— Sorry，I _________ see it and I _______ do it.
I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her money had been stolen(偷). She asked if he could1her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to worry about paying it back. I was2. How could my father be so silly? Anyone could see that she was telling a lie(谎言), staying at the station all day long3for money.
"She was lying!" I said."4did you give her the money?"
My father looked at me. He was a bit angry. "And what would you like me to do?" he said.
"Should I tell her that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(骗局）？" I did not5his meaning at all, and then he told me something that I have6forgotten. "First, she would not do this7she didn't need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she's8than me. It is more important to9than the money. but I don't mind this."
A week later, we were at the same station, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. "Not this time," my father told her. "In your business, you should learn to recognize(认出) people. Try another10on me next week."
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were happy. After all, their forefathers (祖先) had lived in the same way for centuries (世纪).
Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people who liked to eat frogs' legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was to catch them. They reached an agreement and people sent their children into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck (卡车) arrived to collect the frogs and give them the money. For the first time, the people could dream of a better future, but the dream didn't last (持续) long.
It was not easy to notice (觉察到) the change at first, but it seemed like the crops (庄稼) were not doing so well. It was more worrying that the children fell ill more often, and there seemed to be more insects (虫) around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money got to buy pesticides (杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people found out the problem. It was the frog. They were not useless. They had been doing an important job—eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing (增加) more quickly. They were eating the crops and spreading diseases (传播疾病).
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
Frank is my brother. He is twenty-one years old. He is a waiter. He works in Green Restaurant. He works very hard. And he is kind to people. So his boss Mr. Green likes him very much. Every weekend he always gets some money from his boss. But Frank isn't happy because he doesn't like his job. He thinks it's boring. He likes singing. He sings very well and he can sing songs in English. So he wants to be a singer. He likes Jay Chou best and he likes his English song Thousands of Miles Apart.
Steve Parkinson from Australia is coming to study in Britain. Mrs. and Mr. White have come to meet him at the airport.
Mrs. W: There he is. Steve! Steve! Oh, he can't see us. There are so many people. Steve! We are here.
Steve: Hello. There you are. What a crowd! Good Day. Mrs. and Mr. White.
Mrs. W: Hello. Do you have a good journey? Is it a comfortable flight? Does everything go all right?
Mr. W: You must be very tired. Your hotel isn't very far from here. We booked (预订) you a hotel in the city centre for tonight.
Steve: Oh, fine. Thank you.
Mr. W: Well, we'd better go and find a taxi.
Mrs. W: Let's go by underground. There'll be a long queue (队伍) for taxis and the bus will take long time at this time of day. There is an underground station near the airport.
Steve: OK. That's fine. But I should change some money. Is there a bank here?
Mr. W: Yes, there is. You go through the second door on your left. It's in the far corner.
Steve: Thanks. It shouldn't take very long, but I must get some English money. Second left, right?
Mr. W: Yes, then it's in the corner.
What do you think is the most important invention? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important invention. Here are three other important inventions.
One of the simplest inventions is the toilet(厕所). Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people's houses. Illness were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.
Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay(干草) became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.
The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do "close work" after the age of 45. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above 45.
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● The TV ● The ● The telephone ● The computer |
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● Waste ran into rivers from people's houses. ● Illness were common in , and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water. ● Most animals were killed every autumn because there was not for them in winter. ● The world would be difficult for the people above 45 . |
1）人们在1989年首次发现了Alice, 它长39英尺。
2）人们很惊奇地发现Alice用不同于其他鲸鱼的频率(HZ)说话。
3）没有鲸鱼能听到Alice说话, 它找不到它的家人和朋友。
4）Alice独自游过了太平洋 (the Pacific Ocean)。幸运的是，Alice看起来很健康。
5）但是人们在2004年失去了Alice的消息，我…….
