【正文】 一下，然后回來并向她的兄弟表示感謝。 “我的戒指！”她說。 “這是從哪里來的？”他問。他突然停了。Mary很喜歡烹飪。” “我做的，” Mary說。 那天晚上，她的兄弟Tom正在吃蛋糕。她到處都找遍了，但她無法找到它。這是一個(gè)生日禮物，Mary感到非常高興。“但自從她開始學(xué)習(xí)小提琴，我已經(jīng)在這座大樓里非常便宜地購買了5個(gè)單位。”Sarah高興地跑出了房間。當(dāng)Sarah拉完后，她的父親說：“干得好，Sarah。她拉出了一種極難聽的聲響?！彼_始拉琴?！薄昂冒?，Sarah，”她的父親說。Sarah向她父親匯報(bào)的時(shí)間來到了。學(xué)費(fèi)很昂貴，但她的父親信守自己的承諾?！斑@是公平的。如果你拉得不好，我將停止后面的課程?！拔覍槟阒Ц?周課程的意思是：到6周末，你必須拉給我聽聽?！拔視?huì)盡最大的努力。現(xiàn)在又想學(xué)小提琴。 “Sarah，你讓我花費(fèi)很多錢了，”他說?！?1“Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?” young Sarah asked her father. She was always asking for things and her father was not pleased. “You cost me a lot of money, Sarah,” he said. “First you wanted to learn horse riding, then dancing, then swimming. Now it’s violin.” “I’ll play it every day, Daddy,” Sarah said. “I’ll try very hard.” “All right,” her father said. “This is what I’ll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons.” “OK, Daddy,” Sarah said. “This is fair.”He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.Six weeks passed quickly. The time came for Sarah to play for her father. She went to the living room and said, “I’m ready to play for you, Daddy.” “Fine, Sarah,” her father said. “Begin.” She began to play. She played very badly. She made a terrible noise. Her father had one of his friends with him, and his friend put his hands over his ears.When Sarah finished, her father said, “Well done, Sarah. You can have more lessons.” Sarah ran happily out of the room. Her father’s friend turned to him. “You’ve spent a lot of money, but she still plays very badly,” he said. “Well, that’s true,” her father said. “But since she started learning the violin I’ve been able to buy five flats in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I’ll own the whole building!”“爸爸，我可以學(xué)習(xí)拉小提琴嗎？”小Sarah問她的父親。 “George不是我的嫡親兄弟?！?Molly回答，“對(duì)不起，Joan，今天我的母親不讓我跟你玩了，因?yàn)槟愕男值蹽eorge得了重感冒，她不想讓我也得重感冒。有一天，Joan回到家里，吃完牛奶和餅干，然后前往Molly的家。Joan有兩個(gè)兄弟。t want me to get it, too.”“Oh, that’s all right, Molly,” Joan answered quickly. “George isn’t really my brother. He’s my stepbrother.” [stepbrother繼父或者繼母的兒子]Molly是她街區(qū)里唯一的小女孩，但是當(dāng)她8歲時(shí)，另一名女孩搬來了，就住在她家對(duì)面。10Molly was the only little girl on her street, but when she was eight years old, another girl came to live in the house opposite hers. The new girl was eight years old too, and her name was Joan. Joan had two brothers. She didn39。當(dāng)然，他很晚才到辦公室。直到看到了大海，他才知道過站了。他想閱讀有關(guān)一場(chǎng)重要的足球比賽的報(bào)道。這有助于快速消磨時(shí)間。9Every morning Mike goes to work by train. As he has a long trip, he always buys a newspaper. It helps to make the time pass more quickly. One Tuesday morning, he turned to the sports page. He wanted to read the report about an important football match. The report was so interesting that he forgot to get off at his station. He didn’t know it until he saw the sea. He got off at the next station, and had to wait a long time for a train to go back. Of course, he got to the office very late. His boss was very angry. 每天早晨，Mike坐火車去上班。但你只可以在那里使用這些書籍。大多數(shù)公共圖書館都有一個(gè)閱讀室，那里有[tables and ？desks]桌子和椅子，你可以坐下來閱讀報(bào)紙和所有其他重要期刊（周刊，月刊和季刊）。 最新小說總有很強(qiáng)的借閱需求，非小說類書籍，如歷史，科學(xué)和園藝書籍，也深受喜愛。任何人都可以借閱圖書且無需費(fèi)用。一份營(yíng)養(yǎng)早餐有助于我們更加友善，也有助于我們將工作做得更好，玩得更快樂。在寒冷的早晨，一杯熱飲品是必要的。我們的身體需要補(bǔ)充食物以應(yīng)對(duì)整個(gè)上午的活動(dòng)。我們可以很容易理解。蜂鳴器，警報(bào)器及喇叭已占有一席之地，人們盡量在學(xué)校和教堂使用老式鐘，那些美麗的鐘聲將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)消失。今天，在印度，動(dòng)物仍然掛著響鈴。在大多數(shù)國(guó)家，響鈴掛在動(dòng)物的脖子上。每個(gè)村莊里使用各自的教堂鐘聲告知人們?nèi)ソ烫玫臅r(shí)間。消防車使用警鈴，而不是警報(bào)器。Goldier只用三條腿走路，看上去太好笑了，它抬起傷爪子，好像是剛剛?cè)ミ^戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)！6Long ago people used bells more than they do today. The postman used to ring a hand when he delivered the letters. Fire engines had bells instead of sirens. People who sold things came past houses, ringing a bell and shouting what was for sale. Every village had its church bell to let people know it was time to go to church. At night, this bell was rung so that traveler would find the village in the dark. In most counties, bells were hung around the necks of animals. The bells helped owners to find lost cows or goats. Today, in India, animals still wear bells. Now bells are used less and less. Buzzers, sirens and horns have taken their place. Now people try to keep the old bells in schools and churches so they will not lose their beautiful sounds forever. 從前人們使用鈴聲比現(xiàn)在使用得更廣泛。她讓湯米帶Goldier去獸醫(yī)那兒檢查。它的爪子踩到了碎玻璃。湯米很喜歡它。它名叫Goldier。這會(huì)告訴你多少公里外有雷雨風(fēng)暴。下次看到閃電，在聽到雷聲之前，你計(jì)算閃電秒數(shù)。在雷雨天你先看到閃電，然后再聽到雷聲。巨大的聲音，甚至可以使人耳聾。有些聲音是有害的。鬧鐘鈴聲喚醒人們。有些聲音是有用的。有些可能是響亮的。在一天之內(nèi)你可能聽到數(shù)以百計(jì)的不同聲音。 count the number of seconds before you hear the thunder. Divide this number of seconds before you hear thunder. Divide this number by 3. This will tell you how many kilometers away the thunder storm is. 這個(gè)世界充滿了許多有趣的聲音?！?The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while others are very pleasant to hear. In a single day you probably hear hundreds of different sounds. All sounds are different. Some may be loud. Some are high。比如，他從不遲到。這不是個(gè)大問題，因?yàn)樵谛聦W(xué)年開始之前，他還不需要球鞋?！薄澳敲?，彼得怎么辦呢？”我問?！薄扒蛐钍蕉家粯訂?？”我問道。3“Peter has just e back from the shops,”said Mrs. James. “He wanted to buy some new football boots, but he wasn’t able to find any that were right for him.”“Were they all the same?”I asked. “He said they showed him different pairs but he didn’t like any of them.”“What is Peter going to do about his boots, then?”I asked. “Well, the shop told him to e back the next week. It’s out a big problem because he doesn’t need to have them before the new school term. But he always begins to get his things ready early. For example, he has never been late for school.”“My daughter is different,”I said, “I have to throw her out when it’s time for school.”“彼得剛剛從商店回來，”詹姆斯太太說。當(dāng)男孩走出門去，老板對(duì)經(jīng)理說：“這么懶惰的孩子為我們工作多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間了？”“他不適合為我們工作，” “經(jīng)理回答說?！崩习鍙乃腻X包里拿出了20美元的鈔票，給了這男孩，說：“收好了。他問這個(gè)男孩：“你一個(gè)星期得到多少報(bào)酬？”。她也期待