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不会启用宏？点击查看帮助！People often say that a dog is man's best friend. Over thousands of years,

man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the

home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a

flock of hundreds of sheep.

Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries.

A guide dog

can lead its blind owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light

switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled

owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and

friends for both young and old members of the family.

disabled 残疾人 century 世纪 guide dog 导盲犬 dial majority 大多数

狗

羊群而出名。

狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了。导盲犬可以为盲主人引路。

宠物和朋友。

2 Detective Work

A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison, but

the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched

him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, reporting to the

inspector. "Yes, sir, I found Johnny . I followed him all around the town,

but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of what he bought. Here's the

list."

shirt , heavy crowbar, box of chocolates , shovel, heavy hammer, bunch

of flowers .The inspector said, "Good. That helps me a lot. Do you

remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs. Judson

to cover her backyard with cement?

prison 监狱

棒

后院

cement 水泥

侦探工作

没找到。

探正向检察

。这里是清

单。” 衬衫、大铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、大铁锤、一束花 。

是怎么帮他

Time is grain for peasants.

Time is wealth for workers.

Time is life for doctors.

Time is victory for soldiers.

Time is knowledge for students.

Time is speed for scientists.

Time is money for businessmen.

Time is everything for all of us.

Therefore, seize the time of today!

grain 粮食 wealth 财富 victory 胜利

。对医生来

。对科学家

是一切。因

4 Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to

have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. Several painters

try to mix the colour right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the

woman.

Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper

colour. The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes

famous. Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son.

Dad,asks the son, "there's something I've got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly?"

Son,” the father replies, I painted the vase." proud of 自豪 valuable 值钱的 antique vase 古董花瓶

paint 用油漆漆

satisfy 满意 eventually 最终 confident 有信心的 retire 退

休

match 和??相配

绝配

定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色。好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的

。果然妇人

5 A Barbecue

When I was a child, I once went camping with my family in the summer.

We decided to make a barbecue in the valley. So we collected some tree

sticks to make a fire. My father asked me if I could try to make a fire. I

was glad to take the job. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match,

but produced only smoke. Then my father said, "That's not the right way.

I'll show you how to do it. First use the small pieces of wood because

they catch fire easily. Then put the larger ones on top of them."My father

helped me make a big fire.

barbecue 烧烤 valley 山谷 stick 枝条 make a fire 生火

烧烤

决定在山谷

很高兴地承

担了这项任务。我试

不对。我来

教你如何生火。先用

上面。”父

亲帮我点起了旺旺的

火。

6 A Joke— “I stand corrected”

I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the

time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his

legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last

week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was

a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was

cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer

leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could

fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.

lean 倾斜 slightly 轻微地 check out 检查refuse 拒绝

quarter 四分之一

surgery 手术 cure 治愈 fix 治愈 stand corrected 认错

笑话——“我诚恳认错”

是不听我的

“那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢。”他看着我

7 Making a Kite

One day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out

and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back

home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then

they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together.

Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued

it around the string. They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners,

and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day,

they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.

straight stick 直木棍 tie 系 string 绳子shape 形状

cross 十字

spread 传开 frame 框架 stick 粘 tail 尾巴windy 有

风的

做一个风筝

了两根一样

十字形。然

做的尾巴粘

他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了。

8 Animals in Danger

Some of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys and

woodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are always swinging and flying

from one

tree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches. They

even sleep

in the treetops so they do not have to come down to the ground.

Have you heard that such animals and birds in the rainforests are in

danger?

Because people are cutting down so many trees in the forests, the animals

are losing their homes. Do you know the reasons for it? Yes, people want

wood, paper

and land. As a result many animals and plants are dying. Some forests are

so

badly damaged that they become deserts.

rainforest 雨林 woodpecker 啄木鸟 treetop 树顶 swing 摇

荡

desert 沙漠

濒 危 动 物

鸟。它们总

食物。它们

伐了森林中

。一些森林

9 English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the

English,

and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who

use

English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native

speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. If we add to this

number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the

total is

close to one billion.

English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for

conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science

and

medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports

events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.

的 official

官方的

acquire 掌握 to some extent 达到某种程度

billion 千万

执行

international 国际的 diplomacy 外交 medicine 医药

communication 通信 event 事件

世界上的英语

而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用。如果我们再加上已经掌握英语

来越重要的

作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、

电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。

10 A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You

might try

to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you

cannot

guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?

You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means,

how to

pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always

be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this

friend is?

It is a dictionary. You can learn some important things about words from

it,

so you must know how to use it.

come across 碰到 guess 猜测

朋 友

知道的词中

该怎么办

这时你有一个好朋友。从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法

你知道这个

他就是字典。你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知

必须学会如何使用字典。

11 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”

Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. The friend was

very rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the

opera

the friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather loudly. She

talked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen to the

opera. Toward the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said,

Oh, my

dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm

sure

you will like it — the opera will be Carmen. Thank you very much,said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never

heard

you in Carmen."

歌剧

“我还从未听过你唱卡门”

有钱。他和

直在说话。

不清歌剧。

我保证你会喜欢的——下周的歌剧是《卡门》。”

听过你唱《卡

门》。”