大学英语阅读材料短篇
A. 请大家推荐一下好的英语阅读材料和听力材料（可以用来背单词的那种）
看21世纪报吧~我高1开始就一直看
现在读大学看北京周报和CHINA DAILY了，这两个上网看就可以了
地址是：http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/home/index.html
http://www.bjreview.com/
《意林 双语阅读》
书籍的话，符合你水平的最好的应该是《 Chicken Soup for the Soul（心灵鸡汤） 》系列，一方面可以学习英文，一方面可以提高你对英文写作的美感感知，另外该系列的文章都是比较短小精悍的，却具有很深刻的人生哲理，值得一读。
ps,虽说你不要大学英语教材，但是我还是要强烈推荐我们北外的精读教材，外研社的《现代大学英语》 杨立民主编 ，编排结构信息量都不错。。。不知你为什么排斥~
听力，我用listen to this~~~~,你先从初级听起吧~~~~听过就知道~~~
B. 推荐几本大学英语阅读材料
21世纪报
C. 大学英语美文摘抄带翻译阅读
美文是新文学领域最亮丽的一方新土地,具有可意会难言说的韵味。本文是大学英语美文摘抄带翻译，希望对大家有帮助!
大学英语美文摘抄带翻译：生命就是小甜饼
One of my patients, a successful busines *** an, tells me that before his cancer he would bee depressed unless things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good.
我有一位病人，他是一个成功的商人，告诉我，在他患癌症之前，凡事如果没有确定下来他就忧心忡忡。对他而言，幸福是“拥有小甜饼”。
If you didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn. Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing.
如果你拥有了小甜饼，一切都一帆风顺。如果你没有小甜饼，生活就一文不值。
Some of the time it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most prestigious address.
不幸的是，小甜饼总是不断变换著，有时是金钱，有时是权力，有时是欲望。在其他时候，它是一辆新车、一份数额最大的合同、或者一个享有声望的通讯地址。
A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid.
在他被诊断出患有前列腺癌的一年半之后，他坐在那里，悲天悯人地摇著头，说：“长大以后，我好像就不知道怎样生活了。
When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie away or it breaks, he is unhappy.
当我给我儿子一个小甜饼时，他心花怒放。如果我拿走甜饼或者是小甜饼碎了，他就闷闷不乐。
But he is two and a half and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand that the cookie will never make me happy for long.
不同的是，他只有两岁半，而我已经 43 了。我花了这么长的时间才明白小甜饼并不能使我长久感到幸福。
The minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying to take it away from you.
从你拥有小甜饼的那一刻，它就开始破碎，或者你就开始担心它会破碎，抑或你开始担心别人拿走它。
You know, you have to give up a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you.
为了守护你的小甜饼，为了防止它破碎或者确定别人不会从你手中夺走它，你不得不放弃许多东西。
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.
你忙于不让自己失去它，甚至没有时间享受它。
Having the cookie is not what life is about." My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him.
拥有小甜饼并不是生活的全部内容。”我的病人笑着说癌症已经改变了他。
For the first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "
不论他的生意是否一帆风顺，不论他在打高尔夫球时是输是赢，他有生以来第一次感到幸福。
Two years ago, cancer asked me, 'Okay, what's important? What is really important?' Well, life is important.
“两年前，癌症问我‘什么重要?什么才真正的重要?’对，生命重要。
Life. Life any way you can have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the cookie; it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the cookie."
生命。生命，无论如何你拥有生命。有小甜饼也罢，没有小甜饼也罢，幸福与小甜饼并非息息相关，而是与生命的存在有关。可是，时光一去不复返，谁又能让时光倒流呢?”他停顿了一下，若有所思，说：“该死，我觉得生命就是那块小甜饼”。
大学英语美文摘抄带翻译：人如孤岛
How wonderful are islands! Islands in space, like this one I have e to, ringed about by milesof water, linked by on bridges, no cables, no telephones.
岛屿是多么奇妙啊!它处在一望无际之中，四周海水围绕， 没有桥梁相通，没有电缆相连，更无电话可打。
An lsland from the world and the world's life. Islands is time, like this short vacation of mine.
我来的小岛就是 这样一个地方，它远离尘世，不见喧嚣。小岛是时间的孤岛，就 像我的这次短期假期。
The past and the future are cut off: only the present remains.
在这里，过去和未来都被隔断，只有现时 依然存在。
One lives like a child or a saint in the immediacy of here and now.
一个人，或是像个孩子：或是像个圣人，现在便实 实在在地在这里活着。
Every day, every act, is an island, washed by time and space, and has an island's pletion.
每一天、每一个动作其实都是一个小岛，经受着时间和空间的冲刷，像小岛一样完美。
People, too, bee like islands in such an atmosphere, self-contained, whole and serene;respecting other people's solitude, not intruding on their shores, standing back in reverncebefore the miracle of another indivial.
人在这种环境下也变成了小岛，独立自主，完整安详，尊重他人的孤独，不践踏他 人的海岸半步，毕恭毕敬地在他人的奇迹面前靠后站。
"No man is an island," said John Donne. I feel we are all islands--in a mon sea.
“没有人 会是小岛。”约翰?多恩说过。我却认为每个人都是公共海域的 小岛。
We are all, in the last *** ysis, alone.
归根结底，我们都是孤独的。
And this basic state of solitude is not something we have any choice about.
这种孤独的基本状态由不得 我们选择。
It is , as the poet Rilke says, "not something that one can take or leave".
奥地利诗人里尔克曾经说道：“由不得我们带走或是 放弃。”
We are solitary. We may delude ourselves and act as though this were not so, yes, even tobegin by assuming it."Naturally," he goes on to say,"we will turn giddy."
虽然身心孤独，但是我们都欺骗自己，假装事实并非如 此。里尔克还说，“我们很自然就会弄得头晕目眩。”
We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family,friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or television to fill up the void.
今天的人们都非常害怕孤独，所以极力避免它。当与家人 和朋友相处或是看电影都无法消除孤独的时候，我们就用听广播 和看电视来填补空白。
Women, who used to plain of loneliness, need never be alone any more.
女人们曾经埋怨孤独，现在想孤独也办不 到。
We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side. Even day-dreaming was morecreative than this; it demanded something of oneself and it fed the inner life.
她们可以一边做家务一边看肥皂剧。做白日梦都显得更有创 造力，它需要人们具有一些东西，而且能够丰富内心生活。
Now instead of planting our solitude with our dream bolssoms, we choke the space withcontinuous music, chatter and panionship to which we do not even listen.
我们 本该用白曰梦的似锦繁花来种下一片孤独，但却用连续不断的音 乐、喋喋不休、吵嚷的同伴来把孤独的空间堵死。
It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take itsplace. We must relearn to be alone.
这其实仅仅是 _个填补空缺的问题，一旦暄闹消失，便不再有内心的音乐来填 补空缺。我们要重新学会孤独。
大学英语美文摘抄带翻译：一直走在阳光里
Years of storms had taken their toll on the old windmill. Its wheel, rusted and fallen, lay silent in the lush bluegrass. Its once animated silhouette was now a tall motionless steeple in the twilight sun.
多年的风雨毁坏了古老的风车。车轮已经锈了，倒了，静静地躺卧在茂盛的六月禾丛中。在落日的衬托下，曾经散发着生气的风车如今如耸立的尖塔般冰冷、生硬。
I hadn‘t walked across our old farm in fifteen years. Yet the sensations came flooding back. I could *** ell the freshness of new mown alfalfa. I could feel the ping of the ice cold summer rain, and the sun‘s sudden warmth on my wet shoulders when it reappeared after a brisk July thunderstorm.
我已经有十五年没有走过我们的农场了。然而，那些感觉又汹涌而至。我仿佛闻到了新割的苜蓿的清新气息，感觉到了冰冷夏雨敲打在身上，还有七月的雨后阳光照射在溼漉漉的身上骤然传来的暖意。
Rain or shine, I used to walk this path each day to see Greta. She always made me *** ile, even after Sis and I had just had a big squabble. I would help Greta with her chores. Then we would visit over a generous helping of her delicious homemade chocolate cookies and ice cream. Being confined to a wheel chair didn‘t stop Greta from being a fabulous cook.
无论雨天或晴天，我曾经天天沿着这条小径去探望葛丽塔。即使我刚和姐姐大吵了一场，她也总能使我舒怀微笑。我会帮葛丽塔做些家务。然后，我们会大快朵颐，品尝她亲手做的巧克力曲奇饼和冰淇淋。以轮椅代步并不妨碍她成为一名出色的厨师。
Greta gave me two of the greatest gifts I‘ve ever received. First, she taught me how to read. She also taught me that when I forgave Sis for our squabbles, it meant I wouldn‘t keep feeling like a victim. Instead, I would feel sunny.
Mr. Dinking, the local banker, tried to foreclose on Greta‘s house and land after her hu *** and passed away. Thanks to Pa and Uncle Johan, Greta got to keep everything. Pa said that it was the least he could do for someone talented enough to teach me to read!
在葛丽塔的丈夫去世后，当地的银行家丁肯先生曾经要收取她抵押给了银行的房子。幸亏有爸爸和约翰叔叔的帮忙，葛丽塔才保住了一切。爸爸说，对一位聪明得能教会我认字的人，这只是他力所能及的一件小事!
Soon folks were ing from miles around to buy Greta‘s homemade cakes, pies, breads, cookies, cider, and ice cream. Hank, the grocery store man, came each week to stock his shelves and bring Greta supplies.
很快，方圆数英里的人们都来买葛丽塔做的蛋糕、馅饼、面包、曲奇饼、苹果酒和冰淇淋。每周，杂货店老板汉克都会给她送来材料，并从她那里进货。
Greta even had me take a big apple pie to Mr. Dinking who became one of her best customers and friends. That‘s just how Greta was. She could turn anyone into a friend!
葛丽塔甚至让我给丁肯先生送去一个大苹果馅饼。他也成为了她的顾客和朋友。这就是葛丽塔。她可以把任何人都变成朋友!
Greta always said, "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!" No matter how terrible my day started, I always felt sunny walking home from Greta‘s house-even beneath the winter starlight.
葛丽塔常说：“亲爱的，记得要走在阳光里!” 每天，不管一开始怎么糟糕，从葛丽塔的小屋走回家时，即使是披着冬夜的星光，我都会感觉心情舒畅。
I arrived at Greta‘s house today just after sunset. An ambulance had stopped a few feet from her door, it‘s red lights flashing. When I ran into the old house, Greta recognized me right away.
这天，太阳刚下山我就来到葛丽塔家了。她门前几尺外已然停著一辆救护车。车上的红灯闪烁不停。当我冲入那所旧房子时，葛丽塔立刻认出了我.
She *** iled at me with her unforgettable twinkling blue eyes. She was almost out of breath when she reached out and softly touched my arm. Her last words to me were "Dear, keep walking in sunshine!"
她冲我微微一笑，令人难忘的那双蓝眼睛闪著光芒。当她伸手轻抚我的手臂时，她已经奄奄一息了。她最后对我说的话是：“亲爱的，记得要走在阳光里!”
I‘m sure that Greta is walking in the brightest sunshine she‘s ever seen. And, I‘m sure that she heard every word I read at her memorial service.
我肯定葛丽塔此时正漫步在她所见过的最明媚的阳光里。我也肯定她听见了我在她的追悼仪式上所念的每一个字。
I chose a beautiful verse by Leo Buscaglia. It‘s one that Greta taught me to read many years ago…
我选了利奥·巴斯卡格里亚的一首优美的诗，正是那首葛丽塔多年前教我念的诗。
"Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter‘s frost and chill, summer‘s warmth is in them still."
“爱能历久常新。华发或会失去原有的光彩。双颊或会日显消瘦黯淡。然而，有爱的心中，从无寒冬霜冰，只有夏之温热。”
D. 两人短篇英语对话阅读
情景教学则是英语课堂中必不可少的一部分,不同的教学内容创造不同的情景,让学生在模仿、练习的时融入到浓烈的学习氛围中领会新的知识同时展示出英语课堂独特的生命力。我整理了两人短篇英语对话，欢迎阅读!
两人短篇英语对话一
Friends Standard 择友标准
Mary: hi, Larry, how was your weekend?
嘿,拉里,周末过得怎么样?
Larry: not bad. We had a get-together with friends from college. I haven't seen many of them since gration. How about you?
挺不错的,我和大学同学聚会了,其中好多人毕业后我就没见过.你呢?
M: great. I hung out with jo all day shopping, and the went out for dinner together.
挺好的.我个乔一起过的,我们俩先去逛了商场,然后一起吃了晚饭.
L: sounds a good weekend. You know it always amazes me that two people as different as you and Jo can bee such close friends.
听起来不错.你知道吗,我一直觉得你和乔差别那么大还能成为好朋友感到特别不可思议.
M: yeah, I never thought we could be good friends either. We have our differences. She's more outgoing and active while I am more quiet and reversed, but we still get along extremely well. We can talk for hours about anything.
嗯,我也没有想到我们俩能成为好朋友.我们两个之间有很多不同,她更外向,做事也更积极,而我更内向安静.可是我们俩在一起的时候相处非常好,我们能聊各种话题,一聊就是几个小时.
L: that's great. I know people who can't stand each other for even five minutes.
真好,我知道有的人在一起5分钟就无法忍受对方了.
M: when Jo and I are together, we argue a lot, but that's also part of the fun. Besides, I know she will always be there for me when I need her, and she knows I'll be there for her.
我和乔在一起时,也总是争论,但那正是有意思的地方.而且我知道当我又需要的时候,她总会支援我,她也知道我总会支援她.
L: it seems you two bring out the best of one another.
看来你们俩能互相激励出对方最好的一面.
M: exactly. Having Jo as my friend is one of the best things that's ever happened to me.
是这样,能有乔做朋友,是我经历的最好的事情之一.
L: yeah, you are so lucky to have found each other.
嗯,你们真的很幸运,能成为这样的好朋友.
M: thanks, I think so too.
谢谢,我也这么认为.
两人短篇英语对话二
L: hey, Mary, what's up?
嗯,玛丽,最近怎么样?
M: not much. Last night I met this great guy at the bar and we had such a wonderful time that we decided to meet again tonight.
还行吧,昨天晚上在酒吧里遇到一个特别好的人,我们玩得非常开心,于是决定今天晚上再见一面.
L: oh, that's exciting. What's this guy like? Is he hot?
哦,真不错.这个人长什么样啊,帅吗?
M: well, I ddin't think so at first. But as we started talking, I found his extremely funny and witty. I couldn't stop laughing at his jokes! We have so much in mon. We like the same teams, music, and most amazingly, we both love Chinese food! I have the feeling that we are going to be great friends.
我刚开始的时候不觉的,可是聊起天来,我发现他特别风趣诙谐,他讲的笑话让我笑得不停.而且我们还有很多共同点,我们喜欢相同的运动队,相同的音乐,最不可思议的是,我们都喜欢中国菜!我觉得我们会成为很好的朋友的.
L: it seems you two are a good match. What qualities do you look for in a friend?
看来你们俩还挺般配的.你找朋友时注重什么品质呢?
M: there's nothing definite I think. I don't have a list or anything, but when I first meet somebody, I can usually tell whether or not that person is going to be a good friend. It seems I have radar helping me spot new friends.
我觉得并不是非要有特别的品质.我没有什么特别的要求,但是当我第一次遇见一个人时,我通常能知道他能不能成为我的好朋友.我好像有一个雷达,帮助我在人群中找到我的朋友.
L: well, that's something I've never heard of. But if you as me what I value most in a friend, I would have to say honesty.
还没听过这个说法呢,但是要我说什么是朋友最重要的品质,我觉得就是诚实.
M: I agree. You can't expect a close relationship with a dishonest person. Those are the people that will turn their back on you when you are in need.
我同意你的说法,和一个不诚实的人在一起肯定不会有深层次的交流,他们往往会在你需要的时候离你而去.
L: yeah, I know. A friend in need is a friend indeed. I don't need fair-weather friends either.
是的,我知道,患难见真情,我不想要只能共甘不能共苦的朋友
两人短篇英语对话三
Neignbor Relations 左邻右舍
Lucas:hi, I'm Lucas, I just moved in next door.
你好,我是卢卡斯,我刚搬到隔壁.
Barbara:oh, hi Lucas, e on in. I'm Barbara. Nice to meet you.
哦,卢卡斯,请进,我是芭芭拉,很高兴认识你.
L:nice to meet you too.
我也很高兴认识你.
B: would you like something to drink? I've got tea and some grape juice.
你想喝点什么呢?有茶,还有葡萄汁.
L: thanks. Some tea would be nice. Chinese tea is great. I really like your tea set. Where did you get it?
谢谢你,茶就行,中国茶很好喝. 我特别喜欢你的茶具,在哪里买的?
B: oh, there is a supermarket not far from here. But there is also a tea house around the corner, where you can get tea and a tea set as well.
离这里不远有家超市.街角有个茶叶店,那儿也有茶叶和茶具卖.
L: oh yeah, I saw the tea house the other day. I think I might go and have a look sometime. It's a nice neighborhood here.
哦, 对,前两天我见过那个茶具店,可能过两天去看看.我觉得这里的居住环境还不错.
B: you are right about that. It's quiet and very convenient. You can get to the bus and the subway stations within ten minutes'walk. There's a grocery store, a book store, a gym, and many restaurants along the street.
没错,这里很安静,而且特别方便,去汽车站和地铁站,不到十分钟就能走到.沿着街,有便利店,书房,健身房,还有很多餐馆
L: there's a gym nearby? That's exciting! I really want to start to go to gym as soon as possible. I've been lazy this summer holiday and have put on some weight.
周围有健身房?太好了!我想去健身,越快越好.整个暑假我都特别懒,长胖了不少.
B: well, if you want we can go together sometime. Actually I was thinking of going this afternoon, if you like, you can join me and I can show you the beighborhood along the way.
如果你不介意,我们可以一起.我打算今天下午就去,你要是想来,可以一起走,路上我给你介绍下社群里的设施.
L: that would be wonderful. Thanks!
那太棒了,谢谢你那太棒了,谢谢你
E. 大学简单英语故事阅读
生活 故事 是一种常见的故事类型，这类故事真实生动、贴近民众的生活，在河南广泛流传，其主人公丰富多彩，是大众喜闻乐见的一种文学样式。我分享大学简单 英语故事 ，希望可以帮助大家!
大学简单英语故事：When I Retire...
It was 10 p.m. Fritz said good night to his wife. She was watching TV. He went to bed. Tomorrow was a big day. It was his last day of work. Thirty years with the federal government. Thirty years of flying out of town for weeks on end. Thirty years of interviews, meetings, and heavy briefcases. Tomorrow it would all be over. Not that he didn’t like it. He had enjoyed his career.
Fritz felt blessed. His father had had a tough life as an unskilled laborer. Whenever Fritz was a bit discouraged or upset, he thought about his overworked and underpaid father. He thanked God for his own good life, and for the fact that he had been able to make his dad’s last years comfortable.
His two children were married and had their own careers. His wife Paige kept busy with, among other things, her bridge club. She had tried to get him interested in bridge, but without success. Fritz was content with his own Friday night poker group.
Friday morning, he went to work for the very last time. Those who knew him well would miss him. Fritz was a genuinely nice guy. He never had a bad word to say about anyone. Some people might have thought he was a little ll, but he was intelligent, a hard worker, and a team player. He had taken only three weeks of sick leave in 30 years.
A small group took him out to lunch. When he returned from lunch, the whole office gathered around for cake, ice cream, a farewell card, and a few short speeches. They presented him with various going-away gifts, including a big, paperback US atlas. It listed all the motels, campgrounds, national parks, tourist spots, and other information to help guide a leisurelytraveler throughout the good old USA. He had told his friends that he and Paige were going to spend a couple of years visiting all the places that he never had gotten to explore while there on business. As a final gift, his supervisor told him to take the rest of the day off.
Paige’s car wasn’t in the driveway when he got home. She was probably shopping for some traveling clothes. Maybe she was out arranging a dinner at a restaurant that evening for just the two of them. That would be nice.
But something was wrong. When he hung up his jacket, he saw that the bedroom closet was half empty. Paige’s clothes were gone. Her shoes were not on the closet floor. Confused, he looked around the bedroom.
He saw an envelope on the lamp stand. Inside it were two pieces of paper. One notified him of a divorce proceeding. The other was a hand-written note from Paige. “I’m so sorry,” it began. She said that her lawyer had told her to wait until today. If she had sought divorce a year earlier, like her boyfriend had suggested, she would not have been able to qualify for 50 percent of Fritz’s pension. She hoped that he would find it in his heart to forgive her. She felt terrible about this, she wrote, because “you’ve been so good to me. But I can’t ignore my own heart.”
Fritz sat immobile on the edge of the bed. Her note was in his hand; her words were burning in his brain.
Maybe an hour later, the phone rang. He picked it up on the fifth ring. It was Bob, wondering if Fritz was going to play poker later that night.
大学简单英语故事：Check Your Bags
Adrian’s favorite store was the $1 Store. This store had everything, from fresh proce to birthday cards to gasoline additives. Everything was one dollar. Usually, he got very good deals; occasionally, he got ripped off.
A few days ago, Adrian bought six packages of ink for his printer. Then he found a deal on better ink at the local computer store. So Adrian went back to the $1 Store to exchange the ink for some other items.
He put the ink into a plastic bag and tied it up. When he entered the store, he immediately showed the bag to a clerk and told her that he was returning some items. She looked at him but said nothing. There were about ten people in her line. She was obviously very busy. Not knowing exactly what to do, Adrian put the bag into a push-cart and started shopping.
He was midway through shopping when a female employee suddenly stopped him. “Sir,” she said sternly, “you are not allowed to carry a plastic bag of items around in this store. What’s in this bag? Show me what’s in the bag!”
Adrian was taken aback. There was no need for her to yell. He opened the bag and showed her the six packages of ink. “I’m returning these to exchange for some other items,” Adrian said.
“You should have left the bag with the clerk when you entered this store. Let me see your receipt!” the employee demanded.
Adrian was embarrassed. He felt like a shoplifter. He looked around to see if anyone was paying attention. He showed her the receipt.
“Perhaps in the future you’ll learn how to follow store policy. Leave this bag here with the clerk. You can have your receipt and bag back when you check out.”
By the time Adrian had finished shopping and exchanged the items, he was angry. How dare she treat him like a criminal? He went looking for her. He wanted an apology. He found her in the proce section and asked what her name was. She mumbled something. He asked her again, and this time he heard “Ursula.”
“Ursula what?” he asked. She yelled at him, “Ursula!” and stormed away.
When Adrian got home, he called the store’s corporate headquarters. This rude employee was about to lose her job, he said to himself. He described his unpleasant experience to a customer service representative. She was sympathetic. “Our employees are taught to be polite. We will not tolerate such behavior. Give me your phone number and I will call you back.”
Two days later, Adrian received a phone call from the representative. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but there’s no one at that store named Ursula. Can you describe her? I’ll find out who she is. I assure you, we do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate lying to customers.”
By this time, Adrian had calmed down. He didn’t really want the employee to lose her job. He told the representative to forget about it.
大学简单英语故事：Get Me a Caffe Latte
On Friday afternoon a judge sentenced lawyer Mickey Mantle to 24 hours in jail for contempt. Mantle had just won a lawsuit against a man who had struck Mantle’s client. The client had accidentally spilled a diet soda onto the defendant’s new sneakers, so he broke the client’sjaw. The judge sentenced the defendant to two years in jail for assault and battery. But after handcuffing the defendant, the sheriff’s deputy also handcuffed Mantle. “What the heck do you think you’re doing?” Mantle shouted.
“Sorry. Judge’s orders,” replied the deputy, as he escorted Mantle and the defendant out of the courtroom. “She said to throw you in jail overnight for contempt of court.” Because the judge had already left the courtroom, Mantle had no one to protest to.
Mantle and the convicted man were put in the back of the same van and driven five miles to the city jail. When they were taken out of the van, Mantle had a black eye and a bloody nose. He told the deputy that the defendant had head-butted him. The defendant called Mantle a liar. He told the deputy that Mantle had gone flying when the van made a sharp turn and banged his face on the defendant’s knee.
The deputy took Mantle to the jail emergency room. Mantle couldn’t believe what was going on. He was a respected lawyer about to spend the night in jail with violent criminals, some of whom he’d helped to convict. He’d be lucky to get out alive. And all because of a stupid cup of coffee.
Mantle was in jail because he had displeased Judge Brown. Brown had asked Mantle to bring her a caffe latte from Moonbucks on Mantle’s way back from lunch. Mantle had had previous run-ins with Brown. He didn’t like Brown, and refused to be her errand boy. When Mantle returned from lunch, she asked him where her coffee was. Mantle said, “They ran out. They said to come back tomorrow.”
F. 大学英语四级阅读理解概述3
例6
One of the most important weapons used ring the Second World War was not a weapon used against people, but rather a drug used against disease. The wartime use of penicillin（青霉素）saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example, pneumonia （肺炎）was responsible for 18% of all the deaths in the United States army. In the Second World War, the rate went down to less than 1%. In addition, penicillin was helpful in keeping wounds from getting infected and in helping to speed the healing process of those wounds that did become infected.
Q: What was the pneumonia death rate of all the deaths in the United States army ring the Second World War?
A) About 18%.
B) No more than 1%.
C) 1%.
D) About 17%.
该段短文中句子的逻辑功能可链郑划分如下：第一句为主题引介句。第二句“在战时使用青霉素挽救了几千条人命”，应为主题句。余下三句为支撑主题的陈述细节的句子：
承接语for example提示，第三句为例解性的细节；第四句具有与之对比的含义，可视为同一细节；in addition是增补性的承接语，提示第五句为另一个细节。
显然，答案为B），二战其间美军中死于肺炎的人“不到百分之一”，选项用了”no more than ”，等同于原文的“less than”。
3.1.3 区分事实和棚租颂看法(Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions)
事实是直接陈述的客观事实，而看法则分为作者明说的型圆看法或暗指的意思两种。
例 7
I remember thinking there was something absurdly melodramatic about screaming “Help, help!” at eight on a Tuesday evening in December and changing my plea to the more specific “Help, let me in, please let me in!” But the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and I ran on until I heard Jeremy’s screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled.
The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped Jeremy find his glasses and keys. In a group they were very brave. We waited for the cops to come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and I said politely, “Please go and eat. We’re O.K.”
I was happy to see them go. -------
这两段短文选自上外教出版社出版的《大学英语精读》第二册第七课《全靠运气》。
文中讲到作者某夜在住所附近遇到持枪歹徒，大声呼救，而邻居们却装聋作哑。待作者侥幸逃脱，歹徒亦逃去无踪后，邻居们才装模作样出来“帮忙”。
第一段中的“The houses were --- closed,” 是事实，而“The houses were cold, --- unfriendly,” 是作者的观点。第二段的第一句“The neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats---”是事实，而“In a group they were very brave.”是作者的观点。还有，第二段的“--- someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold,” 也是事实，而第三段的“I was happy to see them go.”是作者的观点。当然，这里指出的都是作者直白的观点，而作者隐含的观点是：邻居们既懦弱、自私、和冷漠，又十分虚伪。
3.1.4 进行推论(Making Inferences)
在理解阅读材料的主旨大意及抓住其重要细节时，还需具备获得文章或句子所表达的隐含信息的能力，对所读内容进行一定的引申和推理。往往可以从作者带有感情色彩的语气、措辞等文体特征推断出作者的观点、态度、写作目的、文章风格和基调。
例8
Worldwide fame burst upon Albert Einstein on November 7, 1919, when British astronomers announced they found the first confirmation of Einstein’s general relativity theory. Einstein had already become known in scientific circles because of his two astonishing theories: the special theory of relativity, published in 1905 when he was only 26 and a minor clerk in the Swiss patent（专利）office, and the general theory of relativity, advanced between 1913 and 1915. He was considered so brilliant by other scientists that in 1914 he was invited to join the famous Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and to become head of the research branch at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. He accepted the offer and moved to Berlin.
Q: It can be inferred from the passage that the author ________.
A) is critical about Einstein
B) is indifferent to Einstein’s achievement
C) doesn’t think highly of Einstein
D) praises Einstein highly
本文简略地记叙了爱因斯坦获得学术成就和声望的经历。尽管短文没有直接陈述作者对爱因斯坦的评论，但从某些记叙的措辞中仍可窥见作者对爱因斯坦的称颂，如Worldwide fame burst upon---（---声震全球），--- so brilliant--- that---（---才华横溢---以致）等。由此可知，答案应为D），作者“高度评价爱因斯坦”。其余三项均不合作者的态度。
3.1.5 作结论(Drawing Conclusions)
要根据上下文的逻辑关系，有理有据地推断结论。结论应基于文章中的事实和证据，
而不是基于读者自己的观点和喜好。
G. 跪求 : 600字以上800字以下的适合大学生读的英语文章
《谈生命》冰心
我不敢说生命是什么，我只能说生命像什么。
生命像向东流的一江春水，他从最高处发源，冰雪是他的前身。他聚集起许多细流，合成一股有力的洪涛，向下奔注，他曲折的穿过了悬崖峭壁，冲倒了层沙积土，挟卷着滚滚的沙石，快乐勇敢地流走，一路上他享受着他所遭遇的一切：
有时候他遇到巉岩前阻，他愤激地奔腾了起来，怒吼着，回旋着，前波后浪的起伏催逼，直到他过了，冲倒了这危崖他才心平气和的一泻千里。有时候他经过了细细的平沙，斜阳芳草里，看见了夹岸红艳的桃花，他快乐而又羞怯，静静地流着，低低的吟唱着，轻轻地度过这一段浪漫的行程。
有时候他遇到暴风雨，这激电，这迅雷，使他心魂惊骇，疾风吹卷起他，大雨击打着他，他暂时浑浊了，扰乱了，而雨过天晴，只加给他许多新生的力量。
有时候他遇到了晚霞和新月，向他照耀，向他投影，清冷中带些幽幽的温暖：这时他只想憩息，只想睡眠，而那股前进的力量，仍催逼着他向前走……
终于有一天，他远远地望见了大海，呵！他已到了行程的终结，这大海，使他屏息，使他低头，她多么辽阔，多么伟大！多么光明，又多么黑暗！大海庄严的伸出臂儿来接引他，他一声不响地流入她的怀里。他消融了，归化了，说不上快乐，也不有悲哀！
也许有一天，他再从海上蓬蓬地雨点中升起，飞向西来，再形成一道江流，再冲倒两旁的石壁，再来寻夹岸的桃花。然而我不敢说来生，也不敢相信来生！
生命又像一颗小树，他从地底聚集起许多生力，在冰雪下欠伸，在早春润湿的泥土中，勇敢快乐的破壳出来。他也许长在平原上，岩石上，城墙上，只要他抬头看见了天，呵！看见了天！他便伸出嫩叶来吸收空气，承受阳光，在雨中吟唱，在风中跳舞。
他也许受着大树的荫遮，也许受着大树的覆压，而他青春生长的力量，终使他穿枝拂叶的挣脱了出来，在烈日下挺立抬头！他遇着骄奢的春天，他也许开出满树的繁花，蜂蝶围绕着他飘翔喧闹，小鸟在他枝头欣赏唱歌，他会听见黄莺清吟，杜鹃啼血，也许还听见枭鸟的怪鸣。
他长到最茂盛的中年，他伸展出他如盖的浓荫，来荫庇树下的幽花芳草，他结出累累的果实，来呈现大地无尽的甜美与芳馨。秋风起了，将他叶子，由浓绿吹到绯红，秋阳下他再有一番的庄严灿烂，不是开花的骄傲，也不是结果的快乐，而是成功后的宁静和怡悦！
终于有一天，冬天的朔风把他的黄叶干枝，卷落吹抖，他无力的在空中旋舞，在根下呻吟，大地庄严的伸出臂儿来接引他，他一声不响的落在她的怀里。他消融了，归化了，他说不上快乐，也没有悲哀！
也许有一天，他再从地下的果仁中，破裂了出来。又长成一棵小树，再穿过丛莽的严遮，再来听黄莺的歌唱，然而我不敢说来生，也不敢信来生。
宇宙是个大生命，我们是宇宙大气中之一息。江流入海，叶落归根，我们是大生命中之一叶，大生命中之一滴。在宇宙的大生命中，我们是多么卑微，多么渺小，而一滴一叶的活动生长合成了整个宇宙的进化运行。要记住：不是每一道江流都能入海，不流动的便成了死湖；不是每一粒种子都能成树，不生长的便成了空壳！生命中不是永远快乐，也不是永远痛苦，快乐和痛苦是相生相成的。等于水道要经过不同的两岸，树木要经过常变的四时。在快乐中我们要感谢生命，在痛苦中我们也要感谢生命。快乐固然兴奋，苦痛又何尝不美丽？我曾读到一个警句，它说“愿你生命中有够多的云翳，来造成一个美丽的黄昏”。
H. 大学英语阅读
三篇，一篇阅读填空，两篇传统阅读。...大学英语六级阅读理解第三部分是仔细内阅读，又称为深度阅容读，占据20%的分值，有两篇450~500字的文章，每篇文章后面有5道题，考查考生对文章具体信息和主旨大意的能力以及根据所读材料进行推理判断的能力。该部分常考题型有四个：事实细节题、推理判断题、主旨大意题和观点态度题。