英语阅读天天练

1、英语阅读天天练谔谔Week Three MondayGreatest ever Olympian? /菲尔普斯：缔造八金传奇的美国帅小伙。HE has done what Mohammed Ali did for boxing, Michael Jordan for basketball, Roger Federer for tennis and Tiger Woods for golf.Twenty-three-year-old Michael Phelps has become a phenomenonin swimming. At the 2008 Summer Olympic Game

2、s, he won eight gold medals. That was more than the whole Australian team could put together. He beat Mark Spitzs 1972 record of seven wins in the pool at the one Games. Phelps has put his name next to seven world records.Nine days, 17 games, morning and night he competed and won. He had to beat for

3、mer world record-holders and gold medalists. He had to turn their wins into old news.He won in every kind of way. He won the 400 medley by a body length. He won the 100-meter butterfly by the smallest of margins one-hundredth of a second. He won when his goggles leaked. He won when teammate Lezak ad

4、vanced in the final leg of the 4x100m relay. “Im just lucky to have the drive that I have, the talent that I have and the excitement for the sport,” Phelps said after winning his last medal. After the Olympics, swimming will not be in the news so much. But Phelps has decided to keep working to popul

5、arize it.“I dont want this sport to be an every-four-years sport,” Phelps said. “Over the past four years, its skyrocketed. Im honored to help this sport for the next generation of swimmers who will have it better than I have.”Bonus“游泳”知多少：freestyle/ backstroke/ breaststroke/ butterflyWeek ThreeTues

6、dayLooking back on some wonderful school meals/ 在学校吃午餐是我一天最开心的时光。LUNCHTIME was my favorite subject when I was at school. I was really good at it. Plus, I loved school lunches.Many students dont share my love. A lot of students bring their own lunches to school. Their mothers might make them sandwich

7、es or leftovers from last nights dinner. But not me! I couldnt wait for the schools hot lunch. At the beginning of each month a calendar was handed out. On it was the hot lunch schedule for that month. I used to circle the days I was excited for. Chicken fingers. Mexican casserole (焙盘). Every Friday

8、 they served pizza. With the lunches they sometimes had little potatoes we call tater tots.I loved waiting in line and talking with my friends. For only $1.35, which is very cheap, you would get a tray with different foods on it and a cup of milk. I always got chocolate milk. But dont tell my mother

9、, she didnt know. Then youd carry your food to your lunch table and sit down with your friends. Boys rarely sat with girls. Wed talk about sports and TV while we ate lunch. When we finished we usually played a game with a paper football until we got in trouble.In school lunch was more than a time to

10、 eat. For me it was the best part of my day!Week Three WednesdayTrouble time in Thailand/ 中国游客的泰国“惊魂记”！滞留泰国的中国公民搭乘中国国际航空公司的CA072航班顺利抵达北京首都国际机场。中新社富田摄ZHANG Jin was excited to get the bonus of a free trip to Thailand from his company. But the manager from Qingdao, Shandong province, didnt expect to ha

11、ve a dangerous experience.The next day, upon Zhangs arrival in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, he was shocked to find himself in a city filled with street battles between two groups. One group was supporting the Thai government while the other was against it.The anti-government (反政府的) group has ta

12、ken a number of actions recently. It took over the prime ministers (总理) office in August and had street battles with the police. Two people were reported to be killed and hundreds injured. Last month the anti-government group took over two international airports in Bangkok and stopped all flights. A

13、bout 240,000 foreign tourists, including over 3,000 Chinese people like Zhang, were forced to stay in the country.“We were nervous on the streets. But we felt at home with other Chinese from Hong Kong or Taiwan,” said Zhang.Luckily, the Chinese government sent chartered flights (包机) to bring the peo

14、ple back. Now, all the Chinese tourists are safely back home. “The moment the plane left Thailand, we cheered for joy,” said Zhang.Last week Thailands prime minister Somchai Wongsawat stepped down and the airports reopened. But the countrys tourism industry needs time to return to normal.Tourism is

15、the biggest part of the countrys economy. Thailand is called “Land of Smiles” and has some of Asias best beaches. It has made $17 billion (十亿) from 15.5 million tourists this year.Week ThreeThursdayChallenging our ideas/ 你如何看待两会的“雷人”提案？EVERY March, Beijing welcomes thousands of visitors from around

16、the country. They are delegates to meetings of the National Peoples Congress (NPC, 全国人民代表大会) and the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC,中国人民政治协商会议).The delegates give advice and make plans to make our country better. But this year, the advice of some delegates has led to discus

17、sion. What did the delegates suggest? What do Teens readers think of their suggestions? Lets have a look.The Chinese Yuan ? (中华元) Wu Gang, a CPPCC deputy: We should change the name of the Renminbi to the Chinese Yuan. It could help the unity of Chinese people around the world.Han Lang from Beijing (

18、H): Its just a name. I dont care whether they change it or not.Xie Yi from Xiamen (X): The point is whether you have money, not what its called. Shen Peier from Shanghai (S): The name Chinese Yuan sounds strange. Its like something from the 1930s.Simple or traditional characters?Pan Qinglin, a CPPCC

19、 deputy: We should use traditional Chinese characters (繁体字) instead of simplified ones. The traditional characters have deep cultural meanings. It would be good for communication with Taiwan as well.H: I partly agree with Mr Pan. But if it turned out we had to learn the traditional characters, Id ha

20、ve a hard time at school!X: Im absolutely against it. The simplified characters are already difficult, never mind the traditional ones!S: Why go back to the old days? We are used to simplified characters, so why change things?Shorter working week?CPPCC deputy Zhang Xiaomei: China should learn from d

21、eveloped countries. The people should work just four and a half days a week rather than five. It would help improve efficiency. H: The issue isnt very close to me. But in primary school I only studied four and a half days a week and that was good. So Im with Ms Zhang.X: Its not a bad idea. The more

22、rest we get, the better. I guess my parents would also be pleased if they could work less.S: Theres an economic crisis on. People are afraid of losing their jobs so they work harder. Shouldnt we work more to help the economy?Week Three FridayShe keeps it real/麦莉赛勒斯为什么退出微博？WHEN Miley Cyrus left Twitt

23、er last fall, fans were upset at not being able to keep track of the pop stars every thought. But nearly six months after she said goodbye, the 17-year-old Hollywood star doesnt regret the decision.Cyrus said she realized that she was hurting herself by “tweeting every moment of her life”.“I was tha

24、t person who was like, Im so sad. I have no real, normal life. Everyone knows what Im doing,” the singer explained. “And then Id tweet, Im here and Id wonder why a thousand fans are outside the restaurant. Well, hello, I just told them!”Cyrus used to have more than 1 million people following her on Twitter. She also says her friends are crazy about Facebook.“I hang out with my friends and theyre so busy taking