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. "Y es, sir, I found Johnny . 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？”
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. "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。”
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, "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。
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, "Y ou 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。”
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? Y es, 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. Y ou 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?
Y ou 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. Y ou 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 Y ou 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》。”
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. "I can
beat anyone!"cried he. "Will one of you try a race with me?"
"I will,?said the tortoise.
"Y ou!?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。
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
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。
……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
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.
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。
17 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。
18 A Dish Washer
Some people have dogs or cats as pets. One woman in New Y ork 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
19 A Y oung 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。
20 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
21 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。
22 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. Y ou 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。
23 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。
24 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！
25 Managing Y our 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。
26 “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: Y esterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the
story is not good? Y ou 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.?
“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。”
27Visiting Shakespeare’s Home
In 1998, when I was working for an export company, I went to England. After
finishing my business, which took several days, 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 V enice, 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.
莎士比亚故居之旅
1998年，我在一个出口公司工作的时候，去了一趟英国。花几天时间干完公务后，我去了斯特拉特福德，莎士比亚出生的地方。在斯特拉特福德，我参观了几处与莎士比亚有关的场所，包括他出生时的房子、死后埋葬的教堂以及他妻子的家人居住的村舍。
我想去看一出戏剧，所以就向剧院售票处询问哪场戏剧有票，结果买到了《威尼斯商人》的票，这是我最喜欢的戏剧。之后，我在后台入口处等到了剧中我最喜欢的演员。我得到了他的亲笔签名并和他交谈。这次经历我永远不会忘记。
28 A Thrilling Ride
Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down 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.
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。
29 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.
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。
高中英语阅读理解题型及解题技巧 纵观近几年的高考英语试题，我们不难看出，阅读理解能力是高考考查的重点，自始至终占主导地位，并且有逐年增加的趋势。做好阅读理解，是获得高考英语高分的关键。 阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是： 1．阅读材料，理解材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节。 2．既理解具体的事实，也理解抽象的概念。 3．既理解文章的字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等。 4．既理解某句、某段的含义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并据此进行推理和判断。 5．既能根据所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应具有的常识去理解判断。 根据这五项要求，我们可将阅读理解多项选择题归纳为以下几种题型：主题主旨大意，细节理解题，综合推理题，概括归纳题，观点归纳题，人物评价题，词义句义理解题，指代关系题，内容排序题等。下面结合自己平时教学中的经验体会，谈一谈做英语阅读理解题的技巧与策略。 一．主旨大意题 阅读理解首先要做到的就是掌握所读材料的主旨和大意，它是全文的概括与总结。能否抓住这个中心，取决于读者的总结能力。每篇短文都有其主题思想，而作者表现主题思想的手法各不相同。这就需要我们挖掘相同点，寻找解题的方法。 常见题型 1．主题型：What’s the main idea of this passage ? What does this passage mainly discuss? What’s the topic of this passage ? 2．标题型：What’s the best title? The best title for this text is (to tell ) ______. 3．目的型：The main purpose of this text is ________. The author’s purpose of writing this text is to _______. What’s the main purpose of the passage? 解题指导 1．抓住主题句。它们一般位于文章的开头或结尾。同时，也可以贯穿各段中心句进行总结。 2．抓住文章逻辑线索，理清发展脉络。作者往往会采取举例、比较、分类、归纳等不同方法来组织文章。 3．把握文章的体裁，分清文体，确定思维方向。 4．体会作者的写作意图和所要表达的思想感情，辨清褒贬态度。 二．词义理解题 词义理解是阅读理解能力的重要指标。无论一个人的词汇量有多大，都会在阅读中碰到生词。对词义的理解往往会影响到对全文的准确把握。阅读过程中，
短文填词 A Father and I left early．These shopping trips used to be．Mother’s business，so it was (不寻常的)for us to go into town 1．together．We waited for over an hour before the bus d up 2 finally．Father was polite and stood (旁边)while others 3． all climbed ohto it，so the time we got on，there were no 4．seats．We had to all the way into town．At last we arrived，5． cold and (疲惫)．“I’m hungry，”I said．Father took me to 6． a r for lunch．We were preparing to visit my grandmother，7． who lived in a cold (北方的)province．So we decided 8 ． to get some clothes．We’went from shop to shop，b shoes．9． It was very late we visited the last shop for my coat．10． B With the social development and progress, TV has become a necessity for people at home Nowadays，almost every family has a TV set，and a______ 1. ____________ everyone likes watching TV．TV has become ________ of our life． 2 ____________ TV has many _______，for example，it informs us of the 3. ____________ _____(最新的) news that is happening in the world；it can open our 4. ____________ eyes，e _____ our knowledge and also help us to see more 5. ____________ about the world．____ (然而) ，it also has some disadvantages．People 6. ____________ waste too much time _______ watching TV and their normal life 7. ____________ and work are _______(影响)．To the children who spend too 8. ____________ much time in watching TV，it can do ______ to their sight 9 ____________ and health．So we should ______ (控制) the time of watching TV．10.______________ C. At 3:00 this afternoon, the teachers and students in Senior Three as well as our parents a_______ the grown-up ceremony 56. ___ __ held in the school hall, ____ theme is “Growth and responsibility”. 57. ___ ___ ____, we made an oath(宣誓), and then a student, representing all of us, 58. ___ made a speech, ____(表达)our thanks to not only our parents but also 59. ____ __ our teachers and talking about our g____ ideals. After that, 60. ___ some teachers and parents offered us their_______(祝贺) and 61. ______ expressed their expectations for our f_____. Finally, we watched 62. _____ wonderful performances p__ on by students from different classes. 63. _______ The ceremony was over, but it has made me _____ that I 64. __ __ have ______（成长）up and I am supposed to shoulder the responsibility 65. ___ ___ D With the development of agriculture and industry, more and more people are pouring into big cities, ________ causes so much 56．___________ trouble.__________the growth of the population, city problems 57．___________
四年后的约定 The Deal in Four Years Last night, my friends and I went back to the primary school. We walked around the school and talked about the funny things that happened at that time. We were going to college soon, so we would be apart soon, b ut we were happy about our future school life. Suddenly, an idea came a cross my mind, I said to my friends that we could make a deal about fou r years later, we would graduate at that time. My friends were so excited about it, they agreed with me. So we made the deal that four years late r, we got together here. I started to think about what I would become fo ur years later, maybe a teacher, or a businessman. The deal helps us to have a chance to keep in touch with each other. I am so looking forward to carrying out it. 昨晚，我的朋友们和我一起回到了初中的校园。我们走了一圈校园，说起了在那个时候的趣事。我们很快就要上大学了，因此我们即将分离，但是我们对将来的校园生活感到高兴。突然，我的脑海中出现了一个主意，我对朋友说我们可以定一个四年后的约定，那时候我们也毕业了。朋友们很兴奋，同意我的想法。因此我们约定四年后，在这里相聚。我开始想象四年后的自己会变成什么样子，或许老师，或许商人。这个约定让我们有机会和彼此保持联系。我期待着实现这个约定。
高中英语阅读理解的答题方法和技巧 一、先看题干，带着问题读文章。 即先看试题，再读文章。阅读题干，首先要掌握问题的类型，分清是客观信息题还是主观判断题。客观信息题可以从文章中直接找到答案；而主观判断题考查的是对文章的感情基调，作者未加陈述的观点以及贯穿全文的中心主旨的理解等，这类题必须经过对作者的态度、意图以及对整篇文章进行深一层的推理等。其次，了解试题题干以及各个选项所包含的信息，然后有针对性地对文章进行扫读，对有关信息进行快速定位，再将相关信息进行整合、甄别、分析、对比，有根有据地排除干扰项，选出正确答案。此法加强了阅读的针对性，提高了做题的准确率，节省了宝贵的时间。特别适用于对图形表格类题材的理解。 二、速读全文，了解大意知主题。 阅读的目的是获取信息。一个人的阅读能力的高低决定了他能否快速高效吸收有用信息。阅读能力一般指阅读速度和理解能力两个方面。阅读速度是阅读最基本的能力。没有一定的阅读速度就不能顺利地输入信息，更谈不上运用英语。近几年的高考阅读速度大约是每分钟40个词左右。考生必须在十分有限的时间内运用略读、扫读、跳读等技巧快速阅读，搜寻关键词、主题句，捕捉时空、顺序、情节、人物、观点，并且理清文章脉络，把握语篇实质。
抓主题句这是快速掌握文章大意的主要方法。主题句一般出现在文章的开头和结尾。用归纳法撰写的文章，都是表述细节的句子在前，概述性的句子居后。此时主题句就是文章的最后一句。通常用演绎法撰写的文章，大都遵循从一般到个别的写作程序，即从概述开始，随之辅以细说。这时，主题句就是文章的第一句。当然也有些文章没有主题句，需要读者自己去归纳。主题句往往对全文起提示、启迪、概括、归纳之作用，主旨大意题，归纳概括题，中心思想题往往直接可从主题句中找到答案。 三、详读细节，理顺思路与文章脉络。 文章绝不是互不相干的句子杂乱无章的堆砌。作者为文，有脉可循。如记叙文多以人物为中心，以时间或空间为线索，按事件的发生、发展、结局展开故事；论述体则包含论点、论据、结论三大要素，通过解释、举例来阐述观点。你可根据文章的特点，详读细节，以动词、时间、地点、事件、因果等为线索，找出关键词语，运用"画图列表法"，勾画出一幅完整清晰的文章主题和细节的认知图。 四、逻辑推理，做好深层理解题。 在实际阅读中，有时作者并未把意图说出来，阅读者要根据字面意思，通过语篇逻辑关系，研究细节的暗示，推敲作者的态度，理解文章的寓义。这就是通常所说的深层理解。深层理解主要包括归纳概括题（中心思想，加标题等）和推理判断题，是阅读理解中的难点。深层理解是一
（课外）高中英语阅读短文之《高考》 阅读短文并回答问题 The air crackles with expectation in China’s tiny eastern town of Maotanchang ahead of the“gaokao”,the annual national college entrance exam.More than9million students are taking this year. The town is famous for a middle school that puts students through strict14-hour days in preparation for the exam,which is usually spread over two days. This year about9.4million students will appear,the Xinhua state news agency said,roughly the same number since2014and down from a peak of10.5million in2010.The fiercely competitive test is seen as a key to social mobility and the best chance for school leavers to land a white-collar job. Just40percent of students are expected to enrol in undergraduate degrees subsequently,however,Xinhua said,citing the 2017enrolment plan of the education ministry. But the exception is Maotanchang Middle School,whose website says80percent to90percent of its students have won college acceptances since2010. “My mother gave up her job and came here to keep me company,”said Xiang Licheng,a20-year-old who came to Maotanchang to prepare for a second attempt at the exam.He said the school had taught him endurance,among other life skills.“Every time I don’t feel like studying,I will not relax,as I see the hardship my mother goes through in caring for me,”Xiang said. Restaurant owner Zhang Xunze said he moved to Maotanchang three years ago so his son could attend the school.“We thought life was too boring and had nothing to do.So we gathered some money and started this restaurant,”said49-year-old Zhang,whose business is a short walk from the school gate. In the lead-up to the exams,students took part in incense-burning ceremonies to pray for good luck.They also released into the sky floating lanterns with“gaokao”messages.
高中英语作文写作 课程纲要： 本课程旨在通过指导高二年级学生英语作文写作提高学生的英语写作能力，为学生的高考英语写作打下基础。本课程将着重从以下几个方面进行指导：1. 学生的写作笔迹；2.高中英语作文分类型写作指导; 3. 高中英语作文内容的润色。 第一课时：作文的写作字迹（英语书法） 好的写作字迹能给作文增色不少。这也是写作的基本外在技巧。下面我们就看看几篇优秀的写作的字迹。
如何练好英语字迹呢？我们可以从字母开始着手： 以上字母范例，只有勤练才能形成漂亮的书写字迹
第二课时：高中英语作文分类型指导1-----议论文 模版1 Some people believe (argue, recognize, think) that 观点1. But other people take an opposite side. They firmly believe that 观点2. As for me, I agree to the former/latter idea. There are a dozen of reasons behind my belief. First of all, 论据1. More importantly, 论据2. Most important of all, 论据3. In summary, 总结观点. As a college student, I am supposed to 表决心. 或From above, we can predict that 预测. 模版2 People hold different views about X. Some people are of the opinion that 观点1, while others point out that 观点2. As far as I am concerned, the former/latter opinion holds more weight. For one thing, 论据1. For another, 论据2. Last but not the least, 论据3. To conclude, 总结观点. As a college student, I am supposed to 表决心. 或From above, we can predict that 预测. 模版3 There is no consensus of opinions among people about X（争论的焦点）. Some people are of the view that 观点1, while others take an opposite side, firmly believing that 观点2. As far as I am concerned, the former/latter notion is preferable in many senses. The reasons are obvious. First of all, 论据1. Furthermore, 论据2. Among all of the supporting evidences, one is the strongest. That is, 论据3. A natural conclusion from the above discussion is that总结观点. As a college student, I am supposed to 表决心. 或From above, we can predict that 预测. 图表式作文 It is obvious in the graphic/table that the rate/number/amount of Y has undergone dramatic changes. It has gone up/grown/fallen/dropped considerably in recent years (as X varies). At the point of X1, Y reaches its peak value of …(多少). What is the reason for this change? Mainly there are …(多少) reasons behind the situation reflected in the graphic/table. First of all, …(第一个原因). More importantly, …(第二个原因). Most important of all, …(第三个原因). From the above discussions, we have enough reason to predict what will happen in the near future. The trend described in the graphic/table will continue for quite a long time (if necessary measures are not taken括号里的使用于那些不太好的变化趋势). 提纲式作文 1．对立观点式 A．有人认为X 是好事，赞成X，为什么？ B．有人认为X 是坏事，反对X，为什么？ C．我的看法。 Some people are in favor of the idea of doing X. They point out the fact that 支持X 的第一个原因。They also argue that 支持X 的另一个原因。
高中英语背诵40篇短文记住高考3500个单词十（非常实用） 1.Explore MKII 探测MKII行星 MKII, a planet billion s of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many religion s. Physicist s have proved the theory that its gentle climate and the pull of its gravity are similar to the earth’s. A nd astronomer s have found that oxygen atom s and carbon dioxide, which are fundamental to life, exist in its atmosphere through satellite s. Cheer ed up by this news, biologist s, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people’s puzzle s—Now that there are some suitable conditions, does life really exist on this globe? Do they multiply by lay ing eggs or giving birth to babies? Last month, a spaceship was sent there. It’s a pity that this mission failed. Unlike the earth, MKII is a much younger planet. Thus, mass es of harmful acid clouds float everywhere causing violent chain reactions to break out. These clouds not only block ed out the pilots’ sight but also damaged the engine system. Luckily, the pilots watch ed out carefully and prevent ed the spaceship from crash ing in time. MK二号是一颗几十亿公里外的行星，它在许多宗教里都是生命起源的地方。物理学家已经证明了它温和的气候和重力的牵引都和地球相似的理论；天文学家也通过卫星，在它的大气层里发现了氧原子和二氧化碳的存在，这些都是对生命来说，都是基本的。受到这一消息的鼓舞，生物学家们接着开始了研究以解开人们的迷惑——既然有了适合的条件，生命真的存在于这个星球吗？他们是通过下蛋，还是产仔来繁殖后代的呢？ 上个月，一艘太空飞船被派到了那儿。可惜的是，这次任务失败了。不像地球，MK二号是一颗年轻得多的行星。因此，大团大团的有害酸云到处漂浮，引起猛烈的连锁反应的爆发。这些云团不仅阻挡了飞行员的视线，而且还损坏了发动机系统。幸运的是，飞行员小心注意，才及时阻止了飞船的坠毁。
阅读理解能力测试的主要要求是： 1．阅读材料，理解材料的主旨大意，以及用以说明主旨大意的事实和细节。2．既理解具体的事实，也理解抽象的概念。 3．既理解文章的字面意思，也理解深层含义，包括作者的态度、意图等。 4．既理解某句、某段的含义，也理解全篇的逻辑关系，并据此进行推理和判断。5．既能根据所提供的信息去理解，也能结合中学生应具有的常识去理解判断。 根据这五项要求，我们可将阅读理解多项选择题归纳为以下几种题型：主题主旨大意，细节理解题，综合推理题，概括归纳题，观点归纳题，人物评价题，词义句义理解题，指代关系题，内容排序题等。 下面结合自己平时教学中的经验体会，谈一谈做英语阅读理解题的技巧与策略。 一．主旨大意题 阅读理解首先要做到的就是掌握所读材料的主旨和大意，它是全文的概括与总结。能否抓住这个中心，取决于读者的总结能力。每篇短文都有其主题思想，而作者表现主题思想的手法各不相同。这就需要我们挖掘相同点，寻找解题的方法。 常见题型： 1．主题型： What’s the main idea of this passage ? What does this passage mainly discuss? What’s the topic of this passage ? 2．标题型： What’s the best title? The best title for this text is (to tell ) ————. 3．目的型： The main purpose of this text is ————. The author’s purpose o f writing this text is to ————. What’s the main purpose of the passage?
适合高中的英语小短文|高中英语小短文 在世界市场形成和经济全球化进程快速发展的大背景下，作为全球通用性最强的语言--英语，在各国教育中的地位持续提升。尤其是职业英语，作为社会生活和国家间交流的重要手段，其地位也日益提升。小编精心收集了适合高中的英语小短文，供大家欣赏学习! 适合高中的英语小短文：MONEY 钱 Everybody wishes/hopes to get money so that he can maintain his livelihood. In other words, money is so useful that it is impossible for mankind to live without it. For this reason, we have an interesting proverb. It says Money can make the world go around. In a word, money is more powerful than anything else. However, money should not be wasted. It must be used for (some) proper purposes. We young men should form the good habit of not spending money in the wrong way.
每个人为了能够维持生活，所以都希望得到钱。换句话说，钱是非常有用，所以没有它人类即无法生活。基于此种理由，我们有一句有趣的谚语。它说有钱能使鬼推磨。一言以蔽之，钱比任何另外的东西更有力量。 然而，钱不应该被浪费掉。它必须用于正当的用途上。我们青年人应该养成不乱花钱的好习惯。 适合高中的英语小短文：COOD HEALTH 良好的健康 We all wish/hope to be happy, so we should take good care of our health. Health is the best treasure (which/that) a man can possess. Money can do many things, but it cannot buy happiness. However, so long as man has good health, he can enjoy the pleasures of human life. In order to insure good health we must pay attention to three things. They are-nourishing food, fresh air and proper exercise.
(A ) A coal-fire stove(炉灶)provided heating for Zhao Yaoqin's courtyard bungalow in a Beijing hutong all her life. This winter, however, the stove has disappeared from the 66-year-old's life, and an electric radiator takes its place beside her bed, a product of a government to use clean energy in the national capital. With the Olympics to be staged in Beijing next August, the city is determined to eliminate the use of coal within the Third Ring Road that circles the city before the Games. The project to replace the stoves with electric radiators has been part of the effort. When the city's four-month long heating season started on Thursday, coal-fired stoves, known as a big source of pollution in the big city, have disappeared from some 20,000 local households like Zhao's bungalow in the inner city "hutong" -- traditional alleyways(小巷) that date back centuries. "We used to boil water or bake bread on the stove," said Zhao, sounding sentimental(伤感) to the disappearance of the coal furnace from her life. Late in the 1990s, Beijing's air quality monitoring office found that the emissions(排放) of sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide from the hutong areas have been higher than the city's average in winter, mainly because of the coal stoves. With the project to switch to clean energy for heating launched in 1999, the emission level of the two poisonous substances decreased by 42 percent and 44 percent, respectively, this year from 2001 levels. Zhao said the fee for electrical heat for the entire winter was usually around 2,400 yuan (US$323) per household. With the government's subsidy（补贴）, however, she only needed to pay about 500 yuan, nearly the same price as that for coal. 1．Zhao Yaoqin’ example in the passage is to tell us that_______. A.people in Beijing using electric radiators to welcome the Olympics. B.people in Beijing are doing something to protect the environment. C.hutongs in Beijing have a long history. D.People pay more money to use electric radiators than before. 2. The underlined word eliminate probably means________ A. cut down. B. increase. C. get rid of. D. replace 3. We can infer from the passage that ______ A. Zhao Yaoqin has a strong and deep emotion with the use of coal-fire stove. B. The government will pay most of the fee. C. The air of Beijing has been badly polluted since 1990s. D. The people do not use coal eight months in one year. 4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. The clean air is important when the Olympics Games is held in Beijing. B. The success of the Olympics Games depends on the clean air. C. The government spare no effort to make the environment better. D. The emission level of poisonous substances will be low in 2008.
高中英语短文带翻译[高中英语小笑话带翻译短] 各位读友大家好，此文档由网络收集而来，欢迎您下载，谢谢 在平常生活中多讲点笑话，以幽默的态度处事，这样子日子会好过一点。小编精心收集了高中英语小笑话带翻译，供大家欣赏学习! 高中英语小笑话带翻译：Who Is This My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phoned home for some consolation and understanding of my unique problems. When my dad answered, I immediately launched into my litany of
frustrations with college life. As I paused to catc h my breath, he said, “, honey...now, fist of all, who is this?” 你是哪一个? 我和两个妹妹同时离开家去不同的大学读书。经历了太多的危机，也厌倦了受到与其他大学生相同的对待之后，有一天我给家里打了个电话，就我独有的问题寻求安慰和理解。 爸爸接起电话后，我立刻开始历数我大学生活中的挫折。当我停下来歇口气时，爸爸说：“好啦，亲爱的...现在，首先告诉我，你是哪一个?”高中英语小笑话带翻译：Present for Girlfriend At a jewelry store, a young man bought an expensive locket as a present for his girlfriend. “Shall I engrave her name on it?” the jeweler asked. The customer thought for a moment, and then said, “No-engrave it ‘To my one and only love’.That way, if we ever break up, I can use it again.”
Chinese Folk Tales Tzeng-Shen Killed One Man In Chun Chiou Age in China, Tzeng-Shen, one of Confucius' students, lived in Fei County in Shandong. Another man who was also named Tzeng-Shen lived in Fei, too. One day the man killed someone. But some people didn't know the truth and thought that Tzeng-Shen did it. So, someone went to Tzeng-Shen's home and told his mother that her son had killed someone. She didn't believe it and kept weaving because she knew her son was a virtuous person. A little while, another man came and repeated the news. Still, she kept weaving. Then the third man came and told her the same thing. This time Tzeng-Shen's mother started to believe what she heard and became scared. Finally, she threw away the shuttle and ran away. The story tells us how terrible a rumor could be- maybe those who know you well might not believe you anymore. A little Chinese Story Chinese idioms are interesting. What impresses me most is the one about spears and shields. When describing someone is contradictory, we Chinese like to say that he contradicts himself with spears and shields. Here comes the story! Once upon a time, there was a peddler traveling around every country to sell his spears and shields. He was so talkative and persuasive that he always made good businesses. One day, he got to a small village and started to brag about his wares. As usual, he gathered many people by beating a gong, and then he said, " Watch here, everyone! In my hands is the sharpest spear you could ever find. It can poke through any thing and hurt your hard-bitten preys right on the spot." As his words were so convincing, he sold most of his spears in a short time. Later he took his shields out and played the tricks again. "Look, my friends! This is the hardest shield in the world. It can protect you from any assault. No spear ever can poke through it." While he was bragging, an old man interrupted," What about poking your shield with your spear!" The peddler was stunned and couldn't utter a word. He packed his wares in a hurry and ran away. Since then, spears and shields have been used to laugh at someone who is contradicts his own words. Next time, when someone doesn't stick to what he says, tell him," You are contradicting yourself with spears and shields!" The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing A long time ago, a shepherd grew a group of sheep in a small village where they lived happily and peacefully.