2013中考英语备考：英语阅读拓展125

　　暑假过后，新初三生们迎来了初中最重要的一年——初三。为方便2013年中考考生及家长查询相关信息，出国留学网中考频道特别搜集汇总了中考英语记诵文章以供参考：

　　Learning English in a New Environment

　　I was a little shy about talking to people when I first arrived in America,but I had a strong desire to broaden my horizons and meet new people.Once I gathered the courage to start conversations with people,I found how easy it was to make new friends.

　　Every day,I heard enough new English expressions to make my head spin.I found that when I was honest and asked about the meanings of unfamiliar expressions ,Americans were very helpful and took pains to explain them to me .

　　Native speakers of English tend to speak very fast,and at first I was just stunned and looked at them with a dazed expression on my face.I solved that problem by asking people to speak more slowly .

　　broaden 开阔，拓宽

　　horizon 眼界，视野

　　courage 勇气

　　spin 晕头转向

　　take pains to explain 煞费苦心地解释

　　tend to speak 倾向于说

　　stunned 惊愕地

　　dazed 茫然地

　　在新的环境中学习英语

　　第一次到美国，与人说话时我总有些害羞，但是我非常渴望能够开阔视野，结识新朋友。当我鼓起勇气开始与人交谈，我发现原来结交新朋友是多么容易的事啊。

　　每天耳边出现的繁多的新英语表达法把我弄得晕头转向。我发现当我诚实地向美国人询问那些不熟悉的说法的意思时，他们非常乐于助人，并煞费苦心地向我解释。

　　以英语为母语的人说话一般很快，一开始我只能惊愕地一脸茫然地看着他们。我让他们说得慢一些，这样我就解决了这个问题。

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