记得有一次台长到现场来看节目：“这儿哪来的现场导演？小伙子，你过来。”我就过去了。

“把手伸出来。”我心想，啊？怎么做节目还带检查指甲盖洗没洗干净？我一伸手，手拍得特别红，他说：“你们看这个现场导演多么投入，鼓掌多么卖力。”

不久，我当上了导演，可以让我特别欣赏的主持人按照我的想法去做节目，还有什么比这更让人开心的？一个偶然的机会，台里面做内部晚会，有人提议说汪涵是学播音主持的，让他去试试吧。当时有个节目《真情》，台长就问主持人：“让汪涵当搭档可以吗？”“可以！”然后又问了一个灯光师：“小廖，你觉得汪涵可以吗？”“不错！暖场的时候能让全场观众都乐成那样，让他去吧。”太开心了，我可以当主持人了！

回首每件事情，都是我内心已经认定的，而且这么做特别开心，不管是什么情况我都接受。比如说，今天的灯光突然不如往昔，摄像不是以往熟悉的，化完妆之后，总觉得自己的黑眼袋比平常要大很多，抑或今天的嘉宾、台本或是今天所有的一切都不如意时，我就告诉自己，赶快在内心鼓掌，因为你的机会来了。一定要学会很好地忍耐，对特别尴尬或者特别难堪的局面，我一定要扛下去。

因为面对困难无非三点：度过困难，你有了度过困难的智慧；面对困难，你有了面对困难的勇气；绕过困难，你有了绕过困难的狡猾，多好。你还要生命教你什么，你还要这个舞台教你什么？就像塞内加曾经说过的一句话：“何必为部分生活而哭泣，君不见全部的人生都让人潸然泪下。”但是我想，他所呈现的应该是这样一种情绪，既然都知道最终结果，我们何不欢欣雀跃地朝着那样的归宿去，因为我们心里充满了对这个世界认知的美好。

叔本华说过：“如果你关注的是整体，而非个人的一己的生命的话，那么你的行为举止看起来会更像一个智者，而不是一个受难者。”不管怎样，我们还这么健康，还能够这么自由地呼吸、鼓掌，做自己想做的任何事情，即使你有一天经历了所有的东西，你觉得生命太苦难了，恭喜你，你知道生命的苦难了。很多哲学家穷其一生，有可能就是为了告诉大家，其实生命有多么苦难，我们应该怎样用微笑去面对它。

美文赏析：面对考试 篇6

有一则励志小故事，题目是：生命如此短暂。

一天，一名旅行者，沿着一条通往树林的蜿蜒小路，来到一片绿荫掩映的墓地，白色的石质墓碑上铭刻着在这里安息者的名字和生命的旅程。让旅行者非常惊讶的是，这些安眠者的在世时间都很短暂，最长的也只有。旅行者意识到，这里一定发生过什么灾难，于是，流下了悲伤的眼泪。

一位老人走过来。旅行者问老人：“这里是不是发生过什么灾难?为什么死者全都是孩子?”。老人笑笑：“别害怕，这里没有发生过什么灾难，这只是我们这里的一个古***俗。”

原来，这里，当一个人长到15岁时，父母亲会给他一个本子，从此，每到遇到快乐的事情，比如，他遇到了未婚妻、陷入热恋，他妻子怀孕了，他的第一个孩子出生了，他在他乡遇到了老朋友，等等，他就打开本子，在左边记录快乐的原因，在右边写上快乐持续的时间。他这样一点一滴地记录着快乐时光，当他离开人世时，人们便会打开他的本子，把他快乐的时间累加在一起，算出总和，然后，再把这个时间刻在他的墓碑上。

“在我们看来，这个时间才是一个人生命的真正时间”，老人最后说。

看过这个故事，不禁陷入沉思。原来，生命，应该用快乐来度量。而用快乐度量的生命，竟然又是如此之短暂。

快乐的多少，决定着生命的长度。我们要延长生命，首先，必须学会发现快乐，感悟幸福。

快乐，可能因为金榜题名、洞房花烛，或者职位晋升、投资收益。快乐，也可能因为朋友的一句问候，路边的一株野花，清晨的一声鸟鸣，黄昏的一抹晚霞。

快乐的程度可能因为快乐源的不同而有所差别，快乐的本质却不会因为快乐源的不同而改变。归根结底，快乐，是基于心态的一种感觉，快乐，是围绕我们周围的点点滴滴。

快乐，不是过去式。过去的快乐，已经成为生命的一部分，留在了身后。生命的.延伸，在于不断发掘新的快乐源泉，感受新的快乐生活。

快乐，不是将来式，没有人可以预见未来，无论是对世界，还是对人生。可以憧憬未来，祈祷幸福，但是，没有人知道，未来会怎样，未来的幸福，是否会如期而来。

快乐，是现在进行式，我们能够真正把握的，只有今天。快乐地度过今天，我们的人生便多了一份色彩。快乐地度过今天，我们的生命便又延续了一天。

生活的态度，决定着快乐的多少。就像不同的人，看半杯水。(励志故事 ))只看杯子上半部分的人，看到的是缺憾，能看到杯子下半部分的人，看到的是希望。缺憾，难免不快乐，希望，自能带来快乐。半杯水，没有变，但是心情，可以因为我们视角的不同、心态的改变而完全改变。

我们时常放大痛苦，因为愿望没能完全实现。我们时常忽略快乐，因为快乐的“阈值”设定过高。我们时常不甘心于平淡，努力制造出一些不平淡来，只是，这样的快乐，来去匆匆。当一切风归平、浪归静，遗留下来的，虽然有丝丝缕缕的美好回忆，更多的，却是遗憾、无奈、以及钝钝的心痛。

生活原本平淡，快乐，更多地源自于平凡生活，人生旅途的点点滴滴。

生命原本短暂，用快乐度量，愈加短暂。

我们能做的，就是努力去寻找生活中的美好，感受美好生活带给我们的快乐。

快乐越多，生命便越长。

美文赏析：面对考试 篇7

whistle: a small wind instrument for making whistling sounds by means of the breath 口哨

properly: characterized by appropriateness or suitability;fitting 恰当的decorum: the conventions of polite behavior 礼貌

agitated: 激动的，表现不安的Vacations in Space Want a ride in a spaceship? It will cost you about 20 million US dollars.At least that’s what Dennis Tito recently paid for a trip to the International Space Station.What if you aren’t rich, but still want to travel in space? Don’t worry.Research supported by NASA might make your dream come true.Scientists are refining a process that, if successful, will enable rockets to take off from the back of an airplane.If people do end up taking vacations in space, don’t worry about finding somewhere to stay.Businessmen like British Richard Branson are already thinking about building hotels out there.[注释]：

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration(美国)国家航空航天局；美国航天及太空总署

end up: 结束；告终

Keeping Pleasant In these grim times, weighed down with tension and pressure from the realities of life, many people have lost their sense of humor.They tend to keep a straight face all day long and fail to keep life in perspective.They forget how to smile and finally become physical and mental wrecks.They regard life as a burden, and tend to look on the dark side of things.Well goes a saying, “Laugh, and grow fat.” Laughter releases tension, and smiling helps create a pleasant social atmosphere.And, thus, in a way, a sense of humor is an elixir that helps cure mental diseases.Some patients even improve their physical and mental health by reading humorous stories or watching funny movies.This proves that a sense of humor helps us look at the world in a true and healthy light and makes our life worth living.[注释]：

grim: rigid 无情的，严酷的

tension: uneasy suspense 紧张(状态)，不安

perspective: subjective evaluation of relative significance;a point of view 观点，评价； in dim bimbo 又笨又坏的女人

The Man I Respect Most My father is the man I respect most.Stern as he may be, he never fails to show his care and consideration.Once I broke a neighbor’s window.Seeing nobody around, I ran away immediately.When Dad came home, he noticed my uneasiness and asked me what had happened.I could only tell him the truth.Rather than scold me, he praised my honesty and then encouraged me to apologize to our neighbor.I learned from this episode that not only does Dad take care of our health but he also teaches us how to be good citizens.How lucky I am to have such a good father!

[注释]：

stern : severe, strict 严厉的

consideration : careful thought;deliberation 体谅，考虑

uneasiness : 不安

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

My Time of Happiness Each Day As a student, most of my time is spent on school work and other school-related activities.Consequently, my time of happiness each day is very limited.However, this is not to say that I am not happy every day.In fact, I really enjoy coming home from school each evening and having dinner with my family.After dinner, I read or watch some TV with my family.This is a happy time for me every day.But my happiest time of a day is just before I fall asleep.Lying in bed, I think about all I achieved that day, and it makes me happy to know that the day was full.[注释]：

consequently : therefore 从而，因此

achieve : to perform or carry out with success;accomplish 完成，达到

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 《风雪夜 林边停》是一首著名的诗歌。写的是雪夜美景？写的是守诺如一？写的是 人生不得不向前行？不同的读者会有完全不同的理解。这大概就是文学批评中所说的“接受 美学”的观点吧。

Whose woods these are I think I know,His house is in the village though.He will not see me stopping here,To watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queer,To stop without a farmhouse near,Between the woods and frozen lake,The darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shake,To ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound’s the sweep，英语晨读精华

Of easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.—— Robert Frost

[注释]：

queer : deviating from the expected or normal;strange 奇怪的farmhouse : a dwelling on a farm 农舍，农家

harness : the gear or tackle, other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or an implement(全套)马具, 系在身上的绳子

downy : made of or covered with down 绒毛的，柔和的flake : a flat, thin piece or layer;a chip 薄片；雪片 Robert Frost: 弗罗斯特·R.（1874—1963）美国诗人。生于旧金山，求学于哈佛大学。它 的诗集《新罕布什尔》、《诗选》和《又一片牧场》均获得普利策奖，被公认为美国无冠的 桂冠诗人。

Home—A Joy Forever Home means a lot to me.“Be it ever so humble, there is no place like home.” I appreciate the warmth of my home, and regard it as one of the brightest and dearest spots on earth.It is the place where I can take refuge whenever I meet with difficulties, failures and even frustrations in my daily life.At home, my dear parents and brothers and sisters will comfort me and cheer me up.And with their concern and encouragement, I will regain my self-confidence and muster up all my strength and courage to face the stern realities of life.To me, home is forever a joy where I can always find love, understanding, care and help.[注释]：

humble : low in rank, quality, or station;unpretentious or lowly 粗陋的

refuge : protection or shelter, as from danger or hardship 庇护，避难，避难所

frustration: the act of frustrating or an instance of being frustrated 挫败，挫折，受挫

muster : to call forth;summon up 鼓起(勇气等)，积聚

stern : hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character 严厉的，严酷的Summer 夏日晨风，拂过我的脸庞，扰动我的梦想，飞扬在这青春读书的好时光。

I chanced to rise very early one particular morning this summer, and took a walk into the country to divert myself among the fields and meadows, while the green was new, and the flowers in their bloom.As at this season of the year every lane is a beautiful walk, and every hedge full of nosegays, I lost myself, with a great deal of pleasure, among several thickets and bushes that were filled with a great variety of birds, and an agreeable confusion of notes, which formed the pleasantest scene in the world to one who had passed a whole winter in noise and smoke.The freshness of the dews that lay upon everything about me, with the cool breath of the morning, which inspired the birds with so many delightful instincts, created in me the same kind of animal pleasure, and made my heart overflow with such secret emotions of joy and satisfaction as are not to be described or accounted for.—Joseph Addison, Tulips

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divert : to entertain by distracting the attention from worrisome thoughts or cares;amuse 消遣，通过把注意力从烦恼之事上转移开而娱乐

meadow : 草地

hedge : 树篱

nosegay : 花束

thicket : 灌木丛

animal pleasure： 快感

instinct : 本能

overflow : to have a boundless supply and to be filled beyond capacity 溢出，充满

Joseph Addison 艾迪生·J.(1672—l 719)，英国随笔作家和诗人。生于威尔特郡，曾就读于 牛津大学。曾任贸易和殖民地事务专员，1717 年被任命为国务大臣。同年他还创办《旁观 者》杂志。本文选自他的《郁金香》。

Exploring the Oceans

洋世界到底有多少未知的秘密? Ever wonder what lives in the Earth’s waters? Some 300 scientists from 53 different countries are wondering the same thing.For the first time in history, scientists are trying to count how many species of fish, animals and plants live under water.They are conducting a census of life in the world’s oceans, which cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.The study began in 2000 and is expected to end in 2010, at a cost of US$1 billion.So far, scientists have counted more than 15,000 species of fish and around 200,000 species of animals and plants in the oceans.They expect to find at least another 5,000 species of fish.Scientists believe that the animals and plants they’ve found so far represent just 10 per cent of the world’s total underwater population.That means that they expect to find almost 2 million species of animals and 英语晨读精华

plants by 2010.“Our goal by 2010 is to know as much about life in the oceans as we know about life on land now,” says a marine biologist who is working on the project.The newly-discovered species are not all new species.Many of them have just never been recorded before.Scientists fear that the growing human population is decreasing the variety of species living in the ocean.They hope the census will help them learn how human activity, such as fishing and agriculture, is affecting the oceans.[注释]：

species : 品种（单复数同形）

census : official counting of the information 普查，种群普查

conduct : to direct the course of;to manage or control 进行，主持

surface : the outer or the topmost boundary of an object 表面

represent : to stand for;to symbolize 代表 underwater : relating to, occurring, used, or performed beneath the surface of water 水中的biologist : 生物学家

decrease : to grow or cause to grow gradually less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity 减少

variety : a group that is distinguished from other groups by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics 种类

Spring Song 布莱克的诗读起来朗朗上口，有音乐的美感，充满感性，喜欢的人很多。希望你也喜欢。

Spring is coming, spring is coming,Birdies, build your nest;

Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your best.Spring is coming, spring is coming,Flowers are coming too:

Pansies, lilies, daffodillies

Now are coming through.Spring is coming, spring is coming,All around is fair，Shimmer and quiver on the river,Joy is everywhere.—— William Blake

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straw : a single stalk of threshed grain 稻草，麦秆

pansies, lilies, daffodillies: 三色紫罗兰、百合花、喇叭水仙花

sahimmer : to shine with a subdued, flickering light 微光

quiver : to shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement 颤抖，振动

William Blake，布莱克（1757—1827），英国诗人，著有诗集《天真之歌》(1789)《经验之

歌》（1794）。他最重要的绘画有《坎特伯雷香客》和《雅各的梦》。

New Pictures of an Old Universe 这段科技文章看似复杂难懂，其实不难。读的同时不妨仔细分析这类文章的特点，这对 于在考试中阅读理解同类文章一定有帮助。

For thousands of years humans have wondered how and when the universe first began.Now, thanks to some photographs taken by Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP), scientists are much closer to understanding, even seeing, the universe in its beginning years.This is all possible thanks to the WMAP satellite in orbit about one million miles above Earth.The satellite is specially designed to record one kind of cosmic energy: microwave radiation.It can use this radiation to show us what the universe looked like 13.3 billion years ago!

Wait a minute...how can this satellite show us a picture of the universe billions of years ago? The Big Bang created the universe in a huge explosion, and at the same time it created a specific field of radiation—called the cosmic microwave background, or CMB.This CMB still lingers in the universe today.What the satellite actually does is take pictures of the CMB.So what did scientists learn from these new pictures? First, they learned that stars formed very soon— merely 200 million years— after the Big Bang.And they were able to confirm estimates of the universe’s age: it was born about 13.7 billion years ago.This is the age that 英语晨读精华

scientists long suspected to be true, but now they have the birthday pictures to prove it!

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microwave: a high-frequency electromagnetic wave, one millimeter to one meter in wavelength, intermediate between infrared and short-wave radio wavelengths 微波

probe: an exploratory action, expedition, or device, especially one designed to investigate and obtain information on a remote or unknown region 探测（器、卫星、宇宙飞船）

satellite: a celestial body that orbits a planet;a moon 卫星

orbit: the path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body（运 转）轨道

cosmic: of or relating to the universe, especially as distinct from Earth 宇宙的

radiation: energy radiated or transmitted in the form of rays, waves, or particles 辐射 explosion: a release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy in a sudden and often violent manner with the generation of high temperature and usually with the release of gases 爆炸

specific: special, distinctive, or unique 特定的，明确的

linger: to be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance;tarry 徘徊

suspect: to have doubts about;distrust 怀疑，猜测

Three Days to See 下面的文字摘选自海伦·凯勒的自传《假如给我三天光明》。海伦虽然自幼丧失了视力 和听觉，但却是一个生活在黑暗中而给人类带来光明的女性。她在1904 年获得学位，成为 优秀的讲师和作家。“我要把别人眼睛所看见的光明当作我的太阳，别人的耳朵听见的音乐 当作我的乐曲，别人嘴角的微笑当作我的快乐。”她接受了命运的挑战，获得了超越自己的 喜悦。我们为之感动的不仅是文字本身的优美和其中所含的真情，还包括字里行间所反映的 那颗伟大心灵。

Most of us, however, take life for granted.We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future.When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable.We seldom think of it.The days stretch out in an endless vista.So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.„

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight;silence would teach him the joys of sound.Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they 英语晨读精华

see.Recently I was visited by a very good friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, and I asked her what she had observed.“Nothing in particular,” she replied.I might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such reposes, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see little.How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing worthy of note? I who cannot see find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch.I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf.I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough, shaggy bark of a pine.In the spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter’s sleep.I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions;and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.Occasionally, if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full song.I am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush through my open finger.To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.To me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.——Helen Keller

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buoyant: having or marked by buoyancy 有浮力的，轻快的unimaginable: 想不到的，不可思议的

vista: an awareness of a range of time, events, or subjects;a broad mental view 展望，回想

listless: lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort;lethargic 倦怠的，冷漠的，情绪低落的incredulous: expressive of disbelief 怀疑的，不轻信的

accustom: to familiarize, as by constant practice, use, or habit 使习惯于

symmetry: exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis 对称，匀称

silver birch: 白桦树

shaggy: having a rough nap or surface, as a textile 表面粗糙的delightful: greatly pleasing 令人愉快的，可喜的

velvety: suggestive of the texture of velvet;soft and smooth 像天鹅绒的，柔软的

remarkable : attracting notice as being unusual or extraordinary 不平常的，非凡的，值得注意 的，显著的

convolution: a form or part that is folded or coiled 回旋，盘旋，卷绕

brook: 小溪

lush: having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation 青葱的，豪华的luxurious : fond of or given to luxury 奢侈的，豪华的pageant: 壮观

thrilling: 颤动的, 发抖的，令人振奋的I Have a Dream(1929—1968)，美国黑人解放运动的著名领袖，1968 年被种族主义者刺 杀。1963 年8 月28 日，美国首都华盛顿举行大觃模的黑人集会，为黑人争取自由、平等和 就业。马丁·路德·金在会上发表本篇演说。

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall 英语晨读精华

be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.This is our hope.This is the faith with which I return to the South.With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.——Martin Luther King

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Alabama: a tribe of the Creek confederacy formerly inhabiting southern Alabama and now located in eastern Texas 阿拉巴马州(美国的一个州)

lip: either of two fleshy folds that surround the opening of the mouth 嘴唇

drip: to let fall in or as if in drops(使)滴下

interposition: 异议

nullification: the state of being nullified 无效

transform: to subject(a construction)to a transformation 改变 exalt: 升高

crooked: having or marked by bends, curves, or angles 弯曲的glory: a highly praiseworthy asset 荣誉，光荣

reveal: to make known(something concealed or secret)显示，透露

jangling: 刺耳的

discord: inharmonious combination of simultaneously sounded tones;dissonance 意见不合，嘈 杂声

symphony: 交响乐，交响曲

brotherhood: the state or relationship of being brothers 手足情谊