A Tough Teacher
A school teacher friend of mine injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. On his first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he was assigned to teach the most undisciplined class. Stepping confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible. Just then, a strong breeze made his tie flap. Trying to fix the tie , he took a blackboard eraser and hammered a large tack through his tie into his chest.
He had no trouble with discipline that term.
Notes:
1 injure v.傷害
2 plaster cast n. 石膏繃帶;石膏夾
3 assign v.分配;分派
4 undisciplined adj.缺乏紀律的
5 rowdy adj.粗暴而吵鬧的
6 breeze n.微風
7 flap v.上下或左右移動
8 eraser n.黑板擦
Exercises:
根據短文填空：
① A school teacher friend of mine _____his back and had to wear a plaster cast______ the upper part of his body.
② He was _____to teach the most undisciplined class.
③______ confidently into the rowdy classroom, he opened the window as wide as possible.
④ just then, a strong_______ made his tie flap.
⑤ He had no trouble________ discipline that term.
28.強悍的教師
我有壹位作教師的朋友弄傷了他的背，因此上身不得 *** 石膏罩。開學的第壹天，他的身上還穿著石膏罩。他被分派教最不守紀律的班級。他很自信地步入亂哄哄的教室，把窗子盡可能大地開啟。就在這時，壹陣強風把他的領帶吹得飄起來。為了固定領帶，他拿起黑板擦，把壹個大頭釘透過領帶砸入他的胸膛。
那學期在他的課上，沒有不守紀律的。
練習參考答案：
① injured; around ② assigned ③ Stepping ④ breeze ⑤ with
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Im a Police Officer
When my hu *** and, Jack, was a police officer, he once approached a home guarded by two ferocious dogs. They lunged at the screen door with such force that it opened, and they tore out into the yard.
Thinking quickly, Jack, stepped into the house, closing the door tightly behind him. " It's all right, ma'am," he reassured the homeowner " I'm a police officer."
"Not a very brave one," 'she observed.
Notes:
1 guard v.保護;保衛
2 ferocious adj.兇猛的;殘忍的
3 lunge v.沖刺;前沖
4 tear v.急奔;沖
5 reassure v.消除對……的恐懼;使安心
Exercises:
根據短文選擇正確答案：
① What was once Jack?
A. He was once a soldier.
B. He was once a government official.
C. He was once a police officer.
D. He was once a gardener.
② The word "ferocious" in "a home guarded by two ferocious dogs'? means______ .
A. very nice
B. very strong
C. very big and strong
D. cruel and violent
③ What is a screen door?
A. A door which is made of glass.
B. A door which is a frame holding a net used for separating things, which do not pass through the holes.
C. A door which is made of iron .
D. A door which is made of wood.
④ What did Jack do when he found that the dogs tore into the yard?
A. He ran away quickly.
B. He stood still.
C. He locked the dogs inside the house.
D. Instead of running away, he stepped into the house and shut the door tightly.
⑤ From this passage, we can see that ______.
A. Jack was very quick
B. Jack was not so brave
C. Jack was very helpful
D. Jack was a petent policeman
29.我是警察
在我丈夫傑克還是警察的時候，壹次他走近有兩只惡狗看守的庭院。那兩只狗奮力地撲抓紗門，把門弄開了並沖到院子裏。
傑克反應迅速，三步並兩步地跨入房子裏，牢牢地關上身後的門。“沒事了，女士，”他安慰家主道，“我是警察。”
“可不是很勇敢的壹個。”她淡淡地說。
練習參考答案：
①C②D③B④D⑤B
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A Business Trip
On a business trip to India, a colleague of mine arrived at the airport in Dilhi. He took a taxi to his hotel, where he was greeted by his hospitable Indian host. The cab driver requested the equivalent of eight dollars U. S. for the fare, which seemed reasonable, so my friend handed him the money.
But the host grabbed the bills and initiated a verbal assault upon the cabby, calling him a worthless parasite and a disgrace to their country for trying to overcharge visitors. The host threw half the amount at the driver and told him never to return.
As the taxi sped off, the host gave the remaining bills to my colleague and asked him how his trip had been. "Fine," the business- man replied, "until you chased the cab away with my luggage in the trunk."
Notes:
1 colleague n.同事
2 hospitable n.好客的
3 equivalent n.等值;等量
4 initiate v.開始
5 verbal n.言辭的
6 assault on/upon n.猛烈而突然之攻擊
7 cabby n.出租汽車司機
8 parasite n.寄生蟲
Exercises:
根據短文回答下列句子：
①Where was the busines *** an going?
② How did he get to the hotel?
③ How much money did the taxi driver request?
④ What did the host think of the charge?
⑤ How was the trip?
30.出差旅行
我的壹個同事去印度出差。他抵達迪爾黑機場，就搭出租車到賓館。好客的印度主人在那裏迎接他。計程車司機索要相當於八美元的費用。我朋友覺得似乎是合理價格，就把錢給了他。
但迎客主人壹把抓過那錢鈔，對出租司機大罵不止，稱他是壹文不值的寄生蟲，並說他企圖宰國外來客，真是丟盡了他們國家的面子。他把錢鈔的半數扔給司機，告訴他永遠別再回來。
出租司機壹踩油門跑掉了。主人把剩下的錢還給我的同事，問他旅途如何。“很好，”這位商人回答，“只是妳把計程車趕跑了，我的行李還在車箱裏。”
練習參考答案：
① India
② He took a taxi.
③ The equivalent of eight dollars U. S.
④ He thought it was too much.
⑤ Fine except that the luggage was still in the trunk of the taxi.