英語短文朗讀篇一：英語短文朗讀題庫

Passages for Reading

1. Smoking

It is almost known to all that smoking is bad for people's health. Scientific research show that smoking can lead to heart disease, cancer and other problem. The World Health Organization says diseases linked to smoking kill at least two million five-hundred-thousand persons each year.

Still, many people find it difficult to stop smoking. One reason is that smoking usually

becomes a habitual behavior, and habits, whether good or bad are not easy to be given up. Another reason is the effect of nicotine, the substance found in cigarettes works on people somewhat as drugs do.

Measures have been taken to help people keep away from the harm of smoking. In many cities, smoking is forbidden in public places. The danger of smoking is warned of everywhere. And newspapers are asked not to publish advertisements for cigarettes. World "No Tobacco Day" is observed every year as the biggest campaign against smoking.

2. My First Job

Before I started at university, I took my first job as a waitress in a nice restaurant. At the night before my first day, I was too excited to go to sleep and as a result, I got up late in the morning. I threw on my clothes and rushed over to the restaurant.

In a great hurry, I didn't hear clearly the head waiter's instruction that we should go into the kitchen through one door and out from the other. So when I took two plates of eggs and bacon and an orange juice out to the restaurant, I went straight towards the wrong door and collided with another waiter coming in!

Worst of all was that I wore a pair of smart shoes but with high heels! A few hours later I was in agony yet had no time to change them. By the time we finished serving dinner at about 10:30 I was completely exhausted. Nevertheless, I learnt something through my experience.

3. Money

Money is what everybody desires. It can be used to buy food, clothes, books, bicycle, furniture and many other things people need or want.

Money is considered by many people as the most important thing in life. With money, they can go wherever they please and do whatever they want. With money, they can buy a fine house to live in, fashionable clothes to put on, and a nice bicycle to ride. And with money, they can employ attendants to serve them. In a word, money can make people comfortable and bring them happiness.

However, money is also the source of all crimes and brings them misery. Since money is so tempting, quite a few people are attracted by it and begin to go astray. By hook or by crook, they try to make money. To get more money, they gamble, swindle, steal, rob or do many other evil things, for "money makes the mare go". As a result, money leads them to jail or even to the execution grounds.

Of course money is useful and desirable, yet we should make money in proper way and spend

our money on proper things.

4. My View on Opportunity

Different people have different views on opportunity. It is held that there are few opportunities. But it is also held that there are opportunities everywhere.

Those who hold the first opinion think that there are too many people and there is always an intense competition for limited opportunities. In contrast, those who hold the second view think that if one is not prepared, he can hardly have any opportunities: however, if one is prepared, he can have a lot of opportunities.

As to me, I agree with the latter. Admittedly, there is really an intense competition for limited opportunities, but it is not to say the one can't create opportunities himself. In most cases opportunities are created by people themselves. For example, many people lost their jobs in recent years. Some people wait for opportunities in vain. However, others create opportunities themselves and get self-employed. Eventually they become employers themselves.

Therefore, to some extent, one can take his destiny into his own hands.

5. Job-hopping

Different people have different views on job-hopping. Some people would like to always engage in one work because they think that if one sticks to one work, he will be quite familiar and skillful with the work. However, others would like to change jobs constantly because they consider it fashionable to do so and besides they think they can get different work experiences.As to me, I am in favor of the former group of people's attitude. I think that if one always works in one field, he can accumulate a lot of experience in that field which in turn will further improve his work. Therefore he will become an expert in that field. However, if one hops from one job to another, he can never amass experience in one field. Although he can get different work experiences, he can't make use of these experiences in one particular work. Therefore, he will always be a jack-of-all-trades.

In conclusion, if one wants to be an expert in one field, he should not hop from one job to another.

英語短文朗讀篇二：英語美文朗誦Youth

Youth-青春

1. Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.

青春不是年華，而是心境；

2. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees.

青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，

it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; 而是深沉的意志、宏偉的想象、熾熱的感情；

3. It is the freshness of the deep spring of life.

青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

4. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, 青春氣貫長虹，勇銳蓋過怯弱，

of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

進取壓倒茍安，

5. This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20.

如此銳氣，二十后生而有之，六旬男子則更多見。

6. Nobody grows old merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideals.

年歲有加，并非垂老；理想丟棄，方墮暮年。

7. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 歲月悠悠，衰微只及肌膚；熱忱拋卻，頹廢必至靈魂。

8. Worry, fear, self-distrust1 bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. 憂煩、惶恐、喪失自信，定使心靈扭曲，意氣如灰。

9.Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, 無論年屆花甲，抑或二八芳齡，心中皆有生命之歡樂，奇跡之誘惑，

the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. 孩童般天真久盛不衰。

10. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; 人人心中皆有一臺天線，

so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite,

只要你從天上人間接受美好、希望、歡樂、勇氣和力量的信號，

so long as you are young.

你就青春永駐，風華常存。

11. When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with the snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism,

一旦天線倒塌，銳氣被冰雪覆蓋，玩世不恭、自暴自棄油然而生，

then you've grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there's hope you may die young at 80.

即使年方二十，實已垂垂老矣；然則只要豎起天線，捕捉樂觀的信號， 你就有望在八十高齡告別塵寰時仍覺得年輕。

英語短文朗讀篇三：英語誦讀文章12篇

古人云“熟讀唐詩三百首，不會作詩也會吟”，讀是要朗聲吟誦，誦出韻味來。熟讀甚至背誦（英語）文章主要在于培養(yǎng)語感。

1

English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English, and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among

these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.

English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea

communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies. 世界上的英語

有人說英語已不再屬于英國人了，它屬于全世界。據(jù)估計，使用英語的人超過七億五千萬，其中大約有三億五千萬是以英語為母語的人，而其余的人將英語作為官方語言使用。如果我們再加上已經(jīng)掌握英語到一定程度的人，這個總數(shù)將接近十億。

英語，作為進行國際業(yè)務(wù)和外交的工具，在世界上起著越來越重要的作用。它還在科學(xué)、醫(yī)藥、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、空中及海洋通信、國際體育賽事、電臺電視節(jié)目、流行歌曲及電影中發(fā)揮著越來越重要的作用。

estimate 估計 exceed 超過 native 本族的，本國的

official 官方的acquire 掌握 to some extent 達到某種程度 billion 千萬 increasingly 越來越多地 medium 工具，手段 conduct 實行，執(zhí)行 international 國際的 diplomacy 外交

medicine 醫(yī)藥communication 通信 event 事件

2

A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?

You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is a dictionary.

You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how to use it. 朋友

當你讀英語書時，你經(jīng)常會碰到新單詞。你可能試著從你知道的詞中猜這些詞的意思，但是當你無法猜出這些詞的意思時，你該怎么辦呢？

這時你有一個好朋友。從他那里你可以學(xué)到單詞的意思、發(fā)音及用法等。這個朋友可以經(jīng)常伴你左右，你可以經(jīng)常請他幫忙。你知道這個朋友是誰嗎？他就是字典。

你可以從他那里學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)詞匯的眾多重要知識，所以你必須學(xué)會如何使用字典。

come across 碰到 guess 猜測

3

Learning English in England

I came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I am going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.

At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English. Now I can speak English much better, and even understand English television, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot.

I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know about my own country.

在英國學(xué)英語

去年夏天，我來到英國�，F(xiàn)在我在英國已經(jīng)待了十一個月了。我將很快結(jié)束在英國的學(xué)習(xí)，下個月我就將回中國了。

一開始，我覺得很難用英語和別人交流�，F(xiàn)在我英語說得好多了，甚至可以看懂英語電視，這是因為我學(xué)習(xí)很努力，老師和同學(xué)對我的幫助也很大。

現(xiàn)在我有許多英國朋友。一些朋友甚至邀請我去他們家吃飯。他們對中國和中國人很感興趣。每當他們問我許多問題時，我才意識到自己對祖國的了解是如此之少。

communicate 交流

4

Body Language

If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know — the language of the body.

All over the world, people "talk?with their hands, with their heads, and with their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together.

When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on the cheek only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says "Hello? Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.

身體語言

即使你會說英語，你知道很多英文單詞，你會讀，會說，能聽懂，但還有另外一種語言你需要了解——那就是身體語言。

在全世界，人們都用他們的手、頭和眼睛“說話”。當日本人見面時，他們相互鞠躬。印度人見面時他們雙手合十。

當英國人和美國人第一次和別人見面時，他們互相握手。通常，他們不和熟悉的人握手。女人有時親吻她們的女性朋友，男人也會親吻女性朋友（只親臉頰）。當男人見到男性朋友時，他只微笑著說聲“你好”。男人之間不會互相親吻或牽手。即使是父子之間也不會經(jīng)常親吻對方。

5

Hobbies

My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all the countries, but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends in Greece and I live in India.

Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. When you look at stamps carefully,

they teach you a lot about the history of other countries.

My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and number. He likes train watching very much, but I don't. I went to the station with him one day, but it wasn't interesting.

My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn't got a sewing machine, but she sews with our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes, and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.

業(yè)余愛好

我的愛好是集郵。開始時，我設(shè)法收集所有國家的郵票，但是現(xiàn)在我只收集希臘和印度的，因為我有朋友在希臘，而我生活在印度。我的一些郵票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。當你仔細看郵票時，它們會教你很多其他國家的歷史。

我兄弟的愛好是看火車。他去我們的車站，在那里看火車。當一輛車進站時，他寫下車名和車號。他非常喜歡看火車，但我不喜歡。一天，我和他一起去車站，但那一點都不有趣。 我姐姐的愛好是縫紉。她沒有縫紉機，但她用媽媽的。有時她也用手縫。她大多數(shù)的衣服是她自己做的，當我扯破襯衣或褲子時，我就把它們拿給她補。

engine 火車頭sewing 縫紉tear 撕破 mend 修補

6

Climbing Mountains

Do you like climbing mountains? My friend Ted does. He has never climbed a dangerous

mountain, but he has climbed some quite big and difficult ones. He began to climb rocks when he was a small boy. Ted liked it very much and he did not get very tired. The next year his father took him up some mountains in Scotland, and he was very happy.

Last summer holidays, Ted's uncle invited him to go to Switzerland. The mountains are high there. They went to Switzerland by train and had a very good holiday. They climbed several mountains. At the end of the holiday he said to Ted, "You are still very young, but you already climb

well."Ted was very glad.

Now Ted wants to go to China to climb some of the very high peaks in the Himalayas, but he is still too young and also he hasn't got enough money. Perhaps one day he will become rich, and then he will go to China.

爬山

你喜歡爬山嗎？我朋友特德喜歡。他從沒爬過危險的山，但他曾爬過一些很大很難爬的山。當他還是個小男孩的時候，他就開始攀登巖石了。特德很喜歡這個運動，一點也不感到疲倦。第二年，他父親帶他登上蘇格蘭的一些山，他非常開心。

去年暑假，特德的叔叔邀請他去瑞士。那里的山很高。他們乘火車去了瑞士，過了一個非常愉快的假期。他們爬了幾座山。在假期結(jié)束時，叔叔對特德說：“你還很年輕，但你已經(jīng)爬得很好了�！碧氐侣犃撕芨吲d。

現(xiàn)在，特德想去中國，爬上喜瑪拉雅山最高的山峰，但他年紀還太小，而且沒有足夠的錢。也許有一天他會變得富有，然后他就可以去中國了。

Switzerland 瑞士 peak 山頂 Himalayas 喜馬拉雅山

7

A Visit to the City Centre

On their first day in the capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower which stood on a hill near the city centre. There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana and Peter decided to take the lift. At the top there was a cafe and a balcony where visitors could stand and enjoy the view. It was magnificent — you could see the whole city, the river and the hills beyond.

On their way back from the Tower, Diana and Peter went past the main square in the city centre. They stopped at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and watched the traffic for a while. The square was very busy, with cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the square there was a policeman controlling the traffic.

游覽市中心

戴安娜和彼特第一天游覽了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有樓梯直通塔頂，但戴安娜和彼特決定乘坐電梯。塔頂有一個咖啡廳和觀光平臺，游客可以俯瞰市容。這兒的景色很美麗——整座城市盡收眼底，還有遠處的河流和群山。

在從古塔回來的路上，戴安娜和彼特游覽了市中心廣場。他們在一個小攤販前停下喝果汁，坐下小歇一會，觀賞街上的車水馬龍，廣場上小汽車、公共汽車、自行車和行人絡(luò)繹不絕，廣場中心一位警察在指揮交通。

stair 樓梯 take the lift 乘電梯

balcony 陽臺 magnificent 壯觀的

stall 攤點 pedestrian 行人

control 控制

8

A Bus Ride

One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,"I said to myself.

When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up quickly saying, "Please sit down."The old lady thanked him and sat down. She looked very happy.

I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly a pregnant

woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.

乘公共汽車

一天，我在一輛公共汽車上。我發(fā)現(xiàn)一位年長的婦人站在我的面前，她手里拿了個大包。“幫助老人是年輕人的美德。”我對自己說。

當我正要站起來把自己的座位讓給那位老婦人時，一個年輕的外國人很快站了起來，說：“請這里坐�！崩蠇D人謝謝他，然后坐下，她看上去非常高興。

我有一

點尷尬，因為我坐在車廂的中間。突然一個孕婦上了車。我很快地站起來把座位讓給了她。那個外國人笑著看著我，他說他是澳大利亞人，正在中國學(xué)習(xí)中國文化。

ride 騎馬、騎腳踏車或乘坐公共交通工具旅行 elderly 年長的

virtue 美德 pregnant 懷孕的

9

In a Strange City

If you go out by yourself in a strange city, you might get lost. What should you do? How can you find your way? Of course, if you never go out alone, you won't get lost, but you will also miss a lot of good experiences.

One thing you can do in case you get lost is take a map along. It might also be a good idea to take a card from your hotel, so you have the hotel's address. If the map doesn't help you, or if you

forget to take one, you must ask how to get where you're going. You can ask, for example, "There is Nova Hotel?'or "How do I get to Nova Hotel?"or "Do you know where Nova Hotel is?"Police officers and clerks in shops are often helpful when you ask directions.

在一個陌生的城市里

如果你在陌生的城市里一個人出去走走，你可能會迷路。那你該怎么辦呢？你該如何找到路呢？當然，如果你從來不獨自出門，你不會迷路，但是你將會錯過許多很好的經(jīng)歷。

為了防止迷路，你能做的一件事就是隨身攜帶一份地圖。隨身帶一張酒店的卡片也是個好主意，這樣你就知道酒店的地址了。如果地圖幫不了你，或者你忘記帶地圖了，你必須向他人問路。例如，你可以問“Nova酒店在哪里？”或者問“我該怎么走才能到Nova酒店？”或者問“您知道Nova酒店在哪里嗎？”當你要問路時，警察或商店的店員通常會幫助你。 get lost 迷路 experience 經(jīng)歷 in case 如果，萬一

10

A School Outing

The date for school outing was set for June 20th. The principal told us it would cost six dollars each. "This year,"he said, "We will go by train. This is a change from last year."

We assembled at the school at 9 o'lock, and by 9:30 we were aboard the train. It was a good arrangement. Each car held two classes. Three cars were added to the regular train so that there would be enough room for other passengers. As our classes were only about thirty each, there was plenty of room.

We arrived at our destination by twelve, and each class went with its teacher to lunch. Then the guides came and took us for a tour of West Point and finally we stopped at a small river where we had snacks.

We were on the train again by six o'lock. We never needed the raincoats everyone was carrying. 一次學(xué)校旅行

學(xué)校旅行的日子定在六月二十日。校長告訴我們，每個人要花六美元�！敖衲辏�”他說，“我們將乘火車去。這與去年不同�！�

我們九點在學(xué)校集合，九點半我們上了火車。這是個很好的安排。每個車廂可以容納兩個班。在常規(guī)列車上，加掛了三節(jié)車廂，這樣其他的乘客也有足夠的空間。因為我們每個班大約有三十人，所以有足夠的地方。

我們十二點到達目的地，每個班和他們的老師一起去吃午飯。然后導(dǎo)游來帶我們?nèi)ビ斡[西點軍校，最后在小河邊停下來，我們在那兒吃點心。

到六點鐘，我們又登上了火車。我們根本沒用上我們每個人都帶的雨衣。

outing 外出，旅行 principal 負責人，校長assemble 集合

arrangement 安排regular 定期的 passenger 乘客，旅客

destination 目的地 guide 導(dǎo)游

11

A Forgetful Person

Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot things. So then he went out, his wife always said to him, "Don't forget this."

One day he went on a long trip alone. He went to the station and bought a ticket.Then he boarded

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