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莉莎的柠檬水摊
七岁的莉莎·斯科特在妈妈的面包店里开了一个柠檬水小摊,这样她就可以赚点小钱,买一些自己喜欢的小东西,比如玩具和漂亮的鞋子。然而,几个月后,一切都发生了改变。
1Liza Scott is a seven-year-old girl in the southern US state of Alabama.She was interested in earning money.So, she created a small table where she sells a cold drink made from lemon juice, water and sugar.This is called a lemonade stand.The stand is at her mother's bakery, a business that sells baked goods like bread.Her mother, Elizabeth Scott,runs Savage's Bakery,near the city of Birmingham.
2At first, the lemonade stand was something to do for fun.Liza sold the drinks for 25 cents a glass.She was going to use the money to buy toys and pretty shoes.But then the stand became much more important.Liza has a health problem that will require surgery.She suffers from seizures(癫痫)because part of her brain did not grow correctly.Doctors in Boston will work to fix the problem during several visits.
3Elizabeth Scott said Liza has good health insurance, which will help pay for some of the treatment.But the trips to Boston will be costly and the insurance will not pay for them.Now,instead of just being a way to raise money for fun things,the money from the lemonade stand will help pay for the treatment.Selling cold drinks for less than a dollar will not actually raise much money.So instead, the stand is a place where people can visit to givemoney that will help Liza with her medical treatment.
4So far, people have come to the bakery to buy lemonade and given Liza some extra money,too.“I've got a $20 bill,a$50 bill,a$10 bill,a$5 bill and a$100 bill,”Liza said,counting the donations.So far, people have given over $12,000.But Elizabeth Scott also created an Internet fundraiser where people from anywhere can donate money to Liza.It has gathered over$300,000 so far.
5The family did not find out about Liza's problem until late January.Liza had a seizure that lasted 45 minutes.Doctors said if Liza's brain problem is not treated, she could suffer from a more serious brain injury,like a stroke.
Reading Check
1.Why did Liza Scott establish the lemon stand at first?
A.To make money for fun things.
B.To raise money for a trip.
C.To earn money for the treatment.
D.To provide lemon juice for people.
2.What made Liza Scott raise money by the lemon stand?
A.The stroke.
B.The health insurance.
C.The serious body injury.
D.The expensive trips to Boston.
3.What can we infer from the figures in paragraph 4?
A.People around Liza are warm-hearted.
B.More and more people come to help Liza out.
C.More and more people like to buy Liza's lemonade.
D.People created some Internet fundraisers for Liza.
4.What is the text?
A.A news report. B.A book review.
C.A children's story. D.A diary entry.
Language Study
Difficult sentences in the text
1.So instead, the stand is a place where people can visit to give money that will help Liza with her medical treatment.于是,这个摊子成为一个人们可以前去捐钱帮助莉莎接受治疗的地方。
【点石成金】本句中,where 引导的是定语从句,修饰先行词a place;that 引导定语从句,并且在从句中作主语。
2.Doctors said if Liza's brain problem is not treated,she could suffer from a more serious brain injury,like a stroke.医生说,如果莉莎的大脑问题得不到治疗,她可能会遭受更严重的脑损伤,比如中风。
【点石成金】本句中,if 引导的是条件状语从句,doctors say 后面是一个宾语从句,省略了引导词that。
激光烹饪3D打印食物
1Whatever your tastes are, it is highly unlikely that many of you are using3D printers to create your favorite meals.Still,anyone interested in the future of food can find technologists printing out snacks, from steaks to cakes, at the push of a button.Now laser cooking has arrived and it is adding an entirely new layer of gourmet(美食家)taste.
2Trials at Columbia University are revealing how highly tailored food can be prepared using a 3D printer.So far,the experiments with chicken have created laser-cooked (激光烹饪的) samples that have the same flavor profile as conventional cooking.“In fact, our two blind taste testers preferred laser-cooked meat to the conventionally cooked samples,which shows the promise for this technology,”said project leader James Blutinger.
3Companies in the food industry regularly use ingredients (食材) injected into containers and molded into appealing shapes.But playing with food chemistry and some processes to create sweet or savory (咸味的) caviar (鱼子酱), is often restricted to gourmet kitchens.Now the world's first 3D printing restaurant—Food Ink—has served up treats to diners direct from printer to plate.Meat companies combine digital modeling with printing to create different cuts of steak.
4Sugar and sweet treats were among the first food printer ingredients to become a hit with home consumers.La Miam Factory in Belgium 3D prints chocolate for customers.And now a crowdfunded chocolate printer will allow anyone to do it at home.Or how about your own personalized 3D printed pizza? Well, it's not all about printing takeaway foods and sugary snacks:Being personalized means getting the right nutritional content too.
5Recreating nutrient-rich foods from a precise recipe should be as simple as sharing a file on the Internet, say Columbia's engineers.Startup Anrich3D makes food printers that take data from medical assessments,health trackers and apps,and combines them to create individual meal plans that are cheap, healthy, and nutritionally balanced.All of this could well change the way we think about and eat food.High on the list of positives is the fact that printed food can be healthier, lessen the environmental impact of food production and cut waste.
Reading Check
1.What is James Blutinger's attitude toward the new technology of cooking?
A.Tolerant. B.Doubtful.
C.Hopeful. D.Ambiguous.
2.What can we know about Food Ink from paragraph 3?
A.It provides 3D printed food for customers.
B.It sells the ingredients made in containers.
C.It is a restaurant which specially makes caviar.
D.It only serves different cuts of steak.
3.Compared with ordinary food,what is the advantage of printed food?
A.Printed food has more nutrition.
B.Printed food is cooked in a shorter time.
C.The ingredients of printed food are healthier.
D.Printed food can be cooked based on individual physical condition.
4.In which part of a magazine can we read the text?
A.Geography. B.Science.
C.Culture. D.Entertainment.
Language Study
I.Difficult sentences in the text
1.Whatever your tastes are, it is highly unlikely that many of you are using 3D printers to create your favorite meals.无论你的口味如何,你们中的许多人都不太可能使用3D 打印机来制作自己喜欢的食物。
【点石成金】Whatever 引导的是让步状语从句,句中的that 引导的是主语从句,it作形式主语。
2.High on the list of positives is the fact that printed food can be healthier,lessen the environmental impact of food production and cut waste.最重要的是打印食品可能更健康,可以减少食品生产对环境的影响并减少浪费。
【点石成金】句中的that引导同位语从句,that在从句中不充当任何成分。
Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks
print out 打印出
so far 到目前为止;迄今为止
serve up(给……)提供;端上(食物)
think about 认为;以为
high on the list 名列前茅
查理和巧克力工厂(节选)
小男孩查理·巴克特和父母、爷爷奶奶、外公外婆住在一起,因为家境贫困,每个夜晚,他们一家七口吃的晚餐都是卷心菜汤……
1Mr and Mrs Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie.The whole family,the two old grandfathers,the two old grandmothers,Charlie's father,Charlie's mother and little Charlie Bucket live together in a small wooden house on the edge of a great town.Mr Bucket was the only person in the family with a job.He worked in a toothpaste factory,where he worked all day long.But he was never paid very much money,and was never able to make enough to buy one half of the things that so large a family needed.
2There wasn't even enough money to buy proper food for them all.The only meals they could afford were bread and butter for breakfast,boiled potatoes and cabbage for lunch,and cabbage soup for supper.The Buckets,of course,didn't starve,but every one of them went about from morning till night with a terrible empty feeling in their stomach.And although Charlie's father and mother often went without their own share of lunch or supper so that they could give it to him,it still wasn't nearly enough for a growing boy.He desperately wanted something more filling and satisfying than cabbage and cabbage soup.The one thing he had a strong desire for more than anything else was chocolate.
3Only once a year,on his birthday,Charlie Bucket did ever get to taste a bit of chocolate.The whole family saved up their money for that special occasion,and when the great day arrived,Charlie was always presented with one small chocolate bar to eat all by himself.
4Each time he received it on those wonderful birthday mornings,he would place it carefully in a small wooden box that he owned,and treasure it as though it were a bar of solid gold.And for the next few days,he would allow himself only to look at it,but never to touch it.Then at last, when he couldn't stand it no longer,he would peel a tiny bit of the paper wrapping at one corner off to expose a tiny bit of chocolate,and then he would take a tiny bite.The next day,he would take another tiny bite,and so on,and so on.
Reading Check
1.What's the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.Mr Bucket worked hard.
B.The Buckets were poor.
C.The Buckets needed to unite.
D.Mr Bucket was able to raise his family.
2.What can we know from paragraph 2?
A.The Buckets were hungry all the time.
B.Charlie was eager to have a bar of chocolate.
C.The Buckets couldn't offer Charlie a birthday present.
D.Charlie was satisfied with cabbage and cabbage soup.
3.What can we infer about Charlie's chocolate?
A.It was very expensive.
B.It was specially made for him.
C.It was particularly precious to him.
D.It was the size of a bar of solid gold.
4.What did Charlie do first after receiving his birthday present?
A.He stored it in a box.
B.He only looked at it.
C.He took a little bite.
D.He just touched it.
Language Study
Difficult sentences in the text
1.But he was never paid very much money,and was never able to make enough to buy one half of the things that so large a family needed.但是他从来没有得到过很多薪水,也从来没有挣到足够的钱来购买这么大一个家庭所需的一半东西。
【点石成金】句中的that引导的是一个定语从句,在从句中作宾语。
2.Each time he received it on those wonderful birthday mornings, he would place it carefully in a small wooden box that he owned, and treasure it as though it were a bar of solid gold.每当他在那些美妙的生日早晨收到礼物时,他都会小心翼翼地把它放在自己的一个小木盒里,把它当作一块纯金一样珍藏起来。
【点石成金】句中的each time 引导的是时间状语从句,此类用法的词组还有every time、the last time、the first time、next time 等。句中的as though 引导的是方式状语从句,其引导的状语从句中的谓语可用虚拟语气,表示与客观事实不符。
莉莎的柠檬水摊
Reading Check
1~4 A D B C
激光烹饪3D打印食物
Reading Check
1~4 C A D B
查理和巧克力工厂(节选)
Reading Check
1~4 B B C A
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