【第一期阅读小分队（已结束）】【每日阅读练习贴——速度+越障】【一楼汇总】（另附CD首发花儿阅读教材PDF）

shunwen · 发表于 2011-7-11 09:20:00

按照抓抓的方法，好像有点进步，就大概能知道前面在干吗，中间在干吗，后面有什么。但还是不能像抓抓那样写得很有条理。 继续努力

抓抓sandra · 发表于 2011-7-11 09:57:49

诶~~？啊我果然忘记了1-5了。。囧。。 今晚我来贴个1-5<img src="/static/legacy-emoticon/13.gif" emoticon="[em:13]" alt="" />穿越一下。。 我目前练速度都是抓主干。。碰到不认识的情况不是太多，除了昨天那篇。。囧。。 恩，阅读词汇可以尝试一下在平时练习中开个EXCEL文档来积累，我有时候碰到不会的词就会随手贴到EXCEL里头去，下一次再有不会的词往里头的加的同时也往回复习一下之前的生词。。 

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daisyの小夢想 · 发表于 2011-7-11 11:32:04

【越障1-14】

ower in Japan The troubles of TEPCO The fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster is spreading throughout Japan’s energy industry “THROW yourself into a nuclear reactor and die!” one investor shouted. Japanese shareholders are usually more polite, but this was the annual meeting of TEPCO, the Japanese power company that owns the Fukushima nuclear plant. Since an earthquake in March caused a meltdown, TEPCO faces unlimited demands for compensation. Its shares have fallen by nearly 90% (see chart). A man at the meeting on June 28th suggested that the board take responsibility by committing seppuku, or ritual suicide. Not everything went wrong for TEPCO. A shareholder motion to close all its nuclear plants was defeated. But apart from that, things look grim. TEPCO faces claims for compensation that, in a worst-case scenario, could exceed its assets of ¥15 trillion ($186 billion). No one knows how much it will have to pay. (Oddly, it is the education ministry’s job to issue guidelines for nuclear compensation.) Estimates of TEPCO’s liabilities range between ¥4 trillion and ¥25 trillion. The firm also owes ¥7.8 trillion to bondholders and bank creditors. If TEPCO goes bust, these people take precedence over those affected by the disaster, a fact that is politically radioactive. Four months ago, TEPCO was the cornerstone of corporate Japan. Some 750,000 people, many of them elderly, still own its shares. The company, which accounts for a hefty 8% of Japan’s total domestic debt market, had its bond rating cut to junk by Moody’s on June 20th, following a similar downgrade by Standard & Poor’s in May. Only the government can save TEPCO from bankruptcy. A bill submitted on June 14th to the Diet, Japan’s parliament, aims to enable the firm to pay compensation without going under. It would establish a mechanism for the government to channel truckloads of money to TEPCO, which the firm would then pass on to the victims. This would be repaid from TEPCO’s earnings, with help from other nuclear operators. The new entity could purchase TEPCO assets. One insider thinks this will lead to partial nationalisation. Another reckons that the new entity might buy fresh bonds that TEPCO could issue to meet its obligations. The bill has not been seriously debated in the Diet, in part because of political paralysis. But officials believe it will be ratified before the end of the summer because the consequences of shelving it are unthinkable. Compensation must be paid, the recovery work at Fukushima must go on and the lights in Tokyo must stay on. However, the bill is only a stop-gap. It may soothe TEPCO’s creditors. It may even reassure the public that payouts won’t lead to higher electricity bills. But critics grumble that the plan protects shareholders at the expense of taxpayers. The long-term solutions being considered include bankruptcy, temporary nationalisation for the purpose of selling off assets, or capping TEPCO’s liability and making it, in addition to an energy provider, a vehicle for compensation payments. TEPCO favours a liability cap. Only this, the thinking goes, will lure back investors and let TEPCO become a normal company again. But this may scupper any chance of energy-sector liberalisation, since the company would need fistfuls of profits in order to make its payouts. “When I meet with TEPCO officials, I don’t see any change in mindset; it’s as if nothing has changed,” sighs a nuclear-energy official. Use the interactive "Graphics Carousel" to browse our coverage of catastrophe in JapanBankruptcy or temporary nationalisation would be bolder. Either could herald energy deregulation, since a regional monopoly would be broken up and sold. The government could then separate energy generation and transmission, which the prime minister, Naoto Kan, supports but few other politicians do. Outsiders, such as Softbank, a mobile-phone operator, are keen to enter the energy business. But big business, which ought to favour competition to lower energy prices, is against deregulation. This may be because so many big firms act as suppliers to the utilities, which pay high prices to reward loyalty. Across Japan, regional power companies are caught in Fukushima’s fallout. Most prefectural governors are refusing to restart nuclear plants that shut for regular maintenance. Power shortages loom. Other shareholder meetings have been almost as stormy as TEPCO’s. The biggest shareholder of KEPCO, the utility in the Kansai region, is the city of Osaka, which has a 9% stake. Its mayor turned up at the annual general meeting and urged the firm to diversify away from nuclear energy. Such demands are popular. Three-quarters of Japanese want to reduce or eliminate the country’s reliance on nuclear power—many more than before the accident. The utilities now face more scrutiny and tighter energy supplies. They are also unlikely to win permission to raise rates. (As regional monopolies, their prices are set and their profit margins are guaranteed by regulators.) Their solid credit ratings could liquefy. KEPCO and another utility recently cancelled new corporate-bond offerings because yields soared. Explore our interactive guide to nuclear power around the worldFirms that had cross-shareholdings in the utilities have also taken a hit. Even banks are affected: cabinet members have suggested they share the pain by forgiving a portion of TEPCO’s pre-quake loans. Naturally, this whacked their share prices. The Fukushima disaster presents an opportunity for radical reform. But in a crisis people often grow conservative. Since the government holds the purse-strings, it can more or less dictate terms to TEPCO. The fear is that it will bankroll a return to business as usual. from The Economist: http://www.economist.com/node/18899008

daisyの小夢想 · 发表于 2011-7-11 11:45:48

【速度2-5】 计时1 Gay Marriage Fight Sparks US Debate Over Meaning of Marriage

eter Fedynsky | New York City July 05, 2011 Rhode Island on Saturday adopted a law legalizing same-sex civil unions. The week before, New York became the sixth American state to allow the marriage of two men or two women. Twenty-nine states have passed constitutional amendments banning homosexuals from marrying. Proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage are struggling to define the very meaning of marriage. Four-year-old Ian was adopted at birth by Dan Gallagher and Peter Shearer, homosexuals who have lived together in what they describe as a loving relationship for 14 years.? Gallagher explains his understanding of marriage. "For me, it's the outward expression of a commitment between two people; that the couple then has a vested interest in expressing their feeling toward each other, and showing that to others," he said. Gays and lesbians celebrated passage of New York's gay marriage law with an impromptu rendition of a 1964 pop song, Chapel of Love. Ali Annunziato plans to marry her female partner next year. "I am going to enjoy my civil liberty as a woman to get married to a woman because I can and because I am in love and I should be able to do that," she said. Many religious institutions, however, oppose gay marriage. New York's Roman Catholic bishops issued a statement saying society must regain a true understanding of the meaning and the place of marriage. Monsignor Kieran Harrington, vicar of communications for the Brooklyn Diocese, says the state should not be the arbiter of who loves whom and what affection is. (字数 268） 计时2 "The concern of the state should be procreation, the bringing in of children into the world and to ensure that those children are raised in stable families. That's the role of the state, because that's the benefit to the state. That's why the state confers benefits to married couples," he said. Dan Gallagher and Peter Shearer say they try to provide Ian with a loving and stable home. Both say homosexual couples deserve such rights as health benefits, visitation and inheritance rights. But Shearer does not believe children are the primary criterion for marriage, noting that even some heterosexual couples cannot have any. "Me wearing a wedding ring to work and people knowing that I'm gay, it changes their understanding of what gay couples are from what may be an unfair bias to something that's more reality based. I think it can actually lead to greater tolerance, so it actually even promotes a more civil society," he said. New York's Catholic bishops said in their statement that the church will always treat its homosexual brothers and sisters with respect, dignity and love. But Monsignor Harrington says gay marriage represents a further erosion of the institution of marriage that is already troubled by widespread divorce, cohabitation, children born out of wedlock and, indeed, sexual scandals within the church itself. He says failure of the state to maintain the ideal standard of marriage is a mistake. (字数 234) 计时3 "I think we can hold the ideal as, ‘this is what we should be holding up as the ideal, this is what the state should be supporting, and then there can be other circumstances that can be less than ideal, and the state can sometimes recognize that there are less than ideal states [circumstances]," he said.

resident Barack Obama spoke recently at a White House reception for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. "You're fighting for the idea that everyone ought to be treated equally and everybody deserves to be able to live and love as they see fit," he said. What the president did not say is that he supports same sex civil unions, but not gay marriage. Political observers say he could risk alienating many voters by favoring gay marriage.

eople on both sides of the issue agree that Ian deserves a loving home. The difficulty is reconciling the definition of marriage. The religious view of many is that marriage has throughout history been a place where the miracle of life takes place. Proponents of gay marriage say recognition of homosexual love represents social progress. Flying Car Moves Closer to Reality This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. You could fill the sky withall the ideas people have had for flying cars -- or what Carl Dietrich calls"flying-driving vehicles." (字数 225) 计时4 CARLDIETRICH: "Since the turn of the twentieth century, there have been manyhundreds of published concepts for flying-driving vehicles. And some of themhave actually been built and flown. But at this point the Transition is theclosest to actually getting to the marketplace.” Carl Dietrichheads a company in Massachusetts called Terrafugia. CARL DIETRICH:"Terrafugia is developing the Transition street-legal airplane, which manypeople have characterized as the first practical flying car. And the Transitionis designed to really be a general aviation airplane, like a Cessna or a Piper,a propeller-powered airplane that can fold up its wings, drive down the roadand park in a single-car garage.” He says the Transition Roadable Aircraft easily changes to a car. CARL DIETRICH: "It takes about twenty seconds. It’s likeputting the top down on a convertible, only instead of folding up your roof,we’re folding up our wings and we’re transferring power from a propeller to thewheels for driving on the ground.” Development began in two thousand six, and the first road andfight tests took place in two thousand nine. The Transition had to meet federal safety standards for cars andaircraft. Last year the Federal Aviation Administration agreed to let it weighmore than other light sport aircraft. But even fully loaded, says Mr. Dietrich,it still weighs about half as much as an average car. (字数 231) 计时5 IThe windows, for example, weigh less than traditional automotivesafety glass. Terrafugia got permission for that last month from the NationalHighway Traffic Safety Administration.Carl Dietrich says the aircraft can climb to more than threethousand meters. It can carry two people at speeds over one hundred sixtykilometers an hour in the air. And on the ground it can drive at highwayspeeds, around one hundred thirteen kilometers an hour. The plane needs an airport for takeoffs and landings, but it usesautomotive gasoline. The company expects to complete the building process for itsflying cars within the next few months. Then it will began an intensiveyear-long testing program. Terrafugia expects the Transition to reach market bythe end of twenty-twelve, at a price of around two hundred fifty thousanddollars. Carl Dietrich says nearly one hundred people have already signedup as buyers. He hopes to sell as many as a thousand a year in the near future. CARL DIETRICH: "That will not have any appreciable ornoticeable impact on the air traffic control infrastructure in the foreseeablefuture today. Now, twenty years down the road, who knows?" And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report,written by June Simms. You can watch a flight test of the Transition at http://www.hxen.com . And how do you feel about flyingcars? Write to us at http://www.hxen.com . I’m Steve Ember. (字数 217)

daisyの小夢想 · 发表于 2011-7-11 11:56:48

>。< 今天第一次上文章迟到了..！望筒子们见谅~~       今天贴的文章比较短，让大家欢乐欢乐嘻嘻。

抓抓sandra · 发表于 2011-7-11 12:01:24

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>。< 今天第一次上文章迟到了..！望筒子们见谅~~       今天贴的文章比较短，让大家欢乐欢乐嘻嘻。<div style="text-align:right;">-- by 会员 daisyの小夢想 (2011/7/11 11:56:48)</div> 
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不要紧不要紧，差不多时间就行~嘿嘿~~迟些来欢乐一下~~

fox0923 · 发表于 2011-7-11 12:46:04

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>。< 今天第一次上文章迟到了..！望筒子们见谅~~       今天贴的文章比较短，让大家欢乐欢乐嘻嘻。<div style="text-align:right;">-- by 会员 daisyの小夢想 (2011/7/11 11:56:48)</div> 
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 好耶。。终于盼到了新一轮的越障了，看看这次是不是有长进？！占个位子先，睡醒了再读。。。

clumsy123 · 发表于 2011-7-11 16:54:50

不知道是太久没看英语了，还是本来阅读就不太行，测了一下速度1-1和越障1-1，果断都杯具了啊。。。 速度1-1的计时3都没怎么看懂，越障看到一半就不知道文章讲什么了。。。。怎么感觉比GMAT的文章难很多<img src="/static/legacy-emoticon/10.gif" emoticon="[em:10]" alt="" /> 如果练速度的时候，文章几乎没看懂怎么办，是重新看一遍，还是就算了？ 越障训练关键是在于每个句子都理解透彻么？是精读还是泛读？

ccmoom · 发表于 2011-7-11 19:37:56

越障1-13看了差一点就25分钟。。。。~~~~(>_<)~~~~   很喜欢这篇文文呀，很清楚。  开始讲现在美国创新的情况与其它国家对比，提出问题：从创新方面来看，是否美国失去了之前的地位。解释问题，认为美国依然保持着领先的地位，比如核心的科技依然是美国制造的，大概写了2、3段。  但是文章又解释了，说地位的问题并不是但看创新就能得出来的，比如德国创造了mp3技术，但是是苹果公司实际利用这个技术创造了ipad（忘记了是什么了……），所以地位问题要看是不是能把创新利用到各个方面。   接下来文章开始分析美国的优势劣势，优势忘了，好像有什么东西比其他几个国家总和都多。劣势有四个，尖端科技，需求的变化，talent，企业文化什么的，分别解释了一下。   然后就是针对这四点，说国家应该怎么办，企业应该怎么办，四个问题两者各两个。特别记得企业精神提到了华尔街，说既要勇敢又要谨慎。   最后又重复了文章主要意图，讲国家和企业的要合作，否则就会被其他国家比下去。     速度2-4 计时1  差8行崩溃呀没看懂 计时2  差8行 计时3  58s 计时4  刚好 计时5  差1行

ccmoom · 发表于 2011-7-11 21:02:45

越障1-14  9分钟只看懂了大概意思。日本地震对日本核电的影响，讲了公司的股票大跌，要陪很多钱，政府要帮忙……等等。 速度 2-5 计时1  差3行。。。。 计时2  差1行 计时3  60s 计时4  52s 计时5  50s 速度练习里的第二篇文章之前有过哦~

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