【正文】 6. Friends (1) Friends are different things to different people. To my little sister, a friend is someone who likes to swim and ride b ikes. My mom39。s friends are neighbors who help him with the work like building shelves and planting trees. 6．朋友(1) 對于不同的人(people)，朋友(friend)意味著不同的(different)內容。我媽媽的想法(idea)是朋友 5像 (like) 史 密 斯 夫 人 一 樣 可 以 每 天 早 上 陪 她 散 步 (walk) 并 交 談 (talk) 。 6. Friends (2) Steve, our monitor, is my best friend We go skating, play football, talk about sports, and go to a concert. When I bro ke my leg, he always came over to play games。我們去滑冰(go skating)、踢足球(play football)、談論體育 (talk about sports)、去聽音樂會(go to a concert)。我知道我總能依靠(count on)他，他也知道他能依靠我。 另 一 些 (others) 則 很 長 一 段 時 間 (for a long time)和你做朋友，甚至有可能(maybe)是終生的朋友。他們對我來說太重要了(too important)，我無法把他們留下(leave behind)。s going deaf.”The doctor answers,“Here’ s something you can try on her to test her hearing. Stand some meters away from her and ask her a question. If she doesn39。ll be able to tell if she is deaf or not.” The man goes home and begins to test his wife39。s for dinner?”He doesn39。s for dinner?” Still no answer. He repeats this several times, until he39。re having meat and rice!” 7．“耳聾的”妻子 某人對他的家庭醫(yī)生說， “醫(yī)生，我懷疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聾(deaf)了。你站(stand)在離她幾米遠(some meters away)的地方，然后問她一個問題(question)。如此重復(repeat)直到她聽到為止。 ” 這人回家后便開始測試他妻子的聽力。 “親愛的，晚飯吃什么？”仍然(still)沒有回答。 最后(finally)，她回答道， “我都說了十一次了，我說咱們要吃肉(meat)和米飯(rice)。t Know (1) Jack had gone to the university to study his history, but at the end of his second term, he failed his history exam, an d he was told that he would be dismissed from university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the h istory professor(教授)to ask him to let Jack continue his studies the next year. “ He39。s father, “ Please pardon him. If you let him pass this time, I39。ll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well.” 8．我們真的不知道(1) 杰 克 去 大 學 (university) 里 學 習 (study) 歷 史 (history) ， 但 在 第 二 學 期 (term) 末 ， 他 的 歷 史 考 試 不 及 格 (he failed his history exam)．同時他還被告知將被開除(dismiss)。 “他是個不錯的男孩(boy)。m sure) 他明年一定會大有長進 (improve a lot) ；而且會在年終時真正地 (really) 很出色地通過考 試。t Know (2)“ No, no, that39。t know! ” “ Please, sir, give him another chance ” said Jack39。m afraid we don39。t know that Napoleon was ill rece ntly.” 8．我們真的不知道(2) “不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。 ”杰克的父親說道， “您要知道，恐怕 (I39。 因 此 我 們 甚 至 連 拿 破 侖 近 來 (recently) 病 了 (ill) 都 不 知 道。t live the life you love, Love the life you live ” He greets everyone with a big smile and a friendly “ Hi, how are you? ” And he really wants to know! It39。雷蒙德小時候夢想成為一名科學家 (scientist) ，實際上 (in fact)他現(xiàn)在是一名郵遞員(postman)。他信奉的格言是“如果你不能過你熱愛的生活，那就熱愛你所過的 生活。 9. Raymond (2) Raymond looks good. His shirt and trousers always look very clean. After work, he likes going to the gym to take e xercise Raymond is strict in his work He cares about the people on this street everyday, he knocks on Mrs. Jordan39。s not really thirsty. Mrs. Jordan is old, and he just wants to make sure she39。他的襯衫(shirt)和褲子(trousers)總是非常干凈(very clean)。 雷蒙德對自己的工作要求嚴格(strict)。每天他都會敲(knock on／at)喬丹夫 人的門(door)去要一杯涼(cool)水。喬丹夫人年紀大了，他只是想確認(make sure) 喬丹夫人一切正常。s Why Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He also got many prizes for his painting. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid a lot of money for them They said, “ This boy39。s a little older, and then we ’ re going to sell these pictures for a lot more money.” Jimmy39。s because he never painted it on all of the paper. He painted on ha lf of it, and the other half was always empty.“ That39。s pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but not on the top half ?” “Because I39。t reach very high.” ！ 吉米三歲開始畫畫(start painting)，五歲時已經(jīng)(already)畫得相當好了。 他畫了很多美麗(beautiful)有趣的(interesting)圖畫(picture)。他 們說： “這個孩子大一點后肯定會出名(be famous)．到時我們可以靠這些畫賺更多的錢。他只在一半紙上畫，另一半總 是空的(empty)。 ”他們都認為這男孩堪稱 繪畫藝術的先鋒(pioneer)。 ” 11. Living like a Pig(1) One day, a guru( 印 度 教 大 師 )knew what he would be in his next life. So he called his favorite disciple( 徒 弟 ) and asked him what he would do to show thanks. The disciple said he would do whatever his guru asked him to do. After the guru received the promise, he said, “ Then this is what I39。ve just learned that when I die very soon, I39。m going to be born as one of its baby pigs. You ’ ll recognize( 認 出 )me by a mark on my face When the baby pigs have been born, find the baby pig with a mark on its face and kill it with your knife Then I’ll not live a pig39。徒弟說無論什么(whatever)，只要大師要求，他都會去做。我剛剛得知(learn)我就 要死了，我會出生(be born)成為一只豬(pig)。你會從我臉(face)上的記號(mark)認出我來．當那些小豬出生以后， 你去找臉上有記號的小豬，用你的刀(knife)把它殺死，這樣我就不會過豬的生活(live a pig’s life)。t kill me!”it cried. The disciple was very surprised, and he heard the little pig speak in a human voice, it said, “ Don39。t know what a pig39。s great! Just let me go.” (2) 聽到這些徒弟很傷心(sad)，但他同意(agree)照大師所說的去做。在他們的對話(conversation)之后不久，大師死了，四只豬仔出生了。當他正要(be about to)殺掉它時，小 豬突然(suddenly)開口說話： “住手！不要殺我！ ”小豬大喊道。 當我要求你殺我時，我并不知道豬的生活將是什么樣。 ” 12. Greenland and Iceland Greenland is the largest island on earth. It is in the north of Europe. Near Greenland is another island. It is small. Its name is Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If y ou do, you are wrong. Not many people live on the big island of Greenland. There are more people in your hornet o wn than in all of Greenland That is because Greenland is not green Greenland is white. Most of Greenland is covere d with lots of ice. The ice covering Greenland is higher than some of the world39。它位于歐洲(Europe)的北部(north)。這個島很小。你認為格林蘭島是綠色(green)、溫暖的(warm)嗎？你認為 冰島是冰(ice)覆蓋的白色(white)島嶼嗎？如果你這樣想，你就錯了。你家鄉(xiāng) (hometown)的人會比(than)整個格林蘭島的居民都多。格林蘭 島的大部分(most)覆蓋著(be covered with)很多冰。冰島怎樣呢(what about Iceland)?它比格林蘭島還要冷(cold)嗎？不，不是的。冰島有很多溫泉。而且冰島的居民遠遠多于格林蘭島。re having a petition. We39。ve never told a lie in my life ” . At once there was a