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was glad to take the job. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke. Then my father said, That39。s not the right way. I39。ll show you how to do it. First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily. Then put the larger ones on top of them. My father helped me make a big fire.barbecue 燒烤 valley 山谷 stick 枝條 make a fire 生火燒烤當(dāng)我還是小孩子的時候,所以我們,著用火柴把木頭點燃,:“小片的木頭,因為它們?nèi)菀c燃,然后把大些的放在它們上面.”父親幫我點起了旺旺的火.6 A Joke— “I stand corrected”I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, You didn39。t believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, I stand corrected.lean 傾斜 slightly 輕微地 check out 檢查 refuse 拒絕 quarter 四分之一surgery 手術(shù) cure 治愈 fix 治愈 stand corrected 認(rèn)錯笑話——“我誠懇認(rèn)錯”我有一個朋友,所以我建議他去看醫(yī)生,他總是不聽我的建議,還說我不正常,但是上星期,他康復(fù)了,現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣長了,他也不再傾斜了.“你看,”我說,“那時我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢.”他看著我說:“我認(rèn)錯了.”7 Making a KiteOne day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with apiece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. Then, they