One day town mouse Mike went to visit his cousin Tom in the countryside. Mike lived a rich life and he loved his cousin a lot. Tom was 1 but he loved his town cousin, too. So he made his cousin Mike very welcome.
For dinner that night Tom took out 2 he had: water and potatoes. Mike said, "Cousin, how can you eat food 3 this, but of course you can't expect anything better in the countryside! Come with me and I' 11 show you how to 4 in the big beautiful town."
The two mice set off (出发) for the town and 5 the Town Mouse' s home late at night. "Let's have something to eat and drink after 6 long trip," said the Town Mouse. They went into a big dining room. There the two mice had fruit, meat and cakes and drank milk and juice.
Then they 7 a loud noise (响声). "What's that?" asked Tom. "It is only the dogs of the house," answered Mike. "Only?" said Tom. "I don't like that 8 at my dinner."
At that time two large dogs came in the dining room. The two mice ran away 9 and hid (隐藏) under a chair.
"Goodbye, Cousin," said Tom.
"What? Are you 10 so soon?" said the other.
"Yes," Tom answered. "I think it's better to enjoy my potatoes at home than meat here."
Here are the messages Lois took for people in her office.
Message For Mr. Ford Date (日期) July 2nd
Time 12:10 p.m.
（）Urgent(紧急的) (√)Not urgent
（）Don't call back (√) Call back at 545-1245
Message: Mr. Gomez of Big World Bank called. He wants to meet with you tomorrow.
Message For Ms. Lee Date July 2nd
Time 12:15 p.m.
(√)Urgent （）Not urgent
（）Don' t call back (√) Call back at 267-3722
Message: Mr. Hiram needs to cancel (取消) today's meeting. He wants to have it at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Message For Mr. Green Date July 2nd
Time 12:25 p.m.
（）Urgent (√)Not urgent
(√)Don't call back （）Call back at 554-2781
Message: Dr. Jee's office called to remind (提醒) about the appointment (预约) on Friday.
Message For Ms. Brown Date July 2nd
Time 12:40 p.m.
(√)Urgent （）Not urgent
(√)Don't call back （）Call back at 681-7561
Message: Your daughter's school Called. Susie doesn't feel well. Please pick her up.
Alice and John are in the music club at their school. Alice plays the violin and John plays the drums. There are two groups in the school music club: the training (训练) group and the concert(音乐会) group. Everyone starts in the training group!
"When I first started to play the violin it sounded terrible!" Alice said. "My family asked me to practice outside."
After a year's practice, Alice and John play much better now. They are both in the concert group and they are learning more difficult music. "We're learning the music from the film Pirates of the Caribbean. It sounds fantastic!" John said. "Playing in the club with other kids is a lot of fun."
Playing an instrument (乐器) is not only fun. It also helps children learn to concentrate (集中注意力). "I have to concentrate when I'm practicing," Alice said. "And now it's easier for me to concentrate on my schoolwork."
Playing an instrument can also help children become more confident (自信的). As John said, "I was scared when I played in front of a lot of people for the first time. But now I really enjoy it."
It was a very hot day. A lion and a sheep were both thirsty (口渴的). The sheep found a small pool. Just when the sheep started to drink water from the pool, the lion came up to him and shouted, "I should drink first. I' m the king (大王) of all the animals. Get out of my way!"
"No," said the sheep. "I should drink first. I found the water."
"You will drink it all up," said the lion. "There won't be any left, and I' m almost dead (死的) with thirst.'
"And I haven't drunk water all day," said the sheep.
So they started to quarrel. They shouted louder and louder, and the lion even ran after the sheep to the top of a small hill.
Suddenly the lion stopped. He looked up into the sky. The sheep looked up, too. A vulture (秃鹫) was there. All the animals knew and were afraid of him. He is Bird of Death, who likes to jump on the bodies of dead animals and eat them. The lion and the sheep knew it
If we go on quarreling, said the lion, "we will both die of thirst, and the vulture will eat us. Go to the water and drink, but don't drink it all."
The sheep did as the lion said, and the two animals weren't thirsty anymore.
A: Pam! I heard about your exciting news!
B: Oh! Well ... I want to take a trip to New York but I must have a dwith my family first.
A: Amy told me you would take a plane. Did you buy a t ?
B: No, I don't have time to buy it.
A: Why not take the train? Taking the train is c than taking the plane.
B: Oh, let me think about it.
(The next day they met in the office_)
B: Emma, the train sounds fun, but I' m not going to New York.
A: You're not?
B: No, I changed (改变) my m.
A: Why?
B: Morn eme to take a road trip with her.
A: Where?
B: She wants to see her family in Norwood.
I, with, meet, shop, look, move, store, job, same, tell |
My name is Anna King and I come from a small town called Madison in Wyoming in the center of the USA. When I was twenty, I to the east coast (东海岸), to a town just south of New York, and started a(n) in a big store. One day, a young man with short brown hair came to in the store. He looked at and asked, "Are you Michelle Golden?"
"No," I said. "But do you mean Michelle Golden from Madison?" He said yes. I him that I was at the same school with Michelle. She wasn't much older than me and people often said that we like each other. Then the young man told me that Michelle and he were in the history class at university (大学).
Six months later, I got a better job with another big and moved to the west (西部的) coast to work in San Francisco. One day on my way home from work, a young man short brown hair saw me in the street and asked, "Are you Michelle Golden?"
"No," I answered. "You asked me that when we in a store thousands of (数以千计的) kilometers away, near New York" Then both of us laughed.
