Text A What a Mess!

Bill Lane has just touched some wet paint.

Bill Lane剛?cè)ヅ隽藳](méi)干的油漆。

Mr. Field: You mustn't touch the wet paint, Bill.

Mr. Field：你不可以碰這些還沒(méi)干的油漆，Bill。

Bill: I'm sorry. I won't do it again.

Bill：對(duì)不起，我不會(huì)再碰它了。

Mr. Field: Try to be more careful in future.

Mr. Field：以后要小心點(diǎn)。

Bill: I shall. I wasn't as careless as John Sampson. He walked across that wet cement over there.

Bill：我不可能跟John Sampson一樣不小心的。他剛剛從濕水泥上面走過(guò)去了。

Mr. Field: The workmen oughtn't to leave it without a notice.

Mr. Field：那些工人不應(yīng)該連張告示都不留就離開(kāi)。

Bill: The headmaster asked them not to do so.

Bill：校長(zhǎng)讓他們不要這么做的。

Mr. Field: Then why isn't there a notice?

Mr. Field：那怎么會(huì)仍然沒(méi)有布告在那里呢?

Bill: They went to their stores to get one. Here they come with it now!

Bill：他們?nèi)ド痰曩I了，現(xiàn)在他們帶著告示回來(lái)了!

Mr. Field: But look at them! They've forgotten about the wet cement and they're walking across it to put up the notice!

Mr. Field：但你看他們!他們忘記水泥還濕著就直接從那走過(guò)來(lái)貼告示了!

Text B A Tall and Slim Girl

At five feet six inches, Rosa was taller than every other student in the sixth grade. She worried about this all the time, in school and at home. Her mother told her to stand up straight and be proud that she was so tall and slim. “Someday,” her mother said, “you'11 be happy that you're tall.”

Rosa 有五英尺六英寸那么高(換算了下是1米67多一點(diǎn))，比其他六年級(jí)的學(xué)生都要高。她無(wú)論是在學(xué)校還是在家里都一直很擔(dān)心這個(gè)問(wèn)題。她媽媽告訴她要站得直直的并且為自己能夠那么高有苗條而驕傲。“會(huì)有一天，”她媽媽說(shuō)，“你會(huì)為自己的高度而開(kāi)心。”

This made Rosa happier, but she was still afraid her classmates were making fun of her behind her back. One day, all this changed when Mr. Ransom, the coach from the youth club, asked Rosa to play center on their basketball team. He said that Rosa was a good ball player and her height would make her valuable as center. Now, she really was proud to be tall. She was someone special.

這讓Rosa開(kāi)心了很多，但她仍然擔(dān)心她的同學(xué)會(huì)在背后取消她。直到有一天這一切都改變了，當(dāng)Mr. Ransom，那位青年俱樂(lè)部的教練，請(qǐng)Rosa去他的籃球隊(duì)打中鋒。他告訴Rosa她是一個(gè)很好的球員，她的高度很讓她作為中鋒更有價(jià)值?，F(xiàn)在，她真的很為自己的身高而自豪。她是一個(gè)特別的人。

• Read the following passage once. Underline the key words while reading and retell the story to your partner.

Better Be a Stupid Man.

It was a beautiful spring morning. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, and the sun was warm but not too hot. So Mr. Andrews was surprised when saw an old gentleman at the bus-stop with a big, strong black umbrella in his hand.

Mr. Andrews said to him, "Are we going to have rain today, do you think?"

"No," said the old gentleman, "I don't think so."

"Then are you carrying the umbrella to keep the sun off you?"

"No, the sun is not very hot in spring."

Mr. Andrews looked at the big umbrella again, and the gentleman said, "I am an old man, and my legs are not very strong, so I really need a walking stick. But when I carry a walking stick, people say, 'Look at that poor old man', and I don't like that. When I carry an umbrella in fine weather, people only say, 'Look at that stupid man'."

常用口語(yǔ)：

1. What a mess! 真是一團(tuán)糟!

2. walk across...穿過(guò)，橫穿