开心一刻

I Forgot to Call You 我忘了给你打电话There was a fellow who received aphone call from his doctor.The doctor said,"I have some bad news and some really badnews.”     

开心一刻

I．童谣三首 （1）One，two，three，four， Come in please and shut the door， Five，six，seven，eight，     

The Bear That Isn＇t a Bear

Koalas aren‘t bears.They belong to the same family as kangaroos.Animals of this family are called pouch animals.That‘s because the mother carries her baby around in a pouch in the front of her stomach.lt‘s like a built-in papoose basket, only it‘s in the front instead of the back.     

好心的小矮人

He was 50 years old when I was born, and a “Mr Mom“ long before anyone had a name for it. I didn‘t know why he was home instead of Mom, but I was young and the only one of my friends who had their clad around. I considered (认为) myself very lucky.     

爸爸的草帽

Papa was a rancher(牧场主)--he worked with horses.He was proud of the way he dressed. He always wore clean clothes,even when he worked: that is very difficult for a rancher who works outside on a horse farm.     

Afghan Refugee Crisis（阿富汗难民危机）

冠军 泛指第一名。冠军一词出自清代黄周星《补张灵、崔莹合传》：“父命（张）灵出应童子试，辄以冠军补弟子员。”后来常指体育运动竞赛中的第一名。     

McFeeglebee’s Pond

Out behind the big red barn at the edge of the walnut grove(胡桃林) is a most magnificent(华丽的) pond shaded by an old oak tree(橡树).I‘ll tell you right now,before it‘s too late.It belongs to McFeeglebee.     

Drinks in the USA

Do you know something about drinks in America? Please read the following and learn more. There are many kinds of beer in the USA. “Light”and “dark”are two kinds. It is normal to order beer by its brand name (牌子). It comes in bottles and cans. You can also get it “on top!”at bars, pubs, and discos. You will get it in a glass or a pitcher. You may take the pitcher and glasses to your table so you won’t need to go back to the bar often.Sometimes beer comes in bottles with tops that l…     

饥饿的鲨鱼

Doctor John Perry decided it was time to go home. It had been a good day;a day alone,the first such day in many years.     

The Brothers Who Collected Stories

In a German village more than 150 years ago,little Elsa pulled the drapes(帘子)aside and looked out the window.     

开心一刻

Nearsightedness近视A patient goes to the doctor and says, "I can't see things clearly that are far away." "Follow me," says the doctor and takes the patient outside. He points at the sun and asks, "What's that?" "The sun," the patient answers. The doctor says angrily, "How far do you want to see then?"(本则幽默由浙江读者黄丹提供)     

Time to say goodbye

For a teenager who has just started high school,the next three years of life may seem no better than hell.     

Texas youth stage rally against guns

Young Texans Against Gun Violence rallied at the State Capitol on Monday and called for the Legislature to pass laws that would make it more difficult to get guns.     

本刊高中系列2001年第9期有奖评刊揭晓优秀评刊人

The Russian Soyuz TM-31 spaceshipwith the world's first space tourist Dennis Titoand two Russian astronauts on board safelyreturned to earth on 6 May 2001 after aneight-day visit to the International SpaceStation (ISS) . The capsule(太空舱) landednear the city of Arkaly in Kazakhstan at09:41 am Moscow time,