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11.大象的坏耳朵

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear,

一天，一位老人正在卖一头大象。一位年轻人来到大象跟前慢慢的观察着。老人上前在年轻人耳边轻语，

“Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it; then I will give you some meat.”

“在我把大象卖出去之前你一句话也不要说，那么我会给你一些肉。”

“All right.” says the young man.

“好的。”那位年轻人说。

After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and says, “How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?”

老人卖出大象之后，他给了年轻人一些肉然后说，“你是怎么看到大象的坏耳朵的？”

“I didn’t see the bad ears,” says the young man.

“我没有看到坏耳朵，”年轻人说。

“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man.

“那你为什么要慢慢地看着大象？”老人问。

The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

年轻人回答：“因为我之前从没见过大象，我想知道它长什么样子。”

12.一家好饭店

Mr Reece works on a farm. He and his wife grow a lot of plants and they have some cows. Every day they work hard from morning till night.

瑞斯先生在农场工作。他和妻子种了很多植物，他们还有一些牛。

One day, Mr Reece says to his wife, “Let’s go to Portsmouth next Sunday. We can have a good lunch there and then we can go to the cinema.”

一天，瑞斯先生对妻子说，“我们下周天去朴茨茅斯吧。我们可以在那里享用一顿丰盛的午餐，然后看一场电影。”

His wife is very happy when she hears this, because they always eat a lot, and she doesn’t like cooking three times a day.

当他妻子听到这话时非常开心，因为他们通常吃的很多，她不想一天做三次饭。

They go to Portsmouth by train and walk about for an hour. At twelve o’clock, they want to have lunch. In front of one restaurant, they see a notice. It says, “Lunch: 12:30 to 2:30, 15 pounds.”

他们坐火车去朴茨茅斯，然后走了将近一个小时。十二点钟，他们要去吃午餐。在一家餐厅前，他们看到了一张告示：“午餐：12:30至2:30，15英镑。”

“Well, that’s good,” Mrs Reece says, “We can eat for two hours, for 15 pounds here! This is the place for us.”

“嗯，这很好，”瑞斯太太说，“我们可以吃两个小时，在这里只要15英镑！这就是属于我们吃饭的地方。”

13.眼镜

Tom is old, and he lives by himself a long way from town.

汤姆年龄大了，他一个人住，离城镇很远。

One day he goes into town to buy something in some shops. Then he goes into a restaurant and sits down at a table.

有一天他进城去商店里买一些东西。然后他走进一家餐厅在一张桌子旁坐下。

When he looks around, he sees several old people put eyeglasses on before reading their newspapers.

当他环顾四周，他看到一些老人在看报纸之前戴上了眼镜。

So after lunch he walks to a shop to buy some glasses. The man in the shop makes him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always says, “No, I can’t read with these.”

所以午餐过后，他走到商店去买一些眼镜。商店里的人让他试戴许多眼镜，但汤姆总是说:“不，戴上这些眼镜我就认不了字了。”

The man becomes more and more surprised. He says, “Excuse me, but can you read?”

这个人变得越来越惊讶，他说：“冒昧问一下，你认字吗？”

“No, of course I can’t!” Tom says, “I think some good glasses can help me.”
“当然不认识！”汤姆说，“我觉得某些好的眼镜可以帮助我。”

14.狼和小羊

One beautiful spring evening, a hungry wolf goes out to look for his dinner. He sees a little goat. The goat stands up on a steep cliff.

在春天一个美丽的夜晚，一只饥肠辘辘的狼出门寻找他的晚餐。他看到了一只小山羊站在陡峭的悬崖上。

“I must have that goat,” the wolf thinks to himself, “But how can I reach her?”

“我必须得到那只山羊，”狼想，“但是我怎么才能找到她呢?”

“Hello, little goat!” cries the wolf, “It’s dangerous here. I’m afraid you will fall.”

“你好，小羊！”狼喊道，“这里很危险。我担心你会掉下去。”

“Don’t be afraid,” says the goat, “I’ll not fall.”

“别担心，”山羊说，“我不会掉下去的。”

“Please come down here. Don’t afraid of me. I’m a good wolf. I want to play with you, and the grass here is sweet and fresh.” the wolf says.

狼说：“请下来这里。不要害怕我，我是一只好狼，我想和你一起玩，这里的草又甜又新鲜。”

“Thank you,” says the goat, “I know who you are and what you want. You don’t want me to eat the grass, but you want to eat me up.”

“谢谢，”山羊说，“我知道你是谁，也知道你想做什么。你不是想让我吃草，而是你想吃了我。”

Then the clever goat runs far away, and the wolf has no dinner.

然后聪明的山羊逃跑了，狼就没有了晚餐。

15.一道难题

Four girls go to school every day by taxi.

四个女孩每天乘出租车去上学。

One day one of the girls said, “There's a test this morning. Let’s get to school late. Then we won’t have to take the test.”

一天一个女孩说：“今天早上有个考试。我们晚一点去学校，这样就不用参加考试了。”

“What can we tell the teacher?” one of the girls said. “He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good excuse.”

“我们怎么告诉老师呢？”一个女孩说。“他会生气的，我们要找个好借口。”

The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.”

女孩们想了一会，一个女孩说：“我们就说车胎没气了。”

“That’s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We’ll tell him that.”

“好主意，我们就这么跟他说。”另一个女孩儿说。

They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished.

她们到学校迟到了一个小时，考试已经结束了。

“Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You missed the test.”

老师问：“你们为什么迟到，错过了考试。”

“Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said.

一个女孩儿说：“我们的出租车有一个车胎没气了。”

The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” the four girls did this.

老师想了一会儿说：“你们每个人去教

室的一个角坐下吧。”四个女孩照做了。

Then the teacher said, “Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?”

接着老师说：“在纸上写下这个问题的答案：哪一个车胎没气了？”

16.鲍勃和鸟

One day when Bob is on the way home from school, he sees a little bird at the foot of a tree. It has fallen out of its nest.

一天鲍勃在放学回家的路上，在树下看到了一只小鸟。它从鸟窝里摔了下来。

Bob takes the little bird up in his hand. He doesn’t know what to do with it, because the nest is at the top of the tree.

鲍勃把小鸟拿在手里。他不知道该拿它怎么办，因为巢在树顶上。

At last he says, “Poor little bird, I will take you home. When you are big and strong, you will fly to the nest at the top of the tree.”

最后他说，“可怜的小鸟，我要带你回家。当你长大变得强壮，你就会飞回树顶上的鸟窝了。”

So Bob takes it home. He gives it good food and water, and puts it in a cage.

所以鲍勃把鸟带回家了。他给鸟喂了食物和水，然后把鸟放在了笼子里。

In a few months the bird grows big and strong, and it has fine long wings.

One day Bob lets it out of the cage, and it flies away back to its home in the tree.

几个月后，鸟长得又大又壮，翅膀又长又细。有一天，鲍勃把它从笼子里放出来，它飞回了树上的家。

17.告别

Many people are waiting for the train. Some are reading newspapers and some are saying goodbye to their friends.

许多人正在等火车。一些人在看报纸，另一些人在和朋友告别。

Doctor Wang, Mr Li and Mr Chen are talking so happily that they don’t know the train is going to leave. Then the guard calls loudly, “The train is going to leave. Hurry up, please.”

王医生，李先生和陈先生正相谈甚欢，他们不知道火车马上要开了。这时列车员大声喊道：“火车就要开了，请快点。”

The three men hear the guard and two of them jump onto the train quickly before it moves. One is left behind. It is Dr. Wang. He looks very sad.

这三个人听到了列车员的话，其中两个人在火车开走前迅速跳上车。有一个人留下来了，这个人是王医生，他看起来很伤心。

The guard comes to him and says, “Don’t feel bad. The next train will come in ten minutes.”

列车员过来跟他说，“别难过。下一班车就在十分钟后。”

“I know,” Dr. Wang says, “But it is my train. My friends only come to say goodbye to me.”

“我知道，”王医生说，“但这是我要坐的火车。我朋友只是来跟我告别的。”

18.我们学校的图书馆

This is our school library. It’s a busy place. It’s open from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning and from 2:30 to 4:30 in the afternoon.

这是我们学校的图书馆。这是一个繁忙的地方。图书馆的开放时间是早上8:30到11:30，下午2:30到4:30,。

Our school library isn’t very big. Only three assistants work there.

我们学校的图书馆不大，只有三个助理在那儿工作。

In the library we can find all kinds of books, but few of them are in English. We often come here and borrow or return books after class.

在图书馆我们可以找到各种各样的书，但是几乎没有英文书籍。我们经常下课后来这里借书或者还书。

When we borrow books, we must obey the library rules. We can borrow only one book at a time and keep it for two weeks. If we can’t finish it in time, we may come and renew it.

我们借书时，必须遵守图书馆规定。我们一次只能借一本书，借两个星期。如果我们不能及时读完，我们可以来续借。

There’s a reading-room in the library. It’s bright and clean. We can read magazines and newspapers there, but we can’t take any of them out.

图书馆里有一间阅览室。阅览室明亮又干净。我们可以在这里看杂志读报纸，但是我们不能把它们带出去。

19.比利的画

Billy is very small, and he loves pictures.

比利很小，他很爱画画。

His mother often draws some for him on old pieces of paper. She is very bad at drawing, but Billy likes her pictures and always wants more.

他妈妈经常在旧纸上为他画一些。她很不擅长画画，但比利喜欢她的画，总是想要妈妈画更多的画。

Then, when he is a little older, Billy’s mother gives him some pencils and a drawing book, and he begins drawing pictures, too, but they are never good.

然后，当他再大一点的时候，比利的妈妈给了他一些铅笔和一本画册，他也开始画画了，但总是画不好。

When Billy is five years old, his mother gives him a small blackboard and some piece of chalk. She asks him to draw a picture of his father.

当比利五岁的时候，他的妈妈给了他一块小黑板和一些粉笔。她让他画一张他父亲的画。

The boy draws and draws. It takes him more than two hours to finish drawing the picture, but he is not happy when he looks at it.

这个男孩画呀画。他花了两个多小时画完这幅画，但当他看着它时，他并不高兴。

“Well,” he says at last to his mother, “I’ll put a tail on it and make it a horse.”

“好吧，”他最后对妈妈说，“我要给它加一条尾巴，把它变成一匹马。”

20.大海

What do you know about the sea?

你对大海了解多少？

Some people have seen it, but others haven’t. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very rough when there is a strong wind.

有些人见过大海，但是有些却没有。在天气晴朗的日子大海看上去非常好看，然而在大风凛冽的日子，大海也变得异常凶险。

What other things do we know about it?

关于大海，我们还知道些什么？

Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land. If you swim in the sea, you know that the water is salty.

当然，大海很大。世界上的大海比陆地多。如果你在大海里游泳，你就会知道海水是咸的。

Rivers take salt from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are more salty than other places.

河流把盐从陆地带入海洋。海洋的一些地方比其他地方更咸。

Do you know the Dead Sea? Fish can’t live in it!

你知道死海吗？鱼无法在里面生存！

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