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　　適合初中的英文文章

　　It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.

　　Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might

　　grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.

　　Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity. A tramp may ask you for money, but he will never ask you to feel sorry for him. He has deliberately chosen to lead the life he leads and is fully aware of the consequences He, may never be sure where the next meal is coming from, but he is free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people. His few material possession make it possible for him to move from place to place with ease- By having to sleep in the open, he gets far closer to the world of nature than most of us ever do. He may hunt, beg, or steal occasionally to keep himself alive; he may even in times of real need, do a little work; but he will never sacrifice his freedom. We often speak of tramps with contempt and put them in the same class as beggars, but how many of us can honestly say that we have not felt a little envious of their simple way of life and their freedom from care?

　　據(jù)說(shuō)每個(gè)人都靠出售某種東西來(lái)維持生活。根據(jù)這種說(shuō)法，教師靠賣(mài)知識(shí)為生，哲學(xué)家靠賣(mài)智慧為生，牧師靠賣(mài)精神安慰為生。雖然物質(zhì)產(chǎn)品的價(jià)值可以用金錢(qián)來(lái)衡量，但要估算別人為我們?yōu)樗峁┑姆?wù)的價(jià)值卻是極其困難的。有時(shí)，我們?yōu)榱送炀壬敢飧冻鑫覀兯加械囊磺小５驮谕饪拼蠓蚪o我們提供了這種服務(wù)后，我們卻可能為所支付的昂貴的費(fèi)用而抱怨。社會(huì)上的情況就是如此，技術(shù)是必須付錢(qián)去買(mǎi)的，就像在商店里要花錢(qián)買(mǎi)商品一樣。人人都有東西可以出售。

　　在這條普遍的規(guī)律前面，好像只有流浪漢是個(gè)例外，乞丐出售的幾乎是他本人，以引起過(guò)路人的憐憫。但真正的流浪并不是乞丐。他們既不出售任何東西，也不需要從別人那兒得到任何東西，在追求獨(dú)立自由的同時(shí)，他們并不犧牲為人的尊嚴(yán)。游浪漢可能會(huì)向你討錢(qián)，但他從來(lái)不要你可憐他。他是故意在選擇過(guò)那種生活的，并完全清楚以這種方式生活的后果。他可能從不知道下頓飯有無(wú)著落，但他不像有人那樣被千萬(wàn)樁愁事所折磨。他幾乎沒(méi)有什么財(cái)產(chǎn)，這使他能夠輕松自如地在各地奔波。由于被迫在露天睡覺(jué)，他比我們中許多人都離大自然近得多。為了生存，他可能會(huì)去打獵、乞討，偶爾偷上一兩回;確實(shí)需要的時(shí)候，他甚至可能干一點(diǎn)兒活，但他決不會(huì)犧牲自由。說(shuō)起流浪漢，我們常常帶有輕蔑并把他們與乞丐歸為一類(lèi)。但是，我們中有多少人能夠坦率地說(shuō)我們對(duì)流浪漢的簡(jiǎn)樸生活與無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的境況不感到有些羨慕呢?

　　適合初中的英文文章

　　No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing. An advertisement which begins with the

　　magic word FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way. During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory. They offered to pay $2 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2400 pounds. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various other ingredients. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $4800.

　　沒(méi)有人能避免受廣告的影響。盡管我們可以自夸自己的鑒賞力如何敏銳，但我們已經(jīng)無(wú)法獨(dú)立自主地選購(gòu)自己所需的東西了。這是因?yàn)閺V告在我們身上施加著一種潛移默化的影響。做廣告的人在力圖勸說(shuō)我們買(mǎi)下這種產(chǎn)品或那種產(chǎn)品之前，已經(jīng)仔細(xì)地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱點(diǎn)進(jìn)行了分類(lèi)。

　　做廣告的人們多年前就發(fā)現(xiàn)我們大家都喜歡免費(fèi)得到東西。凡是用"免費(fèi)"這個(gè)神奇的詞開(kāi)頭的廣告很少會(huì)失敗的。目前，做廣告的人不僅提供免費(fèi)樣品，而且還提供免費(fèi)汽車(chē)，免費(fèi)住房，免費(fèi)周游世界。他們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)數(shù)以百計(jì)的競(jìng)賽，競(jìng)賽中有人可贏得巨額獎(jiǎng)金。電臺(tái)、電視使做廣告的人可以用這種手段吸引成百萬(wàn)人的注意力。

　　有一次，在電臺(tái)播放的節(jié)目里，一個(gè)生產(chǎn)餅干的公司請(qǐng)聽(tīng)眾烘制餅干送到他們的工廠去。他們?cè)敢庖悦堪?0美元的價(jià)錢(qián)買(mǎi)下由聽(tīng)眾烘制的最大的餅干。這次競(jìng)賽在聽(tīng)眾中引起極其熱烈的反響。不久，形狀各異，大小不一的餅干陸續(xù)送到工廠。一位女士用手推車(chē)運(yùn)來(lái)一個(gè)餅干，重達(dá)500磅左右。相隔不一會(huì)兒，一個(gè)男子也帶來(lái)一個(gè)大餅干，那個(gè)餅干把汽車(chē)的行李箱擠得滿滿的。凡送來(lái)的餅干都仔細(xì)地稱(chēng)量。最重的一個(gè)達(dá)713磅，看來(lái)這個(gè)餅干獲獎(jiǎng)無(wú)疑了。但就在競(jìng)賽截止時(shí)間將到之際，一輛卡車(chē)駛進(jìn)了工廠，運(yùn)來(lái)了一個(gè)特大無(wú)比、重達(dá)2,400磅的餅干。它是由一個(gè)大學(xué)生烘制的，用去1,000多磅的面粉、800磅食糖、200磅動(dòng)物脂肪及400磅其他各種原料。餅干份量太重了，用了一臺(tái)起重機(jī)才把它從卡車(chē)上卸下。餅干公司不得不付出比他們預(yù)計(jì)多得多的錢(qián)，因?yàn)闉橘I(mǎi)下那學(xué)生烘制的餅干他們支付了24,000美元.

　　適合初中的英文文章

　　One of the most famous sailing ships of the nineteenth century, the Cutty Sark, can still be seen at Greenwich. She stands on dry land and is visited by thousands of people each year. She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. Before they were replaced by steam-ships, sailing vessels like the Cutty Sark were used to carry tea from China and wool from Australia. The Cutty Sark was one of the fastest sailing ships that has ever been built. The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae. Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England. This race, which went on for exactly four months, was the last of its kind. It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era. The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead. It seemed certain that she would be the first ship home, but during the race she had a lot of bad luck. In August, she was struck by a very heavy storm during which her rudder was torn away. The Cutty Sark rolled from side to side and it became impossible to steer her. A temporary rudder was made on board from spare planks and it was fitted with great difficulty. This greatly reduced the speed of the ship, for there was danger that if she travelled too quickly, this rudder would be torn away as well. Because of this, the Cutty Sark lost her lead. After crossing the equator , the captain called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted, but by now the Thermopylae was over five hundred miles ahead. Though the new rudder was fitted at tremendous speed, it was impossible for the Cutty Sark to win. She arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae. Even this was remarkable, considering that she had had so many delays. There is no doubt that if she had not lost her rudder she would have won the race easily.

　　人們?cè)诟窳滞稳钥煽吹?9世紀(jì)最有名的帆船之一"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)。它停在陸地上，每年接待成千上萬(wàn)的參觀者。它給人們留下深刻的印象，使人們回憶起歷史上的巨型帆船，在蒸汽船取代帆船之前。"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)之類(lèi)的帆船被用來(lái)從中國(guó)運(yùn)回茶葉，從澳大利亞運(yùn)回羊毛。"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)是帆船制造史上建造的最快的一艘帆船。唯一可以與之一比高低的是"塞姆皮雷"號(hào)帆船。兩船于1872年6月18日同時(shí)從上海啟航駛往英國(guó)，途中展開(kāi)了一場(chǎng)激烈的比賽。這場(chǎng)比賽持續(xù)了整整4個(gè)月，是這類(lèi)比賽中的最后一次，它標(biāo)志著帆船偉大傳統(tǒng)的結(jié)束與一個(gè)新紀(jì)元的開(kāi)始。

　　比賽開(kāi)始后，"賽姆皮雷"號(hào)率先抵達(dá)爪哇島。但在印度洋上，"卡薩薩克"號(hào)駛到了前面。看來(lái)，它首先返抵英國(guó)是確信無(wú)疑的了，但它卻在比賽中連遭厄運(yùn)。8月份"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)遭到一場(chǎng)特大風(fēng)暴的襲擊，失去了一只舵。船身左右搖晃，無(wú)法操縱。船員用備用的木板在船上趕制了一只應(yīng)急用的舵，并克服重重困難將舵安裝就位，這樣一來(lái)，大大降低了船的航速。因?yàn)榇荒荛_(kāi)得太快，否則就有危險(xiǎn)，應(yīng)急舵也會(huì)被刮走。因?yàn)檫@個(gè)緣故，"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)落到了后面。跨越赤道后，船長(zhǎng)將船停靠在一個(gè)港口，在那兒換了一只舵。但此時(shí)，"賽姆皮雷"號(hào)早已在500多英里之遙了。盡管換裝新舵時(shí)分秒必爭(zhēng)，但"卡蒂薩克"號(hào)已經(jīng)不可能取勝了，它抵達(dá)英國(guó)時(shí)比"塞姆皮雷"號(hào)晚了1個(gè)星期。但考慮到路上的多次耽擱，這個(gè)成績(jī)也已很不容易了。毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)，如果中途沒(méi)有失去舵， "卡帝薩克"號(hào)肯定能在比賽中輕易奪冠。