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."     

诗歌花园里的一次盛宴

开胃菜：你是如何鉴赏诗歌的? The following questions are important when you read a piece of poem: a. What's the form of the poem? b. Was it well written? c. Does the poem use rhyme or free verse?     

How to Deal with New Words in Material-What is a Word and its Rela-tions to the Reading

When you mention lexicology, absolutely it is a branch of linguistics, inquiring into the origins and meanings of words. The lexicologist McCarthy (1990) have given us his opinion about it. He said, gr...     

English Intelligence Test

A Now,imagine (设想)there is a large live duck inside a very large bottle. The bottle is made of glass,and has a very narrow neck. How can you get the duck out of the bottle without breaking it or hurting the duck?     

一九九六年下半年河北省高等教育自学考试 英语综合技能试题

Part one Ⅰ. Read the following passages and answer questions according to the requirements of each item. (35 points) A. The Bank Clerk Who hasn't dreamed of having so much money that it runs through the fingers like sand?The only way most of us could ever do this would be to work in a bank.If you start as a junior bank clerk,you will begin in the book-keeping department and you will have minor responsibilities connected with the handling of cheques.You will learn the routine of the branch and the banking industry as a whole.You will most likely be sent to the bank's school for special tuition.Within a short time,you may be working as a cashier,and then you will be handling the public's money.By the time you have worked your way up to the post of branch manager,you will have learned how to deal with customers and how to cope with the difficult ones.     

Salt Lake in Chaidamu Basin

Chaidamu Basin(柴达木盆地) is in the west of China. It covers an area(地区) of 220,000 square kilometres(平方公里). The number of salt lakes(盐湖) is more than twenty in it. Chaerhan(察尔汗) Salt Lake is the largest in this area. If you get here, you will find that in the lake there is no water but a thick layer(层) of salt. You can walk in it without difficulty, and cars can come and go across it. The thickest layer of salt in this basin is about fifty metres thick. People tried their best to use the salt to build houses, shops, highways(公路) and so on. What's more, a new railway has been built in recent years over the thick layer of salt. When the farmers saw the train over there, they were full of joy. An expert said that there was more than     

E-mail（初三适用）

Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? With e-mail you can just do that. Electronic mail (e-mail) is a way of sending messages to other people. Using a computer you can send e-mail quickly and easily. The post is much slower and dearer than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.     

What Is a Life Cycle?

A cycle is something that happens over and over again. The life cycle of any species(物种) repeats again and again. The stages of a life cycle can be drawn in a circle. It doesn蒺t matter which stage you see first. The others always follow in the same order.If you have heard crickets(蟋蟀)“singing”outdoors this year, will you find them there again next year? Where do crickets come from?Early in the fall, male(雄) crickets“sing”. This attracts the female(雌), making it easy for her to fin…     

关于音乐的二十个小趣闻

1.Listening to music while exercising improves physical performance. 2.Your heartbeat changes according to the music you listen to. 3.Loud music can cause someone to drink more alcohol in less time. 4.Babies remain calm twice as long when listening to a song as theydo when listening to speech,according to a study. 5.The type of music you listen to affects the way you see the world. 6.You don't like the original 1)version of a song because it is better.You like it because it's the one you heard first.     

Human Cloning Raises Debate

Have you ever imagined that you could be cloned (克隆) like Dolly the sheep in the not too distant future?The news that a human embryo (胚胎) has been successfully cloned for the first time has caused mixed reactions.The research was carried out by scientists from the Advanced Cell Technology Inc(ACT,先进细胞技术公司) in Massachusetts, USA. The group re; vealed the news on November 25."This is not a cloned human being. A clone is alive, it walks, it breathes," said Jamie Grifo,an expert on the study of cloning at New York U-     

How did Money and Banknotes Come Out?

Long ago,there was no money in the world.If you wanted something,you did not buy it,but you gave something for it in exchange.If a person needed a pair of shoes,he or she might exchange some eggs or a spear for the shoes.It was a clumsy(笨拙的)way of buying and selling and we call it the “barter”system or “bartering”.This barter system still exists     

诗情画意

The poems below are mostly from a novel that Jackwrites.Out of the context of the book,the poemsmay not quite carry the same impact as theywould,when reading with the text of the book.However,it will give you an idea of the content,itsphilosophical and metaphysical bent.Though,some-what like a stream of consciousness it is differentlydone.     

流利英语开口说

(1)lt's Not Wise to Overwork。操劳过度是不明智的。Tom: I'm "worn out. I've been sitting in front of the computer all day.Rose: Why don't you 2)call it a day? You need to rest.Tom: I like my job and I'm good at it, but it sure 3)grinds me down sometimes.Rose: It's not wise to 4)overwork. 5)The last thing you need to take home is a headache.Tom: That's an excellent piece of advice. I'll remember it.     

2006上海春季招生英语试卷

第Ⅰ卷(105分) Ⅰ. Listening Comprehension. Part A Short Conversations Directions: In part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.     

冠词专项练习(英文)

1.______Japan is to______east of our country.A.The;a B.A;theC.The;the D./;the2.—What do you think of the president of yourcompany?—Oh,he is______president who is very strict,but it!s______pleasure to work with him.A.the;the B.a;a C.a;the D.the;a3.The ev…     

Disasters of nature

Volcanoes There are thou-sands of volcanoes all over the world. What makes volcanoes? What happens? The inside of the earth is very hot. Be-cause it is very,very hot,the rock has melted like ice.It has become liquid,like water.It is always boiling, like water in a kettle. If you have seen a kettle boiling, you know that the steam and boiling water try to get out. The very hot melted rock inside the earth also tries to get out. Usually it cannot be-cause the outside of the earth is too thick…     

20只猫与一个猫碗(英文)

A man was looking for things of the old times. One day he came to a village and found a blue bowl. It looked veryold. The bowl was on the ground and a cat was drinking milk from it. A farmer, the owner of the cat , was lying besidethe bowl. The man did not want the farmer to know that he was interested in bowl. So he said to him softly, “What anice cat you have? Will you sell it to me?”“How much will you give me for the cat?”the farmer opened his eyes and asked.“Twenty dollars. Would t…     

笑话一则(英文)

A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said:"If you kiss me,I'll turninto a beautiful princess."He bent over,picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.The frog spoke up again and said:"If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess,I willtell everyone how smart and brave you are and how you are my hero."The man took the frog out of hispocket,smiled at it,and returned it to his pocket.The frog spoke up again and said,"If you kiss me and turn me back i…     

画蛇莫添足(英文)

你能找出下面句子中的“蛇足”吗? 1.If you want to see the tower you’Ⅱhave to join in the line behind the back of it. 2.The company he started cost him between $ 300 and $ 400 millionto build it.     

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…