话说租车

Learn the kind of English you need for social occasions. This month： renting a car. Listen and repeat these expressions.Part I What you say I＇d like to rent a car, please. How much is it per hour？ How much is it per day？ How much is it per kilometre？ How much is the insurance？ Do you need to see my driver＇ s licence？     

黄金时代的纽约

目标：学习英语国家的文化。 想一想：你去过纽约吗？如果你去纽约旅游的话,你会去哪三个地方？你想住在纽约吗,为什么？The 1920s was a decade of wealth, decadence and social change. They were known as the Roaring Twenties, and the best place to experience this exciting time was New York City. But what was it really like？     

幽默与笑话

Peculiar Order
A visitor at a seaside hotel called over the head waiter at breakfast one morning and said： ＂I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it＇s runny, and the other so overcooked it＇s tough and hard to eat. Also grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it With a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze so that it＇s impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm.＂     

of与for的纠葛

请看下面两个句子：1.It's right of you to do it. 2.It's easy for you to do it.有的同学问，这两个句子的结构相同，为什么句1用of而句2用for呢？也就是说，在“It is adj. of(for) sb. to do sth. ”这个句型中，怎样确定要用of还是要用for呢？     

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…     

The problem of pollution

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and moderncommunication means(通讯设备).Life today is much easier than it was hundred ofyears ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution(污染).To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.     

短文一则

Have you heard of HFMD？What＇ s HFMD？ It＇ s a kind of horrible disease. It＇ s short for Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease. Thousands of Chinese children are suffering from it. What is the disease like？ Can we do something to prevent it ？     

Two Truths to Live By

The art of living is to know when to hold fast and when to let go. For life is a paradox： it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment. The rabbis of old put it this way： ＂A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open.＂     

机器人

Scientists have written a report on the future of trade and industry. They talk about the role robots will play in industry.What is a robot？Basically，it is a machine which is de-signed to do the work of a human being. It is usually controlled by computer. Once it has been given a set of things to do，it will do the job on its own.Nowadays，Britain has 120 robots at work in industry. This compares badly with other industrial countries. In Japan，there are 4，000 robots in use. In the USA …     

A Goose With Only One Leg（初三适用）

Once there was a clever farmer. Though he was poor,he decided one day to take a roast goose(烧鹅) to the king as a present. He had not had much that day, and soon the smell of the roast goose became too much for him as he carried it to the king, so he ate one of its legs.