中考閱讀與1600詞匯精華版

中考閱讀與1600詞匯精華版（第一集）

一.AYoungOfficerandanOldSoldier

(1)Avery

new,

young

officer

wasata

railway

station.

Hewasgoingto

visit

his

mother,

andhe

wanted

to

telephone

her

to

tell

herthetimeofhis

train.

Helookedinallhis

pockets,

but

found

thathedidnothavethe

coins

forthetelephone,sohewent

outside

and

looked

around

forsomeoneto

help

him.【漢語翻譯】年輕軍官與老兵(1)一位新上任的(new)年輕軍官(youngofficer)在火車站(railwaystation)候車。他要去看望(visit)他的母親(mother)。他想打電話(wanttotelephonesb.)告訴(tell)母親他的列車(train)到站的時間。但尋遍了所有的口袋(pocket)，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)(find)他沒有打電話用的硬幣(coin)，于是他走到車站外面(outside)，環(huán)顧四周(lookaround)想找人幫忙(help)一.

AYoungOfficerandanOldSoldier

(2)At

last

anold

soldier

cameby,andtheyoungofficerstoppedhimandsaid,“Haveyougot

change

forten

pence?”“Wait

a

moment,”theoldsoldier

answered,

beginning

to

put

hishandinhispocket.“I'llsee

whether

Icanhelpyou.”“Don'tyou

know

howto

speak

toanofficer?”theyoungmansaid

angrily.“Now

let's

start

again

Haveyougotchangefortenpence?”“No,sir,”theoldsoldieranswered

quickly.【漢語翻譯】年輕軍官與老兵(2)

最后(atlast)有名老兵(oldsoldier)路過，年輕的軍官攔住他道：“你有十便士(pence)的零錢(change)嗎？”“等會兒(waitamoment)?！崩媳卮?answer)，開始(begin)把手放(put)進(jìn)口袋，“讓我看看是否(whether)能幫助你。""難道你不知道(know)該怎樣跟一位長官說話(speak)嗎？”年輕人生氣地(angrily)說，“現(xiàn)在我們重新開始(startagain)，你有十美分的硬幣嗎？”“沒有，長官(sir)?！崩媳杆?quickly)答道。二.AreYouGoingtoThankHer?

(1)Mrs.

Green

has

lived

nearthe

park

ofthe

city

for

forty

years.

She'svery

rich

andhasgotalotof

money.

Burshe

never

buyssomething

expensive

forher

family

and

always

doesallthe

housework

herself.

She

sweeps

alltheroomseveryday.Last

morning,

whenshe

got

up,she

felt

terrible.

After

breakfast

shefelt

even

worse.

Shefoundsome

medicine

andtookit.

Butitwas

useless

toherandshehadtogotoa

hospital.【漢語翻譯】您是要感謝她嗎？(1)格林夫人(Mrs.)在這座城市(city)的公園(park)附近住(live)了四十(forty)年了。她特別富裕(rich)，相當(dāng)有錢(money)。但她從不(never)給自己的家人(family)買昂貴的(expensive)物品，而且總是(always)自己做所有的家務(wù)(housework)，她每天打掃(sweep)所有的房間。昨天早上(Lastmorning)。她起床(getup)時感覺(feel)很糟糕(terrible)。早餐(breakfast)后她覺得更嚴(yán)重(evenworse)，就找了一些藥(medicine)吃了。但還是沒用(useless)。她不得不去了醫(yī)院(hospital)。?

二.AreYouGoingtoThankHer?

(2)The

doctor

lookedheroverand

asked

hertobeinhospital,butshe

refused

and

wenthome

on

foot.

As

soon

as

shegothome,thetelephone

rang.

She

hurried

toanswerit.

Itwasthedoctor.

Hetoldhershehadlefther

purse

inthehospitalanda

nurse

hadfoundit.“Couldyoutellmeher

name,

please?”askedMrs.

Green.“Of

course,Mrs.

Green.

Areyougoingto

thank

her?

”askedthedoctor.“No,no.”Shesaid,“My

handbag

waslost

three

years

ago.

Iwanttoknowifshefoundit.

”【漢語翻譯】您是要感謝她嗎？(2)醫(yī)生(doctor)給她作了檢查并要求(ask)她住院，但她拒絕(refuse)了，然后步行(onfoot)回家。她一(assoonas)到家，電話就響(ring)了，她趕緊(hurry)去接聽電話，是醫(yī)生打來的，他告訴這位女士她的錢包(purse)丟在了醫(yī)院，一位護(hù)士(nurse)撿到了?！澳芨嬖V我這位護(hù)士的名字(name)嗎？”格林夫人問道?！爱?dāng)然可以(ofcourse)，格林夫人，您是要感謝(thank)她嗎？”醫(yī)生問道?！安?，不是，”她說：“我的手提包(handbag)三年前(threeyearsago)丟了，我想問問是不是她檢到了?！?

三.SamandTod(1)Samhada

dog.

ItsnamewasTod.Itwasvery

helpful,

butit

ate

toomuch.

SoSamdidn'tlikeit,andhewantedto

kill

Tod.He

tied

Todinabagandputitina

smallboat.

He

rowedtheboattothe

middle

ofabig

river.

Just

ashe

threw

the

pooranimal

intotheriver,theboatbegantogodown.

Both

SamandTod

fellinto

theriver.【漢語翻譯】薩姆與托德(1)薩姆有一只狗(dog)。他的名字叫托德。它很有用(helpful)，但它吃的太多(eattoomuch)。所以薩姆不喜歡他。薩姆想殺死(kill)托德。薩姆把托德綁(tie)在一個袋子里，把它放進(jìn)一只小船(smallboat)。他把船劃(row)到一條大河(river)的中央(middle)。他正要(just)把這只可憐的動物(pooranimal)扔(throw)下河的時候，船開始下沉，薩姆和托德兩個都(both)跌入(fallinto)河里。三.SamandTod(2)Tod

was

able

to

swim,

butSamcouldn't.Thedogbit

(咬)

therope

and

got

out

ofthebag.

It

trieditsbesttoswimto

saveSam.Themanwassaved,sohewasverythankful

tothedog.

Hedid

not

wanttokillthedog

any

more.

From

then

on,hegavethedogas

much

food

asitwanted.【漢語翻譯】薩姆與托德(2)托德能(beableto)游泳(swim)，但薩姆不會。狗把繩子(rope)咬斷，從袋子里出來(getoutofthebag)。它竭盡全力(tryone'sbest)游過去救(save)薩姆。薩姆獲救了，所以他對托德是非常感激的(thankful)．他不再(not…anymore)打算殺它了。從那以后(fromthenon)，小狗想要吃多少食物(food)薩姆就給多少。?

四.

IntheBar(1)

In

England,

ifyouare

under

the

age

of

eighteen,

you're

not

allowed

to

drink

inapublic

bar.Mr.

Thompson

used

togotoabar

near

his

house,

buthenever

took

his

son,Tom,

because

hewas

too

young.

ThenwhenTomhadhiseighteenth

birthday,

tookhimto

his

usual

bar

for

the

first

time.【漢語翻譯】在酒吧(1)在英格蘭(England)，年齡在18歲以下(undertheageofeighteen)的人不允許(benotallowedtodo)到公眾(public)酒吧里喝酒(drink)。湯普森先生過去經(jīng)常(usedto)到他家附近(near)的一個酒吧喝酒，但他從不帶(take)他的兒子(son)湯姆，因為(because)他還太小(tooyoung)。當(dāng)湯姆過18歲生日(birthday)時，他第一次(forthefirsttime)帶兒子去了他經(jīng)常去的酒吧(hisusualbar)。

四.

IntheBar(2)Theydrankfor

half

an

hour,andthenMr.

Thompsonsaidtohisson,“Now,Tom,Iwantto

teach

you

a

lesson,

You

must

always

be

careful

nottodrinktoomuch.

Andhowdoyouknowwhenyou'vehad

enough?

Well,I'lltellyou.

Doyou

seethosetwolights

at

the

end

of

thebar?Whenthey

seem

tohave

become

four,

you'vehadenoughand

should

go

home.”“But,Dad,”saidTom,“Ican

only

seeonelightattheendofthebar.”【漢語翻譯】在酒吧(2)

喝了半個小時(halfanhour)后，湯普森對兒子說道，“湯姆，現(xiàn)在我給你上一課(teachyoualesson)。你必須(must)要小心(becareful)決不要喝太多。那怎樣才能知道你是否已經(jīng)喝夠了(enough)呢？聽著，我告訴你。你看見(see)酒吧盡頭的(attheendof)那兩盞燈(light)了嗎？當(dāng)它們看起來(seem)已經(jīng)變成(become)四盞的時候，你就喝足了，應(yīng)該(should)回家(gohome)了?！薄翱墒牵职?，”湯姆說，“我只(only)看見那兒有一盞燈呀！”

五.

ABlackUmbrella

(1)Sallywasa

student.

Itwasgoingtobehermother'sbirthday.Shewantedto

buy

hera

present

thatwouldbe

nice

and

useful

butnotexpensive.A

week

before

hermother'sbirthday,she

went

shopping

afteraquickand

simplelunch.

Whenshehadbeen

looking

forhalfanhour,shefoundashopthatwasselling

cheap

umbrellas,

and

decided

totakea

black

one.Hermotherhadlost

hers

the

month

before.一把黑傘(1)薩莉是個學(xué)生(student)，再過幾天就是她母親的生日了，她想給母親買(buy)一個價格不高，但漂亮、實用的(niceanduseful)禮物(present)。在她母親生日之前(before)的一個星期(week)，薩莉匆忙地吃了頓簡單的(simple)午餐(lunch)后就出去購物(goshopping)了?？?look)了半個小時后，發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個賣(sell)便宜(cheap)雨傘(umbrella)的商店，她決定(decide)買把黑色的(black)傘。一個月(month)之前她母親把她的傘(hers)丟(lose)了。?

五.

ABlackUmbrella

(2)Shethought,“Youcould

carry

thatwhenyouare

wearing

clothes

ofany

color.”Soshedecidedtobuya

lovely

blackumbrellaandtookitbacktothe

school

withher

until

her

classes

had

finished.

On

her

way

home

inthetrainthat

evening

shefelt

hungry

becauseshehad

such

asmalllunchthatshewentalongtothebuffetcar(餐車)fora

sandwich

and

a

cup

ofcoffee.一把黑傘(2)她想，“穿(wear)任何顏色(color)的衣服(clothes)，都可以攜帶(carry)黑傘。”于是她決定買把可愛的(lovely)黑傘帶回學(xué)校(school)，直到(until)課(class)結(jié)束(finish)時才帶回家。那天晚上(evening)．在她乘火車回家的路上(onherwayhome)，因為午餐吃的很少(havesuchasmalllunch)．她覺得餓(hungry)．于是走進(jìn)餐車，要了一份三明治(sandwich)和一杯咖啡(acupofcoffee)。?六.Friends(1)Friends

are

different

thingstodifferent

people.

Tomy

little

sister,

afriendis

someone

who

likes

toswimand

ride

bikes.

Mymom's

idea

ofafriendissomeonelikeMrs.Smithwho

walks

and

talks

withhereverymorning.Mydad'sfriendsareneighbors

who

help

him

with

theworklike

building

shelves

and

planting

trees.朋友(1)對于不同的人(people)，朋友(friend)意味著不同的(different)內(nèi)容。對于我的小妹妹(littlesister)來說，朋友是喜歡(like)游泳和騎自行車(ridebikes)的某個人(someone)。我媽媽的想法(idea)是朋友像(like)史密斯夫人一樣可以每天早上陪她散步(walk)并交談(talk)。我爸爸的朋友是幫他搭建架子(buildshelves)、種樹(planttrees)或做其他活的鄰居們(neighbors)。?

六.Friends(2)Steve,our

monitor,

ismy

best

friendWe

go

skating,

play

football,

talk

about

sports,and

go

to

a

concert.

WhenIbrokemy

leg,

healwayscameovertoplay

games;

inschool,hecarriedmy

schoolbag

formeandgotmylunchforme.IknowIcanalways

count

on

him,andhe

also

knowsthathecancountonme.Some

friends

may

beinyourlife

for

a

while.Otherswillbethere

for

a?

longtime,

maybe

evenforever(永遠(yuǎn)).Iwould

hate

to

move,

unless

Icouldtakemyfriendswithme.Theyare

too

important

to

leave

behind.朋友(2)我們的班長(monitor)史蒂夫是我最好的(best)朋友。我們?nèi)セ?goskating)、踢足球(playfootball)、談?wù)擉w育(talkaboutsports)、去聽音樂會(gotoaconcert)。我摔斷腿(leg)時，他就來我家玩游戲(game)；在學(xué)校，他替我拿書包(schoolbag)，并幫我打午飯。我知道我總能依靠(counton)他，他也知道他能依靠我。有些(some)朋友可能(may)只在你的一生中停留一會兒(forawhile)。另一些(others)則很長一段時間(foralongtime)和你做朋友，甚至有可能(maybe)是終生的朋友。我憎恨(hate)搬家(move)，除非(unless)我可以把朋友也帶走。他們對我來說太重要了(tooimportant)，我無法把他們留下(leavebehind)。七.The“Deaf”WifeAmanistalkingtothefamilydoctor.“Doctor,I

doubt

whethermy

wife'sgoingdeaf.”Thedoctoranswers,“Here’ssomethingyoucantryonherto

test

herhearing.

Stand

some

meters

away

fromherandaskhera

question.

Ifshedoesn'tanswer,move

a

little

closer

andaskagain.

Keep

repeating

thisuntilsheyou'llbeabletotellifsheisdeafornot.”Themangoeshomeandbeginstotesthiswife'shearing.

Hestands

by

the

wall

andsays,“My

dear,

what'sfor

dinner?”Hedoesn'thearananswer,sohemovesclosertoher.“Mydear,what'sfordinner?”Still

noanswer.

Herepeatsthis

several

times,untilhe'sstandingjust

a

few

feet

awayfromher.Finally,

sheanswers,“Fortheeleventhtime,Isaidwe'rehaving

meat

and

rice!”【漢語翻譯】“耳聾的”妻子某人對他的家庭醫(yī)生說，“醫(yī)生，我懷疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聾(deaf)了。”醫(yī)生回答說，“有個辦法可以測試(test)她的聽力。你站(stand)在離她幾米遠(yuǎn)(somemetersaway)的地方，然后問她一個問題(question)。如果她不回答，你再走近點(alittlecloser)，然后再問。如此重復(fù)(repeat)直到她聽到為止。那時你就可以判斷她是否聾了。”這人回家后便開始測試他妻子的聽力。他站在墻的旁邊(bythewall)說，“親愛的(dear)，晚飯(dinner)吃什么？”他沒聽到回答，于是又朝妻子走近了些?！坝H愛的，晚飯吃什么？”仍然(still)沒有回答。他如此反復(fù)了幾次(severaltimes)．直到他離妻子只有幾英尺(afewfeet)的地方。最后(finally)，她回答道，“我都說了十一次了，我說咱們要吃肉(meat)和米飯(rice)。”

八.WeReallyDon'tKnow(1)Jackhadgonetothe

university

tostudy

his

history,

butattheendofhissecond

term,

he

failed

his

history

exam,

andhewastoldthathewouldbedismissed

fromuniversity.

However,

his

father

decidedthathewouldgotoseethehistoryprofessor(教授)toaskhimto

let

Jack

continue

hisstudiesthenextyear.“He'sagood

boy,”said

Jack'sfather,“Please

pardon

him.Ifyoulethimpassthistime,

I'm

sure

he'll

improve

a

lot

nextyearandpasstheexaminationsattheendofit

really

well.”【漢語翻譯】我們真的不知道(1)杰克去大學(xué)(university)里學(xué)習(xí)(study)歷史(history)，但在第二學(xué)期(term)末，他的歷史考試不及格(hefailedhishistoryexam)．同時他還被告知將被開除(dismiss)。然而(however)．杰克的父親(father)決定去拜訪那位歷史學(xué)教授，請求教授讓(let)杰克繼續(xù)(continue)下一年的學(xué)業(yè)。“他是個不錯的男孩(boy)?！苯芸说母赣H(father)說，“請原諒(pardon)他吧！如果這次您能讓他通過(pass)，我確信(I'msure)他明年一定會大有長進(jìn)(improvealot)；而且會在年終時真正地(really)很出色地通過考試。”?

八.WeReallyDon'tKnow(2)“No,no,that's

quite

impossible!”replied

theprofessor

immediately.“Doyouknow,lastmonthIaskedhimwhenNapoleon

died,

andhedidn'tknow!”“Please,sir,

give

him

another

chance”saidJack'sfather.“Yousee,

I'm

afraid

wedon'ttakeany

newspapers

inourhousesoweevendon'tknowthatNapoleonwas

illrecently.”【漢語翻譯】我們真的不知道(2)“不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quiteimpossible)?！苯淌诹⒓?immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道嗎，上個月我問他拿破侖是什么時候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！”“先生，請再給他一次機(jī)會(givehimanotherchance)吧?！苯芸说母赣H說道，“您要知道，恐怕(I'mafraid)是因為我們家里沒有報紙(newspaper)。因此我們甚至連拿破侖近來(recently)病了(ill)都不知道?！本?Raymond(1)Everybody

dreams

of

doingsomethingimportant.

AsaboyRaymonddreamedofbeinga

scientist,

in

fact,heisa

postman

now.Raymondisan

active

youngman.

Helives

bythesaying(格言)“Ifyoucan'tlivethelifeyoulove,lovethelifeyoulive”He

greets

everyonewithabig

smile

andafriendly“Hi,how

areyou?”Andhereallywantstoknow!It's

hard

tofeelunhappywhenwehearhimwhistling(吹口哨)

happily

up

and

down

the

street.

【漢語翻譯】雷蒙德(1)每個人(everybody)都夢想(dreamof)做些重要的事。雷蒙德小時候夢想成為一名科學(xué)家(scientist)，實際上(infact)他現(xiàn)在是一名郵遞員(postman)。雷蒙德是個積極主動的(active)年輕人。他信奉的格言是“如果你不能過你熱愛的生活，那就熱愛你所過的生活。”帶著燦爛的微笑(smile)，他向每一個人打招呼(greet)，還來一句友好的(friendly)問候，“嗨，你好嗎？”而且他確實想知道！當(dāng)我們聽到他歡快地吹著口哨在街道(street)上來來往往(upanddown)時，想不高興都難(hard)。九.Raymond(2)Raymond

looks

good.

His

shirt

and

trousers

alwayslookvery

clean.

Afterwork,helikesgoingtothe

gym

to

take

exercise.Raymondis

strict

inhiswork.He

cares

about

thepeopleonthisstreeteveryday.Heknocks

on

Mrs.

Jordan's

door

toaskforadrinkof

cool

water.

He'snot

really

.

Jordanisold,andhejustwantsto

make

sure

she'sokay.【漢語翻譯】雷蒙德(2)雷蒙德看起來(look)很不錯。他的襯衫(shirt)和褲子(trousers)總是非常干凈(veryclean)。下班后，他喜歡去體育館(gym)鍛煉(takeexercise)。雷蒙德對自己的工作要求嚴(yán)格(strict)。他關(guān)心(careabout)街道上的居民。每天他都會敲(knockon／at)喬丹夫人的門(door)去要一杯涼(cool)水。他不是真的口渴(thirsty)。喬丹夫人年紀(jì)大了，他只是想確認(rèn)(makesure)喬丹夫人一切正常。

十.That'sWhy!Jimmy

started

painting

whenhewasthreeyearsold,andwhenhewasfive,hewas

already

verygoodatit.

Healsogot

many

prizes

forhispainting.

Hepaintedmany

beautiful

and

interesting

pictures,

andpeople

paid

a

lot

of

money

forthemTheysaid,“Thisboy'sgoingtobe

famous

whenhe'salittleolder,andthenwe’regoingtosellthesepicturesforalotmoremoney.”Jimmy'spictures

were

different

from

otherpeople'sbecauseheneverpainteditonallofthepaper.

Hepaintedonhalfofit,andtheotherhalfwasalways

empty.“That'svery

clever,”everybodysaid.“Nobody

else

doesthat!”Theyallbelievedthattheboywasa

pioneer

inpainting.Oneday,somebodyboughtoneofJimmy'spicturesandthensaidtohim,“Pleasetellmethis,Jimmy.

Whydoyoupaintonthe

bottom

half

ofyourpictures,butnotonthe

top

half

?”“BecauseI'msmall,”Jimmysaid,“andmy

brushes

don't

reach

very

high.”【漢語翻譯】原來如此！吉米三歲開始畫畫(startpainting)，五歲時已經(jīng)(already)畫得相當(dāng)好了。他還因此獲得很多獎(manyprizes)。他畫了很多美麗(beautiful)有趣的(interesting)圖畫(picture)。人們付(pay)很多錢(alotofmoney)買這些畫。他們說：“這個孩子大一點后肯定會出名(befamous)．到時我們可以靠這些畫賺更多的錢?！奔椎漠嫴煌?bedifferentfrom)

他人的畫，因為他從來不在整張紙上作畫。他只在一半紙上畫，另一半總是空的(empty)。“這真是個聰明的(clever)做法！”大家都說，“沒有其他人(nobodyelse)這么畫過。”他們都認(rèn)為這男孩堪稱繪畫藝術(shù)的先鋒(pioneer)。有一天，有人買了吉米的畫，然后問：“請告訴我，吉米，你為什么總是在紙的下半部分(bottomhalf)畫而不在上半部分(tophalf)畫呢？”吉米說：“因為我個頭小，我的畫筆(brush)無法夠到(reach)那么高(high)?！?

十一.LivinglikeaPig(1)

Oneday,aguru(印度教大師)knewwhathewouldbeinhisnextlife.Sohe

called

his

favorite

disciple(徒弟)andaskedhimwhathewoulddotoshowthanks.Thedisciplesaidhewoulddo

whatever

hisguruaskedhimtodo.Aftertheguru

received

the

promise,

hesaid,“ThenthisiswhatI'dlikeyoutodoforme.I'vejust

learned

thatwhenIdieverysoon,I'mgoingto

be

born

asa

pig.

Doyouseethatpigeating

rubbish

overthereinthe

yard

?

I'm

goingtobebornasoneofits

baby

pigs.You’llrecognize(認(rèn)出)mebya

mark

on?my

face.

Whenthebabypigshavebeenborn,findthebabypigwithamarkonitsfaceandkillitwithyourknife.

ThenI’llnot

live

a

pig's

life.

Willyoudothisforme?”【漢語翻譯】像豬一樣生活(1)有一天，一位印度教大師知道了他的來生是個什么樣子，因此，他召來(call)自己最喜愛的(favorite)徒弟，并問他要做什么來表示感謝。徒弟說無論什么(whatever)，只要大師要求，他都會去做。收到(receive)這項承諾(promise)之后，大師說：“我現(xiàn)在就告訴你我希望你為我做的。我剛剛得知(learn)我就要死了，我會出生(beborn)成為一只豬(pig)。你看到正在院子(yard)里吃垃圾(rubbish)的那頭豬了吧？我將會是它下一窩豬仔中的一只小豬(babypig)。你會從我臉(face)上的記號(mark)認(rèn)出我來．當(dāng)那些小豬出生以后，你去找臉上有記號的小豬，用你的刀(knife)把它殺死，這樣我就不會過豬的生活(liveapig’slife)。你會為我做嗎？”?

十一.LivinglikeaPig(2)Thedisciplewas

sad

tohearallthis,buthe

agreed

todoashehadpromised.Soonafterthis

conversation,

thingshappenedjustastheguruhad

mentioned.

Thegurudied.

Fourbabypigswereborn.

Oneday,thedisciple

held

hisknifewithhimand

picked

outthebabypigwithamarkonitsface.

Justashe

was

about

to

killit,thelittlepig

suddenly

spoke,“Stop!Don'tkillme!”itcried.Thedisciplewasvery

surprised,

andheheardthelittlepigspeak

in

a

human

voice,itsaid,“Don'tkillme.Iwanttoliveonasapig.

WhenIaskedyoutokillme,Ididn'tknowwhatapig'slifewouldbelike.

It's

great!

Justletmego.”【漢語翻譯】像豬一樣生活(2)聽到這些徒弟很傷心(sad)，但他同意(agree)照大師所說的去做。事情正和大師提到(mention)的一樣。在他們的對話(conversation)之后不久，大師死了，四只豬仔出生了。有一天，徒弟握著(hold)他的刀，挑選(pickout)出臉上有記號的那只小豬。當(dāng)他正要(beaboutto)殺掉它時，小豬突然(suddenly)開口說話：“住手！不要殺我！”小豬大喊道。徒弟非常吃驚(surprised)，他聽到小豬用人的聲音(inahumanvoice)說：“別殺我！我想要當(dāng)豬繼續(xù)活下去。當(dāng)我要求你殺我時，我并不知道豬的生活將是什么樣。豬的生活很棒(great)！就讓我活下去吧?！笔?GreenlandandIcelandGreenlandisthe

largest

island

on

earth.Itisinthe

north

of

Europe.

Near

Greenlandisanotherisland.Itissmall.ItsnameisIceland.DoyouthinkthatGreenlandis

green

and

warm?

DoyouthinkthatIcelandis

white

with

ice?

Ifyoudo,youarewrong.NotmanypeopleliveonthebigislandofGreenland.Therearemorepeopleinyour

hometown

than

inallofGreenland.ThatisbecauseGreenlandisnotgreen.Greenlandiswhite.

Most

ofGreenland

is

covered

with

lotsofice.TheicecoveringGreenlandishigherthansomeoftheworld's

buildings.

What

about

Iceland?Isit

colder

thanGreenland?No,itisnot.Icelandhasice,but

not

so

much

ice

asGreenland.IcelandhasaLotofhotsprings(溫泉).They

give

outhotwaterandsteam(蒸汽).Soitis

not

as

cold

as

Greenland.AndtherearealotmorepeoplewholiveinIceland.【漢語翻譯】格林蘭島與冰島格林蘭島是世界上(onearth)最大的島嶼(largestisland)。它位于歐洲(Europe)的北部(north)。在格林蘭島的附近有另外一個島。這個島很小。它的名字叫冰島。你認(rèn)為格林蘭島是綠色(green)、溫暖的(warm)嗎？你認(rèn)為冰島是冰(ice)覆蓋的白色(white)島嶼嗎？如果你這樣想，你就錯了。格林蘭島上沒有很多人居住。你家鄉(xiāng)(hometown)的人會比(than)整個格林蘭島的居民都多。那是因為格林蘭島不是綠色的，它是白色的。格林蘭島的大部分(most)覆蓋著(becoveredwith)很多冰。覆蓋格林蘭島的冰比這個世界上的一些建筑物(building)還要高。冰島怎樣呢(whataboutIceland)?它比格林蘭島還要冷(cold)嗎？不，不是的。冰島有冰，但不像格林蘭島那么多的冰(notsomuchiceasGreenland)。冰島有很多溫泉。這些溫泉放出(giveout)熱水和蒸汽，因此冰島不像格林蘭島那樣冷(notascoldasGreenland)。而且冰島的居民遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)多于格林蘭島。?

十三.ACompetitionofLyingA

certain

old

gentleman

wasvery

unhappy

about

modern

education,

andthoughtthatyoungpeopledidn’tknowthe

difference

between

right

and

wrong.Onedayhewas

taking

a

walk

nearthe

church

whenhesawsomeyoungboysstandingaroundasmall

cat.

Theoldgentlemenwentuptotheboysandaskedthemwhatwas

happening.

Oneoftheboyssaidtohim“We'rehavinga

competition.

We're

telling

lies,

andtheonewhotellsthebiggestliewillkeepthecat.”Theoldgentlemanthoughtthiswasagoodchancetoteachtheboysausefullesson,sohesaidtothem,“I'venevertoldalieinmylife."

At

once

therewasagreat

shout

fromalltheboys,andtheysaid,“You've

won!

Thecat

belongs

toyou!”【漢語翻譯】說謊比賽某個(acertain)老年紳士(gentleman)對現(xiàn)代教育(moderneducation)頗為不滿(unhappy)，他認(rèn)為年輕人不知道是非(rightandwrong)之間的差異(difference)。有一天，他在教堂(church)附近散步(takeawalk)時，看到一些小男孩圍著一只小貓(cat)。這位老紳士湊上前去問孩子們發(fā)生(happen)什么事了。有個男孩告訴他：“我們正在進(jìn)行一場競賽(competition)。我們在比賽說謊(tellties)，誰說的謊最大，這只貓就是誰的?！崩霞澥坑X得這是教育孩子們的一個好機(jī)會。于是他就對孩子們說：“我這輩子從未說過謊話。”立刻(atonce)所有孩子異口同聲地大喊(shout)：“你贏(win)了！這只貓屬于你了(Thecatbelongstoyou)!”

十四.SportsinAmericaInmany

parts

oftheworld,therearefour

seasons:

spring,

summer,

fall

and

areonlythreeinAmerica:football,

basketball

and

baseball.

Ifyouwanttoknowwhatseasonitis,justhavealookatwhatpeopleareplaying.Sportsareanimportantpartof

American

culture.

Studentslearntoplaymanysportsatschool.Theytake

PE

classes.Some

join

the

school

teams,andothersjoinschoolsportsleagues(聯(lián)盟).FormanypeopleintheUSA,sportsarenotjust

for

fun.

They're

almost

areligion

(宗教).

Thousands

of

sports

fans

buyexpensive

tickets

to

watch

theirfavoriteteamsandsports

stars

play.

Otherfanswatchgames

on

TV

athome.

Themostdevoted(投入的)

sportsfansnever

miss

agame.【漢語翻譯】美國的體育世界上許多地方(manyparts)有四個季節(jié)(season)：春(spring)、夏(summer)、秋(fall)、冬(winter)。美國卻只有三個：足球、籃球(basketball)和棒球(basebal