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Best Way to Know a Strange City熟悉陌生城市的最好方法（14日周一）

I was in a strange city and I didn't know the city at all. What is more, I could not speak a word of the language.

我在一个陌生的城市里并对这座城市一无所知。更糟糕的是当地话我一句也不会说。After having spent my first day in the https://www.360docs.net/doc/e24592167.html, center, I decided to lose my way on the second day, since I believed that this was the nearest way of getting to know the strange city.

第一天我在市中心待了一天,第二天我决定迷路,因为我相信迷路是了解一座陌生城市的最快办法。

I got on first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops. Then got off it and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough. Then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I know of the language was the name of the street in which I lived and even that I pronounced badly.

我上了第一辆路过的公交车,坐了几站地后下车步行。前两个小时非常愉快地过去了,然后我决定返回旅馆吃午饭。走了一段时间之后我想我还是问问路吧。可问题是我唯一会说的一个词就是我所住的街道的名称,并且发音还很糟糕。

I stopped to ask a friendly-looking newspaper-seller. He smiled and handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I gave him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. The policeman listened to me carefully, smiled and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and https://www.360docs.net/doc/e24592167.html, left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the point.

我停下来去问一个长得比较友善的卖报人,他微笑着拿给我一份报纸,我揺揺头又重复了一遍我住的街道的名称,他却把报纸放到我手里,我给了他钱,继续走我的路。我同的第二个人是个警察,他仔细听我说,微笑着并很温和地拉起我的胳膊,他的眼里流露出一种奇怪的神情,他指左指右又指左。我礼貌地点了点头按他指的方向走去。

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer And green fields were appearing in either side of me. I had come all the way into countryside. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station.

大约一小时以后我发现周围的房屋越来越少,两边开始出现一片片绿野,我一路来到了乡下。现在我唯一能做的事就是找到最近的火车站了。

Keeping Office Pets带宠物上班（16日周三）

Pet owners are being encouraged to take their animals to work, a move scientists say it can be good for productivity, workplace morale, and the wellbeing of animals.

养宠物者带宠物上班现在被广为鼓励。科学家们说,这有利于提高生产力,鼓舞工作场所士气,并使动物感到安逸。

A study found that 25% of Australian women would like to keep an office pet. Sue Chaseling of Petcare Information Service said the practice of keeping office pets was good both for the people and the pets. “0n the pets” side,they are not left on their own and “won't feel lonely and unhappy”, she said. A study of major US companies showed that73% found office pets beneficia1(有益的) , while27% experienced a drop in absentee ism.

一项调査结果表明,25%的澳大利亚妇女愿意养一只办公室宠物。来自关爱宠物信服务中心的苏?査瑟琳说,养办公室宠物的习惯对人和宠物都是有好处的一站在宠物的立场上,它们不再被单独留在家中,也不再会感到“孤独和不开心”。另一项调査结果显示,73%的美国主要公司认为养办公室宠物是有益的,然而另外27%的公司因故没有参加投票。

Xarni Riggs has two cats walking around her G1oba1 Hair Salon in Paddington. “My customers love them. They are their favorites,”she said. “They are not troublesome. They know when to go and have a sleep in the sun.”

夏妮.瑞格斯的两只猫就闲庭信步在她位于帕丁顿的国际发型沙龙外。“我的顾客非喜欢它们,”她说,“它们从来不找麻烦,它们知道什么时候该出去在太阳底下睡上一觉。”

Little black BJ has spent nearly a11 his two years “working” at Punch Gallery in Balmain.Owner lain Powe11 said he had cats at the ga11ery for 15 years. “BJ often lies in the shop window and people walking past tap on the glass,” he said.

BJ小黑已经在柏美恩的潘趣画廊“工作”近两年的时间。它的主人艾恩? 地威尔说他在画廊养猫已15年。“BJ总躺在商店橱窗里,然后有人就会在路过时轻敲玻璃”,他说。

MsChaseling said cats were popular in service industries because they enabled a point of conversation. But she said owners had to make sure both their co-workers and the cats were comfortable.

査瑟琳女士说,在服务行业内养描很流行,因为它们能成为话题的切入点。但她还说宠物主人一定要确保他们的同事和猫咪自己都感到舒服。

母爱英语短文：Side Stepping躲到一边(18日周五)

The photo album worn and old is sitting on the pile. She flips the cover open just to reminisce awhile. On the first page there she is, a baby in her lap, her son when he was one year old; she smiles as she thinks back. That was taken in the park where she took him to play. Funny how it sometimes seems like only yesterday. But other times it seems those days are distant memories. And all we have reminding us are pictures such as these.

杂物上放着一本陈旧的相册。她轻轻地翻开,仅仅是打算回忆片刻。第一张是她一岁的小宝宝坐在她的腿上。她面带微笑地回想着。这张是她带他在公园玩时照的,奇怪的是,这笑容依稀是在昨天,但那些日子却已是遥远的记忆。能让我们再次回味的也只有这些照片了。

She sees a picture of him with his second birthday cake, https://www.360docs.net/doc/e24592167.html, and smiles as she remembers of the face that he would make. When trying to blow out the candles he would have a fit. He tried so hard to blow them out but they would all stay lit. So Mom came to the rescue with a waving of her hand. The same time that he blew on it she waved a little fan. She smiles as she thinks back at all the things when he first tried, when she would lend a helping hand and then just step aside.

她看到一张儿子和他两岁时的生日蛋糕的相片,记起他常常做的鬼脸。当他准备好使劲吹蜡烛时,却怎么也吹不灭,于是妈妈过来帮助他,挥了一下手。在他又吹蜡烛时,她轻轻煽了一下。她微笑着回想着他所有的第一次,她帮助了他,又躲到了一边。

She sees a picture of him standing holding his first bike, and smiles when thinking how he said, “It’s harder than a tri ck.’’ But she would run behind him holding on while he would ride, until he got his balance and then she would step aside.

她又看到一张儿子紧握着他的第一辆自行车的照片,当她想到儿子说’这比恶作剧难’时不禁笑了。但是当他骑车时,她就跟在他的后面扶着他跑,直到他掌握了平衡,她才躲到一边。