初高中衔接英语背诵材料70篇（下）素材-高中英语初高中衔接

初高中衔接英语背诵材料41.

ACockroachinOurClassroom(2)Wellthatwasjustthebeginning.

Ok,

hereisthewholestory.

Myteacherwalkedovertothe,

nownotmoving,

cockroach.

Ifyouhaveaweak

stomach

Iamwarningyounow...

shesteppedonit.Idon'tknowifyouhaveseenthemovieswheresomeonestepsonthecockroachandyouhearaloud“CRUNCH”(嘎扎嘎扎的压碎),

butIcantellyourightnowthatthosemoviesare

one-hundred

percent

true.IwaslaughinghardthatIwascrying.

IlookedaroundtheclassroomSomeofmyfriendswerelaughingtoo.

Ofcoursethegirlygirlswerecryingandsomeoftheotherkidsthoughtitwas

no

big

deal

andjustsattherereadingtheirbooks.Myteacherwasnotveryhappytofindoutthatshewastheonewhohadto

clean

up

the

dirty

place.Mostpeoplewillnot

realize

thatwhenyousteponacockroachitwillmakeaterrible

sound

youmaynotwanttohear.

Sowhenyouevergotokillacockroach,

watch

out

for“THECRUNCH”.41.教室里出现一只蟑螂(2)那只是开始，现在才是完整的故事。我们的老师走向这个，现在已经不动了的，蟑螂。如果你的胃口(stomach)不好，我现在可提醒你……她踩了上去。我不知道你是否看过这样的电影，某人踩到蟑螂上，然后你听到响亮的“嘎扎嘎扎”声，但现在我告诉你那些电影是百分之百(one-hundredpercent)的真实。我笑的眼泪都要出来了。我环顾教室，我的一些朋友也在笑。当然，一些娇弱的女孩正在大喊大叫，其他一些孩子认为不是什么大事(nobigdeal)。只管坐在那里看书。我们的老师不太高兴，她发现她是唯一要善后打扫(cleanup)这个脏(dirty)地方的人。大部分人没有意识到(realize)当你踩蟑螂时会发出一种可怕的你不想听到的声音(sound)。因此，你要杀死一只蟑螂时，当心(watchout)那“嘎扎嘎扎”的声音。

42.ThisIsMySupperMissGreenatealotforeverymeal,

andshelikedeatingmeat,

especially

pork

and

beef.

Soshewasvery

fat.

She

weighed

100

kilos

andshegot

heavier

everymonth.Onedayshewenttoseeadoctor.

Thedoctorsaid,

“Youhavetogoonadiet(节食),

MissGreen

“Hegaveherasmallbookandsaid,

“Thisisabookonhowtoloseyourweight.

Pleaseeatthethingson

page

11everyday.

Thencomebackandseemeintwoweeks.”MissGreencameagaintwoweekslater,

butshewasn't

thinner.

Shewasmuchfatter.

Thedoctorwassurprisedandsaid,

“Areyoueatingthethingsonpage110fthesmallbook?’’‘‘Yes,

doctor.

“Sheanswered.

Thenextday,

thedoctorvisitedMissGreenwhenshewashavinghermeals.

“MissGreen,”hesaid,

“Whyareyoueating

potatoes

and

dumplings?

Theyarenotonthe

list

ofyourdiet.”“Butdoctor,”MissGreenanswered,

“IatemydietatlunchtimeThisismy

supper.”Funnyenough!

That'swhyMissGreenisgettingfat.

Butsincethen,

MissGreenhas

made

up

her

mind

toloseweight,

andshehas

made

an

effort

to

followthedoctor’sadvice42．这是我的晚餐格林小姐每顿吃很多，她喜欢吃肉，尤其是猪肉(pork)和牛肉(beef)。因此她很胖(fat)，重(weigh)达100公斤(100kilos)，而且一月比一月重(heavy)。一天，她去看医生。医生说：“你必须要节食，格林小姐”，他递给她一本小书，然后说：“这是一本关于如何减轻体重(loseweight)的书。你每天只吃第11页(page)中所列出的食物。两周后再来医院。”格林小姐两周后又来了，但她没有变瘦(thin)，反而更胖了。医生很吃惊，问她：“你是吃那本小书里第11页的食物吗？”“是的，医生。”她答道。第二天，当格林小姐正在吃饭时医生拜访了她。“格林小姐，你为什么吃土豆（potatoes）和水饺(dumplings)呢？那页食物清单(list)里没有这些。”“医生，可我是在午餐时吃规定的食物，”格林小姐回答：“这是我的晚餐(supper)。”真有趣！那就是格林小姐更胖的原因了。但从那以后，格林小姐就下定决心(makeupone'smind)要减肥，还努力(makeanefforttodo)遵循医生的建议。

43.

TwoTravelersTwomenweregoingalonga

lonely

road

andtalkingofwhattheywoulddoifa

bear

or

wolves

attack(进攻)them.

“Never

fear,”saidthelargerone,

“Icanprotectmyselfandyoutoo,

sotherewillbeno

danger.

Thereisnothingintheforestforanymantofear,

except

ahungrybear,

andI'dliketomeetthebearthatcouldbea

match

forme.”Justatthattime,

ahugebearappearedintheroadandmovedtowardsthetwomen.Thetwomenranforatree.

Theonewhohadspokenso

bravely

reacheditfirstandclimbedto

safety.

Thesmallerman.

beinglefttofacethebearalone,

threwhimselfonthegroundandlay

as

if

dead.

Whenthebearcameup,

hesmeltthemanonthegroundandwentaway.

Thenthelargermancamedownfromthetreeandsaid,

“Whatdidthebearsayinyour

ear?

Youseemedlikeoldfriends.”“Oh,”theotheranswered,

“hetoldmeneverto

trust

aboaster(自夸者)”43．两位旅行者两个人沿着一条荒凉的(lonely)公路(road)前行，他们谈到如果遭遇一只熊(bear)或狼群(wolves)进攻该如何应付。“不要害怕(fear)，”个头较大的那人说，“我可以保护咱们俩，不会有危险(danger)。在那片森林里没有什么好怕的，除了(except)

一头饥饿的熊之外。我倒是想碰到一只能成为我对手(match)的熊”。正在那时，一只巨大的熊出现在公路上，朝这两个人赶来。这两个人向一棵树跑去。之前讲话很勇敢(bravely)的那个人先跑到树下，然后爬到一个安全(safety)位置。个头较小的人现在要独自面对那只熊，于是他就躺在地上，仿佛(asif)死了(dead)

一样。当那只熊走近时，它闻了闻地上的那人，然后离开了．接着个头较大的人从树上下来，问，“那只熊在你耳朵(ear)边说什么呢？你们看起来像是老朋友一样。”“哦，”另一位回答道，“它告诉我决不要信任(trust)吹牛者”。

44.

PeopleAroundtheWorldCommunicatinginEnglishInonlyfiftyyears,

Englishhas

developed

into

the

language

most

widely

spokenandusedintheworld.

Englishistheworkinglanguageofmost

international

originations(组织),

international

trade

andtourism(旅游业).Businessmenand

tourists

oftencometoChinawithoutbeingabletospeakChinese.

Chinesebusinessmen,

taxi

driversandstudentstalkwiththemusingEnglish.

Englishisalsothelanguageofworldculture,

suchas

pop

music

and

the

Internet

YoucanlistentoEnglish

songs

ontheradio

oruseEnglishto

communicate

withpeoplearoundtheworldthroughtheInternet.

WithsomanypeoplecommunicatinginEnglisheveryday,

itwillbecomemoreandmoreimportantto

have

a

good

knowledge

ofEnglish.44.世界各地的人用英语交流在短短五十年间，英语已发展成为(developinto)世界上说的最多、使用最广泛(mostwidely)的语言(language)。英语是大部分国际组织、国际贸易(internationaltrade)与旅游业的工作语言。生意人与游客(tourist)经常来到中国却不会讲汉语。中国商人、计程车(taxi)司机以及学生就用英语和他们交谈。英语也是世界文化的语言，如流行音乐(popmusic)以及互联网(theInternet)。你可以通过无线广播(ontheradio)听英文歌曲(song)或用英语通过互联网与世界各地的人交流(communicate)。每天都有很多的人用英语交流，精通(haveagoodknowledgeof)英语将变得越来越重要。

45.

Travel

DiarySaturday,

March24thWehave

arrived

inthehot,

wetcityofBangkok,

the

capital

ofThailand.

ThisisourfirsttriptoThailand.

Allthedifferentsmellsmakeuswanttotrythefood.

Wearegoingtoeatsomethingspecialfordinnertonight.

The

hotel

roomwe

booked

ischeap,

butverycleanand

tidy.

Weplanto

stay

hereforafewdays,

visitsomeplaceslikethe

Palace

inthecityandthentraveltoChiangMaiintheNorth.

Tuesday,

March27thBangkokiswonderfulandsurprising!

Theplacesareinteresting.

Wevisitedthefamousmarketwhichwasonwater,

andsawalotoffruitsandvegetables.

Everythingisso

colorful,

andwehavealreadytaken

hundreds

of

photos

withournew

cameral

Laterwewill

leave

for

ChiangMai.

Wewilltakethetrainnorth,

stayinChiangMaifortwodays,

andthen

catch

a

bus

toChiangRai.

Friday,

March30thOurtriptoChiangRaiwaslongand

boring.

Wevisiteda

small

village

inthemountains.

Thevillagepeopleherelovethequietlife——nocomputersorphones.

Theyare

the

kindest

peopleIhaveevermet.

Ifeelgoodhereandhopetobeabletocomebacknextyear.45．旅行日志3月24日，星期六，我们到达(arrivein)炎热潮湿的曼谷，泰国的首都(capital)。这是我们首次宋到泰国。各种不同的气味不禁让我们产生品尝这些食物的欲望。今晚我们打算吃点特别的晚餐。我们预订(book)的那家旅馆(hotel)虽然便宜，但干净整洁(tidy)。我们计划在这里逗留(stay)几天，游览这座城市里的宫殿(palace)等一些景点，然后去北部的清迈。3月27日，星期二曼谷美妙而令人惊异！这些地方很有趣。我们参观了著名的水上市场，看到很多水果和蔬菜。一切都很鲜艳(colorful)，我们已经用我们的新相机(camera)拍了好几百张照片(hundredsofphotos)。之后我们将出发前往(leavefor)清迈。我们将乘北去的列车，在清迈呆两天，然后赶公交车(catchabus)去清莱。3月30日，星期五我们去清莱的旅程长而枯燥(boring)。我们游览了山里的一个小村庄(smallvillage)。这里的村民喜欢安静的生活一没有电脑和电话。他们是我所见过的最友好的(thekindest)人。在这里我感觉很好，希望明年还能再来这里。

46.TheBluePigwithaBlackTailOnceuponatime(从前)acertainkingsentamessagetoanotherking,

saying,

“Sendmeabluepigwithablack

tail,

orelse——”Theotherreplied,

“Ihaven'tone;ifIhad——”Bothkingswere

so

angry

that

theywenttowarwitheachother.

Theycollectedalltheirsoldiersandfoughtwitheachother.

Bravemenwerekilled,

andwomenandchildrendiedbecausetheycouldgetnothingtoeat.When

it

seemed

that

neither

side

could

winthewar,

thekingsbeganto

talk

about

peace.

First

of

all,

itwasnecessaryto

explain

thetwomessages.

Eachkingwasangryatwhattheotherhadsaid.“Whatdidyoumean,”Askedthesecondking,

“bysaying,

‘sendingabluepigwithablacktail,

orelse——’?”“Why,”saidthefirstking,

“Icouldmeanonlyonething.

ImeantthatIwantedyoutosendmeabluepigwithablacktail,

orelseapigofsomeothercolor.”“Oh,

thatwasall,

wasit?

Ididnotgetthewholeofyourmessage,”answeredthesecondking.

“What

a

pity!

“He

added.“Ah,

butImustknowwhatyoumeantbyyourreplytomymessage,”askedthefirstking.

“Yousaid,

'Ihaven'tone;ifIhad——”'“Why,

myanswerisveryclear.

ImeantthatIhadn'tone;ifIhad,

Ishouldhavesentittoyou.”“Well,

well!

“saidthefirstking,

“Wehavebeenfightingaboutnothing.

Ifwehadonlyexplainedthesethingsbeforethewarstarted,

thenthis

bitter

warmusthavebeen

avoided.”Sothegreatwarofthebluepigwiththeblacktailwas

recorded

inthehistoriesofthetwocountriesinorderto

prevent

suchawarhappeningagain.46.黑尾巴的蓝猪从前有位国王给另一位国王送去一条信息，说，“给我送来一只长着黑尾巴(tail)的蓝猪，或者其他的”另一位回答说，“我没有这样的猪，如果我有——”。两位国王如此生气以致于(soangrythat)发动了战争。他们调集所有士兵去打仗。勇敢的士兵死在战场上，女人和孩子因为没有食物而死去。看来好像(itseemedthat.)双方都不能(neithersidecould)打赢这场战争，于是两位国王开始谈论和平(talkaboutpeace)。首先(firstofall)，有必要去解释(explain)那两条信息。两位国王都因对方所说的话而生气。第二位国王问道，“你当时说‘送我一只长着黑尾巴的蓝猪，否则——’，你那么说是什么意思？”“怎么，”第一位国王回答道，“我只能表示一个意思啊，我是说我希望你给我送一只黑尾巴的蓝猪，或者其他颜色的猪。”（注：orelse可有两种解释，一是作为短语，译为“否则”，二是作为两个单独的单词，放在一起译为“或者其他”）第二位国王回答，“哎呀！就是这个意思啊？我没有理解你信息的全部。”他补充说(add)。“真可惜(whatapity)!”“嗯，但我必须知道你的回信是什么意思，”第一位国王补充道，“你说‘我没有这样的猪，即使我有——’”。“我的回答很清楚啊。我是说我没有那样的猪；如果有的话，我会送给你的。”“哎呀！”第一位国王说，“我们之间的战争毫无理由。如果我们能在战争开始之前解释清楚这些事情，这场痛苦的战争(bitterwar)就一定能避免(avoid)。”于是这场关于黑尾巴的蓝猪的战争被载入(wasrecorded)两国史册以防止(prevent)此类现象再次发生。

47.

AGirl'sSmileAbouttenyearsagowhenIwasastudentin

college,

lifewashardformethen.

Bothmyparentshadlosttheirjobs,

soIworkedatmyUniversity'sMuseuminmysparetime.

Oneday

while

working

in

the

gift

shop,

Isawanoldcouplecomeinwithalittlegirlina

wheelchair.As

Ilookedcloseratthisgirl,

Ifoundthatshehadnoarmsorlegs,

justa

head,

neck

andtorso(躯干).

Shewaswearinga

pretty

white

dress,

alsoalittlered

cap.When

theycameclosertome,

Iturnedmyheadtowardthegirlandgaveherawink(眨眼).

AsItookthemoneyfromher

grandparents,

Ilookedbackatthegirl,

whowasgivingmetheprettiest,

largestsmileIhadeverseen.Allofasuddenherhandicap(残疾)wasgoneandallIsawwasthis

perfect

girl.

Iwas

deeply

movedbyhersmile,

andalmostimmediatelyshegavemea

completely

new

sense

ofwhatlifeisallabout.

Shetookmefromapoor,

unhappycollegestudentandbroughtmeintoherworld:aworldofsmiles,

loveandwarmth.Thatwastenyearsago.

I'masuccessfulbusinesspersonnowand

whenever

Iaminlow

spirits

andthinkaboutthetroublesoftheworld,

I'llthinkaboutthatlittlegirlandthelessonaboutlifethatshetaughtme,

soIwillnever

losecourage.47.一个女孩的微笑大约十年前，我还在大学(college)里学习，那时的生活很艰难。我的父母都失业了，因此，我在业余时间去大学博物馆工作，有一天，当我正在礼品店工作时(whileworkinginthegiftshop)，我看到一对老年夫妇推着一个坐在轮椅(wheelchair)里的小女孩进来了。当我仔细看这女孩时，我发现她没有胳膊和腿，只有头(head)、颈和躯干。她穿着漂亮的(pretty)白色衣服(dress)，还戴着一顶小红帽(cap)。当他们走近我时，我转向这个女孩并对她眨了眨眼。我从她的祖父母(grandparents)手里接过钱时，我又回头看看那个女孩，她正在给我一个最漂亮、最灿烂的微笑。突然间她的残疾消失了，我所看到的是一个完美的(perfect)女孩。她的笑容深深地(deeply)打动了我，几乎立刻让我对人生有了全新的(completelynew)感觉(sense)。她把我从一个贫穷不幸大学生带入了她的世界：一个微笑、爱和温暖的世界。那是十年前的事了。现在我已是一名成功的商人。无论何时(whenever)我情绪低落(inlowspirits)、因烦恼而忧虑时，我就会想起那个小女孩和她教给我的关于生活的教训，因此，我从未丧失勇气(losecourage)。

48.TakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayOnApril27isTakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayinBrkain.

StartedinAmericaandbroughttoBritainin1994,

TakeOurDaughterstoWorkDayhasbecomeaspecialdayforgirlsbetween11and15.

Onthatdaythousandsofgirls

takeadayoff

schoolandgo

together

withoneoftheirparentstotheirworkplaces.

The

purpose

ofthisdayistoopenupgirls'eyesandgetthemto

believein

themselvesFormanyyearspeoplehavethoughtthatboyscandobetterthangirls

insociety.

Butinfactgirlscanbewhatevertheywanttobejustlikeboys,

whetheritisa

pilot,

a

nurseora

manager.

Onthisspecialday,

girlscanhaveacloselookatwhattheirparentsaredoingandthismayhelpgirlstobelieveinthemselveswhentheyneedtochoosetheirwork.Schoolsandmanycompaniesalsothinkthis

activity

useful.

GreenMiddleSchoolforGirls,

innorthLondonhasmadethedayanecessarypartofeducation.

Zarina,

15,

studyinginGreenMiddleschool,

wenttohermother's

law

office.

ShefounditinterestingtoseehermotheratworkShehasalwayslikedthisideaofgoingintolawandthinksmaybeshewilldoesthesameworkashermotherlater.Ifparentsbelieveintheirdaughtersandshowexamplesbathatworkandathomeforthem,

thiswillgivealotofhelptogirls.

TakeOurDaughtersto,

WorkDayiscertainlyastep

intherightdirection.48.带着女儿上班节4月(April)27日在英国是“带着女儿去上班节”。这个节日起源于美国。1994年传入英国，它已成为11至15岁之间女孩的特殊节日。那一天，成千上万的女孩休假一天(takeadayoff)，与父亲或母亲一起(together)去他们的工作场所。这个节日的目的(purpose)是让女孩开阔眼界，让她们相信自己(believeinthemselves)。很多年来，人们认为男孩在社会中(insociety)可以比女孩做得更好，但实际上，女孩可以像男孩一样做她们想做的任何工作，无论是飞行员(pilot)、护士还是经理(manager)都可以。在这个特殊的日子(onthisspecialday)，女孩可以近距离地观察她们的父母在做什么，这可能会有助于女孩在选择工作时增加自信。学校和许多公司也认为这项活动(activity)很有用。伦敦北部的格林女子中学已经把这一天作为教育的必要组成部分了。15岁的加莱纳就读于格林中学，她去了她妈妈的律师事务所(lawoffice)．她发现看她妈妈工作很有意思。她一直有步入法律界的想法，她想可能以后她会像妈妈一样工作。如果家长相信他们的女儿，在工作中、在家里都为她们树立榜样会对她们有很大帮助。

“带女儿去上班节”无疑是朝正确的方向(intherightdirection)迈进了一步。49.

AuntFrankie(1)

Aunt

Frankieisafun,

busyandcaring

lady!

Sheisalwaysreadytohavefun.

Afteralongdayatwork,

sheusuallycomesinthedoor

singing

somesongsfromthe80s.

Sometimesshehasanewdancestepto

share.

AuntFrankieandherhusbandowna

candy

shop.

Thatshophasbroughtinsomemoneyforthem,

buttheydon'tbuymuch

furniture.

AuntFrankieenjoyshavingmore

space

inherhouse.WhenAuntFrankiestaysathome,

shelikestobe

comfortable,

andshealmostalwayswearsabigwhite

T-shirt,

oldpink

shorts,

andno

socks

orshoes.49.姑妈弗兰奇(1）姑妈(aunt)弗兰奇是一位有趣、忙碌、有爱心的女士(lady)!她总是喜欢逗乐。工作一整天后，她通常会唱(sing)着80年代的歌进入家门。有时她还会和你分享(share)新的舞步。姑妈弗兰奇和他的丈夫拥有一家糖果店(candyshop)。那家店铺给他们赚了一些钱，但他们没买很多的家具(furniture)。姑妈弗兰奇喜欢房间里有更多的空间(space)。姑妈弗兰奇在家时，她喜欢让自己感觉舒服(comfortable)，她几乎总是穿着一件很宽松的白色T恤(T-shirt)，粉色旧短裤(shorts)，不穿袜子(socks)和鞋。

49.

AuntFrankie(2)IlovetovisitAuntFrankie.

ThereIcanalwayspleasemystomachAuntFrankiehasthe

ability

tobake(烤)differentkindsof

pies

and

biscuits.

Theyall

taste

very

delicious.

Eggs,

milk,

butter,

andsaltallbecomewonderfulinher

kitchen.She

promisestoteachmesomeday.WhenI'vecometoeatsome

bananas

and

pears,

shewillsitnexttomeatthetableSheputsherhandsonmineandasksmehowmydaywas,

howmyclassesaregoing,

whatnewfriendsI'vemade,

andwhetherI'vemade

progress

inmy

grammar

and

composition

AuntFrankiealsohasmany

tales

andfunny

jokes

totellme.49.姑妈弗兰奇(2)我喜欢拜访姑妈弗兰奇。在那里我总是可以满足我的胃。姑妈弗兰奇具有烘烤各种不同馅饼(pie)和饼干(biscuit)的能力(ability)。她做的那些尝起来(taste)非常好吃(delicious)。鸡蛋、牛奶、黄油(butter)和盐在她的厨房里(inherkitchen)都会变得美妙无比。她答应以后会教我的。当我开始吃香蕉(banana)和梨(pear)的时候，她会挨着我坐在桌旁。用她的双手按住我的手，问我过的怎么样，功课如何，我又交了哪些新朋友，还有我的语法(grammar)和作文(composition)是否取得进步(makeprogress)。姑妈弗兰奇还会给我讲许多神话故事(tale)和有趣的笑话(joke)。

50.

AFlyingSailThatsummerwasahotoneinBostonAlmosteveryafternoon,

IWentswimminginanearby

swimming

pool

withmybestfriend,

BenFranklinWelovedthoselong,

hotdays.Ononepleasantafternoon,

BenwaslateIwenttohishouseand

climbed

upstairs

to

hissmall

bedroom

Hewassittingtheremakinga

kite“What'swiththekite?”Isaid,

“Ithoughtweweregoingswimming.”Bensmiledatmeandsaid,

“Weneedthekiteforswimming.”“Whogoesswimmingwithakite?”Iasked“Ido,”Bensaid.

Hisblueeyeswere

shining.Withsuchacleverfriend,

I

got

used

to

hearing

crazy

ideas.

Ijust

shook

myhead,

“I'dliketoseehowyoudoit.”Halfanhourlater,

wewerestandingonthe

bank

ofthepool.

Benheldhiscrazykiteinonehandandalog(圆木)intheother.

Hesatonthebank,

tookoffhisshoes,

andtiedtheendofthekite

thread

tohisfoot.

Thenheflewthekiteintotheairandletthewindcatchit.

Thekite

rose

overtheswimmingpool.“Thisis

fantastic!

“IshoutedBensmiledatmeand

jumped

into

thepool.

Hethrewonearmoverhislog,leaned(倚靠)back,

andletthekite

pull

him

across

thepool.

“Oh,

Igetit

!

“Icried,“It'saflyingsail!”50．飞航在波士顿那个炎热的夏季，几乎每天下午，我都和最好的朋友本·富兰克林去附近的一个泳池(swimmingpool)游泳。我们热爱那些漫长炎热的夏日。在一个宜人的午后，本来迟了。我就去了他家，爬上楼(climbupstairs)来到他的小卧室(bedroom)。他正坐在那儿做一个风筝(kite)。“用这个风筝干什么？”我说，“我本以为我们要去游泳的。”本对我笑了笑说，“我们需要这个风筝去游泳。”“谁会带着个风筝去游泳呢？”我问道。“我会，”本说，他蓝色的眼睛闪闪发亮(shine)。有这么一个聪明的朋友，我习惯于(getusedto)听到疯狂的(crazy)想法。我只是摇摇头(shake)，说，“我倒想看看你怎么做。”半个小时后，我们来到了泳池的岸边(bank)。本一只手抓着他那荒唐的风筝，另一只手拿着根圆木。他坐在岸边，脱掉衣服，然后把风筝线(thread)的一端系在一只脚上。然后他把风筝放飞，让风带动它。风筝在泳池上空升起(rise)。“这太棒了(fantastic)!”我大喊道。本对我笑着，然后跳进(jumpinto)泳池。他一只胳膊抱着他的圆木，向后仰着，让风筝拉着(pull)他游过泳池。“噢，我明白了！”大叫道，“这是一次飞航！”

51.

TheColorfulWorldTheworldaroundus

is

full

of

colors:the

grass

isgreen,

theskyisblue.

Whatapityitwillbeifpeoplecannotseeallthecolors.

Buttherearepeoplewhoare

blind

to

certaincolors.HumancolorblindnessisastrangethingtoexplainIn

a

single

eye

thereare

millions

of

verysmallthingscalled“cones(锥形物)”.

Theyhelpustoseein

bright

light

andto

tell

the

difference

between

colors

Therearealsomillionsof“rods(视网膜杆)”butthey

are

used

for

seeingwhenitis

nearly

dark.

Theyshowus

shape

butnotthecolor.Somebirdsandanimals'eyeshave

few

ornocones,

sotheycannotseecolors.

catsanddogscannotseecolorsaswellaswecanSomeinsects(昆虫)canevensee

X-rays.

Scientistsknowthatthereareothercolorsarounduswhichinsectscanseebutwhichwecannotsee.Humanbeingshavefavoritecolors.

BlueisoftenpopularbecauseitisthecolorofthecoolskyandseaGreenisthecolorwhichmakesusthinkofgrass,

fieldandforest.

Yellowisthecolorofthe

sun.

Ontheotherhand,

redisthecolorof

blood

and

fire.

Itmakessomepeoplethinkofaccidents,

dangerandblood.

Blackisthecolorofthenight.

In

the

dark

wecannotseewhatisaroundus,

sowearesometimesafraidofthe

unknown

anddonotlikeblackasacolor.51．多彩的世界我们周围的世界充满(befullof)色彩：草(grass)是绿色的，天空是蓝色的。如果人看不到所有这些颜色，那将是多么遗憾的事呀！但有些人对某些颜色的确是看不见的(blind)。人类的色盲很难解释。在一只眼睛(asingleeye)里有几百万(millionsof)叫做“视锥”的微小物质。它们帮助我们在亮光(brightlight)下看清并辨别颜色的差异(tellthedifferencebetweencolors)。单眼中也有几百万“视网膜杆”，但它们是用来(beusedfor)在天色几乎(nearly)黑下来时看清东西的，它们为我们显示形状(shape)而非颜色。一些鸟和动物的眼睛有很少(few)或没有视锥，所以它们看不到颜色。猫和狗不能和我们一样看清颜色。一些昆虫甚至可以看到X射线(X-ray)。科学家们知道，我们周围有些其他颜色昆虫可以看到而我们却无法看到。人类有最偏爱的颜色。蓝色常受欢迎是因为它是凉爽的天空和海洋的颜色。绿色是让我们想起草地、骤野和森林的颜色，黄色是太阳(sun)色。另一方面，红色是血(blood)与火(fire)的颜色，使一些人想起事故、危险和流血。黑色是夜的颜色．在黑暗中(inthedark)，我们看不到周围的一切，所以我们有时害怕未知的(unknown)事物，不喜欢黑色。

52.

ComputersAreBecomingMoreandMorePopularMoreandmorepeoplearelivingthelifewithcomputers.

Usingcomputersyoucansend

e-mails

quicklyandeasily.

Youareabletosendaletterwithphotosandsoundstosomeone

anywhere

intheworldwithoutputtingastamp.

E-mailcansenditsmessagetotheothersideoftheworld

inseconds

E-mailiseasytouseanditsavestimeandmoney.

It

serves

fortwenty-fourhours.

Youcansende-mailstoyourfriendswhentheyareinbed,

andwhentheysende-mailsback,

maybeyou're

seeingafilm

atthecinemaComputers

arealsoimportantfarstudentsnow.

Manystudentsliketo

surftheInternet,

butsomestudentsonlyplaygamesinsteadofsearchingforusefulinformationandlearningfromtheInternet.

Besides,

theyspendtoomuchtimeonthecomputer,

whichisverybadfortheirhealth.

Canyou

imagine

inthefuture

withoutteachersbutcomputers?

Studentswillteachthemselvesintheschoolqinthefuture.

Atthattime,

studentswillcarrya

personalcomputer

(PC)

insteadofabookbag.

Andteacherswill

disappear.

Computershelpstudentsdeveloptheirownwaysoflearning.

Studentswillfollowthelearning

programs

bylookingaton-line(在线的)librariesandwatchinglessons,

Studentscan

takeadvantageof

allkindsoflearning

websites52.电脑越来越普及越来越多的人在使用电脑。通过电脑你可以迅速快捷地发送电邮（e-mail）．你能够发送附带照片和声音的邮件给世界上任何地方(anywhere)的人而无需粘贴邮票。电邮可以在几秒中(inseconds)把邮件发送给地球另一边的人。电邮使用方便，节省时间和金钱。可以24小时地服务(serve)．当你的朋友在床上睡觉时你可以给他们发邮件，当他们给你回复邮件时，可能你正在影院(atthecinema)看电影(seeafilm)。现在电脑对学生也很重要。许多学生喜欢上网(surftheInternet)，但一些学生只玩游戏而不是通过电脑查找有用信息及学习。此外，他们花太多时间用电脑，这对他们的健康非常不利。你能想象(imagine)未来没有教师只有电脑吗？未来(inthefuture)学生们将在学校里自学。那时，学生会携带一台个人电脑(personalcomputer)而不是一个书包．教师将会消失(disappear)。电脑帮助学生培养他们自己的学习方式。学生通过在线图书馆跟踪学习节目(program)，观看课程。学生可以利用(takeadvantageof)各种学习网站(website)。

53.

Dialogue:ChineseFoodW:Waitress,

G:

Guest

W:

Good

afternoon,

sir.

WehavebothChinesefoodand

western

food.

Whichdoyoulikebetter,

ChineseorWestern?

G:I'llhaveChinesefoodforachangetoday.

IlikeChinesefoodverymuch,

youknow.

W:I'mgladtohearthatThisway,

please

...

Hereisthe

menu

fortoday.

G:Thanks.

ThisismyfirstvisittoChinaCouldyoutellmewhatdifferentkindsofChinesefoodyouservehere?

W:Asyoucanseefromthemenu,

weserveShanghaifood,

GuangdongfoodandSichuanfood.

G:Couldyoutellmemoreaboutthem?

W:

With

pleasure.

Generally,

Guangdongfoodis

a

bit

light,

Sichuanfoodhasastrongandhottaste,

Shanghaifoodis

rather

oily.

G:Veryinteresting.

Therearesomanykindsof

dishes

ofdifferenttastesIt'shardtodecidewhichtotake.

ButIthinkI'llhaveSichuanfoodthistimeasIlikehotfoodI'dliketohavesome

standard

Sichuandishes.

W:Wouldyoulikeporkshredswithfishseasoning(鱼香肉丝)

,

chickencubeswithchili

peppers(辣子鸡丁)and

sour

pungentsoup(酸辣汤)?

G:Verynice.

LetmetrythemW:Weusuallyservethefoodfirstandthenthe

soup,

butwe'llbringyouthesoupfirstifyoulike.G:

I'm

used

to

having

soup

first.W:Allright,

sir.

I'llgetitforyourightnow.53.对话：中餐

W:女服务员，G:客人(guest)W:下午好，先生。我们这里有中餐也有西餐(westernfood)．您要点中餐还是西餐？G:今天我想吃中餐换个口味。你知道我很喜欢中餐的。W:很高兴听您这么说。这边请……这是今天的菜单(menu)。G：谢谢，这是我第一次来中国。请给我讲讲这里都供应哪些中国菜！W:正如您在菜单上所看到的，我们供应四川菜、广东菜和上海菜G:能给我详细介绍一下吗？W：非常乐意(withpleasure)。一般来说(generally)，广东菜口味清淡些(abitlight)，四川菜味道重、辣，上海菜相当油腻(ratheroily)。G：非常有趣。这么多不同口味的不同菜肴(dish)，很难决定吃哪种了。但这次我想吃四川菜，因为我喜欢辣的。我想要些标准的(standard)四川菜。W:那您看鱼香肉丝、辣子鸡丁和酸(sour)辣汤怎么样？G:非常好，让我尝尝吧。W:我们通常是先上菜后上汤，但我们可以根据您的要求给您先上汤。G:我习惯先喝汤(I'musedtohavingsoupfirst)。W:好的，先生。我马上给您端上。

54.

FrogsLongingforaKingThereoncelivedmany

frogs

inagreat

pond

undera

bridge

Theyhadan

excellent

homeandallthefoodtheywished,

buttheywerenot

satisfied

Theymade

speeches

inthepond.

Theysaidtheyshouldhaveaking,

Thentheyasked

the

God

to

givethemaking.

TheGodgavethemabigpieceof

wood

Thewooddid

not

move

at

all,

sothefrogswenttoasktheGodtogivethemakingwhichcould

take

action.

TheGodsentthemaneel(鳗鱼),

butthefrogsthoughttheeelwastoosmallanddidnot

look

like

aking,

sotheeelwas

not

welcome

inthepond.

ThenthefrogswenttotheGodagain,

forthelasttime,

thefrogsweregivenastork(白鹤)astheirking.

Theybelievedthestorkwasgreat,

whichcouldruleoverthem,

sotheyshowed

honor

tothestork.

Butthestorkateallthefrogsonebyoneuntiltherewas

hardly

any

frogleftinthewholepond.Howmuchbetteritwouldhavebeenforthefrogsiftheyhadbeensatisfiedwiththeirlife!54.渴望国王的青蛙从前有许多青蛙(frog)住在桥(bridge)下的一个大池塘(pond)里。他们有极好的(excellent)家，还有很多喜欢的食物，但它们并不满意(satisfied)。他们在池塘里发表演讲(speech)。它们说它们应该有个国王。然后它们请求上帝(theGod)给它们一个国王。上帝给了它们一大截木头(wood)。木头根本不(not...atall)动，于是这些青蛙去找上帝，要求给它们一个能够采取行动(takeaction)的国王。上帝给它们送来一条鳗鱼，但青蛙们认为鳗鱼太小了，看起来不像(looklike)个国王，因此这条鳗鱼在池塘里不受欢迎(notwelcome)。然后它们又去找上帝了，最后一次，上帝给了它们一只白鹤当它们的国王。它们认为这只白鹳很伟大，可以统治它们，于是它们对白鹳表示尊敬(honor)。但这只白鹳却把所有的青蛙一个接着一个吃掉了，整个池塘几乎没有(hardlyany)青蛙了。如果这些青蛙对它们的生活满意的话那该多好啊！

55.

TV'sValueManypeoplewhoare

alive

todayknowwhatitisliketoliveinaworldwithouttelevision.

Televisionisonlyaboutfortyyearsold.

Yet

ithasbeenanimportantpartinourlives.Somepeoplethinkthattheyearsbeforetelevisionwereabettertime.

Theybelievethatfamiliestalkedmoreanddidmorethingstogether.

Morebookswereread.

Peoplegotmore

outdoor

exercise.ButothersdisagreeTheysaythattelevisionisagoodtoolforeducationIttellsuswhatishappeningintheworld.

Itprovides

plenty

of

fun

forus.

Ithelpsusunderstandhowpeopleliveandwork.

Although

somepeople

describe

televisionasagreatteacher,

otherssaytelevisionhascausedthepoorreadingandwriting

skills

ofourpeopleTelevisiongets

praise

for

helpingusunderstandthepeopleoftheworld.

Butitalsohas

influence

onfamilylife.

Televisiontellsusthenewsoftheday.

Butitcanalsomakeus

lazy

bygivingonlyshortnewsinsteadoftellingthewholestory.Evenpeoplewholovetelevisionarenothappywithit.

Theythinktherearetoomany

advertisements

ontelevision.

Peoplewillprobablycontinueto

discuss

abouttelevision’s

value.

Buteveryoneagreesthatitisoneofthemostimportant

inventions

ofthe

twentieth

century.55．电视的价值很多现在还在世的(alive)人知道没有电视时人们的生活情形。电视出现至今只有40多年的时间，然而(yet)它已经成为我们生活中一个重要的部分。有些人认为电视出现之前的日子更美好。他们说过去家里人花更多的时间在一起聊天，或一起做更多的事，他们会读更多的书，进行更多的户外锻炼(outdoorexercise)。但有些人不同意。他们说电视是很好的教育工具，它让我们了解世界各地发生的事情，它为我们提供了很多娱乐(plentyoffun)，它帮助我们了解人们如何生活和工作。尽管(although)有人把电视描述(describe)为了不起的教师，但也有人说人们读写技能(skill)的降低是电视导致的。电视因帮助我们了解世界各地而得到赞扬(praise)，但电视也对家庭生活有影响(influence)。电视让我们了解当今的新闻时事，也让我们变得懒惰(lazy)——我们只能获悉简短的新闻摘要，而不是整个事件的始末。甚至连喜欢看电视的人也对它不满意。他们说电视里的广告(advertisement)太多了。人们很可能还会继续讨论(discuss)电视的价值(value)。但有一点人们已经达成共识，那就是电视是20世纪(thetwentiethcentury)最重大的发明(invention)之一。

56.

TheFlower-bed'sSecret(1)OncetherewasanEnglishprince(王子).

HisnamewasHenry.

PrinceHenrylikedtostudylanguages,

butsmilesnevercameonhisface.

Hisfather,

theKing,

lovedhimdearly,

andtriedtomakehimhappyineverypossibleway.TheKinggavetheboya

small

horse,

sothathemightridewhenheliked.

The

King

also

had

a

boat

made

for

the

Prince,

sothathemightsail

on

the

lake.Yet

theyoungPrincewasnothappy.

OnedaytheKinghadan

interview

withamannamedSirArthur.

PrinceHenrywasalsothere,

withanunhappyface,

as

usualSirArthur

turned

to

theKing,

andsaid;“1havea

method

tomakePrinceHenryhappy,

butyouhavetosendhimtothe

countryside

“At

first,

theKingrefused,

butSirArthur

insisted

ontakingthePrincetothecountry,

finally,

theKingagreed.

56.花坛的秘密(1)从前有位英国王子叫亨利。亨利王子喜欢学习语言，但他的脸上从来没有笑容。他的父亲即国王非常爱他，尽力用所有可能的方法让他快乐。国王给这个男孩一匹小马(smallhorse)，这样他乐意时就可以骑马。国王还让人给王子造了一艘小船(TheKingalsohadaboatmadeforthePrince)，这样他可以在湖上(onthelake)航行。然而（yet）年轻的王子还是不快乐。有一天国王会见(interview)

一位亚瑟爵士。亨利王子也在那里，一副不开心的样子，和平时一样(asusual)。亚瑟爵士转向(turnto)国王，说，“我有一个方法(method)可以让亨利王子快乐，但您必须送他去乡下(countryside)。”起初(atfirst)，国外拒绝了，但亚瑟爵士坚持(insist)带王子去乡下，最后，国王同意了。56.

TheFlower-bed'sSecret(2)PrinceHenryandSirArthurwenttoSirArthur'shouse.

Hisbigyard

was

divided

into

twoparts-insideyardandoutsideyard,

andtheoutsideyardwasabiggardenwithaflowerbed.

SirArthur

cancelled

allhisactivitiesandstayedwiththePrinceathomeHetoldHenry,

“Doyouknowmyflowerbedcantalk,

andithas