第一篇：高中英語(yǔ) 輕松閱讀 研究：離婚也會(huì)傳染素材

研究：離婚也會(huì)傳染

最近，身邊總有人提醒要注意身體，不要傳染了感冒病毒。殊不知，這世上能傳染的并不只有病毒，歡樂的、悲傷的情緒傳染性也是很強(qiáng)的。據(jù)說，連離婚這樣的事情也能在朋友之間傳染呢。

According to a new study, divorce is catching.The researchers have called it “divorce clustering” and say that a split up between immediate friends increases your own chances of getting divorced by 75%.The effect drops to 33% if the divorce is between friends of a friend, what the researchers call two degrees of separation, then disappears almost completely at three degrees of separation.一項(xiàng)最新研究顯示，離婚會(huì)傳染。研究人員把這種傳染性稱為“離婚群聚效應(yīng)”，他們指 出，親近朋友離婚會(huì)使你的離婚幾率增加75%。如果有朋友的朋友（也就是研究人員所說的二級(jí)維度關(guān)系人群）離婚，那么你離婚的幾率就會(huì)增加33%，而三級(jí)維度關(guān)系人群離婚對(duì)你的婚姻基本不會(huì)產(chǎn)生影響。

It is not only the marital status of friends but also siblings and colleagues which has a significant effect on how long your own marriage might last.Breaking up will catch on among your friends, and the more divorcees you know, the higher your own chances of becoming one.除了朋友外，家中手足以及單位同事的婚姻狀況也會(huì)對(duì)我們的婚姻關(guān)系產(chǎn)生重大影響。分手的情緒會(huì)在朋友之間傳播，你認(rèn)識(shí)的離婚人士越多，你自己離婚的幾率也就越高。

第二篇：高中英語(yǔ) 輕松閱讀 互幫互助素材

互幫互助

But one night he working late at the Scanlon-Taylor mill, lugging two-by-fours to the truck, 1splinters slicing all the way through the glove.He too small for that kind a work, too skinny, but he needed the job.He was tired.It was raining.He slip off the loading dock, fell down on the drive.Tractor trailer didn't see him and crushed his lungs fore he could move.By the time I found out, he was dead.一天晚上，他在斯坎倫-泰勒軋機(jī)廠干到很晚，拖著的木料往貨車上裝，木刺劃破手套，扎得滿手都是。他太瘦，個(gè)頭又小，干不了那重活兒，可他需要那份工作。他累得支撐不住，天又下雨，他滑倒了，從裝卸月臺(tái)上摔下來，一頭栽進(jìn)車道。拖車司機(jī)沒瞧見他，他還沒來得及挪身，車就從他身上碾過去了。等我找到他的時(shí)候，他已經(jīng)斷氣了。

That was the day my whole world went black.Air look black, sun look black.I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls a my house.Minny came ever day to make sure I was still breathing, feed me food to keep me living.Took three months fore I even look out the window, see the world still there.I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.從那天起，我整個(gè)世界都黑了。空氣是黑的，太陽(yáng)是黑的。我躺在床上直愣愣地盯著屋里黑的墻壁。明尼每天都來看我，以確保我還有氣息，她喂我進(jìn)食，讓我殘喘地活下去。整整三個(gè)月后，我才抬眼看窗戶外頭，看外頭的世界是否照舊。我惶惑地發(fā)現(xiàn)整個(gè)世界竟然沒有因?yàn)槲覂鹤拥乃劳Ｏ掳敕帧?/p>

Five months after the funeral, I lifted myself up out a bed.I put on my white uniform and put my little gold cross back around my neck and I went to wait on Miss Leefolt cause she just have her baby girl.But it weren't too long before I seen something in me had changed.A bitter seed was planted inside a me.And I just didn't feel so accepting anymore.葬禮之后又過了五個(gè)月，我起身下床。我穿上白色制服，又把小小的金十字架戴回脖子上，隨后前去服侍李弗特小姐，她剛生下個(gè)女娃。但沒過多久我便發(fā)現(xiàn)我的心已不復(fù)從前。苦澀的種子在我體內(nèi)悄然埋下，我不再那么容易敞開胸懷了。

“GET THE HOUSE straightened up and then go on and fix some of that chicken salad now,” say Miss Leefolt.“把屋子規(guī)整規(guī)整，再去把雞肉沙拉準(zhǔn)備好。”李弗特太太呼喝著。

It's bridge club day.Every fourth Wednesday a the month.A course I already got everthing ready to go—made the chicken salad this morning, ironed the tablecloths yesterday.Miss Leefolt seen me at it too.She ain't but twenty-three years old and she like hearing herself tell me what to do.每個(gè)月的第四個(gè)禮拜三是她們的橋牌聚會(huì)日。我已經(jīng)將里里外外拾掇停當(dāng)——一大早做好了雞肉沙拉，桌布也在昨天熨燙平整。李弗特太太親眼瞧著我做完這些。她不過才二十三歲，卻很喜歡對(duì)我指手畫腳，差使我做這干那。

She already got the blue dress on I ironed this morning, the one with sixty-five pleats on the waist, so tiny I got to squint through my glasses to iron.I don't hate much in life, but me and that dress is not on good terms.她已經(jīng)把我今早熨好的藍(lán)裙子穿上了，那條在腰上密匝匝打了六十五個(gè)小褶的裙子，我得戴起眼鏡瞇上眼才能把那些綠豆大的褶給燙準(zhǔn)了。我對(duì)家常日子沒啥抱怨的，可我和那條裙子實(shí)在處不到一塊兒去。

“And you make sure Mae Mobley's not coming in on us, now.I tell you, I am so burned up at her—tore up my good stationery into five thousand pieces and I've got fifteen thank-you notes

for the Junior League to do…”“還有，你要管住梅·莫布利，別讓她來煩我們。我告訴你吧，她可是把我惹火了，她把我好端端的信紙撕個(gè)粉碎，我可還有十五封青年聯(lián)盟會(huì)的感謝信要寫吶……”

I arrange the-this and the-that for her lady friends.Set out the good crystal, put the silver service out.Miss Leefolt don't put up no dinky card table like the other ladies do.We sat at the dining room table.Put a cloth on top to cover the big L-shaped crack, move that red flower centerpiece to the sideboard to hide where the wood all scratched.Miss Leefolt, she like it fancy when she do a luncheon.Maybe she trying to make up for her house being small.They ain't rich folk, that I know.Rich folk don't try so hard.我還在忙著為她的那些太太小姐們準(zhǔn)備這個(gè)支應(yīng)那個(gè)。我搬出花哨的玻璃杯盞，擺上銀質(zhì)刀叉。李弗特太太沒能像其他闊太太那樣添置上一張小巧精致的牌桌，我們只得坐在餐桌前打牌。我們?cè)谧郎箱伾献啦颊谧型的裂隙，又把紅色鏤花桌飾挪到櫥柜那兒，好擋住坑坑洼洼剝落掉渣的木柜。李弗特太太大概想彌補(bǔ)屋子狹小的不足，著意把餐會(huì)拾掇得富貴體面。我知道他們不太富裕，富庶人家可不會(huì)這么費(fèi)勁。

I'm used to working for young couples, but I spec this is the smallest house I ever worked in.It's just the one story.Her and Mister Leefolt's room in the back be a fair size, but Baby Girl's room be tiny.The dining room and the regular living room kind a join up.Only two bathrooms, which is a relief cause I worked in houses where they was five or six.Take a whole day just to clean toilets.Miss Leefolt don't pay but ninety-five cents an hour, less than I been paid in years.But after Treelore died, I took what I could.Landlord wasn't gonna wait much longer.And even though it's small, Miss Leefolt done the house up nice as she can.She pretty good with the sewing machine.Anything she can't buy new of, she just get her some blue material and sew it a cover.我過去常幫年輕夫婦操持家務(wù)，可我揣度著這家是我見過門戶最小的人家。整套房子上下不過一層，她和李弗特先生的后屋尚且寬敞，可是梅的房間小得立不住腳。餐廳連著起居室混作一處。他們只有兩個(gè)衛(wèi)生間，這倒為我省下不少事，我從前碰上的人家通常都有五六間，光為他們清理廁所就得花上我整整一天。李弗特太太每個(gè)鐘點(diǎn)只付我九十五美分，我早不止這個(gè)價(jià)了，但打崔勞死后，我也顧不上挑肥揀瘦，我已經(jīng)拖欠不起房租了。盡管屋子小得轉(zhuǎn)不開身，可李弗特太太還是費(fèi)心盡力把它裝點(diǎn)得光鮮體面。她很擅長(zhǎng)縫連補(bǔ)綴，一旦買不起新家什，她便扯些藍(lán)布頭，自裁自縫出個(gè)布套子把舊家什裝扮上。

第三篇：高中英語(yǔ) 輕松閱讀 上下班時(shí)間長(zhǎng)等于慢性自殺？素材

上下班時(shí)間長(zhǎng)等于慢性自殺？

Stop us if you've heard this one before: long commutes are bad for your health.Some of the strongest recent findings in behavioral science have focused on the perils of a long ride to work.People with a lengthy commute show an increased amount of stress, get worse sleep, and experience decreased social interaction.A commute of 45 minutes carries such a cost to well-being that economists have found you have to earn 20 percent more to make the trip worth it.如果你聽過這個(gè)說法，就讓我打住：上下班時(shí)間長(zhǎng)對(duì)身體有害。最近的行為科學(xué)研究有了些有力的發(fā)現(xiàn)，證明長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的通勤時(shí)間會(huì)帶來各種危害。通勤時(shí)間長(zhǎng)會(huì)使壓力增大，睡眠變差，社交活動(dòng)減少。如果你每天的上下班時(shí)間要花掉45分鐘的話，那么你要多賺五分之一的薪水才能彌補(bǔ)。

One reason for the linear association among transit riders is most likely that longer transit rides often involve transfers.That not only increases the length of the trip but also its unpredictability(waiting for several different arrivals)，its variability(some trips take much longer than others)，and its potential for crowding — all factors that have been shown to increase the stress of the commute。

造成上述結(jié)果的原因之一可能是由于上下班時(shí)間長(zhǎng)的人在途中可能需要換乘。換乘不僅會(huì)增加交通的時(shí)間，而且還增加了不可預(yù)測(cè)性(要等不同的班次)，這種變化性(有些班次花得時(shí)間可能更長(zhǎng))，還有潛在的擁擠情況，都增大了通勤途中的壓力。

延伸閱讀：

《中國(guó)新型城市化報(bào)告2012》由中國(guó)科學(xué)院發(fā)布，在中國(guó)內(nèi)地50個(gè)城市上班路上平均花費(fèi)時(shí)間排名中，北京仍以52分鐘居首，廣州、上海則以48、47分鐘緊隨其后。而50個(gè)城市中，上班平均花費(fèi)時(shí)間最少的中山市只需18分鐘，幾乎為北京的三分之一用時(shí)，且堵車時(shí)間為0，西寧、銀川也只需19和22分鐘，堵車時(shí)間僅為2和3分鐘。

報(bào)告主編牛文元表示，在選取的中國(guó)百萬(wàn)人口以上的50個(gè)主要城市中，居民平均單行上班時(shí)間要花39分鐘。如果按照人口算，排名在前的15個(gè)城市居民每天上班單行比歐洲多消耗288億分鐘，折合為4.8億小時(shí)，若按上海每小時(shí)創(chuàng)造財(cái)富2億元換算，15個(gè)城市每天損失近10億人民幣。(來源：京華時(shí)報(bào))

無論是北京的三環(huán)四環(huán)五環(huán)，還是上海的內(nèi)環(huán)中環(huán)外環(huán)，只要到上下班的rush hour，基本上就只能見到人頭攢動(dòng)、車水馬龍的景象了。公車、地鐵里更是一幅人擠人、排長(zhǎng)龍的壯觀畫面。百萬(wàn)人口以上的城市通勤時(shí)間長(zhǎng)已經(jīng)不是新聞了，而現(xiàn)在由官方機(jī)構(gòu)公布的數(shù)據(jù)更是讓“首都=首堵”名副其實(shí)了。城市上班族一聲吼：每天上班花費(fèi)時(shí)間超過45分鐘的上班族傷不起啊！

第四篇：高中英語(yǔ) 輕松閱讀 提高英語(yǔ)演講自信的完美技巧素材

提高英語(yǔ)演講自信的完美技巧

是否覺得當(dāng)你試圖講英語(yǔ)的時(shí)候舌頭會(huì)打結(jié)？想知道如何提高自己講英語(yǔ)時(shí)的自信嗎？就算英語(yǔ)講得很好的人還是需要從某級(jí)別開始，所以閱讀一下他們成功的秘訣。詞語(yǔ)搭配

要說好英語(yǔ)，有幾個(gè)不同的要素需要放在一起解決：懂得（并選擇）適當(dāng)?shù)脑~匯，使用適當(dāng)?shù)恼Z(yǔ)法及句式，并發(fā)正確的語(yǔ)音、重音形式、韻律和語(yǔ)調(diào)。如果想進(jìn)步，你必須攻克這些要點(diǎn)。

互動(dòng)過程

交流是和另一人的互動(dòng)活動(dòng)，除了談話，還包括聽力。要檢查另一個(gè)人是否跟上了你的話題，可以通過一些對(duì)話策略，如用單詞重音、改述、或使用如下的表達(dá)方式Y(jié)ou know what I mean？ 或 Don't you agree？

并不限于言語(yǔ)，還有什么？

非語(yǔ)言交流對(duì)于有成效的對(duì)話，甚至是英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)國(guó)家的人都是非常重要的。使用手勢(shì)、肢體語(yǔ)言和臉部表情來解釋或強(qiáng)調(diào)，并試著讀懂別人肢體語(yǔ)言所代表的意思。唱首歌

音樂是提高你語(yǔ)言能力的好方法，練習(xí)語(yǔ)言節(jié)奏并學(xué)習(xí)一些有用的表達(dá)方式。在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上查找你最喜歡歌曲的lyrics（歌詞），然后大聲地唱出來練習(xí)。

尋求一次機(jī)會(huì)

你需要用正確的態(tài)度來提高你的英語(yǔ)水平。尋找任何練習(xí)口語(yǔ)的機(jī)會(huì)，例如在派對(duì)上和人交談，或幫助迷路的外國(guó)人，又或是在老師提問的時(shí)候，把手舉起來回答。每天用英語(yǔ)思考問題

這是一個(gè)提高口語(yǔ)的非常棒的方法，而且你不受任何時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)的限制。在家里，你可以在做每天的例行公事的時(shí)候?qū)ψ约鹤匝宰哉Z(yǔ)，就比如做飯的時(shí)候。如果你正在乘火車，公車，那就描述一下你身邊的人（在腦海中，不要很大聲！），還有當(dāng)你睡覺前，用英語(yǔ)回顧一下今天發(fā)生過的事。

聽一聽你自己的聲音

盡管你可能并不喜歡聽到自己發(fā)出的聲音，但這是個(gè)很有用的方式來找出自己英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)中的問題。錄下你講的聲音，然后聽磁帶，或是向一個(gè)說英語(yǔ)的人士尋求意見。

保存一份英語(yǔ)獨(dú)白的記錄

晚上上床前把你的想法用英語(yǔ)錄下來。你可以在年末的時(shí)候回放錄音回顧重要的事件，同時(shí)掌握你英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的進(jìn)程。

上額外的學(xué)習(xí)班

如果你覺得你需要額外的練習(xí)并希望和其他英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者交流，那為什么不參加一個(gè)語(yǔ)言班？你的身邊一定有很多的語(yǔ)言學(xué)校，甚至網(wǎng)上課程。你難道不知道你可以從網(wǎng)上學(xué)習(xí)嗎？Englishtown，是一個(gè)有專業(yè)英語(yǔ)教師指導(dǎo)的課堂，只要有耳機(jī)及麥克風(fēng)，就能讓你和整個(gè)世界通話！

找到說英語(yǔ)的朋友

如果你真的想成為一名說地道英語(yǔ)的人，你需要結(jié)識(shí)一些能用英語(yǔ)作交流的人。這并不僅僅指那些英語(yǔ)國(guó)家人士。把英語(yǔ)作為第二語(yǔ)言的人要比英語(yǔ)國(guó)家的人要多得多，因而聽得懂不同口音是非常重要的。

第五篇：高中英語(yǔ) 輕松閱讀 喬布斯的12條演講必殺技素材

喬布斯的12條演講必殺技

1.“Develop a messianic sense of purpose.” Where is your passion for this subject coming from? Convey that.”對(duì)內(nèi)容有很大的熱忱”。告訴觀眾你對(duì)演講主題的熱情來自哪里。2.“Create Twitter-like headlines.” People don’t want to read, they want to hear a story.“標(biāo)題簡(jiǎn)潔”。人們不想閱讀大段文字，他們想聽你的故事。3.“Draw a road map.” Make your audience feels the presentation is organized, with a beginning, middle and end.“思路明確”。用“開頭，中間部分，結(jié)尾”的結(jié)構(gòu)讓觀眾感覺到你演講的清晰思路。

4.“Introduce the antagonist.” What’s the problem that needs to be solved or the enemy to be overcome?

”介紹對(duì)手”。有什么問題亟待解決？有什么敵人還需攻克？ 5.“Reveal the conquering hero.“ What’s the solution to the problem? What’s the new angle or development that will lead to victory?

“揭露問題真相”。問題的解決方式是什么？是新觀點(diǎn)或是發(fā)展迎來了勝利嗎？ 6.“Dress up your numbers.” Present statistics in a context that is relevant to your audience.“讓數(shù)據(jù)大放異彩”。數(shù)據(jù)可以引用在更貼近觀眾生活的地方。7.“Share the stage.” It’s not a one-man show.Rotate in other presenters if possible.“分享舞臺(tái)”。演講不是獨(dú)角戲，盡量讓聽眾們也參與到你的演講中來。

8.“Master stage presence.” Manage your body language and delivery.Match them to what your presentation requires.“掌控演講”。讓你的肢體語(yǔ)言和表達(dá)方式有演講范兒。

9.“Make it look effortless.” Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.“看起來侃侃而談”。不斷練習(xí)。

10.”Wear the appropriate costume.“Dress like the leader you want to become.“穿合適的衣服”。要看起來像你一直羨慕的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)風(fēng)范。11.”Toss the script." Once you’ve rehearsed it all, make it relaxed and natural.“不要演講稿”。如果你已準(zhǔn)備充分，就放輕松自然地演講吧。

12.“Have fun.” Even if things go sideways, roll with it.“享受演講”。如果事情跑偏了，就隨遇而安吧。