空化Book3 Unit1 An Interesting Festival 有趣的节日

屏住了呼吸

，然后，按照

风俗

< br>，将

奖

励

给她一只

公鸡

的头

骨

。

很

明显

，这个故事不是真 的，但是节日却很有趣。

Book3 Unit2

Balanced Diet

平衡膳食

Wang Peng

earn

ed his

living

by running a

barbecue

restaurant, which served

delicious

bacon

,

fried

chicken

breast

and

mutton roast

ed with

pepper

and

garlic

. But

his food and

discount

attracted fewer and fewer

customer

s. Finally, he was

in debt

.

Yong Hui’s

slim

ming restaurant served fresh

pea

s,

carrot

s,

eggplant

s, and

raw

cucumber

s with

vinegar

. As the

hostess

, she said

fibre

s

benefit

ed customers'

digestion

the most. In order not to let Yong Hui

get away with tell

ing

lies

, Wang Peng

spied on

Yong Hui despite her

glare

. But he was surprised that she was

losing her customers, too.

Curiosity

drove Wang Peng to

consult

an expert. The expert

sigh

ed and said,

“Both of your menus have

weakness

and

limited strength

. Your customers

put on

weight

too easily, while Yong Hui’s

lose weight

too quickly. So, Wang Peng,

cut down

the fat of your food and increase vegetables and fruits, like

nut

s,

bean

s,

mushroom

s,

peache

s and

lemon

s. You

ought to combine

the two menus and provide a

balanced

diet

.”

Before long

, Wang Peng won his customers back.

王鹏经营一家

餐厅来

谋生

，他的餐 厅供应美味的

腊肉

、

油炸的

胸

，还

有用

和

大蒜

一起

烤制

的

羊肉

。但是，他 的食物和

折扣

吸引的

顾客

越来越少，

最后是他

负债累累

。永慧的

减肥

餐厅供应的是新鲜的

豌 豆

、

红萝卜

、

茄子

和

醋

腌

的

生黄瓜

。作为老板娘（

女主人

）

，她总是说食物

纤维

才最

有利于

顾客的

消化

。为

了不让永慧

说了谎不受惩罚

，王鹏不顾她的

怒视

，前去

探查

个究竟。但是让他惊

奇的是，永慧的顾客也在严重地流失。

好奇心

驱使王鹏去

咨询

专家。

那位专家

< br>叹息

着说：

“你们俩的菜单都

缺 点

明显、

优点有限

。你的顾客很容易就

发胖

，而永慧的顾客

体重

却

减轻

得太快。所以嘛，

王 鹏，你要

减少

你的食物中的脂肪含量，增加蔬菜和水果，例如< /p>

坚果

、

豆类

、< /p>

蘑

菇

、

桃子

和

柠檬

之类。你

应 该

把两份菜单

结合

起来，给顾客提供< /p>

平衡的膳食

。

”

不久

，王鹏就赢回了他的顾客。

Book3 Unit3

Sailing Home

划船回家

This

novel

was about an

unbelievable

but

genuine

adventure

. Its

author

was a

black

businessman

who was

brought up

in America. In 1956, he visited Africa, his

birthplace

. One day, when he was

wander

ing on the

pavement

near the

bay

enjoying

the sea

scene

s, he lost his money and passport that he kept in an

envelope

. So he went

to the

embassy

to

seek

help, but the ambassador with

rude

manner

s didn’t

permit

his

staff to help though he

bow

ed to him.

Staring at

his

impatient

face, he understood that

it was the

fault

of his skin colour that

account

ed

for

their

refection. So he decided to

take a chance

to sail on a small boat home.

He met

a large amount of

difficulty but was never stopped.

On the contrary

,

difficulty pushed him to

go ahead

harder. Three months later, he was

spot

ted by a ship

by accident

. He was

in rags

indeed

. A maid even

scream

ed when bringing him a

steak