经典40篇短文搞定3500词汇6-10(内有mp3)

06

A Brave Maid 勇敢的女仆

A woodenvasefrom the Ming Dynasty at the entrance of the receptionhall amazed everyone. The artists designed it in a rarestyle and selected valuablejewelsto decorate it. People thought highly of its fancycolour of honey and the beautiful paintings on it. The vase used to belong to a former castle. But when the country was at war, the enemy troopsexploded the castle. Debates on how the vase survived went on and on. Inorder to remove people’s doubt, a team of no less than 20 people carried outan informal investigation.The evidences they found showed that a maidtook the vase apart and asked a sailor to sink it in a localwell. She never gave away the secret even under the cruel trial of the enemies who were in search of treasures.

It is worth giving this brave maid a fortune in return.

接待大厅入口处的明朝木制花瓶使每个人都惊奇不已。艺术家以一种罕有的风格设计它，并挑选了贵重的珠宝装饰它。人们高度赞赏它那蜂蜜般的奇特颜色，还有上面绘制的绘画。 这个花瓶曾经属于一座从前的城堡，但在战争期间，敌人的军队炸毁了城堡，于是关于这个花瓶是如何幸存下来的争论就一直在持续着。为了解开人们的疑问，一个由不少于20人的调查队开展了一次非正式的调查。他们找到的证据表明，有个女仆把花瓶拆开，然后让一名水手把它沉到当地的一个水井里。她从来没有泄露这个秘密，即使是在搜寻财宝的敌人残酷的审讯下。

这位女仆值得给予一大笔钱作为对她的回报。

07

A FairCompetition

公平的比赛

Swifter, Higher and Stronger stands for the spirit of the Olympics. But fairness is the basisof this motto. Only when you win fairly will you and your homelanddeserve the great glory. But nowadays, unlike the ancienthonest slavecompetitors, some hopelessathletes who can’t bear the pain of training cheat when taking part in games. Medalsseem to have magical power causing them to cheat, and the prize money has replaced the motto as their only goal. So, in the gymnastics event to be held in our city next month, one ofthe host’s responsibilities is to keep competitions fair. They advertised on posters outside the stadium to promise that every competitor is to have a regularphysical examination in a gymnasiumone afteranother. No one can bargain on this.The volunteers in charge will be very strict.It is foolish to cheat because they will not be admitted to compete and will even be fined as well.

“更快！更高！更强！”代表着奥运精神。但是公平却是这一格言的基础。只有当你公平地赢得比赛，你和你的祖国才会承受这样的光荣。但如今，不像古代那些诚实的奴隶参赛者，有些没有希望的运动员无法承受训练的痛苦，于是在参加比赛时作假。奖牌似乎有某种魔力使他们作假，奖金也已经代替了奥运格言成为了他们唯一的目标。

因此，在我们市下个月即将举行的一场体操赛事中，主办方的其中一项责任就是要确保比赛的公平。他们在体育场外的海报上做广告，承诺说每个参赛者都将在体育馆一个一个地参加常规的身体检查。对此没有人可以讨价还价。负责此事的志愿者将非常严格。作假是很愚蠢的，因为他们将不被允许去竞赛，甚至还将被罚款。

08

Computers 电脑

The goal of early calculatingmachines was to simplifydifficult sums. But with the help of new technology, electronicchipsreplaced tubes and a revolution of artificialintelligence has arisen. From then on, the appearance of computers totally changed our lives. They can not only downloadinformation from the wet when connected by the network or mobile phone signals, but also solve different types of logical problems. With operators as their coaches, they can even control rockets to explore the moon and instruct androids with the human race’s characters to mop floors and watch over your naughtyniece. Anyhow,computers are so helpful thatthey do bring happiness. However, computers are easily attacked by viruses. This reality has become a hard-to-deal with-problem. As a result, computers are dangerous in a way. So, personally, I worry about their universalapplications in some fields, such as finance.

早期计算机器的目的是简化比较难的计算。但是在新技术的帮助下，电子芯片代替了电子管，一场人工智能革命由此掀起。从那时起，电脑的出现完全改变了我们的生活，它们不仅能在网络或移动电话信号的连接下从网上下载信息，而且可以解决各种类型的逻辑问题。在操作员的教练下，它们甚至还可以控制火箭探索月球，指导具有人类性格的机器人擦洗地板和照顾你调皮的侄女。不管怎么说，电脑都是如此的有用，以致的确给人们带来了快乐。

然而，电脑很容易受到病毒的攻击，这一现实已经成为一个难以处理的难题，结果，电脑在某种程度上是很危险的。因此，就个人而言，我很担心电脑在某些领域，例如金融方面的广泛应用。

09

保护野生动植物 WildlifeProtection

Dinosaursdied out because of an unexpected incident. But wildlifetoday disappears or is in danger just because humans do harm to it. For example,tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so thatthey can only live in securereserves; grassland is destroyed without mercy so that dust storms come into being affecting distant cities.

Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insects to protect themselves fromfiercemosquitoes biting. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerfuldrug, so local farmers were employed to catch the insects. The endingwas that the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was a loss to humans, the farmers burst into laughter and responded,“Our real loss is our decreasingincome.”

We should appreciate the natural balance and pay more attention to the importance of wildlife protection. Not until we succeed inletting wildlife live in peace,can we smile in relief.

恐龙因一次意外事件而灭绝，但是今天的野生动植物却是因为人类的伤害而消失或处在危险中。例如，老虎被猎杀以获取做地毯的皮毛，以致它们只能生活在安全的保护区里；草地被毫不怜悯地破坏，以致沙尘暴开始影响遥远的城市。

去年，科学家观察到猴子在身上擦某种昆虫来保护自己不受凶猛的蚊子的叮咬。根据检查的结果，他们发现这种昆虫含有一种具有强大效力的药物，于是，当地的农民都被雇来抓虫子。结果是，这种昆虫从这整个地区都消失了。当被告知说这是整个人类的损失时，农民们都突然大笑着回应道：“我们减少的收入才是我们真正的损失呢！”