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1、 英 文 短 文 复 述练习时间：不低于24小时（以分钟为单位累加计算）。3小时/天，即8天；1小时/天，即24天；半小时/天，48天；时间不确定或者无法坚持的同学，就不要浪费时间尝试了！建议每天练习1-3个小时；练习方法：1 通读一遍短文，如有不认识的单词，请查阅相关工具，确保理解短文的内容。2 再读一篇短文，加深对于文章内容的记忆3 讲本书合起或者将目光一直别处或者将双眼闭起。4 回忆刚才所看到的内容，用英语进行复述。5 查看原文，对比自己说的和原文在表述的内容上是否一致。6 如果对文章的内容表述已经很准确了，那么再重复训练直到自己复述的语速和正常阅读的速度差不多7 以同样的方法进入下一篇
2、文章练习，直到您对当前的短文练习已经达标。注意事项：1 在把短文内容表述完成之前，一定不要看原文2 你允许把短文内容表达的不完整或不准确，但是不可以在短文复述结束之前忍不住偷看原文3 你甚至可以短文的内容表达的与原文完全不同，但是复述结束之前，一定不要看原文。4 不要试图把短文背下来，否则，你的写作能力会得到很大的提高而不是口语能力5 强化训练部分，难度较高，通读一遍，查找字典弄清楚文章的意思，然后用自己的语言把文章的主要内容复述下来即可。练习项目：基础训练：1 Some kids, playing near a pool, saw many Frogs in the water and be
3、gan to throw stones to them. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: Please stop, my boys: what is fun to you, is death to us.”2 I was born in a quite small village with no long rivers or high mountains; Sky is always blue, air is fresh all t
4、he time, we could see all kinds of plants and wild animals everywhere. All the people are very friendly and nice to each other. They make their living on farming on the poor land which could not make them rich but enough to raise families. I went away from my home village 10 years ago, I miss my vil
5、lage a lot.3 One day, the tiger and the fox are talking. The fox says, “Do you believe that all the animals in the forest are scared of me not you?” The tiger doesnt believe and follows the fox to the forest. All the animals are very frightened when they see the tiger and run away. The tiger is shoc
6、ked and thinks that the animals are scared of the fox. The fox is very happy because in fact it depends on the terror of the tiger to frighten the animals4 One day, a little horse is going to see his grandpa, on the way to grandpas house, he needs to cross a river. He has no idea how deep the water
7、is, so he stays by the river waiting for help. Later, one rabbit comes, and warns him not to try because one of his friends was drown right here. Little horse is scared by the words of the rabbit. After the leaving of the rabbit, an elephant arrives and tells the little horse to cross it right now,
8、as there is no any danger at all, he crosses the river several times each day. Little horse is so confused; finally he decides to have a try by putting one of his front legs into the river. It is not deep for him at all, he arrives the other shore safely.5 A boy, returning alone from the pasture, wa
9、s pursued by a Wolf. Seeing he could not escape, he turned round, and said: I know, friend wolf, that I must be your lunch, but before I die I would ask of you one favor, you will sing a song for me to which I may dance. The Wolf agreed, and while he was singing the Kid was dancing, some hunting dog
10、s hearing the sound ran up and began chasing the Wolf. Turning to the Kid, he said, It is just what I deserve; for I, who am only a butcher, should not sing songs to please you.6 A cat and a monkey live in the same house. They are very close friends. One day, they sit by the fire. They are watching
11、some chestnuts on the fire. They want to get them. “I am happy to get them,” says the monkey. “But you are much better at such things than I am. Take them out and both of us can eat them.” The cat is happy with the words. She tries many times and takes all the chestnuts out. But her paw is injured.
12、They eat the chestnuts up. Then a man comes in and finds all the chestnuts are gone. He finds the cats paw is injured. So he thinks the cat eats all the chestnuts. He is angry with the cat and drives her away7 Tom put his hand into a pot full of candies. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold,
13、 but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pot. Unwilling to lose his candies, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears. A bystander said to him, Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand.8 A dog and a
14、 cock being great friends, agreed to travel together. At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood. The Cock flying up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, while the dog found a bed beneath in the hollow trunk. When the morning dawned, the Cock, as usual, crowed very loudly several times. A
15、 Fox heard the sound wishing to make a breakfast on him, came and stood under the branches, saying how earnestly he desired to make the acquaintance of the owner of so magnificent a voice. The Cock, suspecting his civilities, said: Sir, I wish you would do me the favor of going around to the hollow
16、trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in. When the Fox approached the tree, the Dog sprang out and caught him, and tore him into pieces9 A pair of oxen were drawing a heavily loaded wagon along a miry country road. They had to use all their strength to pull t
17、he wagon, but they did not complain. The wheels of the wagon were of a different sort. Though the task they had to do was very light compared with that of the oxen, they creaked and groaned at every turn. The poor oxen, pulling with all their might to draw the wagon through the deep mud, had their e
18、ars filled with the loud complaining of the wheels. And this, you may well know, made their work so much the harder to endure. “Silence!” the oxen cried at last, out of patience,“What have you wheels to complain about so loudly?We are drawing all the weight, not you, and we are keeping still about i
19、t besides”10 Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened s
20、hortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive f
21、rom me any repayment of your favor; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.强化训练1 Eight cyclists have been killed in southern Italy after a car collided with them on a two-lane road. Reports from the scene say the driver apparently lost control of his car w
22、hile trying to overtake another vehicle, and collided head-on with cyclists. Seven died instantly and the eighth died while in medical care. Several others were injured. The driver of the car, a Moroccan national, was arrested. Police are quoted as saying he tested positive for marijuana. The accide
23、nt took place near the city of Lamezia Terme, near Italys southern tip2 XUZHOU, Jiangsu - One of Chinas high-speed trains broke the world record for unmodified commercial use on Friday during trial service, the Ministry of Railways said The train CRH380A hit a speed of 486.1 kms per hour on the trac
24、ks between Zaozhuang city of Shandong province and Bengbu city in eastern Anhui province, which form a segment of the worlds longest high-speed rail line linking Beijing and Shanghai The trains previous speed record was 416.6 kms per hour set on Sept 28 during its run between Shanghai and Hangzhou,
25、capital city of east Chinas Zhejiang province It not only marks a milestone in the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, but also is a major achievement of Chinas technology innovation, said Wang Yongping, spokesman of the Ministry of Railways (MOR) It shows China leads the world
26、in high-speed railway development, he said3 A new dawn in communications is heralded by the launch of the UKs first English-language Chinese paper China Daily, Chinas leading English-language newspaper, will appear as a new weekly edition on UK news stands from Friday, December 3Eager to help bridge
27、 the current affairs gap that exists between China and Europe, China Daily European Weekly follows the highly successful launch of the China Daily US and Hong Kong editions. Today, China Daily has a worldwide circulation of nearly 400,000. The European edition will be distributed in the UK and from
28、Brussels, building on China Dailys aspiration to be a newspaper which provides a window for China to understand and be understood by the world. It will cover politics, business, culture and society, delivering in-depth and intelligent analysis of news and issues of interest to both European and Chin
29、ese readersRenzhong Zhi, General Manager of China Daily UK, said: We identified a gap to provide a useful source of news and analysis to European businesses seeking to better understand and engage with China. As more partnerships develop between China and the West, it is crucial that there exists a
30、regular source of insight on changing trends While there is an element of breaking news, the majority of the paper seeks to provide a more in-depth review of headlines of the week a useful guide to help readers understand the emerging opportunities that exist between China and Europe, he added China
31、 Daily European Weekly is available from news agents and through distributors from 3 December 20104 A Bangladeshi-flagged ship is believed to have been seized by pirates off southern India, say shipping officials. The MV Jahan Moni was attacked after a long pursuit near the Lakshadweep group of isla
32、nds, some 300km (185 miles) from the Indian coast. The ship, with 25 Bangladeshi crew on board, was on its way from Singapore to Europe via the Suez Canal. Bangladeshi Rear Admiral Bazlur Rahman said the crew had raised the alarm and the ship was now moving erratically. We lost contact with the ship
33、 at 5.38pm (1138 GMT) Bangladesh time after it was attacked by pirates for the second time. We suspect the ship has been captured by the pirates, Adm Rahman told the AFP news agency. All symptoms are there that the pirates have taken control of the ship It was chased by the pirates for more than an
34、hour, said Adm Rahman, adding that the boat had sent out a distress signal. Now it is showing erratic movement.” The Bangladesh Shipping Department said it had sought help from the Indian coastguard and from anti-piracy teams in Dubai and Singapore. Several nations are involved in operations to tack
35、le Somalia-based piracy in the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Somali pirates have been seizing ships increasingly far away from their homeland, but have never been known to operate so close to India.5 Irans intelligence minister says the country has made a number of ar
36、rests following attacks on two prominent nuclear scientists in Tehran on Monday. One scientist was killed and another left seriously injured. Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said a number of people were identified and arrested in connection with what he called the two terrorist attacks Mr Mosle
37、hi did not identify the suspects, nor did he say how many people had been arrested. But he did repeat Irans claim that the intelligence services of the US, Britain, and Israel were responsible for the attacks The two scientists, Majid Shahriari and Fereydoon Abbasi, were targeted separately as each
38、drove to work on Monday morning. Reports said motorcyclists drove alongside the scientists cars, attached magnetised bombs to the side of the vehicles, and then drove away. The bombs exploded, killing Dr Shahriari and seriously injuring Dr Abbasi. The attacks and subsequent arrests come just a few d
39、ays before Iran is due to restart talks on its nuclear programme with the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany.6 The Obama administration is launching a national competition called Race to the Top. States will compete for more than four billion dollars in grants to support the be
40、st plans for improving schools. President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the details last week. BARACK OBAMA: This competition will not be based on politics or ideology or the preferences of a particular interest group. Instead, it will be based on a simple principle: whether a
41、state is ready to do what works. We will use the best evidence available to determine whether a state can meet a few key benchmarks for reform. And states that outperform. The rest will be rewarded with a grant.” The president wants the United States to regain the worlds highest college graduation r
42、ates, especially in math and science. His target is two thousand twenty. But he says the education system is falling short and countries that out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.” The United States is one of thirty countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
43、 The OECD has the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA. Every three years PISA measures the performance of fifteen-year-olds. In two thousand six, the United States had lower scores in mathematics than twenty-three of the other twenty-nine OECD countries. Sixteen countries did bette
44、r in science.7 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to hold key talks on civil nuclear cooperation with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The two parties are expected to sign an agreement for the construction of two French nuclear reactors in India, during the meeting in Delhi. France is a le
45、ading world exporter of civilian nuclear technology. Mr Sarkozy is on a four-day official visit to India. On Saturday, he visited a space research facility in Bangalore. The president has backed Indias bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council and supported Indias membership of the Nuclear
46、 Suppliers Group (NSG), a gathering of countries which export civil nuclear technology. Reports say that the two countries are likely to sign an agreement paving the way for two French reactors worth nearly 6.3bn ($10bn) to be constructed in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Correspondents sa
47、y that the deal will be good news for India - which is desperately short of energy to fuel its booming economy. France is the worlds second largest producer of nuclear energy after the United States. It hopes to be at the forefront of an international revival of the industry which analysts say will
48、benefit from worries about global warming and soaring energy prices. India has 22 nuclear reactors and is seeking to expand its nuclear energy sector, opening up a market estimated at 90bn ($142bn) over 15 years. The country - now seen as a strategic partner for both the European Union and the US - has a population of 1.1 billion. It gets only a tiny fraction of its electricity from nuclear power. Supporters of the deal say tha