背诵为王.docx

1、背诵为王1 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. The exact date of the Spring Festival on the Western calendar changes from year to year. However, Chinese New Year takes place be

2、tween January 1 and February 19. On the Chinese calendar every year has an animals name. These animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A Chinese legend says that these twelve animals had a race. The first year was named after the rat, the winn

3、er. The other eleven years were named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat jumped onto the oxs back, and then at the end jumped over the oxs head to arrive first! The Chinese believe that a person born in a particular year has some of the characteristics of

4、 that animal.lunar月(亮)的 exact确切的 calendar日历 rat鼠 ox公牛 rabbit兔子 ram公羊 rooster公鸡 legend传说 name after按.命名 particular特殊的 characteristic特征 春 节 对于全世界的华人来说，中国的新年是最重要的节日。人们也称它为春节或农历新年。 公历春节的确切日期每年都在变化。但是春节一般都在 1 月 1 日 到 2 月 19 日 之间。 在农历中，每年都有一个生肖。这些生肖是鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗和猪。据传说，这十二个动物举行了一次赛跑，第一年就以获胜者鼠命名，其他

5、十一年就根据动物们到达终点的顺序命名。聪明的鼠跳在牛背上，在最后时刻跳过牛的头顶第一个到达终点！ 中国人相信在某一年出生的人具有这一年生肖的一些特征2 A Teenagers Joke: Guidelines for Doing Schoolwork My school had a policy about homework. Students should not spend more than ninety minutes per night doing homework. This is how I use the time for my work. Fifteen minutes lo

6、oking for assignment; Eleven minutes calling a friend for the assignment; Twenty three minutes explaining why the teacher is mean and does not like teenagers; Eight minutes in the bathroom; Ten minutes getting a snack; Seven minutes checking the TV Guide; Six minutes telling my parents that the teac

7、her never explained the assignment; Ten minutes sitting at the kitchen table waiting for Mom or Dad to do the assignment.guideline指导方针 policy政策 per每 assignment作业 mean低劣的 snack小吃 TV guide电视指南 有关青少年的一则笑话做作业的指导方针 我的学校有一项针对作业的政策。学生每天晚上做作业的时间不应该超过九十分钟。以下 就是我如何为完成作业而使用这九十分钟的。 花十五分钟找作业； 花十一分钟打电话向同学问作业； 花二十

8、三分 钟抱怨 老师为什么总是那么讨厌，为什么不喜欢我们这些十几岁的孩子； 花八分钟在洗手间里； 花十分钟找小吃； 花七分钟查看电视节目预告； 花六分钟告诉父母，老师从没解释过所布置的作业； 花十分钟坐在餐桌旁等妈妈或者爸爸来做作业3 The Toad and the Frog A toad saw a frog near the road. He was a fat old frog. He sat and moaned and groaned. (叹息)The toad said, “Do not moan and groan, Mr. Frog. Hop like me. Hop down

9、 the road.” So the frog and the toad went down the road to a big oak tree. “I am home,” said the toad. “Come in and I will make tea.” But Mr. Frog said, in a deep croak, “I must not roam far from home. I will be off to my home near the pond.”toad蟾蜍,癞蛤蟆 moan呻吟 hop跳跃 oak橡树 croak一种低而嘶哑的声音 roam游荡；闲逛癞蛤蟆和

10、青蛙 一只癞蛤蟆在路边看到一只青蛙。那是只又胖又老的青蛙。他坐在那里呻吟叹息着。 癞蛤蟆说：“青蛙先生，不要呻吟叹息了。像我一样跳吧。沿着这条路跳。” 所以青蛙和癞蛤蟆一起沿着小路跳到一棵大橡树下。 “我到家了，”癞蛤蟆说，“进来吧，我来泡茶。” 但青蛙用低沉的声音说：“我不能在离家远的地方闲逛，我要回我在池塘边上的家。”4 A was an apple pie A was an apple pie A是一个苹果(APPLE)派 B bit it B咬了(BIT)一口苹果派 C cut it C切开(CUT)苹果派 D dealt it D来分发(DEALT)苹果派 E eat it E吃了(

11、EAT)一块苹果派 F fought for it F为了一块苹果派而与人打斗(FOUGHT) G got it G得到了(GOT)苹果派 H had it H也分到了(HAD)苹果派 I inspected it I来检查(INSPECTED)苹果派 J jumped for it J为得到了苹果派而欢蹦乱跳(JUMPED) K kept it K保存(KEPT)起了苹果派 L longed for it L渴望(LONGED)得到苹果派 M mourned for it M因没得到苹果派而伤心落泪(MOURNED) N nodded at it N对苹果派垂涎三尺(NODDED) O op

12、ened it O打开了(OPENED)苹果派 P peeped in it P觊觎(PEEPED)苹果派 Q quartered it Q把个苹果派分成了四份(QUARTERED) R ran for it R跑着(RAN)去抢苹果派 S sang for it S为苹果派而歌唱(SANG) T took it T拿走了(TOOK)苹果派 U upset it U打翻了(UPSET)苹果派 V viewed it V审视着(VIEWED)苹果派 W wanted it W想得到(WANTED)苹果派 XYZ and & all wished for a piece in hand. XYZ和

13、所有孩子一样都想分到一块苹果派5 Homestay in the US My name is Jenny and I did a homestay in America. When I first met my host mother, Mary, she gave me a big hug. I was really shocked because I had never been hugged before, and I wasnt sure how to respond. By the time I left America, though, I came to enjoy huggin

14、g and being hugged. Shaking hands was also a challenge. My homestay father, Peter, looked at me straight in the eye and squeezed my hand firmly. Both Mary and Peter wanted me to call them by their first names because they, as Americans, like informality. By using first names only, we felt friendlier

15、 towards each other.homestay 家庭寄宿 host 东道主 hug 拥抱 shock 震惊 respond 回应 challenge 挑战 straight 直接地 squeeze 挤压 firmly 紧紧地 informality 随意 在美国家庭寄宿 我叫珍妮，我在美国家庭寄宿。当我第一次见到我要寄宿那家的母亲玛丽时，她热情地拥抱了我。我确实感到非常震惊因为我从来没有被拥抱过，我不知道该如何回应。然而到我要离开美国时，我已经非常喜欢拥抱别人和被别人拥抱了。 握手也是个挑战。我寄宿那家的父亲彼特，直视着我的眼睛，紧紧地握我的手。 玛丽和彼特都希望我对他们直呼其名，因

16、为美国人一般比较随意。通过直呼其名，我们互相之间感到更加亲切友好6 Brothers and Sisters My sister is a year older than me and weve been sharing a room since I was 3 years old. We are very close, but we also fight all the time. Our fights are never serious. I cant remember the cause of our fights now, but they were always over small

17、 things. Sometimes it was just over a particular word I used or maybe just because- my sister gave my teddy bear a hug and I was unhappy about it. We dont take our fights very seriously as if all the fights are a game. I think its perfectly okay for kids to fight with their brothers or sisters. Now

18、Im a teenager, and I even think that theyre sweet memories!share 分享 serious 认真的 cause 原因 fight 打架 particular 特别的,特殊teddy bear 玩具熊 perfectly 完全 兄 弟 姐 妹 我的姐姐比我大一岁，从我三岁起我们就一直合用一个房间。我们非常亲密，但是我们也时常打架。我们打架从来不是认真的。我现在都记不起我们打架的原因，但肯定是因为一些小事。有时候，仅仅是因为我用的某个词，或者是因为姐姐抱了我的玩具熊，而我对此感到生气。我们从来不把打架当真，就好像这只是场游戏。我觉得小孩子

19、和兄弟姐妹们打打闹闹没有什么。现在我已经十几岁了，但我觉得那都是我美好的回忆！7 Thirty Days Hath September （Nursery Rhyme）三十天的是九月（童谣一首）Thirty days hath September, 三十天的是九月April, June, and November; 四月，六月和十一月；All the rest have thirty-one, 其余的月份都是三十一天，Except for February alone, 除了二月，It has twenty-eight days clear, 二月只有二十八天，And twenty-nine o

20、n each Leap Year. 每个闰年二月有二十九天hath （古英语）=has leap year 闰年 8 Two Dumplings A young man had a small business. He worked very hard, and he made a lot of money. One day, he had dinner with a businessman. He wanted the man to become his business partner. When they finished the dinner, there were two dumpl

21、ings left.The young man told the waitress: Please pack them in a doggy bag and Id like to take them home.Soon the businessman decided to work together with the young man. He said, The young man is great. He has lots of money but he wont waste it.dumpling 饺子 partner 伙伴 waitress 女服务员 pack 包 doggy bag

22、（饭店里客人将吃剩食物打包带走时用的）纸包 两个饺子 一个年轻人做了点小生意。他工作很努力，所以他赚到了许多钱。一天，他和一个商人吃饭。他希望那个人成为他的生意伙伴。当他们吃完饭后，还剩下两个饺子。 年轻人告诉服务员小姐：“请把这两个饺子打包，我要带回家去。”很快，这个商人就决定和这个年轻人一起做生意了。他说：“这个年轻人很好。他有很多钱但他不浪费。”9 A Visit to the City Centre On their first day in the capital, Diana and Peter visited the Old Tower which stood on a hill

23、 near the city centre. There were stairs leading to the top, but Diana and Peter decided to take the lift. At the top there was a caf and a balcony where visitors could stand and enjoy the view. It was magnificent you could see the whole city, the river and the hills beyond. On their way back from t

24、he Tower, Diana and Peter went past the main square in the city centre. They stopped at a stall to have some orange juice, and sat and watched the traffic for a while. The square was very busy, with cars, buses, bicycles and pedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the square there was

25、a policeman controlling the traffic. stair 楼梯 take the lift 乘电梯 balcony 阳台 magnificent 壮观的 stall 摊点 pedestrian 行人 control 控制 游览市中心 戴安娜和彼特第一天游览了首都市容，去了市中心附近小山上的古塔。古塔有楼梯直通塔顶，但戴安娜和彼特决定乘坐电梯。塔顶有一个咖啡厅和观光平台，游客可以俯瞰市容。这儿的景色很美丽整座城市尽收眼底，还有远处的河流和群山。 在从古塔回来的路上，戴安娜和彼特游览了市中心广场。他们在一个小摊贩前停下喝果汁，坐下小歇一会，观赏街上的车水马龙，广场上小汽

26、车、公共汽车、自行车和行人络绎不绝，广场中心一位警察在指挥交通10 Rain, Rain, Go Away（Nursery Rhyme） 雨，雨，走开吧（童谣一首）Rain, rain, go away, 雨，雨，走开吧， But not on me. 但不要下在我身上。Come again another day. 改天再来吧， Rain, rain, go away, 雨，雨，走开吧， Rain, rain, go to Spain, 雨，雨，去西班牙吧， Come again on washing day. 洗衣服的那天再来吧。Never show your face again. 不要

27、再出现了。 Rain, rain, go to Germany, 雨，雨，去德国吧，Rain, rain, pour down, 雨，雨，尽情地下吧， And remain there permanently. 永远待在那里吧But not a drop on our town. 但是一滴也不要下到我们镇上来。 Rain, rain, go away,Rain on the green grass, 雨下在碧绿的草地上， Come on Marthas wedding day.And rain on the tree, 雨下在树上， And rain on the housetop, 雨下在房

28、顶上， remain 保持，逗留 permanently 永远地11 An Embarrassing ShowThe day of the school science fair had finally arrived, and Lisa was both nervous and excited. She couldnt wait to show off her volcano model at the fair. She might even win the first prize! As Lisa was setting up her volcano, she noticed her fr

29、iend Alexs project on the table next to hers. Weeks ago, Alex had asked her for help in creating a model of the solar system, and Lisa was glad to help. He never told her he as going to enter it in the Science Fair! His model was painted beautifully in different colours. Finally Alex got the first p

30、lace and Lisa felt very embarrassed.fair 展览会 nervous 神经紧张的，不安的 excited 兴奋的 show off 炫耀 volcano 火山 project 设计，计划 create 创作，创造 solar system 太阳系 embarrassed 觉得难堪的一次令人难堪的展览 学校的科学展览日终于到来了，丽莎既紧张又兴奋。她等不及要在展览会上炫耀她的火山模型。她甚至有可能赢得第一名！ 正当丽莎组装她的火山时，她注意到旁边桌子上她朋友亚历克斯的设计。几星期前，亚历克斯曾请她帮助他创作一个太阳系的模型，丽莎很乐意地帮助了他。可他从没告诉过

31、她他打算拿它参加科学展览！他的模型色彩鲜艳。最终亚历克斯获得了第一名，丽莎觉得很难堪！12 Humour Things Your Mother Wouldnt Say 幽默母亲不会说的话Be good and Ill buy you a motorcycle for your birthday! “你表现好，我就给你买辆摩托车作为生日礼物！”How on earth can you see the TV sitting so far back? “你怎么能够坐得这么远看电视呢？”Dons bother wearing a jacket its quite warm out. “不用麻烦再穿夹克衫了外面很暖和。”Let me smell that shirt yeah, its good for another week. “让我闻闻这件衬衫好，还可以再穿一个星期。”I think a cluttered bedroom is a sign of creativity.? “我觉得乱七八糟的卧室也是创造力的表现。”Yeah, I used to skip school, too.? “好，我以前也逃过课。”Just leave all the lights on.it makes the h