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1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上1.A Young Officer and an Old Soldier年輕軍官與老兵A very new, young officer was at a railway station He was going to visit his mother, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the coins for the telephone, so

2、he went outside and looked around for someone to help him. 一位新（new）上任的年輕（young）軍官(young officer)在火車站(railway station)候車。他要去看望(visit)他的母親(mother)。他想打電話(want to telephone sb.)告訴(tell)母親他的列車(train)到站的時間。但尋遍了所有的口袋(pocket)，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)(find)他沒有打電話用的硬幣(coin)，于是他走到車站外面(outside)，環(huán)顧四周(look around)想找人幫忙(help)。2. Are Y

3、ou Going to Thank Her? （1）您是要感謝她嗎？(1)Mrs. Green has lived near the park of the city for forty years. She's very rich and has got a lot of money. Bur she never buys something expensive for her family and always does all the housework herself. She sweeps all the rooms every day.Last morning, when

4、she got up, she felt terrible After breakfast she felt even worse She found some medicine and took it. But it was useless to her and she had to go to a hospital.2您是要感謝她嗎？(1)格林夫人(Mrs.)在這座城市(city)的公園(park)附近住(live)了四十(forty)年了。她特別富裕(rich)，相當(dāng)有錢(money)。但她從不(never)給自己的家人(family)買昂貴的(expensive)物品，而且總是(alw

5、ays)自己做所有的家務(wù)(housework)，她每天打掃(sweep)所有的房間。昨天早上(Last morning)。她起床(get up)時感覺(feel)很糟糕(terrible)。早餐(breakfast)后她覺得更嚴重(even worse)，就找了一些藥(medicine)吃了。但還是沒用(useless)。她不得不去了醫(yī)院(hospital)。 5.Three Black Umbrellas (1)Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a

6、present that would be nice and useful but not expensive.A week before her mother's birthday, she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and decided to take a black one. Her mother had lost hers

7、the month before.薩莉是個學(xué)生(student)，再過幾天就是她母親的生日了，她想給母親買(buy) 一個價格不高，但漂亮、實用的(nice and useful)禮物(present)。在她母親生日之前(before)的一個星期(week)，薩莉匆忙地吃了頓簡單的(simple)午餐(lunch)后就出去購物(go shopping)了?？?look)了半個小時后，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個賣(sell)便宜(cheap)雨傘(umbrella)的商店，她決定(decide)買把黑色的(black)傘。一個月(month)之前她母親把她的傘(hers)丟(lose)了。 5.Three Bl

8、ack Umbrellas (2)She thought,“You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.”So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to the school with her until her classes had finished. On her way home in the train that evening she felt hungry because she had such a small l

9、unch that she went along to the buffet car(餐車) for a sandwich and a cup of coffee.5三把黑傘(2)她想，“穿(wear)任何顏色(color)的衣服(clothes)，都可以攜帶(carry)黑傘?！庇谑撬龥Q定買把可愛的(lovely)黑傘帶回學(xué)校(school)，直到(until)課(class)結(jié)束(finish)時才帶回家。那天晚上(evening)在她乘火車回家的路上(on her way home)，因為午餐吃的很少(have such a small lunch)她覺得餓(hungry)于是走進餐車，

10、要了一份三明治(sandwich)和一杯咖啡(a cup of coffee)。告訴他們自己為媽媽買的傘不見了，而且下一站(next station)她就得下車了。其他的(other)三位乘客聽到(hear)后，都詢問她母親的地址(address)，以便(so that)有人知道拿錯了(take it by mistake)傘再拿回來(bring back)時，他們可以把傘寄(send)給她母親。 6. Friends (1) Friends are different things to different people. To my little sister, a friend is s

11、omeone who likes to swim and ride bikes. My mom's idea of a friend is someone like Mrs. Smith who walks and talks with her every morning. My dad's friends are neighbors who help him with the work like building shelves and planting trees.6朋友(1)對于不同的人(people)，朋友(friend)意味著不同的(different)內(nèi)容。對于我的

12、小妹妹(little sister)來說，朋友是喜歡(like)游泳和騎自行車(ride bikes)的某個人(someone)。我媽媽的想法(idea)是朋友像(like)史密斯夫人一樣可以每天早上陪她散步(walk)并交談(talk)。我爸爸的朋友是幫他搭建架子(build shelves)、種樹(plant trees)或做其他活的鄰居們(neighbors)。 6. Friends (2)Steve, our monitor, is my best friend We go skating, play football, talk about sports, and go to a c

13、oncert. When I broke my leg, he always came over to play games; in school, he carried my schoolbag for me and got my lunch for me. I know I can always count on him, and he also knows that he can count on me. Some friends may be in your life for a while. Others will be there for a long time, maybe ev

14、en forever(永遠). I would hate to move, unless I could take my friends with me .They are too important to leave behind.6朋友(2)我們的班長(monitor)史蒂夫是我最好的(best)朋友。我們?nèi)セ?go skating)、踢足球(play football)、談?wù)擉w育(talk about sports)、去聽音樂會(go to a concert)。我摔斷腿(leg)時，他就來我家玩游戲(game)；在學(xué)校，他替我拿書包(schoolbag)，并幫我打午飯。我知道我總能依

15、靠(count on)他，他也知道他能依靠我。有些(some)朋友可能(may)只在你的一生中停留一會兒(for a while)。另一些(others)則很長一段時間(for a long time)和你做朋友，甚至有可能(maybe)是終生的朋友。我憎恨(hate)搬家(move)，除非(unless)我可以把朋友也帶走。他們對我來說太重要了(too important)，我無法把他們留下(leave behind)。 7. The“Deaf”WifeA man is talking to the family 

16、;doctor.“Doctor, I doubt whether my wife's going deaf.”The doctor answers,“Heres something you can try on her to test her hearing. Stand some meters away from her and

17、 ask her a question. If she doesn't answer, move a little closer and ask again Keep repeating this until she answers. Then you'll be able to tell if

18、0;she is deaf or not.”The man goes home and begins to test his wife's hearing. He stands by the wall and says,“My dear, what's for dinner?”He doesn't hea

19、r an answer, so he moves closer to her.“My dear, what's for dinner?”Still no answer. He repeats this several times, until he's standing just a few feet away&

20、#160;from her. Finally, she answers,“For the eleventh time, I said we're having meat and rice!”  7“耳聾的”妻子某人對他的家庭醫(yī)生說，“醫(yī)生，我懷疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聾(deaf)了?！贬t(yī)生回答說，“有個辦法可以測試(test)她的聽力。你站(stand)在離她幾米遠(some meters away)的地

21、方，然后問她一個問題(question)。如果她不回答，你再走近點(a little closer)，然后再問。如此重復(fù)(repeat)直到她聽到為止。那時你就可以判斷她是否聾了?！边@人回家后便開始測試他妻子的聽力。他站在墻的旁邊(by the wall)說，“親愛的(dear)，晚飯(dinner)吃什么？”他沒聽到回答，于是又朝妻子走近了些。“親愛的，晚飯吃什么？”仍然(still)沒有回答。他如此反復(fù)了幾次(several times)直到他離妻子只有幾英尺(a few feet)的地方。最后(finally)，她回答

22、道，“我都說了十一次了，我說咱們要吃肉(meat)和米飯(rice)。”8. We Really Don't Know (1)Jack had gone to the university to study his history, but at the end of his second term, he failed his 

23、history exam, and he was told that he would be dismissed from university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the history professor(教授授)to ask him

24、60;to let Jack continue his studies the next year.“He's a good boy,”said Jack's father,“Please pardon him. If you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll i

25、mprove a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well.”8我們真的不知道(1)杰克去大學(xué)(university)里學(xué)習(xí)(study)歷史(history)，但在第二學(xué)期(term)末，他的歷史考試不及格(he failed his history exam)同時他還被告知將被開除(dismiss)。然而(h

26、owever)杰克的父親(father)決定去拜訪那位歷史學(xué)教授，請求教授讓(let)杰克繼續(xù)(continue)下一年的學(xué)業(yè)。“他是個不錯的男孩(boy)。”杰克的父親(father)說，“請原諒(pardon)他吧！如果這次您能讓他通過(pass)，我確信(I'm sure)他明年一定會大有長進(improve a lot)；而且會在年終時真正地(really)很出色地通過考試?！?#160;                    8. We Reall

27、y Don't Know (2)“No, no, that's quite impossible!”replied the professor immediately.“Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he didn't know!”“Please, sir, give him another chance”said Jack's father.“You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our h

28、ouse so we even don't know that Napoleon was ill recently.”8我們真的不知道(2)“不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。”教授立即(immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道嗎，上個月我問他拿破侖是什么時候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！”“先生，請再給他一次機會(give him another chance)吧。”杰克的父親說道，“您要知道，恐怕(I'm afraid)是因為我們家里沒有報紙(newspaper)。因此我們甚至連拿破侖近來(recently)病了(ill)都不知

29、道?！?. Raymond (1) Everybody dreams of doing something important. As a boy Raymond dreamed of being a scientist, in fact, he is a postman now. Raymond is an active young man. He lives by the saying(格言)“If you can't live the life you love, Love the life you live”He greets everyone with a big smile

30、 and a friendly“Hi, how are you?”And he really wants to know! It's hard to fee! unhappy when we hear him whistling(吹口哨)happily up and down the street. 9雷蒙德(1)每個人(everybody)都夢想(dream of)做些重要的事。雷蒙德小時候夢想成為一名科學(xué)家(scientist)，實際上(in fact)他現(xiàn)在是一名郵遞員(postman)。雷蒙德是個積極主動的(active)年輕人。他信奉的格言是“如果你不能過你熱愛的生活，那就熱

31、愛你所過的生活?！睅е鵂N爛的微笑(smile)，他向每一個人打招呼(greet)，還來一句友好的(friendly)問候，“嗨，你好嗎？”而且他確實想知道！當(dāng)我們聽到他歡快地吹著口哨在街道(street)上來來往往(up and down)時，想不高興都難(hard)。 9. Raymond (2)Raymond looks good. His shirt and trousers always look very clean. After work, he likes going to the gym to take exerciseRaymond is strict in his work

32、 He cares about the people on this street everyday, he knocks on Mrs. Jordan's door to ask for a drink of cool water. He's not really thirsty. Mrs. Jordan is old, and he just wants to make sure she's okay.9雷蒙德(2)雷蒙德看起來(look)很不錯。他的襯衫(shirt)和褲子(trousers)總是非常干凈(very clean)。下班后，他喜歡去體育館(gym)鍛

33、煉(take exercise)。 雷蒙德對自己的工作要求嚴格(strict)。他關(guān)心(care about)街道上的居民。每天他都會敲(knock onat)喬丹夫人的門(door)去要一杯涼(cool)水。他不是真的口渴(thirsty)。喬丹夫人年紀大了，他只是想確認(make sure)喬丹夫人一切正常。10. That's Why!Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He also got many p

34、rizes for his painting. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them They said,“This boy's going to be famous when he's a little older, and then were going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.”Jimmy's pictures were different from oth

35、er people's because he never painted it on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the other half was always empty.“That's very clever,”everybody said.“Nobody else does that!”They all believed that the boy was a pioneer in painting.One day, somebody bought one of Jimmy's pictures

36、 and then said to him,“Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half ?”“Because I'm small,”Jimmy said,“and my brushes don't reach very high.”10.原來如此！吉米三歲開始畫畫(start painting)，五歲時已經(jīng)(already)畫得相當(dāng)好了。他還因此獲得很多獎(many prizes)。他畫了很多美麗(beauti

37、ful)有趣的(interesting)圖畫(picture)。人們付(pay)很多錢(a lot of money)買這些畫。他們說：“這個孩子大一點后肯定會出名(be famous)到時我們可以靠這些畫賺更多的錢。”吉米的畫不同于(be different from) 他人的畫，因為他從來不在整張紙上作畫。他只在一半紙上畫，另一半總是空的(empty)?！斑@真是個聰明的(clever)做法！”大家都說，“沒有其他人(nobody else)這么畫過?！彼麄兌颊J為這男孩堪稱繪畫藝術(shù)的先鋒(pioneer)。有一天，有人買了吉米的畫，然后問：“請告訴我，吉米，你為什么總是在紙的下半部分(bot

38、tom half)畫而不在上半部分(top half)畫呢？”吉米說：“因為我個頭小，我的畫筆(brush)無法夠到(reach)那么高(high)?！?11. Living like a Pig像豬一樣生活 One day, a guru(印度教大師)knew what he would be in his next life. So he called his favorite disciple(徒弟) and asked him what he would do to show thanks. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru

39、 asked him to do.After the guru received the promise, he said,“Then this is what I'd like you to do for me. I've just learned that when I die very soon, I'm going to be born as a pig. Do you see that pig eating rubbish over there in the yard ?I'm going to be born as one of its baby p

40、igs. Youll recognize(認出)me by a mark on my face When the baby pigs have been born, find the baby pig with a mark on its face and kill it with your knife Then Ill not live a pig's life Will you do this for me?”The disciple was sad to hear all this, but he agreed to do as he had promised.Soon afte

41、r this conversation, things happened just as the guru had mentioned. The guru died. Four baby pigs were born. One day, the disciple held his knife with him and picked out the baby pig with a mark on its face. Just as he was about to kill it, the little pig suddenly spoke,“Stop! Don't kill me!”it

42、 cried.The disciple was very surprised, and he heard the little pig speak in a human voice, it said,“Don't kill me I want to live on as a pig. When I asked you to kill me, I didn't know what a pig's life would be like. It's great! Just let me go.”11.像豬一樣生活(1)有一天，一位印度教大師知道了他的來生是個什么樣子，

43、因此，他召來(call)自己最喜愛的(favorite)徒弟，并問他要做什么來表示感謝。徒弟說無論什么(whatever)，只要大師要求，他都會去做。收到(receive)這項承諾(promise)之后，大師說：“我現(xiàn)在就告訴你我希望你為我做的。我剛剛得知(learn)我就要死了，我會出生(be born)成為一只豬(pig)。你看到正在院子(yard)里吃垃圾(rubbish)的那頭豬了吧？我將會是它下一窩豬仔中的一只小豬(baby pig)。你會從我臉(face)上的記號(mark)認出我來當(dāng)那些小豬出生以后，你去找臉上有記號的小豬，用你的刀(knife)把它殺死，這樣我就不會過豬的生活(

44、live a pigs life)。你會為我做嗎？” 聽到這些徒弟很傷心(sad)，但他同意(agree)照大師所說的去做。事情正和大師提到(mention)的一樣。在他們的對話(conversation)之后不久，大師死了，四只豬仔出生了。有一天，徒弟握著(hold)他的刀，挑選(pick out)出臉上有記號的那只小豬。當(dāng)他正要(be about to)殺掉它時，小豬突然(suddenly)開口說話：“住手！不要殺我！”小豬大喊道。徒弟非常吃驚(surprised)，他聽到小豬用人的聲音(in a human voice)說：“別殺我！我想要當(dāng)豬繼續(xù)活下去。當(dāng)我要求你殺我時，我并不知道豬的

45、生活將是什么樣。豬的生活很棒(great)!就讓我活下去吧。”12. Greenland and Iceland格林蘭島與冰島 Greenland is the largest island on earth. It is in the north of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If y

46、ou do, you are wrong. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There are more people in your hornet own than in all of Greenland That is because Greenland is not green Greenland is white. Most of Greenland is covered with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is higher than some of the

47、 world's buildings. What about Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it is not. Iceland has ice, but not so much ice as Greenland. Iceland has a Lot of hot springs(溫泉). They give out hot water and steam (蒸汽). So it is not as cold as Greenland. And there are a lot more people who live in Icel

48、and.12.格林蘭島與冰島格林蘭島是世界上(on earth)最大的島嶼(largest island)。它位于歐洲(Europe)的北部(north)。在格林蘭島的附近有另外一個島。這個島很小。它的名字叫冰島。你認為格林蘭島是綠色(green)、溫暖的(warm)嗎？你認為冰島是冰(ice)覆蓋的白色(white)島嶼嗎？如果你這樣想，你就錯了。格林蘭島上沒有很多人居住。你家鄉(xiāng)(hometown)的人會比(than)整個格林蘭島的居民都多。那是因為格林蘭島不是綠色的，它是白色的。格林蘭島的大部分(most)覆蓋著(be covered with)很多冰。覆蓋格林蘭島的冰比這個世界上的一些建

49、筑物(building)還要高。冰島怎樣呢(what about Iceland)?它比格林蘭島還要冷(cold)嗎？不，不是的。冰島有冰，但不像格林蘭島那么多的冰(not so much ice as Greenland)。冰島有很多溫泉。這些溫泉放出(give out)熱水和蒸汽，因此冰島不像格林蘭島那樣冷(not as cold as Greenland)。而且冰島的居民遠遠多于格林蘭島。13. A Competition of LyingA certain old gentleman was very unhappy about modern education, and though

50、t that young people didnt know the difference between right and wrong.One day he was taking a walk near the church when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat The old gentlemen went up to the boys and asked them what was happening. One of the boys said to him“We're having a competiti

51、on. We're telling lies, and the one who tells the biggest lie will keep the cat.”The old gentleman thought this was a good chance to teach the boys a useful lesson, so he said to them,“I've never told a lie in my life”. At once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said,“You

52、9;ve won! The cat belongs to you!”13說謊比賽某個(a certain)老年紳士(gentleman)對現(xiàn)代教育(modern education)頗為不滿(unhappy)，他認為年輕人不知道是非(right and wrong)之間的差異(difference)。有一天，他在教堂(church)附近散步(take a walk)時，看到一些小男孩圍著一只小貓(cat)。這位老紳士湊上前去問孩子們發(fā)生(happen)什么事了。有個男孩告訴他：“我們正在進行一場競賽(competition)。我們在比賽說謊(tell ties)，誰說的謊最大，這只貓就是誰的。

53、” 老紳士覺得這是教育孩子們的一個好機會。于是他就對孩子們說：“我這輩子從未說過謊話?！绷⒖?at once)所有孩子異口同聲地大喊(shout)：“你贏(win)了！這只貓屬于你了(The cat belongs to you)!”14. Sports in AmericaIn many parts of the world, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. There are only three in America: football, basketball and baseball. If you wa

54、nt to know what season it is, just have a look at what people are playing.Sports are an important part of American culture. Students learn to play many sports at school. They take PE classes. Some join the school teams, and others join school sports leagues(聯(lián)盟). For many people in the USA, sports ar

55、e not just for fun They're almost a religion (宗教). Thousands of sports fans buy expensive tickets to watch their favorite teams and sports stars play. Other fans watch games on TV at home. The most devoted(投入的) sports fans never miss a game.14美國的體育世界上許多地方(many parts)有四個季節(jié)(season)：春(spring)、夏(sum

56、mer)、秋(fall)、冬(winter)。美國卻只有三個：足球、籃球(basketball)和棒球(baseball)。如果你想知道是什么賽季(season)，只需看一下人們在玩哪種球即可。體育是美國文化(American culture)的一個重要部分(part)。學(xué)生在校時學(xué)習(xí)很多體育項目。他們上體育課(PE)。有些學(xué)生加入校隊(join the school team)還有些學(xué)生加入學(xué)校體育聯(lián)盟。 對于許多美國人來說，體育不只是為了玩(for fun)。體育幾乎(almost)是一種宗教。成千上萬的(thousands of)體育迷(sports fan)購買昂貴的門票(ticket

57、)去觀看(watch)他們最喜歡的球隊以及體育明星(star)比賽。其他體育迷在家通過電視(on TV)看比賽。最鐵桿的體育迷從不會錯過(miss) 一場比賽。15.The Apple Tree (1)A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, played under the tree. He loved the tree and the tree

58、 loved to play with him.Time went by.The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree.One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad.“Come and play with me,”the tree asked the boy.“I am no longer a kid I do not play around trees any more”The boy replied,“I want toys. I need

59、 money to buy them.”“Sorry, but I don't have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them So, you will have money.”The boy was so excited. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn't come back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad.One day, the boy retu

60、rned and the tree was so excited“Come and play with me”The tree said“I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house Can you help me?”“Sorry, but I don't have a house But you can cut off my branches(枝干)to build your house.”, so the boy cut all the branches of the tre

61、e and left happily. The tree was glad to see him full of joy, but the boy didn't appear since then The tree was again lonely and sad.15.蘋果樹(1)很久以前有一棵巨大的(huge)蘋果樹(apple tree)。一個小男孩每天都喜歡來到樹旁玩耍。他爬(climb)到樹頂、吃蘋果、在樹下玩他愛這棵樹，樹也愛和他一起玩。隨著時間的流逝，小男孩長大了(grow up)。他不再到樹旁玩耍了。一天，男孩回到樹旁，他看起來很悲傷。“來和我玩吧！”樹說?！拔也辉偈莻€

62、小孩(kid)，我不會再到樹下玩耍了”男孩答道，“我想要玩具(toy)，我需要(need)錢來買?！薄昂苓z憾，我沒有錢。但是你可以摘(pick)我所有的蘋果拿去賣。這樣你就有錢了?！蹦泻⒑芘d奮(excited)。他摘掉樹上所有的蘋果，然后高興地離開了。摘過蘋果以后，男孩沒再回來(come back)。樹很傷心。一天，男孩回來(return)了，樹非常興奮，“來和我玩吧”，樹說?！拔覜]有時間玩我不得不(have to)為我的家庭工作。我們需要一個房子，你能幫我嗎？”“很遺憾，我沒有房子。但是，你可以砍下(cut off)我的樹枝來建房。”因此，男孩砍下所有的樹枝，高高興興地離開了。看到他充滿歡樂(full of joy)，樹也很高興(glad)。但是，自從(since)那時起，男孩沒再出現(xiàn)(appear)，樹很孤獨(lonely)很悲傷。 15.The Apple Tree (2)One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was very happy.“Come and play with me!”the tree said.“I am sad and getting old I want to go sailing