寻找快乐

Once upon a time, there was a little girl; once upon a time, she was polishing her nail in her yard with her friend like a young woman; once upon a time, this world is such a beautifill and perfect place for her; once upon a time, she was me.Once upon a time, she sang loud and clear with her little voice as if she had been the greatest singer in the world without shyness; once upon a time, she has so many dreams to be fulfilled; once upon a time, she has a heart as pure as an mborn baby.     

智力测试三则(英文)

Question One: One day little Mary went to see her aunt. Her aunt asked her to take a bag of magazines back to her mother.“And these are for you,Mary.”said her aunt, putting some apples in the bag. On her way home, Mary met Jack and gave him half of the apples. As she went on, she met Peter and gave him one third of the apples left. After a while she came home and gave four apples to her younger sister Ann. In the end she found nothing but the magazines left in the bag. How many apples d…     

完形填空四则

One day a little girl wanted to go for a walk with her __1__ So she made a（n）__2__, and took an apple and __3__ orange juice. She put them in her bag and __4__ her hat. Then she took her toy and went outside. Soon, a __5__ wind came and blew （吹） her hat into a tree. A（n） __6__ little bird saw the wind blow the hat into the tree, and he wanted to __ 7__ the girl. So, he took the hat in his mouth __8__ gave it to the girl. The girl was very 9. She gave the bird some bread 10 her hamburger. Now the bird was happy, too.     

Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice

About the Authoress:Jane Austen was born at Steventon,Hampshire,in 1775,the daughter of a clergyman. At the age of nine she was sent to school with her elder sister Cassandra,who was her lifelong friend and confida-nte,but largely taught by her fath-er.She began to write for recreation while still in her teens.In 1801 the family moved to Bath,the scene of so many episode in her books and,after the death of her father in 1805,to Southampton and then to the village of Chawton,near Alton in Hampshire.Here she lived uneventfully until May 1817,when the family moved to Winchester seeking skilled medical attention for her ill health,but she died two months later.She is buried in Winchester Cathedral.     

Unit 17 Disabilities

一、课文导读 I.Read the text,and finish the following cloze. Xiaowen was born without the_____ to use her legs. She uses a wheelchair to_______ and it often _______her a little longer to do everyday things. But she is one of the best students in her class and won an______ for young scientists last year.     

当好孩子在校园中得到坏的建议

Some guidance counselors-arguing for realism-set student aims too low. Rimberly Cummins made headlines last October when she was told by her New York City high school that she could not apply to Harvard University. Confused and indignant,she pressed for an explanation. Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, she says she was told by her college counselor,allows only its top five students to apply to the Ivy League. With an 86.6 GPA, Kimberly was ranked 11th. But Harvard was her dream-even though she knew admission was far from a sure thing.     

五粒豌豆的故事

Spring came,and one morning early the sun shone brightly through the little window,and threw itsrays over the floor of the room.Just as the mother was going to her work,the sick girl looked at thewindow-“Mother,”she cried,“what is the little green thing in the wind?”The mother went to thewindow and opened it.“Oh!”she said.“There is a little pea which has taken root and is putting out itsgreen leaves.How could it get into this crack?Well now,here is a little garden for you.”So she moved thebed of the sick girl nearer to the window,that she might see the budding plant.Then the mother went outto her work.     

轻松一刻

A Fine Match One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor.She was very afraid of mouse,so she ran out of the house,got into a bus and went to the shops.There she bought a mousetrap.The shopkeeper said to her,"Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse."The lady went home with her mousetrap,but when she looked in her cupboard,she could not find any cheese in it.She did not want to go back to the shop,because it was     

Jokes and Humour

Lucky Mother A young m other be- lieved that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so m any hungry people in the world. O ne evening,she was giving her sm all daughter her tea before putting her to bed.First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for som e jam on her bread as well. H er m other looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “W hen I was a sm all girl like you,Lucy,I was always giv…     

It Depends

Mabel is a beautiful girl. She likes allkinds of clothes, but didn't put her heart intoher lessons when she was at school. With herfriends' help, she finished middle school,butshe learned little there. Of course, she can't doany important jobs and now she's a salesgirl(售货员)in a shop.She has to work there buthopes to find a better one. Several days ago the girl quarreled(吵架)with her boyfriend. So the following morning     

希望天使

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the accident that has scarred her for life. While her mother's back was turned for a moment, the inquisitive toddler reached up to grab the flex of a hot kettle4 in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame.Her mother Ruby spun round and, seeing Ammie horribly scalded, called an ambulance which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Ammie's body had     

孙美琳的礼物

Sun Meilin was thinking about the time when she lived in Guangzhou with her husband. Their marriage was a happy one, until one day when she came home early from work and found her husband in bed, making love to an old friend of hers. Sun had walked into her apartment using her     

语言学习的风格与英语教学

<正> Have you ever taught students with similar learning styles to these? Student A: spent over a year in class audio-taping every word her teacher said: Her written notes were a mess and she seemed to make little progress in speaking and reading. She insist-ed on taping every lesson, then replaying the teacher's output when she got home. Quite suddenly after about a year, during which time her teacher began to despair, her     

Celie’s Awakening in The Color Purple

Celie,the female protagonist of The Color Purple,has suffered a lot since her stepfather raped her when she was only fourteen.However,in that patriarchal society,Celie can only write letters to God instead of telling others for help.Fortunately,by the help of her friend and lover,Shug,Celie begins to awake and fight back.At last,she becomes an independent woman.This thesis will focus on the process of Celie’s awakening and how she could do that.     

一次不可思议的经历

It was a busy scene in the street when the Spring Festival was drawing near. I was helping my wife sell the goods at her stand when there were too many buyers around. One old woman, with her both hands occupied, was picking out trousers all by herself. She was wandering which one to take. She spent so long in choosing that I lost patience. So I just left her alone and turned to greet another guest. At the same time I saw a group of guys walking towards our stand. I was glad that we could make a little more today before my wife whispered into my ear "WATCH OUT!". "WHY?" I asked loudly. "Shoo-." my wife held her finger up to stop me and rolled her eyes at me when she quickly covered the moneybag tightly. "What?" I still wanted to find out the reason when the guys stood around the old woman. The guest I served left without buying anything though he liked the item very much.     

Did The Earth Move For You?

Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a debilitating disease involving her nervous system. she was unable to walk and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They predicted she'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if any, were able to come back to normal after contracting this disease. The little girl was undaunted. There, lying in her hospital bed, she     

HUMOROUS STORIES

Mrs Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses （玫瑰花） were always the best in her streel. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about eight years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand. ＂I＇m selling roses,＂ he said. ＂Do you want any？ They are quite cheap. One shilling for a big bunctl. They are fresh. I pieked them this afternoon.＂     

The lost purse

A lady lost her handbag in the bustle(匆匆忙忙)of Christmasshopping.It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse.she commented,"Hmmm…That’s funny.When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it.Now there are twenty$1 bills." The boy quickly replied,"That's right,lady.The last time I founda lady's purse.she didn't have any change for a reward."     

The Train Time

One day an old lady(女士) wanted to go to兵see her son. She got up early and reached the small station at nine o‘clock in the morning.Because this was her first trip to London, she didn‘t know the train time. She was very worried. Just at that time, she saw a little boy running towards her.