【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 女兒送給她的美元。在銀行柜臺，銀行職員認(rèn)真檢查了每一張鈔票，看是否有假。這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最后實在忍耐不住說：“相信我，先生，也請你相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的?！眘he kindled a third shot up the flame； and now she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant’s of waxtapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shopwindows, looked down from the tree upon child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched； still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher，she beheld them beaming likestars in heaven； one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.“now some one is dying,” said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother，the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who was now dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the god who gave struck yet another match against the wall； it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked during her ，又冒出了火焰?，F(xiàn)在她覺得正坐在非常美麗的圣誕樹下面，比上次圣誕節(jié)透過那富商家的玻璃門看到的那株還要大、還要美。這株樹的綠枝上點燃著許許多多的蠟燭，顏色瑰麗的圖畫，就象櫥窗里掛著的那些一樣漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼。小姑娘把兩只手伸過去，火柴又熄滅了。然而圣誕樹上的燭光越升越高。她看到它們變成了明亮的星星，有一顆落下來，在天上劃出一道長長的火絲。“現(xiàn)在又有一個什么人死了。”小姑娘說。因為她的老祖母——一個唯一待她好的人，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)死了，曾經(jīng)告訴過她，天上落下一顆星，地上就有一個靈魂回到曾賦于他生命的上帝那里去。她在墻上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。在亮光里，親愛的和生前一樣的祖母出現(xiàn)了。她依然是那么的慈愛和溫和，然而那快活和幸福的樣子卻是她生前從未有過的but the teacher criedthe sixyearold john was terribly father knew it, but his grandma doted on hardly left her when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother’s loving he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.”was school all right?” she asked, “did you get along all right? did you cry?”“cry?” john asked.“no, i didn’t cry, but the teacher did!”可是老師哭了六歲的約翰嬌生慣養(yǎng)。他的父親知道這一點，可他的祖父母仍然寵著他。這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母。他想要什么不是哭，就是鬧。他第一天上學(xué)才離開祖母的懷抱。約翰放學(xué)了，他奶奶在門口接他并問道：“學(xué)校怎么樣？你過的好嗎？哭了沒有？”“哭？”約翰問，“不，我沒哭，可老師哭了?！盿 bettwo pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven’clock reporter es on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown friend turns to the other andsays,’i’ll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn’t jump.’’it’s a bet,’ agrees his few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.’i can’t take your money,’his friend admits.’i saw him jump earlier on the sixo’clock news.’’me,too,’says the other buddy.’but i didn’t think he’d do it 兩個好朋友正坐在一家小酒館內(nèi)觀看十一點的電視新聞。一則新聞報道說，有個男人威脅要從商業(yè)區(qū)一座大樓的二十層跳下去。一位朋友轉(zhuǎn)身對另一位說道：“我敢賭十塊錢，那家伙不會往下跳?！薄百€就賭，”他的朋友欣然同意。幾分鐘后，站在墻檐上的男人跳了下去，因而賭輸?shù)哪俏唤唤o他的朋友一張十元的鈔票?！拔也荒苣媚愕腻X，”他的朋友承認(rèn)道，“早在六點的新聞里，我就已見他跳下去了?！薄拔乙彩牵绷硪晃徽f，“可我想他不會再跳了！”julie was saying her bedtime prayers.“please god,” she said, “make naples the capital of naples the capital of italy.”her mother interrupted and said.“julie, why do you want god to make naples the capital of italy?”and julie replied, “because that’s what i put in my geography exam!”朱莉葉在做睡前禱告?！吧系?，求求你，”她說，“讓那不勒斯成為意大利的首都吧?！眿寢尨驍嗨脑捳f：“朱莉葉，為什么求上帝讓那不勒斯成為意大利的首都呢？”朱莉葉回答道：“因為我在地理考卷上是這樣寫的?！保?)nest and hairmy sister, a primary school teacher，was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.”what kind of bird?” my sister asked.”i didn’t see the bird, ma’ am, only the nest,” replied the child.”then, can you give us a description of the nest?” my sister encouraged her.”well, ma’am, it just resembles your hair.“notes: inform 2 nest ；巢 3 description 4 encourage 5 resemble ；類似鳥窩與頭發(fā)我姐姐是一位小學(xué)老師。一次一個學(xué)生告訴她說一只鳥兒在教室外 的樹上壘了個窩。“是什么鳥呢？”我姐姐問她?！拔覜]看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩?！蹦呛⒆踊卮鹫f?！澳敲?，你能給我們描述一下這個鳥巢嗎？”我姐姐鼓勵她道。“哦，老師，就像你的頭發(fā)一樣?！眎’ve just bitten my tongue”are we poisonous?” the young snake asked his mother.”yes, dear,” she repliedas i neared the gate, a plump, middleaged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her momentum carried her close to my i could help her, however, she had scrambled her posure, she winked at me and said, “do you always have beautiful women failing at your feet?”摔倒的女人上下班高峰期，我匆匆奔向紐約豪華中心站去趕一趟火車。接近門口，一位肥胖的中年婦女從后面沖過來，沒想到在平滑的大理石地面上失了腳，仰面滑倒了。她的慣性使她接近了我的腳。我正準(zhǔn)備扶她，她卻自己爬了起來。她鎮(zhèn)定了一下，對我擠了一下眉，說道：“總是有漂亮女人拜倒在你腳下嗎？”小學(xué)生英語故事演講稿3she kindled a third shot up the flame； and now she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchant’s of waxtapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shopwindows, looked down from the tree upon child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched； still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher，she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven； one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail.“now some one is dying,” said the little girl, softly, for she had been told by her old grandmother，the only person who had ever been kind to her, and who wasnow dead that whenever a star falls an immortal spirit returns to the god who gave struck yet another match against the wall； it flamed up, and surrounded by its light, appeared before her that same dear grandmother, gentle and loving as always, but bright and happy as she had never looked during her ，又冒出了火焰?，F(xiàn)在她覺得正坐在非常美麗的圣誕樹下面，比上次圣誕節(jié)透過那富商家的玻璃門看到的那株還要大、還要美。這株樹的綠枝上點燃著許許多多的蠟燭，顏色瑰麗的圖畫，就象櫥窗里掛著的那些一樣漂亮，仿佛在向她眨眼。小姑娘把兩只手伸過去，火柴又熄滅了。然而圣誕樹上的燭光越升越高。她看到它們變成了明亮的星星，有一顆落下來，在天上劃出一道長長的火絲?！艾F(xiàn)在又有一個什么人死了?！毙」媚镎f。因為她的老祖母——一個唯一待她好的人，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)死了，曾經(jīng)告訴過她，天上落下一顆星，地上就有一個靈魂回到曾賦于他生命的上帝那里去。她在墻上又擦了一根火柴，火光把四周照亮了。在亮光里，親愛的和生前一樣的祖母出現(xiàn)了。她依然是那么的慈愛和溫和，然而那快活和幸福的樣子卻是她生前從未有過的小學(xué)生英語故事演講稿6julie was saying her bedtime prayers.“please god,” she said, “make naples the capital of naples the capital of italy.”her mother interrupte