英语短文
英语短文：八位文学巨匠的临终遗言
英语短文：
We select some of literature’s most memorable farewells, from Byron to James Joyce.
我们挑选出一些文学界最令人难忘的临别之言，从拜伦到詹姆斯·乔伊斯。
“Come, come, no weakness; let’s be a man to the last!”
“来吧，来吧，别软弱。让我们像男子汉一样死去！”——LORD BYRON (拜伦勋爵)
Byron was attended by two young doctors on his death bed in Missolonghi. Faced with the terrible problem of treating a world-famous figure for an illness which neither knew anything about, they fell back on the usual treatment of the time—to bleed the patient and so reduce his fever. Byron resisted, saying that there had been “more deaths by lancet
than by the lance”, but gave in when warned that the disease could “deprive him of reason”. The weakened poet sank into unconsciousness and died under his terrified doctors’ hands.
拜伦临终前在迈索隆吉翁，由两位年轻医生在他的病榻边照料。他们面临着一个棘手的问题：要诊治一位世界闻名的大人物，但却对他所患的病一无所知。于是他们决定采用当时惯常的疗法——给病人放血来让他退烧。拜伦起先不肯，说以往“死在手术刀下的人比死在长矛下的要多”。但当他被警告说这病可能会“让他失去理智”时，他妥协了。虚弱的诗人陷入昏迷，随后死在两位被吓破了胆的医生手中。
“I must go in; the fog is rising.”
“我得进去了，雾正在升起。”——EMILY DICKINSON (埃米莉·迪金森)
Dickinson’s health declined sharply over the last years of her life, until she finally became confined to her bed and was only able to write brief notes. According to her niece, Martha, her “briefest last message” was reminiscent of “an oft-repeated family caution, ‘it was already growing damp.’” Her physician gave the cause of death as Bright’s disease, a kidney ailment now called nephritis.
迪金森的健康状况在她生命的最后几年里急剧恶化，到最后她卧床不起，只能写些简短的笔记。据她的侄女马莎所说，她“最
后的只言片语”是回忆起“家里人常嘱咐的一句话，‘湿气已经越来越重了。’”她的内科医生将她的去世归因于布赖特氏病，也就是现在被称为肾炎的一种肾病。
“What’s that? Do I look strange?”
“怎么回事儿？我看上去是不是有些异样？”——ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森)
In poor health from 1880, Stevenson had settled in Samoa in 1890 to recuperate, but probably died of a cerebral haemorrhage. According to his biographer, “At sunset he came downstairs … talked of a lecturing tour to America that he was eager to make, ‘as he was now so well,’… suddenly he put both hands to his head, and cried out, ‘What’s that?’Then he asked quickly, ‘Do I look strange?’ Even as he did so he fell on his knees beside her. He was helped into the great hall … losing consciousness instantly, as he lay back in the armchair that had once been his grandfather’s …”
自1880年起史蒂文森的健康状况就不好了，1890年他搬到萨摩亚去疗养，而后去世，死因可能是脑溢血。他的传记作者回忆道：“黄昏时分他走下楼来……聊了聊他很想成行的美国巡回演讲，‘因为现在他的身体状况很好，’……突然，他双手抱住脑袋，叫道，‘怎么回事儿？’紧接着他又问，‘我看上去是不是有些异样？’他一边说着一边就跪倒在了她身旁。他被扶到了大厅……躺在曾经属于
他祖父的扶手椅上，马上就失去了意识……”
“It’s a long time since I drank champagne.”
“我很久没有喝香槟了。”——ANTON CHEKHOV (安东·契诃夫)
Terminally ill, he went with his wife Olga to Badenweiler. Later she recalled his dying moments: “Anton sat up unusually straight and said loudly and clearly (although he knew almost no German): ‘Ich sterbe (I’m dying).’ The doctor calmed him, took a syringe, gave him an injection of camphor, and ordered champagne. Anton took a full glass, examined it, smiled at me and said: ‘It’s a long time since I drank champagne.’ He drained it, lay quietly on his left side, and I just had time to run to him and lean across the bed and call to him, but he had stopped breathing and was sleeping peacefully as a child …”
契诃夫在病重的后期和妻子奥尔佳一起去了巴登韦勒(编者注：德国的一处疗养胜地)。她后来回忆起他临终时的情形：“安东坐得异常地笔直，用洪亮且清晰的声音说(虽然他基本不会说德语) ：‘Ich sterbe. (我要死了。)’医生帮他镇定下来，拿来注射器，给他打了一针莰酮减轻疼痛，并点了一杯香槟酒。安东拿起满满一杯酒，仔细看了看，微笑着对我说：‘我很久没有喝香槟了。’他把酒喝得干干净净，然后静静地朝左侧卧躺下，而我只来得及跑到他身边，俯身
趴在床上喊他，可他已经停止了呼吸，像个孩子一样平静地睡去……”
“Death, the only immortal, who treats us alike, whose peace and refuge are for all. The soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved.”
“死亡，这唯一不朽的永存，它对我们一视同仁，它的安宁和庇护是所有人的归处，无论这人是肮脏还是纯洁，富有还是贫穷，是否被人所爱。”——MARK TWAIN (马克·吐温)
After suffering a heart attack in Bermuda, Twain went back to his Connecticut home to recover. Having predicted in 1909 that he would “go out” with Halley’s comet—which appeared in the year of his birth—he died the day after the comet’s closest approach to Earth. According to Albert Bigelow Paine he said “Goodbye”, and Dr Quintard, “who was standing near, thought he added ‘If we meet’—but the words were very faint.”
吐温在百慕大心脏病发作，后回到位于康涅狄格州的家中休养。他曾在1909年预言自己会和哈雷彗星一起“离去”——这颗彗星曾在他出生那年出现过——在彗星达到其最接近地球点的第二天，马克·吐温去世了。据艾伯特·比奇洛·佩因说，吐温说了声“再见”，而昆塔德医生“当时站得很近，认为他后来又说了一句‘如果还能再见的话’——但是这几个词说得很轻。”
“We all reveal…our manifestations…This
manifestation is over … That’s all.”
“我们都来这儿……走了一遭……现在已经走到头了……就这样吧。”——LEO TOLSTOY (列夫·托尔斯泰)
Tolstoy left his estate, aged 82, to begin a new life as a peasant. Reaching the small town of Astapovo he contracted pneumonia, and died a few days later in the stationmaster’s house. According to the stationmaster, his last words were: “But the peasants … how do the peasants die?” His friend Vladimir Chertkov preferred to remember something from the night before. “He was lying on his back, breathing heavily …and all of a sudden—as if arguing with himself—broke out in a loud voice: ‘We all reveal … our manifestations … This manifestation is over … That’s all.’”
82岁高龄的托尔斯泰离开了自己的庄园，要去做个农夫，开始新的生活。在到达一个名为阿斯塔波沃的小镇时，他身染肺炎，几天后死在了火车站站长的家里。据站长说，托尔斯泰的遗言是：“可是那些农民……农民们是怎样死的呢？”他的朋友弗拉基米尔·切尔科夫却觉得他前一晚所说的一些话更值得被记住。“他仰面躺着，呼吸很重……突然——好像在跟自己争吵一样——他大喊起来：‘我们都来这儿……走了一遭……现在已经走到头了……就这样吧。’”
“I feel certain that I’m going mad again …”
“我觉得我又要发狂了……”——VIRGINIA WOOLF
(弗吉尼娅·吴尔夫)
Fearing that she was on the brink of the latest in a series of breakdowns, Woolf committed suicide by loading her pockets full of stones and wading into the River Ouse. Her suicide note told her husband that she would rather die than endure another such episode. “I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan’t recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can’t concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do … I can’t go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been. V.”
吴尔夫担心自己新一轮的精神疾病即将发作，于是在口袋里装满石头，走进欧塞河，结束了自己的生命。在遗书中，她告诉丈夫她宁愿死也不愿再忍受一次折磨了。“我觉得我又要发狂了。我觉得我们已无法再次熬过那些可怕的日子，而且我这次也好不了了。我开始幻听，没办法集中精神。所以我要做的看来是我所能做的最好的事……我不能再毁掉你的生活了。我相信不会再有任何两个人能像我们俩过去那样幸福。弗。”
“Does nobody understand?”
“没有一个人懂吗？”——JAMES JOYCE (詹姆斯·乔伊斯)
Joyce died in Zurich, two days after surgery for a perforated ulcer. The Irish government declined his wife’s offer to repatriate his remains. According to Richard Ellmann, a Catholic priest tried to convince his widow that there should be a funeral Mass. She replied: “I couldn’t do that to him.”
在接受了治疗溃疡穿孔的手术两天后，乔伊斯在苏黎世去世。爱尔兰政府拒绝了他的妻子想把他的遗体运送回国的请求。据理查德·埃尔曼所说，一位天主教牧师曾设法说服乔伊斯的遗孀为他举行一场葬礼弥撒。她回答道：“我不能对他这么做。”
年轻人必读的29本英文短篇小说，分分钟刷新你三观 本周，著名网站Buzzfeed 罗列了一份年轻人必读的29 篇短篇小说书单，这份书单的作者覆盖了英语世界，尤其是美国文学界最富盛名的小说家。《外滩画报》精选出10 篇已经翻译成中文的小说作重点推荐。 编辑：谭浩制图：唐卓人部分图片来自Buzzfeed 2013年，瑞典学院将诺贝尔文学奖颁给了以写作短篇小说见长的加拿大作家爱丽丝·门罗，这在某种程度上褒扬了中短篇小说为世界文学做出的重要贡献。阿根廷女作家萨曼塔·施维伯林甚至说：“门罗能够得到诺贝尔文学奖，让我们这些写作短篇的都松了一口气。”虽然很多人不一定赞同顾彬关于“长篇小说已经没落”的论调，但是短篇小说作为一种更为有力凝练的文学形式，确实更加符合如今这个时代的节奏。本周，著名网站Buzzfeed 罗列了一份年轻人必读的29 篇短篇小说书单，这份书单的作者覆盖了英语世界，尤其是美国文学界最富盛名的小说家。《外滩画报》精选出10 篇已经翻译成中文的小说作重点推荐： 1. 弗兰纳里·奥康纳：《流离失所的人》 《流离失所的人》选自小说集《好人难寻》在弗兰纳里·奥康纳的小说里，尽管大部分时间故事里的人物都被堕
落、自私、愚昧、自负、欺骗或冷漠所掌控，但是，总有那么一个时刻（往往在接近小说结尾处），奥康纳会安排上帝的恩惠（或曰天惠）降临到他们身上。在这圣灵显现的一瞬间，这些人物突然受到某种精神上的启迪，进而达到某种“顿悟”，他们也许会接受这一天惠，也许会拒绝它，但不管怎样，这一灵光闪现的“天惠时刻”会使他们的内心发生改变。——比目鱼，书评人 2. 朱诺?迪亚斯：《沉溺》 选自小说集《沉溺》《沉溺》里面的九个小短篇和一个准中篇都是以朱诺?迪亚斯自己和他的家庭的真实经历为蓝本书写出来的半自传作品，它所处理的是一个移民家族心灵史上最特殊的时段：移民前在多米尼加共和国的等待期和移民初期在美国的无望岁月。朱诺?迪亚斯在写这些“少作”的时候，还没有获得他后来的作品中罗伯特?波拉尼奥式的喷薄的语言强度，但这种语流清浅、句法简朴的写法与作者的青春期原型所附体的叙述者尤尼尔非常合拍：如此“低限度”的风格，恰好能够为那些在生理、心理与地理的转换交接处所蛰伏的晦暗不明的能量提供随机释放的可能性。——胡续东，作家 3. 米兰达·裘丽：《楼梯上的男人》
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短文填空1 阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。（注意：①每个单词只能用一次。②其中有两个多余项。） we,take,fast, help,come, difficult , also , get, it, make, they, work, Robots have a long history, The first one was made by a Greek inventor.（希腊发明家）You may see robots in some movies. The robots in these movies are stronger, __1__and cleverer than people .In real life, most robots are used in factories. They do many dangerous, __2__or boring jobs. Some people can’t look after __3__and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see, so they use a dog __4__themselves move around. This dog is called a guide dog, Scientists are __5__a robot to help them. In the future, robots might take the place of (代替) these dogs. Robots are __6__used in hospitals, In one hospital ,a robot __7__meals from kitchen to the sick people’s rooms, It never loses __8__way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer systems（系统）. In the future, robots __9__in space, But robots will never take the place of human, they can, however, help __10__ in a lot of different ways. 短文填空2 for ,I ,always, different , read, same , clever ,much , well , quiet, not, like My family __1__ spend the summer vacation by the we go to Qingdao, but this year we’re going somewhere __2__ ,We’re going to Hainan. My dad says Hainan is __3__ than Qingdao, and he says the beaches are __4__ beautiful. My friend Zhao Fei went to Hainan last year, and he said it was a great place Fei is really __6__ at swimming, but I`m __7__ . I`m __8__ than him. I __9__sitting on the beach and ___10__a book 短文填空3 show, at ,read,English, invite,think, answer,in ,ask, sure, for, begin My little sister is in Grade Seven this year, her favorite subject is math, and she is very good __1__it. One day, a friend of my father’s from America __2__us some pictures about America and __3__us to his home. My sister wanted to go there very much, but my
英语励志短文及翻译 梦想是一个可以离我们很近，又很远的东西。下面是我为大家搜集整理出来的有关于英语励志短文及翻译，希望可以帮助到大家！ Today is an excellent day for small improvements. Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it just a little. There’s no need to make a huge change, just a small one, something you can do right now. If you called just one additional customer each day, over the course of the next month you would talk to about 20 new people. If you learned just one more new word each day, in the next year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300 words. Small improvements can add up over time into big accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you do each day. Think about how you could do it just a little bit better. In a marathon race, each step the winner takes is just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than each stride taken by the 100th place finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small difference adds up in a big way. Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and each day after that. Anyone can make just a small improvement, and that can make a big, big difference. 翻译：再多一点点
The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer. With a snappy "Good-morning, Pitcher," Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him. The young lady had been Maxwell's stenographer for a year. She was beautiful in a way that was decidedly unstenographic. She forewent the pomp of the alluring pompadour. She wore no chains, bracelets or lockets. She had not the air of being about to accept an invitation to luncheon. Her dress was grey and plain, but it fitted her figure with fidelity and discretion. In her neat black turban hat was the gold-green wing of a macaw. On this morning she was softly and shyly radiant. Her eyes were dreamily bright, her cheeks genuine peachblow, her expression a happy one, tinged with reminiscence. Pitcher, still mildly curious, noticed a difference in her ways this morning. Instead of going straight into the adjoining room, where her desk was, she lingered, slightly irresolute, in the outer office. Once she moved over by Maxwell's desk, near enough for him to be aware of her presence. The machine sitting at that desk was no longer a man; it was a busy New York broker, moved by buzzing wheels and uncoiling springs. "Well--what is it? Anything?" asked Maxwell sharply. His opened mail lay like a bank of stage snow on his crowded desk. His keen grey eye, impersonal and brusque, flashed upon her half impatiently. "Nothing," answered the stenographer, moving away with a little smile. "Mr. Pitcher," she said to the confidential clerk, did Mr. Maxwell say anything yesterday about engaging another stenographer?" "He did," answered Pitcher. "He told me to get another one. I notified the agency yesterday afternoon to send over a few samples this morning. It's 9.45 o'clock, and not a single picture hat or piece of pineapple chewing gum has showed up yet." "I will do the work as usual, then," said the young lady, "until some one comes to fill the place." And she went to her desk at once and hung the black turban hat with the gold-green macaw wing in its accustomed place. He who has been denied the spectacle of a busy Manhattan broker during a rush of business is handicapped for the profession of anthropology. The poet sings
K e y s t o U n i t T w o (1) I. B. Singer: The Washwoman (2) Frank Sargeson: A Piece of Yellow Soap 1) Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference) (1) Does the piece of washing soap have the “power”as the narrator tells us? What is the “power” that forces him to take off? (The piece of yellow washing soap is, of course, an ordinary one. The narrator is a “na?ve narrator”who believed that it had some sort of mysterious “power,”while the readers are expected to know better. This power comes from the narrator’s deep sympathy for the tragic fate of the washing woman. Seeing the situation, he simply could not continue to demand the payment which he knew the woman was unable to produce.) (2) In this Unit, we have two stories about two washwomen. There are a lot of similar descriptions and common characteristics in the two stories. Find and list them. (They were both reduce to desperation, depending solely on washing for living. Both were hard-working and uncomplaining, quietly but almost heroically bore their burden and struggled for a hard existence. The author describes their common feature –the white and shrunken fingers –as symbol of suffering in the lives of the working people. They both were both dead by the end of the stories.) (3) The two first-person narrators tell two stories of two washwomen who shared similar tragic fate. Discuss the differences in the narrators that result in the differences in the way the two short stories are told. (Singer’s narrator knows more and tells more about the washing woman, often making direct comments and revealing his own feelings about the life of the woman whose story he is telling. He frequently emphasizes that what he is telling is real, and hints that the story has significance. The narrator’s voice is very close to the author’s. Please see more in “Reading Tips” on page 11. On the other hand, Sargeson’s narrator is a na?ve one, that is, the narrator’s understanding is purposely made shallow, and the reader need find by himself the real meaning in the situation. So the narrator stands at some distance from the author. Please see more in “Reading Tips” on page 15. Therefore, in Text I, we, as readers, are basically “given”or “received”the story, while in Text II, we need to participate imaginatively in the story to “dig out” the true meaning the na?ve narrator has left unexplained.) 2) Explanation and Interpretation:
短文填空： A Sports are good for our health. Sports can make our bodies _____. To make more students know their importance, a sports meeting for middle school students is held in China. This year is ______ 11th birthday. It was _____ from July 16th to 21st in Baotoe, a big city in Inner Mongolia. It is the National Middile School Games. The Games have nine events. _____ are track and field, swimming, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, Wushu, aerobics, shuttlecock and soccer. The National Middle School Games are held ______ three years. Eleven Games have been held successfully until now and many middle school students have taken _____ in the Games. ______ is reported that 34 teams with nearly 5,000 athletes have taken part in the Games in 2011. All the athletes came _____ from different parts of the country including Hong Kong and Macau. Some of them did a good job in the games and others didn’t. They are training hard now and will come to Shanghai for the next games. We hope they will _____ the beautiful city and that their dreams will come _______. B We can remember some important times in our lives. Some things have become good memories. The memories are always in the corner of our mind. When I was in a kindergarten（幼儿园）, I had many toys and friends. They made ____ laugh and cry. The teachers _____ us many songs and games. We played all day. Although we did not know what learning was at that time, we were learning every day. When I was in a primary school, I _____ excited to learn school subjects. Nearly every subject was science. My ______ subject was science. I remembered _____ the first day our science teacher told us the sun was like a big ball. We were quite surprised and kept our mouths open. We began to wonder at the secret of nature. Later many other things came to our ears. We began to learn carefully. When I was ten _____ old, I began to read newspaper, _____ a diary, visit museums and _____ many friends. Every day was something new, interesting and exciting. Now I am in the middle school. Each day is new to me. Happily, I am still learning. It is like a journey to me. I have learned a lot, _____ there’s still a long way for me to go. I hope to ______ a learned person some day. 完形填空： A Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we 36 the national flag(国旗) go up. Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was 37 and excited ! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too. Can I really do it Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher 38 me, "I know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down. 39 for it, I'm sure you'll do well." "Thank you ," I answered, It was such a great 40 for me ! When I got home , I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents 41 . I wanted to make my teacher happy. Monday morning came. I began to feel 42 . When did I last give a talk to 43 many people Never! This was my first time. Could I really 44 it Maybe I couldn't finish the talk.
励志英语文章及翻译 如果我们能够时常找一些带翻译的经典励志的英语文章来看看，也是挺好的，那么励志英语文章及翻译都有哪些呢?一起来看看吧。 To see the golden sun and the azure sky, the outstretched ocean, to walk upon the green earth, and to be lord of a thousand creatures, to look down giddy precipices or over distant flowery vales, to see the world spread out under one s finger in a map, to bring the stars near, to view the smallest insects in a microscope, to read history, and witness the revolutions of empires and the succession of generations, to hear of the glory of Simon and Tire, of Babylon and Susan, as of a faded pageant, and to say all these were, and are now nothing, to think that we exist in such a point of time ,and in such a corner of space, to be at once spectators and a part of the moving scene, to watch the return of the seasons, of spring and autumn, to hear--- The stock dove plain amid the forest deep, That drowsy rustles to the sighing gale. ---to traverse desert wilderness, to listen to the dungeon s gloom, or sit in crowded theatres and see life itself mocked, to feel heat and cold, pleasure and pain, right and wrong, truth and falsehood, to study the works of art and refine the sense of beauty to agony, to worship fame and to dream of immortality, to have read Shakespeare and Beloit to the same species as Sir Isaac Newton; to be and to do all this, and then in a moment to be nothing, to have it all snatched from one like a juggler s ball or a phantasmagoria [参考译文] 何为不朽--威廉赫兹里特 我们看到金色的太阳，蔚蓝的天空，广阔的海洋;我们漫步在绿油油的大地之上，做万物的主人;我们俯视令人目炫心悸的悬崖峭壁，远眺鲜花盛开的山谷;我们把地图摊开，任意指点全
The Chrysanthemum Elisa Allen, a woman approaching middle age, is at a point in her life when she has begun to realize that her energy and creative drive far exceed the opportunities for their expression. Her marriage is reasonably happy—when she notices that her husband is proud of selling thirty head of steers he has raised, she gives him the compliment he hopes for, while he, in turn, appreciates her ability to grow flowers of exceptional quality. There is an easy banter between them, and while they have settled into a fairly familiar routine, they are still responsive to each other’s moods, and eager to celebrate an achievement in each other’s company with a night on the town. On the other hand, their marriage is childless, and Elisa generally wears bland, bulging clothes that tend to de-sex her. Their house is described as “hard-swept” and “hard-polished”; it is the only outlet for her talents and it is an insufficient focus for her energy. She has begun to sense that an important part of her is lying dormant and that the future will be predictable and rather mundane.
《英语短篇小说教程》练习参考答案
Unit Seven James Joyce: Araby 1)Opinions of Understanding: (1) Which adjective is NOT proper to describe the style of the short story? A. Dreamlike. B. Poetic. C. Matter-of-fact. D. Sentimental. (2) Why does the boy want to go to the bazaar, or the “Araby,” so desperately? A. He wants to find some romantic fulfillment. B. He wants to see exotic and exciting things. C. He wants to have new experience. D. He wants to “do something” for the girl. (3) What do you think can be the theme of the story? A. Real beauty is illusory and unattainable. B. Growing up leads to loss of youthful idealism. C. True love can not survive the cruel world. D. Disillusion always accompanies romanticism. (4) Which is probably true about Mangan’s sister? A. She is a young girl of rare beauty. B. She has all the elegance because of her family and religious background. C. She is angel-like both in appearance and in nature. D. She is an ordinary girl but the narrator places his romantic fantasies on her. (5) The short story ends with the sentence: “Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.” What possibly has the boy suddenly realized? A. He has been behaving foolishly. B. The girl does not deserve so much of his affection. C. His uncle and aunt are heartless people. D. True beauty can not be obtained at any cost.
初中英语短文填空20篇解读 1、第一遍通读全文，对文章有一个整体认识，了解故事的时间、地点、人物等之间的关系，为下一步填空打下坚实的基础，切忌看一空填一空。 2、第二遍逐句阅读并填空，根据句子的语法以及上下文的整体逻辑关系用恰当的词填入空白，特别是有时根据意思可能有多种用法时，应填入恰当的单词并符合英美人的习惯表达，不要受汉语的影响。例如：“我看一看你的信”，关于“看”的就有六个，这就需要进行筛选，只能用read ，不能用watch, see, look, have a look at, look at 等。 3、第三遍复查答案。将填空的短文再完整地阅读一次，以检查全文是否通顺，所填答案是否最为合理 （一）难度：★★★☆☆ Have you ever tried shopping online? What about talking with strangers through the Internet? Of (1________, yes、(2________ the development of society, the Internet is playing a more and more important part in our daily life; more and more people, especially teenagers show great (3________ in the Internet、If we teenagers are crazy about (4________ games or chatting online, it will definitely have (5________ influence on our study and health、 Things is