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People often say that a dog is man's best friend. Overthousands of years,

man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besidesguarding the

home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their abilityto 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 toturn on light

switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephonefor their disabled

owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs aresimply 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disabled 残疾人 century 世纪 guide dog 导盲犬 dialmajority 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

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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。

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。

2 Detective Work

A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caughtand sent to prison, but

the money was never found. When he came out ofprison, they watched

him to see what he would do. Here is thedetective, reporting to the

inspector. \"Yes, sir, I found Johnny . I followedhim all around the town,

but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of whathe bought. Here's thelist.\"

shirt , heavy crowbar, box of chocolates ,shovel, heavy hammer, bunch

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of flowers .The inspector said, \"Good. That helpsme 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盗贼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

一个盗贼从银行偷了很多钱。他被抓住送到监狱但是钱没找到。

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

官报告“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我不能从他买的东西中推断出什么。这里是清

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单。” 衬衫、大铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、大铁锤、一束花 。

检察官说“好这对我很有帮助。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把握

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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。对我们大家来说时间就是一切。因此把握今天!

4 Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antiquevase that she decides to

have her bedroom painted the same colour as thevase. Several painters

try to mix the colour right, but none comes closeenough to satisfy the

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woman.

Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident thathe can mix the proper

colour. The woman is pleased with the result, andthe painter becomes

famous. Years later, he retires and turns thebusiness over to his son.

Dad,asks the son, \"there's something I've got toknow. How did you get those walls to match thevase 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

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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但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 Barbecue

When I was a child, I once went camping with myfamily in the summer.

We decided to make a barbecue in the valley. So wecollected some tree

sticks to make a fire. My father asked me if Icould try to make a fire. I

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was glad to take the job. Then I tried to set fireto 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 smallpieces of wood because

they catch fire easily. Then put the larger oneson top of them.\"My fatherhelped me make a big fire.

barbecue 烧烤 valley 山谷 stick 枝条 makea 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。父亲问我愿不愿意尝试着生火我很高兴地承担了这项任务。我试

着用火柴把木头点燃但结果都是烟。父亲说“这样做不对。我来

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教你如何生火。先用

小片的木头因为它们容易点燃然后把大些的放在它们上面。”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 leanslightly to the left all the

time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he seea doctor, and have his

legs checked out. For years, he refused and toldme I was crazy, but last

week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctordiscovered his left leg was

a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bitof surgery later, he was

cured, and both legs are exactly the same lengthnow, and he no longer

leans. “So,”I said, \"You didn't believe me whenI told you a doctor could

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fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, \"Istand 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 standcorrected 认错

笑话——“我诚恳认错”

我有一个朋友他似乎总是微微向左倾斜。这个问题曾经非常困扰我

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但是上星期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。”

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7 Making a Kite

One 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 theshape of a cross. Then

they took some string and used it to tie the fourends of the sticks together.

Then, they spread some brightly coloured paperover the frame and glued

it around the string. They stuck a tail made ofpaper 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 andflew it.

straight stick 直木棍 tie 系 string 绳子shape 形状

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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 Danger

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Some of the animals and birds in the rainforest,such as monkeys and

woodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are alwaysswinging and flyingfrom one

tree to another looking for food among the leavesand branches. Theyeven sleep

in the treetops so they do not have to come downto the ground.

Have you heard that such animals and birds in therainforests are indanger?

Because people are cutting down so many trees inthe forests, the animals

are losing their homes. Do you know the reasonsfor it? Yes, people wantwood, paper

and land. As a result many animals and plants aredying. Some forests areso

badly damaged that they become deserts.

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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

一些雨林中的动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所以它们不用到地面上来。

你知道吗雨林中的这些动物正处于危险中。因为人们砍伐了森林中

的许多树动物们失去了家园。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许多动物和植物正在消亡。一些森林

遭到了严重的破坏变成了沙漠。

9 English in the World

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Some people say that the English language nolonger belongs to theEnglish,

and it belongs to the world. It is estimated thatthe number of people whouse

English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about350 million are native

speakers, while the rest use it as an officiallanguage. If we add to this

number the people who have acquired the languageto some extent, thetotal is

close to one billion.

English plays an increasingly important role inthe world as a medium for

conducting international business and diplomacy,as well as in scienceand

medicine, the Internet, air and seacommunications, international sportsevents, radio and TV programs, pop songs andmovies.

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estimate 估计 exceed 超过 native 本族的本国的 official官方的

acquire 掌握 to some extent 达到某种程度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

的人超过七亿五千万其中大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

到一定程度的人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

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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、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。

10 A Friend

When you read an English book, you often comeacross new words. Youmight try

to guess what the words mean from the words youknow, but when youcannot

guess the meanings of new words at all, whatshould you do?

You have a good friend then. From him you canlearn what a word means,how to

pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on.This friend can always

be with you, and you can always ask him to helpyou. Do you know who this

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friend is?

It is a dictionary. You can learn some importantthings about words fromit,

so you must know how to use it.

come across 碰到 guess 猜测 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但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你可以经常请他帮忙。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词汇的众多重要知识所以你

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必须学会如何使用字典。

11 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”

Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go tothe opera. The friend was

very rich. He and his wife had their own box atthe theatre. During theopera

the friend's wife talked all the time. She alsotalked rather loudly. She

talked so much that it was often difficult forMark Twain to listen to the

opera. Toward the end of the opera she turned toMark Twain and said,

Oh, my

dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us againnext Friday night. I'm sure

you will like it — the opera will be Carmen.Thank you very much,said Mark Twain. \"That will befine. I have neverheard

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you 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。

她说话的声音还挺大。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度过下周五。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》。”

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12 Learning English in England

I came to England last summer. I have been inEngland for eleven months.I am

going to finish my studies in England soon, andwill leave for China nextmonth.

At first it was very difficult for me tocommunicate with other people in

English. Now I can speak English much better, andeven understandEnglish

television, because I have studied hard and myteachers and classmateshave

helped me a lot.

I have lots of English friends now. Some of themhave even invited mefor

dinner at their houses. They are interested tolearn about China and

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Chinese people. Every time they ask me a lot ofquestions, I realize how little Iknow

about 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别人交流。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

助也很大。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。

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13 The Hare and the Tortoise

One day a hare was telling the other animals howfast he could run. \"I can

beat anyone!\"cried he. \"Will one of you try a racewith me?\"

I will,?said the tortoise.

You!?laughed the hare. \"Oh, oh, how funny!?Save your laughing for the end of the race,?saidthe tortoise. So a starting line was made, andaway they went. The hare ran fast and was

soon far ahead, so he sat down to rest. By thetime the tortoise came up, the

hare was sleeping.

On and on went the tortoise, and when the harelooked up at last, it was too late.

There sat the tortoise by the sign that said: TheEnd.

hare 野兔 tortoise 龟乌龟 beat 打败race 比赛 

兔子和乌龟 

一天兔子正在向其他动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” “留着到比赛结束后笑吧。”

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like that,\"he said. \"If I were you I would fly upin the sky as high as I

could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's theonly way you'll get at thekernel.\"

The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nutfall down, down, down tothe

ground. The raven hopped quickly from his branchand seized the nut inhis

beak. By the time the eagle had found his way backto the right place, all

that 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。

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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然后让坚果掉在石头上。这是得到果实的唯一办法。”

鹰飞向空中然后让坚果落下落下落到地面。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 Internet

It's easy to order books from the Internet. Thereare several companiesthat

ship books to customers in China. Just decidewhich company you wouldlike to

use and type that company's name into the searchengine. The company's

homepage will appear within a few seconds. Nextyou can type the nameof the

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author or the title of the book you want to buy inthe space provided onthe

page. If you decide to buy one of the books youwill need to give further

information such as your address and your creditcard number. You willalso

need to decide how you want to have the bookshipped. Finally, all youhave to

do 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 标题 space 空白处 provide提供 further information 进一步的信息 creditcard 信用卡

网 上 购 书

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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出现了。接下去你可以在网页提供的地方

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你所需做的就是等待书送到你邮箱里来。

23 A Bus Ride

One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly womanstanding in front of me.She

had a big bag in her hand. \"It's a virtue for ayoung person to help theold,\"I said to myself.

When I was standing up to give my seat to the oldlady, a young foreigner

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got

up quickly saying, \"Please sit down.\"The old ladythanked him and satdown.

She looked very happy. I was a little

embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle ofthe bus.

Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. Iquickly stood up to giveup my

seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He saidthat he was an Australian,

and was a student studying Chinese culture inChina.

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

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她手里拿了个大包。“帮助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因为我坐在车厢的中间。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他说他是澳大

利亚人正在中国学习中国文化。

24 The Dog and His Shadow

It happened that a dog had some meat that hewanted to eat at home. Onhis

way home he met a river. As he looked down, he sawhis shadow in thewater.

Just look!said he to himself. \"That dog down therehas some meat, too.

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If I

could get it away from him, I would really eatwell tonight!\"

With this thought, he made a snap at the otherdog's meat. And as he did,his

own meat fell into the water. So then he hadnothing at all.

Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat,too. \"That is as it should

be!?thought he. \"For I saw him trying to take mymeat away from me.\"

By wanting to have everything, he has losteverything he had!

shadow 影子 snap at 抓咬

狗和他的影子

碰巧狗有一些肉他想回到家后再吃。回家的路上他遇到了一条河。当他往河里看

时在水里他看到了他的影子。

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“看啊”他对自己说“下面的那只狗也有一些肉。如果我能从他那

里把肉弄过来 那我今晚就可以美餐一顿了”带着这个想法他朝另一只狗的肉扑去。当他这么做时他自己的肉掉进了水里。所以他就什么都没有了。

然后他看到另一只狗的肉也没了。“活该”他想“因为我看到他想从我这里抢走

我的肉。” 什么都想要却失去了原来所拥有的

25 Managing Your Emotions

What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someonetries to makesomeone else

feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I wasreally angry, I actually

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called names. I regretted doing this afterwards,but not full heartedly

because I think I was provoked in that situation.The most positive way of dealing with anger istalking about the problem.I

talk to someone who listens, or I'll write mythoughts down on paper.Learning

how to deal with anger as you're growing up is soimportant. When you're

younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry,but as you get older, you're expected to handleyour emotions much better.

Learning to control your emotion now will preventyou from doingsomething

that you'll regret later on in life!

emotion 情绪 manage 控制操纵管理 admit 承认

full heartedly 全心全意地 provoke 激怒 prevent预防防止

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控制你的情绪

什么事会让我愤怒呢通常情况下当有人试图使别人觉得不舒服

时我会非常愤怒。我不得不承认有一次在我实在很生气的时候

我确实骂了人。过后我很后悔那么做但我不认为全是我的错因

为我觉得在那种情况下我是被激怒了。

解决愤怒的最积极的方法是把问题说出来。我说给愿意听的人或者

把我的想法写在纸上。在你成长的过程中学会处理愤怒是非常重要

的。小时候你生气的时候可以大喊大叫或者哭闹但长大后你被

期望能更好地控制情绪。

现在就学着控制情绪能让你避免做一些可能使你以后遗憾一生的事情。

26 “I Don’t Have to Eat All the Egg.”

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A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to afamous editor. After a few

weeks the story was returned to her. The lady wasangry. She wrote to theeditor:

Dear Sir: Yesterday you sent back a story of mine.How do you know that the

story is not good? You did not read it. Before Isent you the story, I pasted

together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test tosee whether you would read

the story. When the story came back yesterday, thepages were still pasted

together. Is this the way you read all the storiesthat are sent to you?The

editor wrote back: \"Dear Madam: At breakfast whenI open an egg I don'thave

to eat all the egg to discover that it is bad.?

editor 编辑 paste 用浆糊粘

“我不必吃掉整个鸡蛋。”

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曾经有位女士她写了一篇很长的小说并把它寄给了一位著名的编

辑。几周后小说退回来了。女士很生气她给编辑写了封信。

“尊敬的编辑先生

昨天你把我的小说退回来了。你怎么知道这小说不好你根本没有读 过。在寄给你之前我把十八、十九和二十页粘在了一起。这是要检

查你是否会读我写的小说。昨天小说退回来时这三页还粘在一起。

难道这就是你阅读所有寄给你的作品的方式吗”编辑回信写道“尊敬的女士 早餐时我打开一只鸡蛋我不必等到

吃完整个鸡蛋后才发现蛋是臭的。”

27Visiting Shakespeare’s Home

In 1998, when I was working for an export company,I went to England.After

finishing my business, which took several days, Iwent to Stratford, where

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Shakespeare was born. In Stratford, I visitedseveral sites that are

associated with Shakespeare, including the housewhere he was born, thechurch

where he was buried, and the cottage where hiswife's family lived. Iwanted

to see a play, so I asked at the theatre boxoffice for whatever tickets were

available. I got a seat for The Merchant ofVenice, which is my favourite

play. Afterwards, I waited at the stage door formy favourite actor, whowas

in the play. I got his autograph and talked tohim. It is an experience that I will rememberforever.

export 出口 associated 有关的有联系的 bury埋葬

cottage 村舍 merchant 商人 autograph 亲笔签名

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莎士比亚故居之旅

1998年我在一个出口公司工作的时候去了一趟英国。花几天时

间干完公务后我去了斯特拉特福德莎士比亚出生的地方。在斯特

拉特福德我参观了几处与莎士比亚有关的场所包括他出生时的房

子、死后埋葬的教堂以及他妻子的家人居住的村舍。我想去看一出戏剧所以就向剧院售票处询问哪场戏剧有票结果买

到了《威尼斯商人》的票这是我最喜欢的戏剧。之后我在后台入

口处等到了剧中我最喜欢的演员。我得到了他的亲笔签名并和他交

谈。这次经历我永远不会忘记。

28 A Thrilling Ride

Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down thehill went the sled. Bill

steered. Jane held on tightly. The coasters on thehill watched them. Past

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trees they whizzed. Jane yelled, \"Stop the sled!Stop the sled!?but Billcould not stop it.

Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird inflight. Was shedreaming?

She landed in a big pile of snow. Where was Bill?He must have gone allthe

way down the long slide to the end of the hill.Now, Bill came in sight

plodding up the hill. Jane laughed as she calledto him. They were so gladto

be together. The coasters cheered to see themsafe. They went home totell

Mother what a thrilling ride they had had.

thrilling ride 惊心动魄的经历 coast 滑行滑下sled 雪橇

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steer 驾驶掌舵 tightly 紧紧地 coaster 滑雪橇的人

whiz 飕飕作声发出嘶嘶或呼呼声 flight 飞行plodding 沉重缓慢的 thrilling 惊心动魄的

一次惊心动魄的经历

比尔和简正在山上滑行。他们的雪橇从山上滑下来。比尔驾驶着雪橇。

简紧紧地抓着雪橇。山上滑雪橇的人们看着他们。两旁经过的树发出

飕飕的声音。简大声地叫起来“停下来快停下来”但是比尔停不 下来。

突然简感觉自己就像一只小鸟在空中飞翔。她是在做梦吗她撞在

一个大雪堆上停了下来。比尔在哪儿他肯定是沿着长长的滑道一直

滑到山下了。就在这时比尔出现了他正吃力地从山下爬上来。简

笑着叫他。又能在一起他们真是太高兴了。看到他们都很安全其

他滑雪橇的人们欢呼起来。他们回家告诉了妈妈他们的经历是多么惊心动魄啊。

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29 Saving the Earth

One day, I went with the group to a nearby river.We wanted to check if itwas

clean. We did many scientific tests to see if theriver was healthy.

Surprisingly, it was! We still, though, took anyrubbish we could find outof

the river. We wanted to make sure fish could livethere happily.

Recently, I helped the group plant flowers at ourschool. We're hoping the

flowers will bloom this spring and make the schoollook beautiful. Howdid we

pay for all the plants? We made T-shirts and soldthem to our friends!

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We're still got some money left from selling theT-shirts. We hope to use it tobuy

some recycling bins for the school.

surprisingly 令人惊奇地 bloom 花开recycling bin 回收箱

拯 救 地 球

一天我和小组其他人一起来到附近的一条河边。我们想检查这条河

是否干净。我们做了许多科学实验以测试这条河是否健康。令人惊奇

的是这条河很健康虽然我们还是从河里捞起了一些我们可以发现

的垃圾。我们想要确保鱼能在这条河里开心地生活。最近我和小组的其他人一起在学校里种了一些花。我们希望今年春

天这些花会开把学校装点得更美丽。我们怎么会有买这些植物的钱

呢我们自己做T恤衫然后卖给我们的朋友我们还剩余了一些卖

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T恤衫得来的钱。我们希望可以用这些钱为学校购买一些废物回收箱。

30 Two Goats on the Bridge

One day a goat started to cross a little bridge.At that very minute, another goat started outfrom the other side of the bridge.

When they saw one another, they knew that one ofthem would have to goback.

Go back!?cried the first goat. Where is no roomfor you to pass herewhile Iam crossing.\"

It is you who must go back!?cried the other goat.You can start againafter

I cross over.?The first goat said as he was in theright and would not give

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way.

We will see!cried the other goat, and they startedto fight. In another

minute, the two goats fell into the water. A manwho was fishing saw the

fight. He laughed as he pulled the goats out ofthe water. \"You see,?saidhe.

When everyone thinks he is right, something alwaysgoes wrong!

goat 羊 give way 让步

两只山羊在桥上

有一天一只山羊开始过一座小桥。就在同时另一只山羊从桥的另一头开始过桥。

当他们看到对方时他们知道他们中的一个必须得退回去。 “回去” 第一只山羊喊道“我过桥的时候没有地方让你过去。” “是你必须回去”另一只山羊叫道。

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“我过去以后你再开始过。”第一只羊说。他觉得自己是对的所以

他不肯让路。 “我们走着瞧”另一只山羊喊道然后他们开始打起

来。 很快两只羊都掉到了水里。

一个正在钓鱼的人看到了这场争斗。他笑着把山羊从水里拉了出来。

“你们看”他说“当每个人都觉得自己是正确的时候就一定会出事”

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