第一篇：高中英语 轻松阅读 研究：离婚也会传染素材
研究：离婚也会传染
最近，身边总有人提醒要注意身体，不要传染了感冒病毒。殊不知，这世上能传染的并不只有病毒，欢乐的、悲伤的情绪传染性也是很强的。据说，连离婚这样的事情也能在朋友之间传染呢。
According to a new study, divorce is catching.The researchers have called it “divorce clustering” and say that a split up between immediate friends increases your own chances of getting divorced by 75%.The effect drops to 33% if the divorce is between friends of a friend, what the researchers call two degrees of separation, then disappears almost completely at three degrees of separation.一项最新研究显示，离婚会传染。研究人员把这种传染性称为“离婚群聚效应”，他们指 出，亲近朋友离婚会使你的离婚几率增加75%。如果有朋友的朋友（也就是研究人员所说的二级维度关系人群）离婚，那么你离婚的几率就会增加33%，而三级维度关系人群离婚对你的婚姻基本不会产生影响。
It is not only the marital status of friends but also siblings and colleagues which has a significant effect on how long your own marriage might last.Breaking up will catch on among your friends, and the more divorcees you know, the higher your own chances of becoming one.除了朋友外，家中手足以及单位同事的婚姻状况也会对我们的婚姻关系产生重大影响。分手的情绪会在朋友之间传播，你认识的离婚人士越多，你自己离婚的几率也就越高。
第二篇：高中英语 轻松阅读 互帮互助素材
互帮互助
But one night he working late at the Scanlon-Taylor mill, lugging two-by-fours to the truck, 1splinters slicing all the way through the glove.He too small for that kind a work, too skinny, but he needed the job.He was tired.It was raining.He slip off the loading dock, fell down on the drive.Tractor trailer didn't see him and crushed his lungs fore he could move.By the time I found out, he was dead.一天晚上，他在斯坎伦-泰勒轧机厂干到很晚，拖着的木料往货车上装，木刺划破手套，扎得满手都是。他太瘦，个头又小，干不了那重活儿，可他需要那份工作。他累得支撑不住，天又下雨，他滑倒了，从装卸月台上摔下来，一头栽进车道。拖车司机没瞧见他，他还没来得及挪身，车就从他身上碾过去了。等我找到他的时候，他已经断气了。
That was the day my whole world went black.Air look black, sun look black.I laid up in bed and stared at the black walls a my house.Minny came ever day to make sure I was still breathing, feed me food to keep me living.Took three months fore I even look out the window, see the world still there.I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.从那天起，我整个世界都黑了。空气是黑的，太阳是黑的。我躺在床上直愣愣地盯着屋里黑的墙壁。明尼每天都来看我，以确保我还有气息，她喂我进食，让我残喘地活下去。整整三个月后，我才抬眼看窗户外头，看外头的世界是否照旧。我惶惑地发现整个世界竟然没有因为我儿子的死停下半分。
Five months after the funeral, I lifted myself up out a bed.I put on my white uniform and put my little gold cross back around my neck and I went to wait on Miss Leefolt cause she just have her baby girl.But it weren't too long before I seen something in me had changed.A bitter seed was planted inside a me.And I just didn't feel so accepting anymore.葬礼之后又过了五个月，我起身下床。我穿上白色制服，又把小小的金十字架戴回脖子上，随后前去服侍李弗特小姐，她刚生下个女娃。但没过多久我便发现我的心已不复从前。苦涩的种子在我体内悄然埋下，我不再那么容易敞开胸怀了。
“GET THE HOUSE straightened up and then go on and fix some of that chicken salad now,” say Miss Leefolt.“把屋子规整规整，再去把鸡肉沙拉准备好。”李弗特太太呼喝着。
It's bridge club day.Every fourth Wednesday a the month.A course I already got everthing ready to go—made the chicken salad this morning, ironed the tablecloths yesterday.Miss Leefolt seen me at it too.She ain't but twenty-three years old and she like hearing herself tell me what to do.每个月的第四个礼拜三是她们的桥牌聚会日。我已经将里里外外拾掇停当——一大早做好了鸡肉沙拉，桌布也在昨天熨烫平整。李弗特太太亲眼瞧着我做完这些。她不过才二十三岁，却很喜欢对我指手画脚，差使我做这干那。
She already got the blue dress on I ironed this morning, the one with sixty-five pleats on the waist, so tiny I got to squint through my glasses to iron.I don't hate much in life, but me and that dress is not on good terms.她已经把我今早熨好的蓝裙子穿上了，那条在腰上密匝匝打了六十五个小褶的裙子，我得戴起眼镜眯上眼才能把那些绿豆大的褶给烫准了。我对家常日子没啥抱怨的，可我和那条裙子实在处不到一块儿去。
“And you make sure Mae Mobley's not coming in on us, now.I tell you, I am so burned up at her—tore up my good stationery into five thousand pieces and I've got fifteen thank-you notes
for the Junior League to do…”“还有，你要管住梅·莫布利，别让她来烦我们。我告诉你吧，她可是把我惹火了，她把我好端端的信纸撕个粉碎，我可还有十五封青年联盟会的感谢信要写呐……”
I arrange the-this and the-that for her lady friends.Set out the good crystal, put the silver service out.Miss Leefolt don't put up no dinky card table like the other ladies do.We sat at the dining room table.Put a cloth on top to cover the big L-shaped crack, move that red flower centerpiece to the sideboard to hide where the wood all scratched.Miss Leefolt, she like it fancy when she do a luncheon.Maybe she trying to make up for her house being small.They ain't rich folk, that I know.Rich folk don't try so hard.我还在忙着为她的那些太太小姐们准备这个支应那个。我搬出花哨的玻璃杯盏，摆上银质刀叉。李弗特太太没能像其他阔太太那样添置上一张小巧精致的牌桌，我们只得坐在餐桌前打牌。我们在桌上铺上桌布遮住L型的裂隙，又把红色镂花桌饰挪到橱柜那儿，好挡住坑坑洼洼剥落掉渣的木柜。李弗特太太大概想弥补屋子狭小的不足，着意把餐会拾掇得富贵体面。我知道他们不太富裕，富庶人家可不会这么费劲。
I'm used to working for young couples, but I spec this is the smallest house I ever worked in.It's just the one story.Her and Mister Leefolt's room in the back be a fair size, but Baby Girl's room be tiny.The dining room and the regular living room kind a join up.Only two bathrooms, which is a relief cause I worked in houses where they was five or six.Take a whole day just to clean toilets.Miss Leefolt don't pay but ninety-five cents an hour, less than I been paid in years.But after Treelore died, I took what I could.Landlord wasn't gonna wait much longer.And even though it's small, Miss Leefolt done the house up nice as she can.She pretty good with the sewing machine.Anything she can't buy new of, she just get her some blue material and sew it a cover.我过去常帮年轻夫妇操持家务，可我揣度着这家是我见过门户最小的人家。整套房子上下不过一层，她和李弗特先生的后屋尚且宽敞，可是梅的房间小得立不住脚。餐厅连着起居室混作一处。他们只有两个卫生间，这倒为我省下不少事，我从前碰上的人家通常都有五六间，光为他们清理厕所就得花上我整整一天。李弗特太太每个钟点只付我九十五美分，我早不止这个价了，但打崔劳死后，我也顾不上挑肥拣瘦，我已经拖欠不起房租了。尽管屋子小得转不开身，可李弗特太太还是费心尽力把它装点得光鲜体面。她很擅长缝连补缀，一旦买不起新家什，她便扯些蓝布头，自裁自缝出个布套子把旧家什装扮上。
第三篇：高中英语 轻松阅读 上下班时间长等于慢性自杀？素材
上下班时间长等于慢性自杀？
Stop us if you've heard this one before: long commutes are bad for your health.Some of the strongest recent findings in behavioral science have focused on the perils of a long ride to work.People with a lengthy commute show an increased amount of stress, get worse sleep, and experience decreased social interaction.A commute of 45 minutes carries such a cost to well-being that economists have found you have to earn 20 percent more to make the trip worth it.如果你听过这个说法，就让我打住：上下班时间长对身体有害。最近的行为科学研究有了些有力的发现，证明长时间的通勤时间会带来各种危害。通勤时间长会使压力增大，睡眠变差，社交活动减少。如果你每天的上下班时间要花掉45分钟的话，那么你要多赚五分之一的薪水才能弥补。
One reason for the linear association among transit riders is most likely that longer transit rides often involve transfers.That not only increases the length of the trip but also its unpredictability(waiting for several different arrivals)，its variability(some trips take much longer than others)，and its potential for crowding — all factors that have been shown to increase the stress of the commute。
造成上述结果的原因之一可能是由于上下班时间长的人在途中可能需要换乘。换乘不仅会增加交通的时间，而且还增加了不可预测性(要等不同的班次)，这种变化性(有些班次花得时间可能更长)，还有潜在的拥挤情况，都增大了通勤途中的压力。
延伸阅读：
《中国新型城市化报告2012》由中国科学院发布，在中国内地50个城市上班路上平均花费时间排名中，北京仍以52分钟居首，广州、上海则以48、47分钟紧随其后。而50个城市中，上班平均花费时间最少的中山市只需18分钟，几乎为北京的三分之一用时，且堵车时间为0，西宁、银川也只需19和22分钟，堵车时间仅为2和3分钟。
报告主编牛文元表示，在选取的中国百万人口以上的50个主要城市中，居民平均单行上班时间要花39分钟。如果按照人口算，排名在前的15个城市居民每天上班单行比欧洲多消耗288亿分钟，折合为4.8亿小时，若按上海每小时创造财富2亿元换算，15个城市每天损失近10亿人民币。(来源：京华时报)
无论是北京的三环四环五环，还是上海的内环中环外环，只要到上下班的rush hour，基本上就只能见到人头攒动、车水马龙的景象了。公车、地铁里更是一幅人挤人、排长龙的壮观画面。百万人口以上的城市通勤时间长已经不是新闻了，而现在由官方机构公布的数据更是让“首都=首堵”名副其实了。城市上班族一声吼：每天上班花费时间超过45分钟的上班族伤不起啊！
第四篇：高中英语 轻松阅读 提高英语演讲自信的完美技巧素材
提高英语演讲自信的完美技巧
是否觉得当你试图讲英语的时候舌头会打结？想知道如何提高自己讲英语时的自信吗？就算英语讲得很好的人还是需要从某级别开始，所以阅读一下他们成功的秘诀。词语搭配
要说好英语，有几个不同的要素需要放在一起解决：懂得（并选择）适当的词汇，使用适当的语法及句式，并发正确的语音、重音形式、韵律和语调。如果想进步，你必须攻克这些要点。
互动过程
交流是和另一人的互动活动，除了谈话，还包括听力。要检查另一个人是否跟上了你的话题，可以通过一些对话策略，如用单词重音、改述、或使用如下的表达方式You know what I mean？ 或 Don't you agree？
并不限于言语，还有什么？
非语言交流对于有成效的对话，甚至是英语为母语国家的人都是非常重要的。使用手势、肢体语言和脸部表情来解释或强调，并试着读懂别人肢体语言所代表的意思。唱首歌
音乐是提高你语言能力的好方法，练习语言节奏并学习一些有用的表达方式。在网络上查找你最喜欢歌曲的lyrics（歌词），然后大声地唱出来练习。
寻求一次机会
你需要用正确的态度来提高你的英语水平。寻找任何练习口语的机会，例如在派对上和人交谈，或帮助迷路的外国人，又或是在老师提问的时候，把手举起来回答。每天用英语思考问题
这是一个提高口语的非常棒的方法，而且你不受任何时间、地点的限制。在家里，你可以在做每天的例行公事的时候对自己自言自语，就比如做饭的时候。如果你正在乘火车，公车，那就描述一下你身边的人（在脑海中，不要很大声！），还有当你睡觉前，用英语回顾一下今天发生过的事。
听一听你自己的声音
尽管你可能并不喜欢听到自己发出的声音，但这是个很有用的方式来找出自己英语口语中的问题。录下你讲的声音，然后听磁带，或是向一个说英语的人士寻求意见。
保存一份英语独白的记录
晚上上床前把你的想法用英语录下来。你可以在年末的时候回放录音回顾重要的事件，同时掌握你英语学习的进程。
上额外的学习班
如果你觉得你需要额外的练习并希望和其他英语学习者交流，那为什么不参加一个语言班？你的身边一定有很多的语言学校，甚至网上课程。你难道不知道你可以从网上学习吗？Englishtown，是一个有专业英语教师指导的课堂，只要有耳机及麦克风，就能让你和整个世界通话！
找到说英语的朋友
如果你真的想成为一名说地道英语的人，你需要结识一些能用英语作交流的人。这并不仅仅指那些英语国家人士。把英语作为第二语言的人要比英语国家的人要多得多，因而听得懂不同口音是非常重要的。
第五篇：高中英语 轻松阅读 乔布斯的12条演讲必杀技素材
乔布斯的12条演讲必杀技
1.“Develop a messianic sense of purpose.” Where is your passion for this subject coming from? Convey that.”对内容有很大的热忱”。告诉观众你对演讲主题的热情来自哪里。2.“Create Twitter-like headlines.” People don’t want to read, they want to hear a story.“标题简洁”。人们不想阅读大段文字，他们想听你的故事。3.“Draw a road map.” Make your audience feels the presentation is organized, with a beginning, middle and end.“思路明确”。用“开头，中间部分，结尾”的结构让观众感觉到你演讲的清晰思路。
4.“Introduce the antagonist.” What’s the problem that needs to be solved or the enemy to be overcome?
”介绍对手”。有什么问题亟待解决？有什么敌人还需攻克？ 5.“Reveal the conquering hero.“ What’s the solution to the problem? What’s the new angle or development that will lead to victory?
“揭露问题真相”。问题的解决方式是什么？是新观点或是发展迎来了胜利吗？ 6.“Dress up your numbers.” Present statistics in a context that is relevant to your audience.“让数据大放异彩”。数据可以引用在更贴近观众生活的地方。7.“Share the stage.” It’s not a one-man show.Rotate in other presenters if possible.“分享舞台”。演讲不是独角戏，尽量让听众们也参与到你的演讲中来。
8.“Master stage presence.” Manage your body language and delivery.Match them to what your presentation requires.“掌控演讲”。让你的肢体语言和表达方式有演讲范儿。
9.“Make it look effortless.” Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.“看起来侃侃而谈”。不断练习。
10.”Wear the appropriate costume.“Dress like the leader you want to become.“穿合适的衣服”。要看起来像你一直羡慕的领导风范。11.”Toss the script." Once you’ve rehearsed it all, make it relaxed and natural.“不要演讲稿”。如果你已准备充分，就放轻松自然地演讲吧。
12.“Have fun.” Even if things go sideways, roll with it.“享受演讲”。如果事情跑偏了，就随遇而安吧。
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