英语短文小结
——明智的消费
Intelligent Consumerism
Wise consumers read magazine advertisements and watch TV commercials, but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, well-informed consumers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? Is this product more expensive than it should be because it has a famous name? With the answers to these questions, consumers can make a wise choice.
明智的消费
聪明的消费者看杂志广告，看电视广告，但他们这么做只有一个目的，就是要了解藏在广告背后的心理状态。换句话说，信息灵通的消费者会留心各种资讯，也会查证各种有误导作用的谣传。他们会问自己：广告商是不是在边角的小字里藏着点什么？广告里是否有真实内容，或者广告商纯粹只提供诱人的画面？是否因为是名牌，产品就卖得更贵?这些答案会帮助消费者做出明智的选择。
——今日青年
A Youth and His Country
The youth of today will help to shape the future of his country tomorrow. As a good citizen, he should prepare himself in his everyday life as well as in school for the contribution of his talent to his country. He should have ability or skill to work. He should keep well informed and help to inform others about what his country's problems are. He should try to find out and show what he can do for his country. Also he should be physically strong and mentally sound. As a responsible citizen, with his courage, enthusiasm, and love, he will help to make his country one of which all its citizens can be proud.
今日青年
今日的青年将肩负他们国家的未来。作为一个好公民，他应该在日常生活中和在学校时一样准备着把自己的聪明才智贡献给国家。他应有一定工作能力和技能，他应该清楚的知道，并且帮助别人了解他们国家的问题所在。他应该知道且显示他能够为他的国家做些什么。同时他应该有强健的体魄和良好的精神状态。作为一个有责任感的公民，他将会用他的勇气、热情和爱心使他的国家成为全民都为之自豪的国度。
——冬天
Winter
Winter is very cold and windy in most parts of China. I usually look forward to the Spring Festival and the winter holiday when I can go to the south where the climate is warmer during these holidays. Also, I look forward to seeing my grandparents and my friends. Winter is the time everyone is in a festive mood. In the city, I usually do a lot of reading at home in the winter because of eh cold weather outside.
冬天
中国大部分地区的'冬天是即冷又有风的。我总是盼望着春节或寒假，到时候我就可以去南方了，当地的气候在这时会暖和的多。我也盼望着去探望我的祖父母和我的朋友。冬天，每个人都怀着喜庆的心情。在城里，冬天的时候我经常待在家里尽情地看书，因为外面的天气非常的冷。
——遵守交通规则
Obeying the Traffic Laws
I am often very afraid to cross-large wide streets. I always go to the traffic light and use the crosswalk, but many times I have been frightened. When the light changes to green I still need to look both directions to check the traffic. On many occasions a speeding motorcycle or bicycle or once a truck drove past the red light and across the pedestrian's path. When I have my bicycle, I get off and walk across the street, but always someone crosses the red light. Once at the intersection near the shopping mall I saw an accident: a taxi had stopped for the light, and another truck came from behind and did not stop. For safety, it is very important for everyone to obey the traffic laws.
遵守交通规则
横过大宽马路时，我常会害怕。我总是看着信号灯，走人行横道。仅管这样，我还是被吓着了几次。当信号灯换成绿灯时，我还是要朝两边看一下。很多时候，超速行驶的摩托车或自行车甚至是卡车，都闯红灯穿过人行横道。当我骑车时，我就会下来，推着车子步行过马路，但总有人闯红灯。一次，在靠近购物广场的那个十字路口，我见到了一起交通事故：一辆出租车停在那儿等红灯，但是它后面的卡车没停。所以，从安全计，每个人都遵守交通规则是很重要的。
如何能使你在最短的时间里入睡
Are you tired of lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wishing sleep would come? Try these lab-tested tips.
你厌倦了躺在床上，盯着天花板，希望能尽快入睡？试试下面这些办法。
Step 1: Time your workouts
Get some exercise during the day. People who are physically active fall asleep faster and sleep better overall, as long as they don’t exert themselves within three hours of bedtime.
第一步：计算运动时间
在白天做些运动。生理上活跃的人更能较快地入睡，而且总的来说睡得很好，只要他们在就寝的三个小时内不受到运动的影响。
Step 2: Get off the cell phone
Turn off your cell phone at least an hour before going to bed. One study indicated that being exposed to cell phone radiation before going to bed may compromise sleep quality.
第二步：关掉手机
最晚在睡觉前一小时关掉手机。研究表明睡觉前处于电话信号的辐射下可能会影响睡眠质量。
Step 3: Get a whiff of this
Put a few drops of vanilla oil on a tissue and tuck it inside your pillowcase. Studies have indicated the scent may help people nod off faster than they normally would, and get them into the REM, or dream state, more quickly.
第三步：将少许香草放到薄纱上，然后塞进枕头套中。研究表明香气能使人们比正常状况下更快地有困意，更快地进入快速眼动或做梦状态。
Tip:The scent of lavender may help people fall asleep, too.
小贴士：香草的香味也能帮助人们尽快入睡。
Step 4: Picture this
Imagine a scene that is pleasant and soothing to you. This may help you relax enough to fall asleep.
第四步：想一个温馨平缓的画面。这能使你充分放松从而入睡。
Step 5: Take a pill
Still not asleep? Take a tablet of melatonin, an over-the-counter hormone that promotes sleep. It proved effective in a study of nurses who took it to deal with the sleep problems brought on by shift work.
第五步：吃药
还是无法入睡?吃些褪黑激素，它是种不需处方也可出售的激素，它能提升睡眠。这在护士们用它来对付由于倒班引起的睡眠问题时证明很有效。
Step 6: Don't force it
If nothing is working, get out of bed, keep the lights dim, and do something — as long as it doesn’t involve turning on an electronic device, which will only stimulate your further. Return to bed when you feel drowsy.
第六步：不要强迫自己入睡
如果这一切都不管用，在保持灯光昏暗的状态下，起来做些别的事——只要你不打开电子设备，否则会使你更难入睡。当你感到昏昏欲睡时，再回到床上睡觉。
Fedora 浅顶软呢帽小史
Every 10 years or so, it seems, a handful of new looks endure long enough to become accepted as the uniform of a generation. However, once they’ve been universally adopted, the looks are no longer special and they gradually deteriorate into terrible fashion clichés. Let’s take a peek at a few present-day examples.
每隔10年左右，少数时尚新风潮在耐得住时间的考验，最终被人们所接受，成为一代人的标志着装。然而，一旦这些服饰变得大众化，它们就不再特别，随后就逐渐褪变成为俗不可耐的旧时尚。
The hat style of the 1950s reemerged at the beginning of 2004, when celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake tossed aside baseball caps and showed men how to wear a fedora with a retro swagger.
2004年年初，当布拉德?彼特和贾斯汀?汀伯莱克等名流将棒球帽弃置一旁，重拾浅顶软呢帽，彰显时尚复古魅力之时，风靡20世纪50年代的浅顶软呢帽再掀风潮。
Today, the fedora is part of the trendy man’s casual uniform. *Droves of young men add the ironically formal fedora to their V-neck T-shirts, skinny jeans and chunky *sneakers for a 1950s, West Coast look.
如今，浅顶软呢帽已是潮男们必不可少的休闲着装之一。许多青年男子现在都选择身穿V领T恤、铅笔裤、大头运动鞋，搭配一顶出人意料的浅顶软呢帽，俨然一副上世纪50年代的美国西海岸look。
Now, however, the hipster uniform is beginning to both bore and annoy people. “When a guy stepped out of my elevator yesterday wearing that look, I wanted to send a text to a friend of mine: ‘When is this look going to go away?’” said Los Angeles fashion stylist Albert Mendonca.
但现在，这种原本时髦的大众装扮开始让人厌弃和烦闷。来自洛杉矶的时装设计师Albert Mendonca表示：“昨天，一位如此打扮的小伙子走出我们共乘的电梯时，我忍不住想要发短信问问我的朋友：‘这样的装束什么时候才会消失？’”
别让蜡烛熄灭
一个男人有一个很小的女儿，那是他唯一的孩子，他深深地爱着她，为她而活，她就是他的生命。所以，当女儿生病时，他像疯了一般竭尽全力想让她恢复健康。
A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health。
然而，他所有的努力都无济于事，女儿还是死了。父亲变得痛苦遁世，避开了许多朋友，拒绝参加一切能使他恢复平静，回到自我的活动。但有一天夜里，他做了一个梦。
is best efforts, however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream。
他到了天堂，看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣，手里拿着一根蜡烛。他注意到有一个小天使的蜡烛没有点亮。随后，他看到那个拿着没有点亮的蜡烛的小天使是自己的女儿。他奔过去，一把将女儿抱在怀里，温柔地抱着她，然后问道：“宝贝儿，为什么只有你的蜡烛没有点亮呢？”“爸爸，他们经常重新点亮蜡烛，可是你的眼泪总是把它熄灭。”
He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child's candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked,"
就在这时，他从梦中醒来。梦给他上的一课很明显，而且立竿见影。从那个时候起，他不再消极遁世，而是自由自在，兴高采烈的回到从前的朋友和同事们中间。宝贝女儿的蜡烛再也没有被他无用的眼泪熄灭过。
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling's candle be extinguished by his useless tears。
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