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Dictation01-40(提高版)

Passage1
EverythingMatters
Inlife,onestepcreatesthenext.Eachdayisofequalimportance,nomatterhowgoodorbad.Thereisnomomentinlifethatdoesnotmatter.Nomatterhowinsignificantitis,eachchoice,eachday,oreachidea,isthebirthofthenext.Somethingsimplecancompletelyreshapeyourlife.ItisjustliketheButterflyEffectandyouneverknowwhatisattheend.
Itisasignpostinlife,atrailmarker.Itisadayyouwillneverforget,thedayyouopenedthatenvelopeandyourfuturewasrevealed.Butwhataboutallthosedaysinbetween—theonesthatmakeandbreakyou,thedaysthatarenothingspecial.IfIhavelearnedanything,itisthateverythingmatters.


Passage2
Abundance
Abundanceisalifestyle,awayoflivingyourlife.Itisnotsomethingyoubuynowandthenpulldownfromthecupboard,dustoffanduseonceortwice,andthenreturntothecupboard.Abundanceisaphilosophy.Itappearsinyourphysiology,yourvaluesystem,anditcarriesitsownsetofbeliefs.Youwalkwithit,sleepwithit,bathewithit,feelwithit,andneedtomaintainandtakecareofitaswell.Abundancedoesn’talwaysrequiremoney.Manypeoplelivewithallthatmoneycanbuyyetliveemptyinside.Abundancebeginsinsidewithsomemainself-ingredientslikelove,care,kindnessandgentleness,thoughtfulnessandcompassion.Abundanceisastateofbeing.Itradiatesoutward.Itshineslikethesunamongthemanymoonsintheworld.Abundanceisseeingpeoplefortheirgiftsandnotwhattheylackorcouldbe.


Passage3
AmericanEnglishvs.BritishEnglish
Intheearly18thcentury,Englishspellingwasnotstandardized.Differencesbecamenoticeableafterthepublishingofinfluentialdictionaries.Today'sBritishEnglishspellingsfollow,forthemostpart,thoseofSamuelJohnson'sADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage,whereasmanyAmericanEnglishspellingsfollowNoahWebster'sAnAmericanDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage.
WebsterwasastrongproponentofEnglishspellingreformforreasonsbothphilologicalandnationalistic.ManyspellingchangesproposedintheUnitedStatesbyWebsterhimself,andintheearly20thcenturybytheSimplifiedSpellingBoard,nevercaughton.AmongthespellingreformsupportersinEngland,theinfluenceofthosewhopreferredtheNorman(orAnglo-Fre