【正文】 and each cubic mile contains over 150 million tons of minerals. So vast and so pervasive is the sea that if the earths crust were made level,ocean water would form a blanket over 8,000 feet deep. The oceans contribute immeasurably to the earths life support system aswell as provide。t be here when you leave in the morning, so I came over to say goodbye.”“It39。s. But they heard her when she laughed, right close by the porch. Dad didn39。ll pack up my blanket in the morning.”They didn39。m doing. One more tune or two, and then we39。ll be feeling young again with a pretty wife like that. And what would an old fellow like me be doing around their house, getting in the way? An old nuisance, what with my talks of aches and pains. It39。s a fine girl your father39。ll like to remember.”Petey sat and looked out over the gully. Dad would marry that girl. Yes, that girl who had kissed Petey and fussed over him, saying she39。d just gone in to fetch Granddad39。s a fine blanket,” said Petey. He got up and went into the house. He wasn39。d be with so many other old fellows, having the best of everything. . . . But Petey hadn39。t your father a kind man to be giving the old fellow a blanket like that to go away with? It cost something, it didlook at the wool of it! There39。ll get my fiddle,” said the old man, “and play you some of the old tunes.”But instead of the fiddle he brought out the blanket. It was a big double blanket, red with black stripes. “Now, isn39。d be going away. This was the last evening they39。t have met you, either!”英語經(jīng)典晨讀美文2Petey hadn39。s happy. She seems be.”As we resumed walking I blurted out, “It is a lucky thing it happened that way. You wouldn39。t be December 11 but the 12th of November!” Father passed his hand over his face. “So she was there!” he exclaimed. “And it was because I didn39。ve been pletely happy. We often joke about that youthful love romance.” The woman appeared with our beer. “You are from America?” she asked me. “Yes,” I said.She beamed. “A wonderful country, America.”“Yes, a lot of your countrymen have gone there. Did you ever think of it?”“Not me. Not now,” she said. “I think so one time, a ling time ago. But I stay here. It much better here.”We drank our beer and left. Outside I said,“ Father, just how did you write that date on which she was to meet you?”He stopped, took out an envelope and wrote on it. “Like this,” he said. “12/11/73, which was, of course, December 11, 1973.” “No!” I exclaimed. “It isn39。t waited.”Then my father said,“ Thank God she didn39。ll be there.“ But she wasn39。 then we39。t have to”“Oh, yes, I want to tell you. I don39。ll have beer,” I said. She nodded and went away. “How she has changed! Thank heaven she didn39。s a pity your mother couldn39。dissonance 意見不合，嘈 雜聲symphony: 交響樂，交響曲brotherhood: the state or relationship of being brothers 手足情誼jail: a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention。金在會上發(fā)表本篇演說。馬丁soft and smooth 像天鵝絨的，柔軟的remarkable : attracting notice as being unusual or extraordinary 不平常的，非凡的，值得注意 的，顯著的convolution: a form or part that is folded or coiled 回旋，盤旋，卷繞brook: 小溪lush: having or characterized by luxuriant vegetation 青蔥的，豪華的luxurious : fond of or given to luxury 奢侈的，豪華的pageant: 壯觀thrilling: 顫動的, 發(fā)抖的，令人振奮的I Have a Dream(1929—1968)，美國黑人解放運動的著名領(lǐng)袖，1968 年被種族主義者刺 殺。a broad mental view 展望，回想listless: lacking energy or disinclined to exert effort。silence would teach him the joys of and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they 英語晨讀精華 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。我們?yōu)橹袆拥牟粌H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?！拔乙褎e人眼睛所看見的光明當(dāng)作我的太陽，別人的耳朵聽見的音樂 當(dāng)作我的樂曲，別人嘴角的微笑當(dāng)作我的快樂。海倫雖然自幼喪失了視力 和聽覺，但卻是一個生活在黑暗中而給人類帶來光明的女性。distrust 懷疑，猜測Three Days to See 下面的文字摘選自海倫a moon 衛(wèi)星orbit: the path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body（運 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。讀的同時不妨仔細(xì)分析這類文章的特點，這對 于在考試中閱讀理解同類文章一定有幫助。他最重要的繪畫有《坎特伯雷香客》和《雅各的夢》。Spring is ing, spring is ing,Birdies, build your nest。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 布萊克的詩讀起來朗朗上口，有音樂的美感，充滿感性，喜歡的人很多。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 the first time in history, scientists are trying to count how many species of fish, animals and plants live under are conducting a census of life in the world’s oceans, which cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s study began in 2000 and is expected to end in 2010, at a cos