【正文】 1 Short Stories for Comprehension A1 課文 用法 Usage 練習(xí)中的句子 、單詞、詞組 A Difficult Question Four girls went to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls said, “There?s a test this morning. Let?s get to school late. Then we won?t have to take the test.” “What can we tell the teacher?” one of the girls said. “He?ll be angry. We?ll need a good excuse.” The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, “Let?s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.” “That?s a good idea,” the other girls said. “We?ll tell him that.” They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished. “Why are you late?” the teacher asked. “You missed the test.” “Our taxi had a flat tire,” one of the girls said. The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, “Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room.” The four girls did this. Then the teacher said, “Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?” excuse n. or v. n. 借口、理由 v. 對(duì)不起、請(qǐng)?jiān)? Do you have a good excuse for being late? Every day she thinks a new excuse to tell her teacher. She has a new excuse every day. That?s the strangest excuse I?ve ever heard. Please excuse me, I have to go to the bathroom. Excuse me, could you tell me the time? Please excuse my brother, he is not very polite. Excuse me for being so late. How did the girls go to school every day? Why did the girls want to be late for school? They did not like school. They wanted to go shopping. They had not done their homework. They did not want to take a test. What was the girls? excuse for being late? They got up late. They could not get a taxi. Their taxi had a flat tire. They fot the time. Why couldn?t the girls answer correctly the teacher?s question? They couldn?t remember which tire was flat. There wasn?t a flat tire. They each gave a different answer. All four tires were flat. The girls did not want to take a test. 2 課文 用法 Usage 練習(xí)中的句子 、單詞、詞組 The girls arrived at school an hour after the test finished. “Our taxi was late because it has a flat tire,” one of the girls said. The teacher asked them which of the taxi?s tires was flat. Four girls went to school every day by taxi. They did not want to take a test so they arrived at school an hour late. They told the teacher their taxi had a flat tire. He did not believe them and asked them which tire was flat. They could not answer this question. Will I fail my test if I do that? I thought you said “Turn left.” That?s the fifth time I?ve done that this week. The hole （坑） in the Ground There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm. Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow（淺的） . Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep. charge v. 收取。的錢，收費(fèi) How much do you charge for a haircut? The taxi driver charged me $50. Where did the farmer live? Many cars went into the hole because the drivers did not know the hole was very deep. What did the farmer do all day? How did the farmer make money? 3 課文 用法 Usage 練習(xí)中的句子 、單詞、詞組 The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole. When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged（收費(fèi)） the driver a lot of money for doing this. One day, the driver of a car said to him, “You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.” “Oh, no,” the farmer said, “I don?t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.” The road was not busy but cars passed from time to time. There was a hole in the road that was always full of water. Many drivers drove into the hole because they did not know it was deep. The farmer charged people for pulling them out of the hole. What did the farmer pull them out with? What did he fill the hole with at night? Quick Thinking One day, Tony met his friend, Alan, in the street. Tony was quite rich, but Alan was poor. The two boys walked along the street together. They talked about many things. Tony liked to listen to music and he told Alan about some new songs. Alan liked reading, and he told Tony about some new books. They had the same friends, and they talked about these, too. Then Tony remembered something. “I lent you ten dollars last week,” he said. “Can you give it back to me?” “I?m very sorry, Tony,” Alan said. “I fot about it.” He thought about this money for a minute. Then he said, “I haven?t got any money with me today. I?ll pay you back tomorrow.” “All right,” Tony said, “I can wait another day.” At that moment a man ran up. He had a knife in his hand. Alan and Tony were afraid. He was a dangerous man. “Give me your money,” he said to Tony. Owe Lend 、借給 Borrow I have $10. Jane needs $10. So I will lend Jane $10 and Jane will borrow $10 from me. Now Jane owes me $10. I lent Jane $10=I lent $10 to Jane. v. +back 歸還、返回 pay back give back go back 4 課文 用法 Usage 練習(xí)中的句子 、單詞、詞組 Tony took out his wallet and gave it to the thief. The thief took out the money and threw the wallet on to the ground. “Now you give me your money,” he said to Alan. Alan thought quickly. He took out his wallet, but he did not give it to the thief. He gave it to Tony and said, “I owe you some money, Tony. Here it is.” The New Doctor An old man visited a new doctor. He was ve