STORIES

Bruce got on the bus early in the morning. He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends. He had got up very early, and he felt tired. Soon he fell asleep. A short while later, he woke up in the middle of a dream. In his dream, he was in a busy street. People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes. As he woke up, he found that it wasn＇t only a dream.Somebody was really pulling at his coat pocket.     

公园里的一个下午

There once was a little boy, he wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with cracker and a six-pack of root beer and he started his journey. After three blocks, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park just staring at some pigeons.The boy sat down next to her     

FUNNY STORIES30 人生

It was a beautiful spring morning.There wasn＇t a cloud in the sky,and the sun was warm but not too hot,so Mr Green was surprised when he saw an old man at the bus stop with a big,strong black umbrella in his hand.     

Mr Black's Pocket

阅读下面短文,然后完成后面的字谜。 Mr Black lives in a nice house in the country with his wife.He has got a nice garden round his house. and he ohen works in it on Saturdays and Sundays,because he likes flowers and enjoys working with his hands. A lot of Englishmen work in their gardens on Saturdays and Sundays,and during their holidays.     

A Story

Once I read a story. The story told of a boy who wanted to meet God. He knew the way was long, so he packed1 his suitcase with food and drink. He started his journey. When he had walked about three blocks2, he met an old woman. She was sitting in the park, staring at something and looked as if she were lost. The boy sat next to her and opened his suitcase.     

On the Role of DiMaggio in The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea is one of the masterpieces of Hemingway,which describes the old fisherman Santiago is always collected in the presence of danger and maintains a high level of dignity in the struggle with nature. DiMaggio does not really appear in the novel,but the role he plays in the novel is very important. This article discusses the subtle and indispensable role he plays based on the dialogues between the child and Santiago and his inner activities when fighting with the marlin and the shark at the sea.     

金杯和旧罐子

One day,two students of the teacher Chang Hu came to his house.They sat down at the table.Chang Hu put a golden cup in front of one of his students,and in front of the other student,he put an old and 1)cracked jar.Both the cup and the jar were filled with water. "Help yourself," Chang Hu said.     

Why don''''t you buy a watch

John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him, so he bought a smaller one in the next street .There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to carry his furniture to the new house , John     

时间前介词的省略

Pat Hogan was traveling around the country in the car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel when he saw an old man at the side of the road. He stopped his car and said to the old man, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?“     

Come With Me，Sir

David Moore taught science in a school.He needed some expensive books,and so he 1 them.He 2 them in his car in a quiet street.Then he bought 3 things at other shops.At six he came back to the car,one window was 4 and the books were not there. That night he wrote a letter to 5 .The next day he went to the police. One Friday,people read this 6 the newspaper"Have you any old books?I buy old and modern books.Open all day on Saturday.David Moore…     

HUMOROUS STORIES

Mr and Mrs Brown lived in a small house with their child. Sometimes Mr Brown came back from work very late,when his wife and the child were asleep,he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly. But one night when he was coming home late,he lost his key,so when he reached his house,he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again,and nothing happened-nobody moved inside the house. Mr Brown knocked at the bedroom window,he spoke to his wife,he shout- ed,but she did not wake up. At last,he stopped and thought for a few     

What Were You Teaching?（高一适用）

Mr Jones moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor, so he went to see one. He sat down in the waiting room and looked around, seeing the doctor's degree certificate on the wall. Suddenly Mr Jones remembered: there had been a classmate of his with the same name in his class at school, and he had become a doctor!     

I Call Him Tom

A man wanted to sell his old horse, so he took him to the market. Because the horse was old, nobody wanted to buy him, but at last a young man stopped in front of him and said, "How old is he?" "He is twenty-one years old," said the older man. "Ho…     

Love Means Giving

M y brother,M ingm ing,is in the third grade.Every m onth he saves 20yuan of his pocket m oney to buy holiday presents for those he loves in the Project H ope School. O ne day,M ingm ing and I w ent to a nearby superm arket.H e picked up a hand basket and went off on his ow n while I was waiting patiently reading in a bench. H alf an hour later when he cam e up to the check- out counter,there was a sm ile on his face. M ingm ing reached into his pocket for m oney,but there was only ten yua…     

READINGS

正It was a beautiful spring morning.There wasn't a cloud in the sky,and the sun was warm but not too hot,so Mr Green was surprised when he saw an old man at the bus stop with a big,strong black umbrella in his hand.Mr Green said to him,"Are you going to have rain today,do you think?""No,"said the old man,"I don't think so."Then are you carrying the umbrella to keep the sun off     

我不想走回家

正[英语原文]Tom is a very old man.After dinner,he likes walking in the street.And he goes to bed at seven o’clock.But tonight,a car stopped at his house.A policeman helps him get out.He tells Tom’s wife,"The old man couldn’t find his way in the street.He asked me to take him in the car."After the policeman leaves there,his wife asks,"Tom,you go to     

A watchman

Mr Fu has been a watchman of Red Road School for ten years. Everyone in the school knows and likes him.Mr Fu starts work early in the morning. At about seven o'clock, he unlocks the school gate and the doors of classrooms and offices. He keeps all the keys with him on a round steel ring tied to his belt.     

A Teacher of the Old School

My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headteacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young(and he was old), he gave me presents, and sat me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.     

The Death of Aestheticism

As a trend of thought in literature and art,aestheticism rose suddenly at the end of the 19th century and withered away soon.It was just like a flash in the world of literature and art.One of the initiators,Oscar Wilde,has been noticed with great attention by the critics.Wilde earnestly practiced the aestheticism he advocated.Some of his acts were cast aside by the moral in his time,which at last led to his death in a strange land.     

The Magician and His Parrot

While working on a ship, a magician （魔术师） did the same tricks each week since he always had a new audience （观众）. The problem was that he had a parrot who saw each show and had figured out how the magician did his tricks. ＂It＇s in the pocket,＂ ＂It＇s in the pocket,＂ the parrot would yell.