新新词汇

So, you thought you knew English, did you？ Here are some of the newest words in the English language.The 80s was the generation of the Yuppie. In the 1990s we were introduced to the ＂new man＂--the caring, emotionally-liberal man. But, what about the first decade of the 21 st century？ Here are some new words for you to learn.     

Two Stories

<正>Mrs. Weeks was reading a newspaper story to her class. The story said:Were you ever in a hospital when you were small? How did you feel? The doctors in Children’s Hospital were asking for money for children’s toys(玩具). Some children in the hospital must stay in bed for many weeks. Toys were needed to keep these sick(生病的)children happy and quiet. Money for them could be sent to the hospital.     

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…     

因为你(英文)

I will not make the same mistake that you did.I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery.I will not break the way you did,you fell so hard.I’ve learned the hard way to never let it get that far.Because of you,I never stray too far from the sidewalk.Because of you,I learned to play on the safe side,so     

Job Interview

Three guys go to a job interview.The man that’s giving the jobinterview doesn’t have an years.The first guy goes into the office for hisinterview.The man says to him,“The job that you’re applying forrequires powers of observation.     

Women’s Language or Powerless Language:A Study of Couples’ Talk

The purpose of this essay is to study whether the linguistic behaviour of adult women using hedging and tags as indicative of an intrinsically tentative gender identity or of the effects of male dominant position through analyzing daily conversations of the heterosexual couples.The small scale study employs the methodology,namely,recording spontaneous and natural spoken conversation from authentic interaction with the permission of the ten male-female couples.Digital record pen with an omnidirectional microphone are placed in the central living area of each couple’s home.Then discourse analysis provides data making it possible to support Fishman’s claim that women use tag questions and ’you know’ not because women are not being really sure of themselves,or are looking to the addressee for confirmation,but because men in a dominant position often refuse to take responsibility for the smooth conduct of interpersonal relations,women use tag questions and ’you know’ to elicit and maintain conversations.     

Units13—22重点词汇回顾(英文)

Unit131.The young man had so much e____that he did the work of three men.2.Nobody is allowed to do anything to break the b____of nature.3.Your watch g____time,so you should try to make it slow down.4.This kind of dish is very t____;I want to eat it very much.5.The m____of this matter and that one gives off a terrible smell.6.As far as I know,this kind of ant has two____(胃),one for itself andone for carrying food for the others.7.The girl____(检查)her papers again and again to be sure all th…     

Umbrella

Yesterday my father went to work by 1,but he left his umbrella(雨伞) in one of the compartments(火车车厢).He told the 2 about it and they began to look for the umbrella."3 compartment did you leave your umbrella in?" the conductor asked.But my fathercouldn't 4. The conductor found an umbrella     

向妈妈道歉

正A boy plays with a ball in the living room."Bang"The ball knocks into the vase on the bookshelf.The vase falls down to the ground and breaks into pieces.The boy is very afraid and pretends to reading a book.After a short time,the boy goes into his mother’s study.He glues the pieces of vase together and puts it back to the bookself.The mother comes in and sees what happens to the vase.At table,she asks,"Son,did you break the vase?"     

Trying the new wine Zosia Grudzinska reflects on her changing attitudes to the role of the mother tongue in the classroom

They say the best lesson in swimming is to be thrown into the deep end and told to fend for yourself. The sink or swim technique, they call it. A tad callous, if you imagine the tears of all the mothers of learners who regrettably did not make it. And there is a question arising: is the harsh pedagogy not a result of the teachers own lamentable experiences as learners? Were they once kicked off the safe edge to splutter and thrash around, feeling panic lest they sink irrevocably to the bottom?     

How Does He Know?

An employer was very anxious to find the most intelligent of the three men who had applied for a job. So he told them: "Here are five conical hats. Three are white and two are black. I shall ask you to stand in 3 corners of the room facing the wall, and I shall place a hat on each of your heads. When you turn round, you will be able to see the other's hats but not your own. The first one to tell me the colour of his own hat will get the job." He then placed a white hat on each man's head. When the three men turned to face each other there was a long silence. Then, suddenly, one of the candidates (候选人) said, "Mine is white." How did he work out that he had a white hat on his headv     

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.     

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     

中小学优秀外语教师出国留学奖学金项目2006年全国统一选拔考试试题

Listening Section(20 points,20 minutes) Instructions You will hear a number of recordings and you will have to answer the questions based on what you hear.There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions,and you will have a chance to check your work.The recordings will be played ONLY ONCE.The test includes FOUR parts.At the end of the test you will be given about eight minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet.     

中小学优秀外语教师出国留学奖学金项目2005年度全国统一选拔考试试题(英文)

Listening Section (20 points, 20 minutes) Instructions You will hear a number of recordings and you will have to answer the questions based on what you hear. There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work. The recordings will be played ONLY ONCE. The test includes FIVE parts. At the end of the test you will be given about eight minutes to transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet.     

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…     

数数总是管用的吗？(英文)

A young man couldn’t sleep well every night. He was always worried. So he went to see the doctor. The doctolooked over him carefully, but there was nothing wrong with him. The doctor told him to count from one to ten againand again.“Keep doing it till you fall asleep.”the doctor said.A few days later, the young man came to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor found the young man waeven worse than before.“Didn’t you do as what I told you?”the doctor asked.“Yes, I did,”he…     

阅读理解精选

AA man went to buy a piece of meat.He askedthe butcher(屠夫 ) to tell him the way of cooking itbecause he didn't know how to cook meat.Thebutcher told him how to cook it.“But I can't remember your words,”the mansaid,“Will you please write your words down forme?”Thebutcher was a good man and he wrotehiswords down for the man.The man went homehappily with the meat in his hand and the note(便条 ) in his pocket.A dog saw the meat,jumped athim and took the meataway.The man stood there.He did…     

Music and Behavior

Where did you go yesterday?Did you hear1at any of thoseplaces?Today in most stores and restaurants you can hear music.Youmight2hear music in an office or on a farm.Scientists believe thatmusicchanges the3of people’s(举止).According to some scientists,the…     

Trying the new wine Zosia Zosia Grudzin^～ska reflects on her changing attitudes to the role of the mother tongue in the classroom

They say the best lesson in swimming is to be thrown into the deep end and told to fend for yourself. The ‘sink or swim‘ technique, they call it. A tad callous, if you imagine the tears of all the mothers of learners who regrettably did not make it.And there is a question arising: is the harsh pedagogy not a result of the teachers‘ own lamentable experiences as learners?Were tbey once kicked off the safe edge to splutter and thrash around, feeling panic lest they sink irrevocably to the bottom?