简单慢速英语阅读:My Girlfriend

I love my girlfriend¹. She is sweet and kind. She makes me laugh. She loves me. We have fun together. We go to movies and to restaurants. We go to the beach to swim. We go to the park for picnics. We watch TV together. We go to church² together. We take long walks together. We read books, magazines³, and newspapers. We talk about many things. We agree⁴ on many things, but we also disagree⁵ on some things. Sometimes we argue⁶ about things. I think she likes to argue. She thinks I like to argue. We argue about silly⁷ things. Yesterday we argued⁸ about a window. She wanted the window open. I wanted it closed⁹. We talk about the weather and the government¹⁰. We talk about our families. She is a good tennis player¹¹. Sometimes she beats¹³ me. We play chess and Scrabble. Scrabble is a fun game about words. You need a good vocabulary¹⁴ to win. I usually beat¹² her at chess, but she usually beats me at Scrabble. I guess my vocabulary is not so good. We will get married¹⁵ in a couple¹⁶ of years. We want to spend the rest of our life¹⁷ together. We will start a family. We want to have two children, one boy and one girl. We will be so happy.

 

1 girlfriend   

n.女朋友；女伴侣

参考例句：

• My girlfriend is a teacher.我女朋友是个老师。
• I just broke up with my girlfriend.我刚和我的女朋友分手了。

2 church   

n.教堂，礼拜堂；教会

参考例句：

• Mary joined a church yesterday.玛丽昨天加入了教会。
• She was standing on the church steps.她正站在教堂门前的台阶上。

3 magazines   

n.弹药库( magazine的名词复数 )；杂志；弹仓；（电视、广播）专题节目

参考例句：

• She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 无论是书、杂志，还是报纸，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。
• magazines that objectify women 将妇女人格物化的杂志

4 agree   

vi.同意，赞成，承认，适合；vt.同意

参考例句：

• I totally agree with you.我完全同意你的看法。
• They could not agree about who should do the work.对于谁该做这项工作，他们意见不一致。

5 disagree   

vi.不同意；不一致，不符；不适宜，有害

参考例句：

• If you disagree you should speak out.如果不同意，你就该大声地说出来。
• I disagree with you about this.对于这件事我跟你意见不同。

6 argue   

vi.辩论，争论；vt.辩论，论证；说服，劝说

参考例句：

• I won't argue about the matter.我不会争论这件事。
• They sometimes argue off for hours.他们有时一争就是几小时。

7 silly   

adj.傻的，愚蠢的

参考例句：

• It was silly of him to do it.他那么做真是太傻了。
• How silly of you to do that!你做那事多愚蠢呀！

8 argued   

adj.引起争论的v.争吵，辩论( argue的过去式和过去分词 )；坚决主张；提出理由证明；说服

参考例句：

• He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy. 他争辩说这项议题已变得毫无实际意义，因为董事会已经改变了政策。
• Many scholars have argued thus. 许多学者都这样论证过。

9 closed   

adj.关闭的；封闭的

参考例句：

• He closed his eyes.他闭上了眼睛。
• He was out of work when the factory closed.他在工厂倒闭后失业了。

10 government   

n.政府，当局，行政管理机构

参考例句：

• Tom works for the government.汤姆为政府机关做事。
• The new government will come into power next month.新政府将在下月开始执政。

11 player   

n.运动员，做游戏的人，选手，队员，比赛者；演员，演奏者，自动演奏装置，戏子

参考例句：

• She is our best player.她是我们最好的运动员。
• He is quite a good player.他是一个满不错的选手。

12 beat   

n.打，敲打声，拍子；v.打，打败

参考例句：

• You can fight him,but can you beat him?你可以打他，但是你能击败他吗？
• The dry grass caught fire, but we beat it out.干草着火了，但我们将它扑灭了。

13 beats   

v.（心脏等）跳动( beat的第三人称单数 )；搜索；（风、雨等）吹打；（鼓）咚咚地响

参考例句：

• It is said of him that he beats his wife. 人家说他打妻子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The other village always beats our team at cricket. 另一个村的板球队在比赛中总是击败我们队。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

15 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

16 couple   

n.对，夫妇，数个；v.加倍，成双，连结

参考例句：

• I have a couple of things to do.我有几件事要做。
• I'll come again in a couple of days.我过两天再来。

17 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。