課外英文知識閱讀

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　　英語課外閱讀1

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronauticsrecently equipped its student cafeterias with afuturistic technology.

近日，南京航空航天大學爲其學生食堂配備了一項先進技術。

The newly upgraded cashier system displaysnutrition facts and calorie counts when studentspay for their meals.

學生們付飯費時，最新升級的結算系統會顯示營養成分和卡路里量。

When students pay their meals, the nutrition factsand calorie counts of each dish, such as proteinand fat content, is displayed.

當學生支付餐費時，每道菜的營養成分和卡路里含量，如蛋白質和脂肪含量，就會顯示在屏幕上。

The trays in the cafeterias have also been implanted with chips, so that prices can be identifiedin 2 seconds.

食堂裏的餐盤也已被植入芯片，只需兩秒即可識別價格。

"It saves us time and helps us understand what we're eating," a student said.

一名學生表示：“它可以爲我們節省時間，幫助我們監控自己每天吃了些什麼。”

The person in charge of the university's catering noted the new smart system is welcomed byboth teachers and students.

南航飲食服務相關負責人表示，新的智能系統受到了師生們的好評。

It will soon be able to push individually customized exercise information to students'smartphones, the official added.

該負責人還稱，不久該系統將可向學生的智能手機推送個性化的運動信息。

　　英語課外閱讀2

When Lanzhou is mentioned in a conversation, wewould invariably think about the 'pulled' Chinesenoodles made famous by an eatery in Singapore'sChinatown.

當在交談中談到蘭州時，我們總是會想到因新加坡唐人街小飯館而名聲大振的中國拉麪。

But now a viral video that surfaced on social mediahas inspired us to take a totally different look at theprosperous city of China's northwestern province ofGansu.

但是現在，一段出現在社交媒體上的瘋傳視頻，使我們對這一地處中國西北部省份甘肅的繁榮城市另眼相看。

Keep your eyes peeled as you watch this video showing how a secondary school art teacher useda marker pen to draw the whole city from memory in 40 minutes, in the style of famous Britishartist Stephen Wiltshire.

當你觀看這段由一名初中美術老師使用馬克筆，在40分鐘內以英國著名畫家斯蒂芬·維爾特的方式繪出記憶當中的蘭州城時，一定要睜大眼睛。

Using the large whiteboard of a classroom as a canvas, Li Jianchun kept the student enrapt ashe filled it with iconic features of the city and surrounding details in dark purple.

以教室裏的大型白板爲畫布，李建春用暗紫色畫出了蘭州市標誌性的特色和周邊環境，這使得學生們着迷不已。

It's a masterstroke, praised many netizens on social media platform Weibo after the video wasuploaded. They also held him up as a model teacher who tries to broaden the horizon of youngminds.

在這段視頻被上傳後，社交媒體平臺新浪微博上的很多網友都稱讚其爲一大傑作。他們還將其列爲一位試圖擴大年輕人視野的模範老師。

In the video, Li said he did it to remind the young to take an interest in their local culture.

在該視頻中，李老師表示，他這樣做是爲了提醒年輕人，要對他們的當地文化感興趣。

Stunned by the magnificent enactment, the students whipped out their mobile phones to snapphotos of his creation. They were also reluctant to rub it off to prepare for the next class - which was an English lesson.

學生們被這一傑作震驚了，並拿出自己的手機拍照。此外，他們還不願將畫擦掉去準備下面一節的課程--英語課。