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【正文】 er.” He gave the farmer $100, then said, “Tell me the answer. What has three legs when it walks but only two legs when it flies?” “I don?t know,” the farmer said, and gave him $50. two examples: 1. When does a horse have 6 legs?(when someone is riding it) 2. A man is looking at a photo. He says: I have no brothers or sisters, but that man?s father is my father?s son. Whose photo is he looking at?(his son) something with legs. The teacher could not answer the farmer?s riddle, the farmer could not answer the riddle either! 1 No Elephants Jill Jones got a new job in a different part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train. There was only one other person in the train with her. This was a welldressed(穿著入時的 ) man reading a newspaper. Suddenly, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing(撕碎 ) his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey. The next day, Jill Jones got into the same train. The same welldressed man was there, reading a newspaper. As before, about halfway through the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked the pieces up, opened the window and threw them all out. This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey. Job n. 工作（可數(shù)） Work n. 工作（不 可數(shù)）、工廠 v. I have so much work! I need to get a new job. 搭配： Getjob Go towork worked for five years at that job. 句型： Why did the person in the train do this? He wanted to get rid of elephants. What is the point of this story? The man was crazy. Riptear 13 課文 用法 Usage 練習中的句子 、單詞、詞組 This happened every day for a week. At last, on Friday, Jill Jones spoke to the man. “Excuse me, sir,” she said, “I don?t want to be rude(無禮貌的 ), but I must ask you a question. When we are halfway through our journey, you tear your newspaper into hundreds of pieces and then throw them all out of the window. Please tell me, sir. Why do you do this?” The welldressed man smiled. “There?s a simple reason,” he said. “I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is full of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from ing into the train.” 阻止 ： Stop someone from doing something. 防止 ： Prevent someone from doing something. 不讓 ： Keep someone from doing something. 1 How Wars Begin The Stevenson family was having dinner. The family ate without talking for several minutes, then Tom said, “Daddy, do you know how wars begin?” Mr. Stevenson thought for a moment, then he said, “Yes, I think so. I?ll give you an example. We?ll take two countries, Britain and America. If Britain fought with America… ” Mrs. Stevenson laughed. “That?s crazy,” she said to her husband. “Britain and America have been friends for over two hundred years. They?ll never fight.” “Yes, I know that,” Mr. Stevenson said. “I was only using them as an example.” “But they?re not a good example,” Mrs. Stevenson said. “France and Germany are a better example.” “Britain and America are the best example,” Mr. Stevenson replied. “They are friends now but they were enemies in the past. They fought a war!” “But that was a long time ago,” Mrs. Stevenson said. “You should use more modern examples.” “And you should let me answer my son?s question,” Mr. Stevenson said angrily. “Not when you give him wrong answers,” Mrs. Stevenson said. “I am not giving him wrong answers!” Mr. Stevenson shouted. “I am giving him perfectly good answers.” “Don?t shout at me!” Mrs. Stevenson cried. “I?m not one of your stupid friends.” “My friends aren?t stupid!” Mr. Stevenson stood up and walked angrily out of the room. “Now I?ll answer your question,” Mrs. Stevenson said to her son. “It?s all right, Mom,” he said. “You and Dad already have.” goodbetterbest badworseworst happyhappierhappiest sadsaddersaddest example: Give me an example. For example, … Set a good example.(樹立一個好的榜樣 ) Set a bad example.（樹立一個壞的榜樣） Tom?s parents shouted at each other because Tom?s mother thought his father was wrong. What did Tom mean at the end of this story? His parents? shouting had taught him about war. A2 14 課文 用法 練習中的句子 The Diet(規(guī)定的飲食 ) Mrs. Tan was worried about her weight. “I?m much too fat,” she told her friend. “I need to lose a lot of weight but I don?t know how to do it.” “Go and see Dr. Wei,” her friend said. “He?ll tell you how to lose weight.” Mrs. Tan visited Dr. Wei and told him her problem. “It isn?t difficult to lose weight,” he told her. “All you need to do is go on a diet.(開始節(jié)食 ) I?ll give you one.” He began to write on a piece of paper. “Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Also eat a lot of lean（瘦的） meat and grains.” When he finished, he handed her the piece of paper. “There you are,” he said. “Eat all those things and you?ll soon lose weight.” A few weeks later, Mrs. Tan?s friend called on her. She was surprised to see that she was even fatter than before and that she was eating a huge sandwich with chocolate cake and ice cream. “I thought you were on a diet,” she said. “Oh, I am,” Mrs. Tan replied. “I?ve already had all the food on my diet today. Now I?m eating my dinner.” Go on a diet 開始節(jié)食 When are you going to go on a diet? Be on a diet 在節(jié)食 She has been on a diet for two weeks. I cannot eat that cake! I am on a diet. I am on a diet that doesn?t allow me to eat meat. diet 用作動詞 : She is dieting today, so we shouldn?t ask her to e out to dinner. He dieted for two months and lost 15 pounds. I can?t eat chocolate. I am dieting today. Diet 用作名詞：保健食譜；所吃的食物 The diet I am on is very difficult. I can?t eat any sugar because of my diet.