【正文】 n, D. C. , 921081, USA. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) pen pal通信朋友，筆友 hobby業(yè)余愛(ài)好，癖好 Washington, D. C華盛頓（美國(guó)首都） manager經(jīng)理 pany公司48. On a BusThe bus stops at the next stop. A mother and her child get on the bus and sit down. the conductor es to them for the tickets. The mother says, One ticket to the Children39。s Park. The conductor looks at the small child, then says to him, How old are you, little boy? The mother wants to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says, Mother says I39。m four years old at home and two on the bus. All the other people laugh. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) conductor售票員 ticket票，券 laugh大笑，發(fā)笑49. Two HolesMr Black has two cats. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much. One day his friend Mr Green es to see him. He is very surprised. He finds there are two holes in the door, a big hole and a small one. He says, My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door? To let them in and out, Mr Black answers. But why are there two holes? asks his friend. How can the big cat go through the small hole? he says. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) hole洞 surprised驚人的，驚奇的 answer回答go through通過(guò)，穿過(guò)50. Making a Telephone CallHow do you make a telephone call in English? Do you know? Let me tell you. If you want to ask someone to e to the telephone, you cannot say, Please ask Mr. . . to answer the telephone . You should say, May I speak to Mr. . . ? If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say, Who is this, please? Is this Mr. . . (speaking)? You cannot say, Who are you? If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, This is. . . (speaking ) . You cannot say, I39。m. . . New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) telephone電話(huà)，電話(huà)機(jī) should應(yīng)當(dāng)，應(yīng)該make a telephone call打電話(huà)51. Cutting the CakeDick is seven years old, and his sister Mary is five. Today their mother takes them to their grandma39。s house and then she goes out. The children play for an hour, and then at four thirty their grandma takes Dick into the kitchen. She gives him a nice cake and a knife and says, Like a gentleman, give the bigger piece to the other. Dick thinks about this for a moment. He says to Mary, You cut this cake, Mary . New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) knife小刀 gentleman紳士，有教養(yǎng)的人 bigger較大的，更大的 piece塊，片 moment片刻，瞬間 half半，一半52. The Lu Xun MuseumWe are at the Lu Xun Museum, boys and girls. You know, Lu Xun was a great writer and thinker. From the exhibits in the museum, I39。m sure you will know more about Lu Xun.We will stay here for an hour and will leave at one thirty. The bus will be waiting for you in front of the museum. Please remember the bus number and be back on time. Don39。t forget to close the windows before you leave the bus. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) museum博物館 writer作者，作家，文學(xué)家 thinker思想家 exhibit展覽品 forget忘記 leave離開(kāi)53. A History QuestionWho is the first president of the United States? a history teacher asks one of her pupils. The pupil thinks for a long time, but he doesn39。t say anything. Then the teacher gets angry and shouts, George Washington . The pupil begins to walk towards his seat. Come back! the teacher says. I didn39。t tell you to go. Oh, I39。m sorry, says the student. I thought you called the next student. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) president總統(tǒng)，長(zhǎng)官 history歷史 shout大聲說(shuō)，喊叫seat座位 e back回來(lái)54. Streets of WaterThere is a city in the world. People do not drive cars in that city. It is called Venice. Venice is in Italy. There are no streets in Venice. But there are canals. The canals look like streets. There is much water in those canals. In Venice people ride about the city in boats. Your father and mother may ride in a bus to work. In Venice, fathers and mothers ride in boats. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) world世界 drive開(kāi)車(chē)，駕駛 Venice威尼斯（意大利港市）Italy意大利 street街，街道 canal運(yùn)河，水道55. Who Puts Ink on My ChairTom is seven. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and es back home on time. But today he is late. His mother asks him, Why are you late today? I am in the headmaster39。s office. Why do you go to the headmaster39。s office? Because my teacher asks us a question in class, and nobody can answer it, but I can. It39。s good to answer the teacher39。s questions. But the question 39。Who puts ink on my chair? New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) headmaster校長(zhǎng) office辦公室 nobody誰(shuí)也不，沒(méi)有人56. Cinema TicketsTwo little boys go to a cinema, buy the tickets and go in. But after two minutes they e out, buy two more tickets and go in again. After a few minutes they e out again and buy two more tickets. The girls in the ticket office says to them at last, Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting friends here all the time? No, we39。re not doing that, answer the two boys. But a big woman always stops us at the door and tears out tickets up. The girl smiles and sells them two more tickets. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) cinema電影院 buy買(mǎi),獲得 ticket票,券 sell賣(mài) smile微笑 tear up撕裂,撕掉 all the time一直,始終57. A Stammering BirdJohn lives on a small farm. He cannot speak well. He stammers a lot when he speaks. One day he goes to a shop. He wants to buy a parrot. He says to the shopkeeper, Dddo you have a ppparrot? Yes, sir, answers the shopkeeper. Here is a fine green one. It understands everything. So John buys it and goes home with his bird. But some days later he takes it back to the shop. This bbbird can39。t tttalk, he says. It can only stttammer. New Words and Expressions(新單詞和短語(yǔ)) stammer結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地說(shuō), 口吃地說(shuō) parrot鸚鵡 shopkeeper店主 understand懂得,明白 remember記得,想起58. Seven DaysThere are seven days in a week. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Most children go to school from Monday to Friday. Most people don39。t work on Saturday or Sunday and most sh