100篇短文突破高考英语词汇--word文档及朗读MP3（76-80篇）.docVIP

第76篇 Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will; so why are they so upset? Well, for one thing, they’re always hungry. You cant be hungry and happy at the same time All the horrible concoctions(调剂物) they eat instead of food leave them permanently dissatisfied. Wonder food is a complete food, the advertisement says. 慗ust put a teaspoonful into water厭. A complete food it may be, but not quite as complete as a juicy steak And, of course, they抮e always upset because they feel so guilty. Hunger just proves too much for them and in the end they eat five huge guilt-inducing(导致内疚感的) cream cakes at a sitting. And who can blame them? At least three times a day they are exposed to temptation(诱惑). What suffering it is always watching others swallowing piles of mouth-watering food while you eat a water biscuit and drink unsweetened lemon juice! 节食者(dieter)总是出于自己的意愿饿(starve)自己，那么他们为何又如此苦恼(upset)呢？一方面，他们总是饥饿。你饥饿时不可能幸福。所有他们吃的代替正常食物的可怕调剂食品使他们永远(permanently)处于不满足状态。广告说神奇食品是一种完全的食品。“只要往水里放一茶匙……”。也许它是一种完全的食品，但并不像多汁牛排一样完全。而且，因为他们有负罪感(feel guilty)，他们当然总会感到苦恼。对于他们，饥饿总是难以承受，最后他们会一次吃五个巨大的导致负罪感的奶油蛋糕。可谁又能怪罪他们呢？他们一天至少有三次要面临(be exposed to)诱惑。总是看着别人咽下一堆堆令人垂涎欲滴的食品而自己却只能吃水泡饼干、喝不甜的柠檬汁是多么痛苦的一件事啊！ 第77篇 Attention please. Ladies and gentlemen Our bus is getting close to Cambridge(剑桥),where well be stopping to eat. Well have our lunch in the garden of a restaurant overlooking a small park that reminds people of a very famous tree. Its said that General George Washington took command of the army in 1775 under its very branches. It was almost 100 years later, in 1864,that the city of Cambridge celebrated the event and from that moment on, the tree was called the Washington Elm(榆树). Later the tree was attacked by insects and finally destroyed in a storm. The remains of the tree were cut down and the growth rings were counted to find out how old the tree was. Well, it seems that if Washington had accepted the command of his army under this tree he must have done so on his knees. Thi