【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 “你們有誰想和我比一比嗎？” “我?！睘觚斦f。 “你！”兔子笑道，“哦，哦，太滑稽了！” “留著到比賽結(jié)束后笑吧?！睘觚斦f。 他們劃了條起跑線，出發(fā)了。兔子跑得飛快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下來休息。等到烏龜趕上來時(shí)，他睡著了。 烏龜一直往前走，當(dāng)兔子最后醒來時(shí)，已經(jīng)太晚了。 烏龜坐在一塊牌子旁，上面寫著： 終點(diǎn)。14 Helping Parents Parents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let39。s say that your mother is not happy about her boss. If she doesn39。t have other ways of expressing her emotions, she might e home and yell at you, scream at your dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you. Here39。s how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble controlling his or her anger: Don39。t make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinking clearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till your parent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explain how the anger is affecting you. yell 大叫，呼喊 scream 尖聲喊叫 handle 處理 adult 成年人 cool off 平靜下來 tone 語氣 affect 影響 幫 助 父 母父母常常因?yàn)樗麄兩钪械臒蓝鷼狻Ｎ覀兣e個(gè)例子，比如你媽媽對(duì)她的上司不滿。假如她沒有其他方法發(fā)泄她的情緒，她就可能回到家沖你大聲嚷嚷，對(duì)你爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至對(duì)你說一些難聽的話。 當(dāng)你身邊的大人控制不住他們的怒火時(shí)，你應(yīng)付的方法是：別讓情況變得更糟糕。生氣的人很難保持思維清晰，所以不要做，也不要說任何會(huì)使事情變得更糟的事或話。先等你的父母平靜下來，然后再心平氣和地和他們談，并想辦法說明他們的怒火是如何影響你的。15Humour — What Is a Teenager?A teenager is ... ... someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room. ... a whiz who can operate the latest puter without a lesson but can39。t make a bed. ... a connoisseur of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud. ... an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too tired to dry the dishes. ... a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week. ... a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needs cleaning. ... an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager. block 街區(qū) whiz 天才，能手 operate 操作 connoisseur 內(nèi)行，鑒賞家 enthusiast 熱心的人，熱情的人 energy 精力 romantic 浪漫主義者 suspect 懷疑 original 新穎的，獨(dú)創(chuàng)的 positive 肯定的 幽默——少年是什么樣的人？少年是…… ……一個(gè)隔著三個(gè)街區(qū)也能聽到他最喜歡的歌手的聲音但卻聽不到隔壁房間母親叫聲的人。 …… 一個(gè)不用上一節(jié)課就可以操作最新電腦的能手，但卻不會(huì)鋪床。 ……兩種音樂的鑒賞家——吵鬧的和非常吵鬧的音樂。 ……一個(gè)充滿熱情，精力充沛的人，他可以騎車騎幾英里，但卻經(jīng)常因?yàn)橛X得太累而擦不干碟子。 ……一個(gè)浪漫主義者，他不經(jīng)常戀愛，一周絕對(duì)少于一次。 ……一個(gè)每星期六都要睡到中午，卻總是懷疑房間需要打掃的人。 ……是一個(gè)有獨(dú)創(chuàng)精神的思想家，他斷定他的母親不是從少年時(shí)期走過來的16 Charles ChaplinOne day a small boy called Charles Chaplin was walking along the street in London. It was a cold winter39。s day in 1900. He wanted to buy some bread, but he didn39。t have any money. His father had died when he was very young. He and his brother, Sid, had to work to help their sick mother. Although Charles was small, his dream was very big. He wanted to be a great man in the world of films, so he worked very hard to bee a good dancer and singer. Thirty years later, this same boy was among the most famous people in the world. Even if you do not understand English, you can enjoy his films, because no words are used in his films. dream 夢想 dancer 舞蹈家 查爾斯?卓別林一天，一個(gè)叫卓別林的小男孩在倫敦的大街上走著。那是1900年寒冬的一天。卓別林想買一些面包，但他沒有錢。他的父親在他還很小時(shí)就去世了。他和他的兄弟西德必須工作以幫助生病的母親。 卓別林年紀(jì)雖小但他有很大的理想。他想成為電影世界的偉大人物，所以他努力工作，希望成為有名的舞蹈家和歌唱家。 三十年后，這個(gè)小男孩成為了世界上最著名的人之一。 即使你不懂英語，你也可以欣賞他的電影，因?yàn)樗碾娪笆菬o聲的。17 A Seaside PiicOne morning last April, Joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang. It was her friend, Dave, who invited her out for a piic at the seaside. Later that day she left her flat and walked to the bus stop to catch the bus. Joan was wearing a Tshirt and skirt as it was quite hot. As she sat on the bus she looked out of the window. The sun was shining. She saw a plane going over a forest and some horses in the fields. Before long she arrived at the seaside and met Dave. They went down to the beach and had their piic next to a rock. They had sandwiches and crisps, and Dave painted a picture. They had a lovely day. flat 公寓 （英國英語） forest 森林 crisp 油炸馬鈴薯片海灘野餐去年四月的一天早上，當(dāng)瓊還躺在床上時(shí)，電話鈴響了。電話是她的朋友戴夫打來的，她想邀請(qǐng)瓊?cè)ズ┮安汀?那天晚些時(shí)候，瓊離開了公寓，去公共汽車站乘車。因?yàn)樘鞖夂軣?，瓊穿著Ｔ恤衫和裙子。?dāng)她坐在車上時(shí)，她看著窗外。陽光明媚。她看到一架飛機(jī)飛過一片森林，看到田野里的馬。 一會(huì)功夫，她就到了海邊，碰到了戴夫。他們走下海灘，在一塊巖石邊野餐。他們一起吃三明治和馬鈴薯片，戴夫還畫了一幅畫。他們度過了開心的一天。18 A Dish WasherSome people have dogs or cats as pets. One woman in New York keeps a monkey as her pet. This monkey can wash dishes. He washes the dishes for the woman every day. He likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. Sometimes he washes the same dishes over and over. If the woman tries to stop him, he then gets angry. He begins to throw the dishes in all directions. But this does not happen very often. The woman39。s husband is very happy with the monkey. The husband never needs to help his wife wash the dishes. The monkey does all this work. The husband says that he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to wash dishes so much. direction 方向洗 碗 工有些人的寵物是貓或狗。紐約的一位婦女養(yǎng)了只猴子當(dāng)寵物。這只猴子會(huì)洗碗。他每天為這個(gè)婦女洗碗。他喜歡洗并且從未打破過一個(gè)碗碟。有時(shí)他會(huì)一遍遍地清洗同一個(gè)碗。如果這個(gè)婦女試圖阻止，猴子就會(huì)發(fā)脾氣，并開始朝四面八方扔碗碟。但這種情況不常發(fā)生。 女人的丈夫非常滿意這只猴子。他從不需要幫自己的妻子洗碗。猴子包辦了這些活。這個(gè)丈夫說他無法理解，不管是誰，人還是猴子，怎么會(huì)如此喜歡洗碗呢19 A Young Pioneer Long ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wilderness, a young boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in the East to learn about the new country. He wanted to know what lay beyond the Rocky Mountains. Kit39。s father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more about hunting and trapping in the country of the Indians. Kit was always calm in times of danger. He was strong and brave. Most of the Indians liked and respected him for his honesty. For many years, Kit lived in the West. He taught other white men many things. Probably the most important thing he taught them was how to get along with the Indians. wilderness 荒野 pioneer 先鋒，先驅(qū) hunting 打獵 trapping 誘捕 respect 尊敬 hones