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。

On a rainy Thursday afternoon,Harper, a quiet copywriter, stepped intoMelody Loop, a second-handvinyl record storetucked between a laundromat and a tattoo parlor. She liked it for the smell of dust and old cardboard, and for the way the owner always played jazz on slow days.

Browsing the “Classics” bin, she pulled out an oldFleetwood Macalbum. As she opened the sleeve to check for scratches, ayellow sticky notefluttered out.

“If you’re listening to Track 4… I hope you’re okay. I listened to this after my worst day and felt a little less alone. — J”

Harper smiled. She bought the record, brought it home, and playedTrack 4on repeat.

The next week, she returned to the shop, placed the album back, and added her own note:

“J — I was having a bad day too. Your message helped. I hope you’re okay too. — H”

The following Thursday, a new note was waiting.

“H — Glad it reached you. Music does that. I left something for you. Look inside the Miles Davis sleeve.”

Inside theMiles Davisalbum: a tiny pressed flower and a folded paper with a playlist.

For weeks, Harper and J left each other music suggestions, poems, even doodles of city streets and coffee mugs.
They never exchanged names beyond initials, nor phones.

Then one Thursday, Harper walked into Melody Loop—and saw a note at the counter.

“Dear H, I’ll be at the jazz bar on Fifth Street, 7 p.m. If you come, I’ll know you wanted this to be real. — J”

That evening, Harper hesitated at the door, heart racing.

Inside, at the bar, someone looked up. A man in a navy sweater smiled nervously.

“I was hoping you’d listen to this track too,” he said.

She laughed. “I’ve been listening for a while.”

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Harper find the first note?
   A. In a jazz club flyer
   B. Inside a vinyl record sleeve
   C. On the door of the record shop
   D. Taped under the record player

2. How did Harper and J communicate?
   A. Through a blog
   B. With handwritten letters
   C. By leaving notes inside albums
   D. Through text messages

3. Where did J invite Harper to finally meet?
   A. Melody Loop record store
   B. A vintage bookstore
   C. A train station
   D. A jazz bar on Fifth Street

1. B

2. C

3. D

second-hand vinyl record store

二手黑膠唱片店

sticky note

便簽紙

Track 4

第四首曲子

fluttered out

飄落出來

playlist

播放列表

pressed flower

壓制干花

music suggestions

音樂推薦

jazz bar

爵士酒吧

heart racing

心跳加速

smiled nervously

緊張地笑了笑

中文全文翻譯第四首的留言

在一個下雨的星期四下午，哈珀——一位安靜的文案編輯——走進了Melody Loop，一家夾在洗衣店和紋身店之間的二手黑膠唱片店。
她喜歡這里的灰塵味、紙板盒的氣息，以及老板在陰天播放的爵士樂。

她在“經典”區域翻找時，拿起了一張老舊的Fleetwood Mac專輯。
她打開唱片套查看劃痕時，一張黃色便簽紙飄了出來：

“如果你正在聽第四首……希望你沒事。 我在最糟糕的一天聽了它，覺得不再那么孤單。 ——J”

哈珀笑了笑。她買下唱片，回家后一遍遍播放第四首。

下一周，她又來到唱片店，把唱片放回原處，并加入了一張自己的便條：

“J——我那天也很糟。你的留言幫了我一把。 希望你也一切安好。——H”

下一個星期四，一張新便簽等著她：

“H——很高興它傳到了你耳邊。音樂就是這樣。 我留了點東西給你，在Miles Davis那張唱片里。”

她打開那張Miles Davis專輯：一朵壓制的干花和一張播放列表。

接下來的幾個星期，哈珀和J互相留音樂推薦、詩句、咖啡杯涂鴉，甚至街道草圖。
他們始終沒有交換全名或聯系方式，只有首字母和音樂共振。

直到某周四，哈珀走進唱片店，發現柜臺上有一張留言：

“親愛的H： 我會在第五街的爵士酒吧，晚上七點。 如果你來，我就知道你也想讓這一切變成真的。 ——J”

那天晚上，哈珀站在酒吧門前猶豫了很久，心跳如鼓。

她走進去，看到一個穿著深藍毛衣的男人抬頭看向她，緊張地笑了。

“我一直希望你也能聽到這首曲子。”他說。

哈珀笑了：“其實……我早就在聽了。”

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