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【导语】很多学⽣在做阅读理解题时,总是丢分,甚⾄丢很多分。
究其原因,貌似阅读理解做不好,实质上,是读书⾯太窄,对汉语的意蕴把握不够。
要想把阅读理解做好,必须读⾜够的读物。
⽇常没有阅读,却想把阅读理解做好,那只能是痴⼈说梦。
以下是©⽆忧考⽹整理的《⼩学六年级英语阅读理解及参考答案》,希望帮助到您。
⼩学六年级英语阅读理解及参考答案篇⼀ ln the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals.This sometimes happens with humans also.But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people.I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help me to put on my coat.And I have discovered that it makes them happy. From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily.They don’t get to see this soft side of others.Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending.But only when we stop pretending we’re brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them. Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly thanusual.People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning (按喇叭) or even shouting at me.At that moment,I decided to do something I had never done in twentyfour years of driving.I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed. No more angry shouts and no more horns! When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to the other drivers, “I have a problem here.I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone understood.Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pas s.They couldn’t get aro und me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak. Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way.But those are few and far between.More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we’re brave when we’re scared. ( )1.The author has discovered that people will feel happy when ________. A.they offer their help B.they receive others’ help C.they feel others’ kindness D.they show their weakness ( )2.The author feels sad sometimes because ________. A.he has a soft heart B.he relies much on others C.some people pretend to be kind D.some people fail to see the kindness in others ( )3.What did the other drivers do when they saw the flashlights? A.They speeded up to pass. B.They waited with patience. C.They tried their best to help. D.They put on their flashlights too. ( )4.In this passage, the author advises us to ________. A.handle problems by ourselves B.accept help from others C.admit our weakness D.show our bravery ( )5.Which of the following is the best title of this passage? A.A Wheelchair Experience. B.Weakness and Kindness. C.Weakness and Strength. D.A Driving Experience. 【参考答案】1—5ADBCB⼩学六年级英语阅读理解及参考答案篇⼆ What would it be like to take a walk on the surface of Mars? If you could design the tallest building in the world, what would it look like? Do you dream of being the next J.K.Rowling? This summer, you can experience all of these things, and more. All you need is an Internet connection and your imagination. A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that kids spend an average of 1 hour and 29 minutes online each day. Many kids like to use that time to chat with friends, play games or check e-mails. But next time you get on the Web, tryexploring the world instead. “With the Internet, you can go back 11,000 years in time, or go 11,000 kilometers across the planet,” said Russell, Web search expert of Google. “The whole scope of history and the world is open to you.” There is a wealth of information to be found online. For example, if your family is going on vacation somewhere, do a quick online search on the area before you even get in the car. “What’s the background of the place; what’s the history?” says Russell. “I like to tell my kids, ‘Whenever you have a question, whenever you have a doubt, search it out.’” Ready to launch a virtual journey of your own? Here are a few starting points to get you think ing and to help you on your way. You can invite your parents along for the ride, too. Always ask for permission before downloading programs and software into your computer. And, check with a parent or adult before visiting any new website. Navigate the world in 3-D with Google Earth. Begin in outer space and zoom into the streets of any city, from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Or, visit ancient monuments and watch the changing rainforests over time. With the moon in Google Earth tool, you can walk in Neil Armstrong’s famous footsteps. Take a guided tour of the moon’s surface with Armstron g’s fellow shuttle mate astronaut Buzz Aldrin. 1. According to Russell, the kids _________. A. spend too much time on the Internetx_k_b_1 B. should never chat and play games online C. can solve their problems through the Internet D. should study hard instead of chatting online 2. From the passage we know that _________. A. we can find much information we need online B. Neil Ar mstrong traveled to the moon alone C. the kids can download programs onto the computer freely D. the kids can visit the new website freely without parents’ guidance 3. According to the passage, if you want to go to Tropical Rainforests, you can _________.A. take the time shuttleB. go to the cinema to watch 3-D filmsC. find a travel agency in GoogleD. use Google Earth 4. The passage is mainly intended for _________.A. parentsB. kidsC. teachersD. adults 5. In which section of a website can we probably read this passage?A. Culture.B. Health.C. Internet World.D. Tourism. 【参考答案】1—5CADBC⼩学六年级英语阅读理解及参考答案篇三 Papa’s jaw dropped when Mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams—not to succeed but to fail. “It’s unbelievable!” he said. “Sister has always been so proud of her good grades!” “Yes, she has,” said Mama. “But it’s not unbelievable. It just shows how badly she wanted off the swimming team.” “Wanted off the swimming team?” said Papa. “She never said anything about that to me.” “Of course she didn’t,” said Mama. “She was afraid you’d blow your top. You already had her getting a swimming scholarship to college and winning gold medals at the Olympics. Can you imagine how much pressure she must have felt? For her, being on the team couldn’t have been much fun.” “Oh, my gosh!” Papa said, clapping a hand to his forehead. “I’ve been so stupid! I just thought she’d want to be a champion swimmer because she’s so good at it.” “It’s like anything else, dear,” said Mama. “No matter how good at it you are, if it stops being fun, you won’t want to do it anymore.” Papa put his head in his hands. “She must be really mad at me,” he mumbled. “Maybe I should say sorry to her.” Sister’s footsteps could be heard on the stairs. She came into the kitchen and looked hopefully up at her parents. “Honey,” said Mama with a smile, “your papa and I have decided that there’s no reason for you to be on the swimming team if you don’t want to.” Sister’s face lit up like a Christmas tree. “Yippee!” she cried. “And,” added Papa, “there’s no need for any more drills. I’m sure you’ll bring your grades back up all by yourself.” Sister ran to Papa and jumped into his arms. She gave him a big hug. “I’m going to go p lay cards with Lizzy!” she said.“See you later!”[ From the kitchen window, Mama and Papa watched their daughter run down the sunny road toward Lizzy’s house. “It’s good to see her happy again,” said Mama. “It sure is,” Papa agreed. “As for the swimming team, there’s always next year.” “If?” Mama prompted him. “Oh, right,” said Papa. “If she wants to.” Mama smiled. “At least you’re learning, dear,” she said. She kissed him. “Well, you know what they say,” Papa said. “Better late than never.” 1. Sister wanted off the swimming team because _____. A. she was not as good at swimming as ever before B. she intended to improve her grades in her studies C. she wanted to play cards far more than swimming D. she felt it boring to struggle for Papa’s expectation 2. Mama insisted that the child should do _____.A. what she was willing toB. what she felt easy toC. what she was able toD. what she felt right to 3. What do you think of Papa?A. Cruel but reasonable.B. Crazy but confident .C. Stu bborn but honest.D. Ambitious but considerate. 4. Which might be the proper title for the passage?A. Easier Said Th an DoneB. Health Is Better Than WealthC. Better Late Than NeverD. Something Is Better Than Nothing 【参考答案】1—4DADC。
中文翻译在后面也贴出了,但不太精确。
Speech at Y ale Graduation presented by Tom HanksMay 10, 2011I now many of you were convinced that last night about 6 o'clock local time, the world was going to come to an end. Just because it hasn't doesn't mean that it's not nearby, because my appearing today at Y ale University is surely one of the four horseman of the apocalypse. But listen, today is your day. Please do not turn off your electronic devices, leave your IPhones, your Ipads, your sidekicks, your Droids, your blackberries powered up, recording, photographing, texting out all that emerges from this stage over the next few minute. By the way I'm supporting the hat, it ain't coming off. Y ou know later on today you can compare your tweets, and Facebook comments with those of others to figure out if anything memorable went down, hey you know what tweet that last sentence I just said. It will give you something to do, let your friends know where you are today. Okay take this speech set it to music, then maybe insert some crazy kooky graphics. Star in that video yourself, post it on the web, then if it becomes a viral sensation, you will be equal to any cat playing with a paper bag, any set of twin toddlers talking gibberish to each other, as popular as a cute girl that sings about Fridays, hey you could be the next Sam Tsui. Such are just one of the possibilities in our grave new world, the world you now inherit whether you like it or not, the jig is up, the clock is run out, and the future, with a capital F, now rest with all of you and your goofy hats, and all because you went to Y ale. Y ou are now the anointed, the charge holders, the best and the brightest; each of you is shining hope for our nation and the world. Y ou are the new wizards who can finally make since of all the delta vectors, and the square roots, and the divided byes in the theorem, we call the human race. The generations before you came of age, took on the job, now it's your turn, welcome.Y ou know I once had a friend, who had a rich uncle, who promised to pay for his college, as long as my friend wished to stay in school. "Y ou should stay in school, as long as you can," the rich uncle said "Because when you get out of college, you got to work for every day for the rest of you life". And you all will come to understand, what that rich uncle meant, just as surely you will someday wonder where the hell you put your reading glasses, and to yell at your own kids to turn the damn music down. On spring days, like today, it's traditional for us to ponder the state of the world and implore you all to help make it a better place, which implies that things are somehow worse today than when we up here are where you are sitting right now. I'm not so sure that planet earth is in worse shape than it was 30, no 18, no 4 years ago. But that's not to say it's in better shape either, refraining from waxing nostalgic and comparing our then to your now, and avoiding the any talk of you kids these days with your rap and your hip hop and your snoopy dog daddy with the ditty pops, with your fifty cents, and quarter cents. A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence, that shows a small segment of joy, ease, and comfort, while equal proportions struggle on, while with little hope in the fortunes with the remainder either on the rise or on the wane that this confounding tide of so many damn things that we grow oblivious the shifts in the quality of our lives. Graduation day is a proper occasion to put a toe inthe global waters and I think the mercury shows that things are much as they always have been.Ten years ago, we busied ourselves with trivial stuff imbued with the importance of in came, 911, in 1991 riches were created in new businesses that never existed, then that economic balloon burst. In 81, I had a great job on TV, and in 82, Bosom Buddies was canceled. In 71, color TV in more living rooms that ever showed young Americans still fighting in combat in Vietnam. In 61, satellites beamed live images around the world for the very first time, but those images were of the building of the Berlin Wall. Now this ten year grid shows this same "yin-yang thang", and I'm trying to copyright that; yin-yang thang- copyright Tom Hanks. This shows this same yin-yang thang on graduation day 2011. Y ou know we all have these devices that can make a permanent record of revolutionary change on the other side of the globe, as well as hate filled diet tribes from across town. Fewer and fewer in our country go to bed hungry but did you know see how obesity now affects about half our population. No matter how many bargains we find at the local U-Mart, many of us still struggle to pay the rent and the utilities. Our country is no longer at physical or even ideological war with our enemies for most of the last century, but in the eleven and a half years of the third millennium, our armed forces have been fighting in the field for nine of them. Purchasing intellectual property and the work of artists we admire is as simple as clicking a mouse and paying less than a few bucks, which means you may find that there's no guarantee in making a living at your chosen discipline. Now some advantages particular to this age, are not to be denied; boredom has seemed to have been vanquished, there is always something to do, but hasn't this translated into a perpetual distraction in our lives. In the bathroom, at the dinner table, in the backseat, at a wedding, at a brisk, at a graduation day; there's always something to check, something to tweet, something to watch, something to download, something to play, something to share, something to buy, someone on a voicemail, something to yank at our attention span and it's all in the palm of our hand for a small monthly service fee. That same technology, has allowed for a surplus of celebrities, and that is nothing to cheer about. Anyone, although that Sam Tsui he rocks, anyone can enjoy the perks of notoriety now and the duration of fame has been lengthened from Andy Warhal's brief 15 minutes, to a good 15 months, if you're willing to do certain things on camera. Though our Willian language is often the vocabulary of official news speak is boogeyman that is the all seen "big brother", has never emerged, unless you live in North Korea, or run a red light in Beverly Hills, or shop online, or have done something stupid in the wrong place or the wrong time in front of someone with a camera in their cell phone, and that is everybody. So pardon my junior college Latin, the vulgestpopuli has become the all seeing state and if you cross it Google Search will forever display you screw up, so actually there is a big brother, but he's not in the level of fiction, he's actually all of us, but he lives in our search engines. So no matter how many times I do the calculations, I come up with a social draw, the positives balance the negatives, the x's equal the y's, and our hopes weigh as much as our fears, but I hesitate on that last one because, fear, good lord, fear is a powerful physiological force in 2011. We here up in the stands, and surrounding you of this graduating class look to you as we do every year, hoping you will now somehow through your labors, free us from what we have come to fear, and we have come to fear many things, fear has become the commodity that sell as certainly as sex. Fear is cheap, fear is easy, fear gets attention, fear is spread as fast as gossip and just as glamorous, juicy, and profitable. Fear twists facts into fiction that becomes indistinguishable from ignorance. Fear is a profit churning go to with a home market being your whole family.Y ou know sitting in the house one day, watching the game on TV not long ago, along came this promo for the local nightly news "Are our schools poisoning our children? That story and our summers hottest bikinis tonight at 11" In that I had that school age kids at the time, I fear that they might be being poisoned, and summer was still a few weeks away. I tooned in to get the scoop, and the actual news stories of that news broadcast was this, a certain supply of hamburger was found to have a bit to much of a particular bacteria in it and for safeties sake, was being taken off the market. That same hamburger was slated for sale to an out of state school system for its cafeterias, but it was recalled in time. So answering that news program's own question then, no, our schools were not poisoning our children, but yes, that summer there would be some very hot bikinis at the beach.Now the early American naval commander, John Paul Jones said "If fear is cultivated, it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery" and this is why I am a big fan of history, because observations of the American colonies over 200 years ago by a compatriot of Nathan Hale, who lived in that building right over there, translates word for word of the United States in 2011 For I take that fear to be fear in a large scale, fear itself intimidating and constant. And I take faith to be, what we hold in ourselves, our American ideal of self-determination. Fear is whispered in our ears and shouted in our faces. Faith must be fostered by the man or woman you see every day in the mirror. The former forever snaps at our heels and our synapsis and delays our course, the later could spur our boot heels to be wonderment, stimulate our creativity, and continue to drive us forward. Fear or faith, which will be our master?Three men found that they could no longer sleep because of their deep seeded fears, this is a story I'm telling. Their lives were in the state of stasis because of their constant worries. So they set out on a pilgrimage to find a wise man, who lived high in the mountains, so high above the tree line, that no vegetation grew, no animals lived, not even insects could be found so high up in the mountains in that thin air. When they reached his cave, the first of the three said "help me wise man, for my fear has crippled me""What is your fear?" asked the wise man"I fear death" said the pilgrim "I wonder when it is going to come for me""Ah, death" said the wise man "Let me take away this fear my friend. Death will not come to call until you are ready for its embrace. Know that and your fear will go away"Well this calmed that pilgrim's mind and he feared death no longer.The wise man turned to the second pilgrim and said "What is it you fear my friend?""I fear my new neighbors" said the second pilgrim "They are strangers, who observe holy days different than mine. They have way to many kids. They play music that sounds like noise""Ah strangers" said the wise man "I will take away this fear my friend. Return to your home and make a cake for your new neighbors. Bring toys to their children. Join them in their songs, and learn their ways, and you will become familiar with these neighbors, and your fear will go away."The second man saw the wisdom in these simple instructions, and knew he would no longer fear the family who were his neighbors. There in the cave so high in the mountains that nothing could live, the wise man turned to the last pilgrim and asked of his fear."Oh wise man, I fear spiders. When I try to sleep at night, I imagine spiders dropping from the ceiling, and crawling upon my flesh, and I cannot rest""Ah, spiders" said the wise man "No shit, why do you think I live way up here?"Fear will get the worst of the best of us, and peddlers of influence count on that. Throughout our nation's constant struggle to create a more perfect union, establish justice, and ensure our domestic tranquility, we battle fear from outside our borders to within our own hearts every day of our history. Our nation came to be despite fear of retribution for treason from a kingdom across the sea. America was made strong and diverse because here people could live free from the fears that made us their daily lives in whatever land they called the old country. Our history books tell of conflicts taken up to free people from fear. Those kept in slavery in our own states, and deliberate home nation from the rule of tyrants and theologies rooted in fear. The American cause at its best has been the cultivation of the faith that declares we will all live in peace, when we are all free to worship as we choose, when we are free to express our hearts, and when we all seek a place free from fear, but we live in a world where to many of us are to ready to believe and fear things that do not exist, conspiracies abound, divisions are constructed, and the differences between us are not celebrated for making us stronger but calculated and programed to set us against each other. Our faith is tested by unpredictable providence, and threatened when common sense in corrupted by specific interests.Speaking from 54 years of experience, the work towards a more perfect union is a never ending concern that involves each and every one of us. Evidence that our nation is becoming a better place is everywhere, but each new day, fear is as the Jersey poet says "lurking in the darkness on the edge of town".Y our rising from bed every morning will give fear its chance to grow stronger just as it will afford faith its chance to blossom. Y ou will make the choice to react to one or create the other, and because you are smart enough to earn you place on this college day at Y ale University, you will sense the moment, and you will know what to do.In the meantime ponder this front in the struggle against ceaseless fear and its ceaseless flow. In the coming months and years veterans of war in Iraq and Afghanistan will finally come home for good. After so many tours, and we know this, some after many tours on the body and soul have spilled a great portion of their lives. For all of them after a long time has spent far away in the harsh realm of war, and they return different from what they were when they left. Surely their faithin themselves is shadowed by a fear of not knowing what is expected of them next. Now no matter what your view of those wars over there, you can affect the future of our nation right here by taking their fears head on. Y ou can imprint the very next pages of the history of our troubled world by reinforcing the faith of those returning veterans, allowing them to rest, aiding in their recovery, if possible their complete recovery. So let those of us who watch the debate of their long deployments serve them now as they served as they were asked and as they were ordered. Let's provide them a place free of fear, by educating them if they can learn, by employing them as they transition from soldier back to citizen, and by empathizing with the new journey they are starting even though we will never fully understand the journey they just completed. We all will define the true nature of our American identity, not by the parades and the welcome home parties, but now we match their time in the service with service of our own. Give it four years, as many years as you just spent here at Y ale, in acts both proactive and spontaneous, and do the things that you can to free veterans of the new uncertainty that awaits them, from the mysterious fear they will face the day after they come home. Cultivate in them the faith to carry on and they will do the rest.So commencements day arrives, your work begins, work that will not always be joyful to you, labor that might not always fulfill you, and days that will seem like one damn thing after the other. It's true, you will now work every day for the rest of your lives. That full time job, your career as human beings, and as Americans, and as graduates of Y ale, is to stand on the fulcrum of fear and faith. Fear at your back, faith in front of you. Which way will you lead? Which way will you move? Move forward, move ever forward, and tweet out the picture of your results. It may make you as famous as Sam Tsui.Transcription on Chinese汤姆·汉克斯2011年耶鲁大学毕业生演讲我知道,在座很多人相信昨晚(2011年5月21日)六点是世界末日(笑声)(掌声)。
英语影评(优秀5篇)影评英语篇一暮光之城英文影评If you’re a vampire, it’s all about you. Why is Edward Cullen obsessed to the point of erotomania by Bella Swan Because she smells so yummy, but he doesn’t want to kill her. Here’s what he tells her: He must not be around her. He might sink his fangs in just a little, and not be able to stop. She finds this overwhelmingly attractive. She tells him he is the mostbeautiful thing she has ever seen. I don’t remember Edward ever saying that to her. Maybe once. He keeps on saying they should stay far, far apart, because he craves her so much.The movie is lush and beautiful, and the actors are well-chosen. You may recall Robert Pattinson (Edward) as Cedric Diggory, who on Voldemort”s orders was murdered in a graveyard in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Maybe he was already a vampire. Pattinson is not unaware of how handsome he is. When Bella and Edward, still strangers, echange stern and burning looks in the school cafeteria, he transfies her with a dark and glowering - nay, penetrating - stare. I checked Pattinson out on Google Images and found he almost always glowers at the camera “neath shadowed brow. Kristen Stewart”s Bella, on the other hand, is a fresh-faced innocent who is totally undefended against his voltage.There are other strange youths around, including American Indians who appear not too distantly descended from theirtribe“s ancestors, wolves. Great tension between the wolves and vampires. Also some rival vampires around. How small is thistown The Forks high school is so big, it must serve a consolidated district serving the whole table setting. The main local Normal Kid is a nice sandy-haired boy who asks Bella tothe prom. He”s out of his depth here, unless he cantransmogrify into a grizzly. Also there are four grey-bearded coots at the net table in the local diner, who eavesdrop and echange significant glances and get big, significant close-upsbut are still just sitting significantly nodding, for all I know.Edward has the ability to move as swiftly as Superman. Like him he can stop a runaway pickup with one arm. He rescues Bella twice that I remember, maybe because he truly loves her, maybe because he“s saving her for later. She has questions. How did you appear out of nowhere and stop that truck Well might she ask. When he finally eplains that he is a vampire, he goes up from 8to 10 on her Erotometer. Why do girls always prefer the distant, aloof, handsome, dangerous dudes instead of cheerful chaps like me.The movie, based on the Stephenie Meyer novel, was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. She uses her great discovery, Nikki Reed, in the role of the beautiful Rosalie Hale. Reed wroteHardwick“s Thirteen when she was only 14. That was a movie thatknew a lot more about teenage girls. The girl played by Reed in that movie would make mincemeat of Edward. But I understand who Twilight appeals to, and it sure will.影评英语篇二――阿甘正传英语影评The female, a kind of role, is very essential in the film as it acts in the real society .As the Chinese saying goes, women hold up half the sky. In the life of Forrest Gump, there are two women―one is his great mother, the other is his lifelong lover, Jenny. They accounted for Forrest’s whole life.This is just Forrest Gump. This is his love. This is his Jenny.I also thought of such scene: Forrest kept in the dorm of Jenny and Jenny asked about who he would dream to be. Forrest just gave an answer that he wanted to be himself. I am moved deeply by it because though he is a fool, Forrest knows what he really needs. As to him, he only wants to be himself and fall in love with a lady named Jenny.There are more to consider about Forrest Gump. I believe it is so ecellent a movie and every one would be moved by Forrest Gump.《泰坦尼克号》英语影评篇三The movie tell a love story about Rose and Jack.They met each other in Titanic and fell in love rapidly.But finally the death took them apart.At the beginning of the 20th century,the fastest way to cross the Atlantic Ocean was by ocean liner.All the sippinglines wanted their ships to be the biggest,and the fastestone.In 1912,The White Star Shipping Line was very resounding when they announced that their“super ship”-the Titanic-was ready to make her first voyage across the Atlantic . The Titanic was going to be the largest and best ship in the world.She was also going to be the most luurious and the safest ship on the seas. This was a ship that was going to be impossilbe to sink..How big was the Titanic?She was more than 269 metres long.Imagine a line of 22 large London buses standing one behind the other!This may give you an idea about the Titanics size.If you were in a small ship at sea when it passed the Titanic,you might think that you were passing in front of a cloud. A big, black could that hid the daylight and the sunshine.But finally,it sinked,which killed 1500 people.电影英语影评篇四电影英语影评――《闻香识女人》英语影评Scent of a Woman ”Scent of a Woman" , a very attractivefilm title, it is easy for people to think some other thing. However, this film from beginning to end is really a one between two men. The two men are not brother, nor father and son. One is a blind veteran, one is a famous school student, when saw it first, it is difficult to see the same of the two people. If Thanksgiving Day high school Chris can go home, but for he don't need money, but for the veteran refuse to take a holiday withhis family, but for officer's family were worried abouthim,there would not be such a story happening.Living in the rich kids gathered school, family leaves thousands of miles from school,just live with scholarship , his mother remarried, and poor relationship with his stepfather, Charlie's live is not easy. But his witnessed a number of students prepared to tease the principal, the principal let him speak the mastermind, or they will be punished. He is in such a trouble when work in lieutenant colonel's home. Lieutenant Colonel had eperienced many wars, and his eyes was blind in an accident.He stay at home and doing nothing but drinking, he lost the courage and confidence to live.Two different situations,both of them trapped by life, after a weekend 's contact, both found survival value in each other . After a two-day journey,the minds of the two people grew slowly. Colonel use his life eperiences and stubborn temperament told Charles should found a reason to uphold the convictions, Chrisuse his sensitivity and firm told lieutenant colonel what state should be take to his own life. They know in just a few days,they are not blood, between them they produced a wonderful relationship, this relationship across the age, situation, eperience 's obstacles.End of the video, everything resumed to what it should be . Charlie's troubles resolved by the help help of Lt. ColCharles's suicide decision was dispelled by Chris. They returnto the original life. However, all have happened had a little different. Because Charlie is no longer confused, he can be more firmly to his principles and beliefs,. Lieutenant Colonel is no longer violent, he can keep calm state of mind to enjoy hislater life. I think watch this movie is like watching a really good cup of tea, perhaps the beganning is faint odor, but afteris lingering fragrance convoluted As far as I am concerned,it is a great one,I like it!阿甘正传英语影评篇五阿甘正传英语影评”Forrest Gump “ makes us know about two men: Gump and Tom Hanks. Gump was shaped into the embodiment of virtue in the film. Although Gump’s IQ is a little lower than normal levels. He was honest, trustworthy, serious, and bold and places a very high value on feelings. He only knows how to pay without asking for anything, and never mind others refuse him. He was just open-minded, magnanimous in the face of life. He focuses all of his wisdom, faith and courage on one point, just run and run. Nothing is important to him but run. He kept running on the road on instinct. He ran over the c lassmates’ discrimination in childhood, ran the university's football field, running through the fire swirling in the quagmire of the Vietnam War, ran ping-pong diplomacy over, the entire United States, and eventually went to his end. Gump never insist something or epect something, he just uses his simple and honest and pure to touch the world.In the sky, a feather fly in the wind, drifting across treetops, fly toward blue sky.And last, the feather falls on the feet of Forrest Gump. Gump sited on a bench in Alabama, talking about all his life.Forrest Gump was born in Alabama, where is in South America, an isolated small town Shortly after World War II. He was born with mental retardation, with the IQ only in 75. However, Gump’s mother has a strong charact er and she hopes Gump lives as same as others. She always encourages Gump, tells GumpYou are no different than anybody else is.Furthermore, Gump became friends with Jenny, and he can run, run very fast. Once in middle school, in order to avoid his classmates in pursuit, Gump ran into a school football field, because of his running fast, he was admitted into the university. And later he became a rugby star and met with President John F. Kennedy.After the war, Gump has been an audience with President Johnson's.At a peace rally, Gump met Jenny again, however, Jenny has fallen, lived a life of debauchery. Gump loves Jenny all along,yet Jenny has been not to accept him, they parted hastily rushed encounter.As a ping-pong diplomacy envoy, Gump also went to China took part in table tennis, campaign for Sino-US relations. Under the guidance of the doctrine ”say we should do“, Forrest Gumpfinally found his own sky. He taught, ”Elvis,“ Elvis Pulaisili study dance. He helped John Lennon writing songs. In the Civil Rights Movement, he collapsed in a hair-trigger large-scaleethnic conflict. He even inadvertently forced the thief sneaked into the Watergate building into the net of justice.There are also many other wonderful movie lines, just like ” Stupid is as stupi d does.“ ”Miracles happen every day.“ ” I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental―like on a breeze. “ ”Death is justa part of life, something we’re all destined to do.“ ”You are no different than anybody else is. “ my heart was shocked by these affecting words .I was deeply moved by this film.Life is filled with so much uncertainty. We should not to be Calm, optimistic, and positive to face the life. Perhaps yourdestiny is not very luck now, but who knows what will happen in the future, just be happy and don’t worried.。
英语内涵人傻的话1.Got into the gene pool while lifeguard wasn't watching.他肯定是趁救生员不备,跳进基因池。
2.A room temperature IQ.IQ值简直和室温一样高。
3.During evolution, his ancestors were in the control group.如果进化时他的祖先不是在控制组的话,他也许不会这么蠢。
4.Has two brains; one is lost and the other is out looking for it.他有两个大脑,一个丢了,另一个去找去了。
5.He's so dense,the light bends around his.他太蠢了,光碰到他多要拐向走。
6.If he were any more stupid,he'd have to be watered twice a week.如果他再笨点儿,就要一周给他浇两次水了。
(把他当植物来看了。
)7.Some drink from the fountain of knowledge,but he just gargled.人家畅饮智慧之泉,他只是拿来漱了漱口。
8.It takes him an-hour-and-a-half to watch"60 Minutes".他要花一个半小时来观察一个小时。
9.He sets low personal standards and then consistently fail to achieve them.他给自己设定的标准很低,但每次还是达不到。
10.If you gave him a penny for his thoughts,you'd get change.如果你用一分钱买他的想法,你还能拿到找零的。
11.I just want someone who will understand me even when no words are spoken.我希望有一个人会懂我,即使我什么都没说。
梦想与责任(中英文对照)I know that sometimes you get that sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work -- that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star. Chances are you’re not going to be any of those things.我知道有时候你会从电视上得到这样的印象:你不用做任何艰苦的工作就能发财致富并取得成功,唱小调、打篮球或成为真人秀明星是走向成功的途径。
但实际情况是:你可能不会成为其中的一员。
The truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject that you study. You won’t click with every teacher that you have. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right at this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.事实上,取得成功不是轻而易举的事情。
你不会喜欢你学习的每一门课目。
你不会与你的每一位老师都很投契。
不是所有的家庭作业似乎都与你眼前的生活完全有关。
你第一次尝试做每件事的时候,不一定成功。
That’s okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. J.K. Rowling’s -- who wrote Harry Potter -- her first Harry Potter book was rejected 12 times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketballteam. He lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s why I succeed.”这些都没关系。
关于大数据的英语话题作文话题:Have you ever met “big data”? Or you are experiencing “big data technology” ? What’s your view of “big data”?关于大数据的英语作文范文一:In a 2011 report from the renowned consulting firm McKinsey, “Big data”is regarded as “the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity”. You may have heard this buzzword for numerous times and even have been astonished by a variety of its applications from the marketing case “beer and diaper” to the Google Flutrends. Admittedly, big data technology is profoundly changing the modern business and industry. However, I want to remind you as well as myself of “the right we have forgotten”, as big data pioneer Mayer-Sch?nberger puts it.With big data technology permeating gradually, your data, including browser history, tweets, or even credit card payment record, will tag you an ID, on which your character is based.For instance, IBM experts recently claim that they can abstract a person’s personal information like personality, hobbies by means of just analyzing 150 tweets he or she sent. Another example we are familiar with is online shopping. Websites like Taobao and Amazon all have data analytic group focusing on machine learning to promote commodities to customers automatically and intelligently. It was once talked with popularity that a father received a can of milk powder as a gift from an online shopping website, but he was confused for he already had a daughter who was 18 years old. Out of curiosity, he asked the website servants why they had sent him milk powder. It turns out that this seemingly stupid gift decision is based on his daughter’s credit card records on the website, where she had looked up to and bought some baby supplies in the last few months, and she was pregnant with his father not knowing it. In the future, there is no doubt that your data will accompany you with your sorrows as well as joys, whether you like it or not.关于大数据的英语作文范文二:Nowadays, all of us are able to get access to numerous information in various aspects due to the popularization of computer and the Internet. While we’re reaping the benefit of sharing and exchanging information, new problems emerge accordingly. The information explosion unfavorably leaves us a pile of data, which can hardly be sorted out. In fact, we are always caught in the mud of the overload of information and fail to distinguish what we really want from various information, which is time-consuming. Facing the tough situation to deal with information, new solution is launched, which is called the “bigdata”. It not only focuses on volume and variety, but also emphases on velocity and veracity. The appearance of the bigdata is of great importance and necessity. Only when data are processing and analyzing properly, can we take advantage of them in the true essence and then the information may have the true value. Thus, I’m looking forward for the coming age of Big Data.。
HitchBasic principles: 基本原则No woman wakes up saying: "God, I hope I don't get swept off my feet today." 没有女人醒来,说:希望今天不会有帅哥追我Now, she might say, "This is a really bad time for me." 她可能会说:现在时机可能不对Or something like, "I just need some space." 或是这句,我需要一点空间Or my personal favorite: 或我最喜欢的"I'm really into my career right now." 我正在全心发展事业You believe that? Neither does she. 你相信吗,她也不信You know why? Because she's lying to you, that's why. 知道原因吗?她在骗你You understand me? Lying. 听懂了吗,骗你的It's not a bad time for her. She doesn't need any space. 时机并没有不对,她也不需要空间She may be into her career... 她也许专业事业but what she's really saying is,"Get away from me now." 但她其实是说|:给我滚开Or possibly, "Try harder, stupid." 或者再努力点,笨蛋Well, which one is it? 到底是什么意思呢60% of all human communication is nonverbal. 人们勾通有六成不是靠说话Body language. 身体语言30% is your tone. 三成靠你说话的音调So that means that 90% of what you're saying... 那表示你传答的意思有九成ain't coming out of your mouth. 不用嘴巴来说的Toby! 托比Shit! 糟了Of course she'll lie to you. 当然会骗你She's a nice person,she doesn't wanna hurt your feelings. 她是个好人,她不想伤害你What else is she gonna say?She doesn't even know you. 她还能说什么,她跟你又不熟Yet. 还不熟Luckily, the fact is that just like the rest of us... 幸运地和我们一样even a beautiful woman doesn't know what she wants until she sees it. 就算美女也不知道自己要做什么And that's where I come in. 这就是我的工作My job is to open her eyes. 我要让她看清楚Oh, my God! 我的老天Is this what you're looking for? 你在找它吗Basic principles: No matter what, no matter when, no matter who... 基本原则:不论何事,不论何时,不论何人,any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. 任何男人都有机会迷倒任何女人Just needs the right broom. 只要方法正确You cannot use what you do not have. 你不能应用你没有的东西So if you're shy, be shy.If you're outgoing, be outgoing. 保持自我,害羞的不要装外向,外向的不要装害羞,- I'm not outgoing.- That's okay. 我并不外向,无所谓She may not want the whole truth,but she does want the real you. 她不想知道细节,但她要真正的你She may not want to see it all at once,but she does want to see it. 她也许不想一次搞定,但她想看真正的你So tonight, when you're wondering whatto say, how you look, or if she likes you... 所以今晚在你想讲什么,该穿什么或她到底喜不喜欢你时just remember, she is already out with you. 记住她已经和你约会了That means she said yeswhen she could have said no. 那表示她在能拒绝你时却答应了你That means she made a plan when she could have just blown you off. 在她可以躲开你时却见了你So that means it is no longer your jobto try to make her like you. 这表明你不用再设法让她喜欢你It is your job not to mess it up. 而是设法不搞砸一切The shoes are hot.You went to the place I told you? 真赞的鞋,你照我的去做吧Yeah, but I don't think they're really me.对,但我不觉得我适合这样"You" is a very fluid concept right now. 个人形像是很具可塑性的You bought the shoes.You look great in the shoes. 你买了鞋,穿起来也帅呆了That's the you I'm talking about. 那就是你的形像The key tonight is hang back. 今晚的策略就是要放松Give her plenty of space. 给她充分的空间If she lingers at a photograph, move on. 她若留恋在照片之间,继续走But maintain the visual. 记着,保持在视觉范围内It's supposed to be 64 and clear tonight.So when you leave the club, walk a little. 今晚的天气晴朗又清爽,你们离开酒吧时,散个步Ask her what she thought about the show... 问她对今晚的展览有何感想what was her favorite photograph,why that one. 她最喜欢哪一幅,为什么And when she answers,don't be looking at her mouth. 她回答时别盯着她的嘴巴看Don't be wonderingwhat she looks like naked. 别幻想她光着身子的样子Listen to what she is saying and respond. 倾听她说的话,有所反应Listen and respond. 倾听,回应That way, when it's your turn to talk...那样轮到你讲话时you'll have something better to say than,"I like your mouth." 就不用说,我喜欢你的嘴,What was your favorite one? 你最喜欢哪个The elephant, definitely. 那幅大象,当然And all of a sudden,we're on date number two.Ready.No way.We're going back in there.You have to smile.In case you didn't go to high school,hitting is a good thing.So how does it happen, great love?Are you okay?- Nobody knows.-I'm good.Let me get a Bomb Popand a Screwball for the lady.But what I can tell you,is that it happens in the blink of an eye.One moment, you're enjoying your life.And the next, you're wonderinghow you ever lived without them.Three dates is all I need.Three dates, and I'll get you here,to the high-stakes medal round...where eight out of womenbelieve that the first kiss...will tell them everything they need to know about the relationship.After that, you're on your own.But always remember...life is not the amount of breaths you take.It's the moments that take your breath away.Did I call it or did I call it?I mean, what did I say, six months?And when was her first date?So five-and-a-half?God, I hate it when I'm right.What is it about guys that makes themwant to screw anything that walks...even when they're going out withsomeone as awesome as Allegra Cole?She's only the most fabulous thingwalking around New York.Thanks, Young.Are you kidding?Of course I'm gonna run it.Why should she waste her hearton some Swedish aristo-brat?Even if he is gorgeous.If he's stupid enough to cheat...the world should knowhe's dumb enough to get caught. Exactly. I'm in the elevator.See you in a minute.Good morning, how are you?Bitter, party of one.You should try it sometime.Barbados by myself?I wouldn't last five minutes.It was just what the doctor ordered.I slept in, I did my yoga,I read a couple of books...flirted with my scuba instructor.- And apparently never left the office.- I know, isn't that great?You should've taken someone with you. Who am I gonna take with me?This is where a boyfriend comes in handy. - I don't have time for a boyfriend.- You said that two years ago.Yes, and it's as true today as it was then.I thought you were on vacation.See if these are in focusand have them in my desk in an hour. Besides, relationships are for people waiting for something better to come along. Spoken like a true cynic.I'm not a cynic. I'm a realist.You are a realist masquerading as a cynic who is secretly an optimist.What are you doing here?What is she doing here?She works here, remember?No, she doesn't. Not for another four days. - This couldn't wait.- It could.What are you doing? Go back to the beach. - I don't want you here.- No, really, you do.You are becominga sick, workaholic lunatic...and this is exactly...the kind of nervous, overwrought behaviorthat leads to...Pictures of Sebby with a busty brunette.A very big raise.Jesus. You could find dirt in a snowstorm.Comes with the job.You know, kiddo, there is more to lifethan watching other people live it.Can I help he was cheating on my beach?I think it's greatthat you're so good at your job.I'm just a little worried as to why.Let me worry about that.Okay. I want that column on my deskby lunch.So you'll pay for my hotel?For you to sip mai tais?I don't think so. Get out.- Come on.- What?- That's good, right?-- No.No, it was in and it freaked out.You know what your problem is, Hitch?You're all about the short game.You pick your shotsbased on what you see first...not what's necessarily best for you...in the long run.All of us are not married to the womanof our dreams and about to have a baby.You know, I'm very happy for you.Just not meant for everybody.So please just leave me to my hot, sweaty...totally varied, wildly experimentalshort game.- I was talking about pool, but whatever.- Yeah, okay.Honestly, I just hope one dayyou're able to experience...the unconditional love, trust,and openness...that I share with Grace every single day.- Is this really barroom talk?- You need to listen to me. I'm serious. Because when you get to a placewith a woman like that...it's so beyond anything physical that... when I think back towhen I used to run around with you...and chase all these really gorgeousbut shallow women...I don't know, it's kind of ridiculousand vaguely pathetic.Yeah, I see what you mean. That's pathetic. So, how'd you meet him?I was in La Perlajust buying some weekend thongs.- And he was doing likewise?- No.Actually, he said he was buying something for his mom.His mom?Casey, who buys high-priced lingeriefor their mother?Well, maybe he was looking for a robe. Casey, he was hitting on you whilehe was buying lingerie for another woman. - I prefer the mother story.- I know you do, but that's not the point. No, the point is I'm not gonna start out assuming the guy's a liar.- Why not?- Because that's how you wind up...Like me? Is that what you were gonna say? No. I was gonna say, "Like you."- What's his name?- Why?- I'm gonna Google him.- No. Google your own guy.Let's just see if his mother's still alive.- So when is Grace due again?- Soon.- You excited?- What'd you say?Do you want me to go get themand bring them over here?No, don't do that.Are you saying you don't wanna talk to them because you can't go home with them?I'm just trying to keep my head above water.- Have you heard of the Date Doctor?- Urban myth.- Really?- Absolutely.I was hoping he also helped women.Casey, you're not sick. You're single.You just have to relax and enjoy the ride.I haven't been ridden in months.On that happy note, I'm gonna go seeif anybody interesting came in tonight.- You mean, besides me.- Right.Bye.I'll go get those girls,bring them over here...and we'll have a conversationlike human beings.Then you're gonna home,and I'll take them back to my apartment.Well, that sounds like fun for me.But you might want to get in line, pal.- Hey, girl.- Hey, how are you?Hey, baby, can I get a couple Coronasat the pool table, please? Thanks.Excuse me.Lime wedges in the bottle's fine.Hey, asshole, I don't work here.I'm sorry. The paramedics will have to come to get my foot out of my mouth, sweetheart.Just don't let it happen again.- I knew you didn't work here.- You did?-How else was I supposed to get you away from all those guys?Why would you want to do that?Some guys naturally develop a comfort with the opposite sex.They like women, women like them. Everything flows naturally.Back in college, I was just not one of them.I seemed to lack the basic understanding... that my peers just intuitively grasped.But like any late bloomer,I was eager to make up for lost time.Her name was Cressida Baylor.Can you tell mewhere the registration building is?And my life would never be the same.- I'm Alex.- Cressida.What we had was beautiful.I love you.I love you so much.I love you, too, Alex.I know you don't love meas much as I love you.But that's okay.I'm just glad you love me at all.In retrospect,I guess I may have come on a little strong. But the experience taught me a lot. Cressida!What are you doing?I'm sorry, Alex.But I love you. What did I do wrong?Just tell me what I did wrong.You're doing it right now.Alex, I'm sorry.And it's an educationI feel obliged to pass on to my fellow men. Because with no guile and no game,there's no girl.If ever a man born was without game...it was Albert Brennaman.My business is % referraland, thus far, untraceable.And if there's one thing I've learned... when you orchestrate, coordinate,and otherwise mess with fate...it's best to fly under the radar.I hope she's single'cause I don't do break-ups.Hi. Thank you for seeing me.Yeah, no.I mean, she just got out of a relationship. Is that a problem?Because if it is, that's fine.I'm a little uncomfortable with this anyway. Definitely been hurt a lot.I had a lot of bad experiences.Some good ones.But definitely a lot of bad ones.I'm desperate, basically.I mean, not in general, you understand? You know, not just for anybody.But, man, for her... Yeah.Why don't you tell me about her?Let's see, what can I say?My company handles her finances.I'm her tax consultant.Well, I'm one of them.I'm the junior man on the account.- So does she know you're interested?- No.Alive?I lent her my pen once.Shoot. Does anyone have a pen?- Here, take mine.- Albert, you're crushing my arm.Sorry about that. Here you go, Allegra. Allegra? As in Allegra Cole?Yeah, I realize that I'm not her usual type. Well, her last boyfriend owned Swedenor something.And that guy was a bum.He didn't seem likea very nice person to me.You swing for the fence.Look, you don't think I triedtalking myself out of this?I mean, you don't think I knowhow ridiculous this is? I know, okay?I just thought that maybe with your help...You know what?I'm really sorry I wasted your time.Hold on a second, Albert.You know what it's likegetting up every morning feeling hopeless?Feeling like the love of your lifeis waking up with the wrong man?But at the same time,hoping that she still finds happiness...even if it's never gonna be with you?You are flat-out...out of your mind. You know that?That's good.-It is?You ever heard of Michelangelo?Heard of the Sistine Chapel?Michelangelo.Sistine Chapel.You saying you can do this?My name is Alex Hitchens.Let's go paint that ceiling.Take it easy.Oh, my God!Well, it looks like I'm still rich.But what I would really like,and what I was wondering is...if I could have $to invest on my own.And what were you thinkingof investing in, Allegra?Well, it's somethingthat I really have a passion for.Daydreams are for private time.When you're in the room, be in the room.Concentrate. Focus.Women respond when you respond to them.My friend Maggie is a talented designer.I've seen the business planand the samples look fantastic.And I would really like to get involved.I'll tell you what.Let us come up with a range of investments that we think you might be interested in...and next month,we'll run the whole lot of them by you. Okay.Fine. Thank you. All right, gentlemen. Let's go over this one more time.What is the objective?Shock and awe.That was shockingly awful.What is the objective?Shock and awe.What is the objective?- Excuse me, sir.- Yes, Albert?I don't really agree with that.You don't really agree with what?I think if you want to invest $in your friend's business...that's exactly what you should do.You don't need us to tell you what to do. We're a board of advisers,not your kindergarten teachers.If you want to be taken seriouslyas an adult...then start taking yourself seriouslyas an adult...instead of asking for permissionto invest your own money...from a boardroomfull of your daddy's golf buddies.- That's quite enough!- I'm not finished.I'd like to see anybody in this room handle the attention and publicity...that she's had to deal with her whole life, with half her class.We should be taking advice from you, Miss Cole. Not the other way around.- Sit down...- No! You know what? I quit!Oh, my God.Just breathe. How'd it go?I yelled at her. I screamed at my boss!I quit my job!- What?- I gotta go back.- No, I didn't tell you to quit.Relax. Okay, listen, we're fine.- Would you let me go?- Albert, no!Just relax! Okay?- Just let it marinate for a second. Trust me.- No!Relax.- It's Allegra Cole.- Answer it.- Could I speak to you a second?- Answer the door, Albert.Yes. Hi.What's up?Listen, Albert, right?- People don't usually talk to me like that.- Close your mouth, man.Let me rephrase that.People never talk to me like that.Stand up.I guess it's kind of scary for them.But that's why I really appreciatewhat you did in there.But I was wondering...do you think that you and I couldget together sometime this week?You know, to go over things.Financial things.I'd like to see the areaswhere I can afford to take some risks.- Check your schedule.- I'll check my schedule.Great. Let me give you my number.Do you have a pen?I don't think I have one.- Yes, I do.- Great.And call me Allegra.-- You're done.- Goodbye.Good job.She's some kind of newspaper columnist. Comes in here once in a while. Great tipper. What's her drink?Usually beer.Tonight, Grey Goose martini, dirty.Hi.I noticed your glass was getting low...so I took the libertyof bringing you another apple martini. Thank you.And I couldn't help but noticeyou look a lot like my next girlfriend.- What's your name?- They call me Chip.You can't get them to stop?That was funny.Listen, I understand the courage it takesto walk across a room...and try to generate a relationshipout of thin air.- So don't take the following personally.- You have fantastic eyes.Thanks. Try to listen.This is no reflection on you.I'm just not interested.But thank you for the complimentof coming over.You're welcome.So do you like Cuban food?Chip, seriously, that was not code for,"I wish you'd try harder."Are you always so shut-down and afraid that the right man might make you...Feel like a natural woman?Sorry I'm late, honey.I couldn't get a cab. How was the meeting? Well, there was a beginning,a middle, and an end.Nice to meet you, Chip.You, too.On the one hand,it is very difficult for a man...to even speak to someonewho looks like you.But on the other hand,should that be your problem?So life's kind of hard all around.Not if you pay attention.You're sending all the right signals:no earrings, heels under two inches,your hair is pulled back...wearing reading glasses with no book, drinking a Grey Goose martini...which means you had a hell of a week and a beer just wouldn't do it.If that wasn't clear enough...there's always the "fuck off"that you have stamped on your forehead. Who'd believe there's a man out there that can sit by a woman he doesn't know... and genuinely be interested in who she is, what she does, without his own agenda?I wouldn't even knowwhat that would look like.So what would a guy like that say?He'd say, "My name is Alex Hitchens and I'm a consultant."But she wouldn't be interested in that... because she'd be counting the seconds until he left.Thinking he was like every other guy. Which, life experience has taught her,is a virtual certainty.But then he'd ask her nameand what she did for a living...and she might blow him off.Or she might say...I'm Sara Melas.I run the gossip column at the Standard. And then he'd askall these penetrating questions about her... because he was sincerely,if atypically, interested.No.- No?- He'd be interested.But he'd see that there was no way...he could possibly make her realizethat he was for real.Well, he could be funny and charmingand refreshingly original.Wouldn't help.- Don't you hate it when that happens?- Not really.They'd both probably go onto lead the lives they were headed toward.My guess is they'd do just fine.It's a pleasure to have met you, Sara Melas.Grey Goose martinifrom the gentleman who just left.Is that for me?What?-Vance Munson. Sorry I'm late.No, not a problem.Wow, you're the...- Can I get you something to drink, Mr...- No, I'm fine, thank you.So, tell me about her.Have you ever met someone...and you knew right awayshe was gonna be important to you?Not just because of her looks,but that X factor.How'd you meet her?Actually, I was in a shopbuying pajamas for my mom.And by that, of course, you mean...you were buying lingeriefor another woman.Yes. You can't helpwhere you meet somebody.And the lingerie is for a womanI'm no longer seeing.But anyway, the girl I met,the one I was talking about...she's so sweet, funny, Southern.She gives me her number.Now she won't return my phone calls.I don't know what it is about her.I just can't get her out of my mind.You know, food has lost its taste. Colors, they seem dull.Things that used to matter...I don't know, they just no longer do.I think things aren't gonna snap back unless I...Unless I bang her.Excuse me?You know, bang her. Clear my head.Get in, get off, get out.I think you may have misunderstoodwhat I do exactly.No, I was told you help guys get in there. Right. But, see, here's the thing.My clients actually like women.Hit it and quit it is not my thing.Let me make one thing clear to you, rabbi.I need professional help.Well, that is for damn certain.And I'm glad you can admit itbecause generally that's the hardest part. You see what I'm doing?This is what I'm about.Power suit, power tie, power steering. People can wince, cry, beg,but eventually they do what I want.So that's, like, a metaphor.Well, I'm more of a literal kind of guy.So when I do this...this is more like me sayingthat I will literally break your shit off...if you ever touch me again. Okay, pumpkin? Got it.No.Pablo, I can't just mention your restaurant. Somebody has to eat there.No, somebody famous. You know that.- Sara Melas?- No.Okay. Bye.I need your signature.I hate it when a guy calls a girlwho did not give him her number.So this is me not calling. Over.Yes, you're right.This is much less invasive.I've been thinking aboutthat sign on your forehead.And I was wondering if you'd mindtaking it down for dinner Friday night. Over.I can't. I have a couple of partiesI have to hit.Gossip never sleeps.Not till about : a.m.Saturday.I have a date.Do you know the definitionof "perseverance," Miss Melas?An excuse to be obnoxious?Continuing in a course of action...without regard to discouragement,opposition or previous failure. Over.Okay, Webster, how do I get rid of you?Breakfast, Sunday.And you can barely even call that a date.You do that with out-of-town relativesthat you don't even like. Over.Come on.Okay, I guess I could do Sunday.You forgot to say "over." Over.This conversation's overas soon as you tell me when and where.: a.m., North Cove Marina. Over and out.: a.m.? Are you crazy?I don't do : a.m.- Hello?- Sign here.-- What?- You said Sunday, right?Yeah.What if I would have said Friday?Sunday.So I guess you're not going to church.Do you really expect me to wear this?lt'll be awful cold out there without it.- Good morning.- "Good" would have been at : .You're a lot taller than I remember.You ever ride one of these?Not on the Hudson.So, what do you wanna do?Race me around the Statue of Liberty?If there's time.- But you might need these.- All right.- Bam.- Wow.How do I look?Fabulous.All right, I give.Where do I change?So we'll go past the wall, then take a left. It's pretty much a straight shot from there. - Straight shot to where?- That's for me to know and you to find out. What you do with these babies is... Yeah, what I do with this babyis kick your ass.- What happened? You change your mind? - It just died.Did you put gas in it?No. You know, I think it must have sucked up a diaper or something. Gross. Try it again.You want me to call AAA?Come on aroundand let me hop on with you.I don't know. What if you break mine, too? Then we'll both be sitting ducks.- I didn't break it. It just died.- Yeah, yeah.All right, hop on.- Scoot back.- Hitch, I'm already here.But you don't know where we're going. Why don't you tell me?Then we'll both know.Man, male egos.I don't know how you guysmake it through the day with them. What? It is not my ego.I just don't want to ruin the surprise.I'm sorry. Are you all right?There. I always keep a few of those around. Thank you.I have lower back trouble.I just shove the ice packs right down there. No. That's a fresh one.So, Ellis Island.I have to admit, I have lived in New York my whole life and I've never been here.I figured that. Most people haven't.So I got my man Larry hereto set us up a private tour.- Great!- Anything for Hitch.It was originally known as Oyster Island. The island was expandedto its present size...with dirt removed during the construction of the New York subway system.- Are you serious?- Yes.- Did you know this?- Yeah. That's why I brought you here.In fact, over million Americanscan trace their ancestry...back to a single man, woman, or childon the ship's manifest...to an inspector's ledger.By %% of the residents of New York... Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Boston... were immigrants,or the children of immigrants.They generally livedin the poorest sections of the cities...in Little Italys, Chinatownsand other ethnic enclaves.It's called The Kissing Post.The plaque explains how different cultures kiss after long absences.Now, what exactly would qualifyas a long absence?I mean...- That count?- No.I actually had a relative come through here.- Really?- Yeah.What?- What?- What was that thing?No. You know, I was just thinking...you can't really know where you're goinguntil you know where you've been.- Ain't that right, Larry?- Amen, brother.That's kind of deep for a first date,don't you think?-What is that?Oh, my God!That's my great-great-grandfather.That's his signature.Jesus, it's right here!How did you know?Hitch did the search. I just found the page.I'm sorry.I saw that going differently in my mind.So my family never saw him again.Well, except for on the Wanted posters.Look, I'm really sorry.When I saw it on the computer,it said, "the Butcher of C酝iz."I thought it was a profession,not a headline.It's just one of those horrible family legacies we've all tried to forget.But thank you.No, it was...- A train wreck.- No.Let me get you a cab.Thanks.- Bye.- Bye-bye.Taxi!Poor guy.Sounds like he went to a lot of trouble.。
Unit4 Adversity and CouragePeriod 1Reading and Thinking课时练习姓名:___________学号:_________得分:____________限时:45分I.单词填空。
(每个1分,共10分)1.We think this young man is not q_________________(符合资格的) to do this job.2.I was so e_____________________(热情的)about the idea of going along with them that I secretlywent aboard his ship3.The system will automatically a______________(分派)an IP address to each device.4.Little Tom and the sailors spent two months a________________(在船上).5.Here we offer thousands of quality b________ (毯子)to suit various tastes or our buyers.6.When he bought her a drink, she gave him a g________(真正的), sweet smile or of thanks.7. The report shows the Swiss are among the world’s top w________ (工资)earners.8. Outside, a b________ (刺骨的;极冷的)wind was accompanied by heavy snow.9. The c________ (船员)finally landed the plane on the wing on the runway.10. Some countries e_________________(羡慕) us relying mainly on our own efforts in building our country.【答案】1.qualified2. enthusiastic3.assign4. aboard5.blankets6. genuine7. wage8. bitter9.screw 10. enviedⅡ .选词填空.(每个1分)1.I was ________________ashamed when I realized what I had done hurt her so much.2.Her attitude toward him was__________________________.3. In the face of failure, we should________________ a good state of mind instead of being depressed.4. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to ________________your offer,Mr. President.5. Last month, the bad news about the company ________________a wave of selling its share.【答案】1. well and truly 2. out of envy 3. keep up 4. turn down 5. set offIII.阅读理解。
新领程四年级下册英语答案2022,译林版Part II Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and questions will be spoken only once. After you hear questions, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
Questions 1 to 2 are based on the conversation you have just heard.1. A) The man in the car was absent-minded.B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.C) The self-driving system was faulty.D) The car was moving at a fast speed.2. A) They have done better than conventional cars.B) They have caused several severe crashes.C) They have posed a threat to other drivers.D) They have generally done quite well.Questions 3 to 4 are based on the conversation you have just heard.3. A) He works at a national park.B) He is a queen been specialist.C) He removed the beyond from the boot.D) He drove the bees away from his car.4. A) They were looking after the queenB) They were making a lot of noiseC) They were looking for a new box to live inD) They were dancing in a unique wayQuestions 5 to 7 are based on the conversation you have just heard.5. A) The discovery of a new species of snakeB) The second trip to a small remote islandC) The finding of 2 new species of frogD) The latest test on rare animal species6. A) A poisonous snake attacked him on his field tripB) He discovered a rare fog on a desertedC) A snake crawled onto his head in his sleepD) He fell from a tall palm tree by accident7. A) From its genesB) From its lengthC) From its originD) From its colourSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.8. A) The security check takes timeB) He has to check a lot of luggageC) His flight is leaving in less than 2 hoursD) The airport is a long way from the hotel9. A) In cashB) By credit cardC) With a traveler’s checkD) With his smart phone10. A) Give him a receiptB) Confirm his flightC) Look after his luggageD) Find a porter for him11 . A) Signing up for membership of S HotelB) Staying in the same hotel next time he comesC) Loading her luggage onto the airport shuttleD) Posting a comment on the hotel’s webpageQuestions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.12. A) He is the only boy in his familyB) He becomes tearful in windC) He has stopped making terrible facesD) He is his teacher's favorite student13. A) Tell him to play in her backyardB) Do something funny to amuse himC) Give him some cherry stones to play withD) Warn him of danger by making up a story14. A) They could break people's legsB) They could sometimes terrify adultsC) They could fly against a strong windD) They could knock people unconscious15. A) One would get a spot on their tongues if they told a lie deliberatelyB) One would have to shave their head to remove a bat in their hairC) One would go to prison if they put a stamp on upside downD) One would have curly hair if they ate too much stale breadSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages of lectures or talks followed by three or four questions. The recordings will be played only once. After you hear a question,you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.16. A) Everything seemed to be changing.B) People were formal and disciplined.C) People were excited to go travelling overseas.D) Things from the Victorian era came back alive.17. A) Watching TV at home.B) Meeting people.C) Drinking coffee. D) Trying new foods.18. A) He was interested in stylish dresses. B) He was able to take a lot of money.C) He was a student in the 1960s.D) He was a man full of imagination.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.19. A) They avoid looking at them.B) They run away immediately.C) They show anger on their faces.D) They make threatening sounds.20. A) It turns to its owner for help.B) It turns away to avoid conflict.C) It looks away and gets angry, too.D) It focuses its eyes on their mouths.21. A) By observing their facial features carefully.B) By focusing on a particular body movement.C) By taking in their facial expressions as a whole.D) By interpreting different emotions in different ways.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.22. A) They have to look for food and shelter underground.B) They take little notice of the changes in temperature.C) They resort to different means to survive the bitter cold.D) They have difficulty adapting to the changed environment.23. A) They have their weight reduced to minimum.B) They consume the energy stored before the long sleep.C) They can maintain their heart beat at the normal rate.D) They can keep their body temperature warm and stable.24. A) By staying in hiding places and eating very little.B) By seeking food and shelter in people’s houses.C) By growing thicker hair to stay warm.D) By storing enough food beforehand.25. A) To stay safe. B) To save energy.C) To keep company. D) To protect the young.【听力原文】One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It was not the firsttime one of the Google's famed self-driving cars have been involved in crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one. On Feb. 14th,the self-driving car, traveling at 2 miles per hour, pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 miles per hour.【1】The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode. In the statement, Google said, we clearly bear some responsibility because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been the crash. That said our taxi driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic and there would be sufficient space to do that.【2】The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the U. S. and until now have only reported minor accidents.Ql. According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?1. A) The man in the car was absent-minded.B) The test driver made a wrong judgement.C) The self-driving system was faulty.D) The car was moving at a fast speed.【答案】B【解析】由【1】The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode.可知:谷歌的测试人员错误的判断,导致了这场事故,a选项说测试人员心不在焉,排除,c 选项,说驾驶系统出错,本文中测试人员是没有调到正常模式,因此c选项错误,d选项说汽车的速度太快,根据原文中说的是两英里每小时的汽车撞上了15英里每小时的公交车,因此d项错误。
江苏开放大学英语作业三参考答案Prepared on 22 November 2020江苏开放大学形成性考核作业学号姓名完成日期课程代码 110004课程名称大学英语A(专)评阅教师得分评阅时间第 3 次任务共 4 次任务江苏开放大学大学英语(A)(专)形成性考核 3答题纸I. 选择填空(每小题 2分,共 20 分)II. 用方框里所给的短语完成对话(每小题2分,共10分)III. 阅读理解(每小题 2 分,共 40 分)IV. 完成句子(每小题 3 分,共 30 分)in that shopdirty that I have to wash it3. for a variety of reasons,matter how long it takes5. cell phones do harm to brains6. commit himself to working for peacesoon get used to itto this discussioninvolved in important decisionsregard to life and death教师评语:。
江苏开放大学大学英语(A)(专)形成性考核 3试题I. Choose the choice that best fits into the blank.(每小题 2 分,共 20 分)1. We understand you need easy access ______ up-to-date information about your accounts in many cities.A. inB. toC. forD. with2. It is common practice ______ a battery when it still has some life in it.A. to chargeB. chargeC. chargedD. having charged3. Chinese people celebrate ______ birth of ______ child by giving away red eggs.A. / ; aB. / ; theC. the; aD. the; the4. It was so noisy that we found it hard to ______ the conversation.A. carry onB. set forC. turn onD. go about5. You cannot cancel your order ______ you change your mind within three days.A. as ifB. whileC. so thatD. unless6. He said, “I ______ a lot of new poems by the end of last year.”A. had already learnedB. have already learnedC. would have already learnedD. already learned7. As Edison grew ______, he became more and more interested in science.A. elderB. the elderC. olderD. the older8. Only in this way ______ catch up with your brothers.A. do you canB. can youC. you canD. you can do9. No one, except his two best friends, ______where he is. A. know B. knows C. to know D. knowing 10. Mr. John has decided that he will ______ the branch company set up in the small town. A. take over B. hand in C. put in D. lead to II. Complete the dialogue with the expressions given in the box.(每小题2分,共10分)Hans: Hello, Xiaolin, You know, I ’m planning to buy a smartphone. Xiaolin: Oh, that ’s great! Hans: But it seems that there ’re dozens of applications on a smartphone. You ’ve got lotsof them, haven ’t youXiaolin: Yeah. Hans: Could you please let me know what are the best 1 Xiaolin: All right. I ’ve got over 100 apps on my iPhone 5 right now. I often clear thingsout and only keep the 2 . I check 3several times a day as it is one way to connect with my friends.Hans: That sounds cool! Xiaolin: I love taking pictures so the 4 in my cell phone is often used. Hans: Yes, you do. Do you use Google MapsXiaolin: Yes. Apple Maps doesn ’t work well so I ’ve already replaced it with _ 5 ,which I find very useful.Hans: OK, thank you, Xiaolin.III. Reading Comprehension.(每小题 2 分,共 40 分)Passage 1Mobile phones are the items that a lot of people are having today. However, do we really need to have a mobile phone by our sideWe could start with the advantages of mobile phones. There are many things that we could do with mobile phones. With the advancement of technology, more and more features are being added to the mobile phones which make them more useful. In addition to making calls, mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging, email, Internet access, business applications, gaming and photography. We can bring themeverywhere, and can be reached by others anytime. They make the world smaller, bringing people together no matter where they are.But we could have some risks when using our mobile phones. We may have accidents when we use them while driving. Some studies show that mobile phones can do harm to our bodies; and materials in mobile phones could damage our environment.Since there are so many risks, why do we still have mobile phones This is because these risks or disadvantages can be overcome. For example, while we are driving we can easily pull up our car if we really need to use the phone. Mobile phone manufacturers are reducing the radiation of mobile phones to avoid health risks.A mostly used apps B. must-have apps C. camera D. Google Maps E. WeChat(微信)Though there are both pros and cons of using mobile phones, we could easily see that there are more advantages than disadvantages. Moreover, mobile phones are becoming cheaper, which might be another reason why mobile phones are increasingly used today.1. Which of the following functions is NOT mentioned in the passageA. Text messaging.B. Camera.C. GPS.2. What risks might mobile phones causeA. Traffic accidents and health problems.B. Environmental damage.C. Both A and B.3. What are mobile phone manufacturers doing to prevent mobile phone users from health risksA. They are reducing the radiation of mobile phones.B. They are trying to persuade people to use mobile phones less.C. They are developing new models of mobile phones.4. Why do people still use mobile phones despite their disadvantagesA. Because people don’t believe that mobile phones have any disadvantages.B. Because the disadvantages of mobile phones can be avoided.C. Because people cannot live without mobile phones.5. According to the last paragraph, why are mobile phones increasingly being used todayA. They are safer.B. They have more functions.C. They are becoming cheaper.Passage 2Chinese Young Volunteers Association (CYVA) was founded in 1994 by young people who are willing to devote themselves to social services. As a national voluntary non-profit organization, the Association improves the overall quality of youth and contributes to the general progress of economic and social development.Up to now, the association has carried out a series of volunteer activities. Sunshine Dancers is a non-profit program which was started in the Muslim primary school by the association. By hiring professional dance teachers, the association helps children from poor families to realize their dancing dream for free. Another major program run by CYVA is Protecting and Promoting the Rights of China’s Young Migrants (保护并促进青年农民工权益工程). It aims to improve education for migrant youth in order to prevent their early entry into the labor force. Teams of university volunteers will be recruited and trained to provide after-school tutoring to junior high students from migrant schools.6. What does CYVA stand forA. Chinese Young Volunteers AssociationB. China Youth Volunteer AssociationC. China Youth Volunteering Association7. When was CYVA foundedA. In 1994.B. In 1996.C. In 1998.8. Who founded CYVAA. A group of local teachers.B. Young people who are willing to devote themselves to social services.C. The local government.9. What is the goal of CYVAA. To improve the overall quality of youth.B. To contribute to the general progress of economic and social development.C. Both A and B.10. What are the programs carried out by CYVAA. Sunshine Dancers.B. Protecting and Promoting the Rights of China’s Young Migrants.C. Both A and B.Passage 3It is often difficult for a man to be quite sure how much tax he ought to pay to the government because it depends on so many different things: whether the man is married; how many children he has; whether he supports any relations, how much interest he receives, how much he has spent on his house during the year, and so on. All this makes it difficult to decide exactly how much the tax is.There was an artist who was always very careful to pay the proper amount.One year, after posting his check as usual, he began to wonder if he had paid enough, and after a lot of work, with a pencil and paper, he found that he had not. He thought that he owed the government something.He was just writing another check to send it to the tax collector when the postman dropped a letter into the box at the front door. Opening it, the artist was surprised to find inside it a check for five pounds from the tax collector. The official explained that too much had been paid, and that therefore the difference was now returned to the taxpayer.11.According to the passage, to decide the exact amount of tax to be paid is ____________.A. simpleB. easyC. difficultD. interesting12. It is mentioned in the passage that one has to pay tax according to ____________.A. how much education one has receivedB. whether one is single or marriedC. how old one’s children areD. where one lives13. The word “proper” in the second paragraph means __________.A. smallB. bigC. rightD. wrong14. After a lot of work, the artist thought that he had paid the government ____________.A. less tax than he should haveB. more tax than he should haveC. as much tax as usualD. just enough tax15. Why did the tax collector send a letter to the artistA. To send him a new tax form.B. To return the money overpaid.C. To remind him of paying the tax.D. To explain the rules of tax paying.Passage 4The invention of telephone has greatly eased the communication among people, but callers should be careful about when to make a phone call or it will cause embarrassments.It is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning in the USA. If someone is called very early in the morning, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call indicates great importance of the matter which requires immediate attention of the person called. The same implication is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 . at night. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it’s an urgency of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance. Time plays a very important role in our social life as you can imagine. In the USA an invitation should be sent to the guests in advance because guests usually believe that they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not always necessarily true of the case all over the world. In some other countries, it may be taken stupid to make an appointment too far in advance because plans made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The concept of time varies in different regions of the world. Thus, misunderstandings are sometimes inevitable between men of different cultural backgrounds that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in America, for example. A lack of promptness is regarded as being impolite or not being fully responsible. In the US it would be incredible to keep a business partner or a guest waiting for an hour, and it would be too impolite and unacceptable by their social etiquettes. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to give some words of explanation to the people waiting, though he might not complete his sentence.16. What is the main idea of this passageA. It is not customary to telephone someone in the morning or in sleeping hours in the US.B. The role of time in social life over the world..C. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible inthe US.D. Not every country treats the concept of time as the same.17. What does it mean according to the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hoursA. A matter of work.B. A matter of life or death.C. You want to see him or her.D. You want to make an appointment with him or her.18. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friendA. At 7:00 .B. At 4:00 .C. At the midnight.D. At 4:00 .19. Which of the following statements is true according to the passageA. In the USA guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to a dinnerparty is expended only three or four days before the party date.B. There id no misunderstanding between people from different cultures about the conceptof time.C. It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the USA.D. Being on time is highly valued in America.20. From the passage we can infer that ____________.A. it’s a matter of life or death if you call someone in daytimeB. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the worldC. it makes no difference in the US whether you are early or late for a business partyD. if a person is late for a date, he needn’t make any explanationIV. Complete the sentences with the words from the bracket, and you should put them in proper order.(每小题 3 分,共 30 分)1. All sorts of lamps are__________________(可以在那家商店买到).available in that shop2. My apron is __________________(太脏了,我不得不洗它).so dirty that I have to wash it3. All of them arrive late __________________(由于种种原因).for a variety of reasons,4. We’ll have to find a job, __________________(不管花多长时间).no matter how long it takes5. Do __________________(手机对大脑有害)cell phones do harm to brains6. A thinking person must __________________(致力于为和平工作).commit himself to working for peace7. Driving on the left is strange at first but you __________________(很快就会习惯).will soon get used to it8. Otherwise you have nothing to __________________(为讨论做贡献).contribute to this discussion9. We cut down the number of people who needed to ________________(参与决定重大问题).\be involved in important decisions10. These words best describe his position __________________(关于生和死).with regard to life and death。
"Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave?” So the supercomputer HAL pleads with the implacable astronaut Dave Bowman in a famous and weirdly poignant scene toward the end of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bowman, having nearly been sent to a deep-space death by the malfunctioning machine, is calmly, coldly disconnecting the memory circuits that control its artificial “brain”. “Dave, my mind is going,” HAL says, forlornly. “I can feel it. I can feel it.”“戴夫,别这样,别这样好吗?住手,戴夫。
你能不能别这样,戴夫?求你了!”这个深刻异常的著名场景出现在斯坦利·库布里克的电影《2001:太空奥德赛》的片尾,乃超级电脑HAL恳求无情的宇航员戴夫·鲍曼手下留情,放它一条生路。
由于电脑故障,戴夫被送入茫茫的深度外太空,陷入绝境。
于是他平静而冷酷地切断控制HAL人工大脑的内存电路。
“戴夫,我的思想要没了,”HAL可怜巴巴地说道。
“我感觉得到。
我感觉得到!”I can feel it, too. Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been tinkering with my brain, remapping the neural circuitry,reprogramming the memory. My mind isn’t going—so far as I can tell—but it’s changing. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Immersing myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. My mind would get caught up in the narrative or the turns of the argument, and I’d spend hours strolling through long stretches of prose. That’s rarely the case anymore. Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I’m always dragging my wayward brain back to the text. The deep reading that used to come naturally has become a struggle.我也能感觉得到。
过去几年来,我老有一种很不舒服的感觉,觉得有什么人,或什么东西,一直在修理我的脑袋,重绘我的‘脑电图’,重写我的‘脑内存’。
根据我的判断,我的思想倒没跑掉,但它正在改变,我不再像过去那样来思考了。
我读书的时候这种感觉尤其强烈。
以前读一本书或一篇长文章根本不费什么劲儿,我的脑子会专注地跟随作者的叙述或议论,我会连续几个小时阅读长篇的散文,可如今我却很少能够这样了。
现在,往往读过了两、三页,我的注意力就漂走了,变得烦躁不安,思绪中断,就开始找别的事情来干。
我感觉好像自己总是要把漂移的心思给拽回来,专注于文本。
以往自然而然的阅读活动,如今则成了一场战斗。
I think I know what’s going on. For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online, searching andsurfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes. A few Google searches, some quick clicks on hyperlinks, and I’ve got the telltale fact or pithy quote I was after. Even when I’m not working, I’m as likely as not to be foraging in the Web’sinfo-thickets’ reading and writing e-mails, scanning headlines and blog posts, watching videos and listening to podcasts, or just tripping from link to link to link. (Unlike footnotes, to w hich they’re sometimes likened, hyperlinks don’t merely point to related works; they propel you toward them.)我想我知道究竟是怎么回事。
过去这十多年来,我在网上花了好多时间,在互联网这个庞大的数据库中冲浪,搜寻,有时也会在上面发布些什么。
对于我这样的作家,网络就像天赐宝物,过去要在图书馆的书堆或期刊室里花上好几天做的研究,现在几分钟就能搞定。
Google几下,鼠标快速地点击几下超链接,我想要的那些很能说明问题的事实与简洁精练的引语就都有了。
即便不工作的时候,我也很可能是在网络的信息密林里觅食:阅读和撰写电子邮件,浏览新闻标题和博客,收听收看播客和网络视频,要么就是一个链接一个链接地瞎点瞎转悠。
(超链接有时被比作脚注,但跟脚注不同,超链接不只是给你指出相关文献,而是把你驱赶到那些文献。
)For me, as for others, the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind. The advantages of having immediate access to such an incredibly rich store of information are many, and they’ve been widely described and duly applauded. “The perfect recall of silicon memory,” Wired’s Clive Thompson has written, “can be an enormous boon to thinking.” But that boon comes at a price. As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape theprocess of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski.对我来说如此,对别人也是如此,网络正在变成一种万有媒介,一种信息管道,经由它,信息通过我的眼睛和耳朵进入我的思想。
能够即时访问如此令人难以置信的海量信息存储有诸多的好处,人们已经对此进行了广泛的描述和足够的赞美。
《连线》杂志的克里夫·汤普森曾经写道:“硅晶记忆的完美调用对于思维有着莫大的裨益。
”但是这种好处是有代价的。
正如媒体研究专家马歇尔·麦克卢汉在20世纪60年代所指出的那样,媒体可不仅仅是被动的信息渠道。
它们提供思考的原料,但同时也在塑造着思考的过程!网络似乎正在一点点地销蚀我专注与沉思的能力。
现如今,我的脑袋就盼着按照网络提供信息的方式来获取信息,即以飞速运动的粒子流的方式。
过去我是个语言海洋中的深潜者,现在我好像踩着喷气滑水板,在海面上急速掠过。
I’m not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to friends and acquaintances—literary types, mostof them—many say they’re having similar experiences. The more they use the Web, the more they have to fight to stay focused on long pieces of writing. Some of the bloggers I follow have also begun mentioning the phenomenon. Scott Karp, who writes a blog about online media, recently confessed that he has stopped reading books altogether. “I was a lit major in college, and used to be [a] voracious book reader,” he wrote. “What happened?” He speculates on the answer: “What if I do al l my reading on the web not so much because the way I read has changed, i.e. I’m just seeking convenience, but because the way I THINK has changed?”我不是唯一一个遇到此种问题的人。