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2024年5月10日发(作者：黎馨荣)

A Bad Day 倒霉的一天.看谁最倒霉.

There was a guy in a bar, just looking at his drink. He stayed like

that for half an hour. Then, this big trouble-making (1)vehicle (2)

mechanic stepped up to him, (3)gripped his (4)collar, took the

(5)mug from him, and drank it all down. The poor man started

(6)weeping. The mechanic said, “Come on ,man, I was just joking.

Here, I’ll buy you another drink. I just can’t see a man crying. ”“No,

it’s not that. I’m (7)distressed. This day is the worst of my life. My

burden is so heavy. First, I was late getting to my office. My boss had

a (8)hostile temper, and fired me. When I left the building to go to my

car, I found out it was stolen. The police said they could do nothing

and (9)ditched my case. I got a (10)cab to return home, and when I

left it, I remembered I left my wallet and credit cards there. The cab

driver just drove away. When I got home, I found my beloved wife

died of her heart attack, (11)coiled beneath her blanket. I left home

and came to this bar. And just when I was thinking about

(12)committing (13)suicide, you (14)emerged and drank my

(15)dose of poison.”

a. the act of killing yourself

b. 出租汽车

c. shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

d. (一次)剂量，一剂，一份

e. ① (from)出现，浮现 ② (问题等)发生，显露，(事实)暴露

f. the act of grasping

g. psychological suffering

h. ① 不友好的，敌对的，怀有敌意的 ② 敌方的，敌人的 

i. a long narrow excavation in the earth

j. a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools

k. 盘绕

l. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

m.a conveyance that transports people or objects

n.(有柄的)大杯

o.a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

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两个农夫

Texan farmer goes to Australia for a he makes an

(01)acquaintance with an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows

off his (02)superb (03)acres of wheat field and the Texan says, “Oh! We

have wheat fields that are at least twice as large, and the (04)yield is

also twice as (05)abundant.”

Then they walk around the surroundings to do some sightseeing, and the

Aussie shows off his (06)herd of (07) Texan immediately

(08)boasts, “We have (09)longhorns that are at least twice as large as

your cattle.”The (10)conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the

Texan sees a (11)swift herd of kangaroos hopping through the field in the

distance. Amazed, he asks, “What the hell are those?!”

The Aussie replies with a doubtful look, “Don’t you have any

(12)grasshoppers in Texas?”

a. moving very fast

b. 牛

c. the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or

information

d. present in great quantity

e. production of a certain amount

f. 长角牛

g. of surpassing excellence

h. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

i. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same

kind

j. 英亩

k. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

l. 蚱蜢,蝗虫

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An Example of Tragedy 一个灾难的例子

Bill Clinton is visiting an (01)urban school. In one class, he asks

the students if anyone can give him an example of a “(02)tragedy”. One

little boy stands up and offers his (03)viewpoint, “If my best friend

who lives next door was playing in the street when a (04)]van came along

and killed him, that would be a tragedy.” “No,” Clinton (05)utters,

“That would be a (06)violent ACCIDENT.” A girl raises her hand, “If

a school bus carrying fifty children drove off a (07)cliff, killing

that would be a tragedy.” “I’m afraid not,”

explains Clinton, “That is what we would call a (08)tremendous LOSS.”

The room is (09)tense and silent; none of the other children volunteers.

“What?” asks Clinton, “Isn’t there any one here who can give me an

example of a tragedy?”he urges. Finally, a boy in the back raises his

hand and stands (10)upright. In an (11)uneasy yet (12)sincere voice, he

says, “If an airplane carrying Bill & Hillary Clinton were blown up by

a bomb, that would be a tragedy.” “Wonderful!” Clinton beams.

“Marvelous! And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?” “Well,”

says the boy, “because it wouldn’t be an accident, and it certainly would

be no tremendous loss!”

a. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

b. 发出(声音等)，说

c. a mental position from which things are viewed

d. 货车

e. acting with or marked by or resulting from great force

f. 不自在的,心神不安的,不稳定的,不舒服的

rdinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree

h. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

i. relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated

area

j. in a vertical position; not sloping

k. 真诚的,诚挚的

l. a steep high face of rock

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Dogs and Their Owners 狗和它们的主人

Four men were having a (01)contest about how smart their dogs were. The

first man was a competent engineer, who said his dog “(02)Carpenter”

could do (03)drafting. He commanded the dog to get some paper, make a

(04)diagram of a (05)square, a circle, and label them, which the dog did

easily. The (06)Accountant said his dog “Commerce” was smarter. He told

his dog to fetch a dozen biscuits, bring them back and divide the biscuits

into piles of three, which the dog did with no problem. The Chemist said

his dog “Gauge”, was even smarter. He told his dog to get a quart of

milk and pour seven (07)ounces into a ten-ounce glass, which the dog did

with no problem. The three men then turned to an (08)influential and

prominent senator and asked what could his dog do. The senator called his

(09)clumsy dog “Coffee” and told him to show the guys what he could do.

Coffee then walked over and ate the biscuits, drank the milk, (10)licked

and (11)trashed on the paper, had bit at the other three dogs, claimed

he hurt his tooth doing so, filed a complaint for unsafe working conditions,

applied for workers (12)compensation and left for home on sick leave with

pay!

or exercising influence or power

b.捣毁

c. something given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service

or loss)

d.图解,图表

ng with the tongue

f..someone who maintains and audits business accounts

g.盎司

occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more

contestants

i. lacking grace in movement or posture

j.(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right

angles

k.a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects

l.草稿,草图,汇票

第四期hkldjfgaiebc

A Dogfight

Uncle Sam and Osama decided to settle the whole war with a dogfight. They

would each have 5 years to (1)breed the best fighting dog and whoever's

dog won would (2)dominate the world. Osama found the meanest Doberman

breed in the world and bred them with the meanest wolves. They selected

only the biggest and strongest (3)puppy from each (4)litter. After 5 years,

they came up with the biggest, meanest dog ever. When the day came for

the big dogfight, Uncle Sam showed up with a strange looking animal. It

was a 9-foot long Dachshund. When the cages were opened up, the Dachshund

came out of it's cage and slowly (5)waddled over toward Osama's dog.

Osama's dog (6)snarled and leaped out of it's cage and charged the American

dog--but when it got close to the American dog, the Dachshund opened it's

mouth and ate Osama's dog whole. Osama said, “We don't understand how

this could have happened, we had our best people working for 5 years with

the meanest dogs and the meanest wolves. “Uncle Sam said, “That’s

nothing, we had our best plastic (7)surgeons working for 5 years to make

that (8)alligator look like a (9)weenie dog."

shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

of baby animals that a mother gives birth to at the same time

c.微小的, 细小的

control someone or something or to have more importance than other

people or things

walk with short steps, with your body moving from one side to another

- used especially about people or birds with fat bodies and short legs

f.a doctor who does operations in a hospital

an animal snarls, it makes a low angry sound and shows its teeth

h.a large animal with a long mouth and tail and sharp teeth that lives

in the hot wet parts of the US and China

i.a young dog

y, especially because something unpleasant has happened

keep animals or plants in order to produce babies or new plants,

especially ones with particular qualities

第五期:kdibegfhc

At times I like to (1)abandon my (2)ability to speak and write in an

(3)academic way, which my friends call an abuse of language. When I am

about to go aboard a plane to go abroad, I often still think about this.

At these times I am so absent-minded that I almost miss the call for "all

aboard". In another every word. Instead, I aim for clear and simple

communication to help others absorb what I am saying. This is not easy

since I like to (4)abuse language and always try to use the full range

of language to the best of my ability. However, I think that one can

(5)abandon oneself to new experiences when overseas without treating

one's training with abandon. It has also been suggested that I get rid

of my strong accent, and my absence from my country might (6)accelerate

this change. In the meantime, I'll think of ways to use Band 4 words, in

concrete ways, rather than (7)in the abstract. Readers can then abstract

what suits them best, from the book, towards developing (8)absolute faith

in their ability to master English.

a.抽象

ng to education, especially at college or university level

c.能力

a process accelerates or if something accelerates it, it happens

faster than usual or sooner than you expect

feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely

use of something in a way that it should not be used

stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is

impossible to continue

te or total

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