读美文记单词
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读美文记单词篇一：读美文记单词
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读美文，记单词
1. Fall in Love with English
爱上英语
Hiding behindthebeing andhas fallenin love with his into the . English. He planned to leave home though there was and . He 有个少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大
衣装入手提箱。尽管外面正打雷闪电 ，他仍计 this because he his parents’ nagging
划在黄昏时分离家出走。他不得不这样做是因为 about his English study and did notwant to it any longer. He couldn’t 厌倦了父母对他英语学习的唠叨，不想再忍受下
去了。他的英语学习总是无法取得进展，而且不 Englishand English
喜欢参加英语课的学习，因为他以为老师有意忽 classes because he thought his teacher d him
视他。结果，他每次考试的分数合计从未超过 60。他的搭档很关心他，也确切地理解他遭受的 never over 60.
折磨，但却完全不同意他的想法。为了使他冷静 His him very
下来好好解决问题，她和他面对面地交谈，并交 much.She understoodwhathe was
换了一系列的学习心得技巧。她写下来的条款帮 , but his
助他找到了学好英语的最佳捷径。 idea.andhis problem, shetalked with him faceto face and 这个少年非常很感激，并从朋友的话里获得 极大的动力。现在，他已经从沮丧中恢复过来， learning 真正爱上了英语。 s she helped him find the to
studying English well.
The teenager was and got great from his friend’s words. Now, he has 2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes
不同的国家有不同的英语
s ofpeoplefrom England and taxis‖, you can his American
, while the s that he is British. spreading the English language.
, English is spoken as an or common languagein many countries, 英国人的航海在英语的传播中扮演了重要的
角色。目前，英语在许多国家被作为官方语言或 America, , and some
通用语言频繁地使用，例如美国、新加波、马来 countries. All British English, the
西亚和一些非洲的国家。这些国家的英语都以英 Englishspoken inthese countriescanbe well
式英语为基础，能很好地为以英语为本族语的人 understood by Englishspeakers. But
所理解。但是实际上，这些英语在口音、拼写、 表达和词汇的使用方面都在逐渐变化。 changing in s, s, of this fact, you canthe differences to tell which country the foreigners of your are from. For example, if a boss his driver, ― to my byand take some for my trucks and s‖, instead of come to my by and take some for my
语之间的区别说出你们街区的外国人是哪个国家 来的了。例如，如果有个老板流利地命令他的司 机：“Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs 电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”， 而不是要求说，“Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis（请直接搭
电梯到我公寓上来拿卡车和出租车的汽油）”， 你就可以轻易地辨认出他的美国人身份，而后者 却暗示着那是一位英国人。（请注意：听力录音
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里第二段两个“电梯”的单词跟原文不一致，原 文是对的，录音弄错了，elevator才是美式说法而 )
3.A Hard Trip
一次辛苦的旅行
Mysisterwasfondoftraveling., she had been to a trip to an old ing was expensive, she decided to use a bicycle to there notthe was always her . Once she to do something, no onecould herto . wethough we red totake atrain.Afterwe preparedeverything, including theweather and the , we began our trip.
Ourwas along a river high . Ourwas slow because the river frequently hadmany sharp sthrough deep recorded in my But we also enjoyed great my head on my -- coats, and laythe stars. When thein front of
our went out , I found the sky so
beautiful!
我的妹妹很喜欢旅行。自从毕业以来，她就 下定决心要组织一次往一座古庙的旅行。因为交 通费用昂贵，她决定骑自行车去，毫不担心其中 的不利情况。顽固的态度一直都是她的缺点，一 旦她下定决心要做的事，就没有人能说服她改变 主意。最后，我们像往常一样让步，尽管我们更 喜欢乘火车去。我们准备好了所有东西，包括时 间表、可靠的天气预报，还有保险，就开始了旅 程。
我们的旅程沿着一条从高海拔处流下来的 河流前行。但我们的步伐很慢，因为当流经深深 的峡谷时，这条河流急转弯很多，急湍的河水都 似乎沸腾起来。正如我在旅行日志里记录的那样， 这真是一次艰苦的旅行。但是我们也欣赏到了美 丽的景色。一天晚上，我把头枕在一包羊毛衣服 做的枕头上，躺在星空下，当岩洞前的火焰在午 夜熄灭时，我发现夜空是如此的美丽！
4.A Horrible Earthquake
可怕的地震
water rose in saying ―! You survived!‖. So they . But no one d that an earthquake not only ed their sympathy was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed also organized together to help the victims as if the world was . d were d and the dead were houses anded. . The Railwayfrom under thes and were offeredand let out . Huge fresh water and . Thanks to people’s help, ped s everywhere. the loss was minimized.
The next day, this was theor main of all newspapers. With the s 地震前，水井和运河里的污水都涨涌起来。
但是却没人判断出地震即将来临。霎那间，一切 giving an of the 都在摇晃，似乎整个世界就要结束。数以百万的 wased bythe andthe victim’s
砖房和许多水坝遭到破坏；铁路轨道都变成无用 . People were moved when they
read that the comforted each other by
初生牛犊编辑
的铁条；煤矿管道纷纷爆裂，发出有臭味的蒸汽； 着。”来互相安慰时，都被感动了。人们不仅衷 到处都有骑车的人被巨大的裂缝陷住。 心地表达了他们的同情，而且还立刻组织起来帮
助灾民。伤员被救助了，死者被埋葬了，吓坏的 第二天，所有报纸都纷纷以大字标题或主要
幸存者被从废墟中挖出来了，栖身处、净水和电 标题报道了这一事件。记者们描述了灾难的大概
力也很快得到提供。多亏了人们的帮助，灾区的 情况，全国都被地震的破坏和灾民们极度的苦难
损失被减到了最小。 所震惊。当人们读到幸存者以“恭喜啊，你还活
5.The Great President
伟大的总统
As the of the Finally, people
position and a gold had many good . Before he was a 作为共和国的创始人，这位总统具备许多的
help everyone who优秀品质。还在掌权之前，他就是一位慷慨的律
师。他愿意无私地帮助那些向他求助的人。他免 him. He
费为失业的，或没有受过教育的人提供法律指导 acceptedno tooffer 和意见。后来，因为相信所有人类都是生来平等， and
他全身心投入到废除不平等的反黑人法律工作 stothose whowereoutof workor
und. Later, believingallt中。他建立了黑人青年团并被选为领袖。然而，o
尽管他坚持没有暴力、没有恐怖的和平原则，卑 be though he kept
鄙的敌人还是炸毁了他的家、袭击了他的亲属， nd 他自己也无法逃脱被判30年徒刑的遭遇。 setupthe Blackis, and 在狱中，他毫不畏惧狱警的残酷，始终保持 h an积极的态度，不向他们乞求怜悯。实际上，他在 However,
himself couldn’tNot fearing 30 最后，人们以领袖的职位和一块金毯子回报 keptand ged no mercy from them. years in prison. 了他的贡献。 , he was alwaysand neverduring the even though he was 6.A Brave Maid
勇敢的女仆
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读美文记单词篇二：读美文 背单词1
读美文 背单词1
Love Is a Thread
爱是一根线
Sometimes I really whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to money in order to pay the high for my brother and me. They don’t act in the in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to .
One day, my mother was a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while. “What?” she replied, still doing her work. “Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer . Then she bowed her head and to sew the quilt. I was very worried
because I thought I had hurt her. I was in a great and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words.
“Susan,” she said , but most of it . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.” I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. It seemed they were the mosttrees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these the most beautiful picture in the world.
The doctor had said my father would in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us worried about him. “Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day. “Susan, don’t worry about me.” He said gently. “walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
译文
有时候，我真的怀疑是否有我的父母之间的爱情。他们每天都非常忙于赚钱，为了支付高昂的学费我和弟弟。他们不采取行动，我在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样互诉衷肠。他们认为， “我爱你”太奢侈，很难说出口。在情人节送一束花给对方更是无从谈起。最后我父亲的脾气非常坏。当他从艰苦的工作很累，很容易让他失去了他的脾气。
有一天，母亲正在缝被子。我静静地坐在她旁边看着她。 “妈妈，我有一个问题要问你，”我一会儿后说。 “什么？”她回答说，还在做她的工作。 “有你和爸爸之间的爱情吗？ ”我在一个非常低的声音问她。我的母亲突然停下了手中的工作，在她的眼里抬起头惊讶。她没有立即作答。然后低下头，继续缝被子。我很担心，因为我以为我已经伤害了她。我是在一个非常尴尬，我不知道我应该做的。不过，后来我听见母亲说了下面的话。
“苏珊， ”她若有所思地说， “看看这个线程有时看得见，但是大多数都隐藏在被子里这些线使被子坚固耐用如果。生活就像一床被子，那么爱就是其中的线。你不可能随时随地看到它，但它确实存在。爱情就在里面。”
我仔细地听着，却无法明白她直到来年的春天。当时，我父亲得了重病。我的母亲只好陪着他在医院做了一个月。当他们回到医院，他们都显得非常苍白。就像他们都得了一场重病。 再回来，每天的清晨或黄昏，母亲都会搀扶着父亲慢慢的走在他国家的道路。我的父亲从未如此温和。它似乎他们是最和谐的合作。在小路旁边，有许多美丽的野花，绿草和树木。太阳透过树叶闪闪发光。在世界上所有的这些由最美丽的图画。医生说父亲将在两个月后康复。但是两个月之后，他仍然无法独立行走。我们都很为他担心。 “爸爸，你怎么现在感觉怎么样？ ”我问他一天。 “苏珊，不用为我担心。 ”他温和地说。 “跟你说实话，我只是喜欢走你的莫米，我喜欢这样的生活。 ”从他的眼神，我知道他是爱我的母亲深深。
我曾经认为爱情就是鲜花，礼物和甜蜜的亲吻。但是从那一刻起，我明白了，爱情只是一个广告在我们的生活中被子里。爱情就在里面，使生活变得坚固而温暖.
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are busy . They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious (奢侈的) for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even morebad temper. When he’s very tired from hard work, it is easy for him to lose hisOne day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is therebetween you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
immediately., she bowed her head and continued to sew the quilt.[来源:Z|xx|k.Com] and didn’t know what to do.
But at last I heard my mother say gently “Susan,most of time itin the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong. If lif e is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It canbe seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love .
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring, when my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness.
After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother would help my father walk slowly on the country road, along which there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees.
in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t . All of us were worried about him.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just likemom. I like this kind of life.”his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
21. A. fees B. expenses C. charges D. fares
22. A. out of the question B. out of touch C. out of the way D. out of sight
23. A. job B. headC. heart D. temper
24. A. love B. equality C. conflict D. agreement
25. A. hands B. headC. eyes D. thumb
26. A. ThereforeB. However C. Instead D. Otherwise
27. A. astonishment B. disappointment C. embarrassmentD. amazement
28. A. look at B. pick up C. cut off D. take away
29. A. joins B. disappears C. digs D. fits
30. A. nearly B. hardlyC. surely D. obviously
31. A. outside B. selfishC. selfless D. inside
32. A. pale B. curious C. surprised D. frightened
33. A. behind B. besideC. through D. along
34. A. environmentB. scenery C. couple D. picture
35. A. recover B. dieC. rise D. leave
36. A. for himselfB. by himself C. of himself D. to himself
37. A. living B. talkingC. walking D. working
38. A. Reading B. Covering C. Meeting D. Turning
39. A. EventuallyB. Nowadays C. Meanwhile D. Once
40. A. conversationB. experience C. adventure D. explanation
答案：BADAB CCABB DACDA BCADB
Patience to Learn
学会耐心
A young man himself to the local on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist. The expert brushed him off because he to learn. The young man for a chance. Finally the expert and told the youth, “Be here tomorrow.”
The next morning the expert put a jade stone in the boy’s hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, waited.
The following morning the expert again placed the jade stone in the youth’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, forth, and fifth day the expert On the sixth day the youth held the jade stone, but could no longerthe
he asked, “when am I going to learn something?”
“You’ll learn,” the expert replied and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth’s for him to hold out his hand, he was about to blurt out that he could go on no longer. But as the master placed the stone in the youth’s hand, the young man without looking at his hand, “This is not the same jade stone!”
“You have begun to learn,” said the
译文一个年轻人到当地一位研究宝石的师傅那里，说他想成为一位宝石专家。师傅没有同意，担心年轻人学习没有耐性，年轻人恳求给他一次机会。最后，师傅终于同意了，告诉年轻人：“明天到这里来。”第二天上午，师傅在男孩手中放了一块玉石，告诉他拿好，然后继续工作，切割、称重、摆放玉石，年轻人静静地坐在那里等着。接下来的早上，师傅同样在男孩手中放了一块玉石，告诉他让他握着。第三天、第四天、第五天，师傅一直重复这样的动作和指令。第六天，男孩依然握着宝石，但无法再静静地坐在那里了。“师傅，”他问道，“我什么时候开始学东西啊？”“你会学到的。”师傅边回答边继续工作。几天过去了，年轻人越来越沮丧。一天早晨，师傅来后召唤他，让他伸出手，他打算说他不能再继续??但当师傅再次把宝石放在年轻人手中时，年轻人看都没看，便大叫起来：“这不是原来那块宝石。”“你已经开始学习了。”师傅说。
拓展训练
A young man was interested in jade stones. So he went to Mr Smith, a gemologist, to learn from him. Mr Smith refused because he feared that the young man not have __1__ to learn. The young man asked for a chance again and again. ___2__ Mr Smith agreed and told him, “Be here tomorrow.”
The next morning the young man came. Mr. Smith put a jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to ___3__ it. He then went about his work. The young man sat quietly and waited.The following morning, Mr. Smith again _4___ a jade stone in the young man’s hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth, and __5__ day, Mr. Smith did the same thing and repeated his ___6___. On the sixth day, the young man held the jade stone, ___7___ he could no long stand the silence. “When am I going to learn something?” “
You’ll learn,” the expert replied and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the young man felt very ___8___. One morning he was asked to do it once more. As soon as he held it, the young man shouted ___9__ looking at his hand, “This is not the same jade stone!”
“You have begun to ___10___,” said Mr. Smith.
1. A chanceB ability C patience D time
2. A Slowly B Silently C Quickly D Finally
3. A cut B holdC touchD watch
4. A placed B tookC gave D sent
5. A thirdB fourth C fifth D sixth
6. A instructions B suggestions C promise D decisions
7. A and B but C orD so
8. A unhappyB excited C surprisedD pleased
9. A at B on C without D by
10. A refuse B follow C accept D learn
答案：CDBACABACD
Blind Dad Watched Me Play Football
盲爸爸看我橄榄球比赛
Bob Richard, the pole-vault champion, shares a story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart. Practice after practice, he gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys he got nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played. This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though his son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game.
This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father didn’t want to.
But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there. He was best at every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice or a game, but a bench warmer all four years. His father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him.
When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a walk-on. Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did. The coach that he kept him on the roster because he always put his heart andprovided the other members with theThe news that he had and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the coll
It was the end of the senior football season, and as he trotted on to the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram and he became deathly silent.hard, he mumbled to the coach, “My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?”
The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come to the game on Saturday.”
Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were faithful teammate back so soon.
“Coach, please let me play. I’ve just got to play today,” said the young man.
读美文记单词篇三：读美文记高考高拼单词
第一篇
Vanilla Sugar Biscuits
香草饼干
A small boy at summer camp the mail from his mother. He ate a few then was to of them under his bed. The next day, after lunch, he went to his tent to get a delicious biscuit. He that the box was gone and asked if anybody had seen them anywhere.That afternoon the teacher saw another boy sitting behind a tree eating the biscuits. “That young man,” he said to himself, “must be taught not to steal. Whatever it takes for him to
the group and stole your biscuits. Will you help me teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes—but aren?t you going to him?” asked the boy rather“No, that would only your mother and ask her to you another box of biscuits.”
The boy did as the teacher asked and a few days later received another plastic box of biscuits in the mail.
“Now,” the teacher, “the boy who stole your biscuits is down by the lake. Go down there and your biscuits with him.”
“But,” the boy said understanding this with difficulty, “he?s the thief.”
“I know. you can welcome my . Don?t be . Try it—see what happens.”
Half an hour later the camp teacher was glad to see the two come up the hill, arm in arm, in army knife as a the from his new friend, saying that it en?t that anyway, but a lifetimedid.
译文
有个正在度夏令营的小男孩，收到他妈妈寄给他的一盒香草饼干，这可是他最爱吃的东西了。他吃了几块，把剩下的小心翼翼地放到床下。第二天吃完午饭，小男孩走进帐篷，准备吃一块美味的饼干。然而，他发现放饼干的盒子不见了，他急忙问有没有人看到它。小男孩立即就把这个消息告诉了夏令营的老师。
其实，这个下午，这位老师就看到另外一个小男孩坐在树下正吃着偷来的饼干。这个老师自言自语道：“必须要教会这个小男孩不可以偷东西，无论怎样，他都不可以再偷了。”他想到了一个可以帮助他的新办法，于是，他决定和这个小男孩谈谈。他回到小组，找到被偷饼干的小男孩。“比利，”他说：“我知道是谁偷了你的饼干，你能帮我去教育他一下吗？”“好的，但是您不打算惩罚他吗？”小男孩对这个情况很惊讶。
“不，那样做只会使他恨你，”老师肯定的说到：“我想让你去给你妈妈打个电话，让她再给你寄一盒饼干。”
这个小男孩照老师说的做了。几天后，他又收到了一塑料盒邮寄来的饼干。
老师鼓励他说：“现在那个偷你饼干的小男孩正坐在湖边，你去那儿，和他一起吃饼干。”“但是，”这个小男孩不解地说，“他是个小偷。”
“我知道，”老实说，“这个可能既需要你信任他又需要有耐心，但是我希望你能接受老师的建议。别紧张，去试试吧，看看会怎样。”
半小时后，这位老师高兴地看到这两个男孩臂挽臂来到了山上，显然两个人的意见已达成了一致。偷了饼干的小男孩执意要给这个小男孩一把军刀以此来交换他偷吃的饼干。这个小男孩真诚地拒绝了新朋友的礼物，他说这是没有关系的，几块饼干一点都不重要，重要的是咱们建立的一生的友谊。
拓展训练
Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp __46__ about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom?s biscuit behind a tree. He __47__ an idea to solve(解决) the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who __48__ your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…are you going to punish __49__, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained __50__. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more __51__.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and __52__them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn?t understand the coach?s intention, __53__he still followed his advice.
Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to __54__his toy robot in payment for (赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so __55__.
In some situations, forgiveness (原谅) is better than punishment.
46. A. cook B. doctor C. coach D. cleaner
47. A. got on withB. went on with C. came up with D. caught up with
48. A. took away B. ran away C. went away D. threw away
49. A. me B. him C. us D. them
50. A. shyly B. angrily C. excitedlyD. patiently
51. A. gifts B. biscuits C. candies D. toys
52. A. share B. chooseC. divideD. fill
53. A. if B. but C. since D. though
54 A. steal B. mend C. make D. accept
55 A. cheapB. delicious C. different D. important
（选自广东2013中考）
第二篇
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang
李叔叔和王叔叔
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They are foot of the of them likes to his head, but they like to . Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and are not very good at mathematics. They . Most people thought they were
One early April Monday morning, Uncle Li went east to the town on the coast to buy some for his wife. In the town he heard the tomatoes in the city were this with Uncle Wang he went back. They to carry some tomatoes to the city market. They some money from their friends, and brought nearly one thousand kilograms of tomatoes from the village to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of tomatoes had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to . They felt sad and returned to their village, their heads hanging, with only a few dollars and cents to and put in their drawers.
“I can?t understand why, while to the Uncle Li asked one day.
“The tractor was too small to give us a . Wang size! The maximum!”
“I !” Uncle Li said with laughter “How silly we were! We shall that we have some
译文
李叔叔和王叔叔是好朋友。他们是邻居，并且他们的农场都在南边的山脚下。因此他们可以互相帮忙。但是他们两人都不喜欢动脑筋，只喜欢做白日梦。尽管他们工作努力，也很勤快，却都是贫穷的劳动者。大部分村民都建了新房子，而他们仍然住在又矮又破的房子里。他们俩的数学都不好，也很少能想出什么好主意。大部分人都认为他们有些疯疯癫癫。在四月初的一个周一的早晨，李叔叔往东区沿海城市给他的妻子买药。在城市里，他听说这里的西红柿卖得很贵。他一回去就和王叔叔商量了这件事。他们决定运一批新鲜的西红柿去城里的市场。他们从朋友那里借来一些钱，从村里带了近一千公斤的西红柿，用拖拉机运往城市。不幸运的是，当他们到达时，那里已经运来了大量的西红柿。几天后，他们不得不低价卖了这些西红柿。他们难过地回到了村里，低着头，把赚到的一点点钱放进去抽屉里。李叔叔有一天问道：“我不明白为什么和其他人相比，我们做生意总是亏。”
“可能是我们的拖拉机太小，没什么优势。真可惜啊。”王叔叔不经思考地说道，“下次我们用卡车运更多的西红柿，比以前多一倍，最大量的！”
“我统一，你完全正确，就这么干！”李叔叔笑着说，“我们以前多傻啊！我们将证明我们很有头脑，也能做大买卖。”
Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and
bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor（拖拉机）. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to theirvillage. "I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day. "The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!" "I agree!" said Uncle Li.
How foolish they were !
【小题1】Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.
A. they hope to save money
B. they're both poor
C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain
D. they're not far from their farms
【小题2】The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.
A. make a journey B. visit some places of interest
C. meet their friendsD. make a profit
【小题3】the two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.
A. theirs weren't as good as the others'
B. theirs were much less than the others'
C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city
D. they forgot to carry them on a truck
答案：BDC
第三篇
There Is Always a Better Way
好方法无处不在
A blind boy sat on the stone steps of a tower feet. With his gloved fingers, he put a flat board on the ground. Written in crayon, the handwriting said:”I?m, please help.” The hat wasA was
hat. He then took the board, turned it around, and printed some words on it with paint. He put the board back andA lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. Soon that hat began to afternoon the man who had the board came to see how things were. The boy heard his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my board this morning? What did you write?”
Theman said, “I only wrote a sentence with the but in a way tothe .”
He recited the text he had written:”Today is a beautiful autumn day and I cannot see it.”
Do you think the first board and the second board had the same ? Of course both boards that the boy had no .
But the first boardtold people that the boy was blind and to help by putting some money in the hat. The second board told people that they were , the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind. The second board that people were that they were not blind.
Should we be of words better to more from 译文
有个盲人小男孩默默地坐在广场里一座塔式大楼的台阶上，他的帽子放在脚边。他戴着手套，将一块扁平木板放在地面上，上面用蜡笔写上了几个字：“帮帮忙，我是一个盲人。”帽子里几乎是空的，里面只有几枚硬币。
一个陌生人正好走过。他从口袋里掏出几枚硬币，丢进帽子里。然后，他拿起木板，把它转过来，用颜料在上面印上了几个字。他把木板又放了回去，并放到了一个较高的位置，这样，路过的人都可以看到了。
越来越多的人把钱放进小男孩的帽子里。很快，帽子就被硬币填满了。这天下午，修改过木板的男人又来到了这里，看看事情怎么样了。盲童听出来脚步声，问到：“您就是今早修改木板上字的那个先生吧？您在上面写了什么呢？”
这个好心的男人说：“我只是写了一句大实话。我把你写的话换了一种方式写出来，把你木板上的信息修改了一下，以此来引起人们的关注。那些字写出了你的感受。”
这位男士把他写的话读出来：“今天是个美丽的秋日，可是我看不见。”
你认为第一次写的字和第二次写的字是同一个意思吗？当然，这两次都说明一个事实，那就是这个小男孩失明了。
但第一次写的话只是简单告诉别人这个小男孩失明了，帮忙给他一点钱。而第二次写的话告诉人们：你们可以看见如此美好的光明，而他却不能。第二次写的表达了这样的含义：没有失明的人是多么的幸运啊。
对于第二次，只是选择了另外几个字，就能引起人们的关注，并使他们付诸了行动，对此，我们应该感到惊讶吗？
拓展训练
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around,
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