小故事记住初中英语1600词(30篇)
一. A Young Officer and an Old Soldier (1)A very new,young officer was at a railway station. He was going to visit his mother,and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train.He looked in all his pockets,but found that he did not have the coins for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.【汉语翻译】年轻军官与老兵(1)一位新上任的(new)年轻军官(young officer)在火车站(railway station)候车。
他要去看望(visit)他的母亲(mother)。
他想打电话(want to telephone sb.)告诉(tell)母亲他的列车(train)到站的时间。
但寻遍了所有的口袋(pocket)，却发现(find)他没有打电话用的硬币(coin)，于是他走到车站外面(outside)，环顾四周(look around)想找人帮忙(help)。
一. A Young Officer and an Old Soldier (2)At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said,“Have you got change for ten pence?”“Wait a moment,”the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket.“I'll see whether I can help you.”“Don't you know how to speak to an officer?”the young man said angrily.“Now let's start again Have you got change for ten pence?”“No,sir,”the old soldier answered quickly.【汉语翻译】年轻军官与老兵(2)最后(at last)有名老兵(old soldier)路过，年轻的军官拦住他道：“你有十便士(pence)的零钱(change)吗？”“等会儿(wait a moment)。
”老兵回答(answer)，开始(begin)把手放(put)进口袋，“让我看看是否(whether)能帮助你。
""难道你不知道(know)该怎样跟一位长官说话(speak)吗？”年轻人生气地(angrily)说，“现在我们重新开始(start again)，你有十美分的硬币吗？”“没有，长官(sir)。
”老兵迅速(quickly)答道。
二. Are You Going to Thank Her? (1)Mrs. Green has lived near the park of the city for forty years. She's very rich and has got a lot of money.Bur she never buys something expensive for her family and always does all the housework herself. She sweeps all the rooms every day.Last morning,when she got up, she felt terrible . After breakfast she felt even worse. She found some medicine and took it. But it was useless to her and she had to go to a hospital.【汉语翻译】您是要感谢她吗？(1)格林夫人(Mrs.)在这座城市(city)的公园(park)附近住(live)了四十(forty)年了。
她特别富裕(rich)，相当有钱(money)。
但她从不(never)给自己的家人(family)买昂贵的(expensive)物品，而且总是(always)自己做所有的家务(housework)，她每天打扫(sweep)所有的房间。
昨天早上(Last morning)。
她起床(get up)时感觉(feel)很糟糕(terrible)。
早餐(breakfast)后她觉得更严重(even worse)，就找了一些药(medicine)吃了。
但还是没用(useless)。
她不得不去了医院(hospital)。
二. Are You Going to Thank Her? (2)The doctor looked her over and asked her to be in hospital, but she refused and went home on foot.As soon as she got home, the telephone rang.She hurried to answer it. It was the doctor. He told her she had left her purse in the hospital and a nurse had found it.“Could you tell me her name,please?”asked Mrs. Green.“Of course, Mrs. Green. Are you going to thank her? ”asked the doctor.“No, no.”She said,“My handbag was lost three years ago.I want to know if she found it. ”【汉语翻译】您是要感谢她吗？(2)医生(doctor)给她作了检查并要求(ask)她住院，但她拒绝(refuse)了，然后步行(on foot)回家。
她一(as soon as)到家，电话就响(ring)了，她赶紧(hurry)去接听电话，是医生打来的，他告诉这位女士她的钱包(purse)丢在了医院，一位护士(nurse)捡到了。
“您能告诉我这位护士的名字(name)吗？”格林夫人问道。
“当然可以(of course)，格林夫人，您是要感谢(thank)她吗？”医生问道。
“不，不是，”她说：“我的手提包(handbag)三年前(three years ago)丢了，我想问问是不是她检到了。
”三. Sam and Tod (1)Sam had a dog.Its name w as Tod. It was very helpful,but it ate too much. So Sam didn't like it, and he wanted to kill Tod. He tied Tod in a bag and put itin a smallboat.He rowed the boat to the middle of a big river. Just as he threw the pooranimal into the river, the boat began to go down. Both Sam and Tod fell into the river.【汉语翻译】萨姆与托德(1)萨姆有一只狗(dog)。
他的名字叫托德。
它很有用(helpful)，但它吃的太多(eat too much)。
所以萨姆不喜欢他。
萨姆想杀死(kill)托德。
萨姆把托德绑(tie)在一个袋子里，把它放进一只小船(small boat)。
他把船划(row)到一条大河(river)的中央(middle)。
他正要(just)把这只可怜的动物(poor animal)扔(throw)下河的时候，船开始下沉，萨姆和托德两个都(both)跌入(fall into)河里。
三. Sam and Tod (2)Tod was able to swim,but Sam couldn't .The dog bit (咬) the rope and got out of the bag. It tried i ts best to swim to save Sam. The man was saved, so he was very thankful to the dog. He did not want to kill the dog any more. From then on, he gave the dog as much food as it wanted.【汉语翻译】萨姆与托德(2)托德能(be able to)游泳(swim)，但萨姆不会。
狗把绳子(rope)咬断，从袋子里出来(get out of the bag)。
它竭尽全力(try one's best)游过去救(save)萨姆。
萨姆获救了，所以他对托德是非常感激的(thankful)．他不再(not… any more)打算杀它了。
从那以后(from then on)，小狗想要吃多少食物(food)萨姆就给多少。
四. In the Bar (1)In England,if you are under the age of eighteen,you're not allowed to drink ina public bar.Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house,but he never took his son,Tom, because he was too young. Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday,Mr.Thompson took him to his usual bar for the first time.【汉语翻译】在酒吧(1)在英格兰(England)，年龄在18岁以下(under the age of eighteen)的人不允许(be not allowed to do)到公众(public)酒吧里喝酒(drink)。
71篇英文故事原文目录excel版,记住中考1600词
61
草莓西瓜果汁
发电
62
可乐
一个真正的男子汉
63
不要付出这种代价
我的宠物狗在哪里
64
钢铁
为什么我们不应该吸烟？
65
时间永不复返
未来的工作
66
功夫入门
制止两个男孩打架
67 美国第一位非洲裔第一夫人
买房子
68
日本诗歌纸牌比赛
吉米和他儿子的有趣故事
69
洗淋浴
乘小船在海上
70
关于木星
读熟日期
美国的体育
49
姑妈弗兰奇
苹果树
50
飞航
中国的小学生
51
多彩的世界
花语寄情
52
电脑越来越普及
通过做与行学习
53
对话：中餐
简回家太晚
54
渴望国王的青蛙
我儿子的问题
55
电视的价值
我做了件傻事
56
花坛的秘密
蛇
57 刘易斯和克拉克到达太平洋
秘书的电话
58
敲钟的猫
我的海贝收藏
59
筷子
早餐很重要
60
北京动物园
送礼物的正确方式
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70篇英文故事，记住中考1600词
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读熟日期 序号
名称
年轻军官与老兵
36
粗心的夫妇
您是要感谢她吗？
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保护牙齿
萨姆与托德
38
美国课堂行为守则
70篇小故事记住1600初中单词
70篇⼩故事记住1600初中单词吉⽶的画不同于(be different from) 他⼈的画，因为他从来不在整张纸上作画。
他只在⼀半纸上画，另⼀半总是空的(empty)。
“这真是个聪明的(clever)做法！”⼤家都说，“没有其他⼈(nobody else)这么画过。
”他们都认为这男孩堪称绘画艺术的先锋(pioneer)。
有⼀天，有⼈买了吉⽶的画，然后问：“请告诉我，吉⽶，你为什么总是在纸的下半部分(bottom half)画⽽不在上半部分(top half)画呢？”吉⽶说：“因为我个头⼩，我的画笔(brush)⽆法够到(reach)那么⾼(high)。
”⼗⼀. Living like a Pig (1)One day, a guru(印度教⼤师) knew what he would be in his next life. So he called his favorite disciple(徒弟) and asked himwhat he would do to show thanks. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do.After the guru received the promise,he said,“Then this is what I'd like you to do for me. I've just learned that when I die very soon, I'm going to be born as a pig.Do you see that pig eating rubbish over there in the yard ? I'm going to be born as one of its baby pigs. You’ll recognize(认出) me by a mark on my face . When the baby pigs have been born, find the baby pig with a mark on its face and kill it with your knife. Then I’ll not live a pig's life. Will you do this for me?”【汉语翻译】像猪⼀样⽣活(1)有⼀天，⼀位印度教⼤师知道了他的来⽣是个什么样⼦，因此，他召来(call)⾃⼰最喜爱的(favorite)徒弟，并问他要做什么来表⽰感谢。
70篇小故事记住1600初中单词
“Of course, Mrs.Green.Are you going to thank her?”asked the doctor.“No, no.”She said,“My handbag was lost three years ago.I want to know if she found it.”【汉语翻译】您是要感谢她吗？(2)医生(doctor)给她作了检查并要求(ask)她住院，但她拒绝(refuse)了，然后步行(on foot)回家。
她一(as soon as)到家，电话就响(ring)了，她赶紧(hurry)去接听电话，是医生打来的，他告诉这位女士她的钱包(purse)丢在了医院，一位护士(nurse)捡到了。
“您能告诉我这位护士的名字(name)吗？”格林夫人问道。
“当然可以(of course)，格林夫人，您是要感谢(thank)她吗？”医生问道。
“不，不是，”她说：“我的手提包(handbag)三年前(three years ago)丢了，我想问问是不是她检到了。
”三. Sam and Tod (1)Sam had a dog.Its name was Tod. It was very helpful,but it ate too much.So Sam didn't like it, and he wanted to kill Tod. He tied Tod in a bag and put it in a smallboat.He rowed the boat to the middle of aFinally,she answers,“For the eleventh time, I said we're having meat and rice!”【汉语翻译】“耳聋的”妻子某人对他的家庭医生说，“医生，我怀疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聋(deaf)了。
70篇小故事记住1600初中单词
70篇小故事记住1600初中单词小故事一：The Lost KeyThere was once a little boy named Tim. One day, he lost his key and couldn't find it anywhere. He searched for hours, but it seemed like the key had disappeared. Tim was worried because he needed the key to open the door to his house.Just when Tim had given up hope, his cat, Whiskers, came into the room carrying the key in her mouth. Tim was overjoyed and hugged Whiskers tightly. From that day on, Tim made sure to keep his key in a safe place, and he always thanked Whiskers for her help.Vocabulary:- little: 小的- key: 钥匙- couldn't find: 找不到- worried: 担心的- disappeared: 消失了- overjoyed: 非常高兴的- hugged: 拥抱- tightly: 紧紧地小故事二：The Brave PrincessOnce upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a brave princess named Sophia. She was known for her courage and kindness. One day, a fire-breathing dragon attacked the kingdom, causing fear and panic among the people.Princess Sophia, with her unwavering determination, decided to confront the dragon and save her kingdom. She armed herself with a sword and a shield, and rode her loyal horse into battle. With bravery and skill, she fought the dragon and eventually defeated it, restoring peace to the kingdom.The people hailed Princess Sophia as a hero, and she became even more loved and respected. Her story spread far and wide, inspiring others to be courageous and never give up.Vocabulary:- faraway: 遥远的- courage: 勇气- kindness: 善良- fire-breathing: 喷火的- fear: 害怕- panic: 恐慌- unwavering: 坚定的- determine: 决定- sword: 剑- shield: 盾牌- loyal: 忠诚的- battle: 战斗- defeat: 打败- restore: 恢复- hail: 称赞- hero: 英雄- loved: 受爱戴的- respected: 受尊敬的- inspire: 激励- give up: 放弃小故事三：The Magic PaintbrushIn a small village, there lived a young artist named Lily. She had a special paintbrush that had magical powers. Whenever she used it to paint, the things she painted would come to life.One day, Lily decided to use her magic paintbrush to help the people in her village. She painted beautiful flowers that bloomed instantly, bringing joy to everyone. Then, she painted a river that flowed through the village, providing water to the villagers.News of Lily's magic paintbrush spread, and people from far and wide came to witness her incredible talent. Lily continued to use her gift to bring happiness and prosperity to others.Vocabulary:- artist: 艺术家- magical: 魔法的- powers: 力量- used: 使用- paint: 画画- come to life: 活过来- decided: 决定- help: 帮助- village: 村庄- bloomed: 开花- instantly: 立刻地- joy: 快乐- river: 河流- flowed: 流动- providing: 提供- villagers: 村民- witness: 亲眼看到- incredible: 不可思议的- talent: 才华- gift: 天赋- happiness: 幸福- prosperity: 繁荣小故事四：The Clever MouseOnce in a cozy little house, there lived a tiny mouse named Milo. He was known for his cleverness and quick thinking. One day, a big cat came into the house, ready to catch Milo.But Milo was not an ordinary mouse. He quickly ran to the kitchen, grabbed a piece of cheese, and placed it strategically on a high counter. The cat, unable to resist, jumped up to grab the cheese, but ended up knocking down a vase.The sound of the breaking vase scared the cat away, and Milo escaped to safety. From that day on, the cat never bothered Milo again, knowing that the clever mouse always had a trick up his sleeve.Vocabulary:- cozy: 温馨的- tiny: 微小的- cleverness: 聪明- quick thinking: 机智- ready: 准备好- ordinary: 普通的- strategically: 策略地- unable: 不能- resist: 抵抗- jumped up: 跳了起来- knocking down: 打倒- vase: 花瓶- scared: 吓跑- escaped: 逃脱- safety: 安全- bothered: 打扰- trick: 诡计- up his sleeve: 手中的牌通过以上四个小故事，我们可以记住许多初中所学的单词。
初中经典英语故事大全
初中经典英语故事大全新课标课程改革后,英语故事教学方法受到了教师们的关注。
有些学校逐步尝试用故事教学方法给英语教学带来新的活力与朝气。
小编精心收集了初中经典英语故事，供大家欣赏学习!初中经典英语故事：询楼捕蝉One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas with a bamboo stick. With each stroke he caught one cicada, just as easily as picking it up at will. Confucius asked: "You are very skillful at catching cicadas. You must have followed some pattern.""That's right!”the old man answered. "The cicada is a clever little insect. It would fly away at themere rustling of leaves in the wind. Therefore, to catch cicadas, one must, first of all, train one's hand to hold the bamboo stick without shaking. When 2 pellets are put on the top of the bamboo stick and do not fall off, one has certain assurance in catching cicadas; when 3 pellets are put there and do not fall off, only one cicada out of ten can manage to escape; when 5 pellets are put there and do not fall off, then catching cicadas is as easy as picking them up at will."He then added: "But that is not enough. One must be good at hiding oneself. Now I am standing under a tree, just like half of a tree stump, with my arm stretching out like part of awithered twig. Last of all, one must be attentive. When I am catching cicadas, I don't think at all of the vastness of the universe, nor do I look at the numerous things around. I only see the two wings of the cicada. No matter what happens, nothing will distract my attention. As I manage to accomplish all these, I can be so skillful at catching cicadas."Hearing this, Confucius turned to his disciples and said: "Whatever you do, only when youpersevere with concentrated attention and devotion, can you achieve the acme of perfection. This is the truth that this hunchbacked old man has taught us."一天，孔子带着弟子去楚国。
初中英语小故事【范本模板】
1 Three Good FriendsOne day，a monkey rides his bike near the river。
This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him。
He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts。
The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river。
The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along。
He is very strong。
He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends。
2 The Old Man and the Old CatAn old man has a cat。
The cat is very old，too。
He runs very quickly。
And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse。
He catches it，but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry. He beats his cat。
He says：“You are a fool cat. I will punish you！”the cat is very sad。
70篇小故事记住1600初中单词
70篇⼩故事记住1600初中单词⼩.A Young Officer and an Old Soldier(1)A very new,young officer was at a railway station.He was going to visit his mother,andhe wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train.He looked in allhis pockets,but found that he did not have the coins for the telephone,so hewent outside and looked around for someone to help him.【汉语翻译】年轻军官与⼩兵(1)⼩位新上任的(new)年轻军官(young officer)在⼩⼩站(railway station)候⼩。
他要去看望(visit)他的⼩亲(mother)。
他想打电话(want to telephone sb.)告诉(tell)⼩亲他的列⼩(train)到站的时间。
但寻遍了所有的⼩袋(pocket)，却发现(find)他没有打电话⼩的硬币(coin)，于是他⼩到⼩站外⼩(outside)，环顾四周(look around)想找⼩帮忙(help)。
⼩.A Young Officer and an Old Soldier(2)At last an old soldier came by,and the young officer stopped him and said,“Have yougot change for ten pence?”“Wait a moment,”the old soldier answered,beginning to put his hand in his pocket.“I'llsee whether I can help you.”“Don't you know how to speak to an officer?”the young man said angrily.“Now let's start again Have you got change for ten penc e?”“No,sir,”the old soldier answered quickly.【汉语翻译】年轻军官与⼩兵(2)最后(at last)有名⼩兵(old soldier)路过，年轻的军官拦住他道：“你有⼩便⼩(pence)的零钱(change)吗？”“等会⼩(wait a moment)。
(完整版)初中英语小短文30篇
1 DogsPeople often say that a dog is man's best friend. Over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries. A guide dog can lead its blind owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.guard 看守，看护sheepdog 牧羊犬flock 群aid 帮助disabled 残疾人century 世纪guide dog 导盲犬dial 拨majority 大多数狗人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友。
几千年来，除了看家外，人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而出名。
狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了。
导盲犬可以为盲主人引路。
现在，人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨电话。
然而，对于大多数人来说，狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友。
中考英语复习(英语背诵故事精选30篇)
中考英语复习（英语背诵故事精选30篇）1. Mrs. Brown is forty-two years old, and has two sons and one daughter, Alice. Mrs. Brown gets up earlier than any other member of her family. She is very busy every day. She is a good cook. Alice sometimes helps her mother with the cooking.2. Yesterday was Sunday. Because there was no school, I went to a movie with three of my friends. It was raining, so we took our umbrellas. There were many people on the train.The movie began at two o’clock. We liked it very much. We enjoyed the movie for two hours. After the movie, we went to a coffee shop. My friends drank coffee, but I drank tea. It was a good day.3. Every Saturday, John goes to the store with his mother. They get on the bus at 9:00 in the morning. The trip doesn’t take long and they reach the store at 9:30. John’ s mother buys meat and vegetables. John looks at the magazines. He wants to buy candy, but he has no money. Sometimes John’ s mother buys him candy. They leave the store at 11:30.4. Mr. Brown often goes to the park with his family on Sundays. He goes with his wife, son, and two daughters. They get on the train after lunch and ride for an hour to the park. They usually leave the park at dinner time.At the park, they walk together and look at the trees. Mr. Brown’ s daught ers often read books. Sometimes, Mr. Brown and his son, Peter, play catch. They have a good time at the park.5. Linda es home at eight o’clock. She is surprised to find the front gate is open. When she gets into the kitchen, she notices that the gas oven is missing and a lamp has been knocked over. You can tell what must have happened to the gas oven and what Linda should do about it.6. Mr. White owns a bar in New York. He likes children. He has two children himself. But he thinks that children should not e into his bar. In New York, children under eighteen can not drink alcohol and they can’ t go into bars. In Mr. White’ s bar, there is a sign over the bar. It says: Anyone under eighteen is prohibited from drinking. It’ s the law of New York.7. Whenever I have a meeting, Mary is always the first person that I’ d like to invite. She is talkative lady. This is the reason why I want her to e to the meeting. She will be able to make my other guests laugh. She doesn’t get any angry even if someone tries to make fun of her. She can also discuss almost anything you can think of. 8. Anna was five years old. Her mother took her to the biggest shop in town. Anna found a beautiful doll in one of the show windows, and looked at it for a few minutes. When she looked around, she could not find her mother. She was very young, but she did not cry. She saw a policeman in the street, and went to him. She asked, “Have you seen a lady without a small girl?” “Yes, I have,” answered the policeman. Anna said with a smile, “I am the small girl. Where is the lady?”9. Last Sunday was a beautiful day. Paul went on a piic to a mountain with his parents. They went to the foot of the mountain by car. Then they walked up to the top, and it took about one hour and a half. Paul was the first to reach the top, the next was his father, and his mother was the last. on the top of the mountain they saw some people who were enjoying hand gliding. Down below a lot of cows were eating grass in the field. Paul and his parents had a very good time at the piic. 10. This is a story of one of the most famous men in the world. His name is Albert Schweitzer. When he was thirty years old, he began to study to bee a doctor. He wanted to help many poor and sick people in Africa. In 1913 he went to Africa. Hewas very busy every day, because he had to take care of many people who needed his help. He did everything he could for them. They did not have to pay for his help. The 1952 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Albert Schweitzer.11. Jack lives a small town in Texas with his father, mother and Betty, his younger sister. One day in the summer his mother asked him to go to the super-market to buy some cold drinks for the family. His mother handed him four dollars. He went to the supermarket by bicycle. It took him fifteen minutes to get there. He paid three dollars and sixty cents for four cans of orange juice and received forty cents in change. When he returned home, he gave the change back to his mother.12. Miss White is from America. She lives in Taipei. She has been in Taiwan for six months. She teaches English at a university from Monday to Friday. She likes to teach very much. She tells her students a lot of things about her country in her classes. When she teaches, she tries to speak easy English very slowly. Her students can understand her easily. Since her first visit, more and more students have bee interested in English, and enjoy studying it.13. Tom got a surprise yesterday. When he got home from school, he couldn’t find his mother anywhere. His sister, Anna, said to him, “Mother is in the hospital. Out new sister was just born.” Tom went to the hospital in a hurry with Anna. They saw their mother. She said, “Now you have another little sister. We will call her Mary.” In the evening their father came to the hospital. He took Tom and Anna to see the baby. Mary was sleeping in a little bed. Tom thought she wasn’t very pretty.14. Jack likes studying history very much. One Sunday morning he was planning to visit a museum. He hurried to the station to catch the 7:30 train. As soon as he got there, he tried to buy a ticket for that train. The ticket clerk said, “The 7:30 train has just left. The next train will leave in thirty minutes.” “Has the 7:30 train gone already? It’s 7:27 by my watch,” said Jack. The clerk said a smile, “Look at that clock on the wall. It’s already past 7:30. your watch is three minutes slow.15. Arthur goes to school by train. One morning he was very sleepy. After he left the station, he remembered that he left his bag in the train. Some textbooks, a box lunch and a dictionary were in the bag. At school he telephoned the lost and found office of the station to ask about the bag. But “We don’t have your bag” was the answer. He was shocked. He returned home and told his mother about it.16. This summer, Limei was taken to San Francisco by her aunt and uncle who are living in Taipei. She spent a week there. It was her first visit to a foreign country. San Francisco was full of visitors. There are many hills in the city. Limei rode on the famous cable car running through the city. When the cable car went up the hills, she was able to look down over the city. It was a great experience for her. She learned many things about San Francisco while she was there. She enjoyed San Francisco very much because she could see things with her own eyes.17. One evening Taming went to a supermarket to buy some fruit and vegetables. The store was very crowed with shoppers. An American girl came up to him and said, “Excuse me, but I want to buy some milk. Do you know where it is?” Taming knew where it was, but he did not know how to answer in English. He could only point out the place to the girl. Taming was very unhappy, because he could not even say “over there” in English. He decided to study English much hard er.18. Lihua is a college student. One day, on her way home, she met her friend Takong. She met him last two years ago. They said “Hello!” to each other. Takong said, “I’m going to India next spring as an engineer. I have to teach people there how to make puters, so I have studied English conversation for two years.” She wasin high school, he often slept in his English classes. She thought to herself he changed his mind about English.19. One day, Mary and her mother went shopping to buy a pair of shoes. The shoe store was in the center of the city. The street was full of people. Everyone looked very busy. There were five young girls standing in front of the store. They were holding small boxes in their hands. Several people stopped and put something in th e boxes. Mary asked her mother, “What are those people putting in the boxes?” “They’re putting money in them. Those girls are collecting money from people because they want to help the poor children in this city,” answered her mother. 20. This summer, Mr. Brown took a week’s holiday and decided to go camping with his family. His children, Alice and Mike were very glad. It was sunny on the day they left. They started early in the morning. On their way to the campground, they enjoyed looking at the beautiful mountains and lakes. They got there at noon, and began to get ready for lunch. Mike gathered some firewood. Father made a fire. Mother prepared food. Alice helped her mother cook. They enjoyed their lunch. After lunch, Alice and Mike went for a walk in the woods21. Lisa likes rabbits. She has ten pictures of rabbits on the walls in her room. Some of the rabbits are running and some are eating. Some are hopping and some are sleeping. One day, Lisa told her mother she wanted a real rabbit because she was tried of just looking at pictures of them. She wanted to hold a rabbit in her arms and play with it. She wanted to feed it carrots and green vegetables. On Lisa’s tenth birthday, her mother bought her a real rabbit. This made Lisa very happy. She played with it all day. That evening, she put the rabbit in a box in her room. 22. Taming practiced baseball every day. He was the best player in his school. No one hit the ball harder than he. No one ran faster than he. One day, an exchange student from Canada came to his school. His name was Peter. He was also a good baseball player. He could pitch better than anyone else. He joined the team and started practicing with Taming. They became good friends. They were both asked to play on the school team. Their team went to the finals. In the game, Peter pitched well and Taming hit a home run. Their team won the championship that year.23. Almost every American child wants a summer job. It is a chance to get away from Mon and Dad, to make new friends, to do things by himself, and to make some pocket money. It may also be a useful experience for the future. Children wash cars, take care of babies, or cut the grass for their family or neighbors. John’s first summer job was selling lemonade with Tom on the beach. They could save little money, because they drank much of their lemonade themselves. It was so hot on the beach.24. There are a lot of languages in the world.In Taiwan, most boys and girls study English. Why do they have to study it? Because it is used in a lot of countries.English is a great help and a very important language when they try to understand the people of other countries.What is the best way to learn English? Listen to good English first. Then use English at every chance. We have some chances to use it around us.We have to learn much about other countries.25. Mary has moved into a five-story apartment house. Her rented room is too dirty to live in. the wall papers are faded, the gas oven is out of order, the desk and chair are dark brown, and the curtains and bedspread are pink. The owner has told her that she can paint the walls and desk and chair, fix the gas oven, and wash thecurtains and bedspread in order to make the room more fortable. Mary gave up living here. And soon she moved out.26. Beth went to a business college to learn typing when she was eighteen years old. A year later, she passed her typing exams quite easily, and then went to look for work. She was living with her parents.A lot of people were looking for typists at that time, so it was not difficult to find work. Beth went to several offices, and then chose one of them. It was near her house. She thought, “I’ll walk there every morning. I won’t need to go by bus.”She went to the office again and said to the manager, “I want to work here, but how much will you pay me?”“We’ll pay you $200 each week at first,” the manager answered, “and $250 after three months.”Beth thought for a minute and then said, “All right, then I’ll start three months from now.”27. I sat at the corner table in a restaurant. A middle-age man and woman sat at a table next to me. The woman, who looked about fifty, drank coffee and talked to the man. The man who was nice-looking, didn’t pay any attention to what she said. She looked displeased. Then, it was about half an h our since they didn’t say anything. At last, the man said something to woman. Now they got up and walked toward the door. And then, the waiter ran after them and said, “Here is your check.”28. On Wednesday morning at eleven o’clock, Betty and I were walki ng along the street. I had just parked my car. Because Betty wanted to walk around and I was tired of driving a car. Suddenly I heard someone running from the bank. He was tall and thin. More important, he had a bag of money and a gun in his hand. Bettyal most cried when she saw a man having a gun. But I couldn’t do anything. Just standing. That man ran up the street and disappeared at last. The police and TV reporters arrived at the spot in less than ten minutes. They interviewed us about this case. The next morning, I was surprised to find that our picture was in the newspaper. On reading the newspaper, I called up Betty. She was very excited. On the phone, I promised her to meet at the park at four o’clock to show our picture in the newspaper.29. The sun gives more light than all the electric lights in the world. It gives us light and heat. Without sunshine, nothing will grow in the world.At night we can see the stars. All day the stars are in the sky, but the light from the sun is bright, so we can’t see them. The stars are bright only when the sky is dark.The stars look very, very small, but some are bigger than the sun. Things look small when they are far away. Planes in the sky look like toys, but on the ground they are very big.The moon is a ball, too, like the earth and the sun. It is smaller than the stars, but it looks bigger because it is nearer to the earth. The moon has no light. It is bright because the sun shines on it.30. How much paper do you use every year? Perhaps you can’t you can’t answe r that question quickly. Some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person in a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.Paper is made from the wood of trees. So the forest countries like Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the United states have bee the most important countries in paper making. Finland makes the best paper in the world.Today paper-making machines are very big, and they make paper very fast. Watch them run! The biggest machines can make a piece of paper 400 meters long and six meters wide in one minute.When we think of paper, we think of newspaper, books, letters, and writing paper. But there are many other uses. Only half of the paper that is made is used for books and newspaper. For example, paperkeeps you warm. In Finland’s cold winters, the farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing is warmer than paper boots.。
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1 Dogs之迟辟智美创作People often say that a dog is man's best friend. Over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries. A guide dog can lead its blind owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.guard 看守，看护sheepdog 牧羊犬flock 群aid 帮手disabled 残疾人century 世纪guide dog 导盲犬dial 拨majority 年夜大都狗人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友.几千年来，除看家外，人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而知名.狗用来帮手残疾人已有好几个世纪了.导盲犬可以为盲主人引路.现在，人们还教狗为残疾主人翻开电灯、开冰箱和拨德律风.然而，对年夜大都人来说，狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友.2 Detective WorkA bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison, but the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, reporting to the inspector. "Yes, sir, I found Johnny . I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of what he bought. Here's the list."shirt , heavycrowbar, box of chocolates , shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers .The inspector said, "Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs. Judson to cover her backyard with cement?detective 侦探的侦探robber 强盗，响马prison 监狱inspector 检察官frankly 坦白地，真诚地crowbar 铁撬，撬棒shovel 铲，铁铲hammer 铁锤，锤子backyard 后院cement 水泥侦探工作一个响马从银行偷了很多钱.他被抓住送到监狱，可是钱没找到.当他从监狱出来时，他被监视，看他会做什么.这不，侦探正向检察官陈说：“是的，先生，我发现了强尼•阿米塔基，我跟着他转遍了全镇，但坦白说，我不能从他买的工具中推断出什么.这里是清单.” 衬衫、年夜铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、年夜铁锤、一束花 .检察官说：“好，这对我很有帮手.你还记得我们看到他是怎么帮他的邻居，贾德森老太太用水泥铺院子的吗？”3 What is Time? （Nursery Rhyme）Time is grain for peasants.Time is wealth for workers.Time is life for doctors.Time is victory for soldiers.Time is knowledge for students.Time is speed for scientists.Time is money for businessmen.Time is everything for all of us.Therefore, seize the time of today!grain 粮食wealth 财富victory 胜利seize 抓住，掌控时间是什么（童谣一首）对农民来说，时间就是粮食.对工人来说，时间就是财富.对医生来说，时间就是生命.对士兵来说，时间就是胜利.对学生来说，时间就是知识.对科学家来说，时间就是速度.对企业家来说，时间就是金钱.对我们年夜家来说，时间就是一切.因此，掌控今天!4 Perfect MatchA rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. Several painters try to mix the colour right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper colour. The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes famous. Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son. "Dad,"asks the son, "there's something I've got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly?""Son,” the father replies, "I painted the vase."proud of 自豪valuable 值钱的antique vase 古董花瓶paint 用油漆漆satisfy 满意eventually 最终confident 有信心的retire 退休match 和……相配绝配一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲，因为她有一只值钱的古董花瓶，她决定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色.好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色，可是没有一个人调出的颜色能让妇人满意.最后，来了一个油漆匠.他很有信心可以调出合适的颜色.果然妇人对最终的效果感到满意，漆匠也因此成名.几年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交给了儿子.“爸爸，”儿子问，“有件事我想知道.你是如何调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的？”“儿子，”父亲回答，“我把花瓶也一起漆了.”5 A BarbecueWhen I was a child, I once went camping with my family in the summer. We decided to make a barbecue in the valley. So we collected some tree sticks to make a fire. My father asked me if I could try to make a fire. I was glad to take the job. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke. Then my father said, "That's not the right way. I'll show you how to do it. First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily. Then put the larger ones on top of them."My father helped me make a big fire.barbecue 烧烤valley 山谷stick 枝条make a fire 生火烧烤当我还是小孩子的时候，一年夏天我们全家去野营.我们决定在山谷中烧烤，所以我们捡来了一些树枝生火.父亲问我愿不愿意检验考试着生火，我很高兴地承当了这项任务.我试着用火柴把木头扑灭，但结果都是烟.父亲说：“这样做分歧毛病.我来教你如何生火.先用小片的木头，因为它们容易扑灭，然后把年夜些的放在它们上面.”父亲帮我点起了旺旺的火.6 A Joke—“I stand corrected”I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.lean 倾斜slightly 轻微地check out 检查refuse 拒绝quarter 四分之一surgery 手术cure 治愈fix 治愈stand corrected 认错笑话——“我诚笃认错”我有一个朋友，他似乎总是微微向左倾斜.这个问题曾非常困扰我，所以我建议他去看医生，检查一下他的腿.几年来，他总是不听我的建议，还说我不正常，可是上星期，他终于去看了医生.果真，医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸.一个很快的小手术后，他康复了，现在他的两条腿完全一样长了，他也不再倾斜了.“你看，”我说，“那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢.”他看着我说：“我认错了.”7 Making a KiteOne day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string. They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.straight stick 直木棍tie 系string 绳子shape 形状cross 十字spread 传开frame 框架stick 粘tail 尾巴windy 有风的做一个风筝一天，保罗和理查德决定做一个风筝.首先，他们出门找了两根一样长的直木棍.他们把木棍带回家，用一根绳子把它们绑成十字形.然后他们又拿了些绳子，把木棍的四个顶端连在一起.然后，他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水，粘在风筝的框架上.他们将纸做的尾巴粘在一角，在风筝中间系上一根长绳.在接下来的一个有风的日子里，他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了.8 Animals in DangerSome of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys andwoodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are always swinging and flying from onetree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches. They even sleepin the treetops so they do not have to come down to the ground. Have you heard that such animals and birds in the rainforests are in danger?Because people are cutting down so many trees in the forests, the animals arelosing their homes. Do you know the reasons for it? Yes, people want wood, paperand land. As a result many animals and plants are dying. Some forests are sobadly damaged that they become deserts.rainforest 雨林woodpecker 啄木鸟treetop 树顶swing 摇荡leaves 树叶（leaf的复数形式）branch 树枝desert 沙漠濒危动物一些雨林中的植物和鸟类生活在树顶上，例如猴子和啄木鸟.它们总是从一棵树荡到或飞到另一棵树上，在树叶和树枝间寻找食物.它们甚至在树顶睡觉，所以它们不用到空中上来. 你知道吗？雨林中的这些植物正处于危险中.因为人们砍伐了森林中的许多树，植物们失去了家园.你知道人们砍树的原因吗？是的，人们需要木材、纸和土地.所以，许多植物和植物正在消亡.一些森林遭到了严重的破坏，酿成了沙漠.9 English in the WorldSome people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who useEnglish exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are nativespeakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add tothisnumber the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total isclose to one billion.English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium forconducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science andmedicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sportsevents, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies. estimate 估计exceed 超越native 本族的，本国的official 官方的acquire 掌握to some extent 到达某种水平billion 千万increasingly 越来越多地medium 工具，手段conduct 实行，执行international 国际的diplomacy 外交medicine 医药communication 通信event 事件世界上的英语有人说英语已不再属于英国人了，它属于全世界.据估计，使用英语的人超越七亿五千万，其中年夜约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人，而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用.如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定水平的人，这个总数将接近十亿.英语，作为进行国际业务和外交的工具，在世界上起着越来越重要的作用.它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及片子中发挥着越来越重要的作用.10 A FriendWhen you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might tryto guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannotguess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do? You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how topronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be withyou, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is?It is a dictionary. You can learn some important things about words from it,so you must know how to use it.come across 碰到guess 猜想朋友当你读英语书时，你经常会碰到新单词.你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思，可是当你无法猜出这些词的意思时，你该怎么办呢？这时你有一个好朋友.从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等.这个朋友可以经常伴你左右，你可以经常请他辅佐.你知道这个朋友是谁吗？他就是字典.你可以从他那里学习有关辞汇的众多重要知识，所以你必需学会如何使用字典.11 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. The friend wasvery rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the operathe friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather loudly. Shetalked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to theopera. Toward the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said, "Oh, mydear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sureyou will like it — the opera will be Carmen.""Thank you very much,"said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heardyou in Carmen."Carmen 《卡门》（歌剧名）invite 邀请opera 歌剧box 包厢theatre 剧场，戏院“我还从未听过你唱卡门”有一次，一个朋友邀请马克?吐温去看歌剧.这个朋友很有钱.他和他的妻子在剧院有自己的包厢.看歌剧时，朋友的妻子一直在说话.她说话的声音还挺年夜.她的话那么多，马克?吐温根本听不清歌剧.歌剧临近结束时，她转而对马克?吐温说：“噢，我亲爱的马克?吐温，我真的想让你再和我们一起渡过下周五.我保证你会喜欢的——下周的歌剧是《卡门》.”“非常感谢，”马克?吐温说.“想来会很好.我还从未听过你唱《卡门》.”12 Learning English in EnglandI came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I amgoing to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China nextmonth.At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people inEnglish. Now I can speak English much better, and even understand Englishtelevision, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates havehelped me a lot.I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me fordinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinesepeople. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I knowabout my own country.communicate 交流在英国学英语去年夏天，我来到英国.现在我在英国已经待了十一个月了.我将很快结束在英国的学习，下个月我就将回中国了.一开始，我觉得很难用英语和他人交流.现在我英语说得好多了，甚至可以看懂英语电视，这是因为我学习很努力，老师和同学对我的帮手也很年夜.现在我有许多英国朋友.一些朋友甚至邀请我去他们家吃饭.他们对中国和中国人很感兴趣.每当他们问我许多问题时，我才意识到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少.13 The Hare and the TortoiseOne day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. "I canbeat anyone!"cried he. "Will one of you try a race with me?""I will,?said the tortoise."You!?laughed the hare. "Oh, oh, how funny!?"Save your laughing for the end of the race,?said the tortoise. So a starting line was made, and away they went. The hare ran fast and wassoon far ahead, so he sat down to rest. By the time the tortoise came up, thehare was sleeping.On and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was toolate.There sat the tortoise by the sign that said: The End.hare 野兔tortoise 龟，乌龟beat 打败race 角逐兔子和乌龟一天，兔子正在向其他植物炫耀他能跑得很快.“我能跑过任何人.”他喊道.“你们有谁想和我比一比吗？”“我.”乌龟说. “你！”兔子笑道，“哦，哦，太滑稽了！”“留着到角逐结束后笑吧.”乌龟说.他们划了条起跑线，动身了.兔子跑得飞快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下来休息.比及乌龟赶上来时，他睡着了.乌龟一直往前走，当兔子最后醒来时，已经太晚了. 乌龟坐在一块牌子旁，上面写着：终点.14 Helping ParentsParents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let's saythat your mother is not happy about her boss. If she doesn't have other waysof expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell at you, scream atyour dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you. Here's how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble controlling hisor her anger: Don't make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinkingclearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till yourparent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explainhow the anger is affecting you.yell 年夜叫，呼喊scream 尖声喊叫handle 处置adult 成年人cool off 平静下来tone 语气affect 影响帮助父母父母经常因为他们生活中的烦恼而生气.我们举个例子，比如你妈妈对她的上司不满.假如她没有其他方法发泄她的情绪，她就可能回抵家冲你年夜声嚷嚷，对你爸爸年夜喊年夜叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至对你说一些难听的话.当你身边的年夜人控制不住他们的怒火时，你应付的方法是：别让情况变得更糟糕.生气的人很难坚持思维清晰，所以不要做，也不要说任何会使事情变得更糟的事或话.先等你的父母平静下来，然后再心平气和地和他们谈，并想法子说明他们的怒火是如何影响你的.15Humour — What Is a Teenager?A teenager is ...... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not hismother calling from the next room.... a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't makea bed.... a connoisseur of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud. ... an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually tootired to dry the dishes.... a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week. ... a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needscleaning.... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.block 街区whiz 天才，能手operate 把持connoisseur 内行，鉴赏家enthusiast 热心的人，热情的人energy 精力romantic 浪漫主义者suspect 怀疑original 新颖的，首创的positive 肯定的幽默——少年是什么样的人？少年是…………一个隔着三个街区也能听到他最喜欢的歌手的声音但却听不到隔壁房间母亲叫声的人.…… 一个不用上一节课就可以把持最新电脑的能手，但却不会铺床.……两种音乐的鉴赏家——吵闹的和非常吵闹的音乐.……一个布满热情，精力充分的人，他可以骑车骑几英里，但却经常因为觉得太累而擦不干碟子.……一个浪漫主义者，他不经常恋爱，一周绝对少于一次. ……一个每星期六都要睡到中午，却总是怀疑房间需要清扫的人.……是一个有首创精神的思想家，他判定他的母亲不是从少年时期走过来的16 Charles ChaplinOne day a small boy called Charles Chaplin was walking along the street inLondon. It was a cold winter's day in 1900. He wanted to buy some bread, buthe didn't have any money. His father had died when he was very young. He andhis brother, Sid, had to work to help their sick mother. Although Charles was small, his dream was very big. He wanted to be a greatman in the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dancer andsinger.Thirty years later, this same boy was among the most famouspeople in theworld.Even if you do not understand English, you can enjoy his films, because nowords are used in his films.dream 梦想dancer 舞蹈家查尔斯?卓别林一天，一个叫卓别林的小男孩在伦敦的年夜街上走着.那是1900年寒冬的一天.卓别林想买一些面包，但他没有钱.他的父亲在他还很小时就去世了.他和他的兄弟西德必需工作以帮手生病的母亲.卓别林年纪虽小但他有很年夜的理想.他想成为片子世界的伟年夜人物，所以他努力工作，希望成为有名的舞蹈家和歌唱家.三十年后，这个小男孩成了世界上最著名的人之一.即使你不懂英语，你也可以欣赏他的片子，因为他的片子是无声的.17 A Seaside PicnicOne morning last April, Joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang. It washer friend, Dave, who invited her out for a picnic at the seaside. Later that day she left her flat and walked to the bus stop to catchthe bus.Joan was wearing a T-shirt and skirt as it was quite hot. As she sat on thebus she looked out of the window. The sun was shining. She saw a plane goingover a forest and some horses in the fields.Before long she arrived at the seaside and met Dave. They went down to thebeach and had their picnic next to a rock. They had sandwiches and crisps, andDave painted a picture. They had a lovely day.flat 公寓（英国英语）forest 森林crisp 油炸马铃薯片海滩野餐去年四月的一天早上，当琼还躺在床上时，德律风铃响了.德律风是她的朋友戴夫打来的，她想邀请琼去海滩野餐.那天晚些时候，琼离开了公寓，去公共汽车站搭车.因为天气很热，琼穿戴Ｔ恤衫和裙子.当她坐在车上时，她看着窗外.阳光明媚.她看到一架飞机飞过一片森林，看到田野里的马. 一会功夫，她就到了海边，碰到了戴夫.他们走下海滩，在一块岩石边野餐.他们一起吃三明治和马铃薯片，戴夫还画了一幅画.他们渡过了开心的一天.18 A Dish WasherSome people have dogs or cats as pets. One woman in New York keeps a monkey asher pet. This monkey can wash dishes. He washes the dishes for the woman everyday. He likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. Sometimes he washes thesame dishes over and over. If the woman tries to stop him, he then gets angry.He begins to throw the dishes in all directions. But this does not happen veryoften.The woman's husband is very happy with the monkey. The husband never needs tohelp his wife wash the dishes. The monkey does all this work. The husband saysthat he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to washdishes so much.direction 方向洗碗工有些人的宠物是猫或狗.纽约的一位妇女养了只猴子当宠物.这只猴子会洗碗.他每天为这个妇女洗碗.他喜欢洗而且从未打破过一个碗碟.有时他会一遍遍地清洗同一个碗.如果这个妇女试图阻止，猴子就会发脾气，并开始朝四面八方扔碗碟.但这种情况不常发生.女人的丈夫非常满意这只猴子.他从不需要帮自己的妻子洗碗.猴子包揽了这些活.这个丈夫说他无法理解，不论是谁，人还是猴子，怎么会如此喜欢洗碗呢19 A Young PioneerLong ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wilderness, ayoung boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in theEast to learn about the new country. He wanted to know what lay beyond theRocky Mountains.Kit's father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more abouthunting and trapping in the country of the Indians.Kit was always calm in times of danger. He was strong and brave. Most of theIndians liked and respected him for his honesty.For many years, Kit lived in the West. He taught other white men many things.Probably the most important thing he taught them was how to get along with theIndians.wilderness 荒野pioneer 先锋，先驱hunting 狩猎trapping 诱捕respect 尊敬honesty 诚笃，正直get along with 与……相处年轻的先驱很久以前，美国西部还是一片荒野，一个年轻的男孩，名叫基特，还不满二十岁，从东部的家乡来到这里，要了解这个新的国家.他想知道在落基山脉那边有什么.基特的父亲教会他瞄准射击，但他在印第安人的村落里学到了更多的狩猎和狩猎的本事.基特在危险的时刻总是很冷静.他强壮勇敢.年夜大都印第安人因为他的诚笃而喜欢并尊敬他.基特在西部生活了很多年.他教会其他白人很多工具.也许他教会他们的最重要的工具就是如何与印第安人相处.20 A Robot BabysitterIn 2005 Japan made a new robot. It can take care of a child. The new robot iscalled iPapero. It weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by9.8 inches.iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. It can recognize andremember up to ten faces and use its eight separate electronic ears tounderstand human voices even in noisy situations. It also plays games withchildren when they are unhappy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to entertain thechild. If the child is bored, iPapero will change new songs and quizzes sothat it doesn't repeat itself. The robot babysitter even has a cell phone tocall a parent when the child asks for his mother.babysitter 保姆separate 分开的electronic 电子的situation 情形，境遇entertain 使快乐quizzes 猜谜，问答角逐（quiz的复数）看小孩的机器人2005年，日本制造了一个新的机器人.它会照看小孩.这个新机器人叫做iPapero.它13.2磅重，身体是15.2×10.3×9.8英寸. iPapero是个小机器人，但它有很多特殊的技能.它能识别和记忆多达十张脸，即使是在吵闹的情况下，它也能用它八只分开的电子耳朵听懂人的声音.当孩子们不高兴时，它还和他们玩游戏、唱歌或猜谜语让他们开心.如果孩子感到无聊了，他会换新的歌和谜语，这样就不会重复.这个照看小孩的机器人甚至还装有移动德律风，当孩子找妈妈时，可以用它打德律风给父母21 The Eagle and the RavenAn eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on abranch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break itlike that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as Icould, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at thekernel."The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to theground. The raven hopped quickly from his branch and seized the nut in hisbeak. By the time the eagle had found his way back to the right place, allthat was left was a broken piece of shell.eagle 鹰raven 渡鸦beak 鸟嘴land 着陆kernel 果实hop 单脚跳broken 破碎了的shell 壳鹰和渡鸦正当鹰试图弄开它嘴中的坚果时，一只渡鸦停在了他旁边的树干上.渡鸦贪婪地看着坚果，“你这样永远也弄不开它，”他说.“如果我是你，我就会尽我所能，飞向高空，然后让坚果失落在石头上.这是获得果实的唯一法子.”鹰飞向空中，然后让坚果落下，落下，落到空中.渡鸦飞快地跳离树干，叼住了坚果.当鹰寻旧路折回时，地上只剩下一些破碎的果壳了.22 Buying Books on the InternetIt's easy to order books from the Internet. There are several companies thatship books to customers in China. Just decide which company you would like touse and type that company's name into the search engine. The company'shomepage will appear within a few seconds. Next you can type the name of theauthor or the title of the book you want to buy in the space provided on thepage. If you decide to buy one of the books you will need to give furtherinformation such as your address and your credit card number. You will alsoneed to decide how you want to have the book shipped. Finally, all you have todo is wait for the book to arrive in your mailbox.Internet 互联网company 公司ship 运送search engine 搜索引擎author 作者title 题目space 空白处provide 提供further information 进一步的信息credit card 信用卡网上购书从网上订书是非常方便的.在中国有许多公司可以把书寄到顾客的手里.你要做的只是决定你想使用哪家公司，然后把公司名输入搜索引擎.几秒钟后公司的主页就呈现了.接下去你可以在网页提供的处所输入你想买的书的作者名或书名.如果你决定购买其中一本书，你需要进一步提供信息，例如你的住址和信用卡号码.你还需要决定书的邮寄方式.最后，你所需做的就是等候书送到你邮箱里来.23 A Bus RideOne day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. Shehad a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help theold,"I said to myself.When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner gotup quickly saying, "Please sit down."The old lady thanked him and sat down.She looked very happy.I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus.Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up myseat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian,and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.ride 骑马、骑脚踏车或乘坐公共交通工具旅行elderly 年长的virtue 美德pregnant 怀孕的乘公共汽车一天，我在一辆公共汽车上.我发现一位年长的妇人站在我的面前，她手里拿了个年夜包.“帮手老人是年轻人的美德.”我对自己说.当我正要站起来把自己的座位让给那位老妇人时，一个年轻的外国人很快站了起来，说：“请这里坐.”老妇人谢谢他，然后坐下，她看上去非常高兴.我有一点尴尬，因为我坐在车箱的中间.突然一个孕妇上了车.我很快地站起来把座位让给了她.那个外国人笑着看着我，他说他是澳年夜利亚人，正在中国学习中国文化.24 The Dog and His ShadowIt happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On hisway home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water."Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If Icould get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!" With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, hisown meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all. Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too. "That is as it shouldbe!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!。