11—21早读资料

资料

英语特快列车早读资料
2008，11，21
一文学欣赏
---Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams

紧紧抓住梦想，
For if dreams die

梦想若是消亡
Life is a broken-winged bird

生命就象鸟儿折了翅膀
That can never fly.

再也不能飞翔
Hold fast to dreams

紧紧抓住梦想，
For when dreams go

梦想若是消丧
Life is a barren field

生命就象贫瘠的荒野，
Frozen only with snow

雪覆冰封，万物不再生长

二．短句训练
1. Business comes before pleasure.

吃苦在先，享乐在后。

2. Lost time is never found again.

光阴一去不复返。

3. He who knows most speaks least.

识多者寡言。

5. A good book is the best friend, the same today and forever.

好书如挚友，情谊永不渝。

6. Time and tide wait for no man.

岁月不待人。

7. Old friends and old wine are best.

陈酒味醇，老友情深。

8. Art is long, but life is short.

人生有限，学海无涯.

9. The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

从来不犯错误的人将一事无成。

三．读后之“娱”
1,Where is the father?

Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.

"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"

"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures."
父亲在哪儿？
兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。
“看，”哥哥说，“这些画多漂亮呀！”
“是啊，”弟弟说道，“可是在所有这些画中，只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢？”
哥哥想了会儿，然后解释道：“很明显，他当时正在画这些画呗
2,A Smart Housewife.
A smart housewife was told that there was a kind of stove which would only consume half of the coal she was burning.

She was very excited,

and said: "That'll be terrific! Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed!"
　精明的家庭主妇
一位精明的家庭主妇听人说有一种炉子用起来可以比她现在用的炉子省一半的煤。

她听了大为兴奋，

说：“那太好了！一个炉子可以省一半的煤，那么如果我买两个炉子的话，不就可以把煤全都省下来了吗？”

像风一样飘散