妙语短篇A1之5、A Cheap Meal

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妙语短篇A1之11、A Very Important Person

11、a very important person一个非常重要的人Important people often like to show how important they are.重要的人往往要展示他们是多么的重要。

They usually have the largest cars.他们通常是具有最大的汽车。

They live in the biggest houses.他们住在大房子。

They wear the most expensive clothes.他们穿的最昂贵的衣服。

They eat in the best restaurants.他们吃最好的餐馆。

Mr. Mammoth, the president of Acme Inc, was an important man.猛犸先生，阿克米公司总裁，是一个重要的人。

阿克米公司是一个重要的公司，并在该国最大的之一。

Thousands of men and women worked for it.数以千计的男子和妇女为它工作。

The offices of Acme Inc. were in the Acme Building阿克米公司的办公室在阿克米大厦This was one of the tallest buildings in the city.这是全市最高的建筑物之一。

It had fifty floors.它有50层。

Mr. Mammoth, the president, had his office on the top floor.猛犸先生，总裁，他在顶楼他的办公室。

one day a man came to see him.有一天一个人来见他。

He walked up to Mr. Mammoth's secretary.他走到猛犸先生的秘书。

她，当然，在公司最美丽的秘书。

“My name is John Watkins,”he told her.“我的名字是约翰沃特金斯，”他告诉她。

妙语短篇a1第一课

1. A Difficult QuestionFour girls went to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls said, "There's a test this morning. Let's get to school late. Then we won't have to take the test.""What can we tell the teacher?" one of the girls said. "He'll be angry. We'll need a good excuse."The girls thought for several moments, then one of them said, "Let's tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.""That's a good idea," the other girls said. "We'll tell him that." They arrived at school an hour later. The test was finished."Why are you late?" the teacher asked. "You missed the test.""Our taxi had a flat tire," one of the girls said.The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "Sit down, one of you in each corner of the room."The four girls did this.Then the teacher said, "Write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire was flat?"excuse 借口,理由several 几个的（至少3个）moment 片刻，时刻flat 平的tire 轮胎flat tire 轮胎漏气arrive 到达miss 错过，失却EXERCISE 1Choose 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。

妙语短篇A1之5、A Cheap Meal

5、A Cheap Meal一顿便宜的饭A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the table.A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu.The man read it carefully, then ordered all the most expensive dishes.The waiter served the meal and the man ate it with great enjoyment.Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat the man's table.The waiter came up and said to the man, "What would your little boy like, sir?""Oh, just an ice-cream." the man told him .then he stood up and said to the waiter, "I'm just going out to buy a newspaper. "He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice-cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and walked to the door.The waiter ran towards him."Excuse me" he said, "but your father hasn't come back and he hasn't paid for his meal or for your ice cream."“I’m sorry,’the young boy said,”that has nothing to do with me.”"Oh, yes, it does." the waiter said. "You will stay here until your father comes bank and pays his bill.""He's not my father." the boy said. "I don't know who he is."The waiter did not understand. "What do you mean?" he asked."The man came up to me in the street." the boy said. "He asked me if I liked ice-cream. I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2 o'clock and sit down at his table. He said he'd give me some."5一顿便宜的饭一个男人走进了一家饭馆,坐在了其中一个桌子前,服务员走上前给他看菜单.这位男士看得很仔细,然后按顺序看了所有最贵的菜.服务员为他提供了这些菜,这个男人吃得很香.然后一个小男孩走进饭馆坐在了这个男人的桌前.这位服务员走过来对男人说:"你的小孩喜欢什么呢,先生?""噢,一个冰淇淋."男人告诉他,然后他站起来对服务员说:"我要出去买一份报纸."他离开了饭馆.服务员给了小男孩一个冰淇淋,这个男孩吃了它,然后站起来向门口走.服务员赶上了他. "对不起,"他说,"你的爸爸还没有回来给我买单.""噢,是的."服务员说:"你要在这等你爸爸,直到他去银行付完钱为止.""他不是我的爸爸."男孩说,"我不知道他是谁."服务员不明白，"你是什么意思?"他问. "这个男人在街上找到我,"男孩说, "他问我喜不喜欢冰淇淋，我说我喜欢,然后他告诉我2点来这个饭馆,坐在他的桌前,他说他会给我一些."。

妙语短篇a1第八课

8.A Sad StoryJim met two friends in the street."Come back to my apartment for a meal," hesaid. "You can see the whole of the city frommy bedroom window."His two friends agreed and they went backwith Jim to the apartment building where helived on the 40th floor.When they arrived, however, the elevatorwas 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 cantell me the new jokes you've heard and whenwe 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 Expressionsapartment 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 I1. 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。

妙语短篇1,3,5

1.The DietMrs. 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’lltell you how to lose weight.”Mrs. Tan visited Dr.Wei and told her problem.“It isn’t difficult t lose weight,”he told her.“All you need to do is go on a diet. 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 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.”1.Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.A.Mrs. Tan’s problem was that she(a)did not know her doctor very well.(b)did not like fruit and vegetables.(c)Didn’t know how to lose weight.(d)Lose her diet.B.When Mrs. Tan visited Dr. Wei, he(a)was very busy.(b)Told her what to do.(c)Gave her a good meal.(d)Told her to stop eating.C.Mrs. Tan didn't lose weight because she ate(a)lean meat.(b)Grains(c)Fruit and vegetables.(d)Cakes and ice cream.D.Mrs. Tan thought that(a) Dr. Wei did not know how to help her.(b) she was not really too fat.(c) her diet was something to eat before dinner.(d) it was east to lose weight.2.Write T for True or F for False beside these statements about the story.(a) Mrs. Tan did not want to lose weight.____(b) Dr. Wei told her how to lose weight.____(c) Afew days later a friend visited Mrs. Tan.___(d) Chocolate cake was part of the diet Mrs. Tan’s doctor gave her.___(e) Mrs. Tan didn't lose any weight.___3.Find words or phrases in the story opposite in meaning to the following.(a) after_____(b) small____(c) easy_____(d) a little____(e) thinner____4. Complete the following paragraph about the story by putting in the missing words.Mrs. Tan was (a) ___ fat. She asked her doctor (b) ___ to lose weight. He (c) ___her a diet.The diet did (d)___ workbecause Mrs.Tan (e)___the food in her diet and (f)___ had her usual meals!5.Fill in the blanks of these sentences with go on a diet, be on a diet, diet as a verb, or diet as a noun.(a) I_____ that doesn't allow me to eat meat.(b) Since she started her _____, she looks much better.(c) When are you going on______?(d) To the Japanese, fish is a natural part of their_______.(e) I can’t eat chocolate. I ______ today.3. Love LettersJenny Gordon was a very kind and beautiful woman and before she married, many men were in love with her.Many of them wrote to her,telling her how wonderful she was,how much they loved her and wanted to marry her.Jenny kept all these letters. She tied them up with a red ribbon and put them away in an old box.She never looked at them as she was happily married, however, they were a part of her life and she did not wan to throw them away.Jenny had a daughter, Sue. Sue was six.One day, Jenny had to leave Sue alone for half an hour.“Nowbe a good girl,”She said.“Play quietly. If you need anything, go to the lady next door.”When she returned home, she asked Sue,“Haveyou been a good girl?”“Oh yes, mommy,”Sue said.“What did you do while I was out?”Jenny asked her.“I played mailman,”Sue told her.“How could you play mailman, darling?”Jenny asked.“You didn’t have any letters.”“Oh, yes I did, mommy,”Sue said.“I found some in an old box upstairs. They were tied up with a red ribbon. I put one in every mailbox in the street. Wasn't I a good girl?”1. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.A. Many men wanted to marry Jenny because she(a) was rich.(b) was not married.(c) wrote them love letters.(d) was both kind and beautiful.B. Jenny kept her old love letters because(a) she did not want to throw them away.(b) her daughter often read them.(c) they were tied up with a red ribbon.(d) no one knew where they were.C. Sue found the letters(a) while her m other was out.(b) in her bedroom.(c) in the mailbox.(d) under the bed.D. how did Jenny probably feel when Sue told her what she had done?(a) happy.(b) sad.(c) embarrassed.(d) excited.plete the following paragraph about the story by putting in the missing words.Sue’s mother (a) ____ some old love letters (b) ____a box. One day (c) ____she was (d) ___, Sue found the letters. She decided to (e) ____mailman with them. She put one ofthe love letters in (f) ____mailbox in the street.2.Find words or phrases in the story opposite in meaning to the following.(a)unkind_____(b)ugly______(c)hated______(d)noisily_____(e)naughty_____3.Fill in the blanks of these sentences with either put away, throw always, go away orgo e each one once, and make sure to use the right tense for the verbs.(a)I don't want these things. Why don't you_____ them _____ to the neighbors?(b)Frank cleaned his room and ____ everything ____in a big box.(c)This food is no good, let’s ___ it ___.(d)My best friend____ ____ to university yesterday.5. The Umbrella ManOne day Jack’s wife was cleaning out a closet.“Lookat all these umbrellas,” Jack’s wife said to him.“Thereare eight and they are all broken.”“I’ll take them all to the umbrella shop and have them repaired,”Jack sa id.“They are too good to throw away.”Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there.“They’llbe ready tomorrow,” the shopkeeper said.That evening Jack went home from the office by bus, as usual. He sat next to an old woman.She had an umbrella on the floor near her.When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up.“Hey!”the woman said.“That’s my umbrella.”“I’m so sorry,”Jack said, giving it to her.“I wasn’t thinking. Please forgive me.”The next day he collected the umbrellas form the umbrella shop and got on the bus.As he sat down, a voice behind him said,“Youhave certainly had a successful day!”He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella has had almost taken the day before.1.Choose the best answer a, b, c or d, to these questions about the story.A. Jack’s wife found the broken umbrellas(a) in a shop.(b) in a closet.(c) on a bus.(d) in the street.B. Jack took the umbrellas to a shop(a) to sell.(b) to have them repaired.(c) to throw away.(d) to give away.C. On the bus, Jack(a) picked up a woman’s umbrella by mistake,(b) found another umbrella.(c) left his umbrella.(d) collected eight umbrellas.D. On the day he collected the umbrellas, the woman on the bus(a) wanted one of them.(b) thought he had stolen them.(c) thought one of them was hers.(d) asked him where he had got them.plete the following sentences with one of the words below from the story. Use each word once.on up down out away(a)Jack’s wife cleaned ____ a closet.(b)He did not want to throw ___ the broken umbrellas.(c)He picked ___ the wrong umbrellas.(d)Jack got ___ a bus.(e)He sat ___next to an old woman.plete these sentences about the story by putting in the correct form of the verb in parenthes.(e)Jack’s wife (to find) _____ eight umbrellas in the closet.(f)Jack took them to be (to repair) _____.(g)On the bus, he (to pick) ____ up an old woman’s umbrella.(h)He asked the old woman (to forgive) ____ him.4.Look at the following and write whetherto leaveha s the first meaning of “留下”or the second meaning of “离开”. Write 1 for the first meaning and 2 for the second meaning in thespaces provided.(a)My mother leftabout three hours ago. ___(b)Donna leftall her things at the university. ___(d)I don't think it's safe to leaveyour bicycle there. ____(e)If you go to Hangzhou this weekend, could you leave me your motorcycle to use?。

妙语短篇a1第十一篇原文

妙语短篇a1第十一篇原文11.A Very Important PersonImportant people often like to show how important they are. They usually have the largest cars. They live in the biggest houses. They wear the most expensive clothes. They eat in the best restaurants. Mr. Mammoth, the president of Acme Inc., was an important man. Acme Inc. was an important company, one of the biggest in the country. Thousands of men and women worked for it.The offices of Acme Inc. were in The Acme Building. This was one of the tallest buildings in the city. It had fifty floors.Mr. Mammoth, the president, had his office on the top floor. One day a man came to see him. He walked up to Mr. Mammoth's secretary. She was, of course, the most beautiful secretary in the company."My name is John Watkins," he told her. "I have come to see Mr. Mammoth. My appointment is at ten o'clock."The most beautiful secretary in the building looked at the clock on the wall. It was the largest clock in the company."It is ten o'clock now," she said. "You are on time for your appointment. However, I am afraid you cannot see Mr. Mammoth." John Watkins was surprised. "Oh? Why is that?" he asked."Mr. Mammoth is playing golf.""Oh," John Watkins said. "Then he won't be coming to his office today." The most beautiful secretary in the company smiled at him. "Mr. Mammoth's already here," she said. "He has the largest office in the world."。

妙语短篇a1第十四课

14.No ElephantsJill Jones got a new job in a differentpart of the city. She had to go to workevery day by train.There was only one other person in thetrain with her. This was a well-dressedman reading a newspaper.Suddenly, about halfway through thejourney, the man began tearing hisnewspaper into hundreds of smallpieces. Then he picked them up,openedthe 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 well-dressed 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. 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, 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 well-dressed 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 coming into the train.""But there aren't any elephants in the train," Jill Jones said. "I know," the man said. "It works well, doesn't it?"New Words and Expressionsdifferent不同的train 火车well-dressed穿着入时的halfway半路的tear撕碎rude无理的simple简单的reason 理由EXERCISE I1. 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。

妙语短篇a1答案15篇

妙语短篇a1答案15篇【篇一：妙语短篇a1之1、a difficult question】> four girls went to school every day by taxi.one day one of the girls said, theres a test this morning. lets get to school late, then we wont have to take the test. what can we tell the teacher? one of the girls said. hell be angry. well need a good excuse. the girls though for several moments, then one of them said ,lets tell him that our taxi had a flat fire . thats a good idea, the other girls said. well tell him that. they arrived at school an hour late. the test was finished. why are you late? the teacher asked. you missed the test. our taxi had a flat fire, one of the girls said. the teacher thought for a moment, then he said ,sit down ,one of you in each comer of the room .the four girls did this then the teacher said, write on a piece of paper the answer to this question: which tire was flat?有四个女生每天都乘的士去上课.有一天，一个女生说“今天早上要考试，不如我们迟点去学校，这样我们就不用考试了” 其中一个女生说“那我们应该怎么跟老师说?他会很生气的，我们需要一个很好的借口。

妙语短篇a1第二课

2.The Hole In The GroundThere was once a farmer who lived near a road.It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow.Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.One day, the driver of a car said to him, "You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.""Oh, no," the farmer said. "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water."New Words and Expressionshole 洞，坑deep 深的probably 很可能shallow, 浅的spend 用（钱），花（时间）等tractor 拖拉机charge 收费fill 钱EXERCISE 1，1. 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。

妙语短篇A1词组总结

《xx短篇》词组第一篇1.去上学go to school2.其中一个女孩one of the girls3.乘坐的士by taxi4.到校迟到got to school late5.不得不6.考试7.生气的8.一个好的借口9.考虑了片刻10.漏气轮胎11.到达12.错过考试13.在…的角落里14.写在纸上15.问题的答案第二篇1.有时、不时2.地上的洞3.开进洞里4.（某人）花费时间/`钱做（某事）5.拉出、拖出6.为某事收（某人）钱7.挣钱8.日日夜夜9.用……填……10.xx/浅的洞have totake /have a testbe angrya good excusethink for several momentsa flat tirearrive at/in (小地点/大地点)miss the testin the corner ofwrite on a piece of paperthe answer to the questionfrom time to timethe hole in the ground/road drive into the hole spend (time/money) doing sth.pull…out charge sb. for sth.(doing sth.)make money day and nightfill…with…a deep/shallow hole第三篇1.快速的反应quick thinking2.在街上in the street3.碰到朋友meet a friend/friends4.沿着街走walk along the street5.谈论（某事）talk about sth.6.喜欢做（某事）7.借给（某人）（某物）8.找（某人）借（入）9.考虑、思考10.还钱11.再等一天12.拿出、取出13.扔在地上14.把（某物）给（某人）15.欠（某人）钱16.归还（某物）第四篇1.看医生2.不舒服3.找出、查出4.给（某人）做检查5.脱下/穿上6.躺在床上7.听心脏8.看喉咙9.和…..一样10.返回、回来like doing/ to do sth.lend sb. sth./ lend sth to sb.borrow sb. sth./borrow sth from sb.think about pay money backwait another daytake outthrow(sth.) on to the groundgive sb. sth./ give sth. to sb.owe sb. moneygive sth. backvisit/ see a doctornot feel well/feel bad/feel terrible find out examine sb.take off/ put onlie on the bedlisten to the heartlook into the throatas… as…11.走出医院walk out of the hospital12.几秒钟之后a few seconds later13.转过来turn around14.为了……；以便于……so that15.伤风have a cold16.头疼have a headache17.咳嗽18.发烧19.喉咙痛第五篇1.进餐馆2.在桌子旁坐下3.走向；走进（某人）4.仔细看（读）5.点最贵的菜6.xx，供应（饭菜）7.跑向（某人）8.为……付款9.与(某人)无关10.拿下11.抬头看；查询12.尊重13.轻视13.躺下14.分手15.放弃have a coughhave a feverhave a sore throatgo into the restaurantsit down at the tableread carefullyorder the most expensive dishes serve the meal run towards sb.pay forhave nothing to do with sb.take downlook uplook up tolook down onlie downbreak upgive up第六篇1.大嗓门a loud voice2.坏脾气a bad temper3.足够大big enough4.站直stand up straight5.足够的空间enough room6.事实上7.如此.....以至于......8.大多数时间9.在剧院10.把（某物）寄给/送给.....11.走出剧院第七篇1.按门铃2.房屋的窗户3.挂号的包裹4.退信地址5.在包裹背面6.对......感兴趣7.对（某人）生气8.下来9.取包裹10.隔壁11.相当快乐12.相当快乐的人13.相当多的钱14.相当大的包裹15.变得相当生气in fact so...that...most of the timeat the theatersend sth. To....walk out of the theater ring the bella window of the house a registered packagethe return addresson the back of the package be interested (in sth.)take the packagenext doorquite happyquite a happy person quite a lot of money quite a big package。

妙语短篇a1第三课

ThinkingOne day, Tony met his friend, Alan, in thestreet. Tony was quite rich, but Alan was poor.The two boys walked along the street together.They talked about many things. Tony liked tolisten to music and he told Alan about some newsongs. Alan liked reading, and he told Tonyabout some new books.They had the same friends,and they talked about these, too.Then Tony remembered something. "I lent you ten dollars last week," he said. "Can you give it back to me""I'm very sorry, Tony," Alan said. "I forgot about it."He thought about this money for a minute. Then he said, "I haven't got any money with me today. I'll pay you back tomorrow.""All right," Tony said, "I can wait another day."At that moment a man ran up. He had a knife in his hand. Alan and Tony were afraid. He was a dangerous man."Give me your money," he said to Tony.Tony took out his wallet and gave it to the thief.The thief took out the money and threw the wallet on to the ground. "Now you give me your money," he said to Alan.Alan thought quickly. He took out his wallet, but he did not give it to the thief. He gave it to Tony and said, "I owe you some money, Tony. Here it is."New Words and Expressionsquite 相当，完全rich 富的，有钱的poor穷的remember记得，回忆起lend 把…..借给，借出 dangerous危险的wallet钱包thief小偷owe欠EXERCISE I1. 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。

妙语短篇a1第四课

4.The New DoctorAn old man visited a new doctor. He was very young."I don't feel well, doctor," he ! said. "Please find out what's wrong with"Take off your clothes and lie on the bed," the young doctor said, "I'll exam ine you."The old man took off his clothes and lay dow n on the bed, and the young doctor exam ined him.However, he could n't find anything wrong with the old man.He listened to his heart. He looked into his throat. He examined every part of him.At last he said, "I'm sorry, but I can't find anything wrong with you.You're as healthy as I am.""That's very stra nge," the old man said, "because I feel really bad.""Come back tomorrow and see me again if you don't feel better," the young doctor said. "I'll exam ine you aga in.""All right, doctor," the old man said.Slowly, he stood up and put on his clothes. Then he walked out of the hospital.A few seconds later, the doctor's nurse ran in."Doctor! Doctor!' she cried. "That man you said was healthy has just died outside the door."The doctor thought quickly."The n turn the body around so that people will think he was coming in,"he said.New Words and Expressi ons lie平卧，躺examine 检查 however 然而 throat喉咙healthy健康的strange 奇怪的because 因为cry哭，喊叫die死，死亡EXERCISE I1. Choose the best an swer a, b, c or d, to these questi ons about the story.在a, b, c, d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。

妙语短篇a1第三课

3.Quick ThinkingOne day, Tony met his friend, Alan, in thestreet. Tony was quite rich, but Alan was poor.The two boys walked along the street together.They talked about many things. Tony liked tolisten to music and he told Alan about some newsongs. Alan liked reading, and he told Tony aboutsome new books.They had the same friends,and they talked about these, too.Then Tony remembered something. "I lent youten dollars last week," he said. "Can you give itback to me?""I'm very sorry, Tony," Alan said. "I forgot aboutit."He thought about this money for a minute. Then he said, "I haven't got any money with me today. I'll pay you back tomorrow.""All right," Tony said, "I can wait another day."At that moment a man ran up. He had a knife in his hand. Alan and Tony were afraid. He was a dangerous man."Give me your money," he said to Tony.Tony took out his wallet and gave it to the thief.The thief took out the money and threw the wallet on to the ground."Now you give me your money," he said to Alan.Alan thought quickly. He took out his wallet, but he did not give it to the thief. He gave it to Tony and said, "I owe you some money, Tony. Here it is."New Words and Expressionsquite 相当，完全rich 富的，有钱的poor穷的remember记得，回忆起lend 把…..借给，借出dangerous危险的wallet钱包thief小偷owe欠EXERCISE I1. 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。

妙语短篇(A1)5.A_Cheap_Meal

5. A Cheap Meal一．翻译词组1. 进餐馆2. 在桌子旁坐下3. 走向；走进（某人）4. 仔细看（读）5. 点最贵的菜6. 上，供应（饭菜）7. 开心地吃。

8. 买张报纸9. . 跑向（某人）10. . 付用餐的钱11. 走到我跟前12. 给某人一个冰激凌二．根据意思写出单词1.____________ ( ) a business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased2.____________ ( ) a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)3. ____________ ( ) a list of the dishes that may be ordered (as in a restaurant)4. ____________ ( ) to give an order for <order a meal>5. ____________ ( ) commanding a high price6. ____________ ( ) the portion of food eaten at a meal7. ____________ ( ) the action or state of enjoying8. ____________ ( ) in the direction of三．中译英1. 那与我无关。

2. 你得待在这里直到你爸爸回来付他的帐。

3. 我不知道他是谁。

4. 他问我是否喜欢冰激凌。

四．Discussion1. What do you think of the man？2. What will you do if you were the waiter？3. Do you think the boy knew what was happening？。

妙语短篇A1之2、theholeintheground

妙语短篇A1之2、theholeintheground2、【the hole in the ground】【地上的坑】There was once a farmer who lived near a road.It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm.Near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was. They thought it was probably shallow.Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.The farmer did not spent much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching the hole.When a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.One day, the driver of a car said to him, "Y ou must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.""Oh, no," the farmer said. "I don't pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I fill the hole with water.'曾经有一个农夫住在马路旁边。

初三年级妙语短篇之短文填词A1

妙语短篇之短文填词A11Four girls went to school every day by taxi.One day one of the girls said,“ There’s a test this morning. Let’s get to schooll__. Then we won’t have to take the test.”“What can we t___ the teacher?”one of the girls said.“He’ll be angry. We’ll need a good e___.”The girls thought for several m___, then one of them said,“ Let’s tell him that our taxi had a flat tire.”“ That’s a good i___,”the other girls said.“ We’ll tell him that.”They a__ at school an hour later. The test was finished.“Why are you late?”the teacher asked.“You m__ the test.”“Our taxi had a flat tire,”One of the girls said.The teacher t___ for a moment, then he said,“ Sit down, one of you in each c___ of the room .”The four girls did this.Then the teacher said,“W___ on a piece of paper the answer to this question:Which tire was flat?”2There was once a farmer who lived n__ a road.It was not a b___ road, but from time to time, cars p___ the farm.Near the farm gate, there was a l___ hole in the road.This hole was always f___ of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep the hole was . They thought it was p___ shallow.（浅的）Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out because it was so deep.The farmer did not spend much time w__on his farm.He spent most of it watching the hole.When a car drove into it, he p___ the car out with his tractor and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.One day, the driver of a car said to him,“ You must m___ a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day.”“Oh, no,”the farmer said.“I don’t pull cars out of the hole at night. At night I f__ the hole with water .”3One day, Tony met his friend, Alan, in the street. Tony was quite rich, but Alan was poor. The two boys walked a___ the street together .They talked about many t__. Tony liked to listen to music and he told Alan about some new songs. Alan liked reading, and he told Tony about some new books.They had the same friends, and they talked about these, tooThen Tony rembered s__.“I lent you ten dollars last week,”he said.“ Can you give it back to me ?”“ I’m very sorry, Tony,”Alan said.“I f___ about it.”He thought about this money for a minute.Then he said,“I haven’t got any money with me today. I’ll p___ you back tomorrow.”“All right,”Tony said,“I can wait a__ day.”At that moment a man ran up. He had a knife in his hand. Alan and Tony were afraid. He was a d___ man.“Give me your money,”he said to Tony.Tony took out his wallet and gave it to the thief.The thief took out the money and t__ the wallet on to the ground.“Now you give me your money,”he said to Alan.Alan thought q__. He took out his wallet, but he did not give it to the thief.He gave it to Tony and said,“I owe you some money, Tony. H___ it is.”4.An old man v___ a new doctor he was very young.“I don’t f___ well, doctor,”he said.“Please find out what’s wrong with me.”“Take off your clothes and lie on the bed,”the young doctor said,“I’ll e__ you.”The old man took off his clothes and l___down on the bed,and the young doctor examined him. H___, he couldn’t find anything wrong with the old man. He listened to his heart, he looked into his throat. He examined every part of him. At last he said,“I’m sorry, but l can’t find anything wrong with you. You’re as h__ as l am,”“That’s very strange,”the old man said,“because l feel r__ bad.”“Come back tomorrow and see me again if you don’t feel better,” the young doctor said.“I’ll examine you again,”“All right, doctor,”the old man said.Slowly, he stood up and put on his clothes. Then he walked out of the hospital.A few s__ later, the doctor’s nurse ran in.“Doctor! Doctor!”she cried.“That man you said was healthy has just died outside the door.”The doctor thought q___.5.A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the t___.A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu.The man read it carefully, then o__ all the most expensive dishes.The waiter served the meal and the man a___ it with great enjoyment.Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man’s table.The waiter came up and said to the man,“What would your little boy like, sir?”“Oh, just an ice cream,”the man told him. Then he stood up and said to the waiter,“I’m just going out to buy a n___.”He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and w__ to the door.The waiter ran t__ him.“I’m sorry,’the young boy said,“That has n__ to do with me.”“He’s not my father,’the boy said.“I don’t know who he is.”The waiter did not understand.“What do you m___?”he asked.6.Mr. Guppy was a very large man. He had a loud v__ and a bad temper. He was not a giant(巨人), but he was much b__ than most men.Life was not easy for Mr. Guppy. He could s___ find clothes big enough. His feet were too large for most shoes.In buses, trains and planes, he could not stand up s___. The roofs were too low.In cars he could not move his legs. There was not enough r___. At home, his bed was too short. Chairs were always too small.In fact, w___he went and whatever he did, Mr. Guppy had problems because of his size.These problems were so bad that Mr. Guppy stayed at home most of the time. Life was e___ at home.Then one day, a friend said,“You spend too much time at home. You should go out more. There’s good m___at the theater.”“I can’t sit in theater seats,”Mr. Guppy said.“I’m too big.”“That is no problem,”his friend said.“I’ll buy you two tickets. You can get them at the th eater when you go.”The friend sent money to the theater for two tickets.When the daycame,Mr.Guppy put on his best clothes and went to the theater.“You have two tickets for me,”he said to the woman in the ticket o___.“My name is Guppy.”“Oh, yes, Mr. Guppy,”the woman said.“Here you are, seats G4 and P12. I’m sorry,you and your friend can’t sit together because we are very f___ this evening.”Poor Mr. Guppy. He smiled s___ , walked out of the theater and went home.7.One morning a mailman walked up to a house. He r___ the bell.A few seconds later a window of the house opened, and a woman put her head o__.“What is it?”she wanted to know.“I’ve got a package for Mrs. Smith.”the mailman said.“Is it registered（挂号的）?”the woman asked.“Yes,”the mailman said.“Is it a big package or a small package?”the woman wanted to know n__.“It’s quite a big package,”the mailman told her.“I see.”The woman thought for a m___, then she said,“Who is it from?”The mailman looked at the return address(退信地址) on the b___ of thep ackage.“It’s from Jones and Jones in London,”he said.Now the woman was very i__.“From Jones and Jones, eh?”she said.“That’s a very e___ shop. What’s in the package?”“Oh, I can’t do that,”the woman said.“Why not?”the mailman said.8.Jim m___ two friends in the street.“Come back to my apartment for a meal,”he said.“You can see the w___ of the city from my bed room window.”His two friends a__ and they went back with Jim to the apartment building where he lived on the 40thfloor.When they arrived, h__, the elevator was out of order.(坏了).“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 h___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 r__ 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 s__ and said,“Once upon a time ther e was a man who met two friends. He i__ 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 the p__ for the key to the floor of his apartment. It wasn’t there. Then he r___ where it was. It was in his car.”9Harry saw an ad in a window. It said:“Wanted. The Best Salesman in the World Top Pay.”“I’m a great salesman,”Harry told himself.“I can sell a__. I’ll go in and ask for that job.”He went into the building and s__ to the manager.“I’m the best salesman in the world,”he said.“Give me the j__.”“You must prove you’re the b__,”the manager said.“I’ll pass every test you give me,”Harry told him.“Good.”The manager took a box of candy out of his desk.“Last week, l b___ a thousand boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.”“That’s easy,”Harry said.He took the box of candy and l__ the office.Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, t___ to sell boxes of the candy.He couldn’t sell one.The candy was so bad he couldn’t e__ give it away.At the end of the week he went back to the manager.“I’m sorry, sir,’he said.“I was w__ about myself.I’m not best salesman in the world, but I know who is.”“Oh,”said the manager.“Who?”“The p__ who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy,”Harry said.10In many big cities there are people who cannot get work. Sometimes they do not want to work, but sometimes there isn’t a___ work for them to do.Some of these people beg for m__. Some of them sell boxes of matches or cheap pens, and some of them sell flowers.Andrew Chen n__ gave money to beggars.“People should work for their money,” he believed. He also believed there was work for everyone, wh ich was not t___.One day when he was waiting for a bus, a beggar came up and asked him for money. The beggar was an old woman w__ very old and dirty clothes. She had no shoes and she was selling some sweet-smelling flowers.“Give an old woman ten dollars,mister,”she said to Andrew.“I haven’t had am___ for three days.”“I’m not giving you ten dollars,”Andrew said.“What about five dollars, then, mister,”the p___ old woman said,“That’ll buy me a couple of pieces of bread.”“No,”Andrew said.“Then what about one dollar,”the old woman said.“I can buy an orange for one dollar.”“I haven’t got one dollar,”Andrew said.“Now go a___.”The old woman looked at him s___, and then gave him her flowers.“Here, mister,”she said.“You have these. You need them m___ than I do.”.11Important people often like to show how important they are.They usually have the l___ cars. They live in the most expensive houses. They wear the most expensive clothes. They eat in the best r___.Thousands of men and women worked for it.The officers of Acme Inc. were in the Acme building. This was one of the tallest buildings in the city. It had fifty f___.“It is ten o’clock now,”she said.“You are on t___ for your appointment. H___,I am afraid you cannot see Mr. Mammoth.”John Watkins was s___.“Oh? Why is that?”he asked.“Mr. Mammoth is playing golf.”“Oh,”John Watkins said.“Then he won’t be c__ to his office today.”“Mr. Mammoth’s already here,”she said.“He has the largest office in the world.12“Daddy, can I learn to play the violin?” young Sarah asked her father. She was always asking for things and her father was not very p__.“You cost me a lot of money, Sarah,”he said.“First you wanted to learn horser___, then dancing, then swimming. Now it’s the violin.”“I’ll play every day, Daddy,”Sarah said.“I’ll try very hard.”“All right,”her father said.“This is w___ I’ll do. I’ll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play s__ for me. If you play well,you can have more lessons. If you play badly, l will s top the lessons.”“O.K., Daddy,”Sarah said.“That is f___.”He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his p__.The six weeks p___ 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 t__ noise.Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.When Sarah f__, 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 s___ plays very badly,”he said.13Two men were sitting t___ in an airplane. They were on a long journey.One of the men was a teacher. The other was a farmer.They sat w__ talking for a while, then the farmer said,“Let’s do something to pass the time.”“What do you want to do?”the teacher asked.“We can ask each other riddles,”the farmer said.“You start.”“Let’s make the r__ first,”the teacher said.“And let’s make the game more interesting. Let’s play it for m___. If we don’t know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar.”The farmer t__ about this for a wh ile, then he said,“That’s not fair. You are a teacher, an educated man. You know m___ things than I do. I am just afarmer.”“That’s t__,”the teacher said.“What do you think we should do?”“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.”“I will,”the farmer said.“Here is my riddle. What has three legs when it walks,but only two legs when it flies?”The teacher r___ the riddle,“What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it fli es? Mm, that’s a good one. I’m afraid I don’t know the answer.”He gave the farmer $ 100, t__ 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 g__ him $50.14Jill Jones got a new job in a d__ part of the city. She had to go to work every day by train.There was o___ one other person in the train with her. This was a well-dressed man r__ a newspaper.Suddenly, about halfway t__ the journey, the man began tearing his newspaper into hundreds of small pieces. Then he picked them up, opened the window andt___them all out.This done, he sat down, closed his eyes, and slept for the rest of the journey.The next day, Jill Jones g___ into the same train. The same well-dressed 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.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 r___, 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 well-dressed man smiled.“There’s a s___ reason,”he said.“ I like to sleep for part of the journey, but I cannot sleep if the train is f___ of elephants. So I throw the pieces of paper out to the elephants. It stops them from c___ into the train.”15The Stevenson family was having dinner. The family a__ without talking for several minutes, then Tom said,“Daddy, do you know how wars begin?”Mr. Stevenson thought for a m___, 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 n___ fight.”“Yes, l know that,”Mr. Stevenson said.“I was only using them as an e___.”“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 r___.“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 m__ examples”“And you should let me answer my son’s question,”Mr. Stevenson said a__“Not when you give him wrong answers,”Mrs. Stevenson said.“I am not giving him wrong answers!”Mr. Stevenson s__,“ I am giving him p___ 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.“ Not I’ll answer your question,”Mrs. Stevenson said to her son.“It’sall right, Mom,”he said.“You and Dad a__ have.”。