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背诵为王第二册下载地址： /Article/beiswang2/Index.shtml 1 Learning English in a New Environment I was a li le shy about talking to people when I first arrived in America ，but I had a strong desire to broaden my horizons and meet new people ．Once I gathered the courage to start conversations with people，I found how easy it was to make new friends．Every day，I heard enough new English expressions to make my head spin ．I found that when I was honest and asked about the meanings of unfamiliar expressions，Americans were very helpful and took pains to explain them to me ．Native speakers of English tend to speak very fas ，and at first I was just stunned and looked at them with a dazed expression on my face．I solved that problem by asking people to speak more slowly． broaden 开阔，拓宽 horizon 眼界，视野 courage 勇气 spin 晕头转向 take pains to explain 煞费苦心地解释 tend to speak 倾向于说 stunned 惊愕地 dazed 茫然地 在新的环境中学习英语 第一次到美国，与人说话时我总有些害羞，但是我非常渴望能够开阔视野，结识新朋友。当 我鼓起勇气开始与人交谈，我发现原来结交新朋友是多么容易的事啊。每天耳边出现的繁多 的新英语表达法把我弄得晕头转向。我发现当我诚实地向美国人询问那些不熟悉的说法的意 思时，他们非常乐于助人，并煞费苦心地向我解释。以英语为母语的人说话一般很快，一开 始我只能惊愕地一脸茫然地看着他们。我让他们说得慢一些，这样我就解决了这个问题 2 Too Difficult To Spell A policeman returned to his police station one evening and reported to the sergeant that he had found an old car with no license plates ．“ Where was it? ” asked the sergeant ．“ In Ecclesiastes Stree ，beyond the bridge ，” answered the policeman ．The sergeant opened the report book and began to write ．He asked the policeman how to spell the name of the stree ，but he was not sure whether the spelling was correc ．At last he decided the name was too difficult for him to spell．So he ordered the policeman to write the repor ．The oliceman also tried to spell the name of the stree ，bu he couldn ，either ．Then the policeman pu his helme on and began to walk ou slowly．“ Where are you going? ” the sergeant asked．“ Back to Ecclesiastes Street，” answered the policeman ．“ Im going to push the car round the corner into Gree