推荐给英语学习者的网站(个人认为该网站内容比较适合晨读):
http://thisibelieve.org (This I Believe)
http://www.cbc.ca/thisibelieve (This I Believe on CBC)
该网站前身是美国公共电台(National Public Radio)的一档广播节目,界面的内容是让名人或者普通人写一篇小论文阐述自己日常生活中的观念,然后让在广播里朗读。加拿大的CBC广播公司也有类似的节目。
推荐这个网站的原因:
0. 它不是国人建的所谓学习英语的网站,它是地道的美国网站,其中的内容大多是native speaker的作品,相比国内网站有绝对优势
0. 每一篇小论文的长度350-500个单词,与学生论文长度类似,而且适合作晨读材料
0. 每一篇论文都有其作者的朗读,作者一般是native speaker,其朗读适合作听力材料,或者和自己晨读进行对照。
其他关于该节目的信息:
This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. A half-hour European version of This I Believe ran from 1956 to 1958 over Radio Luxembourg.
The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air. This I Believe became a cultural phenomenon that stressed individual belief rather than religious dogma. Its popularity both developed and waned within the era of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War.
The show was revived by Dan Gediman and Jay Allison on NPR in 2005, and subsequently by Preston Manning on Canada‘s CBC Radio One in 2007. Essays that appear on the show are available free of charge at its website.
Recently, some of the original 1951 This I Believe programs have been rebroadcast on NPR’s Bob Edwards Weekend.
