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Bob was a gardener(园丁) and he had no work for a few months. One day
he went out to look for a job. While he was walking in the street, he saw
a poster (海报） at the gate of a big restaurant. It said the restaurant
needed to hire(雇佣） a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob
was so pleased that he went straight to answer it. There Bob was told to
go back and get his old working clothes to the office. And Bob did.
The boss looked over his working clothes carefully and then decided to
let Bob have the job. Bob asked the boss why his working clothes were so
important. The boss answered with a smile," Oh,young man, your working
clothes are all with patches(补丁） on the knees. You know, I have
dismissed (解雇） two men recently. Their working clothes have patches in
the buttock (臀部） 。 They were too lazy.''
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Thank 阁主,芳草杜鹃，映山红 for reading. I will continue. Please.
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30. Doing the same for him
Long long ago, a poor farmer took a bag of rice to the market. He didn't know what to do when the bag fell off the horse. It was too heavy for him to lift and his only hope was that someone would come and help him. It wasn't long before a man riding a horse came up to him. But soon the farmer became worried, for it was an old man, the farmer couldn't hope that he would lend him a hand. However, as soon as the old man came up, he got off his horse and said: " I see, you've had a bad luck, friend. How good it is that I'm here just at the right time.'' Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. So they lifted it onto the horseback. " Sir,'' asked the farmer. " How can I pay you ?'' " Easy enough,'' the old man said. " Whenever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.''
farmer 农夫 market 集市 |
mad 疯的 snap 猛咬
bit 咬 brave 勇敢的
lost her life 失去了生命 heard of 听说
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32. My first and my last
When Carl was thirty-four, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good at flying and made his plane do all kinds of tricks. Carl had a friend. His name was Bob.One day he invited Bob to fly his small plane. Bob thought,“ I have travelled in a big plane several times, but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go.” They went up, and Carl flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air. When they came down again, Bob was very glad to feel safe again, and he said to his friend in a shaking voice, " Well, Carl, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane. '' Carl was very surprised and said, " Two trips ? ”
trick 特技 invite 邀请 |
at the same time 同时 manage 想方设法
a butcher's shop 肉铺 during the daytime 在白天
serving 服务 accounts 账目
on the other hand 另一方面 was allowed to 被允许
simplest 最简单的 lift 往上抬
the operation room 手术室 frightened 惊慌，恐吓
the thought of the operation 对手术的想法
fainted away 昏过去
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34.Thanking God for saving him
Mr Day woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house. " That is a thief ! ” he thought, and he took his gun and shot at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened to go out of the house in the dark. The next morning Mr Day went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden. His wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet-hole right through the middle of it. " My God, ” said Mr Day, " I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me !” And called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God gor saving him. |
One day a man was walking along a lake. Then he saw a boy standing
beside the lake with a mirror. " Excuse me,'' he said, " but could you
tell me what you're doing?''
" I'm fishing''
" With a mirror? Could you tell me how it works?''the man asked.
" O.K, but it'll cost you five dollars.''
The man wanted to know the secret very much, so he gave the boy the
money. " Now show me how it works,'' he said. " Well,'' the boy began,
" you hold the mirror towards the water, and when a fish goes by, the
sunlight in the mirror gives him a surprise.He stops and doesn't know
what to do, and then you catch it at once.'' The man was surprised.
" Can you really catch fish with a mirror? How many have you caught?''
" You are the fifth today,'' the boy answered with a smile.
mirror 镜子 secret 秘密
towards 朝着........ sunlight 阳光
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37. A blind dog
A poor man usually sat on the side of the road with an old dog. There was a piece of paper around the dog's neck, saying:" I"m blind.'' Mr Black was a kind man. He used to stop and put a little money in a bowl before the poor man.The poor man usually said nothing with his eyes closed. One day, Mr Black was in a hurry and didn't stop before him. The poor man stood up quickly and ran after him," You forgot to give me some money, sir.'' Mr Black was surprised and asked," You're a blind man, but how can you run after me?'' The poor man said," No, I'm not blind, but my dog is.''
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boxer 拳击手
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Once a great boxer, Tom Brown, went to a restaurant for dinner.
He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would
take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it.
" The great boxer, Tom Brown's bag. He'll come back in a few minutes."
He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came
back, his bag wasn't there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground.
It said," A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back."
boxer 拳击手
[这个贴子最后由emilycym在 2006/10/22 11:31:49 编辑]
Once a great boxer, Tom Brown, went to a restaurant for dinner.
He put his bag near the door, but he was afraid that someone would
take it. So he got out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote on it.
" The great boxer, Tom Brown's bag. He'll come back in a few minutes."
He put the paper on his bag and went to have his dinner. When he came
back, his bag wasn't there. But he found a piece of paper on the ground.
It said," A great runner took away your bag, and he will not come back."
boxer 拳击手
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2. Advice
Bill was sitting with some of his old friends, they were drinking
coffee and talking about the worth (价值）of things in the world. After
some winutes, one of Bill's friends said to him," Well, Bill, you are a
bright man, but you have said nothing on this matter yet. What is the
most useful thing in the world? ''
Bill answered immediately (立即），“ I think advice is the most useful
thing in the world.''
His friends thought about it for a few moments, and then one of them
asked him," And what is the most useless(无用的） thing in the world?''
Again Bill answered at once, " I think it is advice, too.''
" Are you all right? A moment ago you said that advice is the most
useful thing in the world! How can it be both?''
" Well,'' answered Bill, " if you think about the matter carefully,
you will see that I am quite right. When you give somebody good advice,
he takes it, advice is the most useful thing in the world. But when you
give a person advice and he does not take it, it is the most useless
thing in the world.''
[这个贴子最后由emilycym在 2006/05/12 11:03:37 编辑]
To 枫丹白露 and Bread: I'm glad to meet you here. Thank you for coming. Next,please.
If you are in a foreign country and you don't know its language,you'll
have some trouble getting around. Here is a true story.
Once a Frenchman was travelling in New York City. As he didn't know
any English, he was afraid he would get lost. On the first day after he
left his hotel, he stopped at the first corner and carefully copied down
the name of the street. Then he went to see the city. At last he couldn't
find the way to his hotel. He had to ask for help in a police station. He
told the interpreter(译员) that he didn't know the name of the hotel, but
he knew the name of the street. Then he showed her what he copied down.
To her surprise, the words he had copied down were: "One-way Street"
(单行道).
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4. A monkey and a fly
This is a story about a monkey. This monkey belongs to an old man.
This old man likes the monkey very much. The monkey is very kind.
When birds come to the garden, he drives them away. The old man often
falls asleep during the day in his chair. Then the monkey sits at the
old man's side and drives the flies away from the old man's face.
One hot afternoon in the summer,the old man was asleep in his chair.
A fly came and sat on the end of the old man's nose. The monkey drove
it away. Soon the fly came back and sat on the old man's nose again.
The monkey drove it away. This went on for five or six times. The monkey
at last became very angry. He jumped up, ran to the garden and picked up
a large stone. The next time that fly came and sat on the old man's nose,
the monkey hit it hard with the stone. He killed the fly, but he also
broke the old man's nose.
fly n. 苍蝇 end n. 末端
[这个贴子最后由emilycym在 2006/05/16 11:26:49 编辑]
5. A funny story
A famous writer was visiting Japan. One day he was invited to give a
talk to a large group of the students at a university. As none of them
could understand French, he had to have a man to put what he said into
Japanese..
During his talk, he told a funny story. It lasted quite a long time.
At last he stopped to let the man put it into Japanese. To his surprise,
all the students laughed after the man had spoken for a few seconds..
After the talk, the writer thanked the man for his good work and then
said to him," Now please tell me how you put that long story into such a
short Japanese one.''
The man answered with a smile, " I just said ' The famous writer
has told us a funny story. You will laugh, please.' "
提示: 这故事幽默在最后一句, " You will laugh, please."
famous 著名的 invite 邀请
give a talk 作报告 a large group of 一大群
university 大学 none of them 他们当中没有人
last 持续 v. to his surprise 使他惊奇
laugh 大笑 a few seconds 几秒钟
[这个贴子最后由emilycym在 2006/05/18 11:06:44 编辑]
To静葵: 谢谢你常来这里看看.很高兴你能看懂上个故事的大概意思.那个翻译很聪敏.他不能用日语翻出作家讲的故事,就对听众说"那个有名的作家已经给我们讲了一个有趣的故事,大家笑吧,请开始!"
A famous pianist had a son. He had taught him all that he knew about
piano. One evening, the father wanted his son to give a piano concert.
After the piano concert, a friend met the father and said to him.
" Do you know your son is still better than you?''
" I'm sure about it,'' answered the father with a smile.
" I didn't have as good a teacher as he did.'' 7. I'm not here
The light was red, so the old man stopped his car and waited for it
to change to green. While he was waiting, a police car came behind him,
hit his car hard in the back and stopped.
There were two policemen in the police car, and they were very
surprised and glad when the old man got out of his car without any
trouble. He was over 70 years old.
The old man came to the door of the police car, smiled kindly, and
said, " Tell me, young man, how do you stop this car when the light
is red and I'm not here? ''
light 交通灯 hit 撞击
surprised 惊奇的 trouble 麻烦
kindly 和气地
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pianist 钢琴家 piano 钢琴
give a piano concert 举行钢琴演奏会
8. Different customs
If you don't know some customs of India, you will have some trouble.
Once a foreigner went to India. He wanted his India driver to send
him to his office at once, and the driver shook his head at once. The
foreigner repeated his words, and the driver shook his head again. At
last the foreigner,of course, got angry.
" Drive me to my office at once!" he shouted.
The driver answered in a very loud voice, too, "Yes, sir.'' But to
the foreigner's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
The car started, and the foreigner was now too surprised to say a
word. He thought about it for some time and then said to himself,
" 'No' means 'Yes' here! ''.
custom 风俗 trouble 麻烦
shook his head 摇头 repeat 重复
foreigner 外国人 in a very loud voice 大声地
at the same time 同时 too......to... 太......不能.......
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9. Do you know why the bat comes out at night?
Once there was a war between the birds and the beasts. The bat just
watched them fight far behind. He wanted to take the side of the winners.
When he saw the birds were going to win, he flew over to them. After a
while, the beasts were winning. Then the bat flew away from the birds and
tried to join the beasts. But the beasts drove him off, because they had
seen him fighting together with the birds.
After a long fight neither side could win, so the beasts and the birds
decided to stop fighting. But neither the beasts nor the birds would have
the bat as a friend. Since then, the bat comes out only at night.
beast 兽类 bat 蝙蝠
take the side of the winner 站在获胜者一边
drive ...off 赶走 neiher side 两边都不能
neither.....nor 既不......也不 have ....as....把.....当作
since then 从此后
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James was an English painter. He painted many beautiful pictures.
Once the king of England asked him to pain some pictures on the
walls of the king's palace.
The king showed the palace to the painter and said," You must paint
your pictures round the walls of this place near the ceiling.''
James began to paint. He worked with a man who helped him. A platform
had been raised.
At last the pictures were ready.
James looked at the pictures and was happy with the pictures. He took
one step back and looked again. The pictures looked even more beautiful
when he stood father away. He took another step, then another. Now he was
at the very edge of the platform.
The worker who helped him saw that the painter's life hung by a hair.
" What shall I do? '' he thought. " If I cry out, he will certainly
fall and kill himself. ''
The worker made a quick decision. He took a pail of paint and ran to
the wall, throwing the paint at the finished picture.
" What are you doing? You fool! '' cried the painter, running back to
his picture.
The painter's life was saved, though one of his pictures was
destroyed.
palace 宫殿 ceiling 天花板
platform 平台 raise 升高，增加
step 脚步 台阶 edge 边缘
hung 悬挂 decision 决定
a pail of 一桶 destroy 毁坏
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Riddle
一个英文老师出了一道这样的难题,
题目是这样子的:
____ is better than the god.
____ is worse than the evil.
if you eat ____,you will die.
(三个空格必须是同一个字)
答案下周公布
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11. An unusual pumpkin
A man and his wife wanted a baby. They prayed and prayed for one,
but no child came.
The man had a garden where he grew pumpkins. One year he got an big
unusual pumpkin.
Inside was a baby boy. They were very,very happy.
They took the baby inside and washed him. To their great surprise,
every drop of water turned to gold.
" We have a baby and we havce gold! '' said the woman. " We can build
a palace.''
But a palace would need lots of land around it. A palace would need
many servants. So the woman washed the baby again. And again every drop
of water turned to gold.
Just as the woman started to wash the baby for the third time, he set
up.
" You are too greedy,'' the baby said, and then disappeared with the
gold.
pray 祈祷 pumpkin 南瓜
to their great surprise 使他们极大惊奇
every drop of water 每滴水 servant 仆人
greedy 贪婪 disappear 消失
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One Sunday afternoon Jim went to the park. He walked for half an hour
and felt a bit tired. He saw a chair under a big tree and went towards
it .Suddenly he saw a man walking towards the chair, too. In order to
take the seat first, Jim started to run. That man ran after him and told
him loudly not to sit down. But Jim didn't pay any attention. When that
man came up, Jim saw that he was carrying a board in his hand. It said,
"Wet paint."
towards 朝……走来 suddenly 突然
in order to 为了…… take the seat 占位
run after 追赶 pay attention 注意
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Tony hadn't had a shot all day because the wild ducks didn't come near
enough. He decided to give up. Then he turned to his dog. " Too bad,old
boy,'' he said. " You just didn't have a chance today.''
Tony drove up to a small restaurant. He parked the car outside,leaving
his dog to stand guard. And he went in for a bite.
When he was finishing eating, a farmer burst into the restaurant. He
looked angry. " Who owns that dog ?'' he asked.
" I do,'' said Tony.
He followed the farmer outside. The farmer pointed to the dog by the
car. Then he pointed at a pond across the road. " My ducks !'' he yelled.
" Your dog took my ducks !'' There were eight of them.
Tony at once guessed what had happened. His dog had dropped them into
the car through the open window. Now he was standing guard.
" I'm awfully sorry ! I'll take the ducks back,'' said Tony.
Tony gave up getting any ducks, but his dog didn't.
have a shot 机会，试图 give up 放弃
turn to 转向 restaurant 饭店
park 停车 stand guard 站岗
bite 吃点东西 burst 冲
follow 跟随 yell 大叫
no wonder 难怪 was filled with 装满
drop...into.. 扔进 awfully 非常，十分
Sorry, I've forgotten to give the key to the riddle on June 1st.
一个英文老师出了一道这样的难题,
题目是这样子的:
____ is better than the god.
____ is worse than the evil. (三个空格必须是同一个字)
if you eat ____,you will die
Before I knew the answer, I thought it was " it ''. But I was wrong.
The key is nothing .
Did you get the right key ?
When we don't understand each other's language, we can talk with the
help of signs.
A Frenchman was once travelling in England. He could not speak English
at all. One day he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When
the waiter came, he opened his mouth,put his fingers in it and took out
again. He wanted to say," Bring me something to eat.''
The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The man moved his head from
side to side. The waiter understood him and took the tea away. In a
moment he came with a cup of coffee. But the man again refused it. He
shook his head whenever the waiter brought him something to drink, for
drinks are not food.
When the man was going away, another man came in. This man saw the
waiter, and he put his hand on his stomach. That was enough. In a few
minutes there was a large plate of meat and vegetables on the table in
front of him.
So you see, we can understand the language of signs as well as we can
understand the language of words.
sign 手势 finger 手指
refuse 拒绝 shake his head 摇头
stomach 胃 as well as 也，同样
Long, long ago, there was a poor man. He had an orange tree in his
garden. On the tree there were many fine oranges. One day he found one
of his oranges was much bigger than the others. It was as big as a
football. Nobody had ever seen such a big orange before. The poor man
took the orange to the king. The king was so pleased that he gave the
man a lot of money for it.
When a rich man heard of it, he said to himself. " It's only an
orange. Why has the king given so much money for it? I'll take my gold
cup to the king. I'm sure he'll give me more money.''
The next day when the king received the gold cup, he said to the rich
man, " What a beautiful cup ! I'll show you something wonderful. Please
take the great orange.''
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16. The place in the class
Mike's father wants to know how his son is getting along at school. One day he asked Mike: " Mike, how are you getting along at school? What is your place in the class?'' " Number twenty_one.'' "And how many students are there in your class?'' "Twenty_one, Father.'' Some weeks passed. One day Mike brought home his report and gave it to his father. "How are you getting along at school now, Mike?'' asked his father. "I'm getting much better now,Father.'' "What is your place in the class now?'' "Number twenty now.'' " Good. Then you are one place ahead.'' " Yes,Father. One of the students left the class. His family went to another town.''
place 名次 report 成绩报告单 |
Mr Smith liked to be exact. One day when he was walking in the street,
a man came over and asked him, " Excuse me, but where is the nearst
bookshop ?''
" The nearst bookshop ? You have to cross a bridge and then turn to
the right. ''
" And is the bridge long ?''
" Very. Thirty meters. ''
The man thanked him and went towards the bridge. Suddenly he heard
someone running after him. " Stop,'' Mr Smith was shouting. " I'm sorry.
I just remembered, the bridge is forty meters long. If you go thirty
meters, and then turn to the right as I told you, you'll fall into the
river.'' 18. Losing his way
Every morning Mr Smith goes to the park for a long walk. He always
walks home by himself at seven.
But one morning a police car stopped outside Mr Smith's house at
half past six. Two policemen and Mr Smith got out of the car. One of
them said to Mr Smith's wife," The old man lost his way, and he asked
us for help.'' Then they went away.
Mr Smith's wife was surprised. She asked, " How did you lose your
way home ? You go there and come back every day.''
" I didn't really lose my way, I was just tired. I didn't want to
come home on foot,'' he said with a smile.
lose his way 迷路 by himself 独自的
ask sb. for help 请某人帮忙 was surprised 惊奇
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18. Losing his way
Every morning Mr Smith goes to the park for a long walk. He always
walks home by himself at seven.
But one morning a police car stopped outside Mr Smith's house at
half past six. Two policemen and Mr Smith got out of the car. One of
them said to Mr Smith's wife," The old man lost his way, and he asked
us for help.'' Then they went away.
Mr Smith's wife was surprised. She asked, " How did you lose your
way home ? You go there and come back every day.''
" I didn't really lose my way, I was just tired. I didn't want to
come home on foot,'' he said with a smile.
lose his way 迷路 by himself 独自的
ask sb. for help 请某人帮忙 was surprised 惊奇
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When Dick was six years old. he went and stayed with his grandmother
for a few weeks in summer. She told him a lot of interesting things about
their family. When he came back home again, he asked his father, " Is it
true that I was born in London, Daddy ? ''
" Yes,it is, Dick, '' his father answered.
" And were you really born in Germany ?'' Dick asked.
" Yes, that is right, '' his father answered.
" And Mummy was born in France, wasn't she ? '' Dick asked again.
His father said, " Yes, she was but, why are you asking me all these
questions ?''
Dick answered, " Because when Granny told me all those things while I
was with her, I couldn't understand how we had all met together. ''
Edison was a famous American scientist. One day, a young man stopped
him when he was on his way home.
The young man wanted to become as famous as Edison and asked Edison
to tell him the way.
The famous scientist said to the young man. " It seems that you are
thinking of becoming a famous person every day.'' The young man said,
"Yes, I'm thinking of becoming a person as famous as you.''
Edison told him not to worry. He would do nothing but wait until he
died ! The young man was surprised and wanted to know why.
Edison said, " What you thought is a high building. You never think
of how to build it with bricks. People will have your story as a mirror.
They will tell their children not to learn from you. Your story will go
around. Everyone knows about you. Aren't you a famous person by then? ''
seem 似乎，好像 brick 砖
have ...as.. 把....当作 mirror 镜子
go...around.. 传遍
Here is a story about an American general. Everyone in America knew
him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in
their home.
Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he
went to a dentist. The dentist pulled his six teeth out. A week later
the general heard that a shop sold his teeth at 5 dollars each. There
was a small piece of paper with the name of the general and words: Buy
these teeth and show them to your friends at home.'' The general got
angry. He ran to his office and ordered his six men to buy his teeth.
They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned
and put the teeth on the table in front of the general. But there were
16 teeth on the table.
general 将军 return 返回
dentist 牙医 pull out 拔出
sold 出售 order 命令
I'm sorry for being absent some time because someting was wrong with
my computer.I had it repaired but it isn't all right. It can't be opened
or often falls down.
22. Have gone and have went
" Where is John ?'' the English teacher asked the class.
" He has went to the hospital,'' answered Peter.
The teacher became angry.
" Peter,'' he said, " I have told you again and again not to say 'He
has went'. Now you have made the mistake again. Today you must write
' He has gone' fifty times after school. Then you will perhaps remember
it. ''
Soon the lesson was over. The other children all went home but Peter
must stay behind and take his punishment. The teacher stood up and left
the classroom. When he came back, he found a letter from Peter. It read:
Dear Sir:
I have written " He has gone'' fifty times, and now I have went home.
Yours,
Peter
take his punishment 接受惩罚
Once three men bought seventeen apples. The first man wanted one half,
the second man one third, and the third man one ninth.
It was impossible to divide those seventeen apples as they wanted.
They didn't know what to do. A small boy came up with an apple in his
hand and said, " Don't worry about that. Let me help you. ”
First he made the number of apples eighteen by adding his own apple.
Then he gave nine to the first man, six to the second man and two to
the third man. He gave the seventeen apples to the three men and took
his own for himself. They all said, " What a clever boy !”
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