【正文】 1Shumei has many penfriends around the world. She likes writing to them and receiving their letters in return. She stated writing to her first penfriend, Thomas Wright from Britain, when she was ten years old. They have been writing to each other for two years now. Shumei enjoys writing to people from other counties because she finds it very interesting to learn more about those counties and the different things. She hopes to visit her penfriends some day, but she will continue writing to them and enjoying their friendship. She will also try to look for penfriends from other counties such as Japan, China and France. Shumei有很多世界各地的筆友。她喜歡寫信給他們，喜歡收到他們的回信。當她10歲時，開始給第一位來自英國的筆友Thomas Wright寫信。他們互相寫信至今已有兩年了。Shumei之所以喜歡寫信給外國人，是因為她覺得更多地了解那些國家和不同的事物是件很有趣的事情。她希望有一天去拜訪她的筆友，但是她會繼續(xù)寫信給他們，分享他們的友誼。她也期待著來自外國的筆友，如日本，中國和法國的朋友。2 The boss found a boy in the stock room just standing around doing nothing. “How much do you get paid a week?” He asked the boy. The boy replied, “Twenty dollars.” Taking a twenty dollar bill out of his wallet, the boss gave it to the boy and said, “Here, take this. Now get out of here and don’t e back.” As the boy walked out the door, the boss said to the manager, “How long has that lazy kid been working for us?” “He doesn’t work for us,” replied the manager. “He just delivered a package.”老板在儲藏室里看見一個男孩正站著，無所事事。他問這個男孩：“你一個星期得到多少報酬？”。這個男孩回答說：“20美元?！崩习鍙乃腻X包里拿出了20美元的鈔票，給了這男孩，說：“收好了?，F(xiàn)在，從這里滾出去，不要回來了”。當男孩走出門去，老板對經(jīng)理說：“這么懶惰的孩子為我們工作多長時間了？”“他不適合為我們工作，” “經(jīng)理回答說。 “他剛才來送包裹的。3“Peter has just e back from the shops,”said Mrs. James. “He wanted to buy some new football boots, but he wasn’t able to find any that were right for him.”“Were they all the same?”I asked. “He said they showed him different pairs but he didn’t like any of them.”“What is Peter going to do about his boots, then?”I asked. “Well, the shop told him to e back the next week. It’s out a big problem because he doesn’t need to have them before the new school term. But he always begins to get his things ready early. For example, he has never been late for school.”“My daughter is different,”I said, “I have to throw her out when it’s time for school.”“彼得剛剛從商店回來，”詹姆斯太太說?！八胭I新的足球鞋，但他沒能找到適合他的。”“球鞋款式都一樣嗎？”我問道?！八f店員給他看了不同的樣式，但他都不喜歡?！薄澳敲?，彼得怎么辦呢？”我問?！班?，店員告訴他下周再來。這不是個大問題，因為在新學年開始之前，他還不需要球鞋。但他總是提前做準備工作。比如，他從不遲到?！薄拔业呐畠壕筒煌?，”我說，“每到上學時間我都不得不‘扔’她出去?！?The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while others are very pleasant to hear. In a single day you probably hear hundreds of different sounds. All sounds are different. Some may be loud. Some are high。 others are low. Some sounds are useful. Without sound we cannot talk or listen to one another. The ringing of the alarm clock wakes people up. The hooting of a car warns people of danger. Some sounds are harmful. When planes fly low over the land, the very loud sounds can damage the houses. Very loud sounds can even make people deaf. We know sound travel about one kilometer in three seconds. In a thunder storm you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because light travels much faster than sound. Next time you see lightning。 count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder. Divide this number of seconds before you hear thunder. Divide this number by 3. This will tell you how many kilometers away the thunder storm is. 這個世界充滿了許多有趣的聲音。對于我們的耳朵而言，有些是不舒適的，有些則是悅耳動聽的。在一天之內你可能聽到數(shù)以百計的不同聲音。所有的聲音是不同的。有些可能是響亮的。有些高的，有些低的。有些聲音是有用的。沒有聲音，我們彼此不能聽說。鬧鐘鈴聲喚醒人們。汽車的啼聲警示處于危險狀況的人們。有些聲音是有害的。當飛機在陸地上方低空飛行，巨大的聲音可能會損壞房屋。巨大的聲音，甚至可以使人耳聾。我們知道， 3秒鐘里聲音傳播約1公里。在雷雨天你先看到閃電，然后再聽到雷聲。這是因為光的速度比聲音的速度傳播得快的多。下次看到閃電，在聽到雷聲之前，你計算閃電秒數(shù)。均分聽到雷聲之前的秒數(shù)，即除以3。這會告訴你多少公里外有雷雨風暴。5Tommy has a little dog. Her name is Goldier. She is pretty and interesting. Tommy loves her very much. The other day, Goldier was out walking with Tommy. She cut her paw on a bit of glass. When they arrived home, Tommy’s mother thought that the cut was deep. She asked Tommy to take Goldier to the vet. The vet was very kind, and he gave her an injection. Then he stitched up the cut and put on a bandage. Goldier looks ever so funny as she walks on three legs, holding her paw as if she has been to war!湯米有一只小狗。它名叫Goldier。它可愛而有趣。湯米很喜歡它。幾天前，Goldier跟著湯米外出散步。它的爪子踩到了碎玻璃。當他們回到家里，湯米的母親認為它的傷口深。她讓湯米帶Goldier去獸醫(yī)那兒檢查。獸醫(yī)非常和氣，他給Goldier打了針，然后縫合傷口并纏上繃帶。Goldier只用三條腿走路，看上去太好笑了，它抬起傷爪子，好像是剛剛去過戰(zhàn)場！6Long ago people used bells more than they do today. The postman used to ring a hand when he delivered the letters. Fire engines had bells instead of sirens. People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting what was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was time to go to church. At night, this bell was rung so that traveler would find the village in the dark. In most counties, bells were hung around the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or goats. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used less and less. Buzzers, sirens and horns have taken their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in schools and churches so they will not lose their beautiful sounds forever. 從前人們使用鈴聲比現(xiàn)在使用得更廣泛。郵遞員在投遞信件的時候使用手打鈴。消防車使用警鈴，而不是警報器。賣東西的人來到老式住宅區(qū)，搖響鈴聲，高喊吆呼賣東西。每個村莊里使用各自的教堂鐘聲告知人們去教堂的時間。晚上，教堂鐘聲響起，能讓旅行者在黑暗中找到村莊。在大多數(shù)國家，響鈴掛在動物的脖子上。響鈴幫助業(yè)主尋找丟失的?；蛏窖?。今天，在印度，動物仍然掛著響鈴。現(xiàn)在鐘聲使用得越來越少。蜂鳴器，警報器及喇叭已占有一席之地，人們盡量在學校和教堂使用老式鐘，那些美麗的鐘聲將永遠不會消失。7A good breakfast in important. We can easily underground it. We have not eaten anything for about twelve hours by breakfast time. Our bodies need food for morning activities. One good breakfast should be rice or bread, an egg, milk and fruit. On cold morning a cup of hot drink is necessary. We must get up early to have plenty of time to eat breakfast. A good breakfast helps us to be more friendly and also to work better and p