How Old Are You?

A mother and her young son got into a bus in a small city and sat down.The bus conductor came to them for their money.The mother said, "I want one ticket to London, "and gave her a shilling(先令,英国货币单位,1先令等于12便士)..The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then said to him, "How old are you,young man?     

How Old Are You?

A mother and her young son got into a bus in a small city and sat down. The bus conductor came to them for their money. The mother said, "I want one ticket to London,"and gave     

从高考题谈交际用法

A mother anti her young son got into abus in a small city and sat down.The bus conductor came to them for their money.The mother said, “I want one tieket to London,”     

Top Jokes in Different Countries

Top Joke in UKA woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: "The driver just insulted me! "The man says: "You go right up there and tell him off - go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you."     

READINGS

John is travelling by train. He is very hungry. The train stops at a small station. He wants to buy one cake to eat very much. But it’s raining hard. He wants someone to help him. A little boy is coming over to him. John asks him to buy cakes and gives him one yuan and says: "Go and buy two cakes     

A he or a she

A woman is sitting person beside her, ＂Oh, says, ＂Oh, no, she＇s on a bench in the park. She says to the look! That boy is so lovely.＂ The person my daughter!＂ The woman says with a smile, ＂Sorry! I don＇t know you are her mother.＂ ＂No, I＇m her father.＂     

Remember to Start When It’s Early

A little boy ran to the bus stop at the full speed at 8 o’clock in the morning.When he got there,he was out of breath.The conductor told the boy the bus had left and he missed it.What~① disappointed the boy was!The conductor said to the boy,"My boy,if you run more fast~②,you can catch the bus.""I’ve already run as fast as possible,"said     

阅读理解训I练（六）篇

（A） A very new, young officer was at a station. He was on his way to visit his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of this train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looks in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to held him.     

STORIES

A A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill.Thanks to his skill and care his young patient got well,and soon able toget up and run about again.The child＇s mother was very grateful,andshe called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son.＂Doctor,＂she said,＂you have saved my little boy＇s life.I don＇t know how to thank you enough.I felt that money alone can＇t repay you,     

Pretty Bird by Bob Sinclair

Recently I was reminded of a story which my mother swears is trus (though she doesn't call me Bobby muchanymore):Back in 1958,when I was just past four years old,my parents gave me a young parakeet.My mother determinedthat our parakeet would learn to talk,and to this end sat at the microphone of a borrowed tape recorder for a full 1/2hour,saying over and over again:“Pretty bird!Pretty bird!Pretty bird!Pretty bird!...”and so on.The resultingtaped message was played for our parakeet at least once per day.For weeks.One of Mom's friends often dropped by for an early morning cup of coffee,and was well aware (due to the in-cessant taped message) of her attempts to teach our bird to talk.And one day,while the friend was at the kitchentable,the bird began to speak,but very quietly and indistinctly.She excitedly called my mother into the room,andtold her that the bird was trying to say something.The two women carefully leaned toward the parakeet's cage,andheard him say,very clearly now-“Bobby!Stop that!”     

Mr Shaw and a Young Man

Mr Shaw wrote a lot of nice novels(小说) and all the world knew him. He didn't like the arrogant(傲慢的) rich men and often laughed at them, so most people liked him.Mr Shaw was often asked to all kinds of parties. A lot of important men hoped to know him. One day a famous singer asked him to her party. When Mr Shaw came in, all the people stood up except a young man. The singer hurried to meet him and asked him to sit down next to the young man. The young man's father was one of the riches…     

他刚去过动物园(英文)

A woman was waiting in a line(站队)at the bank.She was holding asmall child in her arms.The small childwas a three-year-old boy,and now hewas eating a roll(面包卷).Finally the womancame to one of the windows of the iron railings(铁栏栅).The little boy loo     

STORIES

A A famous doctor once attended a little boy who was dangerously ill.Thanks to his skill and care his young patient got well,and soon able to get up and run about again.The child's mother was very grateful,and she called on the doctor to thank him for what he had done for her son. "Doctor," she said,"you have saved my little boy's life.I don't know how to thank you enough.I felt that money alone can't repay you,but I have made this little purse with my own hands and I hope you'll accept it."     

一见钟情(英文)

Many years ago,my uncle owned a restaurant at a small airport in Illinois. My mother was the assistant manager and I was the hostess.One afternoon,my mother and I went to a dine for lunch.Our waitress,Debbie,was so sweet that we took an immediate liking to her,and my mother offered her a job at my uncle's restaurant on the spot. Debbie accepted. We invited her to our home for dinner that evening and during our conversations with her,we learned that she had never married and that she had no boyfriend.She told us that five years before while on a flight back east, she met "her pilot" and that it was love at first sight.     

He is not my father!

A well-dressed(穿戴好看的) man gets into a restaurant one day.He sits down at at able near the window.A waiter comes up to him and says,Can I help you?The man says,Can I see the menu?Certainly.The man wants a good meal and he     

受表扬还是受批评?(英文)

A young woman carrying a three- year- old child got on a bus. The conductor hurriedto give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make moreroom for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk.“You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed hisbad attitude ( 态度),”said a middle- aged man.“Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company,”said the secondpassenger.“That’s right,”another lady said,“…     

每个女人都美丽

A little boy asked his mother "Whyare you crying? "Because I'm a woman," she toldhim," I don' t understand," he said, His mum Just hugged him and sald, " And you never will."Later the little boy asked his father, "Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?"All women cry for no reason," was all his dad could say.The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.Rinally he put in a call to God;and when     

幽默四则

In the class, the teacher asked a student, "Do you know what words are used most in the world?" The student thought quite a long time, and at last, he said," I don't know." The teacher was glad and said, " Very good, you're right. These three words (I, don't, know) are used most in the world."Have They Different Mothers?With the help of her friend, a young mother took her very young twins who were exactly alike to the doctor. Since the waiting area was full, the two     

HUMOROUS STORIES

Mrs Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses （玫瑰花） were always the best in her streel. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about eight years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand. ＂I＇m selling roses,＂ he said. ＂Do you want any？ They are quite cheap. One shilling for a big bunctl. They are fresh. I pieked them this afternoon.＂     

It''''s My Bag!

It's Sunday.There are many people in the bus.And an old man is looking here and there (到处).He wants to find an empty seat (座位).Then he finds one.A small bag is on the seat.And a young man is beside it."Is this seat empty?"asks the old man."No,it's for an old woman.She goes to buy some bananas,"says the young man.