Life Changes on the Day

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. As I was walking, 1 saw some kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.     

鲸鱼之音

1 　　"Leave him alone," I yelled as I walked out of the orphanage gate and saw several of the Spring Park School bullies pushing the deaf kid around.……     

开心一刻(英文)

Fear of Heights A: I have a fear of heights. I never even once enjoyed the views from the plane window. B: I'm even worse. I dare not look out of the window when the plane is still on the runway. A: That's terrible. But I'm even hopeless. I get dizzy whenever I catch sight of an airmail envelope. Where Am I? Once an Englishman lost his way when he was driving in the country. He saw a farmer working in the field nearby, so he stopped his car and asked the farmer, "Excuse me, could you tell me where I am, please?" "Yes", the farmer looked at him and said, "you are in your car, sir. "     

It's Dangerous for Me

A man always went to the same bar at the same time every day and asked for twoglasses of beer, He would drink them and then ask for two more. One day the barman asked him: “Why do you always ask for two glasses of beer? Why don’t you order one bigglass instead?”“Because I don’t like to drink alone”, the man answered.“I drink with myfriend.” But a few days later the man came in and asked for only one beer. “Oh, has your friend died?”asked the barman.     

A Farmer

A man is driving down a country road,when he sees a farmer stand-ing in the middle of a huge field of grass.He drives the car over to the side of the road and notices that the farmer is just standing there,doing nothing,looking at nothing.The man gets out of the car,walks all the way out to the farmer and asks him,“Ah,excuse me mister,but what are you doing?”The farmer replies,“I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize(诺贝尔奖).”“How?”asks the man,puzzled(迷惑不解).“Well,I heard they give the…     

笑话两则(英文)

Somebody Stole Our TentSherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go camping,and put up their tent ( 帐篷) under the stars.In the middle of the night Holmes pushes Watson awake and questions him.HOLMES: Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you deduce (推断 ) .WATSON: I see millions of stars, and if there are millions     

At the Court

A man had to go to court, and he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing (审理) the case. His lawyer told him and asked:“Do you know him?”The man answered:“No, but I wanted to know his name so that I could send him a dozen bottles of good wine.”     

Are You Putting Me On?

There are a number of phrases built on the word “put”, such as put by, put for, put across, put over and so forth. The expression“putting one on”is among them. You tell a person something that he finds difficult to believe, and he may look at you closely and ask:“Are you putting me on?”He does-n蒺t think you are serious. Perhaps, you are joking with him, teasing him, try-ing to test his reaction(反应).The expression “putting one on”is closest to the phrase “to put one over on a perso…     

一句多译

1.你觉得这部影片如何?What/How about the film?How do you like/find the film?What is the film like?What do you think of the film?2.我买这件新外套花了25美元。The new dress cost me 25 dollars.I spent 25 dollars(in)buying the new dress.I spent 25 dollars on the new dress.I paid 25 dollars for the new dress.3.在那个时候见到他在那里,她感到吃惊。She was surprised to see him there at that time.To her surprise,she saw him there at that time.It was surprising for her to see him there at that time.     

A Well-known Millionaire

One day a well-known millionaire went to stay at a hotelin New York and asked for the cheapest room they had.Hesaid,“What is the price of the room?”The manager told him.“And which floor is it on?”Again the manager told him,“Is     

没用

“那小孩向你扔石头时,”妈妈责怪儿子说,“你干吗不来告诉我而向他回扔石头?”“告诉你有什么用?”男孩反问道,“你什么也扔不中。”"When that boy threw stones at you,"the mother scolded her son, "why didn't you come and tell me instead of throwing stones back at him?"What good would that do?"asked the boy. "You couldn't hit the side of a barn."没用@小文…     

巴黎历险记

“Gosh!We havc just escaped the jaws ofdeath!And now we fall into the tiger's mouth!”Isaid to myself.The four sturdy men glared at uslikc tigers eyeing their prey.Fortunately they werenot gangsters, but unfortunately they wereplain-clothes policemen.They frisked us one byonc.My kitehen knife was found.but not my iden-tity card.“Who are you?Why are you here?Why doyou have a knife?”they asked me.“I am a Chinesestudent.I followed my French friends to discoverthe Catacombs in the tunnels.I brought a knifc,because I want to protect myself,”I answered.Myfriends in the adventure backed me up:“Yes.it istrue.We invited him to follow us and suggestedhim to bring something to protect himself.And weare students!Sorry.we forgot to bring our identitycards.”Obviously their faces were good enough toprove their identity and innocence.“Good,you     

阅读理解五则

A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says, ＂I want one ticket（票） to the zoo,＂ and gives him one yuan. The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds and then says to him, ＂How old are you, young man？＂ The mother begins to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says： ＂I＇m four at home, and two in the buses.＂ At last the mother has to take fifty fen out of her pocket and gives it to the conductor.     

The Ass and His Purchaser

A MAN wished to purchase an Ass,and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him.He took the Ass home and put him in the straw-yard with his other Asses,upon which the new animal left all the others and at once joined the one that was most idle and the greatest eater of them all.Seeing this,the man put a halter on him and led him back to his owner.On being asked how,in so short a time,he could have made a trial of him,he answered,“I do not need a trial;I kno…     

My Classroom

I see a chair and a desk Look at the whiteboard.What do you see? story:All of the students greet Miss Grant as she stands beside the whiteboard.She then tells the students to look at the whiteboard.“What do you see?”asksMiss Grant.Everyone looks up and answers,“I see a chair and a desk.”     

初恋

“You are so dirty...just look at your hair...and yourclothes?”Hu Ya’S mother scolded him.Hu Yaglared at her and walked out of the house.HuYa’s parents were farmers,pressured as they were withwork and the difficulties of bringing up three children ina world that was getting increasingly expensive hadsomewhere along the way begun to lose patience with ayoung man who seemed to demand more than wasapparently his due. Hu Ya was late for school,as usual and he knew hewould have to face the consequences.For a while he     

超级成语

set one,s heart on something非常想要A:My kid has set his heart on the 5-speed bicycle for a long time.B:Do you want to buy it for him?A:No,I dont want to meet all his demands.That will spoil himA:我儿子长时间来一直想要一辆五速的自行车。B:你想给他买一辆吗?A:不,我不想满足他所有的要求,那会惯坏他的。the dead of night深夜A:I don't feel safe here.Let’S move to another district.B:What makes you think so?A:A thief broke into our neighbor’S house at the dead of last night.B:Any place has its burglars.A:我觉得这儿不安全,咱们搬到另一个街区吧。B:你怎么会这样想呢?A:昨晚一个小偷在深夜闯入了我们邻居的房子。B:任何地方都有小偷。     

开心一刻

心不在焉的丈夫我陪丈夫一起出差,他带着他的手提电脑。机场出口处检查员要他打开包。他耐心的等着我那窘迫的丈夫设法回想起暗锁的密码。最后他终于想起来了。“你为什么那么紧张呢?”我问他。“这密码是我们的结婚纪念日。”他承认道。妈妈来了I was accompanying my husband on abusiness trip.He carried his portable com-puter with him,and the guard at the air-port gate asked him to open the case.Itwas locked,and the man waited patientlyas my embarrassed husband tried to remem-ber the combination.At last he succee…     

英语幽默(英文)

I, You and shePeter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: I, YOU and SHE. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, “I, I am your teacher;(then pointing to a girl) she, she is your classmate; you, you are my student.”When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, “I, I am your teacher;(then pointing to his mother)she, she is your classmate;you, you are my student. ”H…     

Are You a Hero or Zero?

1.You're walking by a park and notice a little kid stuck on top of the monkey bars(双杠). What's your first move? a.Keep walking.1 b.Grab some rocks and toss them at the kid.3 c.I'd check to make sure the kid's parents were there and then offer to lend a hand.2 d.I'd rush over andhelp the little kid down.4