Lesson1
A puma at large
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found
in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a
wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of
London, they were not taken seriously. However, as
the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the
Zoo
felt
obliged
to
investigate,
for
the
descriptions
given by people who claimed to have seen the puma
were extraordinarily similar.
The
hunt
for
the
puma
began
in
a
small
village
where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat'
only
five
yards
away
from
her.
It
immediately
ran
away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a
puma
will
not
attack
a
human
being
unless
it
is
cornered
锛?/p>
adj.
琚洶寰楄蛋鎶曟棤璺殑锛?/p>
.
The
search
proved
difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place
in the morning and at another place twenty miles away
in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail
of dead deer and small animals like rabbits. Paw prints
were
seen in a number of places and puma fur was
found clinging to bushes. Several people complained
of
'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a
fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were
now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but
where
had
it
come
from
?
As
no
pumas
had
been
reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one
must have been in the possession of a private collector
and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on
for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is
disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still
at large in the quiet countryside.
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浜т簬缇庢床銆?/p>
褰撲鸡鏁﹀姩鐗╁洯鎺?/p>
鍒版姤鍛婅锛屽湪浼︽暒浠ュ崡
45
鑻遍噷澶勫彂鐜颁竴鍙編娲茬嫯鏃讹紝杩欎簺鎶?/p>
鍛婂苟娌℃湁鍙楀埌閲嶈銆傚彲鏄紝闅忕潃璇佹嵁瓒婃潵瓒婂锛屽姩鐗╁洯鐨勪笓瀹?/p>
浠劅鍒版湁蹇呰杩涜涓�鐣皟鏌ワ紝鍥犱负鍑℃槸澹扮О瑙佸埌杩囩編娲茬嫯鐨勪汉
浠墍鎻忚堪鐨勬儏鍐电珶鏄嚭濂囧湴鐩镐技銆?/p>
鎼滃缇庢床鐙殑宸ヤ綔鏄粠涓�搴у皬鏉戝簞寮�濮嬬殑銆?/p>
閭ｉ噷鐨勪竴浣嶅
濂冲湪閲囨憳榛戣帗鏃剁殑鐪嬭
鈥?/p>
涓�鍙ぇ鐚?/p>
鈥?/p>
锛岀濂逛粎
5
鐮佽繙锛屽ス鍒氱湅瑙?/p>
瀹冿紝瀹冨氨绔嬪埢閫冭蛋浜嗐�備笓瀹惰瘉瀹烇紝缇庢床鐙潪琚�煎緱璧版姇鏃犺矾锛?/p>
鏄喅涓嶄細浼や汉鐨勩�備簨瀹炰笂鎼滃宸ヤ綔寰堝洶闅撅紝鍥犱负甯稿父鏄棭鏅ㄥ湪
鐢插湴鍙戠幇閭ｅ彧缇庢床鐙紝鏅氫笂鍗村湪
20
鑻遍噷澶栫殑涔欏湴鍙戠幇瀹冪殑韪?/p>
杩广�傛棤璁哄畠璧板摢鍎匡紝涓�璺笂鎬讳細鐣欎笅涓�涓叉楣垮強姝诲厰瀛愪箣绫荤殑
灏忓姩鐗╋紝鍦ㄨ澶氬湴鏂圭湅瑙佺埅鍗帮紝鐏屾湪涓涗腑鍙戠幇浜嗙矘鍦ㄤ笂闈㈢殑缇?/p>
娲茬嫯姣涖�傛湁浜烘姳鎬ㄨ澶滈噷鍚
鈥?/p>
鍍忕尗涓�鏍风殑鍙０
鈥?/p>
锛涗竴浣嶅晢浜哄幓
閽撻奔锛岀湅瑙侀偅鍙編娲茬嫯鍦ㄦ爲涓娿�備笓瀹朵滑濡備粖宸茬粡瀹屽叏鑲畾閭ｅ彧
鍔ㄧ墿灏辨槸缇庢床鐙紝浣嗗畠鏄粠鍝効鏉ョ殑鍛紵鐢变簬鍏ㄥ浗鍔ㄧ墿鍥病鏈?/p>
涓�瀹舵姤鍛婁涪浜嗙編娲茬嫯锛屽洜姝ら偅鍙編娲茬嫯涓�瀹氭槸鏌愪綅绉佷汉鏀惰棌璞?
鍏荤殑锛屼笉鐭ユ�庝箞璁炬硶閫冨嚭鏉ヤ簡銆傛悳瀵诲伐浣滆繘琛屼簡濂藉嚑涓槦鏈燂紝
浣嗗缁堟湭鑳介�綇閭ｅ彧缇庢床鐙�傛兂鍒板湪瀹侀潤鐨勪埂鏉戦噷鏈変竴澶村嵄闄?/p>
鐨勯噹鍏界户缁�嶉仴娴佺獪锛岀湡浠や汉鎷呭績銆?/p>
Lesson 2
Thirteen equals one
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or
another,
but
he
has
never
managed
to
get
enough
money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock
which
used
to
strike
the
hours
day
and
night
was
damaged
many
years
ago
and
has
been
silent
ever
since.
' One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the
clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he
saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen
times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar
went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.
In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he
immediately
recognized
as
Bill
Wilkins,
our
local
grocer.
'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked
the vicar in surprise.
' I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill.' I've been
coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see,
I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
'You
certainly
did
give
me
a
surprise!'
said
the
vicar.
'You've
probably
woken
up
everyone
in
the
village
as
well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
'That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all
right,
but
I'm
afraid
that
at
one
o'clock
it
will
strike
thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.'
'We'll get used to that Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not
as good as one but it's better than nothing. Now let's go
downstairs and have a cup of tea.'
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浣嗗缁堟湭鑳界瓒?/p>
璧勯噾鎶婃暀鍫傜殑閽熶慨濂姐�傛暀鍫傜殑閽熷緢澶э紝浠ュ墠涓嶅垎鏄煎鎵撶偣鎶ユ椂锛?/p>
浣嗗緢澶氬勾鍓嶉伃鍒版瘉鍧忥紝浠庢渚挎棤澹版棤鎭簡銆?/p>
涓�澶╁閲岋紝鎴戜滑鐨勭墽甯堢獊鐒惰鎯婇啋浜嗭紝澶ч挓鍙堝湪
鈥?/p>
鎵撶偣
鈥?/p>
鎶ユ椂
浜嗭紒浠栦竴鐪嬭〃锛屾墠
1
鐐归挓锛屽彲鏄偅閽熶竴杈规暡浜?/p>
13
涓嬫墠鍋溿�傜墽甯?/p>
鎷跨潃涓�鏀數绛掕蛋涓婇挓妤兼兂鍘荤湅鐪嬬┒绔熷彂鐢熶簡浠�涔堜簨鎯呫�傚�熺潃鐢电瓛
鍏夈�?/p>
浠栫湅瑙佷竴涓汉锛?/p>
椹笂璁ゅ嚭閭ｆ槸鏈湴鏉傝揣搴椾富缁忔瘮灏?/p>
.
濞佸皵閲戞柉銆?/p>
鈥?/p>
浣犵┒绔熷湪杩欎笂闈㈠共浠�涔堬紝姣斿皵锛?/p>
鈥?/p>
鐗у笀鎯婅鍦伴棶銆?/p>
鈥?/p>
鎴戞兂鎶婅繖鍙ｉ挓淇ソ锛?/p>
鈥?/p>
姣斿皵鍥炵瓟璇淬�?/p>
鈥?/p>
濂藉嚑涓槦鏈熶簡锛?/p>
鎴戝ぉ澶?/p>
澶滈噷鍒伴挓妤间笂鏉ャ�傚棷锛屾垜鏄兂璁╀綘澶у悆涓�鎯娿�?/p>
鈥?/p>
鈥?/p>
浣犵‘瀹炰娇鎴戝ぇ鍚冧簡涓�鎯婏紒
鈥?/p>
鐗у笀璇达紝
鈥?/p>
涔熻鍚屾椂浣犳妸鏉戦噷鎵�鏈?/p>
鐨勪汉閮藉惖閱掍簡銆備笉杩囷紝閽熷張鑳芥姤鏃朵簡锛屾垜杩樻槸寰堥珮鍏寸殑銆?/p>
鈥?/p>
鈥?/p>
闂灏卞湪杩欓噷锛岀墽甯堬紝
鈥?/p>
姣斿皵鍥炵瓟璇淬�?/p>
鈥?/p>
涓嶉敊锛岄挓鑳芥姤鏃朵簡锛?/p>
浣嗘槸锛?/p>
鎭愭�曟瘡鍒?/p>
1
鐐归挓锛?/p>
瀹冩�昏鏁?/p>
13
涓嬶紝
瀵规鎴戝凡鏃犺兘涓哄姏浜嗐�?/p>
鈥?/p>
鈥?/p>
澶у鎱㈡參灏变範鎯簡锛?/p>
姣斿皵锛?/p>
鈥?/p>
鐗у笀璇淬�?/p>
鈥?3
涓嬫槸涓嶅
1
涓嬪ソ锛?/p>
浣嗘�绘瘮
1
涓嬩篃涓嶆暡寮恒�傛潵锛屽挶浠笅妤煎幓鍠濇澂鑼跺惂銆?/p>
鈥?/p>
Lesson 3 An unknown goddess
Some time ago
锛?/p>
an interesting discovery was made
by archaeologists on the Aegean
锛?/p>
adj.
鐖辩惔娴风殑锛?/p>
n.
锛?/p>
island
of
Kea
锛?/p>
An
American
team
explored
a
temple
which
stands
in
an
ancient
city
on
the
promontory
of
Ayia
Irini
锛?/p>
The city at one time must have been prosperous
锛?/p>
for it enjoyed a high level of civilization
锛?/p>
Houses--often
three storeys high--were built of stone
锛?/p>
They had large