Mr.Knott and Mr.Watt

Mr.Knott has a job in a factor far from his home. So he was usu-ally quite tired when he got home.At nine o'clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the living room of his house. He went downstairs loathly,picked up the telephone and said, “This is     

Mr.Knott and Mr.Watt

Mr. Knott has a job in a factory far from his home. So he was usually quite tired when he got home. At nine o‘clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the living room of his house. He went downstairs loathly, picked up the telephone and said, “This is Washington Street 165. Who‘s speaking, please?“     

STORIES ABOUT FAMOUS PERSONS

A story About Mozart One day Mozart saw an old man playing the violin at the street corner.He found that the old man was playing one of his compositions (乐曲).The old man played for some time,but the cap in front of him was still empty-nobody put any money into the cap.Mozart asked the old man," Do you often play compositions by Mozart?" The old man answered." Now everybody knows Mozart and likes his compositions.""Do you make a living by playing the violin?" The old man said he did.Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began to play.     

I Save 20 Cents Less

Bill is a doorman. He works in a factory, and he usually comes home at seven every evening. Last Friday he came back home very early, and he was very angry. He shut the door very hard, went into the living room and sat down. His wife went to him and looked at him for a few seconds. Then she asked him, "Why are you so angry, Bill?" "Because tickets cost 70 cents last week, but now they costs only 60 cents, " he said. "But that isn't bad, Bill," his wife said. "It's good. Going by bus is muc…     

英语幽默故事集锦(英文)

1.That Man Knows the Future With a saw,Nasreddin was cutting a branch of a tree in his garden when a man passed by.The man stopped and said,"Excuse me,but if you continue to saw that branch like that,you will fall to the ground with it."He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting     

妙趣横生的“水果俚语”

l、Apple(苹果) Big Apvle纽约城如:The litile girl 15 from the Big Apple.这个女孩来自于纽约城。2、Banana(香蕉) top banana大老板如:Who’s 3、Bean(豆) bean brain your rop banana?谁是你们的老板?傻瓜如:He‘5 Sueh a bean brain.他真是个傻瓜。(这句话暗示某人的脑子     

迪卡普里奥

After wowing(使……叫绝) them in Paris, LEONARDO DiCAPRIO' s taking his 'Gang' on the road to London for the premiere of his new movie!Just before the film' s U. S. debut, Leo satdown in the Big Apple with MARY HART to talk about'Gangs of New York, ' his take on Hollywood - and     

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

Once two mice (老鼠) were good friends. One lived in the city, the other lived in the country (乡村). After many years, the city mouse came to see the country mouse. The country mouse took him to his house in a field. He gave him the nicest food that he could find. The city mouse said,     

Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp

Mansur was a magician.He lived in Africa. He read in one of his magic books about a wonderful lamp hidden in a hole in the ground in China.Aladdin and his mother lived in China.They were very poor:They lived in a hut and often had not enough food to eat.One day Aladdin's mother said,"Go out into the field and get some flowers;we will sell the flowers and get money to buy food."So Aladdin went into a field to get flowers.Now the place where the lamp was hidden was in a hole in that field.     

A Lesson to Learn（初二适用）

John was the only on of a rich American businessman(商人).Usually hewas taken to school by the chauffeur([汽车]司机)in his father’s beautiful car,before the chauffeur took John’s father to his office.One evening his father toldhim that he had to go to the airport(飞机场)early the next day,so he wouldneed the car at the time when John had to go to school.He said that John’s     

STORIES

A John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman.Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his father's beautiful car before the driver took his father to the office.One evening father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next morning,so he would need the car in the time that John had to go to school.He said that John's mother,who had another car,would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house."Well,how shall I get to school if you need your car and Mum's still in bed?" John asked.     

A Story of "Eyes"

Tom was the apple of his mother's eye.He was fifteen years old,but in her eyes hewas only a baby.One morning before class he got a blackeye in his fight with his classmate.In class he didn’t stop talking until hecaught his teacher's eges.He said he could     

BABY SISTER

A boy had to take care of his baby sister because his parents went shopping. He decided to go fishing so he took her with him. "I'll never do that again! " he told his mother that evening. "I didn't catch a thing!" "Oh, next time I'm sure she'll be quiet and not scare the fish away," his mother said. The boy said, "It wasn't that. She ate all the bait."     

Albert Einstein and Moscicki＇s Patent Application

Much was said and written during the 2005 World Year of Physics about Einstein＇s work in the Bern, Switzerland, Patent Office（Fig. 1）. He took the post（Technical Expert 3rd Class）there after completing his studies at the Zurich Polytechnic（later called ETH） in 1900 and being unsuccessful in his attempts to obtain a university position. However,little seems to be known of the patent applications he examined during his five years at the office in Bern. This paper discusses one of those applications--one that was submitted by rather remarkable individual.     

The First Trip by Himself

Li Lei was sitting in a bus. It was a bit hot in the crowd bus. He took off his thick coat and put his hand into his pocket to see if his ticket was there. He felt a little nervous,but excited. He looked around. Everything in and out of the bus was pleasant. This was the first time in his life to travel to another city by himself.LiLeiwas a clever boy and was good atlessons.H is teachers andhis parents said thatLiLeiwas a good boy.Buthe had one shortcom ing.H e depended on his parents too …     

阅读理解二则(英文)

(A) One day, Mr Black went into a restaurant. He put his coat on achair near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of his coat. Afterhis meal he put on the coat, then he found there was much money in oneof his pockets. He immediately realized that someone else had taken hiscoat away by mistake. “Whose coat is this?”he thought. He saw a waiternear the door, so Mr Black said to him, “Somebody put a lot of money inmy coat. I have no time to wait for him. I have to go. Return it to him,please.”The waiter took the money and went away. A moment later, an-other man came with a coat just like Mr BlackKs. “IKm sorry, ” said theman. “I took your coat and you got mine. Please give me my coat and the     

2001年中考完形填空解析（徐州市）

It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn ( 小旅馆 ) and wanted to stay there for the night. After he 1 his room, the owner said to his wife, "Look at his bag. There 2 much money in it. Let' s 3 when he' s asleep, _4_ ?""No, no," said the woman. "He must look 5 his bag tomorrow morning. If he can' t find it, he' ll telephone the police."     

Wang Han Continues Study while Recovering from Illness

Faced with the rumor that he has contracted hepatitis(感染肝炎),Wang Han(汪涵) corrects the statement by saying that there is only something wrong with his liver.But the doctor warns that it would develop into cirrhosis(肝硬化) without good care.So,nowadays,Mr.Wang is living a regular life,with enough time for rest.He gets up early and goes to bed early.Besides,he receives three injections and takes 30 pills every week to maintain a balance in the essential elements within his body.He has lost weight by about 12 jin and this situation will probably continue,he says.Due to the side effects(副作用) of medicine,he may also lose his hair.But he is not worried about that at all,thinking that he should present(呈现) his true self before the public without being afraid of damaging his image.     

幽默故事

A Mr Leonard was twenty-three years old and very rich.He was not married and he lived in two rooms in a small house in a city.Every summer he went down to the sea for a holiday.He stayed in small,cheap hotels,but he always wanted to have a clean,tidy room.He hated dirty places. One summer a friend of his said,"Go to the Tower Hotel in Whitesea.I went there last year,and it was very nice and clean." So Mr Leonard went to the Tower Hotel in Whitesea.But there was a different manager that year.     

完形填空精练(英文)

I watched attentively as my little brother was caught in the act.He sat in the corner of the living room,a(an)1 in one hand and my father’s hymnbook in the other.As my father walked into the room,my brother cowered(畏缩)slightly.He 2 that he had done something 3.From a distance,I saw that he had opened my father’s brand-new book and scribbled(乱写)across the length and breadth of the entire first page with a pen.Now,staring at my father 4,he and I both waited for his punishment. My father …