生日计划

<正>A few months before his sixtieth birthday,George began planning his party.He called up his 30-year-old daughter for some help.乔治在他六十岁生日的前几个月就开始计划开个派对。他给30岁的女儿打电话求助。"Why don’t you invite all your old high school buddies1?"she asked."That could be a lot of fun."     

拥有亿万美元秘密的男孩

<正>One day in 1965,when I was a librarian at View Ridge School in Seattle,a fourthgrade teacher came up to me.She had a student who finished his work before all the others and needed a challenge."Could he help in the library?"she asked.I said,"Send him along."1965年,我在西雅图维尤里奇学校当图书馆员时,一天,一个四年级老师来找到我说,她有个学生总是最先完成功课,他需要做点对他有挑战性的工作。"他可以来图书馆帮帮忙吗?"她问。"带他来吧!"我说。     

拼图

<正>1.One day,Hans is going to give a talk.He looks for his materials in his study.一天,汉斯要去做个演讲,在书房里寻找资料。2.He is worrying about the title when his son Roby runs into the study and asks him to play with him.他正在为演讲题目烦恼时,儿子罗比跑进书房,闹着要跟他玩。     

失踪的兔子

<正>It was pancake day.The city mayor~1 was sitting up in bed eating his breakfast—a big pancake,when his mobile phone rang.How he hated it when people called him while he was still at breakfast! Then he saw that the call was coming from the chief~2 of police.今天是煎饼日。市长坐在床上吃早餐——一个大煎饼,这时他的手机响了。他是多么讨厌人们在他还在吃早餐的时候给他打电话!然后他看到电话是警察局长打来的。     

来自内心的礼物

<正>The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.为什么要假装喜欢它?"世界上最难的算术题是如何清点我们的祝福。According to legend,a young man while roaming1the desert came across a spring of delicious crystal-clear water.The water was so sweet,he filled his leather canteen so he could     

《小猫和守夜人》

<正>John Sullivan has based the story of his picture book, Kitten and the Night Watchman, on real events from his life. This sweet narrative follows a kind night watchman who waves goodbye to his family as the sun sets and heads to a construction site to work alone under deep blue skies. But he has a friend at the work site—a small homeless kitten to whom he carefully tends~1.约翰·沙利文的图书《小猫和守夜人》中的故事,基于他生活中的真实事件。这个甜蜜的     

童话之父——汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生

<正>Hans Christian Andersen was the most famous writer in Denmark.His stories have attracted many young readers around the world and many of his works are still popular today.汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生是丹麦最著名的作家,他的童话故事吸引了世界上许多小读者,他的许多作品至今仍脍炙人口。Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense,Denmark in 1805.His family was poor and he had a hard childhood.His father was a poor shoe-maker and his mother washed clothes for others for a living.     

骑兵之败

<正>Once,a trooper lived in a country.He worked in the king’s army and was very famous for his bravery all over the kingdom.曾经,在一个国家,有一名骑兵,他在国王的军队里服役,因勇敢而闻名全国。The trooper had a beautiful horse,which was one of the best ones in the country.The trooper loved his horse a lot.那名骑兵有一匹漂亮的马,这匹马是全国最好的马之一。骑兵非常爱他的这匹马。     

幽默小故事

<正>The Fish Net"Can you tell me what fish net is made,Ann?"asked the teacher."A lot of little holes tied together with strings."replied the little girl.鱼网"你能告诉我鱼网是用什么做的吗,安?"老师问道。"把许多小孔用绳子拴在一起就成了鱼网了。"小女孩回答道。A Physics Examination Once in a physics examination,Nick finished the first question very soon,while his classmates were thinking it hard.The question was:when it thunders why do we see the lighting first,then hear the thunder rolls?     

班组员工的成长不需要“鞭子”

"这工作太累了,太枯燥了,干着有啥意思?" "每天千篇一律做同一件事,烦不烦?" "他的工作还没我做得多,凭啥工资比我挣得多?""我比他早进班组,他怎么就比我先提拔了?"……很多次我们走进班组,总能听见班组员工这样的抱怨.