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1、What ! said Tom. I had guessed they were worth at least five dollars.No, said the man, they arent worth a cent more than two dollars.Well, said Tom, taking two dollars out of his pocket. Heres your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price of them was six dollars and a hal

2、f. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say. 152【二】Small children often laugh at the short ones or at someone who isnt d

3、ressed as well asthey are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt peoples feelings by laughing attheir problems. They learn to laugh at other things. Most important they learn to laugh atthemselves. Suppose youre playing a game. You make a mistake and lose. Do you become angry? Or can you laugh

4、 at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you are at a specialdinner. You at times spill some food. Why keep worrying about how clumsy youlooked? Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself any way? If you can, its a good signyouve really grown up. 122【三】 What is the most important invention

5、 of all time? Is it the written word that helps us to record information? Is it the telephone that lets us talk to people from all over the world? Is it the car that lets us travel at great speeds to meet others? Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, thinks it is something quite different. He says the mos

6、t important invention might be right in front of your eyes. He is talking about a simple pair of glasses. Modern eye glasses were invented around 1000 years ago. They were more than just a convenient way to read. Before glasses, writers, scientists or teachers who could not see properly had to memor

7、ize everything. After about ten years of poor eyesight, they could not remember well enough and could not work. Glasses meant that people could work into their old age. People who wanted to remember some information could write it down and read it. Eye glasses are one of the worlds greatest inventio

8、ns-and were probably worn by the people who designed the first telephones and cars. 187【四】Kate left school when she was seventeen years old and went to look for work. She was still living with her parents. A lot of factories needed workers, so it was not hard to find an interesting job（工作）. Kate wen

9、t to several factories and then chose（选择） one of them. It was near her home. She decided（决定） to go to work on foot. The next morning, she went to the factory again and said to the manager（经理）, I want to work here, but how much will you give me ?I will pay for（付款） 27 pounds now. the manager answered,

10、 and 30 pounds after three months. Kate thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, All right, then Ill start in three months. 140【五】One night there was a heavy snowstorm,and in the morning Mr. Smiths garden was full of snow. Mr. Smith wanted to take his car out, so he asked a man

11、to clean the road from his garage to his gate, he said to the man, Dont throw any snow on that side, because it will damage the shrubs in my garden and dont throw any on the other side, because it will break my fence; and dont throw any into the street, or the police will not be pleased. Then Mr. Sm

12、ith went out.When he came back, the road was clean and there was no snow on the shrubs, or the street. Mr. Smith was pleased until he opened the garage to get his car out. There was full of snow from the road, and his car was somewhere under it all. 143【六】Americans like to travel on vacations. Today

13、 more and more travelers in the United States are spending night at small houses or instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast for the next morning.Room for the night in private homes with breakfast places have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.In the past

14、five to ten years, these bed-and breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these Americas bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms. Others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the r

15、ooms while others do.Staying at b bed-and breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someones home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationists say they enjoy

16、the chance to meet local families. 169【七】In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the abov

17、e On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them Then if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat

18、and leave the back seat though there is no people sitting on it【八】A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew. One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant

19、it. He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the

20、tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died, Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. Whats the difference? the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.Yes, said the friend, but at least someone could have enjoyed

21、the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree! 184【九】The lake of autumnI remember quite clearly now when the story happened. The autumn leaves were floating in measure down to the ground, recovering the lake, where we used to swim like c

22、hildren, under the sun was there to shire. That time we used to be happy. Well, I thought we were. But the truth was that you had been longing to leave me, not daring to tell me. On that precious night, watching the lake, vaguely conscious. You said: our story is ending. The rain was killing the las

23、t days of summer; you had been killing my last breath of love, since a long time ago. I still dont think Im going to make it through another love story. You took it all away from me. And there I stand; I knew I was going to be the one left behind. But still Im watching the lake, vaguely conscious, a

24、nd I know my life is ending! 158一One day Mark Twain was asked whether he could remember the first money he made. He thought a while before answering, and then said, Yes, I remember everything about it. It was at school. The pupil in those days never respected their teachers and never took care of th

25、e things of the school. They often broke the window glasses. There was a rule that any boy who broke the glass would be beaten in front of the whole school, or have to pay five dollars. One afternoon I was playing football, when suddenly my ball hit the window. I ran over and found its glass broken

26、into pieces. I could do nothing but tell my father I had made the mistake, and that I should pay the money or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family lose face in front of the public. He agreed to give me money in order to hand it over to the headmast

27、er. But before giving me money, he took me upstairs and gave me a good beating. But having had one beating and got used to it, I decided I would accept another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So thats what I did. That was the first money I ever made. 223二Dinner customs are different aro

28、und the world. If you are a guest in Ghana, this information will help you a lot. In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives gue

29、sts takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side o

30、f the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw because it is very h

31、ard. You must chew fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only. 207三Many people worried about the environment. They say we should use our cars less because they pollute the air. We should catch a bus. They say we do not have enough exercise so we should walk or ride to school and work.However, many parents worry about their children walking to school or using their bicycles. In country areas, the roads are narrow and there nay not be footpaths. There