标点符号趣谈

有一天上英语课,老师刚刚到教室门口,忽然听见坐在前排的Tom对Jack说:“瞧,这傻瓜要给我们讲标点符号的重要性了。”老师走进教室,不动声色地在黑板上写下这样一个句子:“Tom says the teacher is a fool.”顿时全班轰然。Tom羞红了脸。此时,只见老师不慌不忙地给原来的句子加上几个标点符号:“Tom,”Says the teacher,“is a fool”.这样以来,汤姆原本想骂老师是傻瓜,结果却     

小小逗号影响大

小小逗号之有无,会使句义产生差别,甚至迥然不同,真可谓差之毫厘,失之千里,我们在学习中应特别注意句中的逗号,千万不要点错位置。现举数例,以说明逗号的重要性。1、Tom said the teacher was a fool.汤姆说老师是个傻瓜。Tom,said the teacher,was a fool.老师说,汤姆是个傻瓜。2、Mary is a pretty young girl.玛丽是一个相当年轻的姑娘。     

What Is Left in Your Pocket?

O ne day,the teacher inquired Peter:“H ow m uch is four m inusfour?”Peter was tongue-tied.The teacher got angry and said,“W hat a fool!Y ou see,if I putfour coins in your pocket,but there is a hole in your pocket and all ofthem leak out,now w hat is leftin your pocket?”“The hole,”replied Peter.What Is Left in Your Pocket?!湖北@罗成勇…     

笑话与谜语

四减四等于几?一天,老师问彼得“:4减4等于几?”彼得张口结舌答不上来。老师生气地说“:真笨!你想,我要是往你口袋里放4枚硬币,而你的口袋上有个窟窿,硬币全漏掉了,那么,你衣袋里还剩下什么?“”窟窿,”彼得答道。4-4=?One day,the teacher inquired of Pete“r:Howmuchis four minus four?”Peter was tongue-tied.The teachergot angry and said“:What a fool!You see,if I put fourcoins in your pocket,but there is a hole in your pocketand all of them leak out,now what is left in yourpocket?“”The hole,”replied Peter.…     

颜色

一天,一只小老鼠问了一个问题:“太阳是什么颜色的?”小鸟说:“太阳是绿色的,它把叶子照绿了。”青蛙说:“太阳是黄色的,它把稻穗照黄了。”蝴蝶说:“太阳是红色的,它把花照红了。”小鱼说:“太阳是蓝色的,它把大海照蓝了。”One day a mouse asks a question. "What color is the sun ?" A bird says, "The sun is green . It makes the leaves green." A frog says, "The sun is yellow . It makes the rice heads yellow." A butterfly says, "The sun is red . It makes the flowers red." A fish says, "The sun isblue.Itm ake…     

校园幽默(英文)

Going to the Sun Teacher:Today is the commemoration day( 纪念日 )of human going to the moon for the first time.Student:Why don't they go to the sun?Teacher:Because the sun is too hot.It can cremate( 烧成灰 )all the things.Student:They can go there at night. Circles Xiao Mao likes drawing circles in the exercise-books.When the Chinese teacher criticizes( 批评 )him,he says,"It is a period( 句号 )."When the maths teacher criticizes him,he says,"It is a zero.…     

强有力的证据

正[英语原文]Powerful Evidence Geography teacher:Xiao Qiang,give me three reasons to prove the earth is round.Xiao Qiang:Mother says the earth is round.Father says the earth is round.And you say the earth is round.[汉语翻译]强有力的证据地理老师:小强,给我三条理由证明地球是圆的。     

标点符号的妙用

标点符号在文章中起着连接句子、区分句意的作用。请仔细阅读下面的句子看看有无标点符号意义会产生什么区别,把句子翻译过来。1.a.Tomsays the teacher is a sillydonkey.b.Tom,says the teacher,is a silly don-key.2.a.Did he goover his lessons,then?b.Did he goover his lessons then?3.a.What a girlb.What?a girl?4.a.Doyou knowher father?b.Doyou knowher,father?5.a.He is a short storywriter.b.He is a short-storywriter.6.a.There were,too,manychildren there.b.There were toomanychildren there.7.a.I didn’t go t…     

四减四等于几?

one day,the teacher asked Peter,“How much 15 fourminus four?,’Peter eouldn,t answer it. The teacher got angry and said,“What a fool!You see,if1 put four eoins in your Pocket,but there 15 a hole in yourPoeket and all of them leak out.And what 15 left in yourPocket?” “The hole,”rePlied Peter. 一天,老师问彼得:“四减四等于几?”彼得答不出来。 老师生气地说:“真笨!你想,如果我放四个硬币在你的口袋里,但你的价墩里有个洞,结果四个硬币都漏掉了。那么,你的口黛里还有什么?” “洞,”彼得答道。四减四等…     

四减四等于几

正[英语原文]One day,the teacher inquired Peter:"How much is four minus four?"Peter was tongue-tired.The teacher got angry and said:"What a fool!You see,if I put four coins in your pocket,but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out,now what is left in your pocket?""The hole."replied Peter.[汉语翻译]一天,老师问彼得:"4减4等于几?"彼得张口结舌答不上来。老师生气地说:"真笨!你想,我要是往你口袋里放4个硬币,而你的口袋上有个窟窿,硬币全漏掉了,那么,你口袋里还剩下什么?""窟窿。"彼得答道。     

逗号连接句错误及其分析

逗号连接句(comma splice)是一种关于并列句句子结构的错误。它表现为把并列句中的两个或多个独立分句错误地用逗号连接或分开。例如:(1)I was caught in the rain on the way home,as a result,I had a bad cold.(2)He is always chin-deep in debt,neverthe-less,he is always jolly.(3)Sometimes players stick close to the base-line,others play the net.(4)Freedom is won by the people throughstruggle,it is not bestowed by anyone as afavour.以上四例均为逗号连接句,它们都是用逗号将意义相关的分句连接起来。逗号连接句是连接并列     

Commas

It was a Monday morning.As a teacher walked into the ___1___,he heard a low voice(说话声):"here is the teacher.I am___2___this boring fellow(烦人的家伙)is going to talk about putting in commas(逗号).”It was___3___voice.His name was Bill.He was talking__4__the boy next to him.     

2 Jokes

A Penny and A secondA man goes to church and starts talking to God. He says: “God, what is a million dollars to you?” and God says: “A penny”, then the man says: “God, what is a million years to you? ” and God says: “A second”, then the man says: “God, can I have a penny?”and God says “In a second. ”一便士和一秒钟 一男子进入教堂和上帝对话。他问: “主啊, 一百万美元对你意味着多少?”上 帝回答: “一便士。”男子又问: “那一 百万年呢?”上帝说: “一秒钟。”最后男 子请求道: “上帝, 我…     

I,You and She

On the first day at school, Peter learns three words: I, You and She. The teacher says:"I, I am your teacher."She points to a girl."She, She is your classmate. You, You are my student."     

出于好意

老师:“有谁认为自己是傻瓜的,站起来。”一个学生站了起来。老师:“什么!你认为自己是个傻瓜吗?”学生:“哦,并非如此,先生。只是我不希望你一个人站在这。”Sir:“Ifthere are any fools in theroom,please stand up.”(One ofthe pupils did it.)Sir:“What!Do you consideryour-selfa fool?”Pupil:“W ell,not exactly that,sir.But I hate to see you standing allalone.”出于好意     

(新目标)八年级下Units 3—4正误例析

1.在教室前面有老师的讲桌。误:There is a teacher1s desk in front of the classroom.正:There is a teacher’s desk in the front of the classroom.     

Humor and Jokes

同一个妈妈比利和他的哥哥大卫读同一个班,有一天老师叫他们写一篇作文,题目是《我的妈妈》。大卫写好后,比利拿去照抄一遍。第二天老师问比利:“为什么你的作文和大卫一模一样?”比利回答说:“我们的妈妈不是同一个人吗?” The Same Mother Billy and his brother David were in the same class. The teacher assigned them to write a composition "My Mother." David wrote one and Billy just copied it. On the next day, the teacher asked Billy, "How is it that your composition is exactly the same with David's?" "W…     

Units11—13同步疑难解答

1.问:“What's in the teacher's room?”一句中的两个“'s”用法一样吗? 答:句中的这两个“'s”用法不同。What's是What is的缩略形式,这个“'s”意为“是”。teacher's不是teacher is的缩略形式,这个“'s”是名词所有格     

妙趣横生的“水果”

1.apple(苹果)the Big A pple纽约城。例如:T he little girl is from the B ig A pple.这个女孩来自于纽约城。2.banana(香蕉)top banana大老板。例如:W ho's your top banana?谁是你们的老板?3.bean(豆)bean brain傻瓜。例如:H e's such a bean brain.他真是个傻瓜。(这句话暗示某人的脑子只有豆子那么大。)4.potato(马铃薯)sm all potato不重要的。例如:T hat's sm all potatoes com pared to the real problem.跟真正的问题相比,那不重要。5.lem on(柠檬)a lem on没有价值的商品。例如:T hat car is a lem on.那辆小汽车不值钱。妙…     

书面表达习作评析

国外有人给“吸烟”下了个定义：F=F。这里，倘若把“=”稍作“整容”，“=”就可变成一支香烟。两个F则是把Fire(火)和Fool(傻瓜)缩写而成的，放在香烟的两端，就得到F=F的等式及含义：“Two ends on cigarette．one is fire，the other is fool．”