【導(dǎo)讀】有個少年躲在積滿灰塵的松散窗簾后把大衣裝入手提箱。盡管外面正打雷閃電，他仍計劃在黃昏時分離家。他不得不這樣做是因為厭倦了父母對他英語學(xué)習(xí)的嘮叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英語學(xué)習(xí)總是無法取得。進(jìn)展，而且不喜歡參加英語課的學(xué)習(xí)，因為他以為老師有意忽視他。結(jié)果，他每次考試的分?jǐn)?shù)合計從未超過60。他的搭檔很關(guān)心他，也確切地理解他遭受的折磨，但卻完全不同意他的想法。為了使他冷靜下來好好解決問。題，她和他面對面地交談，并交換了一系列的學(xué)習(xí)心得技巧。她寫下來的條款幫助他找到了學(xué)好英語的最佳捷徑。這個少年非常很感激，并從朋友的話里獲得極大的動力?，F(xiàn)在，他已經(jīng)從沮喪中恢復(fù)過來，真正愛上了英語。目前，英語在許多國家被作為官方語言或通用語言頻繁地。使用，例如美國、新加波、馬來西亞和一些非洲的國家。二段兩個“電梯”的單詞跟原文不一致，原文是對的，錄音弄錯了，elevator才是美式說法而lift是英式說法。

　　

【正文】 aining reactions when chased by detectives. Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation. His particular sense of humor has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now. In a small budget film, he played a badlyoff and homeless person wearing wornout shoes and messy clothes. On one occasion, he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area. Though he overcame many difficulties, he wasn’t fortunate enough. With all the porridge eaten up, he picked out a shoe and boiled it to eat. He cut off the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake. According to an actress, his acting was so convincing and amusing that everybody couldn’t help bursting into laughter. 卓別林是一名非凡的演員，他主演并導(dǎo)演了多部杰出的喜劇?？匆娝尚Φ男『印⒒氖謩輨幼?，還有面對警探的追捕時有趣的反應(yīng)，很少有人會覺得厭煩。喝醉酒啦，踩到香蕉皮滑倒啦，或者自言自語（低語）自己的糗事啦，他無需任何語言解釋的表演總是使我們對自己的生活感到更加滿意。他獨特的幽默感直到現(xiàn)在依然使世界各地的人們都感到驚訝。 在一部小預(yù)算的電影里，他穿著磨破的鞋子和臟兮兮的衣服，扮演了一名貧窮又無家可歸的人。在一幕場景中，他被一場暴風(fēng)雪困在一片多山的區(qū)里。盡管他克服了許多困難，但是他還是運(yùn)氣不好的。粥都吃完了，他 只好挑出一只鞋子煮來吃。他切下皮革的鞋底，像烙餅一樣地咀嚼起來。據(jù)一名女演員所說，他的表演是如此地令人信服而又逗人發(fā)笑的，以致在場的所有人都忍不住大笑起來。 19. A Misunderstanding 一場誤會 In general, spoken statements are the major way of munication, but body language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function. For example, yawning means being not interested and turning one’s back to someone or swinging your fist shows your anger. But what those gestures really mean is subjective in different cultures. Thus, misunderstandings happen now and then in today’s world of cultural crossroads. Once, representing the Adults’ Education Association, I went to the airport to meet an official of high rank from Columbia and take him to his dormitory and then to the canteen. After the flight arrived, I saw a man looking around curiously. So I approached to greet him. He suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheeks. As a young girl, I felt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defend myself. His false smile told me that he had lost face. Later, I received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology. On hearing that Columbians were more likely to kiss others, I soon felt at ease. 通常說來，口頭表達(dá)是人們交流的主要方法，但是肢體語言和面部表情也有這種功能。例如，打哈欠意味著不感興趣，背對別人或向其揮舞拳頭表達(dá)的是憤怒。但是在不同的文化中那些手勢表達(dá)的真正意思是很主觀的。由此，誤會就時不時地發(fā)生在今天這個文化交叉碰撞的世界里。 有一回，我代表成人教育協(xié)會到機(jī)場去接一位從哥倫比亞來的高級官員，我得帶他到宿舍和食堂。當(dāng)他的航班到達(dá)時，我看見一名男子好奇地東張西望，于是走上前去和他打招呼。他突然猛沖過來擁抱我，還親了我的臉頰。還是個年輕姑娘的我感到真尷尬，不由自主舉起手來保護(hù)自己。他的假笑告 訴我他感到丟了面子。 后來，我收到他送來的一盒磁帶，里面錄了他的道歉。當(dāng)聽到這只是因為哥倫比亞人更傾向于見面時互相親吻時，我很快就感到輕松安心了。 20. A Unique Theme Park 獨一無二的主題公園 As soon as our shuttle got close to the theme park by the freeway, everyone came to life and put on cloth sneakers in advance for an outing. Our translator paid for the admission, and we started enjoying the various attractions in the sunlight. According to the travel brochure, this unique park is famous for its well preserved minority culture. We experienced many deeds of the early settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or taking part in swords fighting tournaments. This park is also famous for its wooden souvenirs. Whichever we bought in the central shop was made of wood, and wherever we went we could see minority carpenters working. They made wooden tools, wooden cartoon figures, wooden athletic products and so on. They even built a huge wooden engine with a length of 20 metres, which was modeled after a real one. This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park. No wonder it has bee the brand of local tourism. 我們走高速公路的來往穿梭巴士一接近主題公園，大家都活躍了起來，并且提前穿上了布鞋，做好這趟外出旅游的準(zhǔn)備。翻譯付了入場費(fèi)后，我們就開始在陽光下欣賞各種各樣吸引人的東西。 根據(jù)旅行手冊的介紹，這個獨一無二的公園因其得到良好保護(hù)的少數(shù)名族文化而聞名。我們體驗了許多早期定居者所做的事，如蕩過河啦，在叢林中獵殺動物啦，或者參加劍術(shù)比賽啦等等。 這個公園還因為它的木制紀(jì)念品而聞名，我們在中心商場購買的任何一件物品，都是用木頭制作的，無論我們走到哪里，都可以看見少數(shù)名族的木匠們在忙碌。他們制作的有木制工具、木制的卡 通人物、木制的運(yùn)動用的產(chǎn)品，等等等等。他們甚至還根據(jù)一臺真實發(fā)動機(jī)仿造了一臺長度有 20 米的木制發(fā)動機(jī)。 這個主題公園真是個充滿幻想的娛樂公園，怪不得它成為當(dāng)?shù)芈糜螛I(yè)的一個品牌。 21. A Strange Disease 奇怪的疾病 When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in. Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease whose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn. An expert physician was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case. He was enthusiastic, but he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge. After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was to blame. But without positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense. Being much more strict with himself, he contributed himself to the case. Apart from making enquiries, he made detailed charts and analysed the data cautiously. Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease to the radium in the pump. Exposed to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately. Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium. This simple movement cured all the victims. 當(dāng)那座煙花工廠的建設(shè)到了油漆階段時，一個水泵被安裝進(jìn)來，接著，在它附近的油漆工都得了一種嚴(yán)重的疾?。膊魯∮推峁ぃ涮卣髋c燒傷相似。 一位經(jīng)驗豐富的內(nèi)科醫(yī)生被指定去照顧受害者并負(fù)責(zé)處理這一案例。他熱情地投入到工作中，但是卻沒有預(yù)見到這是一次艱難的挑戰(zhàn)。在簡單的詢問后，他就宣布說罪魁禍?zhǔn)资鞘芪廴镜挠推幔ㄓ推釕?yīng)受責(zé)備）。但是沒有確實的證據(jù)，人們很懷疑并拒絕他的觀點，大家都說他提出的理論毫無道理。他對自己要求更加嚴(yán)格，全身心地投入。除了詢問，他還制作了詳細(xì)的圖表，謹(jǐn)慎地分析各項數(shù)據(jù)，最后，他終于得出了一個科學(xué) 的結(jié)論，把疾病和水泵中的鐳聯(lián)系起來。鐳是宇宙中的一種放射性物質(zhì)，當(dāng)暴露在鐳的輻射中時，人體吸收其射線，立刻染上疾病。他把水泵向后旋轉(zhuǎn)，拿走了里面的鐳，這個簡單的動作治愈了所有的受害者。 22. Sightseeing in the United Kingdom 觀光聯(lián)合王國 After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom for nationwide sightseeing. He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday. To my delight, he no longer made any tense error. And his description roughly clarified my questions about the UKits currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK. Unwilling to leave out any a