2021年12月大学英语六级美文

2021年12月大学英语六级美文

1.2021年12月大学英语六级美文

英语六级美文：ThePowerofBeauty

Oneofthemostsuccessful,influentialandbelovedwomenin

Americanhistory,EleanorRooseveltoncesaidthatshehadone

regret:shewishedshehadbeenprettier.Whohasn'tfeltthesame

way?Wearealltooawareofourphysicalimperfections.

Toovercomethorn,wospendbillionsuponbillionsofdollarsevery

yearoncosmetics,dietproducts,fashion,andplasticsurgery.Whydo

wecaresomuchabouthowwelook?Becauseitmatters.Becausebeauty

ispowerful.Becauseevenwhenwelearntovaluepeoplemostlyfor

beingkindandwiseandfunny,wearestillmovedbybeauty.Nomatter

howmuchweargueagainstitorpretendtobeimmune,beautyexerts

itspoweroverus.

Thereissimplynoescape.Aristotlesaid,MBeautyisagreater

recommendationthananyletterofintroduction."It'snotfair,but

it'strue.Wesimplytreatbeautifulpeoplebetterthanwedo

others.Attachaphotographofabeautifulauthortoanessay,and

peoplewillthinkthatismorecreativeandmoreintelligently

writtenthanexactlythesameessayaccompaniedbythephotoofa

homelyauthor.

Oursensitivitytophysicalbeautyisnotsomethingwecan

controlatwill.Wearebornwithit.Experimentsconductedby

psychologistJudithJ.Langloisshowedthatevensmallinfantsprefer

tolookatattractivefaces.Beforetheyhavemetasingle

supermodel,beforetheyhavewatchedasingleTVshow,beforetheyhave

openedupasinglefashionmagazine,theyaredrawntothesamefaces

whichadultshavejudgedtobeattractive.Therearemoreimportant

thingsinlifethanbeauty.ButasEtcoffsays,“Wehavetounderstand

beauty,orwewillalwaysbeenslavedbyit."Ifyouaimtobewise

andkindandfunny,itdoesn,tmoanthatyoucan'talsotryyour

besttolookbeautiful.There*snoreasontofeelguiltyaboutbeing

movedbybeautyspower.Itmovesusall.

2.2021年12月大学英语六级美文

英语六级美文：TheShadowlandofDreams

TheShadowlandofDreams

Manyayoungpersontellsmehewantstobeawriter.Ialways

encouragesuchpeople,butIalsoexplainthatthere*abig

differencebetween“beingawriter“andwriting.Inmostcasesthese

individualsaredreamingofwealthandfame,notthelonghoursalone

atthetypewriter."You'vegottowanttowrite,“Isaytothem,

“notwanttobeawriter.n

Therealityisthatwritingisalonely,privateandpoor-paying

affair.Foreverywriterkissedbyfortune,therearethousandsmore

whoselongingisneverrequited.Eventhosewhosucceedoftenknow

longperiodsofneglectandpoverty.Idid.WhenIlefta20-year

careerintheCoastGuardtobecomeafreelancewriter,Ihadno

prospectsatall.WhatIdidhavewasafriendwithwhomI'dgrownup

inHenning,Tennessee.Georgefoundmemyhome-acleaned-outstorage

roomintheGreenwichVillageapartmentbuildingwhereheworkedas

superintendent.

Itdidn,tevenmatterthatitwascoldandhadno

bathroom.ImmediatelyIboughtausedmanualtypewriterandfeltlike

agenuinewriter.Afterayearorso,however,Istillhadn,treceived

abreakandbegantodoubtmyself.Itwassohardtosellastorythat

Ibarelymadeenoughtoeat.

ButIknewIwantedtowrite.Ihaddreamedaboutitforyears.I

wasn,tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering,“What

if?”Iwouldkeepputtingmydreamtothetest-eventhoughit

meantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisisthe

Shadowlandofhope,andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

3.2021年12月大学英语六级美文

英语六级美文：TheOriginoftheRefrigerators

Bythemid-nineteenthcentury,thetermiceboxhadenteredthe

Americanlanguage,buticewasstillonlybeginningtoaffectthediet

ofordinarycitizensintheUnitedStates.Theicetradegrewwiththe

growthofcities.Icewasusedinhotels,taverns,andhospitals,and

bysomeforward-lookingcitydealersinfreshmeat,freshfish,and

butter.

AftertheCivilWar(1861-1865),asicewasusedtorefrigerate

freightcars,italsocameintohouseholduse.Evenbefore1880halfof

theicesoldinNewYork,Philadelphia,andBaltimore,andone-thirdof

thatsoldinBostonandChicago,wenttofamiliesfortheirownuse.

Thishadbecomepossiblebecauseanewhouseholdconvenience,the

icebox,aprecursorofthemodernrefrigerator,hadbeen

invented.Makinganefficienticeboxwasnotaseasyaswemightnow

suppose.Intheearlynineteenthcentury,theknowledgeofthephysics

ofheat,whichwasessentialtoascienceofrefrigeration,was

rudimentary.Thecommonsensenotionthatthebesticeboxwasonethat

preventedtheicefrommeltingwasofcoursemistaken,foritwasthe

meltingoftheicethatperformedthecooling.

Nevertheless,earlyeffortstoeconomizeiceincludedwrap