厦门十中2019-2020年度高二(上)英语早读材料-.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 厦门十中2019-2020学年高二（上）英语早读材料　 Date：August 27,2019 Tuesday Part 1: Read a piece of news According?to?a?report?by?Digital?Trends,?onWednesday,?President?Donald?Trump?claimed?that the?US?government? should?be?suing?Google?andFacebook!In?an? interview?on?Fox?Business,?Trump?reportedlyclaimed?that?Google?is?trying?to?rig?the? 2020?election while?also?accusing?Twitter?of?making?it?more?difficult?for?users?on?its? platform?to?find?and follow?the?presidents?account. In?July,?Trump?reportedly?said?that?he?will?host?a?social?media?summit?with? leaders?of?big?techcompanies,?including?those?he?has?already?called?out.The?comments?by?Trump?come?shortly?after?the?Department?of?Justice?and?the?Federal?Trade Commission?(美国司法部和联邦贸易委员会)moved?to?scrutinize（调查）?Apple,? Amazon,?Facebook?and?Google?on?antitrust? grounds,which?potentially?means?an? investigation?could?be?underway. Part 2 美文诵读 : Passage 1· Life is a gift 享受生活 Today before you think of saying an unkind word, 如今，在你出言不逊前， Think of someone who cant speak. 想想那些身患哑疾的人吧。 Before you complain about the taste of your food, 在抱怨事物不够美味前，Think of someone who has nothing to eat. 想想那些还在忍饥挨饿的人们吧。Before you complain about your husband or wife, 在抱怨婚姻对象不尽如意时，Think of someone whos crying out to God for a companion. 想想那些还在为找不到对象而愁苦的人吧Today before you complain about life, 在为生活的种种深感郁闷前， Think of someone who went too early to heaven. 想想那些早已离开人世的人吧。 Before you complain about your children, 在为孩子不听话而气恼前， Think of someone who desires children but theyre barren. 想想那些不能生育而渴求孩子的人吧。Before you argue about your dirty house someone didnt clean or sweep， 在为房子没人清洁打扫而发牢骚前 Think of the people who are living in the streets. 想想那些无家可归的人吧。 Before whining about the distance you drive, 在抱怨行车旅途太长前， Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.