英语专业四级阅读朗诵口语训练15篇

英语专业四级阅读朗诵口语训练15篇

Passage1

TownandCountryLifeinEngland

ThereisabigdifferencebetweentownIifeandcountry

IifeinEngland.Inthecountry,everybodyknowseverybody

eIse.Theyknowwhattimeyougetup,whattimeyougoto

bedandwhatyouhavefordinner.IfyouwantheIp,youwiII

aIwaysgetitandyouwiIIbegladtoheIpothers.

InaIargetownIikeLondon,however,itcansometimes

happenthatyouhaveneverseenyournextdoorneighborand

youdonotknowhisnameoranythingabouthim.PeopIein

LondonareoftenveryIoneIy.ThisisbecausepeopIegoto

differentpIacesintheeveningsandatweekends.Ifyou

waIkthroughthestreetsinthecentreofLondononSunday,

itisIikeatownwithoutpeopIe.OneissorryforoIdpeopIe

Iivingontheirown.TheycouIddieintheirhomesandwouId

notbediscoveredforweeksorevenmonths.(154words)

UsefuIWordsandExpressions:

nextdoorn.n.隔壁

theneighborsnext他door隔壁邻居

lonelyadj.孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的

lonelylife孤单的生活

alonelyoldman一位孤独的老人

aIoneIysand—孤岛

theIoneliestnight最孤独的夜晚

on(one's)own独自；独立地；通过自己的努力

SheIivesonherown.她一个人过。

Shegothejobonherown.她自己找到了这份工作。

HeIsnowoutofcolIeg6andonhisown.他现在离开了

大学并且自己生活。

Passage2

AChangeinWomen'sLife

Theimportantchangeinwomen'sIife-patternhasonIy

recentIybeguntohaveitsfuIIeffectonwomen'seconomic

position.EvenafewyearsagomostgirlsIeftschooIat

thefirstopportunity,andmostofthemtookafuIl-time

job.However,whentheymarried,theyusuaIIyIeftworkat

onceandneverreturnedtoit.TodaytheschooI-1eavingage

issixteen,manygirlsstayatschooIafterthatage,and

thoughwomentendtomarryyounger,moremarriedwomenstay

atworkatIeastuntiIshortIybeforetheirfirstchildis

born.VerymanymoreafterwardsreturntofuII-timeor

part-timework.SuchchangeshaveIedtoanewreIationship

inmarriage,withthehusbandacceptingagreatershareof

thedutiesandsatisfactionsoffamilyIifeandwith

bothhusbandandwifesharingmoreequaIlyinproviding

themoney,andrunningthehome,accordingtotheabiIities

andiinterestsofeachofthem.(154words)UsefuIWordsand

Expressions:

Iife-pattern生活方式

effect[i'fekt]n.结果，效果，作用，影响

TheoIdsystemisstillineffect.旧制度仍然有效。He

is,ineffect,myrival.实际上他是我的竞争对手。The

medicinequicklytookeffect.药物很快见效了。sharevt.

分享；共享，参与n.一份,部分，份额shareresponsibiIity

共同负责sharearoomwithsb.与某人共居一室sharethe

joysandhardships同甘共苦Wesharedthesweets.我们分

吃了糖果。

one'sshareofthecake分享的一份好处，应得的一份

Passage3

APopuIarPastimeoftheEnglishPeopIe

OneofthebestmeansofunderstandingthepeopIeofany

nationiswatchingwhattheydowiththeirnon-workingtime.

MostEnglishmen,womenandchiIdrenIovegrowingthings,

especiaIIyflowers.VisitorstoEngIandinspring,summer,

orautumnareIikeIytoseegardensalIthewayaIongthe

raiIway

Iines.TherearefIowersattheairportsandfIowersin

factorygrounds,asweIIasingardensaIongtheroads.Each

EngIishtownhasatIeastoneparkwithbeautifuIIykept

fIowerbeds.PubIicbuiIdingsofeverykindhavebriIIiant

windowboxesandsometimesbasketsoffIowersarehanging

onthem.

ButwhattheEngIishenjoymostisgrowingthings

themseIves,IfitisimpossibIetohaveagarden,thena

windowboxorsomethinggrowinginapotwiIIdo.

Lookingateachother'sgardensisapopuIarpastime

withtheEnglish.(144words)

UsefuIWordsandExpressions:

③meansn.(用作sing.)方法；方式；手段

ameanstoanend达到目的的方法

byalImeans务必；无论如何；千方百计地

byanymeans［口］用一切可能的方法或手段

byfairmeansorfouI不择手段地

bymeansof通过；用；借助于

bynomeans决不，一点也不

bysomemeansor(other)想个办法；以某种方法

Ieavenomeansuntried想尽一切办法

notbyanymeans一点也不，绝对不

Theendjustifiesthemeans.［谚］只要目的正当，可以

不择手段。

potn.罐，壶

windboxn.窗台上的花盆箱，窗槛花箱

pastimen.消遣，娱乐

SwimmingIsmyfavoritepastime.游泳是我最喜欢的一种

娱乐。

Passage4

BritishandAmericanPoliceOfficers

ReaIpolicemen,bothinBritainandtheU.S.,hardIy

recognizeanycommonpointsbetweentheirIivesandwhat

theyseeonTV---iftheyevergethomeintime.

SomethingsareaImostthesame,ofcourse,butthe

poIicemendonotthinkmuchofthem.

Thefirstdifferenceisthatapoliceman'sreaIIife

deaIswiththeIaw.MostofwhatheIearnsistheIaw.He

hastoknowactuaIIywhatactionsareagainsttheIawand

whatfactscanbeusedtoprovethemincourt.Hehasto

knownearIyasmuchlawasaIawyer,andwhat'smore,he

hastoputitintopracticeonhisfeet,inthedarkand,

runningdownanarrowstreetaftersomeonehewantstotaIk

to.

LittleofhistimeisspentintalkingwithbeautifuI

girlsorinbraveIyfacingcrueIcriminals.Hewillspend

mostofhisworkingIifearrangingmillionsofwordson

thousandsofformsabouthundredsofsad,ordinarypeopIe

whoareguiIty-ornotofstupid,unimportantcrimes.(177

words)UsefuIWordsandExpressions:

thinkmuchof重视，尊重

incourt在法庭上

criminaln.罪犯，犯罪者

guiltyadj.犯罪的，有罪的

gultylook内疚的神色

theguiItyparty犯罪一方

aguiItyconscience犯罪感

haveaguiItyconscience问心有愧；做贼心虚

befoundgulty被判决有罪

beguiItyofacrime犯了罪

Passage5

LivingSpace

HowmuchIivingspacedoesapersonneed?Whathappens

whenhisspaceneedsarenotmet?Scientistsaredoing

experimentsonratstotrytodeterminetheeffectsof

overcrowdedconditions

onman.Recentstudieshaveshownthatthebehaviourof

ratsisgreatIyaffectedbyspace.Ifratshaveenough

Iivingspace,theyeatwell,sIeepweIIandproducetheir

youngwell.ButiftheirIivingconditionsbecometoo

crowded,theirbehaviourandeventheirheaIthchange

obviousIy.TheycannotsIeepandeatwell,andsignsof

fearandworrybecomecIear.Themorecrowdedtheyare,the

moretheytendtobiteeachotherandevenkilleachother.

Thus,forrats,popuIationandviolencearedirectIy

reIated.IsthisanaturaIIawforhumansocietyaswell?

IsenoughspacenotonIysatisfactory,butnecessaryfor

humansurvivaI?Theseareinterestingquestions.(147

words)UsefuIWordsandExpressions:

determineV.测定；决心；决意

determinethevelocity测定速度

Hedeterminedtogo.他决意要去。

IamdeterminedtodobetterthanMike.我决心比迈克做

得更好。

tendtov.有某种倾向；有……的趋势

HetendstopitchthebaIItoohigh.他往往把球掷得过

PS]o

PeopIeunderstresstendtoexpresstheirfulIrangeof

potential.处于压力下的人容易发挥自己全部的潜力。

survivaIn.生存

WeneedfoodandwaterforsurvivaI.我们为了生存需要

食物和水。

Passage6

TheUnitedNations

In1945,representativesof50nationsmettopIanthis

organization.ItwascalledtheUnitedNations.Afterthe

war,manymorenationsjoined.

TherearetwomajorpartsoftheUnitedNations.Oneis

calledtheGeneraIAssembIy,mtheGeneraIAssembIy,every

membernationisrepresentedandhasanequaIvote.

ThesecondpartiscalledtheSecurityCounci1.11has

representativesofjust15nations.Fivenationsare

permanentmembers:theUnitedStates,Russia,France,

Britain,andChina,The10othermembersareeIectedevery

twoyearsbytheGeneraIAssembIy.

ThemajorjoboftheSecurityCounciIistokeeppeace

intheworId.Ifnecessary,itcansendtroopsfrommember

nationstotrytostopIittIewarsbeforetheyturninto

bigones.ItishardtogetthenationsoftheSecurity

CounciItoagreeonwhenthisisnecessary.Buttheydid

votetotrytostopwars.(156words)

UsefuIWordsandExpressions:

Representativen.代表

GeneralAssembly联合国大会

permanentadj.永久的，持久的

permanentaddress固定地址

permanenttooth成人齿

apermanentJob固定职业

apermanentcommitee常设委员会

SecurityCounciln.联合国安全理事会

troopn.军队

Passage7

Plastic

Weuseplasticwraptoprotectourfoods.Weputour

garbageinplasticbagsorplasticcans.Wesitonplastic

chairs,playwithplastictoys,drinkfromplasticcups,

andwashourhairwithshampoofromplasticbottles!

Plasticdoesnotgrowinnature.Itismadebymixing

certainthingstogether.Wecallitaproducedor

manufacturedmaterial.Plasticwasfirstmadeinthe1860s

fromplants,suchaswoodandcotton.Thatplasticwassoft

andburnedeasily.Thefirstmodernplasticsweremadein

the1930s.Mostclearplasticstartsoutasthick,black

oil.Thatplasticcoatinginsideapanbeginsasnatural

gas.

Overtheyears,hundredsofdifferentplasticshavebeen

developed.Somearehardandstrong.Somearesoftand

bendable.Someareclear.Somearemany-colored.Thereis

aplasticforalmosteveryneed.Scientistscontinueto

experimentwithplastics.Theyhopetofindevenwaysto

usethem!(160words)UsefulWordsandExpressions:

Shampoon.洗发精，洗发香波，洗发

manufacturevt.制造，加工

manufactureanexcuse胡乱编个理由

halfmanufactured半成品(的)

athingofhome[foreign]manufacture本国[夕卜国]制品

Plasticisanimportantmanufacture.塑料是种重要产品。

bendable可弯曲的

experimentwith用...做实验

Passage8

DisplayofGoods

Aresupermarketsdesignedtopersuadeustobuymore?

Freshfruitandvegetablesaredisplayednearsupermarket

entrances.Thisgivestheimpressionthatonlyhealthyfood

issoldintheshop.Basicfoodsthateveryonebuys,like

sugarandtea,arenotputneareachother.Theyarekept

indifferent

aislessocustomersaretakenpastotherattractive

foodsbeforetheyfindwhattheywant.Inthisway,shoppers

areencouragedtobuyproductsthattheydonotreallyneed.

Sweetsareoftenplacedatchildren，seyelevelatthe

checkout.Whileparentsarewaitingtopay,childrenreach

forthesweetsandputtheminthetrolley.

Moreisboughtfromafifteen-footdisplayofonetype

ofproductthanfromaten-footone.Customersalsobuymore

whenshelvesarefullthanwhentheyarehalfempty.They

donotliketobuyfromshelveswithfewproductsonthem

becausetheyfeelthereissomethingwrongwiththose

productsthatarethere.(166words)

UsefulWordsandExpressions:

aislen.走廊，过道

rollthemintheaisle［口」使（观众）捧腹大笑

knockthemintheaisle使（观众）捧腹大笑

laythemintheaisle使（观众）捧腹大笑

rockthemintheaisle使（观众）捧腹大笑

havethemrollingintheaisle使（观众）捧腹大笑

trolleyn.手推车

checkout（超级市场等的）收款台

Passage9

AlbertEinstein

AlbertEinsteinwasborninGermanyin1879.His号

fatherownedafactorythatmadeelectricaldevices.His

motherenjoyedmusicandbooks.HisparentswereJewishbut

theydidnotobservemanyofthereligion，srules.Albert

wasaquietchildwhospentmuchofhistimealone.Hewas

slowtotalkandhaddifficultylearningtoread.When

Albertwasfiveyearsold,hisfathergavehimacompass.

Thechildwasfilledwithwonderwhenhediscoveredthat

thecompassneedlealwayspointedinthesamedirection-to

thenorth.Heaskedhisfatherandhisunclewhatcaused

theneedletomove.Theiranswersaboutmagnetismand

gravityweredifficultfortheboytounderstand.Yethe

spentalotoftimethinkingaboutthem.Hesaidlaterthat

hefeltsomethinghiddenhadtobebehindthings.（143

words）

UsefulWordsandExpressions:

devicen.装置，设备

leaveto(one's)owndevices听任某人自行其是,允许某

人按自己的意愿做事

Sheleftthechildtoherowndevicesforanhourinthe

afternoon.她允许孩子在下午有一个小时的自由支配时间。

compassn.指南针

beyondsb.'scompass某人力所不及

cast/fetch/takeacompass兜圈子，绕道，转弯抹角keep

sth.withincompass把某种事物限制在适当的范围内speak

withincompasss谨慎小心地说

withinsb.*scompass某人力所能及的；在某人权力之内的

withinthecompassof在...的范围内magnetismn.磁，磁

力

Passage10

PrivateCars

Withtheincreaseinthegeneralstandardofliving,

someordinaryChinesefamiliesbegintoaffordacar.Yet

opinionsofthedevelopmentofaprivatecarvaryfrom

persontoperson.Itgivesamuchgreaterdegreeofcomfort

andmobility.Theownerofacarisnolongerforcedtorely

onpublictransport,andhencenoirritationcausedby

waitingforbusesortaxis.However,othersstronglyobject

todevelopingprivatecars.Theymaintainthatasmoreand

morecarsareproducedandruninthestreet,alargevolume

ofpoisonousgaswillbegivenoff,pollutingthe

atmosphereandcausingactualharmtothehealthofpeople.

WhetherprivatecarsshouldbedevelopedinChinaisa

difficultquestiontoanswer,yetthedesireforthe

comfortandindependenceaprivatecarcanbringwillnot

beeliminated.(143words)

UsefulWordsandExpressions:Mobilityn.活动性，机

动性henceady.因此，从此sevenyearshence七年以后

HencethePlay.因而就有了这出戏。

ItIsverylate；henceyoumustgotobed.时间已经很

晚了，因此你必须睡觉去。

Thetownwasbuiltamongthehills,hencethename

Hilltown.该城镇修建在群山之中，故取名、山城\。irritation

n.愤怒volumen.量elimiimtevt.消除

Passage10

AHenpeckedHusbandandHisWife

Therewasoncealarge,fatwomanwhohadasmall,thin

husband.Hehadajobinabigcompanyandwasgivenhis

weeklywageseveryFridayevening.Assoonashegothome

onFridays,his

wifeusedtomakehimgiveherallhismoney,andthen

sheusedtogivehimbackonlyenoughtobuyhislunchin

hiscompanyeveryday.

Oneday,thesmallmancamehomeveryexcited.Hehurried

intotheliving-room.Hiswifewaslisteningtotheradio

andeatingchocolatesthere.

\willneverguesswhathappenedtometoday,dear,\he

said.Hewaitedforafewsecondsandthenadded,\wonten

thousanddollarsonthelottery!\

\pulledalongfaceandaddedangrily,\howcouldyou

affordtobuytheticket?\UsefulWordsandExpressions:

henpeckedadj.［口］怕老婆的，妻管严的

living-room客厅，起居室

lotteryn.奖券，彩票

alotteryticket彩票，奖券

agreatlottery虚无缥缈的事

delightedlyadj.喜欢地,高兴地

adelightedlook高兴的神情

pullalongface拉下脸来

haveasmilingface笑脸

haveafacetosaythat脸皮厚得竟能讲出这种话

Passage12

AYoungMan，sPromise

Onedayayoungmanwaswritingalettertohishavea

facetosaythatgirlfriendwholivedjustafewmilesaway

inanearbytown.Hewastellingherhowmuchhelovedher

andhowwonderfulhethoughtshewas.Themorehewrotethe

morepoetichebecame.Finally,hesaidthatinorderto

bewithherhewouldsufferthegreatestdifficulties,he

wouldfacethegreatestdangersthatanyonecouldimagine.

Infact,tospendonlyoneminutewithher,hewouldswim

acrossthewidestriver,hewouldenterthedeepestforest,

andhewouldfightagainstthefiercestanimalswithhis

barehands.

Hefinishedtheletter,signedhisname,andthen

suddenlyrememberedthathehadforgottentomention

somethingquiteimportant.So,inapostscriptbelowhis

name,headded:\doesn'train.\UsefulWordsand

Expressions:

Suffervt.遭受，经历，忍受

sufferfromaheadache经受头痛之苦

sufferdeath丧生

sufferheavycasualties伤亡惨重sufferfromillhealth

身体不好fierce.凶猛的，猛烈的afiercewolf一头凶猛的

恶狼

thefierceglareonhisface他那种凶狠的目光poetic

诗情画意的，浪漫的poeticdiction诗般的词句apoelc

romance诗一般浪漫的经历poeticinsight诗人般的洞察力

postscriptn.附言，后记

Passage13

AKindNeighbor

Mr.andMrs.Jones'apartmentwasfullofluggage,

packages,furnitureandboxes.Bothofthemwereverybusy

whentheyheardthedoorbellring.Mrs.Joneswenttoopen

itandshesawamiddle-agedladyoutside.Theladysaid

shelivednextdoor.Mrs.Jonesinvitedhertocomeinand

apologizedbecausetherewasnoplaceforhertosit.\\some

partsofthiscityneighborsarenotfriendlyatall.There

aresomeapartmenthouseswherepeopledon，tknowany

oftheirneighbors,noteventheonesnextdoor.Butinthis

buildingeveryoneisveryfriendlywitheveryoneelse.We

arelikeonebighappyfamily.I'msureyou'11beveryhappy

here.\andMrs.Jonessaid,\apartment.We'velivedherefor

twoyears.We'removingouttomorrow.\

Usef