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记忆英语单词最好的方法是在文章中记忆，所以这个暑假我们准备了60篇小短文助你记下中考必考的1600个单词。今天是第四天，继续加油哦！  7. The“Deaf”Wife A man is talking to the family doctor.“Doctor， I doubtwhether mywife's goingdeaf.”The doctor answers，“Here’s something you can try on her to test her hearing.Standsomemetersawayfrom her and ask her a question.If she doesn't answer， move alittlecloserand ask again.Keeprepeatingthis until she answers.Then you'll be able to tell if she is deaf or not.” The man goes home and begins to test his wife's hearing. He standsbythewalland says，“My dear，what's for dinner？”He doesn't hear an answer， so he moves closer to her.“My dear， what's for dinner？”Stillno answer. He repeats thisseveraltimes， until he's standing just a fewfeetaway from her. Finally，she answers，“For the eleventh time， I said we're having meat and rice！” “耳聋的”妻子 某人对他的家庭医生说，“医生，我怀疑(doubt)我妻子(wife)要聋(deaf)了。”医生回答说，“有个办法可以测试(test)她的听力。你站(stand)在离她几米远(some meters away)的地方，然后问她一个问题(question)。如果她不回答，你再走近点(a little closer)，然后再问。如此重复(repeat)直到她听到为止。那时你就可以判断她是否聋了。” 这人回家后便开始测试他妻子的听力。他站在墙的旁边(by the wall)说，“亲爱的(dear)，晚饭(dinner)吃什么？”他没听到回答，于是又朝妻子走近了些。“亲爱的，晚饭吃什么？”仍然(still)没有回答。他如此反复了几次(several times)．直到他离妻子只有几英尺(a few feet)的地方。 最后(finally)，她回答道，“我都说了十一次了，我说咱们要吃肉(meat)和米饭(rice)。” 8. We Really Don't Know (1) Jack had gone to the university tostudy his history，but at the end of his second term，hefailedhishistoryexam，and he was told that he would bedismissedfrom university. However，his father decided that he would go to see the history professor(教授)to ask him to let Jack continue his studies the next year. “He's a good boy，”saidJack's father，“Please pardon him. If you let him pass this time， I'm sure he'll improvealotnext year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well.” 【汉语翻译】 我们真的不知道(1) 杰克去大学(university)里学习(study)历史(history)，但在第二学期(term)末，他的历史考试不及格(he failed his history exam)．同时他还被告知将被开除(dismiss)。然而(however)．杰克的父亲(father)决定去拜访那位历史学教授，请求教授让(let)杰克继续(continue)下一年的学业。 “他是个不错的男孩(boy)。”杰克的父亲(father)说，“请原谅(pardon)他吧！如果这次您能让他通过(pass)，我确信(I'm sure)他明年一定会大有长进(improve a lot)；而且会在年终时真正地(really)很出色地通过考试。” 8. We Really Don't Know (2) “No， no， that's quite impossible！”repliedthe professor immediately.“Do you know， last month I asked him when Napoleon died，and he didn't know！”“Please， sir， give himanother chance”said Jack's father.“You see， I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house so we even don't know that Napoleon wasillrecently.” 【汉语翻译】 我们真的不知道(2) “不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。”教授立即(immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道吗，上个月我问他拿破仑是什么时候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！”“先生，请再给他一次机会(give him another chance)吧。”杰克的父亲说道，“您要知道，恐怕(I'm afraid)是因为我们家里没有报纸(newspaper)。因此我们甚至连拿破仑近来(recently)病了(ill)都不知道。” (责任编辑：admin) |