Funny Stories

"You are the first one !" One day,a man saw fisherman standing beside a lake with a mirror. "Excuse me,"he said."Could you tell me what are you doing?" "I'm fishing." "Fishing with a mirror?" the man asked. "Sure,it's my new interest," answered the fisherman. "Could you tell me how it works?" "Okay,but you will give me a hundred dollars." The man wanted to know the answer,so he gave the fisherman the money.The fisherman said,"First you aim (对准目标,瞄准) the mirror into the water,and when a fish goes by,you let the ray (光线) of the sun on its head.The fish is puzzled (感到迷惑不解) and then you catch it."     

boy的妙用

小朋友们都知道boy的意思是“男孩”,可是在下面的句子中,六个“boy”没有一个是“男孩”的意思,请看: One boy is a boy. Two boys,half a boy. Three boys,no boy. 它们是什么意思呢?告诉你们吧,其实     

Boy与男孩

我们常常把 boy翻成 男孩 但在实际语言环境中 该词 “ ”, ,还有很多意思 请看下列这组句子 , : ⒈T his is my old boy. ⒉T hese are my boys. ⒊H e's a playboy. ⒋T his is yellow boy. ⒌Li X iao is an office boy. 这些句子中的 boy分别译为 老朋友 儿子们 花花 “ ”、“ ”、“公子金印 勤杂人员 更有趣的是 中国有句俗语 一个 ”、“”、“ ”。 , :和尚挑水吃 两个和尚抬水吃 三个和尚没水吃 译成英语是 , , , :One boy is a boy熏Two boys half a boy…     

April Fools’Day

“The H eadm aster w ants you in his office.”The poor boy to whom a friend says one of these things gets into apanic(恐 慌)and suddenly everyone around laughs and shouts:“A prilFool!”The boy laughs too but feels so asham ed for having been m ade a foolof ,but secretly feels relieved(放心的)that nothing disastrous(极不幸的)has really happened.A few m inutes later,he is busy devising(想出)a way to foolhis friend.For this is A pril 1,or A pril Fools D ay.In Britain,and in A m ericaand a fe…     

RERDING PRACTICE

Heat and Cold(热胀冷缩) At a physics(物理)lesson the teacher asks the chil-dren about the effects(效果) of heat and cold on thebody. “Heat makes things bigger and cold makes thingssmaller.”answers a bright(聪明的)boy.     

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…     

巧用boy

中国有句俗话,“—个和尚挑水吃,两个和尚抬水吃,三个和尚没水吃。”其英语译文为:One boy is a boy.Two boyshalf a boy.Three boys noboys.这句译文,既没用“和尚     

He just delivered a package.

The boss found a boy in thestock room iust standing around doingnothing."How much do you get paida week?"he asked the boy.The boyreplied,“Twenty dollars.”Taking a twenty dollar bill out ofhis wallet,the boss gave it to the boy and said,“Here,take     

常见正误例析

1. A man saw a fisherman standing in the lake with a mirror. ““Excuse me,““ he said.““What are you. doing?““     

如果这都不算爱

A girl and a boy were on a motorcycle,speedingthrough the night.一天夜里,男孩骑摩托车带着女孩超速行驶。They loved each othera lot...他们彼此深爱着对方……girl:“Slow dow n a little.I'm scared...”女孩:“慢一点。我怕……”boy:“N o,it's so fun.”男孩:“不,     

要叫先生

老师:(对一位新生说)小同学,你叫什么名字?新生:我叫赫博特·阿瑞斯。老师:请一定记住跟老师说话时要叫先生,这样才更有礼貌。新生:(带歉意地)我叫赫博特·阿瑞斯先生。Teacher:(to a new boy)What’s yourname,my little fellow?N ew boy:Erbert Arris.Teacher:Always say“Sir”please whenyou are speaking to master.It's morepolite.N ew boy:(apologetically)Sir ErbertArris.Say Sir要叫先生…     

娱乐与运动

“All work andno play makesJack a dull boy”is a popular say-ing in the UnitedStates.Other     

新目标英语七年级(下)单元知识一点通(units 11-12)

Unit 11 What do you think of game shows?●课文疑难解析1.—What do you think of sitcoms?—I love them.(P65)“What do you think of...?”和“How do you like...?”的意思相当,它们都可以用来询问对方对某人或某物的印象或看法,意思为“你认为……怎么样?”。2.W e re talking to A lan,a thirteen-year-old boy.(P67)句中的名词短语“a thirteen-year-old boy”作A lan的同位语,其中的“thirteen-year-old”是由数词、名词和形容词一起构成的复合形容词,在句中充当定语,修饰名词boy。复合形容词中的名词要用单数形式,而且各词…     

为什么母亲要哭?(英文)

“Why are you crying?”he asked his mom.“Because I'm a mothm.”she told him.“I don'tunderstand,”he said.His mom juSt hugged(拥抱)him and said.”You never will!”Later thelittle boy asked his father Why Mother seemedto cry for no reason(原因).”All mothers cryfor no reason。”was all his dad could say.     

《中学生英语》(初三版)第9期“课外空间——美文欣赏”参考答案(英文)

1 .His father邵ve him a bag of nails and rold him rhat every time he lost his temPer，to hammer a nail in the baek fenee. 2 .The first day rhe boy had driven 37n苗15 into the fenee. 3 .The father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temPer. 4 .We should learn how to eontrol ourselves and look before you leap.《中学生英语》(初三版)第9期“课外空间——美文欣赏”参考答案(英文)~~…     

The Fisherman and the Shark渔夫和鲨鱼

One day, a fisherman went fishing on the sea and met a big shark.     

Weakness Or Strength

Sometimes your biggest weakness can be-come your biggest strength.Take,for example,the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided tostudy iudo despite the fact that he had lost his leftarm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japaneseiudo master.The boy was doing well,so hecouldn’t understand why,after three months oftraining,the master had taught him only one move. “Sensei.”the boy finally said,“shouldn’t I belearning more moves?”     

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     

吹笛子的渔夫

A fisherman who could play the flute (长笛) went down one day to the seashore (海滨) with his nets and his flute; and, taking his stand on a projecting(突出口) rock, began to play a tune, thinking that     

2007年全国中考名题赏析

A.冠词1.David comes from Europeancountry and he is honest boy.A.an;a B.a;anC.the;an D.a;the(2007年山东省潍坊市)解析:答案为B。本题测试不定冠词a和an的用法区别。a和an都表示“一”,但an用在元音音素(读音,不是字母)前,而a用在辅音音素前。European以辅音/j/开头,其前