独家记忆159
英语听力小短文
引导语：下面是我整理的一篇提高英语听说能力的小短文，还附有关键词解释和好句摘抄哦，大家快来看看。
原文：
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs. Both types have simply been called "well". In rencent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health.
对于仅仅是“没有生病”和身体非常健康、非常注意身体特殊需求的两种人，传统医学并没有严格区分。这两种人都被简单定义为“身体健康”。然而近些年来，一些医学专家开始认为，只有那些主动维持和改善其身体状态的人才称得上“身体好”和“健康”。
People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body's condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsiblity for matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap may be "well", in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations.
健康的人非常关注营养均衡以及运动，他们非常重视监控自己的身体状况。最重要的可能是健康的人主动承担起改善自己身体状况的所有责任。在这种意义上，只要他们能在他们现有的身体限制条件下尽可能地保持最好的状态，即使是一个有着生理疾病或缺陷的人都可能是“健康”的。
"Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
对“健康”的最佳理解可能不是人们能达到的一种状态，而是人们能追求的一个理想。健康的人更有可能预防疾病和在疾病发作时战胜它。通过关注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念还能对人们如何面对日常生活的挑战产生积极的.影响。
英语单词词汇整理:
1. excellent adj. 优良的，杰出的
eg: Thomas Alva Edison is an excellent inventor.
爱迪生是一位杰出的发明家。
短语：
excellent feature 优点
excellent quality 优良品质
同根词：
excellently adv. 极好地
excellence n. 优秀，美德，长处
2. specialist n. 专家
eg: We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。
短语：
specialist system 专家系统;专家制度
heart specialist 心脏病专家
3. strive v. 努力，斗争
eg: He is hard to strive against disease.
他很努力与疾病斗争。
短语：
strive for 争取，奋斗
strive after 奋斗;争取
strive against 反抗
4. maintain v. 保养，维持
eg: It was supposed to maintain the convertibility of the currency into gold.
它的作用在于保持，货币与金子间的转换。
短语：
maintain in 维持......
maintain contact with 与......保持联系
maintain world peace 维护世界和平
5. monitor v. 监督，监视
eg: He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor.
他那时正在电视监控器上观看一场网球赛。
短语：
monitor system 监控系统
computer monitor 电脑显示器
fire monitor 防火监控器
patient monitor 病人监护仪
6. handicap n. (身体或智力的)缺陷
eg: Kate didn't abandon herself because of the physical handicap.
凯特并没有因为生理上的缺陷而自暴自弃。
短语：
mental handicap 心理缺陷
physical handicap 生理缺陷
cultural handicap 文化上的障碍
7. resist v. 抵抗，抵制
eg: Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
很多年轻人不能抵制精神污染。
短语：
hard to resist 人见人爱;惹人喜爱
resist no longer 无法抵抗
佳句采摘：
And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
通过关注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念还能对人们如何面对日常生活的挑战产生积极的影响。
听雨蘑菇
调查发现,小学生对英语故事有浓厚的兴趣,老师对故事教学的作用也很肯定。本文是英语故事听力短文，希望对大家有帮助! 英语故事听力短文：The Haircut It was chilly outside. Natalie had asked Sonny to e pick her up. She wanted to give him his bimonthly haircut at his place. He said he’d be right over. She always cut his hair in the bathroom, so he closed the bathroom window pletely. She didn’t like drafts. He put on his jacket and ski cap, walked out to his car, and drove to her place. Because she had just finished a difficult work project, Natalie was in a good mood. After they walked into Sonny’s apartment, however, her mood seemed to change. Sonny pretended not to notice, but wondered what was going on. He took the chair, the scissors, and the hair clippers into the bathroom. She didn’t help, as she usually did. He changed into a T-shirt and shorts and sat down on the chair. “I’m ready,” he yelled out to her in the dining room. She didn’t respond. He walked out to the dining room. She was looking at ads in a magazine. “Didn’t you hear me?” he asked. She gave him a look, and then told him that his apartment was as cold as the outdoors. Yikes, he thought. He apologized to Natalie, and turned on the central heat. But it was too late. 英语故事听力短文：A Cleaner River The three brothers went out on the river almost every day, weather permitting. They tied some rowboats behind their boat to use as floating trash cans. They picked up all the trash they could see floating in the river. Friends joined them. Then friends told other friends, and by the end of the first year there were more than 200 volunteers helping the Green Fleet clean up the river. In the first 365 days, the brothers estimated that they had removed more than 10 tons of trash from the river. Their work was creating a cleaner-looking and cleaner- *** elling river. Corporations got involved and donated money and materials. By the end of the second year, the Green Fleet had grown to four boats and four barges. The brothers appeared on radio talk shows and on local and national TV shows. Activists throughout the nation began organizing their own Green Fleets. The Green Fleet got bigger and better every year. Five years after its inception, the three brothers were able to go snorkeling on weekends in their river. Unfortunately, a year later, Manny accidentally stuck himself with a hypodermic needle while picking up a dirty plastic bag. He got an infection but didn’t see a doctor until it was too late. At Manny's funeral, his brothers vowed to carry on their volunteer work until they were too sick or old to do it any longer. To honor Manny, the St. James city council voted to rename the city's largest park after him. 英语故事听力短文：Jury Service in California To serve on a California jury, you must be a U.S. citizen. You must be selected to serve; juror names are selected from state identification cards, driver’s licenses, and voting rolls. If selected, you will receive in your mail an envelope marked Jury Summons. Call the 800 phone number to find out the first day of your service. If that date is inconvenient for you, you can change it to a later date. You cannot serve more than once every 12 months. If you are mentally disabled or are a full-time caregiver, you may be excused from service. If you have no reasonable means of transportation to court, you might be excused. If you are a full-time student or teacher, you won’t be excused. If you are a breast-feeding mom, you can postpone your service. If you are dead, your family must provide proof of death. To serve on a jury, you must be able to read and understand basic English. Your age doesn’t matter, as long as you are at least 18 years old. Once you’re 70, you can say that you’re too sick to serve; you don’t need a doctor’s excuse. If you’re younger than 70, you need a doctor’s note confirming that you are ill. Blind people, deaf people, and people in wheelchairs can be required to serve on a jury. You will not get paid very much for your service--$15 a day. Also, the state will reimburse you 34 cents for each mile that you drive in your car one way only. Some employers will pay your salary while you serve; some won’t. If you own a business, you might be away from it for one to four weeks, occasionally even longer. You could lose a lot of money if you do most of the work for your business. But the judge won’t excuse you unless you can demonstrate extreme financial hardship. Parking for jurors is always free.
