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吉米老师整理了70篇晨读短文，涵盖了生活中的方方面面，既简单又精致，特别适合大家每天晨读练习口语。快为孩子收藏读起来，每天读一篇，口语水平天天涨！第一篇
An Old Legend about Cheese
第一块奶酪
No one knows who made the first cheese,
but an old legend says that it was an Arabian merchant.
He put his milk in a pouch made from a sheep's stomach
and set off across the desert.
The jouncing of his camel, the desert heat,
and the chemicals in the pouch made the milk separate into curds and whey.
The thick part,or curd,was the first cheese.
Ancient records show that cheese has been eaten for more than four thousand years.
From earliest times it has been considered a very nourishing food.
Americans eat less cheese than people in some countries do,
yet they still consume eight to ten pounds a year per person.
Today cheese is made all over the world. Most cheese is made from cow's milk,
but supply of this milk is greater throughout the world.
Smaller quantities come from the milk of other animals--goats,sheep,camels and even reindeer.
没有人知道谁制成了第一块奶酪，
但是一则古老的传奇故事说，一位阿拉伯商人制成了第一块奶酪。
他把牛奶放在用羊胃做成的袋里，
动身穿过沙漠。
骆驼的摇动，沙漠的灼热，
以及袋中的化学物质使牛奶离析成凝乳和乳清。
这稠的部分，或者说凝乳，便是第一块奶酪。
古老的记载表明，人们食用奶酪已有4000多年的历史了。
从最远古的时代起，它就被看成是营养丰富的食品。
美国人比其他国家的人吃奶酪要少些，
然而，每人一年仍要消耗八到十镑奶酪。
今天，世界各地都制造奶酪了，大部分奶酪是用牛奶做的。
但是在全世界，这种奶酪的供应量较大。
少量的奶酪来自于动物的奶，如山羊，绵羊，骆驼，甚至驯鹿。
Discovery
发现
The word"discovery" literally means,
uncovering something that's hidden from view.
But what really happens is a change in the viewer.
The familiar offers comfort few can resist,
and fewer still want to disturb.
But as relatively recent inventions such as the telescope and microscope have taught us,
the unknown has many layers.
Every truth has geological strata,
and you can't have an orthodoxy without a heresy.
The moment a newborn opens its eyes, discovery begins.
I learned this with a laugh one morning after delivering a calf.
When it lifted up its fluffy head and looked at me,
its eyes held the absolute bewilderment of the newly born.
A moment before it had the even black nowhere of the womb,
and suddenly its world was full of colour,movement and noise.
I've never seen anything so shocked to be alive.
发现一词，字面上是指，
揭开某种实现以外的隐藏的事物。
不过其实是观察者自身发生了变化。
很少人能抗拒熟悉事物带来的舒适，
愿意扰乱这种舒适的人更少。
然而，正如这些较为近期的发明望远镜，显微镜揭示给我们的一样，
未知事物具有多种层次。
每个事实都有地质层次。
没有异端就无所谓正统。
新生儿睁开双眼的那一刻起，发现也就开始了。
我是在一天清晨给一头小牛犊接生的时候突然意识到这一点的，不禁大笑。
小牛扬起毛茸茸的脑袋看着我，
目光中透出这个新生命对世界的一无所知。
片刻之前，它还呆在母体里某个黑暗而平静的地方，
突然，它的世界变得五光十色，变得活泼而喧闹。
我从未见过任何东西在获得生命时是如此的惊异。
War and Peace
战争与和平
Is war inevitable? Can war be prevented?
History tells us that there were wars,great or small,
in every century, in every decade.
Throughout the ages, from the Stone Age to the Atomic Age,
men have been fighting,first with swords and shields,
then with guns and cannons,
and now,hydrogen bombs and missiles are used for military purposes.
But,in spite of all these, it is still my belief that war can be prevented
and peace can be won but it requires the effort of each and every one of us,
and everyone in the world.
I am sure that we would not like to experience another world war.
If it ever happens, two-thirds of the world
and much of the civilization which men have gained through time,
patience and effort will be destroyed.
Will the remaining one-third of the world be able to survive on its own?
Our task now is not to blame the past, but to plan for the future.
If there is peace in the world,
men can use their rockets to explore the mystery of space,
their submarines to explore the depth of the sea,
their missiles to deliver mail
and their fine equipment to penetrate the jungles of Africa,
instead of using them militarily.
Governments can use their money to build more schools,
so that more children can be educated to be useful citizens.
Scientists can use atomic energy to propel steamers and planes.
They can also devise new machines to increase the production of goods
and thus improve the way people live their lives.
How can a peaceful world be achieved? It requires,in my opinion,
the understanding and friendship of all the peoples from all nations.
Let no one suffer discrimination by reason of colour, race,
religion or national origin.
Let the rich support the poor and the strong help the weak.
We know that neither peace nor such a dream world
can come true in a day or a month.
It may even take decades or centuries But let us plan and begin now.
战争是一种必然吗？战争可以避免吗？
历史告诉我们，有大大小小的战争
发生在在每个世纪，每一个十年。
从古至今，由石器时代到原子时代，
人们都在相斗，最初用剑和盾，
然后是枪炮，
现在是将氢弹和导弹用于军事目的了。
虽然这样，我还是坚信战争可以避免，
和平可以得到。不过需要我们人人的努力，
每一个世人的努力。
我确信我们都不愿再经受另一次世界大战。
如果发生的话，世界的三分之二，
和许多由世代人们得到的文化，
经过忍耐和努力而得到的，都将遭到毁灭。
那时，留下的三分之一的世界能够独自生存下去吗？
我们现在的任务不是谴责过去，而是要计划将来。
如果世上有和平，
人类可以用他们的火箭探测太空的神秘，
用他们的潜水艇测量海洋的深度，
用他们的导弹来寄邮件
用他们的良好设备深入非洲的丛林，
从而代替这些武器在军事上的使用。
政府可以用他们的钱建造更多的学校，
使更多的儿童受到教育，成为有用的公民。
科学家可以用原子能发动轮船和飞机，
同时可发明新机器，增加物品的生产，
从而改变人们的生活。
怎样才可能实现一个和平的世界呢？我认为，
这需要各国人民之间的了解和友谊。
没有人会受到歧视因为肤色，种族
宗教和国籍。
让富有的帮助贫穷的，强的扶助弱的。
我们知道，不论和平还是这样的理想世界，
都不可能在一天，一个月内实现，
那需要几十年甚至几百年。让我们现在就作出计划并付诸行动吧！
知识和力量
Knowledge and power are two things most desired by man.
There is a close connection between these two things.
The man who acquires the most knowledge
will easily get a high position and perform it successfully.
Power depends on knowledge.
Knowledge is to power as a compass is to a ship
it allows a man to sail safely across an unknown ocean.
A great statesman or a learned scholar
can render his good services to his country
because he has perfect and profound knowledge.
Power only follows knowledge.
A man cannot do anything well unless he has some information as to how do it well.
A man will sometimes lose his way in a strange land;
an apprentice cannot produce any delicate work.
Why is this so?
Because the lost man and the apprentice are in want of knowledge.
If the wanderer wishes to find his way out,
he must know where his destination is;
if the apprentice wishes to produce good work,
he must pay attention to his instructor' advice.
We are all the future masters of our country.
Our country needs our services.
How can we fulfill our future tasks?
To get more knowledge is the only answer.
知识和力量是人类最期望得到的两样东西，
它们之间有密切的联系。
努力获得知识的人
能很容易谋得高职位并干得出色。
力量依靠知识。
知识对力量来说正像指南针对轮船，
只有通过它，轮船才会安全地驶过一片求知的海洋。
一个伟大的政治家或一个知名的学者
能够成功地为国效劳，
正是因为他具有完善而渊博的知识。
力量只能伴随知识而来。
一个人不能把事情办好，除非具备如何把事情做好的知识。
一个人有时会在一个陌生的地方迷路；
一个学徒无法生产出精美的产品。
为什么会这样呢？
因为他们缺少知识。
如果这位迷路人要找到出路。
他必须知道他的目的地在哪里；
如果这位学徒要生产出精美的产品，
他必须耐心听从师傅的忠告。
我们都是国家未来的主人，
我们的国家需要我们的奉献。
我们怎样完成未来的任务呢？
多学一点知识是唯一的回答。
Women of Today
当代女性
Women are playing an increasingly important part in society today.
Not restricted to their roles as wives and mothers anymore,
they now work and have become the equal partners of men.
In many countries, more and more women are serving as workers,teachers,
scientists and even leaders.
We can say that almost all jobs which men can do
are done perfectly by women.
Women are no longer looked down upon by society.
With the changes in their social role,
women's position in the family has improved as well.
Husband and wife are now equal in the family.
The cope with problems of daily life together,
and share happiness with each other.
It is also unusual in today's world to find a woman busy with dinner
while her husband sits in an armchair and reads a newspaper.
In spite of these changes,
there are still a lot of inequalities between men and women.
The liberation of women has not been completely realized.
A number of men still jealously guard their rights.
The contribution and demands of women have been degraded and ignored.
In general the image of women has changed a lot.
Women of today have, on their own,come a long way.
妇女在当今社会中扮演着越来越重要的角色。
她们不再局限于扮演妻子和母亲的角色。
她们现在外出工作，并成为男性同等地位的伙伴。
在许多国家，越来越多的妇女走上了工人，教师，
科学家甚至领导的岗位。
我们可以说，男人能做到的事，
妇女也完全能够做到。
妇女不再受到社会的歧视。
随着社会角色的变化，
妇女在家庭中的角色也得到了改善。
在家中，夫妻平等，
他们共同处理日常生活中的问题，
同甘共苦。
在现今的家庭中，几乎看不到妇女一个人在忙于做饭，
而丈夫却舒服地躺在椅子上看报纸的情景。
尽管有了一些变化，
但男性和女性之间仍然存在着许多不平等。
妇女还没有被完全解放，
大部分男人仍有夫权思想。
女性的贡献和要求一向被贬低和忽视。
但总的来说，妇女的形象已经改变了很多。
当今的妇女已靠自己向前迈进了很多。
Language and Culture
语言与文化
Languages are marvelously complex
and wonderfully complicated organs of culture:
they embody the quickest and the most efficient means of communicating
within their respective culture.
To learn a foreign language is to learn another culture.
In a words of a poet and philosopher,
As many languages as one speaks, so many lives one lives.
A culture and its language are as inseparable as brain and body;
while one is a part of the other,neither can function without the other.
In learning a foreign language, the best beginning
is with the non- verbal linguistic elements of the language,
its gestures,its body language.
Eye contact is extremely important in English.
Direct eye contact leads to understanding,
or,as the English maxim has it,seeing eye-to-eye.
We can never see eye-to-eye with a native speaker of English
until we have learned to look directly into his eyes.
语言是极其复杂
难解的文化工具：
它们是最快捷最有效的交流思想的手段
在各文化中。
学习外语就等于学习另一种文化。
一位诗人兼哲学家曾经这样说过：
你懂几种外语，你就过着几种不同的生活。
文化及其语言正像人脑与人体一样不可分割。
虽然其中一个是另一个的部分，但是失去一部分，另一部分就不能运作。
学习外语最好的开始是
从这种语言的非语言的语言成分开始，
即从手势，体语开始。
在英语中，眼神的接触极其重要。
眼神直接接触导致理解
或者正如英语格言说的意见完全一致。
我们和说英语母语的人会意交融
直到我们学会了他们眼中的意思。
Swimming and English Learning
学英语如同游泳
Can you swim?
Do you like swimming?
Yes? Well,how can you learn to swim?
I think the best way is to go into the water and learn.
I'm afraid you'll never learn to swim just by reading books about swimming
or looking at others swimming.
It's the same with English study.
We must practice, practice,practice.
Listening and speaking are very important for beginners.
Children in English- speaking countries first listen to others.
Then they try to imitate and speak.
We can listen to English programs on the radio.
You may just understand a few words.It doesn't matter.
Just be relaxed and try to catch every word.
Somebody may be a good listener. But he dare not speak.
He's afraid of making mistakes.
You know we sometimes make mistakes when we speak Chinese.
Don't be afraid. We must be brave.
If you really want to learn English well,
you must try to speak with anyone you meet who knows English.
Whether you know him or not is not important.
When there's nobody to talk with, you can talk to yourself in English.
It's very interesting and also a good way to practice your spoken English.
Remember,the more you speak the fewer mistakes you'll make.
Reading and writing are more important for senior school students.
First we must choose the books we're interested in.
A lot of reading will improve your language sense.
This is the most important.
Keep writing English diaries.
We can also write English articles.
You may even post them to English magazines.
Don't be afraid of failure.
Failure is the mother of success.
Easier said than done.
Well,let's do more practice from now on.
I'm sure you'll learn English well this way.
你会游泳吗？
你喜欢游泳吗？
喜欢？那好，你是如何学游泳的？
我认为最好的办法是跳到水里去，
你永远学不会，仅凭游泳方面的书
或看别人游泳。
英语学习也是如此，
我们必须学练习，练习，再练习！
对初学者来说，听和说十分重要。
在那些说英语的国家里孩子们起初只是听别人说话，
然后开始试着模仿着说。
我们可以听收音机里的英语节目，
可能你仅能听懂很少的词，但这无关紧要。
你要放松自己，尽量领会每一个词。
某人可能听力很好，但不敢说，
因为害怕出错。
其实用不着害怕，我们说汉语的时候也可能出错。
不要害怕，一定要勇敢。
如果你真想把英语学好，
就得敢于同任何人说话。
只要他懂英语，你是否认识他并不重要。
在没有人交谈的时候，你可以用英语同自己说话，
这也是一个又好又有趣的办法。
记住，你说得越多，你出的错就越少。
对高中生来说，阅读和写作更为重要。
首先，我们必须选择感兴趣的书籍，
大量的阅读会提高我们的语感。
这是最重要的方面。
坚持写英语日记。
我们还可以写些英语文章，
并把它们寄给杂志社。
不要害怕失败。
失败是成功之母。
说来容易做来难。
好了，从现在开始，让我们做更多的练习。
我相信，通过这种方法，你可以把英语学得更好。
My Devoted Friend--Books
我最忠实的朋友——书籍
If someone asks me who my devoted friend is,
I will tell him the book is my devoted friend.
When I was five,my father bought many picture books for me.
I liked them as soon as I began to read them.I read every book carefully.
From then on, I was interested in everything and made friends with books.
I have learned a lot from books.
They tell me what is good and what is bad.
They also teach me how to get along with others.
I think a book is a good teacher.
When I couldn't catch up with others in my class,I was so disappointed.
It was books that gave me confidence again.
They are indeed my devoted friends.
I should thank them.
In a word, books can make the stupid wise the coward brave and the bright wiser.
如果有人问我谁是我最忠实的朋友，
我会告诉他书才是我最忠实的朋友。
我5岁那年，父亲为我买了好些连环画。
我一读就喜欢上它们了我仔细地看每一本书。
从那以后，我对任何事情都饶有兴趣，也和书交上了朋友。
我从书中学到了好些东西。
它们教我如何辨别是非。
如何与人相处。
我觉得书是我的好老师。
当我在学习上掉队时，我十分灰心。
是书让我又一次充满信心。
书确实是我最忠实的朋友。
我应该感谢它。
总之，书可以让愚人变得聪明，懦夫变得勇敢，聪明的人变得更明智。
A Great Friend
我的挚友
As I am now a senior high school student, I have a great many friends,
but there is one whom I prize over all the rest.
I first made his acquaintance when I began to go to school.
He has been my constant companion ever since.
Though he is serious in appearance,he never fails to be interesting.
Often he is clever, sometimes even merry and gay.
He is the most knowledgeable friend a person could have.
He knows virtually every language of the world,all the events of history,
and the words of all the great poets and philosophers.
A kindly benefactor,
he is admired and enjoyed by everyone who makes his acquaintance.
To me,he has been a great teacher as well as a friend.
He first taught me the secrets of my own language and then those of others.
With these keys he showed us how to unlock all the arts and sciences of man.
My friend is endlessly patient.
Dull though I may be I can return to him again and again,
and he is always ready to teach me.
When I am bored,he entertains me.When I am dispirited,he lifts me up.
When I am lonely,he keeps me company.
He is a friend not only to me but to millions around the world.
Shall I tell you his name? His name is"reading".
尽管我现在已经是一个高中生了，有很多朋友。
但有一个朋友是我一生该珍重的。
当我刚迈进校门时就和他相识了，
从那以后，他成为我忠实的伴侣。
虽然他面容严肃，但是很风趣。
它很聪明，有时甚至疯疯癫癫。
他是任何人能够结识的学识最为渊博的朋友。
他懂得世界上所有语言所有的历史事件，
还有所有不朽诗人和哲学家的至理名言。
作为一个施与者，
他深受所有与之交友的人的赞美和喜爱。
对我来说，他既是一个老师又是一个朋友。
他首先教会了我母语的奥秘，随后是其他语言的奥秘。
用这些知识，他向我演示了如何解开所有人类艺术和科学之谜。
我的朋友很耐心。
不管我怎么笨，我可以一次又一次地请教他，
而他也是时刻准备着教我。
当我烦恼时，他让我愉悦；当我沮丧时，他让我振奋；
当我孤独时，他伴我左右。
他不仅仅是我的朋友，而且是成千上万人的朋友。
我该告诉你他的名字吗？他的名字就是"阅读"。
Science,Good or Evil
科技善与恶
Science has brought many changes to the whole of society,
especially to our lives in recent years.
And at the same time the debate regarding the good and evil effects of science
has gained wide attention.
It is hardly too much to say
science is the most important factor in the progression of human beings.
The great develop- ments in the field of medicine
have served to lengthen our life expectancy,
and the discovery of better seeds and pest control
have worked to increase productivity levels in agriculture.
In transport,the railway,
modern ships jet planes and moter vehicles have made our lives
more and more comfortable
and have provided convenient tools for commercial development.
The computer,
which is considered to be the greatest invention of the 20th century,
is playing an important role in our daily life.
On the other hand, however, science also gives us lots of problems.
Modern industry has caused pollution and energy crisises.
The nuclear bomb has threatened our existence.
And a more serious fact is
that some computer prodigies have been sent to prison for computer crimes.
Despite all this,
we still spare no efforts in the deve- lopment of science and technology.
Maybe it is really true that everything has two sides.
就我们所知，科学是整个社会发生了变化，
尤其是近些年来对我们的生活影响甚深。
同时，关于生活的正面影响和负面效应的争论
引起了广泛的关注。
有一点怎么强调都不过分，
科学是促使人类进步的最主要的因素。
医药方面的重大发展
使人类寿命得以延长。
优良品种的发现和虫害控制
有助于提高农业生产水平。
在交通运输领域，铁路，
现代化轮船和机动车使我们的生活
越来越舒适，
也为商业的发展提供了便利的工具。
电脑，
是20世纪最伟大的发明，它在日常生活中必不可少，
极其重要。
然而另一方面，科学也给我们带来了许多问题。
现代工业导致了环境污染和能源危机，
核弹威胁着我们的生存
更为重要的事实是
一些电脑奇才因为电脑犯罪而被捕入狱。
尽管如此，
我们仍旧不遗余力地致力于科技的发展。
也许这就是所谓的每个事物都有两面性吧。
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