Sign Language

An Englishman was once travelling in Italy. He could not speak Italian. One day he went to a restaurant and sat at a table. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it, took them out again and moved his lips. By doing these he meant, "Bring me something to eat." The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The Englishman shook his head and the waiter understood him to say that he didn't want tea, so he took it away and brought him some coffee. The Englishman…     

Funny Stories

1 Before the Trouble Starts A man went into a bar "sat down" called the barman and said to him, "Give me a drink before the trouble starts." The barman was busy with other people, so he did not say anything, but he gave the man the drink, and the man drank it quickly. Then he put his glass down, called the barman again and said to him, "Give me another one before the trouble starts."     

2005年高考全国卷Ⅱ英语完形填空题解析

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table ina restaurant,waiting for the food I had ordered to ar-rive.Suddenly I 36 that am an sitting at a tablenear the window kept glancing in my direction,37 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 38 in front of him,which he was 39 to read,but Icould 40 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 41 the man wasclearly puzzled(困惑)by the 42 way in whichthe waiter and I 43 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 44 went on and it became 45 that all the ...     

A Careless Boy

正Li Yun is a student.He will have an English exam next Monday.So he studies English very hard on the weekend.On Monday morning,Li Yun gets up late.He puts the books in the schoolbag and goes to school in a hurry.When he enters the classroom,the exam has begun.He sits down and opens his schoolbag.But there is no pen in it."Oh,I left it on my bed。"he says to himself.So he borrows a pen from his friend and writes     

Before the Trouble Starts

A man went into a bar,sat down, called the barman and said to him, "Give me a drink before the trouble starts."The barman was busy with other people, so he did not say anything. He gave the man the drink,and the man drank it quickly.Then he put his glass     

短文改错5题

一 One of Nasreddin' s friends loved money very much, and never gave something to anybody. Soon he became very rich. One day he walking near the river while he slipped and fell in. His friends ran to help him, and one of them knelt on the ground, holding out his hand and said, "Give me your hand, and I will push you out ! " The rich man' s head went down the water and then went up again, but he did not take his friend his hand. Again other of his friends tried, but again the different thing …     

善意的谎言

He met her at a party.She was so outstanding,with many boys around her,while he was so normal,with nobody paying attention to him. At the end of the party,he invited her to have coffee with him.She was surprised,but due to being polite,she agreed. They sat in a nice coffee shop.He was too nervous to say anything, and she felt uncomfortable,thinking,"Please let me go home."Suddenly he asked the waiter,"Would you please give me some salt? I’ d like to put it in my coffee."Everybody stared at him—so strange!His face turned red,but,still, he put the salt in his coffee and drank it.     

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     

Reading Comprehension

Tom never cares for his study at all. One day he told me： ＂ Last Friday in class our teacher opened the book and explained the text. I also opened my book and tried to follow him. The first time I found what he said seemed so easy to me. I was really surprised how well I understood it.＂     

2005年高考全国卷Ⅱ 英语完形填空题解析

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant,waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive.Suddenly I 36 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,37 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 38 in front of him,which he was 39 to read,but I could 40 that be was keeping an eye on me.     

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 Impact of The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin on American Society and Literature

Franklin is an earliest writer in American history and he is the most important writers during American colonial period.The most important works of him are Poor Richard’s Almanac and his Autobiography. His works have a tremendous impact on American literature later. What more important is that in his Autobiography he wrote out American dream, the spirit of business and good qualities, and some others. Franklin explained that everyone can get rich by hard work and thrift, and he called on people to come to America to make money. The American dream then became an important theme in American literature. It occurred in many works of many writers in his later time. Since Franklin was such a successful person in many areas, worldrenowned inventor, writer, diplomat and one of the leaders of the American war of independence, he brought a tremendous impact on American society. And because of his success, many Americans later took him as an example and his works were popular and read widely. Both Franklin and his works affected American society deeply.     

Jokes

A Dirtier HandWhen he was a child, Mike did not always obey the rules of school. One day the teacher caught him breaking a rule and asked him to come up to be punished. In that school beating the palm of hand(手掌心）with a ruler was the punishment. Mike蒺s hands were very dirty, so on the way to the teacher蒺s desk, he wiped one of his hands on his coat.The teacher looked at it for a moment and said,“Mike, if you can find a dirtier hand in the class, I shall not punish you.”“Here it is…     

去伦敦

On a hot summer morning in 1989 I finished packing my things in my flat in Dublin. Two suitcases were not enough to hold them all so I had to use plastic supermarket bags for the remainder. My friend Tom arrived in his car to take me to the airport. After coffee at the airport we shook hands and said goodbye and it was only then that I noticed my hand was shaking. My voice was also shaking and my breath was coming out in uneven waves. Tom was my good friend from schooldays and in saying goodbye to him I was saying goodbye to so many good memories, saying goodbye to my country.     

圣人与诗人

Last year my father left his hearing aid in the hotel section of my yellow pages and I forgot to send it back to him for about two months, during which tune he kept his hand cupped perpetually around his good ear and shouted, "What's that?" every time he saw someone's mouth moving. Reminds me of a story our preacher told about an old gal who lived in New Hampshire. One day she plucked the hearing aid from her ear and threw it in the trash. "I'm ninety four years old and I've heard enough," she said.     

亲爱的父亲们,节日快乐!

Hi Brad, The Father's Day is coming.I am always too shy to express my feeling to my father as he,in my eyes,is so serious.Maybe his action has said all for him,and there's so little left to the words.Brad,do you also prefer to have actions instead of words to say everything for you? Please tell me more about your story of being a father.     

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.     

阅读理解精练(英文)

A The carpenter I hired to help me rebuild an old farmhouse had just finished a rough first day on the job.A flat tire made him lose an hour of work,his electric saw didn't work, and now his ancient pickup truck refused to start.While I drove him home,he sat in stony silence.     

完形填空练与析(英文)

A A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor's meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to 1, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor. "Frank! " I cried in astonishment. He couldn't 2, as I knew, but all the time 3 his foot against mine. My 4 raced back more than thirty years to the 5 days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The 6 was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two     

《美丽心灵》

A Beautiful Mind is the true life story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius and Nobel Prize winner, who simply wants to think—about theories, about life, about love—if only his own mind would let him do it. Story剧情The film spans (横越) the life of John Nash (Russell Crowe) from mathematical prodigy (天才,神童), to delusional (妄想症) schizophrenic (精神分裂症), to Nobel Prize winner. We first meet John in 1948, and he is entering Princeton University as a graduate student. He rarely goes to class and calculates his mathematical theories on dorm room and library windows. Most of his colleagues steer clear of (避开,绕开) him, except his roommate, Charles (Paul Bettany), who tries to lighten him up. John eventually closes in on a hypothesis (假设)for an economic theory and becomes a star in the math