❶ 10篇英語經典短文帶翻譯（越短越好）
又要經典又要帶翻譯還要10篇，還不給分，你好貪心喲！
《別讓蠟燭熄滅》
A man had a little daughter—an only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health。
一個男人有一個很小的女兒，那是他唯一的孩子，他深深地愛著她，為她而活，她就是他的生命。所以，當女兒生病時，他像瘋了一般竭盡全力想讓她恢復健康。
His best efforts, however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream。
然而，他所有的努力都無濟於事，女兒還是死了。父親變得痛苦遁世，避開了許多朋友，拒絕參加一切能使他恢復平靜，回到自我的活動。但有一天夜裡，他做了一個夢。
He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child's candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, "How is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?" "Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out."
他到了天堂，看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣，手裡拿著一根蠟燭。他注意到有一個小天使的蠟燭沒有點亮。隨後，他看到那個拿著沒有點亮的蠟燭的小天使是自己的女兒。他奔過去，一把將女兒抱在懷里，溫柔地抱著她，然後問道：「寶貝兒，為什麼只有你的蠟燭沒有點亮呢？」「爸爸，他們經常重新點亮蠟燭，可是你的眼淚總是把它熄滅。」
Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling's candle be extinguished by his useless tears。
就在這時，他從夢中醒來。夢給他上的一課很明顯，而且立竿見影。從那個時候起，他不再消極遁世，而是自由自在，興高采烈的回到從前的朋友和同事們中間。寶貝女兒的蠟燭再也沒有被他無用的眼淚熄滅過。
❷ 英語閱讀短文回答問題附帶翻譯
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一英語
閱讀理解
（A）閱讀短文，判斷正誤。正確的寫「」，錯誤的寫「F」。
Mr Jones and Mr Brown work in the same office (辦公室).One day Mr Jones says to Mr Brown ,
「I will have a small party at our house on Monday evening . Would you and your wife like to
come ?」
Mr Brown says , 「Thank you very much . I』d love to , but let me ask my wife first .」
So Mr Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife . Then he comes back and looks very
worried .
「What』s the matter?」 asks Mr Jones . 「Is you wife there at home ?」
「No,」 answers Mr Brown . 「She isn』t there . My small son answers the telephone . I
say to him , 『Is your mother there , David ?』 and he answers 『No , she isn』t in the
house.』『Where is she ?』 I ask ,『She is somewhere outside(在外面) .』『What』s she doing?』
『She is looking for me .』」
1．There is a party at Mr Jones』s house on Monday evening .
2．Mr Jones asks Mr Brown and his wife to go to the party .
3．The telephone is in Mr Brown』s office.
4．Mr Brown speaks to Mrs Brown on the telephone .
5．Mrs Brown is looking for her son .
(B)閱讀短文，選擇正確答案。
One Sunday morning Mr Green and his child , Bill ,are in a big shop . Mr Green wants to
buy a new blouse for Mrs Green . Bill likes oranges , so his father buys two kilos(公斤)of
oranges for him , too . Bill wants to buy some picture—books and colour pencils , too . There
are many people in the shop . They are men and women , old and young . They all want to buy
something there .
6．Mr Green goes to the shop with .
A．Mrs green B．his son C．his daughter D．his father
7．Mr Green wants to buy a new blouse for .
A．Bill』s mother B．Bill C．his friend D．other people
8．Bill likes .
A．all the things B．the new blouse C．oranges D．orange
9．Bill wants to buy .
A．some picture—books B．some colour pencils C．clothes in the shop D．A and B
10．The shop is .
A．empty B．close C．full of children D．full of people
答案:（A）1.T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T
（B）6.B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. D
桜花飄散 06-02-04 20:15
1).閱讀下列短文，正確的句子後面圈」T 」，錯誤的句子後面圈」F 」.
Jane White is an English girl. She is my friend. She is a teacher. She likes English. She is in a red coat. She is a nice girl. Bob is her brother. He is a singer . He is in a black jacket.
1. Jane White is my teacher. T F
2. Bob is her father. T F
3. Bob is a teacher, too . T F
4. Bob is in a yellow jacket. T F
5. Jane is in a red coat. T F
2).閱讀短文，判斷正誤：
My name is Wu Dong. I am a student. This is my English teacher. He is a man(男人). His name is Wu Hai. He is twenty-seven. He is in No. 5 Middle School. He is a good teacher. He is my good friend, too.
( )1.Wu Hai is an English teacher. And he is English.
( )2. Wu Hai is not an old man.
( )3. Wu Hai is a Chinese teacher , too.
( )4. Wu Dong is Wu Hai』s student and friend.
( )5. Their school is No. 5 Middle School.
3). 閱讀短文，判斷正誤：
I am Wu dong. I am a Chinese boy. I am in Grade One. This is Li Ping. And this is Liu Ying. They are students , too. They are my classmates(同學). We are all Young Pioneers（少先隊員）.
That is Mr Hu. He is a Chinese teacher. That is Miss Ann. She is an English teacher. Miss Ann is young（年輕的）, but Mr Hu is not so young. They are both（兩者都） our good teachers.
( )1. Li Ping, Liu Ying and Wu Dong are all in the same（相同的）class.
( )2. Liu Ying and Wu Dong are Young Pioneers, but Li Ping is not.
( )3. Mr Hu is a teacher of English.
( )4. Miss Ann teaches us Chinese.
( )5.Mr Hu is old, but Miss Ann is young.
4).讀短文，選擇正確答案：
I』m thirteen and my sister is nine years old. I like
swimming very much, but my sister doesn』t do. She
likes tennis better. In summer（夏天） I often go
swimming. My sister plays tennis with her friends. They
are good players（選手）. My friends Fred likes
swimming. He can swim faster than（比）I .
( )1. Fred likes _____ .
A. tennis B. baseball C. jogging D. swimming
( )2.My sister plays tennis with ____.
A. me B. Fred C. her friends D. herself
( )3.Which of the following is not true ?
A. Fred swims faster than I .
B. My sister likes swimming better.
C. My sister and her friends are all very good players .
D. In summer I often go swimming .
( )4. Who』s Fred?
A. He』s my sister』s friend . B. He is my friend.
C. He is a tennis player. D. He is my brother.
( )5. how old is my sister?
A. She is thirteen. B. She is nine.
C. She is thirteen years old. D. She likes tennis better .
5).根據短文介紹，完成表格：
Hi! My name is Li Lei .I have a good English friend. Her name is Ann. She is in No. 1 Middle School. Look, this is her mother, Betty Smith , and this is her father , John Smith. They love her. Miss Gao is her teacher. She loves her students. Do you want to know Ann』s phone number and E-mail Address? Her phone number is 8889966 and her E-mail address is Ann E-mail：[email protected].
My name :
Friend』s name:
Friend』s sex:
Friend』s nationality(國籍) :
Friend』s school:
Friend』s teacher:
Friend』s father :
Friend』s mother:
Friend』s phone number:
Friend』s E-mail:
6).讀短文，判斷正誤：
I am Mike. I have（有） a big family. My grandparents have two sons and one daughter. My father is Thomas. He is a policeman（警察）. My mother is a worker（工人）. My uncle, Benny, is a doctor（醫生）. He has a son and a daughter . My aunt, Mary, is a teacher. Her students like her very much. Her daughter, Rose, is only five.
1. There are（有） four people in Mike』s family.
2. Mike』s uncle has two children.
3. Mike』s aunt is a teacher.
4. Mike has one aunt, one uncle and three cousins.
5. Mike』s cousin, Rose ,is five.
7).讀短文，回答問題：
Mike is an English boy .Liu Hai is a Chinese boy. But they are in the same class. Mike speaks English very well and likes playing baseball. After school Mike often helps（幫助）Liu Hai with his English. And they often play baseball on the playground（操場）. They are good friends.
1. Who is Mike?
2. Who speaks English very well ?
3. What does Mike like doing?
4. What do they often do on the playground?
5. What does Mike often do after school?
8).下面是張洪的介紹，請認真閱讀，然後根據短文內容完成名片：
It』s Zhang Hong』s ID card. She is my classmate(同學). She is nine. Her phone number is seven zero eight eight six two one.
First name: ________________
Last name : ________________
Sex: (性別)______________
Age(年齡): ______________
Tel:
9).閱讀短文，判斷正誤：
Tom is an American student. He is in Grade Seven now. Tom likes sports and movies. He can tell you a lot about movie stars. He thinks Matrix, the Hulk are good movies. And Sleep Night is his favorite movie. Tom thinks Jolin is his favorite movie star. Tom wants to be an actor like Jolin, 「She is great. 」 Tom often says .
( )1.Tom is in Grade Seven.
( )2. Tom just like movies.
( )3. matrix and the Hulk are good movies stars.
( )4. Tom doesn』t have any favorite movie stars.
( )5. Tom wants to be a player.
10). 讀短文，選擇正確答案：
Lily is American. She is twelve. She is a middle school student. She is in No. 15 Middle School. She is in Class 4, Grade One. Her teacher is Miss Green. Her bedroom is very nice. In her bedroom you can see a bed, a table, a chair, a clock, a map, a picture, a cat and some flowers. The bed is white. The table and the chair are brown. The cat is black. It』s under the table. The clock is blue. It』s on the table. The door and the window are yellow. The map is a map of China. The picture is her family picture. Both of them are on the wall.
( )1. Lily is an ____ girl. A. Chinese
B. American C. Japanese D. English
( )2. She has a ___clock.
A. red B. white C. blue D. black
( )3. Where is the cat ?_____
A. on the wall B .under the table
C. at the door D. on the desk
( )4. How old is the girl? A. 11 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
( )5. How many can you see in her room?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
❸ 求20篇英語閱讀理解，帶翻譯帶答案。盡量不要超過180詞。謝謝！請快一點
完形填空 回答問題 還是首字母
❹ 十篇英語短文 帶翻譯
my family
i love my family, because i have a happy family.
my father is an english teacher. his name is jacky. he is thirty-eight. he likes playing basketball. what』s my mother job? is she a teacher? yes, you』re right! my mother is very kind and nice, she is thirty-seven. my mother is always laborious work. i love my parents!
on saturday and sunday, i often go to the library and play the piano, my father go to play basketball. sometimes, we watch tv and listen to music at home.
i love my family. because i』m very happy to live with my parents together!
我的家庭
我愛我的家庭,因為我有一個快樂的家庭.
我的爸爸是一名英語教師,他的名字叫jacky.他今年38歲.他非常喜歡打籃球.我的媽媽是趕什麼呢?她是一名教師嗎?是的.你說對了!我的媽媽是一個很親切、友善的人,她今年37歲.我媽媽總是勤勞的幹活.我愛我的父母.
在星期六和星期天里,我經常去圖書館和彈鋼琴.我爸爸去打籃球.有時侯,我們都在家看電視和聽音樂.
我愛我家.因為我和爸爸媽媽一起生活得很開心!
lan and fred
lan and fred were boys. they were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school. last friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. he said to both of them, 「stay here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.」 after the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but lan and fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names.
then fred began crying.
the teacher looked at him and said,」 why are you crying, fred?」
「because his name』s lan may, and mine』s frederick hollingsworth,」 fred said.
易恩和富雷得
易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他們都十二歲了。他們在學校里是同班同學。上周五下午他們在學校里打了一架。為此老師很生氣。老師對他們說：「下午下課後留在著把你們的名字寫一千遍。」
最後一節課下課，所有的學生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他們的老師留在教師里抄寫他們的名字。
接著富雷得哭了起來。
老師看了看他問：「富雷得，你為什麼要哭呢？」
「因為他的名字是lan may, 而我的名字確是frederick hollingsworth，」富雷得回答道。
ann』s diary
today was sunday. today was september 30th, 2004. it was a boring day. it was hot. i was not a work.
i watched tv all morning. the shows were boring. then i called my friend, nancy. she wasn』t at home. i didn』t know where she was.
at twelve i was hungry. there was not any food in the fridge. i was lazy. i was tired. then i ate lunch outside. at one o』clock. i was in bed. in the afternoon i was at the movies. the film was boring. i『m glad tomorrow is monday. i can go to school and see my friends.
安的日記
今天是星期天，2004年9月30日。這是令人厭煩的一天。今天天氣很熱，我呆在家裡，不用去上學。
我看了一上午的電視。電視節目和無聊。於是我給好朋友南西打電話，可她不在家。我不知道她去哪裡了。
十二點我餓了，可是冰箱里什麼食物都沒有。我很懶惰，也很勞累，於是我出去吃了午飯。一點我上床睡覺。下午我去了電影院。電影很無聊。很高興明天就是星期一了，我有可以返回學校見到我的好朋友了。
notice
to all the teachers and students in grade 7,
this afternoon, all the students in grade 7 will go to the west hill to plant trees. we『ll take a bus there, and make sure to gather at the school gate at 2pm. don『t be late.
the school office
march 18th, 2006
告示
今天下午七年級全體同學要乘車去西山(west hill)植樹(plant trees).請2:00准時在校門口集合
或者
watermelon is many people『s favorite. it is sweet and it has a lot of water. watermelon has two colors, green outside and red inside. people usually have watermelons in summer. but nowadays we can eat watermelon every season in the year.
西瓜
西瓜是很多人喜歡的食物。它很甜而且水量多。西瓜的顏色，外面是綠的裡面是紅的。人們以往通常在夏天才吃西瓜，但現在一年的每個季節我們都可以吃到西瓜了。
inside the russian embassy in london a kgb colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time. there was no need for the writer to express regret, he though. correcting this problem would be easy. he would do that in a moment. the thought of it caused a grim smile to appear and joy to his heart. but he pushed away those thoughts and turned his attention to a framed photograph on his desk. his wife was beautiful, he told himself as he remembered the day they were married. that was forty-three years ago, and it had been the proudest and happiest day of his life.
在倫敦的俄國使館，一位克格勃上校一邊吞雲吐霧，一邊讀著一張手寫的字條，這已是他第三次在讀這張字條了。便條的作者不必表示遺憾了，上校這樣想著。糾正這個錯誤其實很容易。他只要一會兒工夫便會做到。想到
❺ 英語短文帶翻譯10篇。
Park
There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there. 我家附近有一個公園。哪裡有很多美麗的樹、花和小鳥。所以很多人都喜歡到那裡去度周末。他們喜歡在公園里散步或是野餐.但是我喜歡和我姐姐在那裡放風箏。
Bedroom
I have a small bedroom.There are only a small bed,a small desk and a small chair in the room.And there is a beautiful doll on my blue bed.Everyday I do my homework,read books and play games with the doll in my bedroom.It is small,but it gives me much happiness. 我有一間小小的卧室。那裡有一張小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且還有一個漂亮的娃娃在我那張藍色的小床上。我每天都在房間里寫作業，看書和與我的娃娃玩。雖然房間很小，但是他給了我很多歡樂。
My father
My father is a tall and handsome man.He is a policeman. Everyday he comes back home very late,because he must help the others.He doesn't have time to examine my homework and take me to the park.But I like my father,because he is a good policeman. 我的爸爸是一個高大帥氣的男人。他是一個警察。他每天都很晚才回家，因為他要幫助其他的人。他沒有時間給我檢查作業和帶我去公園。但是我仍然很喜歡我的爸爸，因為他是一個好警察。
I am from ShenZhen. In spring ,the weather is warm and wet. I can play kite. In summer, the weather is hot and wet. I can swim in the swimming pool. In the autumn, the weather is cool and dry. I can play kite, too. In the winter, the weather is cold and dry. It never snow.
我是來自深圳。在春天，在天氣溫暖及潮濕。我可以玩風箏。在夏季，天氣炎熱及潮濕。我可以游泳，在游泳池。在秋天，天氣涼爽，乾燥。我可以玩風箏，太。在冬季，天氣寒冷及乾燥。它從來沒有積雪。
Today is my grandpa's birthday. Our family went back to my grandpa's home in the morning. We got together to have a big family dinner to celebrate his birthady. We bought a big birthday cake and gave some presents to my grandpa.
In the afternoon, we went to the park to go boating. We had a good time. My grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.
今天是爺爺的生日，我們全家早晨回到爺爺家。我們舉行了大型家庭聚會來慶祝爺爺的生日。我們買了一個大生日蛋糕，並且送給爺爺一些禮物。
下午我們去公園劃船。我們玩得很開心，爺爺過了一個愉快的生日
Mr.Knott is a teacher. He is at home. The telephone rings. He answers the phone.He says,「Hello.This is 82654379. Who's that?」「Watt」 a man answers.「watt's your name,please?」says Mr.Knott is angry.「Watt's my name!」the other man is angey,too.
knott先生是一名教師。他是在家中。電話響了。他回答接起電話，說，「 你好，這是82654379 。你是誰？ 」「瓦特」一個男人答道 。「請問你的名字是什麼？ 」knott先生生氣地說。「瓦特就是我的名字！」另一名男子是也生氣了。
A farmer has five sons.They are Ted,Bob,Tom,John and Bill. John has no elder brother. He was four years older when his first younger brother was born. The number of Tom『s elder brothers is equal to his younger brothers. Bill will be twenty-one years old next year, and he is five years older than Bob. Bob is two years younger than Tom. Ted was sad because he has no younger brother. There are twelve years between him and John.
一個農民有5個兒子。他們是Ted,Bob,Tom,John 和 Bill。John沒有比他大的哥哥，他比第一個出生的比他小的那個弟弟大4歲，Tom哥哥的數量和他的弟弟的數量是一樣的（就是他是老三）Bill 明年就21歲了，他比Bob大5歲，比Tom小2歲，Ted因為沒有弟弟而難過 Ted 和John之間差了12歲
Everything in this world has a nature of its own. Some are charming, some are secing, like the candy, chocolate, the cakes, and some burn everything like fire, as soon as you get near.
天地萬物各有其本質，有些東西很有吸引力、很誘人，像糖果、巧克力、蛋糕等；有些則像火一樣，任何東西一靠近就會被它燒掉。
On My Way to School
Today I got up very early in the morning. After I finished breakfast, I went to school. On my way to school I saw something lying on the ground. I picked it up and found it was a mobile phone. I was afraid I would be late for school. I had no time to wait for the owner. So I gave it to the policeman.
Shortly after I reached my school, the headmaster came to my class and praised me in front of the class. How could he knew all about it? I guess it must be the policeman who told him what I did.
I am very happy that I have done a good job.
就我在上學的路上
今天，我得到了很早就在上午。當我完成早餐，我去了學校。就我在上學的路上我看到的東西躺在地上。我挑選它，並發現這是一部手提電話。我恐怕我會遲到的學校。我沒有時間去等待的所有者。因此，我給它的警察。
不久後，我達到了我的學校，校長來到我的班級，並贊揚我在前面的階級。他怎麼會知道的所有關於它呢？我猜想，它必須是警察誰告訴他，我所做的。
我很高興我已經做得不錯。
China has been a powerful country for the most part of the past three thousand years. China is now rising again. Why is that so surprising to people? History is the best evidence. The rise of China is just a matter of when, not if. Plus, do you want $100 jeans? Do you want $200 shoes? Do you want $3000 computers? If the answers are NO, you\'d better thank China and appreciate the benefits that it brings to your daily life.
中國在過去3000年歷史中大部分時間當中都是個強大的國家。中國現在再次崛起，為什麼人們會感到如此奇怪？歷史是最好的證明。中國崛起只是個時間問題，而不是是否能崛起的問題。另外，你希望賣100美元一條的牛仔褲，200美元一雙鞋，3000美元的電腦嗎？如果不願意，你必須要感謝中國，感謝中國為你日常生活做出的貢獻。
❻ 英語閱讀超短文帶翻譯、帶習題五年級
Two rabbits 兩只小兔子
There are two rabbits in the wood. They are good friends. They go to find food together. They go to school together. They do all the things together. But there is only one thing they do it by oneself. What is it? Do you know? They don』t eat together. Because one of the rabbits is a toy rabbit.
在森林裡有兩只小兔子。他們是好朋友。他們一起去找食物。他們一起去上學。他們一起做所有的事情。但是只有一件事情他們是獨自做的。它是什麼？你知道嗎？他們不一起吃飯。因為其中的一隻小兔子是玩具兔子。
問題1.how many rabbits are there in this story?
there are two.
問題2.do the rabbits go to school together?
yes, they do.
問題3.where are the rabbits now?
they are in the wood.
問題4.do the rabbits like apples?
sorry, we don't know.
問題5.do they eat together?
no, they don't.
❼ 跪求一篇英語閱讀理解帶翻譯問題，七年級的不要太長啊..
這個去有道詞典里去找，裡面很多呀。
❽ 英語短文閱讀帶翻譯（90字以內，10篇）
Lesson 1 A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat.? The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it.? A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.? 『It』s none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'.
Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? ?It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said. 'What are you doing?' she asked. 『I』m having breakfast,' I repeated. 'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!''
Lesson 3 Please send me a card Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of?Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
Lesson 4 An exciting trip I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
Lesson 7 Too late The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened? the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
Lesson 8 The best and the worst Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
Lesson 9 A cold welcome On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.
Lesson 10 Not for jazz We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord(翼琴). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
1私人談話上 星期我去看戲。我有一個很好的座位。這出戲是非常有趣。我不喜歡它。？一位年輕的男子和一名年輕女子坐在我的身後。他們大聲地說著話。我非常生氣。我聽不見演員。我轉過身。我看著憤怒的男人和女人。他們沒有支付任何注意。在最後，我實在忍不住了。我再次轉身。「我不能聽到一個字！」 我氣憤地說。「這是你的事，」年輕人毫不客氣地說。「這是私人間的談話！」
第2課早餐或午餐嗎？它是星期天。我從來沒有早起星期日。有時，我留在床上，直到午餐時間。上個星期天，我起得很晚。我看著窗外。外面一片漆黑。「一天！」 我想。「下雨了。」 就在這時，電話鈴響了。這是我姑母露西打來的。「 我剛下火車，「她說。「我來看看你。」 「但我還在吃早飯，」我說。「你在做什麼？」 她問。「我正在吃早飯，」我重復了一遍。「親愛的我，」她說。「你總是起得這么晚？這是1點鍾了！「
第3課，請給我卡明信片總攪得我假日。去年夏天，我去了義大利。我參觀了博物館和坐公共花園。一位好客的服務員教了我幾句話嗎？義大利。「然後，他借給我一本書。我讀了幾行，但我不明白一個字。我每天都想著明信片。我的假期很快就過去了，但我沒有給我的朋友們寄過一張明信片。在最後一天，我作出了一項重大決定。我早早起了床，買了35張明信片。在我的房間里，我花了整整一天，但我沒有寫在一張卡！
第4課我剛收到信從我的兄弟，添一個令人興奮的旅行。他是在澳大利亞。他已經有六個月。蒂姆是個工程師。他正在為一家大公司，他已經訪問了澳大利亞大量不同的地方。他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車，已經到愛麗絲泉，澳大利亞中部的一個小鎮。他不久將訪問達爾文。從那裡，他將飛往珀斯。我弟弟以前從未出過國之前，因此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心。
第5課沒有錯號詹姆斯·斯科特先生在修理部，修理部，現在他剛買在Pinhurst另一個車庫。pinhurst從修理部只有五英里，但斯科特先生不能得到一個電話，為他的新車庫，所以他買了只鴿子。昨天，一隻鴿子進行的第一條消息從Pinhurst錫爾伯里。鳥用了3分鍾的距離。到現在為止，斯科特先生從一個車庫，備件的信件和其他緊急派出了大量索取。在這種方式中，他已經開始自己的私人電話服務。
第6課珀西我剛剛搬進了大橋街的房子。昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門。他問我吃一頓飯和一杯啤酒。作為回報，那乞丐站在他的頭，唱著歌。我給了他一頓飯。他吃的食物和喝啤酒。然後，他把一塊乳酪在他的口袋裡，就走了。後來，一位鄰居告訴了我他。大家都知道他。他的名字叫珀西。他呼籲在每月一次在街上的每一個房子，總是問一頓飯和一杯啤酒。
第7課，為時已晚，飛機誤點了，偵探們在機場等候了整整一上午。他們正期待從南非鑽石的貴重包裹。幾個小時前，有人曾告訴警方說，盜賊會嘗試竊取鑽石。當飛機到達時，一些偵探等候在主樓內，而其他人則守候在停機坪上。兩名男子在飛機起飛包裹進海關大樓。雖然兩個偵探把住門口的警衛，兩個人開的呢？包裹。令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹裡面裝的全是石頭和沙子！
第8課的最佳和最差的喬·桑德斯擁有我們鎮上最漂亮的花園。幾乎每個人都參加每年的「最佳花園競賽」，但每次都是喬獲勝。弗里斯的花園比喬的是較大的。條例草案的工作難度比喬和生長的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但喬的花園更富有情趣。他整潔的小路，並已建立了超過一池的木橋。我也喜歡花園，但我不喜歡努力工作。每年的花園競賽我進入過，我總是贏在全鎮最差花園的小獎！
第9課一個星期三的晚上寒冷的歡迎，我們去了市政廳。這是一年的最後一天，和一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鍾。它會在20分鍾的時間，取得十二。15分鍾過去了，然後在11點55分時，大鍾停了。大分針不動了。我們等待著，等待著，但什麼也沒有發生。突然有人喊道：「這是十二時二！時鍾已經停止！「 我看著我的手錶。這是真的。大鍾不願意迎接新年。在那一刻，大家開始笑和唱歌。
第10課，爵士樂，我們有一個舊的樂器。它被稱作古鋼琴（翼琴）。它是由德國於1681年。我們的這架古鋼琴存放在起居室。它屬於我們的家庭很長一段時間。很多年前，該儀器是由我的祖父買。它最近被一個客人弄壞了。她試圖發揮它的爵士樂！她在擊琴鍵時用力過猛，兩個字元串被打破。我父親大為吃驚。現在，我們不允許觸摸它。它正在修復了我父親的朋友。