妙语短篇a1第八课

8.A Sad Story

Jim met two friends in the street.

"Come back to my apartment for a meal," he

said. "You can see the whole of the city from

my bedroom window."

His two friends agreed and they went back

with Jim to the apartment building where he

lived on the 40th floor.

When they arrived, however, the elevator

was out of order.

"I'm sorry," Jim said, "we'll have to walk."

"But it's forty floors!" they said.

"We'll talk as we climb," Jim said. "You can

tell me the new jokes you've heard and when

we get to my apartment I'll tell you a story." His friends agreed and they started to climb the forty flights of stairs. At last they reached the top floor and were standing outside the door of Jim's apartment.

"Now tell us a good story," his friends said.

Jim looked at them sadly and said, "Once upon a time there was a man who met two friends. He invited them to his apartment on the fortieth floor. The elevator wasn't working and they had to climb forty flights of stairs. When they reached the fortieth floor he put his hand in his pocket for the key to the door of his apartment. It wasn't there. Then he remembered where it was. It was in his car."

New Words and Expressions

apartment 公寓

whole 全部的

window窗户

agree同意

elevator电梯

out of order 坏了

climb爬

joke笑话

key 钥匙

EXERCISE I

1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story. 在a，b，c，d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。

A. Jim met two friends in

(a) an apartment.

(b) his bedroom.

(c) an elevator.

(d) the street.

B. Jim wanted his friends to see

(a) his apartment.

(b) the city.

(c) a picture in his bedroom.

(d) his car.

C. Jim and his friends climbed forty flights of stairs because

(a) they were telling jokes.

(b) the elevator was not working.

(c) Jim did not have his keys.

(d) his apartment was on the fortieth floor.

D. When they reached the fortieth floor, Jim told his friends

(a) a joke.

(b) his name.

(c) that his door key was in his car.

(d) his address.

2. Write T for True or F for False beside these statements about the story. 在下列有关本故事的句子旁标上T（对）或F（不对）

(a) Jim lived in an elevator.

_____

(b) Jim took his friends home to his house. _____

(c) The three friends climbed forty flights of stairs. _____

(d) Jim told his friends a funny story.

_____

(e) Jim told his friends a true story.

_____

3. Complete the following sentences about the story by putting in the missing words.

在下列有关本故事的句子的空白处填上所缺的词。

(a) Jim invited his friends________his apartment.

(b) He lived________the fortieth floor of a tall building.

(c) The elevator was not________

(d) The three friends had to climb forty________of stairs.