《背诵为王》第一册文本1

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《背诵为王》第一册文本
1 Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year.
The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place between January 1 and February 19.
On the Chinese calendar every year has an animal's name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winner. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the ox's back, and then at the end jumped over the ox's head to arrive first!
The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of that animal.
lunar 月(亮)的  exact 确切的  calendar 日历  rat 鼠  ox 公 牛  rabbit 兔子
ram 公羊  rooster 公鸡  legend 传说  name after 按....命名
particular 特殊的  characteristic 特征
春 节
对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。 公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之间。 在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点！
中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征。
2 A Teenager's Joke: Guidelines for Doing Schoolwork
My school had a policy about homework. Students should not spend more than ninety minutes per night doing homework. This is how I use the time for my work.
Fifteen minutes looking for assignment; Eleven minutes calling a friend for the assignment; Twenty three minutes explaining why the teacher is mean and does not like teenagers; Eight minutes in the bathroom; Ten minutes getting a snack; Seven minutes checking the TV Guide;
Six minutes telling my parents that the teacher never explained the assignment;
Ten minutes sitting at the kitchen table waiting for Mom or Dad to do the assignment.
guideline 指导方针  policy 政策  per 每
assignment 作业  mean 低劣的  snack 小吃  TV guide 电视指南
有关青少年的一则笑话——做作业的指导方针
我的学校有一项针对作业的政策。学生每天晚上做作业的时间不应该超过九十分钟。以下
就是我如何为完成作业而使用这九十分钟的。
花十五分钟找作业；
花十一分钟打电话向同学问作业；
花二十三分 钟抱怨 老师为什么总是那么讨厌，为什么不喜欢我们这些十几岁的孩子；
花八分钟在洗手间里；
花十分钟找小吃；
花七分钟查看电视节目预告；
花六分钟告诉父母，老师从没解释过所布置的作业；
花十分钟坐在餐桌旁等妈妈或者爸爸来做作业。
3 The Toad and the Frog
A toad saw a frog near the road. He was a fat old frog. He sat and moaned and groaned.
The toad said, “Do not moan and groan, Mr. Frog. Hop like me. Hop down the road.”
So the frog and the toad went down the road to a big oak tree.
“I am home,” said the toad. “Come in and I will make tea.”
But Mr. Frog said, in a deep croak, “I must not roam far from home. I will be off to my home near the pond.”
toad 蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆  moan 呻吟  hop 跳跃  oak 橡树  croak 一种低而嘶哑的声音
癞蛤蟆和青蛙
一只癞蛤蟆在路边看到一只青蛙。那是只又胖又老的青蛙。他坐在那里呻吟叹息着。
癞蛤蟆说：“青蛙先生，不要呻吟叹息了。像我一样跳吧。沿着这条路跳。”
所以青蛙和癞蛤蟆一起沿着小路跳到一棵大橡树下。
“我到家了，”癞蛤蟆说，“进来吧，我来泡茶。”
但青蛙用低沉的声音说：“我不能在离家远的地方闲逛，我要回我在池塘边上的家。”
4 A Was an Apple Pie（Nursery Rhyme）
A was an apple pie,
B bit it,
C cut it,
D dealt with it,
E ate it,
F fought for it,
G got it,
H had it,
I inspected it,
J jumped for it,
K kept it,
L longed for it,
M mourned for it,
N nodded at it,
O opened it,
P peeped in it,
Q quartered it,
R ran for it,
S stole it,
T took it,
U upset it,
V viewed it,
W wanted it,
X, Y, Z, and ampersand
All wished for a piece in hand.
bit bite 咬的过去时形式  dealt with deal with 处理的过去时形式
inspect 检查  long for 渴望  mourn 哀悼  nod 点头  peep 窥视  quarter 分成四份
upset upset 弄翻的过去时形式  view 观察  ampersand 记号名称
A是苹果派（童谣一首）
A是苹果派， B咬了它一口， C把它一切两瓣， D处理了它，
E吃掉了它， F争到了它， G得到了它， H拥有了它，
I检查打量了它， J跳起来抓住了它， K保留了它， L非常渴望得到它，
M为它哀悼， N向它点点头， O打开了它， P窥视了它，
Q把它分成了四份， R为了它跑， S偷了它， T拿走了它，
U把它翻了个身， V仔细看看它， W想要它， X，Y，Z和 &
都希望手上能有一块苹果派。
5 Homestay in the US
My name is Jenny and I did a homestay in America. When I first met my host mother, Mary, she gave me a big hug. I was really shocked because I had never been hugged before, and I wasn sure how to respond. By the time I left America, though, I came to enjoy hugging and being hugged. Shaking hands was also a challenge. My homestay father, Peter, looked at me straight in the eye and squeezed my hand firmly.
Both Mary and Peter wanted me to call them by their first names because they, as Americans, like informality. By using first names only, we felt friendlier towards each other.
homestay 家庭寄宿  host 东道主  hug 拥抱  shock 震惊  respond 回应
challenge 挑战  straight 直接地  squeeze 挤压  firmly 紧紧地  informality 随意
在美国家庭寄宿
我叫珍妮，我在美国家庭寄宿。当我第一次见到我要寄宿那家的母亲玛丽时，她热情地拥抱了我。我确实感到非常震惊因为我从来没有被拥抱过，我不知道该如何回应。然而到我要离开美国时，我已经非常喜欢拥抱别人和被别人拥抱了。
握手也是个挑战。我寄宿那家的父亲彼特，直视着我的眼睛，紧紧地握我的手。
玛丽和彼特都希望我对他们直呼其名，因为美国人一般比较随意。通过直呼其名，我们互相之间感到更加亲切友好。
6 Brothers and Sisters
My sister is a year older than me and we've been sharing a room since I was 3 years old. We are very close, but we also fight all the time. Our fights are never serious. I can't remember the cause of our fights now, but they were always over small things. Sometimes it was just over a particular word I used or maybe just because my sister gave my teddy bear a hug and I was unhappy about it. We don't take our fights very seriously as if all the fights are a game. I think it's perfectly okay for kids to fight with their brothers or sisters. Now I'm a teenager, and I even think that they're sweet memories!
share 分享  serious 认真的  cause 原因  fight 打架
particular 特别的，特殊的  teddy bear 玩具熊  teenage 青少年  perfectly 完全
兄 弟 姐 妹
我的姐姐比我大一岁，从我三岁起我们就一直合用一个房间。我们非常亲密，但是我们也时常打架。我们打架从来不是认真的。我现在都记不起我们打架的原因，但肯定是因为一些小事。有时候，仅仅是因为我用的某个词，或者是因为姐姐抱了我的玩具熊，而我对此感到生气。我们从来不把打架当真，就好像这只是场游戏。我觉得小孩子和兄弟姐妹们打打闹闹没有什么。现在我已经十几岁了，但我觉得那都是我美好的回忆！
7 Thirty Days Hath September  （Nursery Rhyme）
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except for February alone,
It has twenty-eight days clear,
And twenty-nine on each Leap Year.
hath （古英语）=has      leap year 闰年
三十天的是九月（童谣一首）
三十天的是九月（童谣一首）
三十天的是九月，
四月，六月和十一月；
其余的月份都是三十一天，
除了二月，
二月只有二十八天，
每个闰年二月有二十九天。
8 Two Dumplings
A young man had a small business. He worked very hard, and he made a lot of money. One day, he had dinner with a businessman. He wanted the man to become his business partner. When they finished the dinner, there were two dumplings left.
The young man told the waitress: "Please pack them in a doggy bag and I'd like to take them home.Soon the businessman decided to work together with the young man. He said, "The young man is great. He has lots of money but he won't waste it.
dumpling 饺子  partner 伙伴  waitress 女服务员
pack 包  doggy bag （饭店里客人将吃剩食物打包带走时用的）纸包
两个饺子
一个年轻人做了点小生意。他工作很努力，所以他赚到了许多钱。一天，他和一个商人吃饭。他希望那个人成为他的生意伙伴。当他们吃完饭后，还剩下两个饺子。
年轻人告诉服务员小姐：“请把这两个饺子打包，我要带回家去。”很快，这个商人就决定和这个年轻人一起做生意了。他说：“这个年轻人很好。他有很多钱但他不浪费。”
9 A Visit to the City Centre
On their first day in the capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower which stood on a hill near the city centre. There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana and Peter decided to take the lift. At the top there was a caf?and a balcony where visitors could stand and enjoy the view. It was magnificent — you could see the whole city, the river and the hills beyond.
On their way back from the Tower, Diana and Peter went past the main square in the city centre. They stopped at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and watched the traffic for a while. The square was very busy, with cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the square there was a policeman controlling the traffic.
stair 楼梯  take the lift 乘电梯  balcony 阳台  magnificent 壮观的
stall 摊点  pedestrian 行人  control 控制
游览市中心
戴安娜和彼特第一天游览了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有楼梯直通塔顶，但戴安娜和彼特决定乘坐电梯。塔顶有一个咖啡厅和观光平台，游客可以俯瞰市容。这儿的景色很美丽——整座城市尽收眼底，还有远处的河流和群山。
在从古塔回来的路上，戴安娜和彼特游览了市中心广场。他们在一个小摊贩前停下喝果汁，坐下小歇一会，观赏街上的车水马龙，广场上小汽车、公共汽车、自行车和行人络绎不绝，广场中心一位警察在指挥交通。
10 Rain, Rain, Go Away（Nursery Rhyme）
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never show your face again.
Rain, rain, pour down,
But not a drop on our town.
Rain on the green grass,
And rain on the tree,
And rain on the housetop,
But not on me.
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again on washing day.
Rain, rain, go to Germany,
And remain there permanently.
Rain, rain, go away,
Come on Martha's wedding day.
remain 保持，逗留
permanently 永远地
雨，雨，走开吧（童谣一首）
雨，雨，走开吧，
改天再来吧，
雨，雨，去西班牙吧，
不要再出现了。
雨，雨，尽情地下吧，
但是一滴也不要下到我们镇上来。
雨下在碧绿的草地上，
雨下在树上，
雨下在房顶上，
但不要下在我身上。
雨，雨，走开吧，
洗衣服的那天再来吧。
雨，雨，去德国吧，
永远待在那里吧。
  11 An Embarrassing Show
The day of the school science fair had finally arrived, and Lisa was both nervous and excited. She couldn't wait to show off her volcano model at the fair. She might even win the first prize!
As Lisa was setting up her volcano, she noticed her friend Alex's project on the table next to hers. Weeks ago, Alex had asked her for help in creating a model of the solar system, and Lisa was glad to help. He never told her he as going to enter it in the Science Fair! His model was painted beautifully in different colours. Finally Alex got the first place and Lisa felt very embarrassed.
fair 展览会  nervous 神经紧张的，不安的  excited 兴奋的  show off 炫耀
volcano 火山  project 设计，计划  create 创作，创造
solar system 太阳系  embarrassed 觉得难堪的
一次令人难堪的展览
学校的科学展览日终于到来了，丽莎既紧张又兴奋。她等不及要在展览会上炫耀她的火山模型。她甚至有可能赢得第一名！
正当丽莎组装她的火山时，她注意到旁边桌子上她朋友亚历克斯的设计。几星期前，亚历克斯曾请她帮助他创作一个太阳系的模型，丽莎很乐意地帮助了他。可他从没告诉过她他打算拿它参加科学展览！他的模型色彩鲜艳。最终亚历克斯获得了第一名，丽莎觉得很难堪！
12 Humour — Things Your Mother Wouldn’t Say
"Be good and I'll buy you a motorcycle for your birthday!
"How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back?"
"Don's bother wearing a jacket — it's quite warm out.
"Let me smell that shirt — yeah, it's good for another week.
"I think a cluttered bedroom is a sign of creativity.?
"Yeah, I used to skip school, too.?
"Just leave all the lights on...it makes the house more cheery.
"Could you turn the music up louder so I can enjoy it, too?
humour 幽默  motorcycle 摩托车  on earth 究竟  smell 闻
cluttered 混乱的  sign 预兆，表现  creativity 创造力  skip 跳  cheery 愉快的
幽默——母亲不会说的话
“你表现好，我就给你买辆摩托车作为生日礼物！”
“你怎么能够坐得这么远看电视呢？”
“不用麻烦再穿夹克衫了——外面很暖和。”
“让我闻闻这件衬衫——好，还可以再穿一个星期。”
“我觉得乱七八糟的卧室也是创造力的表现。”
“好，我以前也逃过课。”
“就让所有的灯都开着吧……这样的房间更令人愉快。”
“你可以把音乐开得再响一点吗？这样我也可以欣赏它。”
13 Dogs
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。
14 Detective Work
A 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 Armitage. I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of what he bought. Here's the list."
shirt heavy crowbar 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，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？”
15 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
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!
16 Perfect Match
A 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，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。”
17 A Barbecue
When 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。
18 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。”  19 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 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。
20 Animals in Danger
Some of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys and woodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are always swinging and flying from one tree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches. They even sleep in 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 are losing their homes. Do you know the reasons for it? Yes, people want wood, paper and land. As a result many animals and plants are dying. Some forests are so badly 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。

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21 English in the World
Some 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 use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.
English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.
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。
22 A Friend
When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess 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 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 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，所以你必须学会如何使用字典。
  23 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”
Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. The friend was very rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the opera the friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather loudly. She talked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to the opera. Toward the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said, "Oh, my dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sure you will like it — the opera will be Carmen."
"Thank you very much,"said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heard 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》。”
24 Learning English in England
I came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months. I am going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.
At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English. Now I can speak English much better, and even understand English television, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot.
I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know 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。
  25 The Hare and the Tortoise
One day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. "I can
beat 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 was soon far ahead, so he sat down to rest. By the time the tortoise came up, the hare was sleeping.
On and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was too late.
There sat the tortoise by the sign that said: The End.
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。”乌龟说。 他们划了条起跑线，出发了。兔子跑得飞快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下来休息。等到乌龟赶上来时，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。
26 Helping Parents
Parents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let's say that your mother is not happy about her boss. If she doesn't have other ways of expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell at you, scream at your 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 his or her anger: Don't make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinking clearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till your parent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explain how the anger is affecting you.
yell 大叫，呼喊  scream 尖声喊叫  handle 处理  adult 成年人
cool off 平静下来  tone 语气  affect 影响
帮 助 父 母
父母常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，她就可能回到家冲你大声嚷嚷，对你爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至对你说一些难听的话。
当你身边的大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。生气的人很难保持思维清晰，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，并想办法说明他们的怒火是如何影响你的。
27 Humour — What Is a Teenager?
A teenager is ...
... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room.
... a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a 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 too tired 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 needs cleaning.
... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.
block 街区  whiz 天才，能手  operate 操作  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，独创的  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操作最新电脑的能手，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。
……一个充满热情，精力充沛的人，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打扫的人。
……是一个有独创精神的思想家，他断定他的母亲不是从少年时期走过来的。
  28 Charles Chaplin
One day a small boy called Charles Chaplin was walking along the street in London. It was a cold winter's day in 1900. He wanted to buy some bread, but he didn't have any money. His father had died when he was very young. He and his brother, Sid, had to work to help their sick mother.
Although Charles was small, his dream was very big. He wanted to be a great man in the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dancer and singer.
Thirty years later, this same boy was among the most famous people in the world.
Even if you do not understand English, you can enjoy his films, because no words 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大街上走着。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须工作以帮助生病的母亲。
卓别林年纪虽小但他有很大的理想。他想成为电影世界的伟大人物，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，这个小男孩成为了世界上最著名的人之一。
即使你不懂英语，你也可以欣赏他的电影，因为他的电影是无声的。
  29 A Seaside Picnic
One morning last April, Joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang. It was her 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 catch the bus. Joan was wearing a T-shirt and skirt as it was quite hot. As she sat on the bus she looked out of the window. The sun was shining. She saw a plane going over a forest and some horses in the fields.
Before long she arrived at the seaside and met Dave. They went down to the beach and had their picnic next to a rock. They had sandwiches and crisps, and Dave 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，电话铃响了。电话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，去公共汽车站乘车。因为天气很热，琼穿着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。他们度过了开心的一天。
30 A Dish Washer
Some people have dogs or cats as pets. One woman in New York keeps a monkey as her pet. This monkey can wash dishes. He washes the dishes for the woman every day. He likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. Sometimes he washes the same 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 very often.
The woman's husband is very happy with the monkey. The husband never needs to help his wife wash the dishes. The monkey does all this work. The husband says that he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to wash dishes 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。他喜欢洗并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。猴子包办了这些活。这个丈夫说他无法理解，不管是谁，人还是猴子，怎么会如此喜欢洗碗呢。
  31 A Young Pioneer
Long ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wilderness, a young boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in the East to learn about the new country. He wanted to know what lay beyond the Rocky Mountains.
Kit's father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more about hunting and trapping in the country of the Indians.
Kit was always calm in times of danger. He was strong and brave. Most of the Indians 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 the Indians.
wilderness 荒野  pioneer 先锋，先驱  hunting 打猎  trapping 诱捕
respect 尊敬  honesty 诚实，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庄里学到了更多的打猎和狩猎的本领。
基特在危险的时刻总是很沉着。他强壮勇敢。大多数印第安人因为他的诚实而喜欢并尊敬他。
基特在西部生活了很多年。他教会其他白人很多东西。也许他教会他们的最重要的东西就是如何与印第安人相处。

32 A Robot Babysitter
In 2005 Japan made a new robot. It can take care of a child. The new robot is called iPapero. It weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by 9.8 inches.
iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. It can recognize and remember up to ten faces and use its eight separate electronic ears to understand human voices even in noisy situations. It also plays games with children when they are unhappy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to entertain the child. If the child is bored, iPapero will change new songs and quizzes so that it doesn't repeat itself. The robot babysitter even has a cell phone to call 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，问答比赛（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电话，当孩子找妈妈时，可以用它打电话给父母。
33 The Eagle and the Raven
An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break it like that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at the kernel."
The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the ground. The raven hopped quickly from his branch and seized the nut in his beak. By the time the eagle had found his way back to 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。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。
34 Buying Books on the Internet
It's easy to order books from the Internet. There are several companies that ship books to customers in China. Just decide which company you would like to use and type that company's name into the search engine. The company's homepage will appear within a few seconds. Next you can type the name of the author or the title of the book you want to buy in the space provided on the page. If you decide to buy one of the books you will need to give further information such as your address and your credit card number. You will also need to decide how you want to have the book shipped. Finally, all you have 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  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。
  35 A Bus Ride
One day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,"I said to myself.
When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up 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 my seat 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。
  36 The Dog and His Shadow
It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his
way 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 I could 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, his own 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 should be!?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!
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。
“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！
  37 Managing Your Emotions
What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad. I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually 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 is talking about the problem. I talk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper. Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important. When you're younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.
Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something 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
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。  
38 “I Don’t Have to Eat All the Egg.”
A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks the story was returned to her. The lady was angry. She wrote to the editor:
"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 I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?"The editor wrote back: "Dear Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don't have 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。”
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。”
  39 Visiting 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, I went to Stratford, where Shakespeare was born. In Stratford, I visited several sites that are associated with Shakespeare, including the house where he was born, the church where he was buried, and the cottage where his wife's family lived. I wanted to see a play, so I asked at the theatre box office for whatever tickets were available. I got a seat for The Merchant of Venice, which is my favourite play. Afterwards, I waited at the stage door for my favourite actor, who was in the play. I got his autograph and talked to him. It is an experience that I will remember forever.
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
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。
  40 A Thrilling Ride
Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down the hill went the sled. Bill steered. Jane held on tightly. The coasters on the hill watched them. Past trees they whizzed. Jane yelled, "Stop the sled! Stop the sled!?but Bill could not stop it.
Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird in flight. Was she dreaming? She landed in a big pile of snow. Where was Bill? He must have gone all the way down the long slide to the end of the hill. Now, Bill came in sight plodding up the hill. Jane laughed as she called to him. They were so glad to be together. The coasters cheered to see them safe. They went home to tell 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
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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41 Saving the Earth
One day, I went with the group to a nearby river. We wanted to check if it was clean. We did many scientific tests to see if the river was healthy. Surprisingly, it was! We still, though, took any rubbish we could find out of the river. We wanted to make sure fish could live there happily.
Recently, I helped the group plant flowers at our school. We're hoping the flowers will bloom this spring and make the school look beautiful. How did we pay for all the plants? We made T-shirts and sold them to our friends! We're still got some money left from selling the T-shirts. We hope to use it to buy 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。
42 Two Goats on the Bridge
One day a goat started to cross a little bridge. At that very minute, another goat started out from the other side of the bridge.
When they saw one another, they knew that one of them would have to go back. "Go back!?cried the first goat. "Where is no room for you to pass here while I am crossing."
"It is you who must go back!?cried the other goat. "You can start again after I cross over.?The first goat said as he was in the right and would not give way.
"We will see!"cried the other goat, and they started to fight. In another minute, the two goats fell into the water. A man who was fishing saw the fight. He laughed as he pulled the goats out of the water. "You see,?said he. "When everyone thinks he is right, something always goes 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。 “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！”
  43 A Jamaican Girl in Britain
Kelly is from Jamaica. When she went to England with her parents, her aunt Mary met them at Heathrow Airport. Aunt Mary lives in London. She took Kelly and her parents to visit a lot of places in London, like the Tower of London, the British Museum, and Buckingham Palace. Kelly also enjoyed a boat trip on the river Thames.
Every day, she went to a different place and saw interesting things. She met some friendly people from different countries and talked with them. She learned a lot about England. She felt very comfortable in London thanks to Aunt Mary. England was the most interesting country she had ever visited. When Kelly left England, she said to Aunt Mary: "I will have a lot of things to tell my friends in Jamaica."
Jamaica 牙买加  palace 宫殿
在英国的牙买加女孩
凯丽从牙买加来。当她随着父母来到英国时，她的阿姨玛丽在希思罗机场接她们。玛丽阿姨住在伦敦。她带着凯丽和她的父母游览了伦敦的许多地方，例如伦敦塔、大英博物馆、伯明翰宫。凯丽也很喜欢泰晤士河上的游船之旅。  每天，凯丽都去不同的地方，参观有趣的东西。她遇到了从不同国家来的许多友好的人，她与他们交谈。她对英国有了更多的了解。她在伦敦感到非常舒服自在，这都归功于玛丽阿姨。伦敦是她所去过的最有趣的国家。
当凯丽离开英国时，她对玛丽阿姨说，“我有许多故事要讲给我在牙买加的朋友听。”
44 Dumplings
In China, there are many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. Dumplings are real Chinese food.
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them and others have sugar, eggs and other tasty things. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them in supermarkets. Then you take them home, heat them up and eat them with vinegar.
The Spring Festival is very important in China. During the Spring Festival, we make dumplings. Usually we put a coin in one dumpling. If you eat the dumpling with the coin in it, you will be very lucky in the year.
tasty 好吃的  pork 猪肉  vinegar 醋  饺 子
在中国，有许多不同的食物，其中一些非常受欢迎。饺子是正宗的中国食物。  在中国每个人都很喜欢吃饺子。饺子有许多不同的种类。一些饺子包有肉和蔬菜，有些包有糖、蛋和其他好吃的东西。我最喜欢蔬菜和猪肉馅的饺子。  人们经常在家包饺子。如果没有时间包，你可以到超市去买，然后把它们带回家，烧熟，蘸着醋吃。 春节是中国非常重要的节日。在春节里我们包饺子。我们经常把一枚硬币放在一个饺子里。如果你吃到了包有硬币的饺子，那你在来年就有好运气。
  45 In a Strange City
If you go out by yourself in a strange city, you might get lost. What should you do? How can you find your way? Of course, if you never go out alone, you won't get lost, but you will also miss a lot of good experiences.
One thing you can do in case you get lost is take a map along. It might also be a good idea to take a card from your hotel, so you have the hotel's address. If the map doesn's help you, or if you forget to take one, you must ask how to get where you're going. You can ask, for example, "There is Nova Hotel?'or "How do I get to Nova Hotel?"or "Do you know where Nova Hotel is?"Police officers and clerks in shops are often helpful when you ask directions.
get lost 迷路  experience 经历  in case 如果，万一
在一个陌生的城市里
如果你在陌生的城市里一个人出去走走，你可能会迷路。那你该怎么办呢？你该如何找到路呢？当然，如果你从来不独自出门，你不会迷路，但是你将会错过许多很好的经历。
为了防止迷路，你能做的一件事就是随身携带一份地图。随身带一张酒店的卡片也是个好主意，这样你就知道酒店的地址了。如果地图帮不了你，或者你忘记带地图了，你必须向他人问路。例如，你可以问“Nova酒店在哪里？”或者问“我该怎么走才能到Nova酒店？”或者问“您知道Nova酒店在哪里吗？”当你要问路时，警察或商店的店员通常会帮助你。
46 Body Language
If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know — the language of the body.
All over the world, people "talk?with their hands, with their heads, and with their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together.
When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on the cheek only). When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and says "Hello? Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
身 体 语 言
即使你会说英语，你知道很多英文单词，你会读，会说，能听懂，但还有另外一种语言你需要了解——那就是身体语言。
在全世界，人们都用他们的手、头和眼睛“说话”。当日本人见面时，他们相互鞠躬。印度人见面时他们双手合十。
当英国人和美国人第一次和别人见面时，他们互相握手。通常，他们不和熟悉的人握手。女人有时亲吻她们的女性朋友，男人也会亲吻女性朋友（只亲脸颊）。当男人见到男性朋友时，他只微笑着说声“你好”。男人之间不会互相亲吻或牵手。即使是父子之间也不会经常亲吻对方。
  47 Little Blue Flower
Sky Chief was a brave Indian chief. All his people loved him. He had a little niece, Blue Flower. She looked just like her name. Her eyes were as blue as the sky. Her hair was black and shiny, and it waved in the wind like the tall prairie grass. She could run like a deer, and she loved all the animals of the forest.
Blue Flower had a pet fawn. They played in the fields in the warm summer. She made wreaths of daisies for her pet. They had fun in the snow in the cold winter.
Sky Chief admired his little niece very much. On cold winter evenings, he told her stories about the stars and how they got in the sky. He told her of the Sun God and the Rain God, too.
Little Blue Flower was a very happy girl and she made all the others around
her happy as well.  chief 酋长，首领  niece 侄女  prairie 大草原，牧场
deer 鹿  pet fawn 宠物小鹿  daisy 雏菊  admire 赞赏，喜欢
小 蓝 花
天空酋长是一位勇敢的印第安酋长。他的族人都热爱他。他有一个小侄女，叫蓝花。她长得就像她的名字一样。她的眼睛像天空一样蓝。她的头发又黑又亮，像大草原的草一样在风中飘动。她能像鹿一样奔跑，她喜欢森林里所有的动物。
蓝花有只宠物小鹿。温暖的夏天，她们在旷野上玩耍。她帮她的宠物做花冠。寒冷的冬天，她们在雪地里嬉戏。
天空酋长很喜欢他的小侄女。在冬天寒冷的夜晚，他给她讲关于星星和星星怎么上天的故事。他还给她讲太阳神和雨神的故事。
小蓝花是个很快乐的女孩，她还给她身边的人带来了快乐。
48 A Small Shop
Alan Smith and his wife run a small shop in a small town. It sells milk, butter, cheese, eggs and other things. It is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday morning, but it is shut on Sunday afternoon and on Monday.
Alan goes to some farms on Monday and buys their best butter and cheese and eggs from the farmers, but he buys his milk in the town.
Alan and his wife also sell a lot of food. One Saturday a woman came into the shop. She bought some eggs and some butter, and then she said to Alan, "your eggs and your butter are dear today. Why are Saturday and Sunday dearer than the other days??Alan smiled and said, "Our food is not dearer on Saturday and Sunday! It is cheaper on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday!
run 经营
小 店
艾伦•史密斯和妻子在一个小镇上经营一家小店。小店里卖牛奶、黄油、干酪、鸡蛋和其他一些东西。小店星期二、三、四、五、六及星期天上午开业，星期天下午和星期一休息。  星期一，艾伦去一些农场，从农民那里采购质量最好的黄油、干酪和鸡蛋，但牛奶是从镇上采购来的。  艾伦和妻子也出售许多食物。一个星期六，一位妇人来到店里。她买了一些鸡蛋和黄油，然后她对艾伦说：“今天你的鸡蛋和黄油贵了。为什么星期六和星期天的东西要比其他时候贵呢？”  艾伦笑着说：“我们的食物没有在星期六星期天涨价，而是在星期二、三、四、五降价了！”
49 Who’s Clever?
A university professor made experiments with several kinds of animals. He hoped to know which animal was the cleverest. He found out it was the monkey. In one experiment the professor put a monkey in a room with several small boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. One small box had some food inside it. The professor wanted to watch the monkey and find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food.
The professor left the room. He waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he kneeled down and put his eye to the keyhole. What did he see? To his surprise he found himself looking directly into the eyes of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door, looking at the professor through the keyhole.
professor 教授  experiment 实验  kneel 跪下
keyhole 锁眼  directly 直接地，径直地
谁 更 聪 明？
一位大学教授用好几种动物做实验。他希望知道哪种动物最聪明。他发现最聪明的是猴子。
在一次实验中，教授把一只猴子和几个小盒子放在一个房间里。一些盒子套在另一些盒子里。一个小盒子里有食物。教授想观察猴子，看它需花多长时间才能找到食物。  教授离开房间，在门外等了几分钟，然后跪下来把一只眼睛对准锁眼。他看到了什么？他惊奇地发现，自己正好看到猴子的眼睛。猴子在门的另一面，正从锁眼里看教授呢。
50 At the Zoo
David's family visited the zoo on Sunday. They paid five dollars for the family ticket at the gate. And then they joined the crowds flocking toward the cages. "We must watch the big animals first,?said the father. "Feeding time is three o'lock.?
"Let's look at the birds first,?said Susan. "Some of the parrots can talk very well.?Soon they came to the birdhouse, and the first bird they saw was talking. Then they moved through the house, and came to a lake. David said, "Those big white birds in the water have such long necks. Look how gracefully they swim.
In the next house, a great roar told them that they had been lucky enough to arrive at feeding time. As they went in, they saw tigers and lions were howling because they were hungry. "We'll see how they eat,?said father.
cage 笼子  flock 聚集成群  feeding 给食的，饲用的
parrot 鹦鹉  gracefully 温文地，优雅地  howl 嚎叫，怒吼
在 动 物 园
大卫一家周日去了动物园。在大门口，他们一家付了五美元的门票钱。然后，他们加入了涌向笼舍的人群。“我们一定要先看大的动物，”父亲说，“喂食的时间是三点。” “我们先看鸟吧。”苏珊说，“有些鹦鹉说话说得很好。”很快，他们来到了鸟舍，他们看到的第一只鸟正在说话。接着，他们穿过屋子，来到了一个湖边。大卫说：“水里那些白色的大鸟有那么长的脖子。看，他们游泳游得多么优雅啊。”
在第二座屋子里，巨大的吼叫声告诉他们，他们很幸运，能在喂食时间到达这里。他们进去时，看到老虎和狮子因为饿了正在吼叫。“我们来看看他们是怎么吃东西的。”父亲说。

51 A Duck and a Shop Clerk
A duck walked into a store and asked the clerk, "Do you have any grapes?The clerk said no, and the duck left. The next day, the duck returned and asked, "Do you have any grapes?"The clerk again said no, and the duck left. The day after that, the duck walked into the store again and asked "Do you have any grapes?"The clerk shouted at the duck, "You've come in here the past two days and asked if we had any grapes. I told you every time that we don's have any grapes! If you come back in here again, and ask for grapes, I'll nail your webbed feet to the floor!!"The duck left, and returned the next day. This time he asked, "Do you have any nails??The clerk replied, "No,"and the duck said, "Good! Got any grapes?
webbed 有蹼的
鸭子和店员
一只鸭子走进商店，他问店员：“有葡萄吗？”店员说没有，鸭子离开了。第二天，鸭子又回来问：“有葡萄吗？”店员再次说没有，鸭子又离开了。再后一天，鸭子又走进商店问：“有葡萄吗？”店员对着鸭子大叫：“过去的两天你都到这里来问有没有葡萄。我每次都告诉你我们这里没有葡萄。要是你以后再来问有没有葡萄，我就把你的脚蹼钉在地板上！”鸭子离开了，但是第二天他又来了。这次他问：“有钉子吗？”店员回答：“没有。”鸭子说：“太好了！那有葡萄吗？”

52 Dream
Billy is twelve years old. One day his father gave him fifty pence. There is a big tree in Billy's garden. He climbed it and sat in it. He likes that place in the tree very much.
Then Billy looked at his money and said, "I'm going to go to the market tomorrow, and I'm going to buy some seeds with this money. Then I'm going to plant them under this tree. I'm going to have a lot of flowers and fruit and plants, and I'm going to sell them. A lot of people are going to come to my garden every day, and they're going to buy my nice flowers and fruit and plants, and in the end I'm really going to have a lot of money. Then I'm going to grow up and go to university, and I'm going to be a doctor.
pence （penny的复数） 便士，（美）分  in the end 最后，终于
梦 想
比利十二岁了。一天，他父亲给了他五十便士。比利家的花园里有一棵大树。他爬上大树，坐在上面。他非常喜欢树上的这个地方。
比利看着他的钱，说：“我明天会去市场，我要用这些钱买一些种子。然后把它们种在这棵树下。我会有许许多多的花，还有水果，还有树，我会把它们卖了。每天都会有好多好多的人来我的花园，他们会买走我漂亮的花、水果还有树，最后我会有很多很多钱。我长大以后要上大学，我要成为一名医生。
  53 Dreams by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken winged bird
That can not fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow .
fast 紧紧地  winged 有翅膀的  barren 贫瘠的  frozen 冻结的，冰冷的
梦想 (朗斯顿•休斯)
紧紧抓住梦想，
梦想若是消亡，
生命就像鸟儿折了翅膀，
再也不能飞翔。
紧紧抓住梦想，
梦想若是消丧，
生命就像贫瘠的荒野，
雪覆冰封，万物不再生长。
54 Growing Tomatoes
"I'll tell you how to grow tomatoes, Jerry,?said Mrs. Hawkins. "First dig up an area in a sunny spot in your yard. Mix in manure or compost to enrich the soil.?
"When the danger of frost is past, which is about the first of April in this part of the country, I buy eight tomato plants from a nursery. That's enough for my husband and myself. You will probably want to buy twelve plants for your family."Lay out the plants in their cardboard container about 18 to 20 inches apart. Dig a hole deep enough to cover each pot, put the pot in the hole, cover it with soil, and pat the earth down firmly. Then pound in 4 to 5 foot long stakes next to each plant. Water the plants well. By the middle of July you should begin to have ripe tomatoes to eat.
spot 地点  manure 肥料  compost 混合肥料  nursery 苗圃
cardboard 纸板  container 容器（箱、盆、罐等）  apart 分离
stake 树桩  ripe 熟的，成熟的
种 西 红 柿
“杰瑞，我来告诉你怎么种西红柿。”霍金斯太太说，“先在你院子里阳光充足的地方开垦一块地。把肥料或混合肥料混在土里使土壤肥沃。”  “霜冻的危险过去后，在这个地区大约是在四月一日左右，我从苗圃买八棵西红柿苗。这对我和我丈夫来说足够了。你可能要给你家买十二棵。” “把苗放在它们的硬纸罐里，间隔大约十八到二十英寸。挖个洞，要足够深，能盖住每个罐子，把罐子放进洞里，用土盖住，把土往下拍结实。然后把四到五英尺的树桩埋在每棵苗旁边。给苗浇足水。等到七月中旬，你就应该有成熟的西红柿吃了。”
  55 What’s the Hurry? Here’s Your Hat!
I have a friend who has a large police dog called Jack. Police dogs are often very intelligent. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks in the park very much.
One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the room several times and then sat down directly in front of the visitor and looked at him.
But the visitor paid no attention. He continued talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth.
intelligent 聪明的, 伶俐的  stand 忍受
急什么呀？给你的帽子！
我有个朋友，他有只叫做杰克的大警犬。警犬一般都很聪明。每个周日下午，我的朋友都要带杰克到公园里遛很长的路。杰克非常喜欢公园里这种长距离的散步。
一个周日下午，有个年轻人去拜访我的朋友。他呆了很长时间，聊了又聊。很快，我的朋友带杰克遛弯的时间到了。但客人还不走。杰克很担心公园散步不能成行。它围着房间转了好几圈，然后径直坐在客人的面前看着他。
但是客人没有注意到。他继续喋喋不休地说个不停。最后，杰克再也无法忍受了。它跑出房间，几分钟后又跑了回来。它又在客人面前坐了下来，不过这次它嘴里叼着客人的帽子。

56 Farewell to Friends
Wang Lin was a Chinese boy. When he was eight years old, he went to Australia with his parents because his father had to work there. They lived in a town near Sydney. He went to a school near Sydney. His Australian teachers and students were very kind to him, and they became good friends.
When Wang Lin was twelve, his father said, "We have to go back to China next month. I must work again in China for my company."Wang Lin was very sad. The next day when he told his friends about it, they were very surprised at the news. On their last day in Australia, he and his parents gave a farewell party for his friends.
The next morning, when Wang Lin went to the airport with his parents, he found all his classmates and his teacher there. He ran up to them and said, "Oh, thank you very much for coming. I'll miss you!
farewell 告别
和朋友告别
王林是个中国男孩。当他八岁时，他随父母一起去了澳大利亚，因为他父亲要在那里工作。他们住在悉尼附近的一个镇上。他去悉尼附近的一所学校上学。他的澳大利亚老师和同学对他很好，他们成为了好朋友。
当王林十二岁时，他的父亲说：“我们下个月就要回中国了。公司让我回中国工作。”王林非常沮丧。第二天，当他把这件事告诉他的朋友时，他们都感到非常吃惊。在王林一家离开澳大利亚的前一天，王林和他的父母为王林的朋友们举行了一次告别派对。  第二天早上，当王林随父母来到机场时，他发现所有的同学和老师都在那里。他跑向他们说：“谢谢你们能来。我会想念你们的！”
  57 A Forgetful Person
Once there lived an old man in a town. He always forgot things. So then he went out, his wife always said to him, "Don's forget this."One day he went on a long trip alone. He went to the station and bought a ticket.
Then he boarded the train. About an hour later, the conductor began to check tickets. He came to the old man and said, "Will you please show me your ticket?"The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets, but he could not find it. "I surely bought a ticket, but I cannot find it,"said the old man. "I believe you bought a ticket. All right. You don's have to buy another ticket" said the conductor kindly, but the old man still looked worried and said, "If I don's find my ticket, I cannot remember my station. Where am I going?"
forgetful 健忘的  board 上（船、飞机等）
conductor 乘务员，售票员  surely 肯定地
一个健忘的人
从前，在一个镇里住着一位老人。他总是忘记事情。所以当他出门时，他的妻子总是对
他说，“不要忘记这个。”
一天，他要独自出趟远门。他去火车站买了票。
随后，他上了火车。 大约一小时后，乘务员开始查票。他走到老人面前说：“可以把
你的票给我看一下吗？”老人翻遍了口袋，怎么也找不到他的票。“我肯定买了票，但我
找不到了。”老人说。“我相信你买了票。好吧。你不用补票了。”乘务员和善地说。但
是老人看上去仍然非常着急，他说：“如果我找不到我的票，我就记不起该在哪个站下
车。我是要去哪里呢？”
  58 To My Dear Mother
My dear Mother, why do you always look tired?
If I were a spirit, I'd bring you a bunch of roses
And drown your fatigue in their sweet scent.
My dear Mother, why is it always hard for you to sleep?
If I were a sleeping pill, I'd fall into your water glass and accompany you
throughout the night.
My dear Mother, why do you always frown?
If I were a joke book, I'd be open everyday
And make you laugh happily.
My dear Mother, you are always good to me.
When I graduate from school,
I will say, "I bless you forever!
spirit 精灵  drown 淹没  fatigue 疲倦  scent 芳香  sleeping pill 安眠药
accompany 陪伴  frown 皱眉头  graduate 毕业  bless 为……祝福
致亲爱的母亲
我亲爱的母亲，您为什么看上去总是这样疲惫？
如果我是个精灵，我愿带给您一捧玫瑰
将您的疲倦淹没在花的芬芳之中。
我亲爱的母亲，您为什么总是难以入眠？
如果我是安眠药，我愿落入您的水杯，整夜陪伴着您。
我亲爱的母亲，您为什么总是皱着眉头？
如果我是一本笑话书，我愿每天打开，让你笑口常开。
我亲爱的母亲，你总是对我那么好。
当我毕业时，我将说，“我永远为您祈祷。”
59 Swimming
When I was a boy, I liked swimming very much. Once my two brothers and I spent the summer holidays with my uncle and aunt in their house by the sea. It was only twenty meters from the water. Every day we put on our swimming shorts before breakfast, ran down to the sea across the sand and jumped in. From then until late at night, we were in the sea or on the beach most of the time. When our aunt rang a bell, we went back to the house for food, but we ate it in our swimming shorts and were soon back in the sea again.
The water was warm, the sun shone everyday, and on most days there were no waves. In the middle of the day a wind always began to blow but it was not strong and did not make the sea rough.
swimming shorts 游泳裤
ring a bell 按铃，鸣钟
rough （海水、风雨等）汹涌的，狂暴的
游 泳
当我还是个小男孩时，我非常喜欢游泳。有一次，我和两个兄弟到我叔叔和婶婶海边的
家里过暑假。从家里到海边只有二十米远。每天早饭前，我们穿上游泳裤，穿过沙滩，跑
到海边跳进水里。从那时一直到晚上的大部分时间，我们都是在海里或沙滩上度过的。当
婶婶摇铃时，我们跑回屋里吃东西，但是我们穿着游泳裤吃，吃完很快又回到海里。
海水很暖和，阳光每天都很灿烂，多数日子里，海上很平静。每到中午时，风就开始刮
起来，但是不很大，不会使大海变得波涛汹涌。

60 The Crow and the Pitcher
A thirsty crow once came upon a pitcher with very little water in it.
Try as he would, he could get no water, for it was too far down in the
pitcher. "I must find a way to get this water,"thought the crow.
"I am too thirsty to go away without it."Just then the crow saw a pebble
beside the pitcher, and it gave him an idea.
He picked up the pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.
Then, one by one, he picked up more pebbles and dropped them into the
pitcher.
Every time a pebble fell into the water, the water rose a little.
At last the water came up far enough for the crow to get all he wanted. "That
just goes to show,"said the wise old bird, as he helped himself to the
water, "Where there is a will, there is a way."
crow 乌鸦
pitcher （带柄和大口的）大水罐  pebble 小鹅卵石  will 意志，决心
乌鸦和水罐
一只口渴的乌鸦碰巧遇到一只大水罐，里面只有一点点水。 无论他怎么想办法，他都喝不到水，因为水在罐子底部，太深了。“我一定要想办法喝到水。”乌鸦想。 “我太渴了，我不能不喝水就走了。”就在这时，乌鸦看到水罐旁边有块小鹅卵石，这让他想到一个主意。 他捡起石头，把它放进水罐里。 然后，一块接着一块，他捡了更多的鹅卵石扔进水罐里。 每次一块石头掉进水里，水就上升一点。 最后，水上升到足够的高度，让乌鸦能喝到水了。“那正说明，”当这只年老英明的乌鸦帮他自己喝到水后，说，“有志者事竟成。”

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61 Watching a Show
The circus finally arrived in the town. Dad booked tickets for the first show on Thursday evening, which was the only show for which he could easily make himself free. The family arrived at the show and was in their seats in good time. Dad sat on a seat next to the aisle, with Mary two seats away next to Mother.
Then, with a blare of trumpets and a banging of drums, the show began. For the next two hours there were up-turned faces and gasps of astonishment, roars of laughter as water splashed about and balloons popped. People laughed and clapped their hands as the horses and the lion tamer performed. The show was over after two hours. "Which did you like best?"asked the mother as they made their way home. "Oh, the dogs"act,"cried Mary. "I had no idea that they could be so clever.
circus 马戏团  aisle 走廊，过道  blare 大而刺耳的声音
trumpet 喇叭  drum 鼓  up-turned 朝上的，翻过来的
gasp 喘气，喘息  astonishment 惊讶  splash 使四处飞溅
pop 爆裂  clap 鼓掌，轻拍  tamer 驯服手  perform 表演
观 看 演 出
马戏团终于到镇上了。爸爸预定了星期四晚上首场演出的票，这是他唯一能保证自己有空观看的一场演出。一家子到了演出现场，迅速地在座位上坐好。爸爸坐在过道旁边的位子上，玛丽和他隔两个位置，和妈妈挨着。
接着，随着刺耳的喇叭声和鼓的重击声，演出开始了。接下来的两个小时里，那里有仰面大笑，惊讶的喘息声，以及水花四溅和气球爆裂时的哄堂大笑。当驯马和驯狮者表演时，人们笑着拍手鼓掌。
两个小时后表演结束了。“你最喜欢什么表演？”回家的路上，妈妈问。“哦，狗的表演。”玛丽叫起来，“我以前从不知道它们会这么聪明。”  
62 A Useful Lesson
In England nobody under the age of 18 is allowed to drink in a bar. Mr. Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often, 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. They drank for half an hour, and then Mr. Thompson said to his son, "Dow, Tom, I want to teach you a useful lesson. You must always be careful not to drink too much.How do you know when you've had enough?"asked Tom.
"Well, I'll tell you. Do you see those two lights at the end of the bar? When they seem to have become four, you've had enough and should go home.But, Dad,"said Tom, "I can only see one light at the end of the bar."
used to do 过去常常做某事  bar 酒吧
一堂有用的课
在英国，十八岁以下的人不允许在酒吧里喝酒。汤姆森先生以前经常去他家附近的一家
酒吧喝酒，但是他从来不带他的儿子汤姆去，因为他还太小。
当汤姆过十八岁生日时，汤姆森先生第一次把儿子带到了他常去的那家酒吧。 他们喝了半小时的酒后，汤姆森对儿子说， “汤姆，现在我想给你上有用的一课。你必须时刻小心，不要喝得太多。”  “你怎么知道你已经喝得差不多了呢？”汤姆问。
“好，让我来告诉你。你看到酒吧那头的两盏灯吗？当它们好像变成四盏时，就说明你已经喝够了，该回家了。”  “但是，爸爸，”汤姆说，“我看到酒吧那头只有一盏灯啊。”
63 A School Outing
The date for school outing was set for June 20th. The principal told us it would cost six dollars each. "This year,"he said, "We will go by train. This is a change from last year.?
We assembled at the school at 9 o'lock, and by 9:30 we were aboard the train. It was a good arrangement. Each car held two classes. Three cars were added to the regular train so that there would be enough room for other passengers. As our classes were only about thirty each, there was plenty of room.
We arrived at our destination by twelve, and each class went with its teacher to lunch. Then the guides came and took us for a tour of West Point and finally we stopped at a small river where we had snacks.
We were on the train again by six o'lock. We never needed the raincoats everyone was carrying.
outing 外出，旅行  principal 负责人，校长  assemble 集合
arrangement 安排  regular 定期的  passenger 乘客，旅客
destination 目的地  guide 导游
一次学校旅行
学校旅行的日子定在六月二十日。校长告诉我们，每个人要花六美元。“今年，”他
说，“我们将乘火车去。这与去年不同。”  我们九点在学校集合，九点半我们上了火车。这是个很好的安排。每个车厢可以容纳两个班。在常规列车上，加挂了三节车厢，这样其他的乘客也有足够的空间。因为我们每个班大约有三十人，所以有足够的地方。
我们十二点到达目的地，每个班和他们的老师一起去吃午饭。然后导游来带我们去游览西点军校，最后在小河边停下来，我们在那儿吃点心。
到六点钟，我们又登上了火车。我们根本没用上我们每个人都带的雨衣。
64 Halloween Party
We're having a Halloween party at school.
I'm dressed up like Dracula. Man, I look cool!
I made my hair black and I cut off my bangs.
I'm wearing a cape and some fake plastic fangs.
I put on some makeup to paint my face white,
Like creatures that only come out in the night.
My fingernails, too, are all pointed and red.
There's no doubt I look like the evil undead.
My mom drops me off and I run into school,
And suddenly feel like the world's biggest fool.
The other kids stare like I'm some kind of freak.
The Halloween party is not'sil next week.
bang 刘海 cape 斗篷 plastic 塑料的 fang 尖牙 makeup 化妆品 creature 生灵
fingernail 手指甲 pointed 尖的 evil 恶魔 undead 未死的，不死的
drop off （让）……下车 stare 瞪着 freak 怪物
万圣节晚会
我们将在学校举办一个万圣节晚会。
我装扮成吸血鬼的样子。看，我多酷！
我把我的头发染成黑色，剪去刘海，
我穿上斗篷和戴上假的塑料尖牙。
我用化妆品把脸涂白，
像那些仅在夜里出世的生灵。
我的手指甲也是尖的，红色的。
毫无疑问我看上去就像个不死的恶魔。
母亲让我下了车，我冲进了学校，
突然我感觉自己像是世界上最大的傻子。
其他的孩子像看怪物一样地瞪着我，
万圣节晚会要到下星期才开始呢。
65 My Uncle’s Farm
My Uncle Tom has a small farm. He has a lot of chickens. Every summer, during the holidays, I go to his farm and help him. I feed the chickens and collect and clean the eggs. Uncle Tom pays me something for my help.
Twice a week we put the eggs in boxes and take them to town. There my uncle sells them. He gets quite a lot of money for them.
My uncle's hens are rather stupid and noisy, I think. They are very useful because they lay the eggs, but I don's like them very much. I prefer the baby chickens and the cocks.
My uncle has some white ducks too. They live on a pond on his farm. There are rows of trees all around the pond. Every evening my uncle puts food under the trees, and the ducks come up out of the pond to eat it.
lay 生产  pond 池塘  row 排，行
我叔叔的农场
我的汤姆叔叔有个小农场。他有很多小鸡。每个夏天暑假的时候，我去他农场帮忙。我喂那些小鸡，拾捡鸡蛋，然后把它们擦干净。对于我的帮助，汤姆叔叔付给我一点钱。  每星期两次，我们把鸡蛋放进盒子里拿到镇上。我叔叔在那里把它们卖掉。这样他挣了很多钱。
我觉得我叔叔的母鸡真是又蠢又吵。虽然它们下蛋，很有用，但是我一点也不喜欢它们。我更喜欢鸡宝宝和公鸡。
我叔叔也有一些白色的鸭子。他们住在农场的池塘里。池塘四周是一排排的树。每天傍晚，叔叔把食物放在树下，鸭子就从池塘里出来吃食。  
66 The Football Match
My brother Fred and I went to a football match yesterday. Our school team was playing against the Star High School team. Our team wore red and white shirts, white shorts and red stockings. The other team wore orange and black shirts, black shorts and orange stockings.
They played like bees. They ran very fast, attacked very hard and passed the ball very fast. So they scored their first goal. Fred and I shouted and shouted, "Come on, Valley School! Come on, the Valleys!"Our headmaster was near us and he was shouting too. But the Star High School scored another goal. We were very sad.
After a while our team began to play better and the bees were getting tired. Our team scored two goals before halftime.
In the second half of the match, both teams tried very hard, but neither scored, so at the end of the match was a tie.
stocking 长袜  headmaster 校长  goal 进球，得分  tie 平局
足 球 比 赛
昨天我和我兄弟弗瑞德去看足球比赛。我们的校队和明星高中队进行比赛。我们队身穿红白上衣，白色短裤和红色长袜。另外一队身穿橙黑上衣，黑色短裤和橙色长袜。
明星队的队员们像蜜蜂一样。他们跑得很快，攻势凌厉，传球迅速。所以他们踢进了第一个球。我和弗瑞德一直喊着：“山谷队，加油！山谷队，加油！”我们校长就在我们旁边，他也在喊叫。但明星高中又进了一个球。我们很伤心。
过了一会儿，我们队开始踢得越来越好了，而那些“蜜蜂”们也累了。在半场结束前，我们队进了两个球。
在下半场比赛中，两队都踢得很努力，但是都没有得分，最后比赛成了平局。
  67 Danielle’s Story of Team Sports
Being involved in a team sport is not only fun, it's a great way to meet new friends and learn new things. When I was younger, I played basketball and soccer, skating, performed gymnastics, played piano, and danced. One of my best friends is a girl who I met while playing basketball. Most of my fondest memories come from being involved in those activities. Though I was never really the best at any of those activities, I always had fun. The first year I played basketball I was on a team of all boys. The ball was rarely passed to me, but I learned a bunch of new techniques and I learned to love basketball much more.
Sometimes, if you're on a team sport you may feel self-conscious, but remember that everyone probably feels the same way as you. Hopefully you all will learn to appreciate the value of team sports as much as I did. Go team!  involve 牵涉，涉及  perform gymnastics 练/表演体操
rarely 很少  technique 技巧  self-conscious 害羞的，怕难为情的
appreciate 欣赏  value 价值
丹妮尔团队运动故事
参加团队运动不仅有趣而且是结交新朋友学习新事物的好途径。当我年轻的时候，我打篮球和橄榄球，滑冰，练体操，弹钢琴，跳舞。我最好的一个朋友是我在打篮球时遇到的一个女孩。我大多数的美好记忆都来自于参加这样的活动。虽然我从来没有真正擅长过其中的某一项，但我从中得到乐趣。我第一年打篮球时，队伍中都是男生。球很少传给我，但是我还是学会了一些新技术，我也越来越喜欢打篮球了。
参加团队运动，有时你会感到害羞，但是记住每个人可能都会有你这样的感觉。希望你能和我一样学着体会团队运动的价值。去参加团队运动吧！
68 Celebration of Chinese New  Year
Celebrations of the Chinese New Year in Chinese families last for about two weeks. The celebrations begin with traditional house cleaning. The Chinese get rid of old and useless things. They do this to throw away the misfortunes of the past year.
On Chinese New Year's Eve all family members enjoy a big, delicious meal. It is very important for the Chinese to be with their families on this occasion. Fish is always part of the dinner because it represents abundance.
On New Year's Day all Chinese children wear new clothes with bright colours. Red is considered a lucky colour. Parents and relatives give children the traditional New Year's gift called lucky money" This money is put into bright red and gold envelopes.
celebration 庆祝，庆典  misfortune 不幸，灾祸  delicious 美味的  
occasion 场合，时机  represent 象征  abundance 丰富，充裕
庆 祝 春 节
中国家庭的春节庆祝活动持续大约两个星期。庆祝从传统的家庭大扫除开始。中国人扔掉旧的没用的东西。这么做是为了扔掉去年的晦气。
在中国的除夕之夜，所有家庭成员一起享用美味的大餐。这个时候和家人呆在一起，对中国人来说是非常重要的。鱼总是晚餐必不可少的，因为鱼象征着年年有余。
大年初一，孩子们都穿上颜色鲜艳的新衣服。红色被认为是幸运的颜色。父母和亲戚都给孩子们传统的新年礼物，叫做“压岁钱”。这些钱被装在印有金字的红色信封里。
69 The Ant and the Grasshopper
One day a grasshopper came upon an ant at work in a garden. "Good day,"said the grasshopper. "It is a beautiful day, is it not?Yes,"said the ant. "But the days will not stay as beautiful as they are now.Just so!"said the grasshopper. "One must eat and be happy when one can. How is it, then, that you work when you could be playing?"
"Cold days are coming,"said the ant. "If I work now, I can eat and be happy when bad times are upon us."The grasshopper laughed at the little ant and went on his way. By and by the days turned cold. First the rains fell, and then the snow. The grasshopper could not find anything to eat. "Oh, me!"cried he, as he thought of the little ant. "I was wrong to laugh at her."A little work when times are good is a big help when times are bad.
came upon 遇见  grasshopper 蚱蜢
蚂蚁和蚱蜢
一天， 蚱蜢碰到了一只正在花园里干活的蚂蚁。 “你好，”蚱蜢说，“今天天气真不错，不是吗？” “是的，”蚂蚁说，“但天气不会总是像现在这么好的。” “确实如此！”蚱蜢回答，“我们应该在能吃的时候吃，能开心的时候开心。那么，你在本来可以玩的时候却干活，是怎么回事呢？” “寒冷的日子快来了。”蚂蚁说，“如果我现在干活，那么当糟糕的日子来临时，我就可以吃，可以开心了。” 蚱蜢嘲笑着那只小蚂蚁，还是我行我素。渐渐的，天变冷了。开始下雨了，然后下雪。蚱蜢找不到任何吃的东西。 “哦，天啊！”当他想起那只小蚂蚁时，他叫到，“我以前还嘲笑她，是我错了。”境遇好的时候做一点工作，在境遇不好时，会是很大的帮助。
  70 Hobbies
My hobby is collecting stamps. When I began, I tried to collect the stamps of all the countries, but now I collect only Greek and Indian ones because I have friends in Greece and I live in India. Some of my stamps are very pretty, and they are all interesting. When you look at stamps carefully, they teach you a lot about the history of other countries.
My brother's hobby is watching trains. He goes to our station and watches them there. When an engine goes through the station he writes down its name and number. He likes train watching very much, but I don's. I went to the station with him one day, but it wasn's interesting.
My sister's hobby is sewing. She hasn's got a sewing machine, but she sews with our mother's. Sometimes she sews by hand too. She makes most of her clothes, and when I tear my shirt or my trousers, I take them to her and she mends them.
engine 火车头  sewing 缝纫  tear 撕破  mend 修补
业 余 爱 好
我的爱好是集邮。开始时，我设法收集所有国家的邮票，但是现在我只收集希腊和印度的，因为我有朋友在希腊，而我生活在印度。我的一些邮票非常漂亮，而且都很有趣。当你仔细看邮票时，它们会教你很多其他国家的历史。
我兄弟的爱好是看火车。他去我们的车站，在那里看火车。当一辆车进站时，他写下车名和车号。他非常喜欢看火车，但我不喜欢。一天，我和他一起去车站，但那一点都不有趣。
我姐姐的爱好是缝纫。她没有缝纫机，但她用妈妈的。有时她也用手缝。她大多数的衣服是她自己做的，当我扯破衬衣或裤子时，我就把它们拿给她补。
  71 Computer Chess
In May 1997, IBM's supercomputer, called Deep Blue, beat Gary Kasparov, the great chess player from Russia, in New York. This was the first time a supercomputer had ever beaten a man in traditional chess, although men had often lost to computers when playing speed chess. In traditional chess, players have as much time as they want for their moves, but in speed chess their time is limited.
The IBM computer is able to know between two and three million chess positions every second. It can make 100 billion moves in the time it takes a man to make one.
The first time Kasparov played Deep Blue was in Philadelphia in 1996. Kasparov won that first match. In May 1997 there was a match again, and Deep Blue won. Deep Blue got $700,000 for the game, and Kasparov took home $400,000. Now Kasparov wants to play a third match to decide who is the best player, but IBM says that Deep Blue has "retired?
supercomputer 超级计算机  traditional 传统的  move 一步棋
position 位置，方位  billion 十亿  retire 退休
计算机弈棋
1997年5月，IBM的超级计算机“深蓝”在纽约击败了俄罗斯伟大的国际象棋大师卡斯帕罗夫。虽然下快棋时人们经常输给计算机，但这是超级计算机在传统棋类上第一次击败人类。在下传统棋时，棋手有足够的时间考虑再出棋，而下快棋时思考时间是有限的。IBM的计算机每秒可以计算200万到300万手棋，可以在人走一步棋所需的时间里走1 000亿步棋。  1996年，卡斯帕罗夫在费城第一次与“深蓝”交手，卡斯帕罗夫赢得了比赛。1997年5月，他们又进行了一次比赛，这次“深蓝”赢了。从这场比赛中“深蓝”赢得了70万美元的奖金，而卡斯帕罗夫也将40万美元收至囊中。现在卡斯帕罗夫想进行第三次比赛来看谁才是最好的棋手，而IBM说“深蓝”已经退休了。
              76                           Snow
Have you ever seen snow? A lot of people in the world have not. A lot of countries never have snow — or have it only on the tops of very high mountains. In Canada there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the southern US there is usually very little.
When a student from a warm country like Vietnam comes to Canada in the autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
Snow is different. Although it is very cold, it is also very beautiful.
Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks, "Is it so late?"and jumps out of bed, but no, it is not very late. He looks out the window — and there is snow, on the ground and everywhere. The light in his room came from that smooth, clean, beautiful white snow.
                                      雪
  你看见过雪吗？世界上有很多人都没有见过。许多国家从来不下雪——或者只有在很高的山顶上有雪。在加拿大，每个冬天都下很多雪，但美国南部通常很少下雪。 当一个来自像越南这样温暖的国家的学生在秋天第一次到加拿大时，他首先感觉到的就是寒冷，而大多数来自温暖国家的学生不喜欢这么冷的天气。  
  雪就不同。虽然雪很冷，但是很漂亮。也许，在几个阴沉的早晨之后，有一天，学生醒来时房间里很亮。他会想，“天很晚了吗？”然后跳下床，可是不对，并不是很晚。他朝窗外看去—是雪，地上是雪，到处都是雪。原来他房间里的光亮来自光滑、干净、美丽的白雪。
             77           In through the Window
One day my father took us for a family drive in the country. We arrived home before seven. Dad pulled into the driveway and we got out. Dad walked to the door. His hand came out of his pocket. He tried his other pockets, but they too were empty. He realized that he didn's have his door keys. He tried the window. It was firmly shut. He went around to the back, and we followed, but mother was always afraid of burglars, and the rear windows were just as tightly closed. "John, run up to Mr. Wilson and ask if you can borrow his ladder,"he said. I went too, and in a few moments we were back with it. "Mr. Wilson says he wants the ladder back right away."We took it around to the back, and David went up the ladder while Dad held it. The front door was soon open, and we left Mary and Susan to prepare dinner while we returned the ladder.
   driveway   车道  
   firmly     紧紧地  
   burglar    窃贼，夜盗  
   rear       后面的，背面的  
   ladder     梯子，阶梯  
   right away 立刻，马上
                                 从窗户进去
  一天，我爸爸带我们一家到乡下兜风。我们七点到家。爸爸把车开进车道，我们下了车。爸爸朝大门走去。他的手从口袋里拿出来。他又试了一下其他口袋，但它们都是空的。他意识到他没有带大门钥匙。他试了试窗户。窗户都紧紧地关着。他绕到屋后，我们都跟着他，但妈妈总是害怕有窃贼，所以后窗同样也关得紧紧的。“约翰，快去找威尔逊先生，问他是否能借他的梯子。”他说。我也去了，几分钟后，我们带着梯子回来了。“威尔逊先生说他希望梯子马上就还回去。” 我们把梯子拿到后面，大卫爬上梯子，爸爸帮他扶着。前门很快就开了，我们留下玛丽和苏珊准备晚饭，而我们去还梯子。
             78                A Clever Servant
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home; the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing it.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them."With these words, he went out.
When the rich man was away from his home, the servant enjoyed a nice meal.
When the rich man came back, he couldn's find his food and wine. He became very angry. So he asked the servant, "Where are my wine and food?"The servant said a cat had eaten up the food. He was afraid to be punished so he drank the poison to kill himself.
   servant 仆人  
   poison 毒药  
                                 聪明的仆人
  从前，有一个有钱人，他有一个仆人，他和他的仆人都喜欢好酒和美食。每当富人离开家后，仆人就喝酒，吃光家里所有好吃的东西。富人知道仆人的所作所为，但他从来没有当场抓住过。  
  一天早上，当富人离开家时，他对仆人说：“家里有两瓶毒药和一些好吃的食物。你必须好好照看它们。”说完，他就走了。  
  当富人离开家后，仆人尽情享受了一顿美味大餐。富人回来后，找不到食物和酒，他很生气。他问仆人：“我的酒和食物到哪里去了？”仆人说有一只猫吃光了所有食物，他怕受到惩罚就喝下了毒药以结束自己的性命。
             79                 Our Playground
There is a big park in our town with lots of trees, flowers, and grass in it.
There are also places for tennis and volley-ball. There is a pond for small boats and a very small zoo, with a few wild animals in it.
For children the best place in the park is the playground. There they can swing and slide and go round and round for hours. During school hours, only the very small children are there, but on summer evenings, on Saturdays, and Sundays all the year, there are older children too. I like going to the playground with my friends because we are happy there. We laugh and shout and joke with each other.
There is a shed near the playground, and when it rains hard, the children go in here and wait until the rain stops. Then they come out again, running and shouting and laughing and in a minute they are all sliding and swinging and going round and round again.
   swing    荡秋千     slide    滑，滑行     shed     小屋，棚
                                我们的游乐场
  我们镇上有个大公园，里面有很多树、花和草。那里还有打网球和排球的地方。里面有个池塘可以划小船，还有个很小的动物园，里面有一些野生动物。  
  对孩子们来说，公园里最好的地方是游乐场。他们可以荡秋千、滑滑梯、到处跑，玩上好几个小时。在上课时间，那里只有很小的孩子，但在夏天的晚上、全年的周六和周日，那里也有大一点的孩子。我喜欢和朋友们一起去游乐场，因为在那里我们很开心。我们笑啊、叫啊，互相开着玩笑。  
  游乐场旁边有座小屋，下大雨时，孩子们就在这里等雨停。然后他们又出来，跑着、叫着、笑着，很快，他们又都在荡秋千、滑滑梯、到处跑了。
             80                     A Free Show
Jack lived in a village. As his father was very poor, Jack had little pocket money. One day a circus came to the village. Jack was very fond of going to the circus. He wanted to go very much, but he had no money. After lunch Jack went out and wandered slowly round the circus tent. Inside the tent the band was playing music and people were shouting happily. Jack was excited, so he tried putting his head first through a small opening in the tent. Just then, a guard found Jack out. "Hey, this is not an entrance,"he shouted and pulled him out.
Then Jack went to the back of the tent. There was another opening. Another guard was standing there. This time Jack turned backwards and tried to enter with his legs first. When the guard saw him, he shouted, "Hey, this is not an exit. You can's leave from here."He pushed Jack into the tent. So Jack got to see the Circus after all.
   pocket money   零花钱     band           乐队     entrance       入口  
   backwards      向后地     exit           出口
                                 免费看表演
  杰克住在一个村庄里。因为杰克的父亲很穷，所以他只有很少的零用钱。一天，村里来了个马戏团。杰克很喜欢马戏。他非常想去看，但是他没有钱。午饭后，杰克走了出去，绕着马戏团的帐篷慢慢晃悠。帐篷里，乐队正在演奏音乐，人们高兴地欢呼。杰克很激动，所以他试图把头伸进帐篷上的一个小口子里。正在这时，一个保安发现了杰克。“嗨，这里不是入口，”他大叫，然后把杰克拉了出来。  
  随后杰克又走到帐篷的后面。这里也有一个口子。另一个保安站在那里。这次杰克背过身去，试着先把脚伸了进去。保安看到了他，保安大叫，“嗨，这不是出口。你不能从这里出去。”他把杰克推进帐篷里。这样，杰克终于看到了马戏表演。

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81              Climbing Mountains
Do you like climbing mountains? My friend Ted does. He has never climbed a dangerous mountain, but he has climbed some quite big and difficult ones. He began to climb rocks when he was a small boy. Ted liked it very much and he did not get very tired. The next year his father took him up some mountains in Scotland, and he was very happy.
Last summer holidays, Ted's uncle invited him to go to Switzerland. The mountains are high there. They went to Switzerland by train and had a very good holiday. They climbed several mountains. At the end of the holiday he said to Ted, "You are still very young, but you already climb well."Ted was very glad.
Now Ted wants to go to China to climb some of the very high peaks in the Himalayas, but he is still too young and also he hasn's got enough money. Perhaps one day he will become rich, and then he will go to China.
   Switzerland 瑞士     peak 山顶     Himalayas 喜马拉雅山
                                    爬 山
  你喜欢爬山吗？我朋友特德喜欢。他从没爬过危险的山，但他曾爬过一些很大很难爬的山。当他还是个小男孩的时候，他就开始攀登岩石了。特德很喜欢这个运动，一点也不感到疲倦。第二年，他父亲带他登上苏格兰的一些山，他非常开心。  
  去年暑假，特德的叔叔邀请他去瑞士。那里的山很高。他们乘火车去了瑞士，过了一个非常愉快的假期。他们爬了几座山。在假期结束时，叔叔对特德说：“你还很年轻，但你已经爬得很好了。”特德听了很高兴。  
  现在，特德想去中国，爬上喜玛拉雅山最高的山峰，但他年纪还太小，而且没有足够的钱。也许有一天他会变得富有，然后他就可以去中国了。
             82                    Three Jokes
Joke 1
Clerk in a post office, after weighing the letter: "That letter's too heavy. You'll have to put another stamp on it."Man: "What's the good of that? If I put another stamp on it, that will only make it heavier, won's it?"
Joke 2
"What are you doing, my dear?"said a mother to her four-year-old daughter.  "I'm writing a letter to Helen,"the little girl answered. "But dear,"said the mother, "you don's know how to write."
The little girl continued to make marks on the paper with her pencil and answered: "Well, Helen doesn's know how to read, so it doesn's make any difference."
Joke 3
A school inspector was visiting an English class one day. He found some students were not sure about how to put the letters i or e in the words like receive,"believe,"and ceiling."He said: "Students, I can give you a rule. It always works well for me."The students were very interested. Even the teacher seemed eager to learn this important rule.
The inspector continued: "It is simply this: Write the i and the e exactly alike and then put the dot in the middle over them."
   inspector  巡视员     receive    收到, 接到  
   believe    相信     ceiling    天花板     dot        点, 圆点
                                 笑 话 三 则
笑话1  
邮局的工作人员称过信后：“这封信太重了。你需要再贴一张邮票。”  寄信人：“那样做有什么好处？如果我在信上再贴一张邮票，岂不是更重了？”  
笑话2  
“做什么呢，宝贝？”妈妈问她四岁的女儿。  “我在给海伦写信，”小姑娘回答。  “可是宝贝，”妈妈说，“你不知道怎么写。”  小姑娘继续用铅笔在纸上涂画，答道：“哦，海伦不认识字，所以会写不会写都一样。”  
笑话3  
一天，有个学校巡视员在视察一堂英语课时，发现有些学生拿不准像“receive”、“believe”和“ceiling”这些单词中的字母i和e什么在前，什么在后。他说：“同学们，我可以告诉你们一个规律。这个规律对我来说很管用。”学生们很感兴趣，甚至老师也急于想知道这个重要的规律。  
巡视员接着说：“很简单： 把i和e写得很相像，然后在它们上面中间的地方点个点。”              83                       Our Zoo
Jane's class is going to visit the zoo tomorrow. Our town has a big zoo with lots of animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and two old lions. Lions and tigers are fierce animals, so when they are in zoos, they live in strong cages. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a baby one. Jane wants to ride on one of the elephants. The elephants are tame and kind. They eat a lot of grass everyday. They like children because they sometimes give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas very much.
In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They stand on their back legs, hold up their arms and ask for food. They like cakes very much.
There is also a Children's Corner in our zoo. There children ride horses and donkeys and watch monkeys. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children. They love nuts and bananas and bread.
   fierce 凶猛的
                                我们的动物园
  简的班级明天要去参观动物园。我们镇上有个很大的动物园，里面有很多很多动物。有一些漂亮的老虎和两只年老的狮子。狮子和老虎是凶猛的动物，所以在动物园它们住在很牢固的笼子里。它们每天都吃很多肉。  
  那里还有两只大象和一只象宝宝。简想骑在其中一头象的身上。象很温顺，很友好。它们每天都吃很多草。它们喜欢孩子，因为孩子们有时会给它们吃面包和香蕉。大象很喜欢吃香蕉。  
  我们的动物园里还有棕熊、黑熊和白熊。他们用后腿站着，举起手臂要吃的。他们很喜欢吃蛋糕。  
  动物园里还有个儿童乐园。在那里，孩子们骑马，骑驴，看猴子。猴子们很有趣。他们爬上绳索，又跳下来，像小孩子一样互相玩耍。他们喜欢吃坚果、香蕉和面包。
             84      Things My Mother Taught Me
How interesting is your life? The answer is how clever you are when you turn the dull routines of life into laughter. I learned the meanings of these words from my mother when I was a teenager.
My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE ... "What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you ... Don's talk back to me! "
My Mother taught me LOGIC... "If you fall out off that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD... "If you don's pass your test, you'll never get into a university."My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT... "If you don's eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
My Mother taught me about GENETICS... "You're just like your father."
My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE... "When you get to be my age, you will understand."
And my all time favourite ... JUSTICE ... "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you ... Then you'll see what it's like.
   dull routines     枯燥的日常生活琐事     meet a challenge  迎接挑战  
   talk back         回嘴     logic             逻辑，逻辑学  
   university       （综合）大学     genetics          遗传学  
   wisdom            智慧，学识     justice           公平，正义，公正  
                                 我妈妈教我的事情
你的生活有多少乐趣？答案在于，你是否能够聪明地把枯燥的生活琐事变成笑声。在十几岁时，我从妈妈那里知道了下面这些话的含义。  
妈妈教会我迎接挑战……“你在想什么？我和你说话时要回答我……别顶嘴！”  妈妈教会我逻辑学……“如果你从秋千上掉下来摔断了脖子，你就不能和我一起去商店了。”  
妈妈教我凡事要想在前面……“如果你通不过考试，你就上不了大学。”  妈妈教我如何成为一个大人……“如果你不吃蔬菜，你就长不大。”  妈妈教我遗传学……“你跟你爸爸一模一样。”  妈妈教我关于年龄的智慧……“当你到我这个年纪时，你会明白的。”  以及我一贯的最爱……公平……“有一天，你会有孩子，我希望他们像你一样……那样你就会明白怎么回事了。”
             85     A Survivor of a Plane Crash
On Christmas Eve 1971 Juliana left Lima by air with her mother. They were on their way to Pucallpa, another town in Peru. Forty-five minutes later the plane broke up in a storm, and Juliana fell 3,000 meters, strapped in her seat. She was not killed when the seat hit the ground but she lay all night unconscious.
The next morning Juliana woke up, and found herself among the broken pieces of the plane, and called for her mother, but nobody answered. Juliana's collar bone was broken, one knee was badly hurt and she had deep cuts on her arms and legs. She decided to try to get out of the jungle, because she knew that if she stayed there she would die.
After ten days she came to a river and saw a hut. People discovered her and took her to a doctor in the next village. Juliana knew afterwards that there were at least three other people who were not killed in the crash, but she was the only one who got rescued.
   survivor     生还者，幸存者         crash        碰撞，坠毁  
   break up     破碎，分裂             storm        暴风雨，暴风雪  
   unconscious  不省人事，无知觉的     collar bone  颈骨  
   knee         膝，膝盖               jungle       丛林  
   hut          小屋，棚屋             rescue       援救，营救  

                                      飞机失事的幸存者
  1971年的圣诞前夜，朱莉安娜和她母亲乘飞机离开利马。她们正在去秘鲁的另一个叫做布卡尔巴市的路上。45分钟后，飞机在风暴中断裂，朱莉安娜绑在椅子上从三千米高空摔下。当座位砸到地上时，她居然没有死，她整晚都毫无知觉地躺在那。  
  第二天早上，朱莉安娜醒过来，发现自己躺在飞机残骸中间，她叫妈妈，可是没人答应。朱莉安娜的锁骨断了，一个膝盖严重损伤，手臂和腿上有很深的割伤。她决定设法走出丛林，因为她知道，如果她呆在这里，她会死。  
  十天后，她走到一条河边，看到了一座小屋。人们发现了她，把她带到隔壁村庄的医生那里。之后，朱莉安娜得知在那次坠机事件中，至少还有另外三人没有摔死，但只有她一个人得救了。
             86                       A Party
We are going to have a party in our house this evening. It is my mother's birthday, and she has invited my uncles and aunts and some of her friends. Mother and I are ordering most of the food for the party, and Father is getting the drinks. The living-room looks very pretty. Balloons of all colours are hanging from the lights.
In the dinning room we have put out the best plates, glasses and table cloths, and it all looks beautiful. We are going to have soup, fish, chicken, fruit and cheese. We are going to dance until midnight and after that, we will have some more food, because we will be hungry after all that dancing.
Last year my mother had her birthday party in a restaurant, but it is pleasanter at home. When it is my birthday, I am going to invite my friends and have a party in the garden. I will hang pretty lights in the trees and we will grill our food in the garden and dance on the grass.
                                    宴 会
  今晚我们将在家里举行宴会。今天是我妈妈的生日，她已经邀请了我的叔叔、阿姨们，还有她的一些朋友。我和妈妈正在订宴会的大部分食物，而爸爸正准备喝的。客厅看起来很漂亮。五颜六色的气球从灯上吊下来。  
  我们在餐厅里摆出了最好的盘子和玻璃杯，还有桌布，它们都很漂亮。我们还会有汤、鱼、鸡、水果和奶酪。我们将跳舞跳到半夜，之后，我们会再吃点东西，因为跳了那么久的舞之后，我们会肚子饿。  
  去年我妈妈在一个餐厅举行了生日宴会，但在家里会更开心。我生日时，我打算邀请我的朋友在花园里开宴会。我要在树上挂漂亮的灯，在花园里烧烤食物，在草地上跳舞。
             87                       Fishing
Henry likes fishing. He fishes in the river near our house. In the evenings he makes lies"out of little pieces of wool and cotton and ties them to his hooks. Then on Saturday afternoon he goes down to the river and fishes until it is dark. There are always a few other people there. They love fishing too, and they all sit there quietly for hours. Sometimes they catch some fish. Sometimes they do not.
Once Henry caught a big fish and he was very happy! All the other fishermen left their places and came to see his fish. One of them had a camera, so he took a picture of Henry with his big fish. Another time Henry fell into the river. The grass was slippery because there was some mud on it, and while he was pulling his line in, he slipped and fell into the dirty water. Henry does not swim, but the two nearest fishermen pulled him out quickly, and he ran home, with mud all over his face.
   wool     羊毛，毛线     hook     钩，吊钩  
   slippery 滑的     mud      泥，土     slip     滑倒
                                    钓 鱼
   亨利喜欢钓鱼。他在我们家附近的小河里钓鱼。晚上，他用小团羊毛和棉花系在钓钩上做成“小虫子”。然后，星期六的下午，他就去河边钓鱼，一直钓到天黑。那里一直还有其他一些人。他们也喜欢钓鱼，他们都在那里安静地坐上好几个小时。有时他们会钓到一些鱼，但有时什么也钓不到。  
   有一次，亨利钓到了一条大鱼，他非常高兴！所有其他钓鱼的人都跑过来看他的鱼。他们中有人有照相机，所以他给亨利和他的鱼照了张相。还有一次，亨利掉进了河里。因为草上有泥浆，很滑，当他收线时，他滑倒在脏水里。亨利不会游泳，但离他最近的两个钓鱼者很快把他拉了出来，他跑回家，满脸都是泥巴。
             88           Princess Misbehaviour
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess named Brianna. Everyone in the country thought she was pretty, but no one would play with her because she never listened to anyone, including the King and Queen. One night, while she was sleeping, a little birdie came to her in her dreams and told her that if she failed to listen to her parents her beauty would fade away. She laughed at the bird and called him foolish. She said she would stay beautiful until her dying day.
But next morning she awoke to find her long pretty hair was gone; all her pearly white teeth were missing. She broke down and cried out to the little birdie that had been in her dreams, begging him to make her beautiful again. She vowed she would never disobey her parents again. The little bird was moved by the princess and restored her beauty. She was so happy that she was back to her beautiful self. From that day forth she had lots of friends and no one ever laughed at her again.
   misbehaviour  无礼     princess      公主     birdie        小鸟  
   fail to       不能，没有                fade away     逐渐凋谢，慢慢减弱  
   pearly        珍珠似的                  vow           发誓  
   disobey       违反，违抗，不服从        restore       恢复，归还  
   from that day forth 从那天起
                                 无 礼 公 主
  从前，有一位美丽的公主，名叫布兰娜。国人们都认为她很漂亮，但是没人愿意和她玩，因为她从来不听任何人的话，包括国王和王后的话。一天晚上，她正在睡觉时，一只小鸟进入了她的梦乡，小鸟告诉她，如果她不听父母的话，她的美貌就会慢慢消失。她嘲笑那只鸟，还叫它傻瓜。她说她会一直拥有她的美貌，直到她死去。  
  但第二天早上，她醒来时，发现她美丽的长发不见了，珍珠般雪白的牙齿也没了。她崩溃了，对着曾经出现在她梦里的小鸟哭起来，求它让她重新变得美丽。她发誓再也不会违抗她的父母了。小鸟被公主感动了，恢复了她的美貌。重新又变回了原来的美丽，公主开心极了。从那天以后，她有了很多朋友，而且没有人嘲笑她了。
             89            Turtle’s Life Cycle
There are many different kinds of turtles throughout the world. They vary widely in size and in looks. However, in many ways they are all alike. They all have a covering of scales. They are like snakes and lizards, and they can live both on land and in water.
As winter comes, turtles go to sleep in the mud under the water through the cold weather.
All turtles hatch from eggs. In early summer, the turtle digs out a hollow in the soft ground. Here she lays her eggs, and covers them with earth and leaves them to hatch in the warm sun.
As soon as the baby turtles hatch, they head for the water, out of sight of their enemies the gulls, foxes, and other animals.
The young turtles eat insects and small animals, and grow fast. Although the turtles spend much of their time in the water, they breathe in the air. When the full grown turtle is ready to lay eggs, she returns to the land and the turtle's life cycle begins again.
   turtle    海龟     cycle     周期，循环     vary      变化  
   scale     鳞片     lizard    蜥蜴     hatch     孵化  
   hollow    洞     gull      海鸥
                                龟的生命周期
  全世界有很多种不同的龟。它们在大小和外形上有很大的不同。然而，在很多方面它们是相似的。它们都有龟甲。它们像蛇和蜥蜴，能在陆地和水里生活。  
  冬天来临的时候，龟在寒冷的天气里呆在水底下的泥里睡觉。  
  所有龟都是从蛋里孵出来的。初夏，龟在松软的泥地上挖一个洞。它在这里产下蛋，用土盖住蛋，然后把它们留在这儿，让温暖的阳光把龟蛋孵化成幼龟。  
  龟宝宝一孵出来，就爬向水里，远离它的敌人的视线，它的敌人有海鸥、狐狸及其他一些动物。 幼龟吃昆虫和小动物，它们长得很快。虽然龟大多数时间呆在水里，但是它们在空气中呼吸。    当长大的龟到了生蛋年龄时，它回到陆地上，这样龟的生命周期又重新开始。
             90              Jim’s Stomachache
Jim went to the doctor this morning. He likes apples very much and yesterday he ate too many green ones, so this morning he had a stomachache. When he came to breakfast he was crying. "What's the matter, Jim?"His mother said. "Why are you crying?My stomach hurts, mother,"he answered. "You ate too many apples yesterday,"she said, "and they were green. Go to Dr. Jones and he will give you some medicine.Yes Mother. I don's want any breakfast now."
Jim got to Dr. Jones"office at 9:30, but there were four other people in the doctor's waitingroom, so Jim didn's see the doctor until about 10 o'lock. "What's the matter with you, young man?"said Dr. Jones. "I have a stomach-ache,"said Jim. "Have you eaten any green apples?"asked the doctor. "Yes, I ate a lot yesterday,"Jim said, and smiled. The doctor smiled too. He wrote on a piece of paper and said, "take this to a chemist, and he will give you some medicine."Jim thanked the doctor, went to a chemist and bought the medicine. His stomachache was soon better.
                                 吉姆肚子疼
  吉姆今天早上去看医生了。吉姆很喜欢吃苹果，昨天他吃了太多的青苹果，所以今天早上开始肚子疼。吃早饭时，他哭了。“怎么啦，吉姆？”她妈妈问，“你为什么哭啊？”“我肚子疼，妈妈，”他回答。“昨天你吃了太多的苹果。”妈妈说，“它们都是青的，还不熟。去看琼斯医生吧，他会给你开一些药。”“好的，妈妈。我现在不想吃早饭。”  
  九点三十分，吉姆到了琼斯医生的诊所，但候诊室里还有四个人，所以吉姆大约十点才见到医生。“小伙子，怎么啦？”琼斯医生问。“我肚子疼？”吉姆说。“你有没有吃青苹果啊？”医生问。“是的，昨天我吃了很多。”吉姆说着笑了。医生也笑了起来。他在一张纸上写着，说：“把这个交给药剂师，他会给你一些药。”吉姆谢过医生，去药剂师那里买了药。很快，他的肚子疼就好了。

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91                           Cows
My friend Jim has a farm. He has a lot of cows and he sells their milk. He does not milk the cows by hand: he has an electric milking machine. He gets up very early every morning, milks the cows with his machine, lets them out into the fields, gets the milk ready, puts it in very big cans, washes the milking machine and the buckets, puts the milkcans out in the road, and then has his breakfast. At about 8 o'lock a big truck comes and collects his milk cans.
After breakfast, Jim goes to his desk and writes letters and bills and other things. When I visited him last year, he said to me, "Do you know, Bill, a farmer has a lot of paperwork now. He is like a clerk in an office."Jim loves his farm, but he hates paperwork.
After he has finished, he cleans his cowsheds and then goes out into his fields to look at his cows, or does some work in his vegetable garden. He is always very busy and his wife is too.
   bucket    桶     bill      账单，票据     cowshed   牛棚，牛舍
                                    母 牛
我朋友吉姆有个农场。他有很多奶牛，他出售牛奶。他不用手工挤奶，他有电动挤奶机。他每天早上很早起来，用机器挤牛奶，然后把母牛放到外面的牧场上，把牛奶处理好后，把它装进一个很大的奶罐里，然后洗干净挤奶机和奶桶，再把奶罐放到路边，然后他吃早饭。大概八点钟的时候，有辆大卡车过来收他的牛奶。  
吃完早饭后，吉姆走到书桌边写信，写账单，并处理些其他的事情。去年我去看他时，他对我说：“你知道吗，比尔，现在一个农夫也有很多文书工作要做，就像是办公室里的职员。”吉姆喜欢他的农场，但他不喜欢文书工作。  做完这些以后，他清扫牛舍，然后去牧场看他的母牛，或者在菜园里干点活。他总是很忙，他妻子也是。
             92            Will Daddy Be Home?
Becky was six years old. On Christmas Eve she helped her mother hanging a stocking marked "Daddy? Becky asked her mom, "Will Daddy be home before Santa comes?"Becky's mom said, "I certainly hope so."Then Becky wanted her mother to put some cookies out for Santa. Mom said it was a great idea. Then Becky went to bed to sleep.
Becky woke up early next morning. She went to wake up her parents and said, "Can we see if Santa came, Daddy? Can we, Mommy?"By now Becky's parents were not only awake but also as excited as she was.
As they got down the stairs Becky and her parents were pleased to see that there were lots of presents under the tree for them. Becky noticed that the sugar cookies for Santa were gone and there was a note next to a present that said, "Give these to your Daddy. He was home and in bed by the time I got here."Becky grabbed her Daddy by the leg and said, "Thank you daddy. I knew you'd make it home in time."
   marked              有记号的     be pleased to（do） 高兴，乐意  
   note   便条     grab   抓住  
                              爸爸会来得及回家吗？
  贝基六岁了。圣诞节前夕，她帮她妈妈一起挂起了标着“爸爸”两个字的长筒袜。贝基问她妈妈：“圣诞老人来之前，爸爸能赶回家吗？”妈妈说：“我希望他能。”接着，贝基想让妈妈给圣诞老人准备一些饼干。妈妈说那是个很棒的主意。然后，贝基就上床睡觉去了。  
  第二天一大早，贝基就醒了。她跑去叫醒爸爸妈妈，对他们说：“我们能去看看圣诞老人是不是来过了吗，爸爸？可以吗，妈妈？”这时，贝基的父母不仅醒了，而且还和贝基一样兴奋。  
  来到楼下，贝基和爸爸妈妈看到圣诞树下有那么多给他们的礼物，他们高兴极了。贝基注意到，那些送给圣诞老人的甜饼干都不见了，一件礼物旁边有一张纸条，上面写着，“把这些送给你的爸爸。在我到达这里时，他已经到家上床睡觉了。”贝基抱着爸爸的腿说：“谢谢你，爸爸。我知道你会及时赶回来的。”  
             93                       In a Boat
My family likes the sea very much. When we have a holiday, we go to a place at the seaside and borrow a boat from one of our friends. Then we row, sail and fish on the sea all day. Sometimes we have races against other boats. When the sea is rough, we row and sail on a small lake near the sea instead. We are very careful on this lake because there are a lot of sharp rocks and the water is shallow. We do not want to damage our friend's boat.
There are not many fish in the lake, but in the sea we sometimes catch a lot with a hook, line and small pieces of bread. The fish are not very big, but they taste very good. When the weather is fine, we row to the land at lunch time, collect pieces of dry wood and fry or grill our fish over them on the beach.
There is an island a kilometre from our friend's house, and we often sail to it. The water is very clean and we often bathe there.
   sharp     锋利的，锐利的  
   shallow   浅的
                                  在 船 上
   我们一家都很喜欢大海。度假时，我们去海边的一个地方，向我们的朋友借一艘船。然后我们整天都在海上划船、航行还有钓鱼。有时我们和其他的船比赛。  
   海上有风浪时，我们就在大海附近的小湖里划船。在这个湖上我们很小心，因为那里有很多锋利的暗礁，而且湖水很浅。我们不想损坏朋友的船。  
湖里的鱼不多，但是在海里，我们有时能用吊钩、绳子和小面包片抓到很多鱼。那些鱼不是很大，但是尝起来味道很不错。天气好的时候，中午我们划到岸边，在海滩上搜集几块干木头，在岸上煎鱼或者烤鱼吃。  
   离我朋友家一公里的地方有座小岛，我们常常划船去那里。那里的水很干净，我们常在那儿洗澡。
             94             A Happy Grandparent
Mr. Brown had a daughter who had two daughters and two sons. One day the daughter telephoned and said that she had a new daughter. Mr. Brown was very happy and decided to visit her.
On Friday morning, Mr. Brown got into a train. He was very happy. "I'm going to see my new grand-daughter,"he said.  
There were three empty places in the train. There was an old man beside one empty place, and Mr. Brown went to him and said nicely, "Are you a grandfather?Yes,"the man answered, "I have three granddaughters."Mr. Brown went to the second empty place. A nice woman sat beside that. Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandmother?"The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters and two grandsons."Mr. Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man beside that, and Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandfather?Do, I'm not,"the man answered. Mr. Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good. He sat down in the empty place and said to the man kindly, "Dow I'll tell you about my granddaughters and grandsons.
   nicely 和善地，和颜悦色地
                                 快乐的外公
布朗先生有一个女儿，他女儿有两个女儿、两个儿子。有一天，布朗先生的女儿打电话告
诉他，她又生了一个女儿。布朗先生非常高兴，他决定去看望她。  
星期五早上，布朗先生坐上了火车。他非常愉快。他说：“我要去看我的新外孙女了。”  
火车上有三个空座位。其中一个空位旁坐着一位老人。布朗先生朝他走过去，友善地说：
“你是个祖父吗？”  “是的，”那个老人回答他，“我有三个孙女。”  布朗先生于是走到第二个空位。一位和蔼的女士坐在这个空位旁边。布朗先生问：“你做了祖母吗？”  那位女士回答：“是的，我有两个孙女、两个孙子。”布朗先生又走到第三个空位子。坐在旁边的是位男士，布朗先生又问：“你做了祖父吗？”  “不，我不是。”那位男士回答他。  布朗先生高兴得笑着说：“好极了。”他在空位上坐下来，和蔼地对那位男士说：“现在，我想和你说说我的外孙和外孙女们。”  
             95                     The Cinema
Mary likes the cinema very much. She has no lessons and no homework on Saturdays, so she always goes to the cinema that afternoon. She prefers funny films but often she sees other kinds of films. She usually goes with some other schoolfriends, and they all sit together and eat nuts and ice cream and laugh when something funny happens.
Last Saturday Mary saw a film about a funny man. His name was Percy. Percy was fat and had a big, black moustache. He went out one night to play cards with his friends when his wife was asleep. When he was going home at midnight, a fierce dog ran after him and tore his trouser pocket, so Percy lost his key. He tried to climb up a ladder to get into his house through a window. But he slipped down the ladder and made a terrible noise. His wife woke up and cried, "Help! Thieves!"Someone telephoned the police and policemen quickly arrived. Percy ran away, but he slipped and fell into the mud at the side of the river. Mary and her friends laughed a lot.
   moustache           小胡子     run after           追赶，追逐  
   thief （thieves）   小偷  
                                        电 影
  玛丽很喜欢看电影。星期六，她不上学也没有作业，所以星期六下午她总是去看电影。她喜欢喜剧，但她也常看其他电影。她通常和同学们一起去，他们坐在一起，吃果仁，吃冰激凌，看到有趣的地方，大家哄堂大笑。  
  上周六，玛丽看了一部关于一个有趣的男人的电影，他的名字叫珀西。珀西很胖，长着又黑又密的胡子。一天晚上，当他妻子睡觉时，他出去和他的朋友玩牌。半夜他回家时，一条凶猛的狗追着他，撕破了他的裤子口袋，所以珀西的钥匙掉了。他试着爬上梯子想从窗户钻进去。可是他从梯子上滑了下去，发出很响的声音。他妻子醒了，叫起来：“救命！有小偷！”有人报了警，警察很快就到了。珀西逃离了现场，但却滑倒在河边的泥浆里。玛丽和她朋友都要笑死了。
             96              Little Bear Cuffy
Once there were three bears who lived together in a little house in the forest. The biggest bear, named Tubby, worked hard all day finding berries and good things to eat for himself and his friends. The middle-sized bear, called Fuzzy, worked hard too, getting the honey from the trees. The third bear, who was called Cuffy, just rolled and played in the sun all day.
One day, Tubby and Fuzzy went deep into the forest to find food. They said, "Please come with us, Cuffy, we will be gone for a long time."But Cuffy said, "Do, thank you. If I go with you, I will have to work hard. I will stay here and play until you get back."So off went the two bears, and Cuffy played with the rabbits. But soon he began to get hungry, and asked the rabbits if he could have lunch with them. But the rabbit said he had to go to Farmer Brown's garden for carrots. Cuffy knew he could not do that. Poor Cuffy! How hungry he was for some nice sweet berries. "Dext time,"he said, "Just wait until next time! I will be glad to go and find food with Fuzzy and Tubby.
   berry   浆果     honey   蜜，蜂蜜     carrot  胡萝卜  
                                 小 熊 卡 夫
   从前，有三只小熊生活在森林里的一座小房子里。最大的熊名叫塔比，他整天努力地工作，为自己和朋友们找浆果和好东西吃。排行中间的那只熊叫法兹，他也很辛苦地工作，从树上找蜂蜜。第三只熊名叫卡夫，他整天就在太阳底下翻滚玩耍。  
   一天，塔比和法兹要去森林深处寻找食物。他们说：“卡夫，和我们一起去吧，我们
会去很久。”但是卡夫说：“不了，谢谢你们。如果我和你们一起去的话，我必须得辛苦作。我要呆在这儿玩，直到你们回来。”  两只小熊出发了，卡夫和兔子们一起玩。但很快他的肚子开始饿了，他就问兔子们他是否   以和他们一起吃午饭。但是兔子说他必须去农夫布朗的花园里找胡萝卜。卡夫知道他不会这么做的。  
   可怜的卡夫！他是多么饿啊，好想吃几颗又甜又美味的浆果。“下一次，”他说，“就等到下一次！我一定乐意和法兹、塔比一起去找食物。”  
             97   The Hat Maker and the Monkeys
Once upon a time there was a man who made hats. He was a hat maker. He had enough hats to sell. One day he put the hats into his barrow and went along the road to the market. It was a long way and the hat maker was tired and hot. He came to a tree and sat down. Soon he fell asleep. There were monkeys up in the tree. The hat maker did not know this. The monkeys looked down. They saw the hats. Then they came down and took them. Each monkey put a hat on and each monkey went up the tree again.
Then the man woke up. His barrow was empty. There were no hats in it. "Where are my hats?"he said. He looked left. He looked right. He looked round about. Then he looked up. He saw the monkeys with his hats on. "Oh dear!"he said. "Those naughty monkeys have stolen my hats."He shook his fist at them. The monkeys shook their fists too. The hat maker had an idea. He took off his hat and threw it on the ground. The monkeys took off their hats too and threw them on the ground. The hat maker put his hats back in his barrow and quickly left for the market.
   barrow        手推车     fall asleep   入睡  
   naughty       顽皮的, 淘气的
                                 帽匠和猴子
  从前，有个人会做帽子。他是个帽匠。他有很多帽子要卖。一天，他把帽子放进手推车里，沿路去市场。路很远，帽匠走得又热又累。他来到一棵树下坐了下来，很快就睡着了。树上有猴子，帽匠对此并不知情。猴子们向下一望，看到了很多帽子。它们从树上下来拿走了帽子。每只猴子都戴上一顶帽子，然后又都爬到了树上。  
  过了一阵，帽匠醒了。他的手推车空空如也，里面没有一顶帽子。“我的帽子哪儿去了？”他说。他找找左边，看看右边，四下里寻找。后来他抬头一看，看到了戴着他的帽子的猴子。“噢，天哪！”他想，“这些淘气的猴子偷了我的帽子。”他冲它们挥挥拳头，猴子也挥挥它们的拳头。帽匠有了个主意。他脱下自己戴的帽子，扔到地上。猴子们也脱下它们的帽子扔到地上。帽匠把他的帽子捡起来放到手推车里，急忙离开这里赶往市场。
             98                 Spanish Farmers
Rota is a very small town in Spain. It is famous for its fruits and vegetables. In particular, it is famous for its tomatoes and pumpkins.
One would think that the soil of this region must be very good. It must be very rich in order to grow such excellent tomatoes and pumpkins. But the soil is not good. It is poor. It is only sand and rock — nothing more. The winds of the ocean blow hard. They have carried away the good soil. They have left only sand in its place. There is also little water. The soil is dry and hard.
The farmers of this region have to work very hard. They work from morning till night. They dig wells wherever there is water. They carry water by hand to their gardens. They use anything and everything to make the soil a little richer around each plant. They cover the young plants with leaves. In this way they protect them from the sun and wind. They watch each plant carefully. They watch the plants which are not strong. They give these plants more water and more attention. They show the plants the same affection they show for their wives or children.
There is a proverb about Rota farmers: the farmer of Rota touches each tomato plant at least forty times a day.
   soil        土壤     region      区域, 地方  
   dig         掘, 挖     protect     保护  
   affection   情感     proverb     谚语     touch       触摸
                                 西班牙农民
  罗塔是一个很小的西班牙城镇。它以果蔬闻名，尤以番茄和南瓜最为出名。  
  人们会以为这个地方的土壤肯定很好。能产出如此优良的番茄和南瓜，这里的土地肯定极其肥沃。但是，这里的土壤并不好，土地很贫瘠，只有沙子和岩石——别无它物。海风强劲，吹走了良土，只剩下沙子留在原地。这里缺水，土地又干又硬。  
  此地的农民不得不非常辛勤地劳动。他们从早干到晚。他们在有水的地方挖井，提水到园地，用尽一切方法使作物周围的土更肥沃。他们拿叶子遮盖幼苗。这种方法可以保护幼苗免于日晒和风吹。他们关注每一株作物，密切观察着长得不壮的秧苗，给它们更多的水分和照料。他们像照料自己的妻子和孩子那样照料他们的农作物。  
  说起罗塔的农民，有句谚语是这样说的： 罗塔农民每天至少要触摸每一株番茄四十次。
             99             King Lion and Mouse
One day a lion was sleeping peacefully in the forest when a mouse ran across his paw. Then he ran up the nose of the lion, awakening the great beast from his sleep.
The lion caught the little creature and the mouse, shivering with fear, cried out for mercy. "Please have mercy on me, King Lion! Please don's kill me! Forgive me this time, and I will never forget it. A day may come when I may be able to do something for you to repay your kindness."The lion smiled at the mouse's fright and laughed at the thought that so small a creature could ever help him, but he let the mouse go.
Not long after this, the lion was caught in a hunter's net. The angry lion let out a roar that could be heard far and wide throughout the forest. Even the mouse heard it. He knew it was the voice of the lion. He recalled that the lion had been merciful to him then. So he ran to the place where the lion lay caught in the net of ropes. He said to him, "King Lion, now it's time for me to repay you."
The mouse set to work at once, biting with his sharp little teeth at the heavy ropes that held the lion. Soon the lion was free.
   paw      手掌，手爪     beast    兽，畜牲  
   shiver   颤抖     mercy    宽恕，怜悯  
   forgive  原谅     repay    报答  
   recall   回想，记起     merciful 仁慈的，慈悲的
                                狮子王和老鼠
  一天，狮子正在森林里安静地睡觉，就在这时，一只老鼠从他爪子上跑过。接着老鼠又跑到狮子的鼻子上，把兽中之王从睡梦中惊醒。  
  狮子一把抓住那只小动物，而老鼠害怕地颤抖着，哭着求饶。  
“请饶了我吧，狮子大王！不要杀我！原谅我这次吧，我永远都不会忘记的。也许有一天我能为你做些事情来报答你的仁慈。”  
  狮子笑着看着惊恐万分的老鼠，嘲笑这么小的一只动物竟然能有帮助他的想法，但他还是把老鼠放走了。  
  在这之后不久，狮子被猎人的网套住了。愤怒的狮子发出嚎叫声，整个森林都能听到，甚至连老鼠都听到了。他知道这是狮子的声音。他想起狮子曾经对他很仁慈。所以他跑到狮子被绳网套住的地方。他对狮子说：“狮子大王，现在是我报答你的时候了。”  
  老鼠马上开始工作，用他又尖又小的牙齿咬断缚住狮子的大绳。很快狮子就自由了。
            100  Peeping into a Bird’s Privacy
In early summer the bird population increases and we look forward to the return of many of our beautiful bird friends.
Even birds like to spend time alone and will run away from their nest sometimes. We know that we can scare them, but when they are nesting, we allow our curiosity to overcome our good judgment.
Binoculars or field glasses are a great help when we want to see what birds are doing. A mirror set at an angle on a stick and held over a nest, will show us what is going on without our touching, pulling on the branches or annoying the mother bird.
We must be careful if we want the birds to stay with us. We must be aware of the danger of cats and try to control them. We must also try to provide food, water, and shelter.
If you provide all these things, without annoying the birds, you should have a fine bird population to entertain you this summer.
   peeping    窥视，偷看     privacy    秘密，隐私  
   nest       筑巢     curiosity  好奇心  
   binoculars 双筒望远镜     entertain  娱乐，招待
                               窥探鸟类的秘密
  初夏，鸟的数量增长，我们盼望着许多美丽的鸟类朋友的回归。  
  即使是鸟也喜欢独处，而且时不时地会离开自己的巢。我们知道我们会惊吓鸟类。但当他们筑巢时，我们会让我们的好奇心战胜我们的理智。  
  当我们想要看鸟正在干什么的时候，双筒望远镜或野外望远镜用处很大。在树枝上安装一个镜子，调好角度，装在鸟巢的上方，镜子会向我们展示鸟巢中的情况，从而避免了我们直接去触摸，拉树枝或惹恼鸟妈妈。  
  如果想让鸟和我们呆在一起，我们必须小心仔细。我们必须意识到猫的危险，要设法控
制住它们。我们还必须想办法提供食物，水和庇护处。  
  如果你能提供所有的这些东西，而且不骚扰鸟儿们，那么这个夏天，你就能有好多鸟儿陪伴你了。

taozhi007

好东西，能集中下载就更好了！

babytiger

很好的东西!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dalingyang

适合什么年龄的小朋友啊？

patrickli

不错,可以拿来直接用了，谢谢