英语美文：A New Day

The sun has begun to set and I hang up the smile I’ve worn all day, though I will make sure it is the first thing I put back on in the morning just in case it is “that day.” I want her to see me at my very best.

太阳将要下山，我收起挂了一天的微笑，不过我会确保明天早上第一件事就是将它又挂回去，以防这天就是“那一天”。我希望她看到我的最佳状态。

I do the normal routine, eat dinner, clean the house, write—the usual stuff. And then I lay down hoping to fall asleep quickly so my new day will hurry up and arrive. A new day with a brand new sun. But as I lay there and wait for the world to turn half way around, I think about her. And sometimes I smile, and sometimes that smile will turn into asnicker, and then often that snicker will turn into a burst of laughter.

我按平时的规律吃晚餐、打扫屋子、写作——做着日常事务。然后我躺下，希望能快点入睡，新的一天就能快点到来——拥有新生太阳的崭新的一天。可当我躺在那儿，等待着世界的日夜回转时，我想到了她。有时我会笑起来，有时那微笑变成了窃笑，然后窃笑又常常变成爆笑。

And then there are times I get that lump in my throat and that tight feeling in my chest, and sometimes that feeling overwhelms me and begins to turn into a tear, and often that tear multiplies itself and I can no longer fight the feeling and I lose the battle. Then somehow through either the joy or the sadness I drift and find myself asleep. Then the dreams begin and keep me company until my new day arrives. 也有些时候，我的喉咙像是被一块东西哽住了，胸口发闷；有时那种伤感席卷而来，我开始流泪，眼泪常常越流越多，我再也无力抵抗悲伤，败下阵来。然后不知怎的，我在或喜悦或悲伤中飘荡，逐渐入眠。然后梦境开始伴我左右，直至新的一天到来。

When I awake it’s with such excitement because I tell myself this could be the day that every other day has led up to and the first day of the rest of my life. I quickly don my smile because I do so want her to see me at my very best. Then I look out the window because, even though I know it’s dawn, I still have to confirm I’ve been given another chance to find her.

醒来时，我兴奋不已，因为我告诉自己今天也许就是之前其他日子为之打下基础的“那一天”，是我余生的第一天。我迅速挂上微笑，因为我真的很想让她看到我的最佳状态。然后我朝窗外看去，因为即使我知道现在才刚刚破晓，我仍得确定自己可以与她再次邂逅。 And there it is„the sun, even when it’s cloudy; somehow I still see it. And it smiles at me and I say, “Thank you,” and I smile back.

它在那里„„太阳，虽然还是云雾重重，但我还是看到它了。它朝我微笑，我道了声“谢谢”，回以一笑。

Then I ask myself, “Is this the day?” And the excitement rushes over me again. And then I ask myself, “Where’s it going to be?”

然后我问自己：“今天就是那一天吗？”兴奋之情再次充溢全身。然后我问自己：“它会在哪里呢？”

Maybe it’ll be at the water fountain, and, unexpectedly, there I’ll find her, and much more than my thirst will be quenched. Maybe it’ll be at the grocery store and there she’ll appear as I’m picking out fruit, and she’ll show me the difference between fresh and spoiled. Then, from that moment, nothing that I eat will ever taste the same because she’ll bring out the simplest beauties in everything I see, taste, smell, hear, or touch.

也许它会藏在饮水机里，没想到我真能在那里找到她，为我生津止渴，取之不尽。也许它会躲在杂货店里，我拿起水果的时候，她就出现了，她会给我展示新鲜和变质的不同。然后，从那一刻开始，我所尝到的一切味道不再一样，因为但凡我看到的、尝到的、闻到的、听到的或摸到的东西，她都带出了它们最简单的美丽。

Or maybe today will be the day when my angel brings an item up to the cash register without its price tag. And as I wait behind this angel with all the frustrated people who are in such a hurry with their busy lives, I will find myself with such blessed extra time. Just enough time to start a conversation with this beautiful vision standing in front of me that I might not otherwise have noticed, but, because of a “price check on register 5,” I was able to find her.

或许就在今天，我的天使把一件没有价格标签的商品拿到收银台。我在天使身后排队，看着身心疲惫的人们忙忙碌碌地过日子，庆幸自己得到了这样的额外时间，让我可以和面前的倩影闲聊一会儿，否则我也许会错过，但只因为一句“请到5号收银台付款”，我就能找到她。

Thank you for the sun, which began my new day. Thank you for granting me the faith when I arose this morning that I would find her in this new day. But most of all, thank you for me not having to ever wait on another sunrise because whenever I want to see it, I will look at her and there it shall always be, in her eyes; she will forever hold it for me.

感谢太阳，它是新一天的开始。感谢你让我今早一起床就满怀信心，知道自己能在这新的一天找到她。但最要感谢的是我不必再等下一个日出，因为无论我想何时看到它，我都可以看向她，它总会出现在她的双眸里；她永远为我留着。 She is my sunrise, my dawn, my new day.

她是我的日出，我的崭新的一天 。

2015届考研复试听力必备技巧，Get 起！

2015届考研初试已经结束了，大家在适当放松之余，就要着手复试了。在复试过程中，英语复试是比较关键的，也是大家最为担忧的，因此考生要从1月份就开始认真准备。考研复试一般包括英语听力和口语，以及专业课的考核。

英语听力是复试中困扰很多考生的一个难题，这一部分在复试中起到很大的作用，所以各位考生一定要加强对英语听力的训练。现在，万学海文考试研究中心英语教研室为大家准备了一些应对策略，希望对大家有帮助。 一、多渠道获取复试信息

尽管听力考试是复试中的必考科目之一，但是每个学校考察的方式可能略有不同。因此，各位考生应该通过各种渠道了解目标院校往年的英语听力的考察难度、考察范围及常用材料，了解听力在整个复试中所占的分数权重，以及本专业对英语听力的要求程度。尽管听力考试难度略有不同，但是以下三类题是各学校常考题型。 (1)英语六级听力原题 (2)旧托福的短对话 (3)新闻英语听力

考生在了解到目标院校常考信息之后，找出自己的优缺点，制定相应计划，进行针对性训练。

二、精听和泛听相结合

听力训练建议精听和泛听想结合。但是如果考生听力较弱，建议前期以精听训练为主。精听相对比较枯燥，它需要我们把每一个句乃至每一个词都写出来。在写的过程中，考生很快会发现自己在哪一方面需要加强训练，是在语音方面、语调方面、词汇方面，还是文化背景知识方面。泛听，是指考生听录音材料的时候，只需要将材料中的关键信息抓住，不必把听到的每一句都写出来。 三、遵循先听后看的训练思想

考生一定要先听录音，把录音听2遍、3遍„„，直到听不出任何新的内容为止，再看录音文字材料。如果因为自己听不懂，就忙着看文字材料，就把听力训练变成了阅读训练。 四、边听边记、记忆关键词

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最后，希望各位考生抓紧时间，积极训练，保持良好的精神状态和身体状况，以最佳的状态迎接复试。