Hi, I'm John, and I want to help you learn English. 這里有純正又充滿磁性的美音，這里有多樣化的學習素材（目前推送300多篇不同類型英文材料），這里已經有超過六萬充滿激情的英語學習者，這里更是共同進步，實現夢想的出發點和加油站！關注清晨朗讀會，跟我一起讀，讓優美的晨讀開啟你充滿希望的每一天！

　　Good morning!

　　今天的朗讀內容是我自己高中的時候寫的。老師讓我們寫關于spirituality的小故事，我就寫了這個。

　　它有高中生的天真與理想主義，但我想大家回覺得好玩，也會覺得有意思，它也是有價值得練習材料。

　　稍微有點長，可以選擇其中一部分作為主要練習內容。

　　Have fun!

　　John

　　p.s. 這是今天現場版的二維碼（了解更多回復“現場版”）：

　　朗讀內容

　　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.

朗讀語音也可以去喜馬拉雅聽（搜索：王淵源John）

　　足跡

　　Zhuhai, China, March 19, 2017

　　什么是清晨朗讀會？

　　這里就是清晨朗讀會。我每天早上6點左右發送可以模仿和朗讀的材料，包括語音和文本。希望我們能夠每天一起練習。

　　如何使用此練習材料

　　較理想的狀態

先聽一遍我讀的語音

再聽一遍，這次跟著模仿（聽不懂你模仿的沒關系，跟不上也沒關系，就盡量模仿你聽到的音！）

朗讀一遍原文

這個時候才花點時間查不懂的內容（但查詢的時間不要超過總練習時間的三分之一！）

1-3步驟再重復2－3遍

發到朋友圈里，告訴朋友你今天練了英語！（對我來講，日常的轉發與分享是最大的支持和幫助，提前感謝！）

　　起碼要達到的狀態

聽一遍

跟著模仿一遍

朗讀一遍

　　注意??：聽的時候最好不要看原文，聽不懂100％沒關系，你要是能聽得懂100％那還學什么？

　　王淵源John是誰?

　　我的中文名字叫王淵源，英文名字叫John Gordon，是個美國人，在中國呆了十幾年了，從事了14年的英文教育工作，接觸過好幾十萬中國同學。讓我一直很困惑的一件事情是很多中國朋友學了很長時間的英文，但并沒有一個很好的學習效果。而我知道語言學習并不是那么神秘的事情，只要堅持一些簡單的事情，就能夠學會。我希望我能夠幫助大家解決動力問題、方法問題以及材料問題。（更正式的介紹可以回復“王淵源”）

　　如何置頂此公眾號

　　這樣更方便做每天的練習！

　　第一步驟：

　　第二步驟：

　　就這么簡單。安卓的話，還可以添加到桌面，更方便！

經常有朋友問贊賞功能在哪里... 謝謝大家的心意，但這個類型的號開不了贊賞。

如果你想支持或感謝我，對我最大的鼓勵是你的推薦與轉發。