Stupid Orders

When Nasreddin was a boy,he never did what he was told,so his father always told him to do the opposite of what he wanted him to do.One day,when the two were bringing sacks of flour home on their donkeys,they had to cross a shallow river.When they were in the middle of it,one of the sacks on Nasreddin’s donkey began to slip,so his father said,"That sack is nearly in the water!Press down hard on it!"His father of course expected that he would do the opposite,but this time Nasreddin did what his     

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     

A Künstlerroman:On the Growth Process of the Protagonist in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

A Künstlerroman is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood, and in which character change is thus extremely important. A portrait of the artist as a young man as a Künstlerroman also shows the growth process of the protagonist from childhood to youth. The paper aims to point out the growth process of the protagonist focusing on the text. Especially, from the two aspects: content and form. The content and the form together reflect the growth process of the protagonist and the development of his personality, so we also see the protagonist was destined to be mature and at last decided to escape his home, exile himself and began his new life with the purpose of art.     

同义句转换精练

1.Why don't you finish your homework on time? ______ ______ ______your homework on time? 2.John uses a lift to go to his home in a tall building. John______ ______ ______ lift in a tall building. 3.The two girls with names     

Two Lies

Once there lived an old man. He liked listening to lies. He said, ＂Any man who can tell me two lies can marry my only daughter.＂ So a lot of young men in the country came to his house. But he said to all of them, ＂I＇m not pleased with your lies. I wouldn＇t give my daughter to any of you.＂ One day, a young man said, ＂It will be hot in the summer, so you should go out now and dig a big hole under the street. When the hot summer weather comes, you Will sell the cool air from the hole and get a lot of money.＂ ＂Oh, what a wonderful lie!＂ answered the old man.     

How to Be Happy

Blue＇s morther was dead when he was young. And now his father was to leave home to look for work in the town. ＂Son, remember what I told you. Take care of yourself. ＂I＇ll be home as soon as I can.＂     

Does The Dog Know﹖

"Sam," says his father, "put on your cap and let us go for a walk."Sam is happy. He likes to go out with his father. He puts on his cap and coat and says, "Father, I am ready." Sam and his father go out into the street. Suddenly they see a big black dog. The dog begins to bark. Sam is afraid of the dog. He wants to run home. His father says, "Don't be afraid, Sam. Don't you know the proverb:'A barking dog does not biterb?"Does The Dog Know﹖…     

一条裤子

1. A young man once went into the town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches long.     

A Fire

John and his wife Mary had a nice home and two lovely children.One day,they went on a business trip to another city where they would stay there for a few days.They hired@a woman to take care of the children. Several days later,when they drove back into town,they noticed smoke rising from the town and SO they went to see what it was.They found a house on fire and Mary said,"Oh,it is not our home.Let’s go."     

金杯和旧罐子

One day,two students of the teacher Chang Hu came to his house.They sat down at the table.Chang Hu put a golden cup in front of one of his students,and in front of the other student,he put an old and 1)cracked jar.Both the cup and the jar were filled with water. "Help yourself," Chang Hu said.     

一条裤子

1. A young man once went into the town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches long.     

心不在焉

1.Not long ago Tom's wife sent Tom to town to buy something. Tom walked to the store, and bought a pound of sugar. Then, Tom returned home. Handing his wife a paper bag of sugar, Tom said,"Here's the sugar you wanted."     

Analysis of the Females in The Glass Menagerie

Tennessee Williams is a famous American postwar playwright.Many of his works leave deep impression to audiences.The Glass Menagerie is one of his most famous works.This paper mainly explores two female characters in this play—Amanda and Laura about their tragic characteristics,which had a negative influence on the whole family and lead to Tom’s leaving home,the only male of this family after his dad left.The last part of this paper analyses why Amanda’s and Laura’s characteristics bring this play a tragic ending,because they art the victims of the patriarchal society.They had no choice and no power to change the situation.     

英语成语自学

Ben was going on a two week business trip without his family.Hedid not want to leave them,but he knew he had to go.He told hischildren,“Pay attention to what your mother tells you,do your chores,and finish your homework.”He told his wife,“I'll call every night to seehow everyone is.I am sure everything will go smoothly and be just fine.So,keep the home fires burning until I get back.”     

Go to Hospital

Mr Black kept doing morning exercises.He alwayswalked to his shop in the morning and ate the simple(普通的)food though he had a lot of money.So he was strongand never went to see a doctor. One evening,on his way home,he was caught inheavy rain.He kept on running home though a bus couldtake there.He didn't feel well that night.The next morn-ing his wife asked him to go to hospital.The old miserly     

心,乃家之所在

Astring quartet plays in the background as I listen to a famous New Age guru perform a wedding ceremony on a Malibu cliff. The guru is marrying two friends of mine who met in an acting class last year. She turns to the groom and launches into a spiel about how from now on, he's going to make the bride's "heart his home." That's when I start to lose it, I feel the Malibu sun warming my shoulders and melting all my cynicism into a pool of mush. I grip my girlfriend's hand for support but she's doing worse than I am, wiping her teary eyes on a scarf.     

Learning Quickly

Xiao Mao is a pupil. He is learning English in his school. But it is difficult to learn English. One day he sees a piece of paper on the wall. It says,“if you hand in two hundred and fifty hundred yuan, we can teach you three foreign languages in three d…     

快速学习

Xiaomao is a pupil.He is learning English in his school.But it is difficult to learn English.One day he sees a piece of paper on the wall.It says,"If you hand in two hundred and fifty yuan,we can teach you three foreign languages in three days."He is very     

Don’t Ever Forget to Repeat!

In a sales company, the boss said to one of his employees, ＂The main remember is repetition, repetition and repetition! That＇s the key! If you have a thing to product to sell, keep harping on it in every way possible. Repeat it; cram it down people＇s throats. Even make yourself sickening and repulsive if you have to, but don＇t ever forget to repeat, repeat and repeat. It＇s the only way to get resuhs and sell our products!＂     

TWO TREES

There are two trees in a garden. One is old, the other is young. Spring comes. Many animals go to the garden. A bird says to the young tree, ＂Can I make a house on your branch？＂ ＂No, you can＇t,＂ says the young tree. ＂But you can live on my branch,＂ says the old tree.