小幽默(英文)

One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink[水槽]. She suddenly noticed that her mother had sev eral strands[绺] of white hair sticking out in con- trast[形成对比] to her dark brown hair. She looked at her mother and asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied, "Well, every time you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."     

Earth's Surface(高二适用)

If a man in a spaceship looked down at the earth from many mileshigh above the island of Tahiti(南太平洋中的塔希提岛),he would seemainly water.He might think that the earth was a very very large oceanwith little land. If,however,he looked down at the earth from a position above Eu-     

Unit20～22同步精讲精析

1.I’m not good at basketball.我不擅长篮球。be good at意为“擅长……”,后可接名词或动名词作介词at的宾语。[例]They are good at_________ A.play the piano B.to play the piano C.playing the piano分析与解答:play为动词,接在介词at后应用其动名词形式,故正确答案为C。[迁移点拨]do well in也可表达“擅长……”这一意思,可与be good at互换。如:Jack does well in reading.杰克擅长阅读。     

不值一提(英文)

1.One day,a little boy was playing near the lake.When he fell into the lake,Jack,a passer-by,saw it and jumped into the lake at once(立刻)and carried the boy to safety.The boy's fa-ther saw this and ran over quickly.     

A Story About Little Boy

Little Boy looked out at the big,yellow moon.He lookedand lookedat it.Hesaid, “I     

高二下学期阅读一刻钟考验(英文)

请用一刻钟的时间完成下面四篇阅读理解。A A young lady who was on holiday in Brighton went into a bank to collect some money which had been sent there for her from the town in which she lived. The clerk in the Brighton bank did not know her, so he said, "What proof have you got that you are really the lady who should collect this money?" The young lady looked worried for a few moments and said , " I don't think I've brought any proof with me." But then she suddenly looked happy again, she opened her bag, took a photograph of herself out of it and showed it to the clerk. "Here's something." she said. The clerk looked at the photograph carefully and then looked at the young lady. "Yes, that's you," he said, and paid the money to her without any more trouble. 1. The young lady came to Brighton to____. A. work in a bank B. collect money     

绕口令(英文)

A bug tugged at the rug.At the rug a bug tugged.If a bug tugged at the rug,Where's the rug the bug tugged?Notes:bug[bg]n.臭虫;tug[tg]v.用力地扯;rug[rg]n.小地毯绕口令(英文)     

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,MOON

One night Bear looked up at the sky and thought , wouldn't it be nice to give the moon a birthday present.But Bear didn't know when the moon's birthday was, or     

Old Jackel,New Jackel

"This blue jacket will fit*you,Iris,"said Mum.Iris looked at the jacket.It was her sister Dana’s old jacket."I don’t want that old thing,"said Iris."I want a new jacket.""But this is a good jacket,"said Mum."It will look good on you,Iris.*"Iris felt sad.She wanted a jacket just for her.Iris looked at the jacket.She wanted to make it special*.     

草坪清理记(英文)

There I stood at the end of my driveway,looking outover my front yard for the first time since late November.Obviously I've looked at my yard before but this was important because I was pretty sure the last snow had fallen,which meant there was nothing to conceal all the debris that had found its way onto my property.     

黄金窗户

All day long,the little boy worked hard.But at sunset,he had an hour of his own.Then he would go up to the top of a hill and look at another hill.On this hill stood a house with windows of gold and diamonds.The boy loved to look at them.But after a while,it looked like a common farmhouse as if the people in the house put up 1)Shutters.     

从头到脚

Now that I'm four kids past twenty-five,my body shows some signs of wear and tear.So when we vacationed at a Washington coastal resort I was-I'll admit it-jealous of the flat-stomached,stretchmark-free bachelorettes frolicking in the pool. When the kids pulled out their swimsuits,I looked pleadingly at my husband,Andy. "Please take them in,"I     

Handling Parent Complaints—The Good,the Bad,and the Ugly

After "chastising the student for deliberate disobedience andinsubordination, somehow I knew a different story would work its way home. Sure enough, that very same afternoon the boy's father - a reputed bounty hunter - called me at school to demand an immediate conference.The next day, I shook inwardly as the 6-foot-4-inch, 250-pound "paralegal" strode purposefully down the hall. After sitting, I attempted to share my side of the story, but the father     

Old Jacket,New Jacket

＂This blue jacket will fit＊ you, Iris,＂ said Mum.
Iris looked at the jacket. It was her sister Dana＇ s old jacket.     

I Want to Have a Good Dream

A rich gentleman stayed in a big hotel. From there he could See a park. One day he looked out of the window and saw a very poor man sitting on a bench who was looking up at the windows of the hotel.     

你问我答

[问] ：He looked it up in thedictionary, （try） tofind the meaning of it. 清问,这道题为什么用trying,而不是tried呢——前面的look是过去时啊!（淮北 崔靖）     

静由心生(英文)

There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace.Many artists tried.The King looked at all the pictures,but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them.     

READINGS

(A) One day Tom's mother looked at Tom's shoes and said,"Tom, look at your shoes. How dirty they are!You must clean them." "Oh, Mum, but I cleaned them only yesterday," said the boy.     

抽象名词和介词“for”

Hello, everybody, and welcome to my grammar clinic. Dear Readers,Last month we looked at some abstract nouns with the preposition ＂to＂. This month, I thought we＇d continue with our mini-series on abstract nouns and look at some nouns that go with the preposition ＂for＂. I hope you find it useful.     

幽默两则

A guy walks past mental hospital and hears moaning voice,“13…13…13…”The man looked over to the hospital and saw a hole in the wall.He looked through the hole and gets poked in the eye.The moaning voice then groaned.“14…14…14…”一个人走过精神病医院的时候听到了呻吟声:“13……13……13……”这个人朝医院看了看,见墙上有一个洞,他朝洞里看的时候,眼睛被捅了一下。然后悲叹的声音呻吟道:“14……14……14……”E编辑/Syringa