3分钟英语口语短文阅读
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分钟英语口语短文阅读
随着中国对外交流的日益频繁
,
整个社会越来越重视英语的应
用。英语口语表达作为英语的最重要的
应用形式
,
已经得到了广大高
职高专学
生的重视
,
越来越多的学生希望能够用流利的英语与人沟通
和交流
,
表达自己的观点和想法。精心收集
了
3
分钟英语口语短文，
供大家欣赏学
习
!
3
分钟英语口语短文篇
1Dear
World:
亲爱的世界：
My
son starts school today.
我的儿子今天就要开始上学读书了。
It's going to be strange and new to
him for a while,
and I wish you would
sort of treat him gently.
一时之间，他会感觉陌生而又新鲜。我希望你能待他温柔一些。
You see, up to now, he's been king
of the roost.
你明白，到现在为止，他一直是家中的小皇帝。
He's been boss of the backyard.
一直是后院的王者。
I
have
always
been
around
to
repair
his
wounds,
and
to
soothe his feelings.
我一直在他身旁，忙着为他治疗伤口，哄他开心。
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But now--
things are going to be different.
但是现在<
/p>
--
一切都将不同了。
This
morning,
he's
going
to
walk
down
the
front
steps, wave his hand
and start on his great adventure that will
probably include wars and tragedy and
sorrow.
今天清晨，他就要走下前门的楼梯，冲我挥手，然后开始他的伟
大的历险征程，其间或许有争斗、不幸以及伤痛。
To live his life in the world he has to
live in will require faith
and love and
courage.
既然活在这个世上，他就需要信念、爱心和勇气。
So, World, I wish you would sort of
take him by his young
hand and teach
him the things he will have to know.
所以
，世界啊，我希望你能够时不时握住他稚嫩的小手，传授他
所应当知晓的事情。
Teach him - but gently, if you
can.
教育他吧
--
而如果可能的
话，温柔一些。
Teach him that for
every scoundrel there is a hero; that for
every
crooked
politician
there is
a dedicated leader;
that for
every enemy there is a friend.
< br>教他知道，每有恶人之地，必有豪杰所在
;
每有奸诈小人
，必有
献身义士
;
每见一敌人，必有一
友在侧。
Teach him the wonders
of books.
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教他感受书本的神奇魅力。
Give
him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of
birds
in the sky, bees in the sun, and
flowers on the green hill.
给他时间静思大自然中亘古
绵传之奥秘：
空中的飞鸟，
日光里的
蜜
蜂，青山上的簇簇繁花。
Teach him it is
far more honorable to fail than to cheat.
教他知道，失败远比欺骗更为光荣。
Teach him to have faith in his own
ideas, even if everyone
tells him they
are wrong.
教他坚定自我的信念，哪怕人人予以否认。
Teach
him
to
sell
his
brawn
and
brains
to
the
highest
bidder, but never to put a price on his
heart and soul.
教他可以最高价付出自己的精力和智慧，
但绝不可出卖良心和灵
魂。
Teach
him
to
close
his
ears
to
a
howling
mob...and
to
stand and fight if he thinks he's
right.
教他置暴徒的喧嚣于度外
…&h
ellip;
并在自觉正确之时挺
身而战。
Teach
him
gently,
World,
but
don't
coddle
him,
because only the test of fire makes
fine steel.
温柔地教导他吧，
世界，但是不要放
纵他，因为只有烈火的考验
才能炼出真钢。
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This is a big
order, World, but see what you can do.
这一要求甚高，世界，但是请尽你所能。
He's such a nice little fellow.
他是一个如此可爱的小家伙。
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分钟英语口语短文篇
2
永恒的承诺
In
1989
an
8.2
earthquake
almost
flattened
America,
killing
over
30,000
people
in
less
than
four
minutes.
In
the
midst
of
utter
devastation
and
chaos,
a
father
left
his
wife
safely
at
home
and
rushed
to
the
school
where
his
son
was
supposed to be, only to discover that
the building was as flat
as a pancake.
1989
年，一次
8.2
级的地震几乎铲平美国，在短短不到
4
分钟
的时间里，夺去了
3
万多人的生命
!
在彻底的破坏与混乱之中，有位
父亲将他的妻子在
家里安顿好后，
跑到他儿子就读的学校，
而触目所
见，却是被夷为平地的校园。
After the
unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the
promise
he
had
made
to
his
son:
"No
matter
what,
I’ll always be there for
you!" And tears began to
fill his
eyes. As he looked at the pile of ruins that once
was the
school,
it
looked
hopeless,
but
he
kept
remembering
his
commitment to his son.
看到这令人伤心的一幕，他想起了曾经对儿子所作的承诺：
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"
不论发生什么事，我都
会在你身边。
"
至此，父亲热泪
满眶。目睹曾经的学校成为了一堆瓦砾，真叫人绝望。但父亲的脑中
仍然牢记着他对
儿子的诺言。
He began to direct
his attention towards where he walked
his son to class at school each
morning. Remembering his son
s
classroom would be in the back right corner of the
building;
he rushed there and started
digging through the ruins.
他开始努力回忆每天早上送
儿子上学的必经之路，
终于记起儿子
的教室应该就在那幢建筑物
后面，位于右边的角落里，他跑到那儿，
开始在碎石砾中挖掘，搜寻儿子的下落。
As
he
was
digging,
other
helpless
parents
arrived,
clutching
their
hearts,
saying:
"My
son!"
"My daughter!" Other well
meaning parents tried
to pull him off
what was left of the school, saying: "It s
too
late!
They’re
all
dead!
You
can’t
help!
Go
home!
Come
on,
face
reality,
there
s
nothing
you
can
do!"
当这位父亲正在挖掘时，
其他束手无策的学生家长赶到现场，<
/p>
揪
心地叫着：
"
我的儿子呀
!"
"
我的女儿呀
!"
一些好意的家长试图
把这位父亲劝离现场，告诉他
"
一切都太
迟了
!"
他们全死了
< br>!"
这样做没用的
"
，
"
回去
吧，这
样做只会使事情更糟
"
。
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