妙语短篇A1之12、Violin Lessons
妙语短篇A1之11、A Very Important Person
11、a very important person一个非常重要的人Important people often like to show how important they are.重要的人往往要展示他们是多么的重要。
They usually have the largest cars.他们通常是具有最大的汽车。
They live in the biggest houses.他们住在大房子。
They wear the most expensive clothes.他们穿的最昂贵的衣服。
They eat in the best restaurants.他们吃最好的餐馆。
Mr. Mammoth, the president of Acme Inc, was an important man.猛犸先生，阿克米公司总裁，是一个重要的人。
阿克米公司是一个重要的公司，并在该国最大的之一。
Thousands of men and women worked for it.数以千计的男子和妇女为它工作。
The offices of Acme Inc. were in the Acme Building阿克米公司的办公室在阿克米大厦This was one of the tallest buildings in the city.这是全市最高的建筑物之一。
It had fifty floors.它有50层。
Mr. Mammoth, the president, had his office on the top floor.猛犸先生，总裁，他在顶楼他的办公室。
one day a man came to see him.有一天一个人来见他。
He walked up to Mr. Mammoth's secretary.他走到猛犸先生的秘书。
她，当然，在公司最美丽的秘书。
“My name is John Watkins,”he told her.“我的名字是约翰沃特金斯，”他告诉她。
妙语短篇a1第一课
1. A Difficult QuestionFour girls went to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls said, "There's a test this morning. Let's get to school late. Then we won't have to take the test.""What can we tell the teacher?" one of the girls said. "He'll be angry. We'll need a good excuse."The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.""That's a good idea," the other girls said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished."Why are you late?" the teacher asked. "You missed the test.""Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the girls said.The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room."The four girls did this.Then the teacher said, "Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?"excuse 借口,理由several 几个的（至少3个）moment 片刻，时刻flat 平的tire 轮胎flat tire 轮胎漏气arrive 到达miss 错过，失却EXERCISE 1Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
妙语短篇A1之13、NOT SO STUPID
13、NOT SO STUPIDTwo men are sitting together in an airplane. They are on a long journey. One man is a teacher. The other is a farmer.They sit for a while, and then the teacher says,“Let’s do something to pass the time. Let’s ask other riddle. If we don’t know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay. ”The farmer thinks about this for a while , then he says,“That’s not fair. You’re a teacher. You know more things than I do. I’m just a farmer.”“Yes, that’s true! What do you think we should do?”the teacher asks.“If you don’t know the answer to a riddle, you should pay me 100 yuan. If I don’t know the answer to a riddle , I’ll pay you 50 yuan.”the farmer says.“OK! That’s fair. Who’ll go first?”the teacher says after a while.“I will.”the farmer says.“Here is a riddle. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies?”The teacher repeats the riddle, “Oh, this is a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.”He gives the farmer 100 yuan. Then he asks,“What’s the answer?”“I don’t know.”the farmer says, and gives the teacher 50 yuan.13不是很愚蠢两个男人乘坐一架飞机坐在一起。
妙语短篇a1第一课
1. A Difficult QuestionFour girls went to schoolevery day by taxi.One day one of thegirls said, "There's a testthis morning. Let's get toschool late. Then we won'thave to take the test.""What can we tell theteacher?" one of the girlssaid. "He'll be angry. We'llneed a good excuse."The girls thought for several moments, then one ofthem said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.""That's a good idea," the other girls said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished."Why are you late?" the teacher asked. "You missed the test.""Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the girls said.The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room."The four girls did this.Then the teacher said, "Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?"excuse 借口,理由several 几个的（至少3个）moment 片刻，时刻flat 平的tire 轮胎flat tire 轮胎漏气arrive 到达miss 错过，失却EXERCISE 1Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. 在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
单词大比拼
1、借口，理由excuse1、平躺,躺lie/lay2、几个的（至少3个）several2、检查several3、片刻，时刻moment3、然而，可是moment4、平的flat4、喉咙throat5、轮胎tire5、喉咙痛sore throat6、轮胎漏气flat tire6、头痛headache7、到达arrive7、咳嗽cough8、错过（机会），漏掉miss8、伤风coid9、相信，信任believe9、发烧fever妙语短篇A1--210、健康的healthy1、曾经once11、奇怪的strange2、时常，偶尔from time to time12、因为because3、充满，尽是full of …13、哭，喊叫cry4、洞hole14、死亡die5、深的deep15、查明，弄清楚find out6、很可能，大概probably16、脱掉，脱下take off7、浅的shallow妙语短篇A1--58、用（钱）,化（时间）等spend1、最贵的most expensive9、在…上花（时间，钱）spend on2、走近come up/go up10、拖拉机tractor3、失约stand up11、收费，收取…的钱charge 4、坐下sit down12、大多数 most of 5、坐端正sit up13、填fill6、餐馆，饭店restaurant妙语短篇A1--37、侍者，服务员waiter1、相当，完全quite8、菜单menu2、富的，有钱的rich9、订，叫（饭菜饮料）order3、贫穷的poor10、饭，餐meal4、记得，回想起remember11、愉快，欢乐enjoyment5、把…借给，借出lend12、超，向towards6、向…借，借入borrow妙语短篇A1--77、欠own1、邮递员（美）/(英）mailman/postman8、危险的dangerous2、包裹package9、钱包wallet3、挂号的registered10、贼，小偷/（复数）thief/thieves4、地址address11、还钱pay back5、退信地址return address12、还给 give bake6、几秒钟以后 a few seconds later13、回去go back7、下来come dowm14、沿着along1、高声的loud11、参加考试take a test2、声音voice12、考试合格pass a test3、脾气temper13、考试不合格fail a test4、巨大giant13、有考试have a test5、不常，很少seldom妙语短篇A1--106、笔直的，挺直的straight1、比……than7、（屋）顶roof2、城市city8、事实上in fact3、乞讨beg9、电影movie4、火柴match10、剧场，影剧院theater5、乞丐beggar11、票ticket6、香的sweet-smelling12、无论什么地方wherever7、更多的，更大的more13、无论什么whatever8、一对，一双 a couple of14、无论什么时候whenever9、两块 a couple of pieces15、足够…enough10、男女朋友，夫妻 a couple妙语短篇A1--8妙语短篇A1--111、公寓（美国/英国)apartment/flat1、总裁，总经理president2、全部的whole2、公司company3、窗，窗户window3、秘书secretary4、同意，赞同agree4、约会appointment5、电梯elavator5、使惊奇surprise6、坏了out of order6、高尔夫golf7、攀，爬climb7、微笑smile8、笑话joke妙语短篇A1--129、钥匙,答案key1、小提琴violin10、然而，但是however2、高兴的，满意的pleased11、从前once upon a time3、花费cost12、到达reach 4、公平的fair妙语短篇A1--95、遵守诺言keep a promise1、广告ad(advertisement)6、可怕的terrible2、优厚报酬top pay7、噪音noise3、工作job8、拥有own4、经理manager5、证明prove6、糖果（英/美）sweets/candy7、一千thousand8、卖sell9、人person10、请求，要求ask for妙语短篇A1--131、飞机airplane2、旅程journey3、没有，缺少without4、消磨时间pass the time5、谜语riddle6、规则rule7、货币money8、受过教育的educated9、飞fly10、重复repeat妙语短篇A1--141、不同different2、火车train3、穿着入时的well-dressed4、在中途，在路上halfway5、撕碎tear6、无礼貌的ruder7、简单的simple8、理由reason9、阻止它们来stop them fromcoming10、阻止,不让某人做某事stop/keep sb.fromdoing sth.妙语短篇A1--151、战争war2、例子example3、战斗，打架fight4、发疯的，不实际crazy5、回答reply6、敌人enemy7、现代的moderm8、叫喊shout9、完美的perfectly。
妙语短篇a1第十二课。doc
11.Violin Lessons"Daddy, can I learn to play theviolin?" young Sarah asked her father.She was always asking for things andher father was not very pleased."You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," hesaid. "First you wanted to learn horseriding, then dancing, then swimming.Now it's the violin.""I'll play every day, Daddy," Sarah said.I'll try very hard.""All right," her father said. "This is whatI'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons forsix weeks. At the end of six weeks youmust play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons.""O.K., Daddy," Sarah said. "That is fair."He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah to play for her father. She went to the living room and said, "I'm ready to play for you, Daddy." "Fine, Sarah," her father said. "Begin."She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise.Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.When Sarah finished, her father said, "Weil done, Sarah. You can have more lessons."Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him. "You've spent a lot of money, but she still plays very badly," he said."Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!"New Words and Expressionsviolin小提琴pleased高兴的，满意的cost花费fair公平keep a promise 遵守承诺terrioie 可怕的noise 噪音own 拥有EXERCISE I1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to the following questions about the story..在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
妙语短篇a116答案
妙语短篇a116答案【篇一：妙语短篇a1之8、a sad story】txt>jim met two friends in the street. come back to my apartment for a meal, he said you can see the whole of the city from my bedroom window.his two friends agreed and they went back with jin to the aparment building where he lived on the 40th floor. when they arrived, however, the elevator(电梯) was out of order.lm sorry,” jim said, well have to walk .but its forty floors! they said.well talk as we climb, jim said, you can tell me the mewjokes youve heard and when we get to my apartment lll tell you a story. his friends agreed and they started to climb the forty flights of stairs .at last they reached the top floor and were standing outside the door of jims apartment.now tell us a good story. his friends said.jim looked at them sadly and said once upon a time there was a man who met two friends. he invide them to his apatment on the fortieth floor. the elevator wasnt working and they had to climb forty flights of stairs. when they reached the fortiethfloor he put his hand in his pocket for the key to the door of his apartment .lt wasnt there. then he remembered where is was. lt was in his car8.一个悲伤的故事吉姆在街上遇见了两个朋友。
妙语短篇a1第十一篇原文
妙语短篇a1第十一篇原文11.A Very Important PersonImportant people often like to show how important they are. They usually have the largest cars. They live in the biggest houses. They wear the most expensive clothes. They eat in the best restaurants. Mr. Mammoth, the president of Acme Inc., was an important man. Acme Inc. was an important company, one of the biggest in the country. Thousands of men and women worked for it.The offices of Acme Inc. were in The Acme Building. This was one of the tallest buildings in the city. It had fifty floors.Mr. Mammoth, the president, had his office on the top floor. One day a man came to see him. He walked up to Mr. Mammoth's secretary. She was, of course, the most beautiful secretary in the company."My name is John Watkins," he told her. "I have come to see Mr. Mammoth. My appointment is at ten o'clock."The most beautiful secretary in the building looked at the clock on the wall. It was the largest clock in the company."It is ten o'clock now," she said. "You are on time for your appointment. However, I am afraid you cannot see Mr. Mammoth." John Watkins was surprised. "Oh? Why is that?" he asked."Mr. Mammoth is playing golf.""Oh," John Watkins said. "Then he won't be coming to his office today." The most beautiful secretary in the company smiled at him. "Mr. Mammoth's already here," she said. "He has the largest office in the world."。
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12、Violin Lessons
"Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?" young Sarah asked her father. She was always asking for things and her father was not very pleased.
"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it's the violin.
"I'll play every day ,Daddy." Sarah said. "I'll try very hard.
"All right," her father said. "This is what I'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons."
"0. K. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is fair.
He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.
The six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah to play for her father.
She went to the living room and said, "I'm ready to play for you, Daddy.
"Fine, Sarah," her father said. "Begin.
She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise.
Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.
When Sarah finished, her father said, "Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons."
Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father's friend turned to him. "You've spent a lot of money, but she still plays very badly. he said.
"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this build very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!"
“爸爸，我可以学习小提琴吗？”年轻的萨拉问她的父亲。
她从请求父亲学很多课程，并且她的父亲并不是很满意。
“你花费了我很多金钱，萨拉。
”他说，：首先你想学会骑马然后跳舞，然后游泳，现在是小提琴。
”
“我会每天去练习它的，爸爸”萨拉说，：我将尝试并会很努力的。
”
“好。
”她的父亲说，“这是什么我将做，我将使用为了你能有训练六个星期。
在六个星期后你必须为我演奏，如果你演奏的很好，你将可以学习很多课程，如果你演奏的很糟，我将会停止你所有的课程。
”
“行，爸爸。
”萨拉说，“这很公平。
”
他很快找到了一位很好的小提琴老师，并且萨拉很快开始了她的课程，这个老师的学费很昂贵，但是她的父亲很遵守诺言。
六个星期很快过去了，到了萨拉为父亲演奏的时刻。
她走到客厅说：“我该开始为您演奏了，爸爸”
“好，萨拉。
”她父亲说，“开始吧！”
她开始演奏，他演奏的很糟糕，她制造出了恐怖的音乐。
她父亲有个朋友。
他的朋友用手捂住自己的耳朵。
当萨拉完成了演奏，她父亲说：“做得好，萨拉，你可以学习更多的课程。
”
萨拉愉快地跑出屋子。
她父亲的朋友转身对他说：“你花费了很多金钱，但是她任然演奏的很糟糕。
”他说。