黄丽萍、陈莹根据多年教学经验和对学生的了解，精心从内容、长度、难易度、巩固练习等方面分级设计主编这本《英语短文背诵与欣赏》。正文部分共设三个级别，每个级别包含20篇背诵文章，供学生在不同学期背诵之用。为方便学生自学，帮助学生扩大知识面，巩固对文章的理解，每篇短文后都附有生词表、练习以及趣味知识和参考译文等，并在书末备有参考答案。

黄丽萍、陈莹主编的这本《英语短文背诵与欣赏》正文部分共设三个级别，每个级别各包含20篇背诵文章，供学生在不同学期背诵之用。这60篇文章长度适中，难度逐级递增，体裁丰富，涵盖了生活、学习、航海、经济、语言、文化、环保等诸多主题，力图以此为媒介，使学生在掌握语言的同时，增加人文知识，增强沟通技巧，树立乐观坚强的生活态度。

在附录部分，收集了11篇短文，有经典演说、诗歌、时事新闻等，供学生和英语爱好者阅读赏析，增强语感，同时补充一些航海专业基本知识。

为方便学生自学，帮助学生扩大知识面，巩固对文章的理解，每篇文章后面都附有生词表、练习以及趣味知识和参考译文等，并在书末备有参考答案。

读者对象是学生、船员和英语爱好者。

Level One

 1.Hard Work Is Good for Health

 2.What' s Prettier than Freckles

 3.The Trouble Tree

 4.Change Your Future

 5.An Incident

 6.Childhood

 7.Love and Time

 8.Gracious Manner Makes You Charming

 9.The Broken Doll

 10.Part-time Jobs for College Students

 11.Heavy Traffic

 12.Make Our City Green

 13."Are You God?"

 14.You Are a Marvel

 15.Be a Queen

 16.St.Valentine's Day

 17.Life Is for Living

 18.Taj Mahal

 19.The Tip

 20.Geographic Location and Natural Environment of Qingdao

Level Two

 1.Audrey Hepburn' s Beauty Tips

 2.Best Way to Keep Love Is to Give It Wings

 3.Bookshops

 4.Social Life and Time

 5.Relax and Live

 6.A Thirsty World

 7.The Importance of English

 8.PSC Inspections

 9.Living Life over

 10.Prayer for My Mother

 11.The Worth of Life

 12.Principles Are Lighthouses

 13.Taxi Drivers in London

 14.The Glory of the Olympic Games

 15.Ways Of Communication

 16.Catching a Cold

 17.Don' t Give Up

 18.Color and Life

 19.Stress

 20.Time in Americans' View

Level Three

 1.Subheahh

 2.Introduction of COSCO

 3.The Holy Roman Empire

 4.The Significance of Failure

 5.Love or Money?

 6.The Power of Gratitude

 7.Youth

 8.The Value of Time

 9.Find Thyself

 10.Love Is Special

 11.Every Living Person Has Problems

 12.Pain and Growth

 13.Types of Ships

 14.Tanker Shipping

 15.How to Control Shyness

 16.The Greeting Ritual

 17.Free to Soar

 18.Nasdaq

 19.The Time Account

 20.Big Rocks

Appendix

 1.Love' s Philosophy

 2.If the World Were a Village of 100 People

 3.Paper Boats

 4.My Love's Like a Red, Red Rose

 5.Three Days to See

 6.Declaration of Independence

 7.Gettysburg Address

 8.I Have a Dream

 9.The Cricket

 10.The Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

 11.Container Liner

Keys to Section B

 Level One

 Level Two

 Level Three

Keys to Section C

 Level One

 Level Two

 Level Three

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