初高中銜接英語背誦材料41.

ACockroachinOurClassroom(2)Wellthatwasjustthebeginning.

Ok,

hereisthewholestory.

Myteacherwalkedovertothe,

nownotmoving,

cockroach.

Ifyouhaveaweak

stomach

Iamwarningyounow...

shesteppedonit.Idon'tknowifyouhaveseenthemovieswheresomeonestepsonthecockroachandyouhearaloud“CRUNCH”(嘎扎嘎扎的壓碎),

butIcantellyourightnowthatthosemoviesare

one-hundred

percent

true.IwaslaughinghardthatIwascrying.

IlookedaroundtheclassroomSomeofmyfriendswerelaughingtoo.

Ofcoursethegirlygirlswerecryingandsomeoftheotherkidsthoughtitwas

no

big

deal

andjustsattherereadingtheirbooks.Myteacherwasnotveryhappytofindoutthatshewastheonewhohadto

clean

up

the

dirty

place.Mostpeoplewillnot

realize

thatwhenyousteponacockroachitwillmakeaterrible

sound

youmaynotwanttohear.

Sowhenyouevergotokillacockroach,

watch

out

for“THECRUNCH”.41.教室里出現(xiàn)一只蟑螂(2)那只是開始，現(xiàn)在才是完整的故事。我們的老師走向這個，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不動了的，蟑螂。如果你的胃口(stomach)不好，我現(xiàn)在可提醒你……她踩了上去。我不知道你是否看過這樣的電影，某人踩到蟑螂上，然后你聽到響亮的“嘎扎嘎扎”聲，但現(xiàn)在我告訴你那些電影是百分之百(one-hundredpercent)的真實。我笑的眼淚都要出來了。我環(huán)顧教室，我的一些朋友也在笑。當然，一些嬌弱的女孩正在大喊大叫，其他一些孩子認為不是什么大事(nobigdeal)。只管坐在那里看書。我們的老師不太高興，她發(fā)現(xiàn)她是唯一要善后打掃(cleanup)這個臟(dirty)地方的人。大部分人沒有意識到(realize)當你踩蟑螂時會發(fā)出一種可怕的你不想聽到的聲音(sound)。因此，你要殺死一只蟑螂時，當心(watchout)那“嘎扎嘎扎”的聲音。

42.ThisIsMySupperMissGreenatealotforeverymeal,

andshelikedeatingmeat,

especially

pork

and

beef.

Soshewasvery

fat.

She

weighed

100

kilos

andshegot

heavier

everymonth.Onedayshewenttoseeadoctor.

Thedoctorsaid,

“Youhavetogoonadiet(節(jié)食),

MissGreen

“Hegaveherasmallbookandsaid,

“Thisisabookonhowtoloseyourweight.

Pleaseeatthethingson

page

11everyday.

Thencomebackandseemeintwoweeks.”MissGreencameagaintwoweekslater,

butshewasn't

thinner.

Shewasmuchfatter.

Thedoctorwassurprisedandsaid,

“Areyoueatingthethingsonpage110fthesmallbook?’’‘‘Yes,

doctor.

“Sheanswered.

Thenextday,

thedoctorvisitedMissGreenwhenshewashavinghermeals.

“MissGreen,”hesaid,

“Whyareyoueating

potatoes

and

dumplings?

Theyarenotonthe

list

ofyourdiet.”“Butdoctor,”MissGreenanswered,

“IatemydietatlunchtimeThisismy

supper.”Funnyenough!

That'swhyMissGreenisgettingfat.

Butsincethen,

MissGreenhas

made

up

her

mind

toloseweight,

andshehas

made

an

effort

to

followthedoctor’sadvice42．這是我的晚餐格林小姐每頓吃很多，她喜歡吃肉，尤其是豬肉(pork)和牛肉(beef)。因此她很胖(fat)，重(weigh)達100公斤(100kilos)，而且一月比一月重(heavy)。一天，她去看醫(yī)生。醫(yī)生說：“你必須要節(jié)食，格林小姐”，他遞給她一本小書，然后說：“這是一本關于如何減輕體重(loseweight)的書。你每天只吃第11頁(page)中所列出的食物。兩周后再來醫(yī)院?！备窳中〗銉芍芎笥謥砹耍龥]有變瘦(thin)，反而更胖了。醫(yī)生很吃驚，問她：“你是吃那本小書里第11頁的食物嗎？”“是的，醫(yī)生。”她答道。第二天，當格林小姐正在吃飯時醫(yī)生拜訪了她?！案窳中〗悖銥槭裁闯酝炼梗╬otatoes）和水餃(dumplings)呢？那頁食物清單(list)里沒有這些?！薄搬t(yī)生，可我是在午餐時吃規(guī)定的食物，”格林小姐回答：“這是我的晚餐(supper)。”真有趣！那就是格林小姐更胖的原因了。但從那以后，格林小姐就下定決心(makeupone'smind)要減肥，還努力(makeanefforttodo)遵循醫(yī)生的建議。

43.

TwoTravelersTwomenweregoingalonga

lonely

road

andtalkingofwhattheywoulddoifa

bear

or

wolves

attack(進攻)them?.

“Never

fear,”saidthelargerone,

“Icanprotectmyselfandyoutoo,

sotherewillbeno

danger.

Thereisnothingintheforestforanymantofear,

except

ahungrybear,

andI'dliketomeetthebearthatcouldbea

match

forme.”Justatthattime,

ahugebearappearedintheroadandmovedtowardsthetwomen.Thetwomenranforatree.

Theonewhohadspokenso

bravely

reacheditfirstandclimbedto

safety.

Thesmallerman.

beinglefttofacethebearalone,

threwhimselfonthegroundandlay

as

if

dead.

Whenthebearcameup,

hesmeltthemanonthegroundandwentaway.

Thenthelargermancamedownfromthetreeandsaid,

“Whatdidthebearsayinyour

ear?

Youseemedlikeoldfriends.”“Oh,”theotheranswered,

“hetoldmeneverto

trust

aboaster(自夸者)”43．兩位旅行者兩個人沿著一條荒涼的(lonely)公路(road)前行，他們談到如果遭遇一只熊(bear)或狼群(wolves)進攻該如何應付。“不要害怕(fear)，”個頭較大的那人說，“我可以保護咱們倆，不會有危險(danger)。在那片森林里沒有什么好怕的，除了(except)

一頭饑餓的熊之外。我倒是想碰到一只能成為我對手(match)的熊”。正在那時，一只巨大的熊出現(xiàn)在公路上，朝這兩個人趕來。這兩個人向一棵樹跑去。之前講話很勇敢(bravely)的那個人先跑到樹下，然后爬到一個安全(safety)位置。個頭較小的人現(xiàn)在要獨自面對那只熊，于是他就躺在地上，仿佛(asif)死了(dead)

一樣。當那只熊走近時，它聞了聞地上的那人，然后離開了．接著個頭較大的人從樹上下來，問，“那只熊在你耳朵(ear)邊說什么呢？你們看起來像是老朋友一樣?！薄芭叮绷硪晃换卮鸬?，“它告訴我決不要信任(trust)吹牛者”。

44.

PeopleAroundtheWorldCommunicatinginEnglishInonlyfiftyyears,

Englishhas

developed

into

the

language

most

widely

spokenandusedintheworld.

Englishistheworkinglanguageofmost

international

originations(組織),

international

trade

andtourism(旅游業(yè)).Businessmenand

tourists

oftencometoChinawithoutbeingabletospeakChinese.

Chinesebusinessmen,

taxi

driversandstudentstalkwiththemusingEnglish.

Englishisalsothelanguageofworldculture,

suchas

pop

music

and

the

Internet

YoucanlistentoEnglish

songs

ontheradio

oruseEnglishto

communicate

withpeoplearoundtheworldthroughtheInternet.

WithsomanypeoplecommunicatinginEnglisheveryday,

itwillbecomemoreandmoreimportantto

have

a

good

knowledge

ofEnglish.44.世界各地的人用英語交流在短短五十年間，英語已發(fā)展成為(developinto)世界上說的最多、使用最廣泛(mostwidely)的語言(language)。英語是大部分國際組織、國際貿(mào)易(internationaltrade)與旅游業(yè)的工作語言。生意人與游客(tourist)經(jīng)常來到中國卻不會講漢語。中國商人、計程車(taxi)司機以及學生就用英語和他們交談。英語也是世界文化的語言，如流行音樂(popmusic)以及互聯(lián)網(wǎng)(theInternet)。你可以通過無線廣播(ontheradio)聽英文歌曲(song)或用英語通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)與世界各地的人交流(communicate)。每天都有很多的人用英語交流，精通(haveagoodknowledgeof)英語將變得越來越重要。

45.

Travel

DiarySaturday,

March24thWehave

arrived

inthehot,

wetcityofBangkok,

the

capital

ofThailand.

ThisisourfirsttriptoThailand.

Allthedifferentsmellsmakeuswanttotrythefood.

Wearegoingtoeatsomethingspecialfordinnertonight.

The

hotel

roomwe

booked

ischeap,

butverycleanand

tidy.

Weplanto

stay

hereforafewdays,

visitsomeplaceslikethe

Palace

inthecityandthentraveltoChiangMaiintheNorth.

Tuesday,

March27thBangkokiswonderfulandsurprising!

Theplacesareinteresting.

Wevisitedthefamousmarketwhichwasonwater,

andsawalotoffruitsandvegetables.

Everythingisso

colorful,

andwehavealreadytaken

hundreds

of

photos

withournew

cameral

Laterwewill

leave

for

ChiangMai.

Wewilltakethetrainnorth,

stayinChiangMaifortwodays,

andthen

catch

a

bus

toChiangRai.

Friday,

March30thOurtriptoChiangRaiwaslongand

boring.

Wevisiteda

small

village

inthemountains.

Thevillagepeopleherelovethequietlife——nocomputersorphones.

Theyare

the

kindest

peopleIhaveevermet.

Ifeelgoodhereandhopetobeabletocomebacknextyear.45．旅行日志3月24日，星期六，我們到達(arrivein)炎熱潮濕的曼谷，泰國的首都(capital)。這是我們首次宋到泰國。各種不同的氣味不禁讓我們產(chǎn)生品嘗這些食物的欲望。今晚我們打算吃點特別的晚餐。我們預訂(book)的那家旅館(hotel)雖然便宜，但干凈整潔(tidy)。我們計劃在這里逗留(stay)幾天，游覽這座城市里的宮殿(palace)等一些景點，然后去北部的清邁。3月27日，星期二曼谷美妙而令人驚異！這些地方很有趣。我們參觀了著名的水上市場，看到很多水果和蔬菜。一切都很鮮艷(colorful)，我們已經(jīng)用我們的新相機(camera)拍了好幾百張照片(hundredsofphotos)。之后我們將出發(fā)前往(leavefor)清邁。我們將乘北去的列車，在清邁呆兩天，然后趕公交車(catchabus)去清萊。3月30日，星期五我們?nèi)デ迦R的旅程長而枯燥(boring)。我們游覽了山里的一個小村莊(smallvillage)。這里的村民喜歡安靜的生活一沒有電腦和電話。他們是我所見過的最友好的(thekindest)人。在這里我感覺很好，希望明年還能再來這里。

46.TheBluePigwithaBlackTailOnceuponatime(從前)acertainkingsentamessagetoanotherking,

saying,

“Sendmeabluepigwithablack

tail,

orelse——”Theotherreplied,

“Ihaven'tone;ifIhad——”Bothkingswere

so

angry

that

theywenttowarwitheachother.

Theycollectedalltheirsoldiersandfoughtwitheachother.

Bravemenwerekilled,

andwomenandchildrendiedbecausetheycouldgetnothingtoeat.When

it

seemed

that

neither

side

could

winthewar,

thekingsbeganto

talk

about

peace.

First

of

all,

itwasnecessaryto

explain

thetwomessages.

Eachkingwasangryatwhattheotherhadsaid.“Whatdidyoumean,”Askedthesecondking,

“bysaying,

‘sendingabluepigwithablacktail,

orelse——’?”“Why,”saidthefirstking,

“Icouldmeanonlyonething.

ImeantthatIwantedyoutosendmeabluepigwithablacktail,

orelseapigofsomeothercolor.”“Oh,

thatwasall,

wasit?

Ididnotgetthewholeofyourmessage,”answeredthesecondking.

“What

a

pity!

“He

added.“Ah,

butImustknowwhatyoumeantbyyourreplytomymessage,”askedthefirstking.

“Yousaid,

'Ihaven'tone;ifIhad——”'“Why,

myanswerisveryclear.

ImeantthatIhadn'tone;ifIhad,

Ishouldhavesentittoyou.”“Well,

well!

“saidthefirstking,

“Wehavebeenfightingaboutnothing.

Ifwehadonlyexplainedthesethingsbeforethewarstarted,

thenthis

bitter

warmusthavebeen

avoided.”Sothegreatwarofthebluepigwiththeblacktailwas

recorded

inthehistoriesofthetwocountriesinorderto

prevent

suchawarhappeningagain.46.黑尾巴的藍豬從前有位國王給另一位國王送去一條信息，說，“給我送來一只長著黑尾巴(tail)的藍豬，或者其他的”另一位回答說，“我沒有這樣的豬，如果我有——”。兩位國王如此生氣以致于(soangrythat)發(fā)動了戰(zhàn)爭。他們調集所有士兵去打仗。勇敢的士兵死在戰(zhàn)場上，女人和孩子因為沒有食物而死去?？磥砗孟?itseemedthat.)雙方都不能(neithersidecould)打贏這場戰(zhàn)爭，于是兩位國王開始談論和平(talkaboutpeace)。首先(firstofall)，有必要去解釋(explain)那兩條信息。兩位國王都因對方所說的話而生氣。第二位國王問道，“你當時說‘送我一只長著黑尾巴的藍豬，否則——’，你那么說是什么意思？”“怎么，”第一位國王回答道，“我只能表示一個意思啊，我是說我希望你給我送一只黑尾巴的藍豬，或者其他顏色的豬。”（注：orelse可有兩種解釋，一是作為短語，譯為“否則”，二是作為兩個單獨的單詞，放在一起譯為“或者其他”）第二位國王回答，“哎呀！就是這個意思啊？我沒有理解你信息的全部。”他補充說(add)?！罢婵上?whatapity)!”“嗯，但我必須知道你的回信是什么意思，”第一位國王補充道，“你說‘我沒有這樣的豬，即使我有——’”。“我的回答很清楚啊。我是說我沒有那樣的豬；如果有的話，我會送給你的?！薄鞍パ?！”第一位國王說，“我們之間的戰(zhàn)爭毫無理由。如果我們能在戰(zhàn)爭開始之前解釋清楚這些事情，這場痛苦的戰(zhàn)爭(bitterwar)就一定能避免(avoid)?！庇谑沁@場關于黑尾巴的藍豬的戰(zhàn)爭被載入(wasrecorded)兩國史冊以防止(prevent)此類現(xiàn)象再次發(fā)生。

47.

AGirl'sSmileAbouttenyearsagowhenIwasastudentin

college,

lifewashardformethen.

Bothmyparentshadlosttheirjobs,

soIworkedatmyUniversity'sMuseuminmysparetime.

Oneday

while

working

in

the

gift

shop,

Isawanoldcouplecomeinwithalittlegirlina

wheelchair.As

Ilookedcloseratthisgirl,

Ifoundthatshehadnoarmsorlegs,

justa

head,

neck

andtorso(軀干).

Shewaswearinga

pretty

white

dress,

alsoalittlered

cap.When

theycameclosertome,

Iturnedmyheadtowardthegirlandgaveherawink(眨眼).

AsItookthemoneyfromher

grandparents,

Ilookedbackatthegirl,

whowasgivingmetheprettiest,

largestsmileIhadeverseen.Allofasuddenherhandicap(殘疾)wasgoneandallIsawwasthis

perfect

girl.

Iwas

deeply

movedbyhersmile,

andalmostimmediatelyshegavemea

completely

new

sense

ofwhatlifeisallabout.

Shetookmefromapoor,

unhappycollegestudentandbroughtmeintoherworld:aworldofsmiles,

loveandwarmth.Thatwastenyearsago.

I'masuccessfulbusinesspersonnowand

whenever

Iaminlow

spirits

andthinkaboutthetroublesoftheworld,

I'llthinkaboutthatlittlegirlandthelessonaboutlifethatshetaughtme,

soIwillnever

losecourage.47.一個女孩的微笑大約十年前，我還在大學(college)里學習，那時的生活很艱難。我的父母都失業(yè)了，因此，我在業(yè)余時間去大學博物館工作，有一天，當我正在禮品店工作時(whileworkinginthegiftshop)，我看到一對老年夫婦推著一個坐在輪椅(wheelchair)里的小女孩進來了。當我仔細看這女孩時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)她沒有胳膊和腿，只有頭(head)、頸和軀干。她穿著漂亮的(pretty)白色衣服(dress)，還戴著一頂小紅帽(cap)。當他們走近我時，我轉向這個女孩并對她眨了眨眼。我從她的祖父母(grandparents)手里接過錢時，我又回頭看看那個女孩，她正在給我一個最漂亮、最燦爛的微笑。突然間她的殘疾消失了，我所看到的是一個完美的(perfect)女孩。她的笑容深深地(deeply)打動了我，幾乎立刻讓我對人生有了全新的(completelynew)感覺(sense)。她把我從一個貧窮不幸大學生帶入了她的世界：一個微笑、愛和溫暖的世界。那是十年前的事了?，F(xiàn)在我已是一名成功的商人。無論何時(whenever)我情緒低落(inlowspirits)、因煩惱而憂慮時，我就會想起那個小女孩和她教給我的關于生活的教訓，因此，我從未喪失勇氣(losecourage)。

48.TakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayOnApril27isTakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayinBrkain.

StartedinAmericaandbroughttoBritainin1994,

TakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayhasbecomeaspecialdayforgirlsbetween11and15.

Onthatdaythousandsofgirls

takeadayoff

schoolandgo

together

withoneoftheirparentstotheirworkplaces.

The

purpose

ofthisdayistoopenupgirls'eyesandgetthemto

believein

themselvesFormanyyearspeoplehavethoughtthatboyscandobetterthangirls

insociety.

Butinfactgirlscanbewhatevertheywanttobejustlikeboys,

whetheritisa

pilot,

a

nurseora

manager.

Onthisspecialday,

girlscanhaveacloselookatwhattheirparentsaredoingandthismayhelpgirlstobelieveinthemselveswhentheyneedtochoosetheirwork.Schoolsandmanycompaniesalsothinkthis

activity

useful.

GreenMiddleSchoolforGirls,

innorthLondonhasmadethedayanecessarypartofeducation.

Zarina,

15,

studyinginGreenMiddleschool,

wenttohermother's

law

office.

ShefounditinterestingtoseehermotheratworkShehasalwayslikedthisideaofgoingintolawandthinksmaybeshewilldoesthesameworkashermotherlater.Ifparentsbelieveintheirdaughtersandshowexamplesbathatworkandathomeforthem,

thiswillgivealotofhelptogirls.

TakeOurDaughtersto,

WorkDayiscertainlyastep

intherightdirection.48.帶著女兒上班節(jié)4月(April)27日在英國是“帶著女兒去上班節(jié)”。這個節(jié)日起源于美國。1994年傳入英國，它已成為11至15歲之間女孩的特殊節(jié)日。那一天，成千上萬的女孩休假一天(takeadayoff)，與父親或母親一起(together)去他們的工作場所。這個節(jié)日的目的(purpose)是讓女孩開闊眼界，讓她們相信自己(believeinthemselves)。很多年來，人們認為男孩在社會中(insociety)可以比女孩做得更好，但實際上，女孩可以像男孩一樣做她們想做的任何工作，無論是飛行員(pilot)、護士還是經(jīng)理(manager)都可以。在這個特殊的日子(onthisspecialday)，女孩可以近距離地觀察她們的父母在做什么，這可能會有助于女孩在選擇工作時增加自信。學校和許多公司也認為這項活動(activity)很有用。倫敦北部的格林女子中學已經(jīng)把這一天作為教育的必要組成部分了。15歲的加萊納就讀于格林中學，她去了她媽媽的律師事務所(lawoffice)．她發(fā)現(xiàn)看她媽媽工作很有意思。她一直有步入法律界的想法，她想可能以后她會像媽媽一樣工作。如果家長相信他們的女兒，在工作中、在家里都為她們樹立榜樣會對她們有很大幫助。

“帶女兒去上班節(jié)”無疑是朝正確的方向(intherightdirection)邁進了一步。49.

AuntFrankie(1)

Aunt

Frankieisafun,

busyandcaring

lady!

Sheisalwaysreadytohavefun.

Afteralongdayatwork,

sheusuallycomesinthedoor

singing

somesongsfromthe?80s.

Sometimesshehasanewdancestepto

share.

AuntFrankieandherhusbandowna

candy

shop.

Thatshophasbroughtinsomemoneyforthem,

buttheydon'tbuymuch

furniture.

AuntFrankieenjoyshavingmore

space

inherhouse.WhenAuntFrankiestaysathome,

shelikestobe

comfortable,

andshealmostalwayswearsabigwhite

T-shirt,

oldpink

shorts,

andno

socks

orshoes.49.姑媽弗蘭奇(1）姑媽(aunt)弗蘭奇是一位有趣、忙碌、有愛心的女士(lady)!她總是喜歡逗樂。工作一整天后，她通常會唱(sing)著80年代的歌進入家門。有時她還會和你分享(share)新的舞步。姑媽弗蘭奇和他的丈夫擁有一家糖果店(candyshop)。那家店鋪給他們賺了一些錢，但他們沒買很多的家具(furniture)。姑媽弗蘭奇喜歡房間里有更多的空間(space)。姑媽弗蘭奇在家時，她喜歡讓自己感覺舒服(comfortable)，她幾乎總是穿著一件很寬松的白色T恤(T-shirt)，粉色舊短褲(shorts)，不穿襪子(socks)和鞋。

49.

AuntFrankie(2)IlovetovisitAuntFrankie.

ThereIcanalwayspleasemystomachAuntFrankiehasthe

ability

tobake(烤)differentkindsof

pies

and

biscuits.

Theyall

taste

very

delicious.

Eggs,

milk,

butter,

andsaltallbecomewonderfulinher

kitchen.She

promisestoteachmesomeday.WhenI'vecometoeatsome

bananas

and

pears,

shewillsitnexttomeatthetableSheputsherhandsonmineandasksmehowmydaywas,

howmyclassesaregoing,

whatnewfriendsI'vemade,

andwhetherI'vemade

progress

inmy

grammar

and

composition

AuntFrankiealsohasmany

tales

andfunny

jokes

totellme.49.姑媽弗蘭奇(2)我喜歡拜訪姑媽弗蘭奇。在那里我總是可以滿足我的胃。姑媽弗蘭奇具有烘烤各種不同餡餅(pie)和餅干(biscuit)的能力(ability)。她做的那些嘗起來(taste)非常好吃(delicious)。雞蛋、牛奶、黃油(butter)和鹽在她的廚房里(inherkitchen)都會變得美妙無比。她答應以后會教我的。當我開始吃香蕉(banana)和梨(pear)的時候，她會挨著我坐在桌旁。用她的雙手按住我的手，問我過的怎么樣，功課如何，我又交了哪些新朋友，還有我的語法(grammar)和作文(composition)是否取得進步(makeprogress)。姑媽弗蘭奇還會給我講許多神話故事(tale)和有趣的笑話(joke)。

50.

AFlyingSailThatsummerwasahotoneinBostonAlmosteveryafternoon,

IWentswimminginanearby

swimming

pool

withmybestfriend,

BenFranklinWelovedthoselong,

hotdays.Ononepleasantafternoon,

BenwaslateIwenttohishouseand

climbed

upstairs

to

hissmall

bedroom

Hewassittingtheremakinga

kite“What'swiththekite?”Isaid,

“Ithoughtweweregoingswimming.”Bensmiledatmeandsaid,

“Weneedthekiteforswimming.”“Whogoesswimmingwithakite?”Iasked“Ido,”Bensaid.

Hisblueeyeswere

shining.Withsuchacleverfriend,

I

got

used

to

hearing

crazy

ideas.

Ijust

shook

myhead,

“I'dliketoseehowyoudoit.”Halfanhourlater,

wewerestandingonthe

bank

ofthepool.

Benheldhiscrazykiteinonehandandalog(圓木)intheother.

Hesatonthebank,

tookoffhisshoes,

andtiedtheendofthekite

thread

tohisfoot.

Thenheflewthekiteintotheairandletthewindcatchit.

Thekite

rose

overtheswimmingpool.“Thisis

fantastic!

“IshoutedBensmiledatmeand

jumped

into

thepool.

Hethrewonearmoverhislog,leaned(倚靠)back,

andletthekite

pull

him

across

thepool.

“Oh,

Igetit

!

“Icried,“It'saflyingsail!”50．飛航在波士頓那個炎熱的夏季，幾乎每天下午，我都和最好的朋友本·富蘭克林去附近的一個泳池(swimmingpool)游泳。我們熱愛那些漫長炎熱的夏日。在一個宜人的午后，本來遲了。我就去了他家，爬上樓(climbupstairs)來到他的小臥室(bedroom)。他正坐在那兒做一個風箏(kite)。“用這個風箏干什么？”我說，“我本以為我們要去游泳的?！北緦ξ倚α诵φf，“我們需要這個風箏去游泳?！薄罢l會帶著個風箏去游泳呢？”我問道。“我會，”本說，他藍色的眼睛閃閃發(fā)亮(shine)。有這么一個聰明的朋友，我習慣于(getusedto)聽到瘋狂的(crazy)想法。我只是搖搖頭(shake)，說，“我倒想看看你怎么做?！卑雮€小時后，我們來到了泳池的岸邊(bank)。本一只手抓著他那荒唐的風箏，另一只手拿著根圓木。他坐在岸邊，脫掉衣服，然后把風箏線(thread)的一端系在一只腳上。然后他把風箏放飛，讓風帶動它。風箏在泳池上空升起(rise)。“這太棒了(fantastic)!”我大喊道。本對我笑著，然后跳進(jumpinto)泳池。他一只胳膊抱著他的圓木，向后仰著，讓風箏拉著(pull)他游過泳池?！班?，我明白了！”大叫道，“這是一次飛航！”

51.

TheColorfulWorldTheworldaroundus

is

full

of

colors:the

grass

isgreen,

theskyisblue.

Whatapityitwillbeifpeoplecannotseeallthecolors.

Buttherearepeoplewhoare

blind

to

certaincolors.HumancolorblindnessisastrangethingtoexplainIn

a

single

eye

thereare

millions

of

verysmallthingscalled“cones(錐形物)”.

Theyhelpustoseein

bright

light

andto

tell

the

difference

between

colors

Therearealsomillionsof“rods(視網(wǎng)膜桿)”butthey

are

used

for

seeingwhenitis

nearly

dark.

Theyshowus

shape

butnotthecolor.Somebirdsandanimals'eyeshave

few

ornocones,

sotheycannotseecolors.

catsanddogscannotseecolorsaswellaswecanSomeinsects(昆蟲)canevensee

X-rays.

Scientistsknowthatthereareothercolorsarounduswhichinsectscanseebutwhichwecannotsee.Humanbeingshavefavoritecolors.

BlueisoftenpopularbecauseitisthecolorofthecoolskyandseaGreenisthecolorwhichmakesusthinkofgrass,

fieldandforest.

Yellowisthecolorofthe

sun.

Ontheotherhand,

redisthecolorof

blood

and

fire.

Itmakessomepeoplethinkofaccidents,

dangerandblood.

Blackisthecolorofthenight.

In

the

dark

wecannotseewhatisaroundus,

sowearesometimesafraidofthe

unknown

anddonotlikeblackasacolor.51．多彩的世界我們周圍的世界充滿(befullof)色彩：草(grass)是綠色的，天空是藍色的。如果人看不到所有這些顏色，那將是多么遺憾的事呀！但有些人對某些顏色的確是看不見的(blind)。人類的色盲很難解釋。在一只眼睛(asingleeye)里有幾百萬(millionsof)叫做“視錐”的微小物質。它們幫助我們在亮光(brightlight)下看清并辨別顏色的差異(tellthedifferencebetweencolors)。單眼中也有幾百萬“視網(wǎng)膜桿”，但它們是用來(beusedfor)在天色幾乎(nearly)黑下來時看清東西的，它們?yōu)槲覀冿@示形狀(shape)而非顏色。一些鳥和動物的眼睛有很少(few)或沒有視錐，所以它們看不到顏色。貓和狗不能和我們一樣看清顏色。一些昆蟲甚至可以看到X射線(X-ray)?？茖W家們知道，我們周圍有些其他顏色昆蟲可以看到而我們卻無法看到。人類有最偏愛的顏色。藍色常受歡迎是因為它是涼爽的天空和海洋的顏色。綠色是讓我們想起草地、驟野和森林的顏色，黃色是太陽(sun)色。另一方面，紅色是血(blood)與火(fire)的顏色，使一些人想起事故、危險和流血。黑色是夜的顏色．在黑暗中(inthedark)，我們看不到周圍的一切，所以我們有時害怕未知的(unknown)事物，不喜歡黑色。

52.

ComputersAreBecomingMoreandMorePopularMoreandmorepeoplearelivingthelifewithcomputers.

Usingcomputersyoucansend

e-mails

quicklyandeasily.

Youareabletosendaletterwithphotosandsoundstosomeone

anywhere

intheworldwithoutputtingastamp.

E-mailcansenditsmessagetotheothersideoftheworld

inseconds

E-mailiseasytouseanditsavestimeandmoney.

It

serves

fortwenty-fourhours.

Youcansende-mailstoyourfriendswhentheyareinbed,

andwhentheysende-mailsback,

maybeyou're

seeingafilm

atthecinemaComputers

arealsoimportantfarstudentsnow.

Manystudentsliketo

surftheInternet,

butsomestudentsonlyplaygamesinsteadofsearchingforusefulinformationandlearningfromtheInternet.

Besides,

theyspendtoomuchtimeonthecomputer,

whichisverybadfortheirhealth.

Canyou

imagine

inthefuture

withoutteachersbutcomputers?

Studentswillteachthemselvesintheschoolqinthefuture.

Atthattime,

studentswillcarrya

personalcomputer

(PC)

insteadofabookbag.

Andteacherswill

disappear.

Computershelpstudentsdeveloptheirownwaysoflearning.

Studentswillfollowthelearning

programs

bylookingaton-line(在線的)librariesandwatchinglessons,

Studentscan

takeadvantageof

allkindsoflearning

websites52.電腦越來越普及越來越多的人在使用電腦。通過電腦你可以迅速快捷地發(fā)送電郵（e-mail）．你能夠發(fā)送附帶照片和聲音的郵件給世界上任何地方(anywhere)的人而無需粘貼郵票。電郵可以在幾秒中(inseconds)把郵件發(fā)送給地球另一邊的人。電郵使用方便，節(jié)省時間和金錢?？梢?4小時地服務(serve)．當你的朋友在床上睡覺時你可以給他們發(fā)郵件，當他們給你回復郵件時，可能你正在影院(atthecinema)看電影(seeafilm)?，F(xiàn)在電腦對學生也很重要。許多學生喜歡上網(wǎng)(surftheInternet)，但一些學生只玩游戲而不是通過電腦查找有用信息及學習。此外，他們花太多時間用電腦，這對他們的健康非常不利。你能想象(imagine)未來沒有教師只有電腦嗎？未來(inthefuture)學生們將在學校里自學。那時，學生會攜帶一臺個人電腦(personalcomputer)而不是一個書包．教師將會消失(disappear)。電腦幫助學生培養(yǎng)他們自己的學習方式。學生通過在線圖書館跟蹤學習節(jié)目(program)，觀看課程。學生可以利用(takeadvantageof)各種學習網(wǎng)站(website)。

53.

Dialogue:ChineseFoodW:Waitress,

G:

Guest

W:

Good

afternoon,

sir.

WehavebothChinesefoodand

western

food.

Whichdoyoulikebetter,

ChineseorWestern?

G:I'llhaveChinesefoodforachangetoday.

IlikeChinesefoodverymuch,

youknow.

W:I'mgladtohearthatThisway,

please

...

Hereisthe

menu

fortoday.

G:Thanks.

ThisismyfirstvisittoChinaCouldyoutellmewhatdifferentkindsofChinesefoodyouservehere?

W:Asyoucanseefromthemenu,

weserveShanghaifood,

GuangdongfoodandSichuanfood?.

G:Couldyoutellmemoreaboutthem?

W:

With

pleasure.

Generally,

Guangdongfoodis

a

bit

light,

Sichuanfoodhasastrongandhottaste,

Shanghaifoodis

rather

oily.

G:Veryinteresting.

Therearesomanykindsof

dishes

ofdifferenttastesIt'shardtodecidewhichtotake.

ButIthinkI'llhaveSichuanfoodthistimeasIlikehotfoodI'dliketohavesome

standard

Sichuandishes.

W:Wouldyoulikeporkshredswithfishseasoning(魚香肉絲)

,

chickencubeswithchili

peppers(辣子雞丁)and

sour

pungentsoup(酸辣湯)?

G:Verynice.

LetmetrythemW:Weusuallyservethefoodfirstandthenthe

soup,

butwe'llbringyouthesoupfirstifyoulike.G:

I'm

used

to

having

soup

first.W:Allright,

sir.

I'llgetitforyourightnow.53.對話：中餐

W:女服務員，G:客人(guest)W:下午好，先生。我們這里有中餐也有西餐(westernfood)．您要點中餐還是西餐？G:今天我想吃中餐換個口味。你知道我很喜歡中餐的。W:很高興聽您這么說。這邊請……這是今天的菜單(menu)。G：謝謝，這是我第一次來中國。請給我講講這里都供應哪些中國菜！W:正如您在菜單上所看到的，我們供應四川菜、廣東菜和上海菜G:能給我詳細介紹一下嗎？W：非常樂意(withpleasure)。一般來說(generally)，廣東菜口味清淡些(abitlight)，四川菜味道重、辣，上海菜相當油膩(ratheroily)。G：非常有趣。這么多不同口味的不同菜肴(dish)，很難決定吃哪種了。但這次我想吃四川菜，因為我喜歡辣的。我想要些標準的(standard)四川菜。W:那您看魚香肉絲、辣子雞丁和酸(sour)辣湯怎么樣？G:非常好，讓我嘗嘗吧。W:我們通常是先上菜后上湯，但我們可以根據(jù)您的要求給您先上湯。G:我習慣先喝湯(I'musedtohavingsoupfirst)。W:好的，先生。我馬上給您端上。

54.

FrogsLongingforaKingThereoncelivedmany

frogs

inagreat

pond

undera

bridge

Theyhadan

excellent

homeandallthefoodtheywished,

buttheywerenot

satisfied

Theymade

speeches

inthepond.

Theysaidtheyshouldhaveaking,

Thentheyasked

the

God

to

givethemaking.

TheGodgavethemabigpieceof

wood

Thewooddid

not

move

at

all,

sothefrogswenttoasktheGodtogivethemakingwhichcould

take

action.

TheGodsentthemaneel(鰻魚),

butthefrogsthoughttheeelwastoosmallanddidnot

look

like

aking,

sotheeelwas

not

welcome

inthepond.

ThenthefrogswenttotheGodagain,

forthelasttime,

thefrogsweregivenastork(白鶴)astheirking.

Theybelievedthestorkwasgreat,

whichcouldruleoverthem,

sotheyshowed

honor

tothestork.

Butthestorkateallthefrogsonebyoneuntiltherewas

hardly

any

frogleftinthewholepond.Howmuchbetteritwouldhavebeenforthefrogsiftheyhadbeensatisfiedwiththeirlife!54.渴望國王的青蛙從前有許多青蛙(frog)住在橋(bridge)下的一個大池塘(pond)里。他們有極好的(excellent)家，還有很多喜歡的食物，但它們并不滿意(satisfied)。他們在池塘里發(fā)表演講(speech)。它們說它們應該有個國王。然后它們請求上帝(theGod)給它們一個國王。上帝給了它們一大截木頭(wood)。木頭根本不(not...atall)動，于是這些青蛙去找上帝，要求給它們一個能夠采取行動(takeaction)的國王。上帝給它們送來一條鰻魚，但青蛙們認為鰻魚太小了，看起來不像(looklike)個國王，因此這條鰻魚在池塘里不受歡迎(notwelcome)。然后它們又去找上帝了，最后一次，上帝給了它們一只白鶴當它們的國王。它們認為這只白鸛很偉大，可以統(tǒng)治它們，于是它們對白鸛表示尊敬(honor)。但這只白鸛卻把所有的青蛙一個接著一個吃掉了，整個池塘幾乎沒有(hardlyany)青蛙了。如果這些青蛙對它們的生活滿意的話那該多好??！

55.

TV'sValueManypeoplewhoare

alive

todayknowwhatitisliketoliveinaworldwithouttelevision.

Televisionisonlyaboutfortyyearsold.

Yet

ithasbeenanimportantpartinourlives.Somepeoplethinkthattheyearsbeforetelevisionwereabettertime.

Theybelievethatfamiliestalkedmoreanddidmorethingstogether.

Morebookswereread.

Peoplegotmore

outdoor

exercise.ButothersdisagreeTheysaythattelevisionisagoodtoolforeducationIttellsuswhatishappeningintheworld.

Itprovides

plenty

of

fun

forus.

Ithelpsusunderstandhowpeopleliveandwork.

Although

somepeople

describe

televisionasagreatteacher,

otherssaytelevisionhascausedthepoorreadingandwriting

skills

ofourpeopleTelevisiongets

praise

for

helpingusunderstandthepeopleoftheworld.

Butitalsohas

influence

onfamilylife.

Televisiontellsusthenewsoftheday.

Butitcanalsomakeus

lazy

bygivingonlyshortnewsinsteadoftellingthewholestory.Evenpeoplewholovetelevisionarenothappywithit.

Theythinktherearetoomany

advertisements

ontelevision.

Peoplewillprobablycontinueto

discuss

abouttelevision’s

value.

Buteveryoneagreesthatitisoneofthemostimportant

inventions

ofthe

twentieth

century.55．電視的價值很多現(xiàn)在還在世的(alive)人知道沒有電視時人們的生活情形。電視出現(xiàn)至今只有40多年的時間，然而(yet)它已經(jīng)成為我們生活中一個重要的部分。有些人認為電視出現(xiàn)之前的日子更美好。他們說過去家里人花更多的時間在一起聊天，或一起做更多的事，他們會讀更多的書，進行更多的戶外鍛煉(outdoorexercise)。但有些人不同意。他們說電視是很好的教育工具，它讓我們了解世界各地發(fā)生的事情，它為我們提供了很多娛樂(plentyoffun)，它幫助我們了解人們?nèi)绾紊詈凸ぷ?。盡管(although)有人把電視描述(describe)為了不起的教師，但也有人說人們讀寫技能(skill)的降低是電視導致的。電視因幫助我們了解世界各地而得到贊揚(praise)，但電視也對家庭生活有影響(influence)。電視讓我們了解當今的新聞時事，也讓我們變得懶惰(lazy)——我們只能獲悉簡短的新聞摘要，而不是整個事件的始末。甚至連喜歡看電視的人也對它不滿意。他們說電視里的廣告(advertisement)太多了。人們很可能還會繼續(xù)討論(discuss)電視的價值(value)。但有一點人們已經(jīng)達成共識，那就是電視是20世紀(thetwentiethcentury)最重大的發(fā)明(invention)之一。

56.

TheFlower-bed'sSecret(1)OncetherewasanEnglishprince(王子).

HisnamewasHenry.

PrinceHenrylikedtostudylanguages,

butsmilesnevercameonhisface.

Hisfather,

theKing,

lovedhimdearly,

andtriedtomakehimhappyineverypossibleway.TheKinggavetheboya

small

horse,

sothathemightridewhenheliked.

The

King

also

had

a

boat

made

for

the

Prince,

sothathemightsail

on

the

lake.Yet

theyoungPrincewasnothappy.

OnedaytheKinghadan

interview

withamannamedSirArthur.

PrinceHenrywasalsothere,

withanunhappyface,

as

usualSirArthur

turned

to

theKing,

andsaid;“1havea

method

tomakePrinceHenryhappy,

butyouhavetosendhimtothe

countryside

“At

first,

theKingrefused,

butSirArthur

insisted

ontakingthePrincetothecountry,

finally,

theKingagreed.

56.花壇的秘密(1)從前有位英國王子叫亨利。亨利王子喜歡學習語言，但他的臉上從來沒有笑容。他的父親即國王非常愛他，盡力用所有可能的方法讓他快樂。國王給這個男孩一匹小馬(smallhorse)，這樣他樂意時就可以騎馬。國王還讓人給王子造了一艘小船(TheKingalsohadaboatmadeforthePrince)，這樣他可以在湖上(onthelake)航行。然而（yet）年輕的王子還是不快樂。有一天國王會見(interview)

一位亞瑟爵士。亨利王子也在那里，一副不開心的樣子，和平時一樣(asusual)。亞瑟爵士轉向(turnto)國王，說，“我有一個方法(method)可以讓亨利王子快樂，但您必須送他去鄉(xiāng)下(countryside)?！逼鸪?atfirst)，國外拒絕了，但亞瑟爵士堅持(insist)帶王子去鄉(xiāng)下，最后，國王同意了。56.

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SirArthur

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allhisactivitiesandstayedwiththePrinceathomeHetoldHenry,

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