天生我“堡”不垃圾

Once upon a time,there was a burger who had many lives.Each day,she would wake up in the burger bar,and patiently wait her turn to be cooked by the chefs,before being served to the customers.While being eaten,she would do everything possible to make herself really delicious,and with the customer's final bite,she would feel like the lights had gone out and she had simply fallen asleep.The next day,the whole process would repeat itself.     

The Tower of Babel

<正>At first, the people of the whole world had only one language and used the same words. As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there. They said to one another,“Come on! Let's make bricks and bake them hard.” So they had bricks to build with and tar to hold them together. They said,“Now, let's build a city with a tower that reaches the sky, so that we can make a name for ourselves and not be scattered all over the earth.”     

Two Humorous Stories

This Is Our Row A couple were returning to their seats after a trip to the movie theater concession stand.“Did I step on your toes on the way out?”the guy asked the man at the end ofthe row.“You certainly did,”the m an responded angrily.“A llright,”the husband said to his wife.“This is our row.”(From R eaders D igest,subm itted by H eidiA stle)R eason for M issing W orklM y supervisor was livid.O ne ofhis em ployees had m issed work andwasn t answering the phone at hom e.The nex…     

“幸运星”还是“幸运狗”(英文)

A We can make mistakes at any age.Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?”“When I got that great job,did Jim really feel good about it,as a friend? Or did he envy(嫉妒)my luck?”“And Paul,why did he seem so friendly?Is it only because I had a car?”When we look back,doubts like these can make us feel     

完形填空实战练习(五)

A Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C,and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area.My parents(1)the necessities of life but they couldn’t give much more.If I asked my father for a pair of jeans,he would say,"If you want them,make the money and buy them yourself."He wasn’t being mean;he just couldn’t(2)     

动词短语热点热练(英文)

1.It's a good idea.But who's going to the plan? I think Tom and Greg will. A.set aside B.carry out C.take in D.get through 2.Happily for John's mother,he is working harder to his lost time. A.make up for B.keep up with C.catch up with D.make use of 3.If you had your test paper carefully be- fore handing it in,you would have made fewer mistakes. A.looked up B.thought about C.gone over D.gone round     

同样是"打","打"法不同

汉语的“打”字可接不同的词构成不同的表达,如“打电话”、“打篮球”等,但同一个“打”字,在英语中却有不同的译法,形成丰富多彩的表达。1.打电话make a phone2.打篮球play basketball3.打扮dress up/make up4.打猎go hunting5.打听ask about6.打电报send a telegram7.打滚roll about8.打鱼catch a fish9.打仗go to war10.打车/的take a taxi11.打雷thunder12.打字typewrite13.打平伙go Dutch14.打官司go to court15.打定主意make up one"smind16.打开电视turn on TV17.打雪仗have a snowballfight18.打破纪录break a record19.打柴gath…     

英美常用口语例析(三十九)

stick up 这一动词词组的意思为“持枪抢劫”。在stick与up中间加连字符号,构成名词,作“持枪抢劫案;抢劫案”解。例如:The two men plannedto stick up a bank. 两个人策划抢劫银行。The police arrested the gangthat had tried to stick up passengers on the train. 警察逮捕了企图抢劫列车旅客的流氓集团。又如:Many stick-ups had been the work of teen-agers. 很多抢劫案都是年青人所为。     

阅读理解精练(英文)

A I heard the story about a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he had grown up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that occurred in his life (posi- tive or negative) and remarking( 评论), “This is good! ” One day the king …     

The Phoenix Mountain

There were two brothers living(居住)on a small hill.They had a houseand some fields(田地).But the elder(年长的)brother said to the youngerbrother one day“,The house is mine,the fields are mine too,you must makea living(过生活)by yourself(你自己).”The youger brother could donothing,so he left(leave～left)hishome.He went up to the hill and saton the ground.He was thinking of away to make a living by himself.Aphoenix(凤凰)flew to him and said,“Young man,don’t worry,I can helpyou.I can take…     

READINGS

Success Once Is Enough David MeConnell sold books door to door.Housewives were not in terested in the books and frequently(经常) slammed(使劲关)the door in MeConnell's face before he had a chance to make his sale.In stead of giving up,MeConnell decided to give away a free gift,a smal l vial(小瓶) of perfume(香水),which he made himself.     

阅读理解三则(英文)

(A) I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one class was the most important. It happened last term just after I had got a bad result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence ( 信心). I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be successful. The speaker walked into the room. But she did not start talking like a teacher. In- stead, she held up a 20 yuan note! “Who wants this?”she asked. Unsurprisingly, everyone in the class held up …     

解读pick up的各种意义

本文旨在解读pick up的各种意义。1.pick up最基本的含义是“拾起;捡起;拿起”。例如:The Young Pioneer turned over to the police the wallet he had picked up in the street.那位少先队员把他在街上拾到的钱包交给了警察。Having played for a while,the boys picked up their school bags from     

蝶翼恋语

Tanya got out of the bed while the sun was still asleep.She looked outthe window;even the stars were lost in the dark.Mike,her husbandwas still in bed and so were her four kids.Even their sleep couldn’telude her from doing them service.She had to orchestrate her work tothe microscopic details.From pressing clothes to polishing shoes,findingmatching socks to arranging school bags,fixing up breakfast to preparingsnack-boxes,she was unthankfully supposed to make it all happen like a magicwand.And to her own compulsory fault,she did it all;like a magic wand. Life ran like a wheel.The circle started every morning and ended up latein the night,and then morning appeared again.There was no pause,no rest,not even a slight curve to insert change.She condemned herself for not ex-periencing even a thought of ever getting out of this circle.She had committedherself to the orbit of life.     

学生习作两篇(英文)

Never Give Up Everyone should be a man who never gives up. N ever giving up isn’t only a great spirit which should last long but also the key to success. H owever some people had som e-thing for their ideas but they failed they gave it up and tried another thing and failed again. As we know one can’t make his dream come true unless he keeps trying his ideas. Take myself for exam ple I like music very much especially playing the piano. I hope I can be a great pianist like Beethoven one day. So I began to lea...     

小水滴亮鼠鼠

Little sunny water sleeping in a corner.Wake up,wake up,wash your face and make a bumble shake.Oh,shake it to the right and shake it to the left.     

Along the River Bank

One fine Sunday afternoon we for a walk along the river bank.We passed several families who were having picnics in the shade of the trees.George stared at them with great interest.“What a good itea!”he said.“I wish we had brought some foodwith us.I'm hungry!”“I know a little place where we get some tea further up the river,”     

A Cheap Meal

1)A man went into a restaurant. He ordered all the most expensive dishes and ate them with great enjoyment.2)Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man's table.The waiter said to the man:“what would your little boy like,sir?”3)“Oh,just an ice cream.”the man said. Then he stood up and said to the waiter:“I'm just going out to buy a newspaper.”4)The boy had eaten ice cream,then he stood up and walked to the door.5)The waiter said:“Excuse me, but your father hasn't come…     

When the Teacher Is a Non-native Speaker

One item in the questionnaire inquired whether the participants thought the NEST or the non-NEST was a better teacher. While an approximately equal number of votes went for either option （27 percent for NESTs and 29 percent for nonNESTs）, 44 percent inserted “both,” an alternative which had not even been supplied in the questionnaire. The proportion of participants who chose non-NESTs as their favorites is high, especially given their linguistic inferiority. It follows from this that non-NESTs should be in possession of certain unique features that NESTs Jack. But what are they？ What gives non-NESTs their competitive edge？ What assets enable them to make up for their linguistic handicap？     

温馨快乐的跨年夜

These fun family New Year's Eve activities will make the night a 1)blast! Have a Camp-in Instead of making sleep something your family wants to avoid on New Year's Eve,make it a goal.Play off the atmosphere provided by your still-standing Christmas tree.Then set up a tent for an indoor 2)campout to make bedtime on New Year's Eve special.