课外英文知识阅读

提高英语的水平往往可以看一些英语的新闻和阅读，还有英语的电视剧和电影，这样可以很快的提高我们的英语口语，接下来小编给大家带来英语新闻，需要的同学们可以看一看。

　　英语课外阅读1

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

近日，南京航空航天大学为其学生食堂配备了一项先进技术。

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

学生们付饭费时，最新升级的结算系统会显示营养成分和卡路里量。

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

当学生支付餐费时，每道菜的营养成分和卡路里含量，如蛋白质和脂肪含量，就会显示在屏幕上。

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

食堂里的餐盘也已被植入芯片，只需两秒即可识别价格。

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

一名学生表示：“它可以为我们节省时间，帮助我们监控自己每天吃了些什么。”

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

南航饮食服务相关负责人表示，新的智能系统受到了师生们的好评。

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

该负责人还称，不久该系统将可向学生的智能手机推送个性化的运动信息。

　　英语课外阅读2

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

当在交谈中谈到兰州时，我们总是会想到因新加坡唐人街小饭馆而名声大振的中国拉面。

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.

但是现在，一段出现在社交媒体上的疯传视频，使我们对这一地处中国西北部省份甘肃的繁荣城市另眼相看。

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.

当你观看这段由一名初中美术老师使用马克笔，在40分钟内以英国著名画家斯蒂芬·维尔特的方式绘出记忆当中的兰州城时，一定要睁大眼睛。

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.

以教室里的大型白板为画布，李建春用暗紫色画出了兰州市标志性的特色和周边环境，这使得学生们着迷不已。

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.

在这段视频被上传后，社交媒体平台新浪微博上的很多网友都称赞其为一大杰作。他们还将其列为一位试图扩大年轻人视野的模范老师。

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

在该视频中，李老师表示，他这样做是为了提醒年轻人，要对他们的当地文化感兴趣。

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.

学生们被这一杰作震惊了，并拿出自己的手机拍照。此外，他们还不愿将画擦掉去准备下面一节的课程--英语课。