Hi, I'm John, and I want to help you learn English. 这里有纯正又充满磁性的美音，这里有多样化的学习素材（目前推送300多篇不同类型英文材料），这里已经有超过六万充满激情的英语学习者，这里更是共同进步，实现梦想的出发点和加油站！关注清晨朗读会，跟我一起读，让优美的晨读开启你充满希望的每一天！
Good morning!
今天的朗读内容是我自己高中的时候写的。老师让我们写关于spirituality的小故事，我就写了这个。
它有高中生的天真与理想主义，但我想大家回觉得好玩，也会觉得有意思，它也是有价值得练习材料。
稍微有点长，可以选择其中一部分作为主要练习内容。
Have fun!
John
p.s. 这是今天现场版的二维码（了解更多回复“现场版”）：
朗读内容
Searching for the truth
Artis was searching. He was searching for the truth. He was seeking a reason to live, or something to live for.
He looked in all of his books, thinking maybe somebody had already found the answer and he wouldn’t have to look very far. He read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig. In the book, Mr. Pirsig talked about the thing that tied it all together being “Quality.” Quality was left undefined by Mr. Pirsig, but he said that Quality ran through all things, and that Quality was what we should all strive for, whether in fixing a motorcycle or making Tupperware. Mr. Pirsig made very much sense to Artis, and the book taught Artis a great deal about life, but it seemed to Artis that leaving the core of your explanation undefined was a bit of a cop-out.
He kept reading, but he never found what he was looking for in books. Some books seemed close, like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, but nothing anyone had written was the ultimate truth for Artis.
So he tried listening to music. Music seemed sort of spiritual; or, at least sometimes when he listened to it Artis got the momentary feeling that the answer was close at hand. Unfortunately, as soon as the piano stopped playing, or the guitar stopped strumming, or John Lennon stopped telling him that all he needed was love, Artis found himself back where he started: with an empty feeling, a feeling that he would never find the truth. He kept trying though, listening to anything and everything he could get his hands on. But after countless hours of music, ranging from Bach to ZZ Top, Artis decided that he was still looking in the wrong place.
Next, he decided he would talkto other people.... see if they had found the ultimate truth. He talked to his parents, his brothers and sisters, his teachers, his friends, and even just plain old strangers. Unfortunately, it seemed as if everyone else was just as confused as he was! Sure, some of them seemed to think they had it figured out, but what they said didn’t really ring true with Artis. Their answers always seemed to hinge on blind faith, and Artis wanted to know for sure... so he came to the conclusion that blind faith wouldn’t work for him.
The thing that distressed Artis the most about his talks with people was that most people had simply stopped wondering, had relinquished all of their questions about life and given up hope of ever finding the ultimate truth. Disappointed, Artis decided that he couldn’t find the meaning of life by talking to people.
By this point he was very confused. So Artis decided to sit down and think. Maybe if he just thought about what he had learned, the ultimate truth would pop into his head. Well, he thought... and thought... and thought. Finally, he realized that his thoughts were just going in circles, getting him nowhere. So a frustrated Artis gave up on thinking.
Artis was sad. He felt defeated. He had spent so much time searching for the meaning of life, but he had nothing to show for it. He went outside. He sat down in the grass of his backyard. He began to cry.
Then, Artis ran his fingers through the grass, feeling how each individual blade had its own length, its own place in the ground. He looked up at the trees surrounding him, shading him from the power of the sun; and down at the mosquito biting his leg, in its quest for survival. He thought about his family and friends, all of the people that he loved. He thought about God. He thought about himself, and he thought about the Earth.
In that one, big moment, Artis found what he was looking for. And he smiled.
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足迹
Zhuhai, China, March 19, 2017
什么是清晨朗读会？
这里就是清晨朗读会。我每天早上6点左右发送可以模仿和朗读的材料，包括语音和文本。希望我们能够每天一起练习。
如何使用此练习材料
较理想的状态
先听一遍我读的语音
再听一遍，这次跟着模仿（听不懂你模仿的没关系，跟不上也没关系，就尽量模仿你听到的音！）
朗读一遍原文
这个时候才花点时间查不懂的内容（但查询的时间不要超过总练习时间的三分之一！）
1-3步骤再重复2－3遍
发到朋友圈里，告诉朋友你今天练了英语！（对我来讲，日常的转发与分享是最大的支持和帮助，提前感谢！）
起码要达到的状态
听一遍
跟着模仿一遍
朗读一遍
注意??：听的时候最好不要看原文，听不懂100％没关系，你要是能听得懂100％那还学什么？
王渊源John是谁?
我的中文名字叫王渊源，英文名字叫John Gordon，是个美国人，在中国呆了十几年了，从事了14年的英文教育工作，接触过好几十万中国同学。让我一直很困惑的一件事情是很多中国朋友学了很长时间的英文，但并没有一个很好的学习效果。而我知道语言学习并不是那么神秘的事情，只要坚持一些简单的事情，就能够学会。我希望我能够帮助大家解决动力问题、方法问题以及材料问题。（更正式的介绍可以回复“王渊源”）
如何置顶此公众号
这样更方便做每天的练习！
第一步骤：
第二步骤：
就这么简单。安卓的话，还可以添加到桌面，更方便！
经常有朋友问赞赏功能在哪里... 谢谢大家的心意，但这个类型的号开不了赞赏。
如果你想支持或感谢我，对我最大的鼓励是你的推荐与转发。
