拇指英语说， 分享英语学习心得，技巧和方法。让英语学习变得更有趣，更简单。
在英语学习中，阅读是学生获得英语知识，提高英语能力与素养的重要途径。通过阅读，学生们可以增强语感、积淀文化知识，提高学生跨文化交际能力，从而整体提高他们的英语综合能力。
为增加阅读素材的多元化，拇指英语说特推出“报刊时文阅读素材积累系列”。众所周知，报刊阅读的材料内容丰富，真实感和时效性强，语言地道，话题轻松活泼，贴近学生生活。因此，报刊阅读是对校内英语教材的有益补充，有利于培养学生的阅读兴趣，提高阅读技能。本系列适合小学高年级至初中年级学生。按阅读难度，分为一星（小学高年级），二星（初中低年级）和三星（初中高年级）。
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心中有爱，眼里有光，行中有善，脚下有远方，所见之处都是美好，所听之音皆是美妙。
Reading
Isn’t it amazing how you can hear or read a story a hundred times and yet when you hear it again you learn something new? That happened to me recently when I reread the story below.
In the Middle Ages，a man traveled to a city where they were building a new church (教堂) in the square. He saw many people working on the great new building. He walked up to a strong man cutting rock and asked him what he was doing. “I am a stone mason，” the man said. “I spend all my days cutting and shaping stones.”
A wealth of knowledge
The traveler then walked over to a man sawing a beam (锯木头) high above him and called out the same question to him. “I am a carpenter，” the man called back. “I spend my days cutting and hammering (锤) wood.”
Finally，the man walked into the church. Deep inside the church walls，the traveler saw an old wrinkled (满脸皱纹的) woman sweeping the floor while she was singing happily to herself. He asked her what she was doing. “I am building a glorious cathedral，” she said.
不同的英语怎么说，I always read that story with a smile on my face. I saw it as a lesson in taking pride in your work and seeing the value in your job. But this time I felt something deeper in my heart. My mind cleared and I saw there was an even deeper meaning to this story. It wasn’t only about how you feel about your job but also about how you live your life. Each one of our lives here is a cathedral. Each choice we make is a stone we lay. Each act of kindness we do is a beam we hammer into place. Each moment of love we create builds it up higher and more beautiful.
【Treasure Box]
Word work
glorious adj. 辉煌的
value n. 价值
lay v. 铺设；放置
create v. 创造
回不知道丰富指的是动词还是形容词。 丰富的知识:rich knowledge 丰富(动词)知识:enrich knowledge
Isn’t it amazing how you can hear or read a story a hundred times and yet when you hear it again you learn something new?
释义：你可以听到抑或品读一个故事不下一百遍，但当再次聆听它时，又学到了新的东西，这难道不神奇吗?
点拨：Isn’t it ... 是反问的句式，并不表示对此有疑问，而是表示肯定的含义，起到强调语气的作用。
It wasn’t only about how you feel about your job but also about how you live your life.
释义：这不仅关系到你对工作的想法，还关系到你如何过这一生。
e.g. My car is not only fast but also fuel-efficient.
Comprehension test
Choose the answer:
1. From Paragraph 1，we learn that _____.
A. the writer is going to introduce a story
B. the writer is tired of reading the story
C. the writer has read the following story 100 times
D. the writer is eager to read a new story
2. What kind of expression might be on the wrinkled woman’s face as she answered?
知识丰富，用英语：Rich knowledge 重点词汇：Rich 一、读音：英 [rɪtʃ] 美 [rɪtʃ]二、意思是：adj. 富有的；富饶的；丰富的 三、例句：1、The rich man left his son nothing i。
A. One of curiosity B. One of anger.v
C. One of pride. D. One of sadness.
A. One should take pride in work.
B. One should see the value of their job.
C. How they feel about their job.
D. How they live their life.
Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks:
4. __________ __________ __________ (那不是很神奇吗) that the baby learned how to sit up and crawl all by herself?
5. If you __________ __________ (碰巧) see him，please tell him to call me as soon as possible.
6. We gradually get to know ourselves better，believe in ourselves and __________ __________ __________ (为……感到骄傲) ourselves.
7. Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the __________ (价值) of hard work.
8. The teacher encourages his students to __________ (创造) their own images.
Keys:
1-3 ACD
4. Isn’t it amazing
5. happen to
6. take pride in
Rich knowledge。1、Rich 读音：英 [rɪtʃ]，美 [rɪtʃ]。释义：adj.富有的；富裕的；富富庶的；富饶的。2、knowledge 读音：英 [ˈnɒlɪdʒ]，美 [ˈnɑ&。
7. value
8. create
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