【正文】 sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. Before I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a test to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?The editor wrote back: Dear Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don39。t have to eat all the egg to discover that it is bad.?editor 編輯 paste 用漿糊粘“我不必吃掉整個(gè)雞蛋?！痹?jīng)有位女士，她寫(xiě)了一篇很長(zhǎng)的小說(shuō)，并把它寄給了一位著名的編輯。幾周后小說(shuō)退回來(lái)了。女士很生氣，她給編輯寫(xiě)了封信。 “尊敬的編輯先生： 昨天你把我的小說(shuō)退回來(lái)了。你怎么知道這小說(shuō)不好？你根本沒(méi)有讀過(guò)。在寄給你之前，我把十八、十九和二十頁(yè)粘在了一起。這是要檢查你是否會(huì)讀我寫(xiě)的小說(shuō)。昨天小說(shuō)退回來(lái)時(shí)，這三頁(yè)還粘在一起。難道這就是你閱讀所有寄給你的作品的方式嗎？” 編輯回信寫(xiě)道：“尊敬的女士： 早餐時(shí)我打開(kāi)一只雞蛋，我不必等到吃完整個(gè)雞蛋后才發(fā)現(xiàn)蛋是臭的。”27Visiting Shakespeare’s Home In 1998, when I was working for an export pany, I went to England. After finishing my business, which took several days, I went to Stratford, where Shakespeare was born. In Stratford, I visited several sites that are associated with Shakespeare, including the house where he was born, the church where he was buried, and the cottage where his wife39。s family lived. I wanted to see a play, so I asked at the theatre box office for whatever tickets were available. I got a seat for The Merchant of Venice, which is my favourite play. Afterwards, I waited at the stage door for my favourite actor, who was in the play. I got his autograph and talked to him. It is an experience that I will remember forever. export 出口 associated 有關(guān)的，有聯(lián)系的 bury 埋葬 cottage 村舍 merchant 商人 autograph 親筆簽名 莎士比亞故居之旅1998年，我在一個(gè)出口公司工作的時(shí)候，去了一趟英國(guó)。花幾天時(shí)間干完公務(wù)后，我去了斯特拉特福德，莎士比亞出生的地方。在斯特拉特福德，我參觀了幾處與莎士比亞有關(guān)的場(chǎng)所，包括他出生時(shí)的房子、死后埋葬的教堂以及他妻子的家人居住的村舍。 我想去看一出戲劇，所以就向劇院售票處詢(xún)問(wèn)哪場(chǎng)戲劇有票，結(jié)果買(mǎi)到了《威尼斯商人》的票，這是我最喜歡的戲劇。之后，我在后臺(tái)入口處等到了劇中我最喜歡的演員。我得到了他的親筆簽名并和他交談。這次經(jīng)歷我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。28 A Thrilling RideBill and Jane were coasting on a hill. Down the hill went the sled. Bill steered. Jane held on tightly. The coasters on the hill watched them. Past trees they whizzed. Jane yelled, Stop the sled! Stop the sled!?but Bill could not stop it. Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird in flight. Was she dreaming? She landed in a big pile of snow. Where was Bill? He must have gone all the way down the long slide to the end of the hill. Now, Bill came in sight plodding up the hill. Jane laughed as she called to him. They were so glad to be together. The coasters cheered to see them safe. They went home to tell Mother what a thrilling ride they had had.thrilling ride 驚心動(dòng)魄的經(jīng)歷 coast 滑行，滑下 sled 雪橇 steer 駕駛，掌舵 tightly 緊緊地 coaster 滑雪橇的人 whiz 颼颼作聲，發(fā)出嘶嘶或呼呼聲 flight 飛行 plodding 沉重緩慢的 thrilling 驚心動(dòng)魄的一次驚心動(dòng)魄的經(jīng)歷比爾和簡(jiǎn)正在山上滑行。他們的雪橇從山上滑下來(lái)。比爾駕駛著雪橇。簡(jiǎn)緊緊地抓著雪橇。山上滑雪橇的人們看著他們。兩旁經(jīng)過(guò)的樹(shù)發(fā)出颼颼的聲音。簡(jiǎn)大聲地叫起來(lái)：“停下來(lái)！快停下來(lái)！”但是比爾停不下來(lái)。 突然，簡(jiǎn)感覺(jué)自己就像一只小鳥(niǎo)在空中飛翔。她是在做夢(mèng)嗎？她撞在一個(gè)大雪堆上停了下來(lái)。比爾在哪兒？他肯定是沿著長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的滑道一直滑到山下了。就在這時(shí)，比爾出現(xiàn)了，他正吃力地從山下爬上來(lái)。簡(jiǎn)笑著叫他。又能在一起，他們真是太高興了。看到他們都很安全，其他滑雪橇的人們歡呼起來(lái)。他們回家告訴了媽媽他們的經(jīng)歷是多么驚心動(dòng)魄啊。29 Saving the EarthOne day, I went with the group to a nearby river. We wanted to check if it was clean. We did many scientific tests to see if the river was healthy. Surprisingly, it was! We still, though, took any rubbish we could find out of the river. We wanted to make sure fish could live there happily. Recently, I helped the group plant flowers at our school. We39。re hoping the flowers will bloom this spring and make the school look beautiful. How did we pay for all the plants? We made Tshirts and sold them to our friends! We39。re still got some money left from selling the Tshirts. We hope to use it to buy some recycling bins for the school. surprisingly 令人驚奇地 bloom （花）開(kāi) recycling bin 回收箱 拯 救 地 球一天，我和小組其他人一起來(lái)到附近的一條河邊。我們想檢查這條河是否干凈。我們做了許多科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)以測(cè)試這條河是否健康。令人驚奇的是，這條河很健康！雖然我們還是從河里撈起了一些我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)的垃圾。我們想要確保魚(yú)能在這條河里開(kāi)心地生活。 最近，我和小組的其他人一起在學(xué)校里種了一些花。我們希望今年春天這些花會(huì)開(kāi)，把學(xué)校裝點(diǎn)得更美麗。我們?cè)趺磿?huì)有買(mǎi)這些植物的錢(qián)呢？我們自己做T恤衫，然后賣(mài)給我們的朋友！我們還剩余了一些賣(mài)T恤衫得來(lái)的錢(qián)。我們希望可以用這些錢(qián)為學(xué)校購(gòu)買(mǎi)一些廢物回收箱。30 Two Goats on the BridgeOne day a goat started to cross a little bridge. At that very minute, another goat started out from the other side of the bridge. When they saw one another, they knew that one of them would have to go back. Go back!?cried the first goat. Where is no room for you to pass here while I am crossing.It is you who must go back!?cried the other goat. You can start again after I cross over.?The first goat said as he was in the right and would not give way. We will see!cried the other goat, and they started to fight. In another minute, the two goats fell into the water. A man who was fishing saw the fight. He laughed as he pulled the goats out of the water. You see,?said he. When everyone thinks he is right, something always goes wrong!goat 羊 give way 讓步 兩只山羊在橋上有一天，一只山羊開(kāi)始過(guò)一座小橋。就在同時(shí)，另一只山羊從橋的另一頭開(kāi)始過(guò)橋。 當(dāng)他們看到對(duì)方時(shí)，他們知道他們中的一個(gè)必須得退回去。 “回去！”第一只山羊喊道，“我過(guò)橋的時(shí)候沒(méi)有地方讓你過(guò)去?！?“是你必須回去！”另一只山羊叫道。 “我過(guò)去以后你再開(kāi)始過(guò)?！钡谝恢谎蛘f(shuō)。他覺(jué)得自己是對(duì)的，所以他不肯讓路。 “我們走著瞧！”另一只山羊喊道，然后他們開(kāi)始打起來(lái)。 很快，兩只羊都掉到了水里。 一個(gè)正在釣魚(yú)的人看到了這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)斗。他笑著把山羊從水里拉了出來(lái)。 “你們看，”他說(shuō)，“當(dāng)每個(gè)人都覺(jué)得自己是正確的時(shí)候，就一定會(huì)出事！”A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad. Now, children, said she , has anyone of you ever make someone else glad? Please, teacher ,said a small boy, I39。ve make someone glad yesterday. Well done. Who was that? My grandma Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad. Please, teacher, I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her three hours. Then I said to her, 39。Granny, I39。m going home,39。 and she said, 39。Well, I39。m glad39。! 一個(gè)主日學(xué)校校(基督教教會(huì)為了向兒童灌輸宗教思想, 在星期天開(kāi)辦的兒童班)的老師在對(duì)學(xué)生講使別人高興的重要性。“現(xiàn)在，孩子們，”她說(shuō)：“你們當(dāng)中有誰(shuí)讓別人高興過(guò)？” “我，老師，”一個(gè)小男孩說(shuō)：“昨天我就使別人高興過(guò)。” “做得好，是誰(shuí)呢？” “我奶奶?！?“好孩子?，F(xiàn)在告訴我們，你是怎樣使你奶奶高興的?！?“是這樣的，老師。我昨天去看她，在她那兒呆了三個(gè)小時(shí)。然后我跟她說(shuō)：‘奶奶，我要回家了?！f(shuō)：‘啊，我很高興！There is a big bed , a small desk , a shelf and a closet in my room. The bed is near the desk . There is a shelf near the closet too . Many good books are in the shelf . I like the books very much