FUNNY STORIES

A One morning Wood left his house with six donkeys (驴) for the market.After a time,he got tired and got on to one of them.He counted the donkeys,and there were only five,so he got off and looked for the sixth.However,he did not find it,so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again.This time there were six,so he got on to one of them again and went on forward.     

A Bad Impression

Six people were travelling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers. At last this young man got off at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him, "You left something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again. Th…     

Now I have only five donkeys!

One morning Bob left his house with sixdonkeys to_1_to the town.After a moment,he got tired and_2_on one of the donkeys.Then he counted the donkeys,and there_3_only five,so he got off and went to_4_thesixth.He looked and looked but_5_it,so hewent back to the donkeys and counted themagain.This time there were six.80 he got onone of them again and_6_on.     

Where's the Young. Man Gone?

趣味完形填空 Mr Black has a company (公司) in New York andhis workers are building a 1 over a river near atown. He's strict with the workers and tells them to 2hard and get to the building site (工地) on time. Andseveral of them 3 because they were late. One summer afternoon it was very 4 outside.Mr Black came to the building site. He got off his 5and found all the workers working hard in the sun. He     

快速阅读(英文)

A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations,he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion;and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the fagot into the hands of each of them in succession,and ordered them to break it     

FUNNY STORIES

A Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人) .Both of them loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught the servant who was just doing that.     

趣味阅读

An old man had many sons, who were often quarreling.He tried to make them good friends, but could not. As the end of his life drew near,the old man called them all to him and showed them a bundle of sticks tied tightly together."Now," said the father, "see if you can break this bundle of sticks. "Each of the sons in turn took the bundle and tried with     

Samson:A Vivid Reflection of Milton

Milton,a great English poet,was a whole man,integrated in both his art and his moral.He prepared himself for many years to create some famous religious poems.Samson Agonistes,the last great creation of his old age,was one of them.Samson was an ancient Israeli hero of the Old Testament.Milton and Samson have a lot in common.This thesis is trying to analyze the similarities between the Milton and Samson from three aspects.Namely,they have the same unhappy marriage.Both of them came to know more about life through bitter experiences and were blind in the later part of their lives with strong determinations to destroy their enemies.     

墙上的咖啡

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a 1)neighboring town of Venice,Italy,the city of lights and water. As we enjoyed our coffee,a man entered and sat at an empty table beside us.He called the waiter over and placed his order,saying,"Two cups of coffee,one of them there on the wall." We heard this order with interest and 2)observed that he was served one cup of coffee but he paid for two.When he left,the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee." While we were still there,two other men entered and ordered three cups of coffee,two on the table and one on the wall.They had two cups of coffee but paid for three and left.This time also,the waiter did the same:He put a piece of paper on the wall,saying,"A Cup of Coffee."     

阅读特训营(英文)

To Help and Protect 1 In 1863 the Negro slaves of the United States were set free. But freedom did not end their problems.Most of them were very poor.To help one another,they banded together.Some of them formed life insurance companies. 2 In life insurance people make payments to a company.Then,if one of them dies,the company pays his or her family.The family thus has money to live on even though the father or mother is no     

Un-filial Rebel——Differences Between Jia Baoyu and Sado

Jia Baoyu in A Dream of Red Mansions and the 18th crown prince Sado in The Red Queen are both unfilial rebel but there are some differences.Jia Baoyu is a passive escapee while Sado is a brave rebel.Jia Baoyu went against the system of that time consciously through his speech and he was aware of the downfallen system but he took no actions while Prince Sado went against the society and system of royalty subconsciously using his actions.Both of them are the victims of their time and their re belling is doomed to miserable and tragic results.     

搬家

Hu Tu disliked any noises.But there were a barrel shop on the right of his home and a smithy on the left of his home.The two shops made noises everyday. ＂Clang, clang...＂ Because of the noises,Hu Tu was very angry.He said to the two bosses：＂ If you two agree to move your house,l will invite you have a good meal.＂     

Assimilation and Modernity——A Case Study of Abraham Cahan’s “The Imported Bridegroom”

In the modern era, the Jewish-Americans were faced with challenges because of the assimilation and modernity environment in the US, and as a result, many of them were in a double bind—to be an assimilated American citizen or to be a traditional Jew. With his work"The Imported Bridegroom", Abraham Cahan contemplated on the subject of Jewish immigration and assimilation and he made a ground-breaking contribution to the establishment of American modernity. This paper intends to analyze Cahan’s attitudes towards assimilation and modernity and how he builds up modernity for all of the Americans. Three characters in"The Imported Bridegroom", who stand for three prototypes of modern Jewish-Americans confronting the overwhelming flood of assimilation and the duty for retaining their traditions, will be analyzed. Through the composition of this work, Cahan tried to spread the Jewish culture on the one hand, and on the other, he warned the peripheral that it was difficult to be assimilated without disasters even if they had made contribution to the formation of modernity.     

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…     

The importance of being honest

In the busy city of New York, such an astonishing thing happened. On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Though the music was great, people were quickly going home for the weekend. In this case, many of them slowed down their paces and put some money into the hat of the young man. The next day, the young artist came to the gate of the subway station, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different than the day before, he took out a     

Unit 20 Archaeology

一、课文导读 I.Read the text,and finish the following cloze. A man was found ______in a grave with a long ______. He was believed to________ at the age of 40. He laid on his left side________north- wards,_______ with him there were a lot of precious __ .     

伊索寓言:父亲和孩子们

正Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves.When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations,he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion;and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks.When they had done so,     

一条裤子

1. A young man once went into the town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches long.     

一条裤子

1. A young man once went into the town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches long.     

You''''ll soon get used to it?

An old man died and left his son a lot of money.But the son was a foolish youngman,and he quickly spent all the money,so that soon he had nothing left.Of course,when that happened,all his friends left him.When he was quite poor and alone,hewent to see Nas…