20 The SeaWhat do you know about the sea? Some people have seen it but others haven't. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do you know about it?Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land.If you have swum in the sea, you know that the sea is salty. Rivers carry salt from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are saltier than the other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? It is so salty that you can't sink when you are in the water ! And fish cannot live in it !WORD lBANKrough adj．粗野的；粗暴的strong adj．强；强壮的wind／wind／n．风of course当然large adj，大的；巨大的；宽大的land n．陆地swum swim的过去分词salty adj，有盐分的戚味；浓的Deed Sea死海28 A Nice FarmThere is a beautiful farm near my home. The farmers there grow rice and wheat. They have many farm animals there. But they don't use them to do farm work. They use a tractor. We often go to the farm after chool. We can play with the animals, walk, read books or help the farmers pick corn there. I like walking or doing some reading on the farm because the air there is nice and clean.You can see a lake on the farm. There are many fish in the Lake. We often go fishing on Saturdays and Sundays. We often swim in the lake in summer and skate on it in winter,too.WORD BANK wheat / wi:t / n.小麦tractor n．拖拉机80.A Frenchman in New YorkOne day a Frenchman went to New York. He didn't know a word of English. When he arrived in New York, he took a bus to a hotel(旅馆).It was Sunday, and the Frenchman decided to go out for a walk. As he walked along the street, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know the name of the street. So he decided to write it down. He looked at the wall near the corner of the street. 他Then he saw some English words and copied them down in his notebook."Now I know the name of the street," he said to himself. “"lt will be easy for me to get back to the hotel. "He walked for a long time in the city.Then he felt tired and wanted to go back to his hotel. He took the notebook out of his pocket and showed the words in his notebook to a young woman. The young woman read the words and looked at the Frenchman. She did not know what he wanted. Then the Frenchman stopped an old man and showed him the words. The old man did not know what the Frenchman wanted either.At last the Frenchman saw a young man. He knew some French. When the Frenchman showed him the words in the notebook and asked where the street was, the young man laughed and laughed, for there were the words in the Frenchman's notebook : ONE-WAY STREET.WORD BANK Frenchman n. 法国人hotel n．旅馆；客栈remember v. 回忆起；记得；想起copy v．抄写；复制；拷贝一n．副本；拷贝87.Not So StupidTwo men are sitting together in an airplane. They are on a long journey. One man is a teacher. The other is a farmer.They sit for a while, then the farmer says, " Let's do something to pass the time.Let's ask each other riddles. "Let's make the rules first.“and let's make the game more interesting. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay, " says the teacher.The farmer thinks about this for a while, then he says, "That's not fair. You're a teacher, you know more things than I do. I am just a farmer. " "Yes, that's true! What do you think we should do?"the teacher asks. "If you don't know the answer to a riddle you pay me $100. If I don't know the answer to a riddle, I'll pay you $50. "The teacher thinks about this, then he says, "OK. That's fair. Who'll go first?""I will," the farmer says.“"Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks ,“but only two legs when it flies?"The teacher repeats the riddle, "Oh, this is a good one.I'm afraid I don't know the answer." He gives the farmer. $100, then says, "Tell me the answer. What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it fLies?" "I don't know," the farmer says,and gives the teacher $50. WORD BANK airplene n．飞机journe n．旅行，旅程riddle／'ridl／n．谜，谜语fair adj.公平的88．A Cheap MealA man goes into a restaurant and sits down at one of the tables. A waiter comes up to him and gives him the menu. The man reads it carefully, then he orders all the most expensive dishes .Then a small boy comes into the restaurant and sits at the man's table.The waiter comes up and says to the man, "What will your little boy like ? sir?""Oh, just an ice cream," the man tells him.“After he finishes his meal. the man stands up and says to the waiter, "I'm just going out to buy a newspaper. "He leaves the restaurant. The waiter gives the boy an ice cream.他The boy eats it, and then stands up and walks to the door.The waiter runs towards him. "Excuse me, " he says, "but your father hasn't come back and he hasn't paid for his meal or your ice cream. You'd better stay here until your father comes back and pays his bill. ""He's not my father, " the boy says."The man came up to me in the street and asked me if I liked ice cream.I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2 0'clock and sit down at his table. He said he would give me one. "WORD BANK restaurant n．餐馆，饭店order v．定购，定制expensive adj.花费的，昂贵的dish n．盘装菜；一道菜bill/ bil／n．账单；钞票89. The DietMrs. Tan is worried about her weight, so she goes to see a doctor."Oh, I'm too fat, I need to lose a Lot of weight."" It isn't difficult to lose weight, " the doctor says. "AII you need to do is go on a diet. I'II give you one. " The doctor takes out a piece of paper and writes "Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Also, eat a lot of lean meat and grains." The doctor hands the paper to Mrs. Tan. "Eat all those things and you'll soon lose weight. "A few weeks later. Mrs.Tan's friend visits her. Her friend is surprised to see that Mrs.Tan is even fatter than before and that she is eating a huge sandwich with chocolate cake and ice cream."I thought you were on a diet, " her friend says."Oh , I am, " Mrs. Tan answers.“"I've already had all the food on my diet today. Now I'm having my dinner. "WORD BANK worry v．烦恼weight／weit／n．重量lose／lu:z／v．使失去diet n.节食vegetable n．蔬菜lean／li：n／adj．瘦的grain／grein／n．谷物huge n．巨大的90. NoiseMiss Gray lived alone in an apartment house. She was old and did not like noise at all. One day a young man moved into the room above her. He looks quiet, Miss Gray thought. However, at three o'clock the next morning, Miss Gray was woken up by the barking of a dog.She thought, I've never heard a dog here before. It must belong to the new man in the room above me. So she telephoned the young man, said some nasty things to him about the dog, and then hung up the telephone before he could answer.At three o'clock the next morning, Miss Gray's telephone rang. When she answered, the young man said, "I'm the man upstairs. I've called to tell you that I haven't got a dog. "WORD BANK alone adv.独自地apartment n. （美）公寓住宅noise n．喧闹声quiet adj，安静的文静的wake up醒来belong to属于91.Mr. Black and the FishmongerOne afternoon last summer, Mr. Black went to a fishmonger to buy some fish for supper. A friend of his was coming to have supper with him that evening. It was hot and most of the fish were not very fresh. The fishmonger said, "Sk, come and see, all the fish are fresh. Won't you buy one?"Mr. Black held one fish up to his nose and smelt it. "Why are you smelling that fish? Do you think it has gone bad?"shouted the fishmonger."No, I didn't smell it, " answered Mr.Black."Then what were you doing with your face so close to the fish?“asked the fishmonger."l was only talking to it, " answered Mr.Black.“"Talking to it? " said the fishmonger. "Why? What did you say?""I asked if there was any news from the river. " "Well, what did the fish say?"“"It said it didn't know the latest news，because it hadn't been in the river for a week. "WORD BANK fishmonger n. 鱼贩子；鱼商fresh adj，新鲜的hold v．拿着smell／smel／v．嗅，闻到latest／'leitist／adj.最近的93.The Pianist and an Old WomanJohn was a very famous pianist. When he was a small boy. he once played at a party in the home of a rich man. He was only eight years old, but he had played the piano for several years. At the party he played a famous piece by Beethoven. He played wonderfully .The famous piece has several long rests in it. In each of these rests he took his hands away from the piano and waited . To him this was very exciting. but the mother of the rich man thought differently. Finally, during one of these rests she came over to him. She touched him on the head, smiled and said, "My boy, why don't you play us what you know well?"WORD BANK famous adj. 著名的pianist n,钢琴家Beethoven n. 贝多芬（德国大作曲家）finally adv．最后98. PandasPandas are lovely animals. Most of them live in the deep forests of Sichuan Province in China. They have white fur,though their shoulders, legs,ears and eyes are black. Pandas are usually very heavy, some of them can be about l. 5 metres tall and weigh about 100 kilograms. However. pandas are very agile, they can climb trees as easily as some other creatures do. Pandas have big, sharp teeth and live mainly on bamboo leaves. Every day each grown-up panda eats about 15-30 kilograms of bamboo leaves and they usually spend 10-12 hours eating. Pandas also have spare-time hobbies. Two of their hobbies are climbing trees and sleeping.Sadly, there are not many pandas left in the world because some people keep cutting down trees , and bad hunters are trying to kill them for money. The Chinese government is doing its best to protect pandas from being harmed or killed.WORD BANK forest n．森林，林木province n．省（一个国家的大行政区）fur/ n．毛皮，毛，软毛metre／‘mi:ta／n．米kilogram．千克，公斤，(略作kg) agile adj，敏捷的，轻快的，灵活的creature n．人，动物mainly／'meinli／adv．大体上，主要地sllarp adj．锐利的，锋利的grown-up adj- 成熟的，成年人的spare／spea／adj．多余的hobby n．爱好hunter n．猎人government n. 政府protect v．保护against prep.相反，（反）对；防备harm/ ha:m／v．伤害，99.Fall秋天In the fall. leaves drop to the ground. Many trees have nuts or fruits.Animals may begin to store food. Some birds collect nuts and acorns to store. Other birds fly to a warmer place for the winter. They won't return until the spring. Days become shorter. Cold weather is coming.天The fur of many animals gets thicker because they need a thick coat to protect them.因People also wear warmer clothing and prepare for winter. In some areas there may be rain or even snow, but in many southern areas it is still warm. Fall is also the time when farmers harvest their crops. People look forward to fall for many reasons.The most important one is that fall is the harvest season. WORD BANK ground/graund／n．地面，土地nut n.坚果acorn n．[植]橡树果store v．贮藏，贮备，存储southem adj．南部地区的，南方的crop n.农作物look forward to盼望harvest／'ha:vist／n.收获；收成-v收获，收割100. A Warmhearted Man一个热心肠的人Mr. White went into his usual teashop one morning, and sat on one of the seats at the counter. Many other people came in also, but none of them stayed long.About fifteen minutes later, a young man and a young woman came in.There were only two empty seats at the counter, one on Mr. White's left, and the other on his right. The woman sat on one seat, and the young man sat on the other, but Mr.White immediately asked to change placeswith the young man so that (so that 以便)he and the young woman could be together."Oh, that isn't necessary," the young man said,“but Mr.White insisted. When the young man and the young woman were side by side, he said to her. "Well, this old man is very kind, he wanted us to sit together. May I introduce myself?My name is John. What's your name?" WORD BANK immediately adv. 立即，马上，直接地insiste v．坚持，强调introduce v．介绍。
