2014年1大学英语六级考试阅读备考复习材料：祈盼清风
<p> 祈盼清风</p><p> <span word="Lying">Lying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="window">window</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="listen">listen</span>.<span word="No">No</span> <span word="air">air</span>-<span word="conditioning">conditioning</span>, <span word="how">how</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span>? <span word="my">my</span> <span word="fiend">fiend</span> <span word="asks">asks</span>, <span word="horrified">horrified</span>. <span word="Ive">Ive</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span>-<span word="conditioner">conditioner</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trim">trim</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="bill">bill</span>.</p><p> 窗边静躺，细心聆听不开空调?能睡得着吗?听说家人要为了节省电费而把家里的空调关掉时，我的朋友一脸惊愕。</p><p> <span word="Nobody">Nobody</span> <span word="opens">opens</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="window">window</span>,<span word="day">day</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="night">night</span>,<span word="warns">warns</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="friend">friend</span>, <span word="whose">whose</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>.<span word="This">This</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1990<span word="s">s</span>.<span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="safe">safe</span>.</p><p> 不管是白天还是晚上都没有人开窗户另一个朋友警告到，他的窗户都已经关了十年了。现在是20世纪90年代。这可不安全</p><p> <span word="On">On</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="cost">cost</span>-<span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="adventure">adventure</span>, <span word="its">its</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="eighty">eighty</span>-<span word="five">five</span> <span word="degrees">degrees</span>. <span word="Were">Were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suffer">suffer</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="kids">kids</span> <span word="grumble">grumble</span> <span word="anyway">anyway</span>. <span word="Theyve">Theyve</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> 72-<span word="degree">degree</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span>,<span word="insulated">insulated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="outside">outside</span>.</p><p> 在大胆尝试节电的第一天晚上，气温不过华氏85而已，我们并不觉得难受，但三个孩子却怨声连天。他们一直在华氏72的舒适温度下成长，与世隔绝。</p><p> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="windows">windows</span>? <span word="my">my</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="asks">asks</span>.<span word="Jiggling">Jiggling</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="metal">metal</span> <span word="tabs">tabs</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="releases">releases</span> <span word="one">one</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="potpourri">potpourri</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="bug">bug</span> <span word="bodies">bodies</span> <span word="decorates">decorates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sill">sill</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="spring">spring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="one">one</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="noises">noises</span> <span word="howl">howl</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span>.</p>
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