英語閱讀能力是英語學習者語言水平的體現。閱讀對于學習者具有重要的作用，不僅能培養學生英語語感，還能促進詞匯積累，提高寫作水平。對培養學習者的英語綜合能力大有幫助，同時也是學好英語的主要手段和有效途徑。今后 給大家安排了每天500字的小說閱讀，期待大家加入，一起讀英文原創小說。

每天500字閱讀（朗讀更棒），每個月就是1萬5千字，每年的閱讀量就可以達到高達18萬， 這是一個很了不起的閱讀量 。同時，我們把詞匯提取出來，真實語境，更有利于習得詞匯，一起讀起來。

Tucked behind a café and a bookstore stoodEdison’s Records, a fadingvinyl shopknown only to a few.
Inside, time moved slower. Shelves overflowed withjazz, blues, and forgotten voices from decades past.
The owner, Mr. Dalton, rarely spoke, but always nodded to returning visitors.

Ivy, an illustrator, wandered in one snowy evening looking for warmth—and maybe a little music.
As she browsed, a soft piano melody drifted from the record player.
She paused by a bin marked “Unlabeled, Unloved” and pulled out a sleeve with no name, only a hand-drawncrescent moonon it.

She asked, “What’s this one?”

Mr. Dalton looked up. “Don’t know. Someone left a bunch of homemade records in the ’90s. No labels. That one always gets people.”

She bought it on impulse.

At home, she played the record.
The music was raw, melodic, full of pauses like breath.
Between tracks, a voice—male, quiet, thoughtful—would read lines of poetry. Some were romantic, others aching. All unsigned.

She played it over and over.

The next week, she returned and asked Dalton, “Do you know who made those?”

He shook his head. “No one ever came back for them.”

So she started leaving notes. Short messages tucked inside the record sleeve when she returned it:

“Track 3 made me cry. Thank you.” “Who are you? Your words feel like mine.”

Months passed. Then, one day, a different record appeared—with a new message written in ink:

“I wondered if someone would hear me. Meet me where the music ends.”

On the back: Saturday, 6 p.m., Edison’s Records.

She arrived early.

A man in his thirties stepped in. Quiet, eyes kind.

“I’m the voice,” he said.

And Ivy smiled. “I’ve been listening for a long time.”

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ivy first enter Edison’s Records?
   A. To find a specific album
   B. To escape the snow and explore
   C. To meet a friend
   D. To sell her own vinyl

2. What was special about the record she found?
   A. It was signed by a famous artist
   B. It had a unique hand-drawn cover and poetic voice recordings
   C. It was in a locked cabinet
   D. It contained secret messages in Morse code

3. How did the two main characters finally meet?
   A. At a concert
   B. Through a letter
   C. In the shop at the time and place written on the record
   D. By accident on the street

1. B

2. B

3. C

vinyl shop

黑膠唱片店

jazz, blues

爵士樂、藍調

hand-drawn crescent moon

手繪的新月圖案

unlabeled

無標簽的

melodic

有旋律感的

aching poetry

令人心疼的詩句

tuck inside

藏在……里面

returned it

把唱片歸還

“I’m the voice.”

“我是那把聲音?！?/p>

“I’ve been listening.”

“我一直在傾聽?！?/p>

中文全文翻譯我們之間的黑膠唱片

在一家咖啡館和書店之間，藏著一間快被人遺忘的黑膠唱片店，名叫 Edison’s Records。
這里節奏緩慢，書架上堆滿了爵士、藍調和被時間遺忘的聲音。

店主達爾頓先生寡言少語，只是每次見到回頭客都會點頭示意。

艾薇是一名插畫師。某個下雪傍晚，她為了避寒走了進去，也許順便找點音樂。

她在角落一個標著“無名，無愛”的唱片箱前停下，拿起一張封面上只畫著一輪新月的唱片。

她問：“這張是什么？”

達爾頓抬頭說：“不知道。90年代有人留下過一批自制唱片，沒標簽。這張……總是打動人?！?/p>

她一時沖動買下了它。

回家后，她播放唱片。

音樂真實而柔和，像呼吸般帶著停頓。
每兩首歌之間，一個男聲輕輕地念著詩句，有些浪漫，有些憂傷，全都沒有署名。

她一遍又一遍地播放。

第二周她又回來，問達爾頓：“你知道是誰做的嗎？”

他搖頭：“從沒人回來找過這些唱片。”

于是她開始寫便條，把它們藏進唱片套里再放回去：

“第三首讓我哭了，謝謝你。” “你是誰？你的詞像我心里的聲音?！?/blockquote>

幾個月過去。直到有一天，她發現了一張新唱片，上面寫著：

“我一直在想，會不會有人聽見我。 到音樂結束的地方見。”

背面寫著：周六，晚上六點，Edison’s Records。

她提前來到。

一個三十多歲的男人走了進來，沉默，眼神溫柔。

“我是那把聲音?！彼f。

艾薇笑了，“我一直在傾聽?！?/p>

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