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1 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。
2 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.
what he bought.
Here's the list.
shirt , heavy crowbar,
box of chocolates , shovel,
heavy hammer, bunch of flowers .The inspector
said,
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?”
3 What is Time?
(
Nursery
Rhyme
)
Time is grain for peasants.
Time is wealth for workers.
Time is life for doctors.
Time is victory for
soldiers.
Time is knowledge
for students.
Time is speed
for scientists.
Time is
money for businessmen.
Time
is everything for all of us.
Therefore, seize the time of today!
grain
粮食
wealth
财富
victory
胜利
seize
抓住,把握
时间是什么(童谣一首)
对农民来说
,时间就是粮食。对工人来说,时间就是财富。对医生来说,时间就是生命。
对士兵来说,时间就是胜利。对学生来说,时间就是知识。对
科学家来说,时间就是速度。
对企
业家来说,时间就是金钱。对我们大家来说,时间就是一切。因此,把握今天
!
4 Perfect Match
A rich woman is so proud of
a valuable 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.
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
p>
调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的?”
“儿子,
”父亲回答,
“我把花瓶也一起漆了。
”
5
A Barbecue
When
I
was
a
child,
I
once
went
camping
with
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,
fire easily. Then put the larger
ones on top of them.
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
p>
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
p>
着用火柴把木头点燃,但结果都是烟。父亲说:
< br>“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。
6 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,
didn't
believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your
leg. He just looked at me and said,
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,
p>
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。
”
7 Making a Kite
One day, Paula and Richard
decided to make a kite. First they went out and
found two straight sticks
of the same
length. They brought them back home and tied them
with a piece of string into 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。
8 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。
9 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。
10 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。
11
“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,
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.
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》
。
”
12 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。
13 The Hare and the Tortoise
One
day a hare was telling the other animals how fast
he could run.
beat
anyone!
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。
< br>“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。
14 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
< br>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。
15Humour
—
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。
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16 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.