英语短文及翻译.pdf

英语阅读理解带翻译 10 篇： 给予 Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a process of getting. It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting. You need not worry if you lack money. This is how I experimented with giving-away. If an idea for improving the window display of a neighborhood store flashes to me, I step in and make the suggestion to the storekeeper. One discovery I madeabout giving-away is that it is almost impossible to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in an unexpected form. OneSunday morning the local post office delivered an important special delivery letter to my home, though it was addressed to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of appreciation. More than a year later I needed a post-office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes left, and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote .. us that letter a year ago about delivering a special delivery to your home? ” I said yes. “Well, you certainly are going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don ’t know what a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints. ” 英语阅读理解带翻译 10 篇： 电视节目 Television gives the American people a wide variety of programs from early morning until late at night. Operas, orchestral performances, chamber music and jazz concerts are often present