【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 s much about life in the oceans as we know about life on land now,” says a marine biologist who is working on the newlydiscovered species are not all new of them have just never been recorded fear that the growing human population is decreasing the variety of species living in the hope the census will help them learn how human activity, such as fishing and agriculture, is affecting the oceans.[注釋]：species : 品種（單復(fù)數(shù)同形）census : official counting of the information 普查，種群普查conduct : to direct the course of。to manage or control 進(jìn)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 : 生物學(xué)家decrease : to grow or cause to grow gradually less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity 減少variety : a group that is distinguished from other groups by a specific characteristic or set of characteristics 種類Spring Song 布萊克的詩(shī)讀起來(lái)朗朗上口，有音樂(lè)的美感，充滿感性，喜歡的人很多。希望你也喜歡。Spring is ing, spring is ing,Birdies, build your nest。Weave together straw and feather,Doing each your is ing, spring is ing,Flowers are ing too:Pansies, lilies, daffodilliesNow are ing is ing, spring is ing,All around is fair，Shimmer and quiver on the river,Joy is everywhere.—— William Blake英語(yǔ)晨讀精華[注釋]：straw : a single stalk of threshed grain 稻草，麥稈pansies, lilies, daffodillies: 三色紫羅蘭、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 顫抖，振動(dòng)William Blake，布萊克（1757—1827），英國(guó)詩(shī)人，著有詩(shī)集《天真之歌》(1789)《經(jīng)驗(yàn)之歌》（1794）。他最重要的繪畫(huà)有《坎特伯雷香客》和《雅各的夢(mèng)》。New Pictures of an Old Universe 這段科技文章看似復(fù)雜難懂，其實(shí)不難。讀的同時(shí)不妨仔細(xì)分析這類文章的特點(diǎn)，這對(duì) 于在考試中閱讀理解同類文章一定有幫助。For thousands of years humans have wondered how and when the universe first , thanks to some photographs taken by Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe(WMAP), scientists are much closer to understanding, even seeing, the universe in its beginning is all possible thanks to the WMAP satellite in orbit about one million miles above satellite is specially designed to record one kind of cosmic energy: microwave can use this radiation to show us what the universe looked like 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 still lingers in the universe the satellite actually does is take pictures of the what did scientists learn from these new pictures? First, they learned that stars formed very soon— merely 200 million years— after the Big they were able to confirm estimates of the universe’s age: it was born about billion years is the age that 英語(yǔ)晨讀精華scientists long suspected to be true, but now they have the birthday pictures to prove it![注釋]：microwave: a highfrequency electromagnetic wave, one millimeter to one meter in wavelength, intermediate between infrared and shortwave 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 探測(cè)（器、衛(wèi)星、宇宙飛船）satellite: a celestial body that orbits a planet。a moon 衛(wèi)星orbit: the path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body（運(yùn) 轉(zhuǎn)）軌道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 輻射 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，明確的linger: to be slow in leaving, especially out of reluctance。tarry 徘徊suspect: to have doubts about。distrust 懷疑，猜測(cè)Three Days to See 下面的文字摘選自海倫凱勒的自傳《假如給我三天光明》。海倫雖然自幼喪失了視力 和聽(tīng)覺(jué)，但卻是一個(gè)生活在黑暗中而給人類帶來(lái)光明的女性。她在1904 年獲得學(xué)位，成為 優(yōu)秀的講師和作家?！拔乙褎e人眼睛所看見(jiàn)的光明當(dāng)作我的太陽(yáng)，別人的耳朵聽(tīng)見(jiàn)的音樂(lè) 當(dāng)作我的樂(lè)曲，別人嘴角的微笑當(dāng)作我的快樂(lè)?！彼邮芰嗣\(yùn)的挑戰(zhàn)，獲得了超越自己的 喜悅。我們?yōu)橹袆?dòng)的不僅是文字本身的優(yōu)美和其中所含的真情，還包括字里行間所反映的 那顆偉大心靈。Most of us, however, take life for know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the we are in buoyant health, death is all but seldom think of days stretch out in an endless 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 would make him more appreciative of sight。silence would teach him the joys of and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they 英語(yǔ)晨讀精華 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 might have been incredulous had I not been accustomed to such reposes, for long ago I became convinced that the seeing see 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 feel the delicate symmetry of a pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough, shaggy bark of a the spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud the first sign of awakening Nature after her winter’s feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions。and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to , if I am very fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy quiver of a bird in full am delighted to have the cool waters of a brook rush through my open me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more wele than the most luxurious Persian me the pageant of seasons is a thrilling and unending drama, the action of which streams through my finger tips.——Helen Keller英語(yǔ)晨