篇一：双语阅读 英语文摘 人一天最重要的40分钟
人一天最重要的40分钟,你用好了吗? 英语生活贴士 The Forty Most Important Minutes Each Day: Are You Using Them Well? 人一天最重要的40分钟，你用好了吗？
Recently I had a conversation in Beijing with an adult Chinese friend who was complaining how difficult it is to study English. No surprises there. It is a difficult language to master, just like Chinese.
最近我在北京听一位中国朋友吐槽英语难学。这并不奇怪，英语跟中文一样，都不好学。 I made a few suggestions based on my own experience. One involved a very valuable fact which I learned from my high school Latin and Greek teacher. He was a Jesuit priest, a gifted linguist, and had an amazing ability to memorize things, like poetry, essays, speeches, etc.
根据亲身经历，我有几点建议，其中也包括我高中拉丁语和希腊语老师的真传。这位老师是名耶稣会的牧师，很有语言天分，对诗歌、论文、演讲等记忆力超群。
His advice to us students was that for memorization purposes, there are forty minutes each day in which our memory is vastly more receptive than it is during the other 23 hours and 20 minutes. This 40-minute “super memory” period is divided into two parts: the 20 minutes before we sleep, and the 20 minutes after we first awake.
他告诉我们这些学生，人在一天之中有40分钟记忆力最强，接收能力超过其余23小时20分。而这“记忆超强”的40分钟又可以分为两段：临睡前的20分钟和醒来后的20分钟。 The theory supporting this is pretty simple. First, the last information you input into your brain before a good night’s sleep has a better chance of taking root than information acquired during the hustle bustle of normal daily routine; and, second, your mind is free of distraction when you first awake in the morning — so more receptive to inputs, like a blank slate.
要证明这一理论十分简单。首先，在进入梦乡前把信息植入脑海比在白天乱哄哄的情景下更容易扎根；其次，早晨醒来精力不容易分散，就像空白的页岩，吸收能力更强。
I took the advice to heart and it served me well in my school years. In my university days, our Chinese teacher would assign us 200 new vocabulary words each day, on which we would be quizzed the following day. Without the “magic” forty minute technique, there’s no way I would have passed those daily quizzes.
我牢记他的教诲，上学期间身体力行，受益良多。大学期间，我的中文老师每天都会教200个新单词，次日还要搞小测验。幸亏有这“魔力40分钟”秘笈，否则我早就“挂科了”。 The technique really works, but like many things, it takes practice and discipline to hone and perfect it.
这个办法真的很管用，但和其他很多事一样，也需要练习和自律才能日臻完美。
As far as language study goes, it’s not only useful for memorizing vocabulary. It’s also a very useful window of time in which to listen to the language you’re studying, even as background noise, and even if it’s at a level you find difficult to comprehend. It might be audio language study aids, or just radio, TV or whatever.
随着语言学习的深入，这个方法不仅对背单词有帮助，也可以成为锻炼听力的最佳时段，而且不论收听的是背景音、晦涩的内容、外语听力材料、广播、电视、还是其他什么。 Beyond our years of formal education, memory skills are hugely important in any career. 记忆力除了上学必需外，在各行各业中也很重要。
How many times have you heard a speaker read their speech from a prepared text, or read the word-by-word content of a powerpoint presentation as they present each slide? 你听过几个演讲人会照本宣科，又见过几个人在做演示时会逐字逐句地朗读每张幻灯片的文字？
These are annoying, distracting, boring, and ineffective ways of communicating. They are almost guaranteed to lose the audience’s close attention and interest, let alone persuade or inspire anyone to do anything. And yet lots of people still make this mistake.
这样的沟通方式令人厌烦、精力涣散、枯燥乏味、效率低下，保证会让听众兴趣索然，味同嚼蜡，根本就无法说服或激励听众采取行动。但仍有很多人会犯这样的错误。
If you use the “forty minute” technique, you may not succeed in memorizing your
presentation contents on a 100% word-by-word basis, but you’ll be familiar enough that you can spend much more time making eye contact with your audience. You will engage them in the process, while glancing at your text instead of staring at it. This will also free up your hands and arms to add some emphasis through gesture.
运用“40分钟”技巧，也许你并不能一字不落地背诵演示稿，却可以充分掌握内容，从而留出更多时间与听众进行眼神交流。你可以让观众参与其中，抽空儿再扫一眼屏幕，不用紧盯不放。你还可以解放胳膊和双手，增加一些动作，以示强调。
Memory is of course a big challenge for any language learner, especially as we grow older. Possibly an even bigger challenge, which starts around the pre-teen years for most people and gets progressively worse, is the fear of looking or sounding stupid.
不管学习哪国外语，记忆都是个难题，特别是随着年龄的增长。另外一个更大的难题可能是大多数人从年少时起就害怕出丑，而且越老越怕。
Younger children are generally uninhibited by this kind of self-consciousness when among their peers, and that’s one reason they learn language so quickly. They are not afraid to mimic, even if they get it wrong. Mimicry and imitation are core elements of the natural process of language learning.
小孩子因为还没有形成在群体中的自我意识，所以学习语言会更快。他们不怕有样学样，就算犯错也无所谓。重复和模仿是语言学习过程中的核心要素。
So, for young adults learning English or any second language, my advice would be threefold: 1) seize the forty-minute learning window; 2) slay the dragon of
self-consciousness associated with mis-pronunciation or sounding funny; and 3) find ways to use the language outside of the classroom, as regularly and frequently as possible. 所以，我对学英语的年轻人有三点建议：一要抓住四十分钟的时间窗，二要克服担心念错或发音搞笑的心魔，三要在课余时间尽量找机会多用。
One fundamental rule of language learning is: “Use it, or lose it.”
语言学习的根本法则就是“用进废退”。
The paybacks of success are enormous and life-long.
成功的回馈十分巨大，终生受用。
Likewise, the cost of failure is high. It includes all the money spent on tuition and
associated expenses, plus a huge amount of time poorly spent. Not necessarily wasted, but poorly spent because the results could have been so much better.
同样，失败的代价也很惨重。不仅是学费和相关支出打了水漂，付出的时间成本也不可估量。虽然说不上是浪费，但与取得的成果相比就得不偿失了。
Jesuit 耶稣会会士
priest 神父，牧师
linguist 通晓数国语言的人；语言学家
vastly 极大地；广大地；深远地
bustle 喧闹；忙乱；奔忙
distraction 注意力分散；娱乐，消遣
slate 石板；板岩，页岩
quiz 提问，询问
hone 用磨刀石磨；磨孔放大
content 内容
presentation 陈述；报告；介绍；赠送
slide 幻灯片
engage 吸引或引起（注意、兴趣等）；与（某人）交战
emphasis 强调；着重
gesture 手势，姿势
mimic 巧于模仿的人；复写品或仿制品；摹拟笑剧的演员
imitation 模仿，仿效
core 中心，核心
seize 抓住；逮捕
tuition 学费；教学，讲授
expense 费用；花费的钱；消耗；花钱的东西
篇二：英语文摘
What comes around goes around.因果循环，报应不爽！
The secret ingredient is .. that there is no ingredient! We don’t need a secret ingredient, We don’t need to become “special”。（汤中秘密作料便是没有作料）。
Even mountains and seas cannot distance people with common aspirations.（志合者，不以山海为远）
A tree has to strike a firm root before it can flourish.
A river has to have a fully dredged source before it can flow unceasingly。（求木之长者，必固其根本；欲流之远者，必浚其泉源）
The water is clear and the mountain is bright, The frost comes in at night; Trees are covered with deep scarlet leaves mixed with yellow that is light.（山明水静夜来霜，数树深红出浅黄）
Hit the headlines/make headlines登上头条
The couple hit the headlines last year when their relationship broke down.
Pop the question求婚
He has been trying for weeks to pluck up the courage to pop the question.
Confess one’s love表白
I didn’t dare confess my love to her because I cherished her friendship.
Asking for a date约会
对某部电影的吐槽模式：
It could have been better.
Too uealistic.
Lame.
Boring
It was so stupid I almost fell asleep. The guy was such a jerk!
Film Expressions:
The heroine is played by ***.
The film has run(上映)for five days.
Practically every film he made was nominated（提名） for an Oscar.
Spain’s Javier Bardem won best supporting actor/actress(最佳男/女配角) in “No Country for Old Men”（老无所依）.
Within minutes, it was clear to me that this was a must-watch movie(必看电影).
The film has taken $180million at the box office(票房). 《何以笙箫默》经典台词：
If that person ever appeared, anyone else would just be a
compromise. And I don’t want to compromise.
Waiting is not about time but about habits. It only kept growing, and there was no way for him to fight it.
If destiny say’s you are my girlfriend in three years, how do I not have my right to be your boyfriend now?
There are plenty of love poems. Among them, the most beautiful one must be “holding your hand and aging with you”.
Facing the Sea with Spring Blossoms
From tomorrow on, I will be a happy man，
Grooming(喂马),chopping(劈柴),and travelling all over the world.
From tomorrow on, I will care foodstuff(粮食) and vegetable， Living in a house towards the sea, with spring blossoms. From tomorrow on, write to each of my dear ones.
Telling them of my happiness.
What the lightening of happiness has told me,
I will spread it to each of them.
Give a warm name for every river and every mountain, Strangers, I will also wish you happy.
May you have a brilliant future!
May you lovers eventually become spouses！（有情人终成眷属）
May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!
I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.
Romantic Valentine’s Day:
I wish I were a china cup, from which you drink your tea, and every time you took a drink you would kiss me.
I would wash all the dishes, if you would let me be your MR. You and me together, you can make magic.
Every time I look at you, my heart misses a beat. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you. 忙的表达：
I don’t even have time to catch my breath.(喘息，歇口气) I’ll be tied up(被占用，很忙的) the rest of the week, I am afraid.
I’m in the middle of something(正忙于做某事). Could you call back later?
It’s hard to slow down when you are trying to do a million things.
I can’t possibly come out tonight. I’m up to my neck(忙得不可开交) in work.
篇三：英语文摘
·I sat on a small chair, the sky a dark sky like only a moon cake moon,bright. It makes me feel so peaceful summer. 我坐在小椅子上，天空一片黑暗只有那天空中的一张似月饼的月亮，显得格外明亮。这让我感到夏夜如此宁静。·I accompanied the moon out of the door, and went to the distant,imperceptibly come to a garden, the garden is really
extremely busyduring the day, and night is so quiet. The flowers drooped her head, like sleep. The flowers in the garden is really beautiful, peony, gardenia...... I gently walked over, afraid to wake them. I went into the empty path,although the dark, but I was not afraid, because there are so manyflowers with me, with me, tiny spots of light, let me feel the night is so beautiful.我伴着明月出了门，向远处走去，不知不觉走到了一个花园里，白天花园真是热闹非凡，而晚间的却如此宁静。花儿低垂着小脑袋，好像睡着了。花园里的花真漂亮，有牡丹，栀子花……我轻轻地走过去，生怕吵醒了它们。我走进了空无一人的小道，虽然黑暗，可我并不害怕，因为有这么多的花香陪着我，与我作伴，星星点点的灯光，让我感到夏夜是那么美。·I walked heard indistinct 'snore' -- the wind blowing through the voice of the ear, the wind blowing the leaves, the leaves rustle up, I looked at it, it seemed to beckon to me, like talking to me, and as...... At the moment,my heart just want stay here in this moment, the quiet next night is I feel very happy. 我走着走着听到了似有似无的‘鼾声’——风吹过耳边的声音，风吹着树叶，树叶沙沙地响了起来，我望了望它，它好像在向我招手，又好像在和我说话，又好像……此刻，我心中只想让时间停留在这一刻，这宁静的下一夜是我感到无比快乐。·'cricket, cricket...' I heard the indistinct Cricket Sound, the sound is really a gladdening the heart and refreshing the mind, The tune lingered in the
room., as oriole's song, and like the sound of nature. I am in the grass side looking for cricket disappeared, want to have a look what they are doing, what to open
the concert, is more than a family to celebrate the arrival of summer; or; or...... Ask why, always have endless curiosity. Thisvoice sometimes solo, sometimes
a sing, other crickets sing
alongchorus, sometimes, sometimes high, sometimes gentle, sweet and
wonderful. Tranquil garden added infinite vitality. ‘蛐蛐，蛐蛐……’我听到了隐隐约约的蛐蛐声，那声音真是沁人心脾，余音绕梁，就如出谷黄莺，又好像天籁之音。我在草丛边寻找着蛐蛐的踪影，想看看他们在干什么，再开什么演唱会，是多了一位家人；还是庆祝夏夜的到来；还是……，总是有无数个好奇心再问为什么。这声音有时独唱，有时一个唱，别的蛐蛐也就跟着唱，有时合唱，有时高昂，有时轻柔，真是美妙动听。给寂静的花园增添了无限生机 。
·I walked on the way home, on either side of the
street trees occasionallyfall scattered leaves, like a butterfly flying. 我走在回家的路上，街两旁树上偶尔落下零散的叶子，像蝴蝶飞来飞去。
·The quiet summer night is really interesting! 这宁静的夏夜真有趣！
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