Making a Kite

I like flying kites very much. One day, I made a kite by myself. First, I crossed (交叉) two sticks* and tied* them together with a string (细绳) . Then I drew a rabbit on a piece of paper, because rabbits are my favourite animal! Third, I glued (粘贴) the paper to the sticks. At last, I tied a string to the kite. And my kite was finished! It was so beautiful! I flew it in the sky. Wow! It could fly so high!     

My Dream

I had a dream last night. It was a funny dream! In my dream, Sun Wukong was flying in the sky. I said to him: "Sun Wukong! I want to fly too!" Sun Wukong said: "O.K. I will help you!" Heblew(吹) one breath(气) and I began torise(升起)slowly(慢慢地). Then I was flying into the sky. I was very happy and excited.     

教你正确用(七)

What Ticket? Which Court? J got a ticket the other day.Some of you may ask: ticket for what?Well,it was not a ticket for the ballet,or an opera,or a basketball game.It was a traffic ticket.I was driving too fast.A police officer pulled me over and gave me a traffic ticket.I was,the ticketing officer said, going 50 mph (miles per hour) in a 30 mph zone.A ticket meant big trouble.When I was handed the ticket,I wished it were a ticket to the movies.     

Phone Dinner

One day, when I was at an airport waiting for my flight, I had to make a phone call. I looked around and found all the phones were busy. So I went to wait in line and stood there for a long time.The person talking on the phone was an old man and I could hear the conversation clearly. He was talking about his trip in this city. He said he was having a good time. He commented on(评论) the weather here and asked about the weather back there. While he was talking, he was eating a sandwich and drinking coffee.     

尴尬的(英文)

A woman was singing.One of the gueststurned to a man by his side and criticized(批评)the singer."What a terrible voice!"he said."Do youknow who she is ?""Yes."was the answer,"she is my wife.""Oh,I beg your pardon,"the man said."Of course her voice isn't bad.but the songis very bad.I wondered(想知道)who wrotethat awful(糟糕的)song?""I did,"was the answer.     

I Do Have A Voice

Today I am well known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read the New Testament(新约全书) on tape. But it took a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a youngster I stuttered(口吃) so badly tha     

歌曲《真爱玫瑰》背后的故事

I was driving down the 1)reeway one afternoon,sometime in 1977. I was listening to the radio when the song Magdalena by Danny O'Keefe,sung by Leo Sayer,came on.I liked it immediately.My favorite line was "Your love is like a 2)razor.My heart is just a scar." As I continued to drive down the road the thought came,I don't agree with the 3)sentiment.I was younger then.I didn't think love is like a razor.What,then,did I think love is? Suddenly,it was as if someone had opened a window in the top of my head.Words came pouring in.I had to keep 4)reciting them to myself as I drove faster and faster towards home,so I wouldn't forget them.I 5)screeched into my drive way,ran into the house,and sat down at the piano.Ten minutes later,The Rose was there.     

Letter in the wallet

As I walked home one freezing(极冷的) day,I stumbled on(偶然发现)a wallet some one had lost in the street.I picked it up and looked inside to find some identification(身份证明)so I could call the owner.But the wal let contained(含有)only three dollars and a crumpled(揉皱的)letter that looked as if(似乎,好象)it had been in there for years.The envelope was worn and the only thing that was legible(字迹清楚的)on it was the return ad- dress. I started to open the letter,hoping to find some clue(线索).Then I saw the date line-1924.The letter had been written almost sixty years earlier.     

在平凡中发掘非凡

I heard a story about two workers who were approached by a reporter. The reporter asked the first worker, "What are you doing? His response was to complain that he was virtually a slave, an underpaid(报酬过低的) bricklayer(砖匠)who spent his days wasting his time, placing bricks on top of one another.The reporter asked the second worker the same question. His response, however, was quite different. "I' m the luckiest person in the world, he said. "I get to be a part of important and beautiful pieces of architecture. I help turn simplepieces of brick into exquisite (精致的,完美的)masterpieces.     

看日出

I met lishuang when we were working for a tradingcompany in Taipei.It was the summer before I started sec-ondary school.My older brother had just married,and Ididn’t get along with my sister-in-law,so I was in low spirits(情绪低落的)all the time.I was also at the age when one     

On the Days When Mother is Away

For the need of work, my mother went to TianJin ten days ago. I will not see her for a month. At the beginning, I thought I was independent and that the pace of my life would not be upset(1) . But I was wrong. On the third day when my mother is away, began to collapse(2) . I had a fever, my head ached as if it would explode(3). I thought I would die if I didn't have my mother with me. I hate my cowardice(4) and uselessness, but I just couldn't control my missing heart. After one week…     

单腿人生的精彩

It was a hot summer's day and the air was filled with the 1)scent of freshly cut grass.As the 2)blue jays 3)fluttered their wings through the light breeze,I could hear them 4)chirping a melody.I was playing in my 5)backyard with some kids.     

Moon Boy

It was late. I couldn’t sleep. I stood at my window and looked out into the sky. I saw a shiny dot ( 发光的小圆点) land* on my windowsill ( 窗台 ) . It grew* bigger and bigger and turned into a ball of light.* I watched. The ball turned into a body and a face. It was a boy. He was small and white. 文∕Barbara Brennerland     

丹尼尔·笛福和鲁滨逊漂流记(英文)

Daniel Defoe (1660-1730) is a famous journalist(记者) and novelist in the 18th century in Britain. Defoe wrote his first novel "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, at the age of 59. The novel was his most famous writing. Let's read some parts of the story. Ⅰ. Go to sea I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family. At a very early age I wanted to go to sea. My father was a wise man, and he begged me not to do so. For a time I decided not to think of it any more. But one day in…     

电大英语第四册模拟试题

一、完形填空。(10分) The wind and the sun Were 1 about a traveller who was walking along a lonely country road. 2 traveller was wearing a thick coat. "I'm sure that I can 3 that man's coat off", the wind said. "I don't think you 4", the Sun answered. The     

Bad Dreams and Strong Cheese

Your nightmares may have a cheesy explanation. Last night I had a terrible nightmare. I imagined that I was falling between the walls of a deep valley. I was screaming as the ground rushed towards me. I was sure that I was going to die. Suddenly I was awake, sweaty but amazingly alive. I was angry with myself.     

完形填空练与析(英文)

Coming home from school that dark winter day so long ago, I was filled with excitem ent of having the weekend off.But I was 1 in-to stillness by what I saw. Mother, seated at the far end of the sofa,was 2 ,with the second-hand green typewriter on the table.She told me that she couldn’t 3 fast and then she was out of work. My shock and embar-rassment(尴尬)at finding Mother in tears was a perfect proof(证明)of how 4 I under- stood the pressure on her. Sitting beside her on the sofa,I began very slowly to understa...     

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.     

红色

面对周围人的友善。生病的我内心深深领悟到了人生的美好。我坚信:一切都会好起来的。UCLA Medical Center was a big,scary place to aneleven-year-old who was away from home for the firsttime.The sounds and smell seemed foreign.Whiteshoes squeaked(吱吱声)on the highly pohshed(光亮的)floors.People were paged over an intercom,buzzers rang,andthe faint smell of alcohol seemed everywhere.In the bed next to me,and closest to the window,was ayoung girl about my age.The first thing I noticed about herwas her beautiful eves and bright smile.I wondered how shecould seem so happy in this strange place.She had gonethrough the glass of a sliding door(拉门)and had bandages(绷带)covering the stitches(缝线).I knew she had to be in somepain,but she WaS friendly and a welcome companion.It was the late 1950s and a tumor(瘤)had been discoveredin the bone marrow of my right ankle.     

A Bookshelf or Something Else？

We spent a day in the country and picked a lot of flowers. Our car was full of flowers inside! On the way home, we had to stop at traffic lights, and there my wife saw the bookshelf. It stood outside a furniture(家具) shop. “Buy it ,” she said at once. “We‘ll carry it home on the roof rack(车顶架). I‘ve always wanted one like that.” What could I do‘?. Ten minutes later I was twenty dollars poorer, and the bookshelf was tied on to the roof rack.