英语阅读材料五篇（2023年）
英语阅读材料1 China’sSingles’DaytopsUS$1.5bilinfirstthreeminutes *“双十一”成交额三分钟破15亿美元 It’sashoppingspree下面是小编为大家整理的英语阅读材料五篇（2023年）,供大家参考。
英语阅读材料1
China’s Singles’ Day tops US$1.5bil in first three minutes
*“双十一”成交额三分钟破15亿美元
It’s a shopping spree of epic proportions and all it took was three minutes for the numbers on this screen to reach 10 billion yuan.
这是一场史无前例的购物狂欢，只用了三分钟，屏幕上的成交额就达到了100亿元人民币。
That’s the equivalent of more than 1.5 billion dollars and it’s just the beginning forsales and Alibaba’s Singles Day, an annual online discount sales gala that’sbecome the world’s biggest spender-thon.
总计相当于15多亿美元。而这只是消费的开始。天猫“双十一”购物狂欢节是阿里巴巴集团一年一度的线上促销盛典，现已成为全世界最为盛大的买手节。
Once a celebration for China’s Lonely Hearts, Singles day has become a 24-hourextravaganza that outsells Black Friday and Cyber Monday US sales combined.
“双十一”曾被*单身青年叫做“光棍节”，如今这场历时24小时的火爆网购，其成交记录已经超过美国“黑色星期五”和“网络星期一”两大促销日的销售额总和。
The event has shoppers around China scouting for bargains while delivery men and robots brace foran estimated 1.5 billion parcels expected over the next few days.
活动激动人心，吸引全*的顾客搜罗特价商品，快递员和快递机器人预期要在未来几天派送 15亿件包裹。
Alibaba says the rise in China’s middle class consumers is driving the sales and theoverall total is likely to top last year’s, something *ysts and investors will be watching closely in the coming hours.
阿里巴巴表示，*逐渐扩大的中产阶级消费群体正在拉动销售，总销售额可能达到历年之最，分析人士和投资者也将会在接下来的时间继续密切关注。
英语阅读材料2
Swiss zoos are accepting unwanted pet ’donations’ and FEEDING them to tigers and other carnivores
宠物不想养了怎么办?瑞典人直接送动物园喂老虎
Swiss zoos are reportedly accepting unwanted pets which are killed and then fed to large carnivores such as tigers.
据报道，瑞士动物园接受被抛弃的宠物，将它们杀死后投喂给老虎等大型食肉动物。
At the Zurich Zoo, rabbits, guinea pigs and rats are given to the carnivores to eat, according to Swiss local media.
据瑞士当地媒体报道，苏黎世动物园将兔子、天竺鼠、老鼠当做肉食动物的口粮。
Zoo director Alex Ruebel, who revealed this happens around six times a year, said: ’The guinea pigs or rabbits are killed by a veterinarian, then fed to the tigers, lions and snow leopards.’
动物园园长艾利克斯.鲁培尔透露，这种事情每年都会发生6次左右，“先由兽医将豚鼠或兔子杀死，然后喂给老虎、狮子或雪豹”。
The zoo director also said that mice are given to the zoo’s owls. Other animals such as dogs are however denied by the zoo.
鲁培尔还表示，动物园会把老鼠喂给猫头鹰，但拒绝狗狗等其他动物。
According to Ruebel, the pets are not cut up into pieces but are fed in their entirety to the zoo’s carnivores.
据鲁培尔介绍，这些宠物不会被切碎，而是整只投喂给园内的肉食动物。
He said: ’The reason for this is that we want to show what is natural. And carnivores eat meat together with the entrails.’
他说：“因为我们想按照自然的方式去做这件事，肉食动物们会将肉和内脏一起吃下。”
Ruebel said that some desperate pet owners even smuggle their pet inside the zoo where they release them inside an indoor rain forest.
鲁培尔称，一些绝望的宠物主人甚至会将他们的宠物偷偷带进园内，将它们放进室内热带雨林中。
However, not all Swiss zoos accept pets.
然而，并不是所有的瑞士动物园都接受宠物。
Spokesman Valentin Kressler of the Basel Zoo said: ’We do not accept such animals, as we do not know their health status.’
巴塞尔动物园的发言人瓦伦汀.克勒斯来尔称：“我们不接受这样的动物，因为我们不清楚其健康状况。”
Swiss animal protection NGOs are shocked by the number of pets being offered to zoos.
动物园接受宠物的数量让瑞士民间动物保护组织感到震惊。
Helen Sandmeier of Swiss Animal Protection said: ’It is not possible that one accepts the death of their pet.’
瑞士动物保护组织的海伦.桑德梅尔表示：“一个人不可能让自己的宠物去死。”
Sandmeier said that when buying a pet, you automatically take on the responsibility of caring for the animal, which includes giving it a good new place when someone can no longer take care of it.
桑德梅尔称，当你购买宠物时，就自动承担起照顾它的责任，这其中就包括当你不能再照料它时，再给它找一个舒适的新家。
Antoine Goetschel, founder of Global Animal Law, also blasted the ’predominant throwaway mentality’ of many pet owners.
《全球动物法》奠基人安东尼.哥切尔也炮轰许多宠物主人“不负责任的心态”。
However, both Goetschel and Sandmeier showed some understanding for the zoos.
然而，哥切尔和桑德梅尔都对动物园的做法表示理解。
Goetschel said: ’If they would openly offer the acceptance of pets, they would become a shelter for unwanted pets.’
哥切尔称：“如果动物园公开接受宠物，它们就会成为被遗弃宠物的收容所。”
英语阅读材料3
Earth Hour is organized by WWF. With almost 5 million supporters and a global network in over 100 countries, it’s one of the world"s largest and most respected independent conservation organizations. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth"s natural environment and build a future where people live in harmony with nature.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustai*lity movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.
On Saturday 27 March, Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever. A record 128 countries and territories joined the global display of climate action. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Asia Pacific to Europe and Africa to the Americas switched off. People across the world from all walks of life turned off their lights and came together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet.
Earth Hour 2011 took place on Saturday 26 March at 8.30PM (local time). It continued to be a call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. A call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the global journey to a sustainable future.
英语阅读材料4
What is it like being a film star? What’s it like in front of the camera? Students from Steamboat Springs Middle School in the US could tell you exactly what it’s like. They recently got a taste of the life of a star.
A local movie company decided to produce a film. All the actors in this film were to be students. Fourteen students were chosen from the school. The film, called Ruby vs Wolfgang, was based on the story of Little Red Riding Hood (《小红帽》). It came with a twist (改变), however – the story was told from the perspective (看法) of the wolf.
Zoe Walsh, a seventh-grader, signed up to do behind-the-scenes work. But she soon found herself in front of the camera instead. She played a strange middle school student in the film.
“It’s just fun,” she told the Steamboat Today. “Just pretending (假装) that you’re someone else.”
But there were also difficulties. It was very cold during shooting. Students had to put up with snow and icy wind.
Lack (缺乏) of experience was another problem. The director Michael Staley said he tried to “help each student bring out the wolf – or whatever animal they were representing – in themselves”.
Erus Harrington, an eighth-grader, said he played a “nice, silly British guy”. He learned the British accent (口音) all on his own.
“I just kind of taught myself how to do it by watching videos,” he said. “It makes me feel good after I do it because I’m proud of myself.”
The students will watch themselves on the big screen for the first time during the film festival at a local high school in May.
“I’m probably going to laugh at myself,” said Zach Walsh, the brother of Zoe.
4. 太阳能:保护人类家园的绿色能源。词数 290 建议阅读时间 6分钟
Thousands of years ago, people didn’t know that the Earth moved. They thought the sun really did move across the sky. The Greek god Helios was said to drive the sun around the sky with his chariot (战车). But now, these ideas have all changed. Nowadays, it is the sun that drives our “chariot” around the sky.
So what does all this mean? Well, quite sim*, there is now a plane (or “chariot”) that is powered by the sun. It has special parts in its wings. These parts absorb power from the sun. They absorb so much power that they can carry on flying at night. In the Greek myths, Helios had to take a break at night. It seems we’re finally even more efficient than the gods themselves.
This plane is called Solar Impulse (“太阳驱动”号). It will fly across the US in May. This is very important for the future of the world.
So why is solar energy so good for us? Well, other kinds of energy cause a few problems. If you live in China, you’ve probably noticed the pollution. This is caused by burning coal or gas to make energy. The heat and chemicals (化学制品) from this make things work. But if we use the heat from the sun, we don’t have to burn anything, and there’s no pollution.
Solar energy is not all there yet. It needs to be improved. But the best thing about it is that, unlike coal and gas, it doesn’t run out. Solar Impulse could pretty much keep flying forever. Well, actually, the sun will run out too, one day, but not for another 5 billion years. That’s a pretty long flight.
英语阅读材料5
Bacon said: "reading to yi jing, enough to digg, long enough to just."Reading is to increase the key to gain knowledge.
There are celebrities in the world since the ancient times have introducedthe benefits of reading, some scholars also once said, reading a good book islike a conversation with noble people.
Reading, can make you gain understanding, and every day to read an articleis your knowledge increase many. Reading not only makes you augmented stories,still can increase the extracurricular knowledge. In the textbook knowledge isnot enough, want to rely on yourself to read reference books, so read enough todigg.
Reading can help you more, when wonder at you, you can read a book, take alook at the article, can help you TaoYang temperament...
In addition, you can also choose different books to read, for example:adventure of detective novels, deep-rooted love novels, history books about thehistory... Can read science fiction and fantasy is leading role, to recallwithin the scene, books have aftertaste. Read some books about travel, like tovisit all over the world...
Reading can not only grace to static, digg,and the way is to increaseknowledge, so everyone should take time to read every day.
培根说：“读书足以怡静、足以博采、足以长才。”说明阅读是增加知识的不二法门。
由古至今，世界上有很名人都曾介绍阅读的好处，也有学者曾说过读一本好书，犹如同高尚的人谈话。
阅读，可以令你增广见闻，每天阅读一篇文章已令你的学问增加不少。阅读不但令你增广见闻，还可以增加课外知识。课本里的知识是不足够的，要靠自已去阅读课外书才行，因此读书足以博采。
阅读更可以帮助你解闷，当你十分纳闷时，你可以读读书、看看文章，就可以助你陶养性情……
除此之外，你还可以选择不同的书籍来阅读，例如：惊险刺激的侦探小说、刻骨铭心的爱情小说、有关历史的历史书……阅读科幻小说，可以幻想自已是主角，再回想书内的情景，已经回味不已。阅读一些有关旅游的书籍，犹如到世界各地游览……
阅读不但可以怡到静、博采，而且是增加知识的不二法门，所以大家应该每天抽点时间阅读。
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