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Many people think New York is a noisy city. In fact, scientists who study noise say that the average noise level in New York is 72.5 decibels. This is a little louder than normal conversation, which is 65 decibels. The noise level is the result of so many people and cars in the same area. Now even the insides of taxis are noisy. When you get into a taxi, you hear the voice of a well-known singer, sports reporter, or Broadway actress giving instructions. That's right. The voice of a famous person tells you what to do. One popular singer gives this message: "Cats have nine lives, but you have only one, so fasten your seat belt!" Other voices say things such as "Don't forget to collect all your belongings." (People often leave hats, umbrella, and bags in taxis.) There is a good reason for the messages. There are more than 12,000 cabs in New York, and every year taxis get into more than 15,000 accidents. In an accident, people who don't wear seat belts hit the partition, the glass wall separating the driver and passengers in the taxi. They can hurt their foreheads or break their noses or chins. Every year, about 11,000 people are injured in this way. Many people are annoyed by the voices. Cabdrivers in particular dislike the messages. "I play the messages 12 hours a day. I hear the same voices 60 times a day. It makes me crazy," says Atmis, a 45-year-old cabdriver. "But if I don't play the messages, I get fined 100 dollars." A lot of passengers complained, too. "It's too much noise," says a passenger, "I asked the driver to turn off the message, but he can't!" Other people think the voices are a great idea. One taxi driver says, "People like to hear the famous voices, and they put on their seat belts more often." And passengers from out of town really like the idea. "Most of the time, taxi drivers are in a bad mood," says Melanie Benton, who visits New York often on business, "It's nice to hear a cheerful voice when you get into a cab." 【中文翻译】许多人认为纽约是一个吵闹的城市。事实上,研究噪音的科学家说,纽约的平均噪音水平是72.5分贝。这比正常的交谈(65分贝)要响一点。噪音水平是这么多人和汽车集中在同一区域的结果。现在连出租车内部都是吵闹的。当你坐进出租车时,你会听到一位著名歌手、体育记者或百老汇女演员的声音在给你指示。没错。一位名人的声音告诉你要做什么。一位受欢迎的歌手发出这样的信息:“猫有九条命,但你只有一条,所以系好安全带!”其他声音会说“别忘了带走你所有的随身物品”之类的话。(人们经常把帽子、雨伞和包落在出租车里。)这些信息有充分的理由。纽约有超过12000辆出租车,每年出租车发生的事故超过15000起。在事故中,不系安全带的人会撞到隔板——出租车里把司机和乘客隔开的玻璃墙。他们可能会伤到前额,或者撞断鼻子或下巴。每年大约有11000人这样受伤。许多人对这些声音感到恼火。出租车司机尤其不喜欢这些信息。“我一天播放这些信息12个小时。我每天听同样的声音60次。这让我发疯,”45岁的出租车司机阿特尼斯说。“但如果我不播放这些信息,就会被罚款100美元。”很多乘客也抱怨。“太吵了,”一位乘客说,“我让司机关掉信息,但他不能。”其他人认为这些声音是个好主意。一位出租车司机说:“人们喜欢听名人的声音,他们系安全带的次数更多了。”来自外地的乘客真的很喜欢这个主意。“大多数时候,出租车司机心情都不好,”经常到纽约出差的梅兰妮·本顿说,“坐进出租车时听到一个愉快的声音真好。”
A centuries-old tradition, illustrated in a modern children's book, link the sweetness of honey with the joy of learning to read. The grandpa held a jar of honey so that all the family could see. He then dipped a spoon into it and put some honey on the cover of a small book. The little girl had just turned five. 'Stand up, little one,' he asked the girl softly. 'I did this for your mother, your uncles, your older brother, and now you!' Then, He handed the book to her. 'Taste!' She touched the honey with her finger and put it into her mouth. 'What's that taste?' the grandma asked. The little girl answered, 'Sweet!' Then all of the family said in a single voice, 'Yes, and so is knowledge, but knowledge is from the bee that made that sweet honey, you have to go after it through the pages of a book!' The little girl knew that the promise to read was at last hers. Soon she was going to learn to read. This is the beginning of a profoundly moving children's book entitled Thank You, Mr. Falker. In this book, Patricia Polacco writes of her own passion to read, inspired by the honey on the book. It wasn't until fifth grade that she met her beloved teacher who provided the help that she needed to finally unlock the magic of the written word. Reading this book, we are in fact acquainted with some enduring traditions of child education that stress the importance of verbal capacity at a very early age. The child learning to read is admitted into a collective memory by way of books. And with the printed words that are active with meaning, the child becomes acquainted with a common past which he or she renews, to a greater or lesser degree, in every reading. Much as the author of the book Thank You, Mr. Falker puts it, 'Almost as if it were magic, or as if light poured into her brain, the words and sentences started to take shape on the page as they never had before…And she understood the whole thing…Then she went into the living room and found the book on a shelf, the very book that her grandpa had shown her so many years ago. She spooned honey on the cover and tasted the sweetness…Then she held the book, honey and all, close to her chest. She could feel tears roll down her cheeks, but they weren't tears of sadness—she was happy, so very happy.' 【中文翻译】一个古老的、在一本现代儿童读物中得到描绘的传统,把蜂蜜的甜蜜与学习阅读的乐趣联系在一起。爷爷举着一罐蜂蜜,让全家人都能看到。然后他用勺子蘸了蘸,把一些蜂蜜放在一本小书的封面上。小女孩刚满五岁。“站起来,小家伙,”他轻声对女孩说。“我为你妈妈、你的叔叔们、你的哥哥做过这个,现在轮到你!”然后,他把书递给她。“尝一尝!”她用指尖碰了碰蜂蜜,放进嘴里。“那是什么味道?”奶奶问。小女孩回答:“甜!”然后全家人异口同声地说:“是的,知识也是如此,但知识来自酿出那甜蜜蜂蜜的蜜蜂,你必须通过书页去追寻它!”小女孩知道,阅读的承诺终于属于她了。她很快就要学习阅读了。这是一本名为《谢谢你,福尔克先生》的感人至深的儿童读物的开头。在这本书里,帕特里夏·波拉科写下了她自己对阅读的热爱,这份热爱受到了书上蜂蜜的启发。直到五年级,她才遇到那位心爱的老师,老师提供了她最终打开文字魔力所需要的帮助。读这本书,我们实际上了解了儿童教育的一些经久不衰的传统,这些传统强调在很小的时候就具备语言能力的重要性。学习阅读的孩子通过书籍进入集体记忆。凭借充满意义的印刷文字,孩子熟悉了一段共同的过去,他或她在每一次阅读中都会或多或少地重新焕发这段过去。正如《谢谢你,福尔克先生》一书的作者所说:“几乎就像变魔术一样,或者像光涌入她的大脑,单词和句子开始在书页上成形,前所未有……她理解了全部内容……然后她走进客厅,在书架上找到了那本书,就是多年前爷爷给她看的那本书。她在封面上舀上蜂蜜,品尝那甜蜜……然后她把那本书,连同蜂蜜一起,紧紧抱在胸前。她能感觉到泪水从脸颊滚落,但那些不是悲伤的眼泪——她非常非常高兴。”
【中文翻译】一个古老的、在一本现代儿童读物中得到描绘的传统,把蜂蜜的甜蜜与学习阅读的乐趣联系在一起。爷爷举着一罐蜂蜜,让全家人都能看到。然后他用勺子蘸了蘸,把一些蜂蜜放在一本小书的封面上。小女孩刚满五岁。“站起来,小家伙,”他轻声对女孩说。“我为你妈妈、你的叔叔们、你的哥哥做过这个,现在轮到你!”然后,他把书递给她。“尝一尝!”她用指尖碰了碰蜂蜜,放进嘴里。“那是什么味道?”奶奶问。小女孩回答:“甜!”然后全家人异口同声地说:“是的,知识也是如此,但知识来自酿出那甜蜜蜂蜜的蜜蜂,你必须通过书页去追寻它!”小女孩知道,阅读的承诺终于属于她了。她很快就要学习阅读了。这是一本名为《谢谢你,福尔克先生》的感人至深的儿童读物的开头。在这本书里,帕特里夏·波拉科写下了她自己对阅读的热爱,这份热爱受到了书上蜂蜜的启发。直到五年级,她才遇到那位心爱的老师,老师提供了她最终打开文字魔力所需要的帮助。读这本书,我们实际上了解了儿童教育的一些经久不衰的传统,这些传统强调在很小的时候就具备语言能力的重要性。学习阅读的孩子通过书籍进入集体记忆。凭借充满意义的印刷文字,孩子熟悉了一段共同的过去,他或她在每一次阅读中都会或多或少地重新焕发这段过去。正如《谢谢你,福尔克先生》一书的作者所说:“几乎就像变魔术一样,或者像光涌入她的大脑,单词和句子开始在书页上成形,前所未有……她理解了全部内容……然后她走进客厅,在书架上找到了那本书,就是多年前爷爷给她看的那本书。她在封面上舀上蜂蜜,品尝那甜蜜……然后她把那本书,连同蜂蜜一起,紧紧抱在胸前。她能感觉到泪水从脸颊滚落,但那些不是悲伤的眼泪——她非常非常高兴。”