以选择为主题的素材积累（报刊时文素材积累-Find）

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以选择为主题的素材积累

拇指英语说， 分享英语学习心得，技巧和方法。让英语学习变得更有趣，更简单。

在英语学习中，阅读是学生获得英语知识，提高英语能力与素养的重要途径。通过阅读，学生们可以增强语感、积淀文化知识，提高学生跨文化交际能力，从而整体提高他们的英语综合能力。

为增加阅读素材的多元化，拇指英语说特推出“报刊时文阅读素材积累系列”。众所周知，报刊阅读的材料内容丰富，真实感和时效性强，语言地道，话题轻松活泼，贴近学生生活。因此，报刊阅读是对校内英语教材的有益补充，有利于培养学生的阅读兴趣，提高阅读技能。本系列适合小学高年级至初中年级学生。按阅读难度，分为一星（小学高年级），二星（初中低年级）和三星（初中高年级）。

[来源】Teens

[主题语境】励志故事

[难度系数】 ***

Getting started

Do you think hard work always pays off? What have you gained by working hard?

同学们，你们认为有付出就一定有回报吗？ 通过努力工作（学习）你得到了什么呢？

Reading

I’m a fairly intelligent person who has spent nearly 10 years learning mechanics (机械学), but I have no formal education. I have always struggled to make people trust me. However, this past year I have finally gotten to where I feel I will probably live a better life! I started out this year having just taken another factory job with slightly higher pay than my last one. I was making $13.50 an hour at my last job and struggling to live.Three months ago, my neighbor bought a used Harley motorcycle (哈雷摩托) that everyone thought had some serious damage. After taking a look at it, I said that I would be able to repair it. It turned out that I saved them $2,000 that they expected to pay to rebuild it. They were impressed with my work and told many of their friends about me. I got a lot of new business just through word of mouth.In about two months I had over a dozen people coming to me for work and I was making great money. I was making thousands a month on the side on a good month. But due to the instability of the work, I still couldn’t leave my day job at that point.Then I got a job through one of my customers working on heavy equipment and diesel trucks (柴油汽车). I was able to impress them by solving difficult problems quickly. They offered me another job that started even higher – $17 an hour. I finally made some progress.In one year’s time I went from being the lowest level employee to having employers begging me to work for them. Now I can honestly say I feel truly proud of myself and my skills.

【Treasure Box】

Words:

1. intelligent adj. 聪明的；有才智的
2. struggle v. 奋斗，努力，争取
3. damage n. 损坏
4. impress v. 使印象深刻
5. employee n. 雇员 (employer n. 雇主)

Difficult sentences:

1. It turned out that I saved them $2,000 that they expected to pay to rebuild it.

释义：结果我给他们省下了本打算用来重装这辆摩托车的2,000美元。 点拨：It turned out that ... 句型表示“结果是、原来是”的意思，其中 it 作形式主语，从句作真正

的主语。 例句： It turned out that she had to rebuild her life completely.

最终结果是她不得不彻底地重建她的生活。

2. But due to the instability of the work, I still couldn’t leave my day job at that point.

释义：但是由于这工作并不稳定，当时我还是不能辞去白天的工作。 点拨：due to 意为“由于；鉴于”，常用来引出不好的原因。 例句： Students have to stay at home for several more weeks due to the pandemic.

由于疫情，学生们不得不呆在家里好几个礼拜。

【Reading Comprehension】

Choose the answer:1. Why did the writer struggle to gain people’s trust?A. Because he was not intelligent enough.B. Because he was not formally educated.C. Because he had little working experience.D. Because he lacked professional knowledge.

2. What happened to the writer after he offered to repair the motorcycle?A. He caused some serious damage to it.B. His neighbor paid him $2,000.C. He rebuilt the motorcycle with an expert’s help.D. He started getting more business afterwards.

3. Which of the following does NOT describe the writer?A. He is fairly smart. B. He is hard-working.C. He is skilled in mechanics. D. He is unpleasantly proud.

4. What does the writer’s experience teach us?A. It is unimportant to be intelligent. B. It is necessary to have formal education.C. Both learning and hard work are important for success. D. The best business is done through word of mouth.

【Sharing seconds】

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1. B 2. D 3. D 4. C

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