妙语短篇A1之12、Violin Lessons

12、Violin Lessons

"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 pleased.

"You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, 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 what I'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons."

"0. K. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is fair.

He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise.

The six weeks passed 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 terrible noise.

Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears.

When Sarah finished, 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 still plays very badly. he said.

"Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this build very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!"

“爸爸，我可以学习小提琴吗？”年轻的萨拉问她的父亲。她从请求父亲学很多课程，并且她的父亲并不是很满意。

“你花费了我很多金钱，萨拉。”他说，：首先你想学会骑马然后跳舞，然后游泳，现在是小提琴。”

“我会每天去练习它的，爸爸”萨拉说，：我将尝试并会很努力的。”

“好。”她的父亲说，“这是什么我将做，我将使用为了你能有训练六个星期。在六个星期后你必须为我演奏，如果你演奏的很好，你将可以学习很多课程，如果你演奏的很糟，我将会停止你所有的课程。”

“行，爸爸。”萨拉说，“这很公平。”

他很快找到了一位很好的小提琴老师，并且萨拉很快开始了她的课程，这个老师的学费很昂贵，但是她的父亲很遵守诺言。

六个星期很快过去了，到了萨拉为父亲演奏的时刻。

她走到客厅说：“我该开始为您演奏了，爸爸”

“好，萨拉。”她父亲说，“开始吧！”

她开始演奏，他演奏的很糟糕，她制造出了恐怖的音乐。

她父亲有个朋友。他的朋友用手捂住自己的耳朵。

当萨拉完成了演奏，她父亲说：“做得好，萨拉，你可以学习更多的课程。”

萨拉愉快地跑出屋子。她父亲的朋友转身对他说：“你花费了很多金钱，但是她任然演奏的很糟糕。”他说。

妙语短篇A1之10、Your Need is Greater Than Mine

10、Your Need is Greater Than Mine In many big cities there are people who cannot get work. Sometimes they do not want to work, but sometimes there isn't any work for them to do. Some of these people beg(乞求)for money. Some of them sell boxes of matches or cheap pens, and some of them sell flowers. Andrew never gave money to beggars.(乞丐) "People should work for their money," he believed. He also believed there was work for everyone, which was not true. One day when he was waiting for a bus, a beggar came up and asked him for money. The beggar was an old woman wearing 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 a meal(餐) for three days." "I'm not giving you ten dollars," Andrew said. "What about five dollars, then, mister " the poor old woman asked. "That'll buy me a couple of pieces of bread." "No," Andrew said. "Then what about one dollar " the old woman asked. "I can buy an orange for one dollar." "I haven't got one dollar," Andrew said. "Now go away." The old woman looked at him sadly, and then gave him her flowers. "Here, mister," she said. "You have these. You need them more than I do."

妙语短篇A1之12、Violin Lessons

12、Violin Lessons "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 pleased. "You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, 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 what I'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons." "0. K. Daddy," Sarah said. "That is fair. He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise. The six weeks passed 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 terrible noise. Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears. When Sarah finished, 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 still plays very badly. he said. "Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this build very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!"

妙语短篇A1之13、NOT SO STUPID

13、NOT SO STUPID Two 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, and then the teacher says,“Let’s do something to pass the time. Let’s ask other riddle. If we don’t know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay. ” 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’m 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 should pay me 100 yuan. If I don’t know the answer to a riddle , I’ll pay you 50 yuan.”the farmer says. “OK! That’s fair. Who’ll go first?”the teacher says after a while. “I will.”the farmer says. “Here is a 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 yuan. Then he asks,“What’s the answer?” “I don’t know.”the farmer says, and gives the teacher 50 yuan.

妙语短篇a1第一课资料讲解

1. A Difficult Question Four 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

妙语短篇A1词组总结

妙语短篇》词组 第一篇 1. 去上学 2. 其中一个女孩 3. 乘坐的士 4. 到校迟到 5. 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. 深/浅的洞 go to school one of the girls by taxi got to school late have to take /have a test be angry a good excuse think for several moments a flat tire arrive at/in (小地点/大地点) miss the test in the corner of write on a piece of paper the answer to the question from time to time the 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 night fill … with … a deep/shallow hole

quick thinking in the street meet a friend/friends walk along the street talk about sth. like doing/ to do sth. lend sb. sth./ lend sth to sb. borrow sb. sth./borrow sth from sb think about pay money back wait another day take out throw(sth.) on to the ground give sb. sth./ give sth. to sb. owe sb. money give sth. back visit/ see a doctor not feel well/feel bad/feel terrible find out examine sb. take off/ put on lie on the bed listen to the heart look into the throat as …as … come back 第三篇 1. 快速的反应 2. 在街上 3. 碰到朋友 4. 沿着街走 5. 谈论（某事） 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…..—样 10. 返回、回来

妙语短篇A1第8、9、10课短语

1 / 2 1. 在街上 in the street 2. 返回（某处） come back to … 3. 城市全貌 the whole of the city 4. 公寓大楼 apartment building 5. 住在第四十层 live on the 40th floor 6. 坏了 out of order / be broken /d 7. 不得不 have to 8. 讲笑话 tell a joke /tell jokes 9. 讲故事 tell a story /tell stories 10. 到达 arrive at/in ; reach; get to 11. 四十层楼 forty flights of stairs 12. 最后，终于 at last/ in the end / finall 13. 顶层 the top floor 14. 伤心的故事 a sad story 15.伤心地看着…… look at … sadly 16. 从前 once upon a time 17. 邀请（某人）去 invite sb. to … 18. 门钥匙 the key to the door 第九篇 1. 世界上 in the world 2. 最棒的推销员 the best salesman 3. 高薪，高报酬 top pay 4. 告诉自己 tell oneself 5. 自言自语 say to oneself 6. 请求（某人）得到（某物） ask sb. for sth. 7. 给（某人）（某物） give sb. sth. / give sth 8. 从… . .取出（某物） take sth. out of 9. 每天 every day 10. 整天 all day 11. 整日整夜 all day and all night 12. 从……到…… from …to … 13. 努力做 （某事 ） try to do sth. 14. 赠送，捐出（某give sth. Away 第 八篇 't work . to sb.

妙语短篇A1之7、The package

7、The package One morning a mailman walked up to a house. He rang the bell. A few seconds later a window of the house opened, and a woman put her head out. "What is it ?" she wanted to know. "I've got a package for Mrs. Smith, "the mailman said. "Is it registered?" the woman asked. "Yes," the mailman said. "Is it a big package or a small package?" the woman wanted to know next. "It's quite a big package." the mailman told her. "I see." The woman thought for a minute, then she said, "Who is it from?" The mailman looked at the return address on the back of the package. "It's from Jones and Jones in London," he said. Now the woman was very interested." From Jones and Jones, eh?" she said." That's a very expensive shop. What's in the package?" "Madam," the mailman said, becoming quite angry with the woman, "I don't know. Why don't you come down and take the package from me. Then you can open it and find out." "Oh, i can't do that," the woman said. "Why not?" the mailman said. "Because I'm not Mrs. Smith," she said." You've come to the wrong house. Mrs. Smith lives next door.

妙语短篇a1第二课

2.The Hole In The Ground 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 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 Expressions hole 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。 A. Where did the farmer live? (a) near a road (b) in a hole in the road (c) in a large car (d) under a tractor B. Many cars went into the hole because the drivers (a) were going too fast to stop. (b) did not see the hole.

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

妙语短篇A1 第3篇到15篇 的翻译

3 quick thinking思考迅速，敏捷的思维 一天，托尼在路上遇见了他的朋友爱伦。托尼很有钱，但是爱伦很穷。两个男孩一起沿着路走。他们谈论了许多事情。托尼喜欢听音乐，并且告诉爱伦关于许多新歌。爱伦喜欢看书，并且告诉托尼关于许多新书。他们有共同的朋友，也谈论他们。接着托尼想起了一些事情“我上个星期借给你十美元，”托尼说“你能还给我吗？” “我很抱歉，托尼”爱伦说“我忘记了” 他想了几分钟关于这个钱，然后他说：“我今天没带钱，我明天会给你” “好吧”托尼说“我可以再等一天” 在这时一个男人跑来，他手里拿了一把刀，爱伦和托尼都很害怕，他是个危险的男人。“把你的钱给我”他对托尼说托尼拿出他的皮夹子给那个小偷那个小偷拿出钱，把皮夹子扔在了地上。“现在你给我你的钱”他对爱伦说爱伦快速的想了一下。他拿出他的皮夹子，但他没有给小偷。他给托尼说：“我欠你的钱，托尼，在这里。” 4年轻的医生 一个老人去医院看病,给他诊断的是一个非常年轻的医生,非常年轻. "医生,我觉得不舒服"老人说"请给我检查一下我生什么病了""把衣服脱了,然后躺床上去"年轻的医生说"我要给你做 个检查" 老人脱了衣服后在床上躺下了,年轻的医开始给他做检查.但是他没发现老人的身体有任何异常. 他听了老人的心跳?看他的喉咙?他给老人做了全身的检查. 最后他说"对不起,老人家,我没有看出你身体上有任何的毛病,你很健康,像个年轻人那样健康.""那太奇怪了,"老人说"我感觉非常的不舒服""如果您还是觉得不舒服的话,就麻烦您明天再过来一趟"年轻的 医生说"我再给您做一次检查" 好的,医生"老人回答老人慢慢的站起来穿上衣服,然后走出 了诊断室? 几秒钟以后,医生的护士跑了进来"医生!医生"她喊着"刚才您检查的那个老人刚 刚猝死在医院门口了! 医生想了一下说"那把他的尸体倒转过来,让人家以为他是在来医院的路上" 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

妙语短篇A1之1、A Difficult Question

1、A Difficult Question一个难题 Four 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 though for several moments, Then one of them said ,"let's tell him that our taxi had a flat fire ." "That's a good idea," the other girls said. "we'll 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。” 女生们思索了一会儿，有一个女生说“我们就跟他说我们坐的的士爆胎了吧” 其他的女生异口同声说“好主意!我们就那样说吧!”于是她们迟到了一个小时，考试已经结束了。“为什么你们迟到了?”老师问道“你们都没有参加考试。” 其中一个女生答道“我们坐的那辆的士爆胎了” 老师思索了一下，说道“每个人在这间房间的一个角落分别坐下来” 四个女生照老师说的做了.然后老师说“在纸上写下这道问题的答案:哪个轮胎爆胎了”

妙语短篇a1第十二课。doc

11.Violin Lessons "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 pleased. "You cost me a lot of money, Sarah," he said. "First you wanted to learn horse riding, 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 what I'll do. I'll pay for you to have lessons for six weeks. At the end of six weeks you must play something for me. If you play well, you can have more lessons. If you play badly, I will stop the lessons." "O.K., Daddy," Sarah said. "That is fair." He soon found a good violin teacher and Sarah began her lessons. The teacher was very expensive, but her father kept his promise. The six weeks passed 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 terrible noise. Her father had one of his friends with him, and the friend put his hands over his ears. When Sarah finished, her father said, "Weil 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 still plays very badly," he said. "Well, that's true," her father said. "But since she started learning the violin I've been able to buy five apartments in this building very cheaply. In another six weeks I'll own the whole building!" New Words and Expressions violin小提琴 pleased高兴的，满意的 cost花费 fair公平 keep a promise 遵守承诺 terrioie 可怕的 noise 噪音

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."

妙语短篇a1第六课

6.Not A Small Promblem Mr. Guppy was a very large man. He had a loud voice and a bad temper. He was not a giant, but he was much bigger than most men. Life was not easy for Mr. Guppy. He could seldom find clothes big enough. His feet were too large for most shoes. In buses, trains and planes, he could not stand up straight. The roofs were too low. In cars he could not move his legs. There was not enough room. At home, his bed was too short. Chairs were always too small. In fact, wherever 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 easier at home. Then one day, a friend said, "You spend too much time at home. You should go out more. There's a good movie 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 theater when you go." The friend sent money to the theater for two tickets. When the day came, 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 office. "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 full this evening." Poor Mr. Guppy. He smiled sadly, walked out of the theater and went home. New Words and Expressions loud高声的 Voice声音 temper脾气 giant巨人 seldom不常，很少 straight笔直的，挺直的 roof屋顶 in fact 事实上 movie 电影theater 剧场，影剧院

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13.Not A Stupid Two men were sitting together in an airplane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a teacher. The other was a farmer. They sat without 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 rules first," the teacher said. "And let's make the game more interesting. Let's play it for money. If we don't know the answer to a riddle, we have to pay a dollar." The farmer thought about this for a while, then he said, "That's not fair. You are a teacher, an educated man. You know more things than I do. I am just a farmer." "That's true," 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." The teacher thought about this, then he said, "O.K. That's fair. Who'll go first?" "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 repeated the riddle, "What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that's a good one. I'm afraid I don't know the answer." He gave the farmer $100, then 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 gave him $50. New Words and Expressions airplane飞机 journey 旅程 without没有，缺少 pass the time消磨时间 riddle谜语 rule规则 money 钱 educated受过教育的 fly飞行