【詞匯+閱讀】讀英語短文搞定高考英語3500個單詞

1、讀英語短文搞定高考 3500 個單詞a misunderstanding一場誤會ingeneral,spoken statements are the major way of communication, butbody language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function. for example, yawn ing means being not interested and turning ones backto someone or swinging your fist shows your anger. b

2、ut whatthose gesturesreally mean is subjective in different cultures. thus, misunderstand ings happen now and then in todays 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 himtohis dormit

3、ory and then to the canteen. after the flight arrived, i saw a manlooking around curious ly. so i approached to greet him. he suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheek s. as a young girl, ifelt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defendmyself. his false smile told me that he had los

4、t face.later, i received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology. onhearing 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，

5、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。a unique theme park獨(dú)一無二的主題公園as soon as our shuttle got close to the theme park by the

6、freeway,everyone came to life and put on cloth sneakers in advance for an outing. our translatorpaid for the admission,and we started enjoyingthe various attractions in the sunlight.according to the travel brochure, this unique park is famous for itswell preserved minority culture. we experienced ma

7、ny deeds of theearly settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or taking part in sword s fighting tournament s.this park is also famous for itswooden souvenirs. whichever we bought inthe central shop was made of wood,and wherever we went we could see minority carpent

8、ers working. they made wooden tools,wooden cartoon figures, wooden athletic products and so on. they even built ahuge 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 become the brand of local tourism.我們

9、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(dú)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

10、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。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 painter sinthe neighbourhood were defeated by a severe diseasewhose characteristic was alike to t

11、hat of a bad burn.an expert physician was instructed to attend to the victimsand handle this case. he was enthusiastic, but he didntforesee that it was ahard challenge. after simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paintwas to blame. but without positive evidence, people suspect ed and reject

12、edhis view, saying thetheory he put forward made no sense. being much more strict with himself, he contributed himself to the case. apartfrom making enquiries,he made detailed chart s and analysed thedata cautiously. finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the diseaseto the radium in the p

13、ump. exposed to radium, a kind ofradioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation andgot sick immediately.spinning the pump backward, he took away theradium. thissimple movementcured 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?油漆工），其特征 與燒傷相似 。一位經(jīng)驗豐富的內(nèi)科醫(yī)

14、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?污染的油漆（油漆應(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。sights

15、eeing in the united kingdom觀光聯(lián)合王國after the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the unitedkingdom for nationwide sightseeing . he faxeda letter to me in englishyesterday. to my delight, he no longer made any tense error. andhis description roughly clarified my questions about the uk-its currency

16、,its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, andthe historical conflicts and quarrels when southern ireland broke away from the uk.unwilling to leave out any attraction, my cousin arrangedhis enjoyable journey carefully. one attractive place he visited was a castle inth

17、e countryside of scotland, which lies near a port . it used to be theheadquarters of the communism union but broke down during the war. finding nothing could take the place of this splendid architecture,people accomplished rebuilding it in1952. it was to their credit thatall furnished rooms are cons

18、istent with what they used to be. my cousinwas thrilled by its collectionsconsistingof statues plus royal uniforms folded in glass tanks. though therewas no possibility to buy some of these exhibits, it was convenient to take photos, which he sent me along with his fax.我的表弟和他妻子在舉辦了婚禮 后到聯(lián)合王國做全國旅游觀光去了

19、。他昨天傳真 了一封 英文信給我，讓我高興的是，他再也不犯時態(tài)錯誤 了，而且他的描述也粗略地向我闡明了關(guān) 于英國的一些問題它的貨幣 啦，行政管理啦，把它分成四個行政區(qū)的制度啦，還有在南 愛爾蘭脫離 聯(lián)合王國時發(fā)生的一些歷史上的沖突和爭拗。因為不愿意漏掉 任何一個景點，我表弟仔細(xì)地安排 了他愉快的旅程。他參觀的其中一 個吸引人的 地方是蘇格蘭鄉(xiāng)村的一個城堡。城堡靠近一座港口 ，曾經(jīng)是共產(chǎn)主義聯(lián)盟會 的總 部，但是在戰(zhàn)爭中倒塌了。人們發(fā)現(xiàn)沒有任何東西可以取代 這座輝煌的建筑 ，于是在 1952 年完成 了重建。值得贊揚(yáng)的是，所有配備家具的房間都和它們過去一致的 。由雕像加折疊在 玻璃柜里的皇家制服

20、 組成的收藏品 使我表弟震撼不已。盡管沒有可能購買這些展覽品，拍照 卻很方便 ，他在傳真中一起發(fā)給了我。an air crash飛機(jī)失事i was a previous typist in a post office. because icouldnttolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes ona typewriter every day, i resigned. with a greedymotivation of making big money, i took up working as a business represe

21、ntative for theg.e ecology company, which produced goods by recycling useful materialsfrom our dustbins. my new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of travelingby jets.once, when speeding up, our jet was swallow ed by a thunderstorm, which destroye

22、d our gps receiver and made us lose sight of the directions.a constantlyflashing light showed that our jet was in danger. a steward instantly asked us toput on masks and fasten the safety belts, andthen pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule. it slid sidewaysout of the opening at once an

23、d landed in a desertarea safely. lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain at first. but weallkept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation.we sweptup the surrounding mud to make our settlement and were back on ourfeet soon. finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet,

24、 some localcitizens came by carriages and saved us.我以前 是一家郵局的打字員 ，因為忍受 夠了每天在打字機(jī) 上打郵資賬單或郵政編碼 ，我 辭了職。帶著想掙大錢的貪婪動機(jī) ，我開始給一家叫 g.e 生態(tài) 公司的企業(yè)當(dāng)商務(wù)代表，這家 公司通過回收 我們垃圾箱 里的有用材料生產(chǎn)商品。我的新工作在多方面都給了我很好的印象， 除了一點：乘飛機(jī) 旅行擠滿了我的工作時間表。有一次，我們的噴氣飛機(jī)在加速 時被一場雷暴吞沒 ，不僅損壞了 gps 信號接收器，還使 我們看不見 方向。一盞持續(xù)閃亮 的燈說明我們的飛機(jī)正處在危險中。一名乘務(wù)員立刻 讓我們 戴上面罩

25、、系牢安全帶，接著按下一枚按鈕打開逃生倉電源，逃生倉馬上側(cè)著滑出出口 ，安 全降落在一片荒涼的 地區(qū)。因為缺少 食品和藥品，我們一開始都又緊張又心里沒底 ，但是我們都保持樂觀，做好調(diào)整適應(yīng)這一新境況。我們打掃 干凈周圍的泥土 ，安頓 下來， 很快就恢復(fù) 過來。最后，在我們墜機(jī)煙霧的指引下，一些當(dāng)?shù)氐木用翊畛笋R車 到來，我們都 獲救了。an amateur journalist業(yè)余記者jane is a housewife, but delighted to work as an amateur journalist. it is a dilemma for her to rush betwee

26、n family and work, and it isalso unusual for the news department to depend on an amateur tocover crimes. but jane is really gifted. it is admirable that she isseldom accused of making mistakes. and, eager to becomemore professional, she concentrates on her job and update s herself now and then.once she is informe d of a new case, her normal working process isas follows:first, she makes appointments with guilty peop