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http://www.kidsgen.com/stories/bedtime_stories/save_yourself.htm 导读：
生活不会总是一帆风顺，我们会遇到各种各样的困难，当我们遇到困难时，一定要积极、勇敢地面对，沉着、冷静地思考解决办法，千万不能气馁和失望，也不要放弃或等待。
Save Yourself
Long long ago, there were four friends named Mike, Jack, Sam and Frank. They belonged to the same village. Once they were invited to attend a friend’s marriage party in a distant village. So they decided to go to attend the marriage party together.
①On the day of the marriage started their journey early in the morning, so that they could cross the forest before darkness falls. ②While they were crossing the forest carefully, they could not enjoy its beauty because they were afraid of the wild animals. That’s why they wanted to cross the forest quickly.
By noon, they had crossed more than half the way. ③All of a sudden, Mike asked Jack, Sam and Frank to stop and said, \"There may be danger ahead as the area is known for its tigers. Let us check for the tigers first, then we will go on further.\" They all looked here and there. At this moment, Frank saw the tail of a tiger behind the bushes. He trembled with fear and cried, \"There is a tiger behind the bushes! Now, what do we do? How can we save our lives?\" Mike said, \"Do not be afraid of the tiger. Have faith in God. We should pray to God. He will protect us.\"
④Jack climbed up a big tree quickly and said to his friends loudly, \"Do not waste time in talking. Quickly, climb up a tree. God helps those who help themselves. Be quick. Save yourself.\" So Mike, Sam and Frank rushed to a nearby tree and climbed up. They all waited for the tiger to go. When the tiger went away, they got down from the tree. At last, they crossed the forest safely and reached the village to attend their friend’s marriage party.
拯救你自己
很久以前，有四个朋友，他们分别叫迈克、杰克、萨姆和弗兰克。他们住在同一个村子里。有一次，他们都被一个住在遥远村庄的朋友邀请，去参加他的婚礼。因此，他们决定一起去。
在举行婚礼的那天早晨，为了能在夜幕降临前穿过森林，他们很早就开始了他们的旅行。
当他们小心地穿越森林时，他们没有享受眼前的美景，原因是害怕野兽出没，那也是他们想迅速穿过森林的原因。
晌午，他们已经走了一多半的路程。突然，迈克让杰克、萨姆和弗兰克停下来并说：“前面可能有危险，因为众所周知老虎常在此地出没。让我们先看看有没有老虎，那样我们将会走得更远。”他们东瞧瞧，西看看。突然，弗兰克看到灌木丛后面有一条老虎的尾巴，他害怕得颤抖起来并大叫“灌木丛后面有一只老虎，现在我们应该怎么办？怎样才能脱离危险呢？”迈克说“别怕老虎，我们应该祈祷，相信上帝，他会保护我们的。”
杰克迅速爬上一棵大树并大声地对他的朋友们说“别在口舌上浪费时间了，快点爬到树上，上帝帮助那些自救的人，快点拯救你自己吧！”因此，迈克、萨姆和弗兰克冲向附近的树并爬了上去，在上面等待老虎离开。当老虎走远后，他们才从树上下来。最后，他们安全地穿过了森林并参加了朋友的婚礼。 重点单词：
1. attend [ə'tend] vt. 参加；出席 2. bush [bʊʃ] n. 灌木；矮树丛 3. tremble ['trembl] vi. 发抖；战栗 4. pray [prei] vt. 祈祷；恳求；央求 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. On the day of the marriage started their journey early in the morning, so that they could cross the forest before darkness falls.
婚礼的那天早晨，为了能在夜幕降临前穿过森林，他们很早就开始了他们的旅行。
so that意为“以便，为了”，引导目的状语从句，从句中常使用can /could /may /might /will /would /should等情态动词或助动词。如：
My sister gets up early to read English, so that she can pass the English test. 为了能通过英语考试，我的妹妹每天早起读英语。
2. While they were crossing the forest carefully, they could not enjoy its beauty because they were afraid of the wild animals.
当他们小心翼翼地穿越森林时，他们没有享受眼前的美景，原因是害怕野兽出没。
while意为“当……的时候”引导时间状语从句，主句里又含有because引导的原因状语从句。be afraid of害怕……，其后接名词或代词。如：
While they were walking through the grass, they couldn’t wear sandals because they were afraid of the snakes. 当他们穿越草地时，因为害怕蛇，他们没能穿凉鞋。
3. All of a sudden, Mike asked Jack, Sam and Frank to stop and said, \"There may be danger ahead as the area is known for its tigers...\"
突然，迈克让杰克、萨姆和弗兰克停下来并说：“前面可能有危险，因为众所周知老虎常在此地出没……”。 句中There may be...是表推测，as意为“因为”引导原因状语从句。all of a sudden突然；be known for因……而众所周知。如：
There may be a lot of tourists there as it is known for all kinds of fishes. 那儿可能有许多游客，因为它因各种各样的鱼而出名。
4. Jack climbed up a big tree quickly and said to his friends loudly, \"Do not waste time in talking. Quickly, climb up a tree. God helps those who help themselves. Be quick. Save yourself.\"
杰克迅速爬上一棵大树并大声地对他的朋友们说“别在口舌上浪费时间了，快点爬到树上，上帝帮助那些自救的人，快点拯救你自己吧！”
句中God helps those who help themselves此句是一个含who引导的定语从句的复合句，who引导的从句作指示代词those的定语。如：
We only help those who love studying and study hard. 我们只帮助那些爱学习且努力学习的人。 夜读练习：
1. While he______computer game, his mother came back. A. is playing
B. was playing
C. played
D. playing
2. Which person is the cleverest? 答案：
1. B句意：当他正在玩电脑游戏时，妈妈回来了。while意为“当……的时候”，引导时间状语从句时，当主句是过去时态，从句用过去进行时态；while后也可省略主语与助动词be，故选择B项。 2. Jack.
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http://www.pitara.com/talespin/stories/online.asp?story=134 导读：
因为你学识渊博、能言善辩、谈吐文雅、善良可爱，让你朋友成群，这说明你是一个受欢迎的人吗？那可不一定哟，只有在你需要帮助的时候，有人会伸出援助之手，那么你才是真正受欢迎的人。
How popular was Mini?
Every year, Mini’s classmates voted her as the favourite student because she was easy to get along with and a great company.
①One day the 10-year-old was asleep in the class and the teacher ordered her to stay back as punishment. Staying back meant doing something 'useful', like helping in the garden or library after school.
Now the school in which Mini studied had a rule. Once a month, you could change your punishment schedule with someone else. ②If you have something else to do the day you are punished, you can ask a friend to stand in for you. Of course, you had to stand in for her to be punished, but in that same month itself.
On that day a very dear aunt was visiting Mini on her way back to America. That afternoon was the only chance Mini had of seeing her for another five years.
Mini needed someone to stand in for her. That was a problem because it was the last day of the month. ③So anyone who helped her, would do so out of friendship's purpose alone. She asked Betty, her 'best' friend for help. \"Oh, no, Mini, I can't,\" Betty said. \"I have to teach my brother to finish his homework.”
\"Mike, will you stay back for me?\" Mini asked another friend who was playing basketball in the playground. \"To help the librarian? Why don’t you tell me earlier?I have to go to a relative's house with my father. Some other day perhaps,\" and with that Mike fled.
By now, Mini was beginning to doubt if even one of her friends would agree to stay. But she tried for several times again，no one agreed to help her.
So Mini had to stay back to help the librarian, Ms Miller. ④When Ms Miller saw her crying and knew the truth, she allowed Mini to go home to meet her aunt. \"Some popularity I have？\" Mini said to herself when she went home. \"I may have many friends, but in fact I have none.\"
米粒有多受欢迎？
每一年，米粒的同学都选她当那个受欢迎的学生，因为她很容易相处且是一个好伙伴。
一天，那个十岁的孩子在课堂上睡着了，老师命令他留下来接受惩罚。留下来就意味着要做一些有益的事情，像课后在花园里或图书馆帮忙。
米粒所在的学校有一个规定，一个月可以有一次与他人交换受惩罚的时间。如果你被惩罚的那天，你有其他事情要做，你可以让你的朋友代替你接受惩罚。当然，你不得不在同一个月代替她接受惩罚。 那天，米粒有一个非常亲近的阿姨将在她回美国的时候来看望她。那天下午是米粒唯一可以见到阿姨的
一次机会，再次相见将是五年后。
米粒需要有人代替她接受惩罚。那是个问题，因为这一天是一个月的最后一天。因此，帮助她接受惩罚的人将纯粹是出于友情帮助。
她向她最好的朋友贝蒂寻求帮助，贝蒂说：“噢，不能，米粒，我不得不帮助我弟弟完成家庭作业。” “迈克，你愿意代替我接受惩罚吗？”米粒问她的另一个正在操场上打篮球的朋友。“帮助图书管理员？你为什么不早点告诉我？我不得不和父亲去一个亲戚家，下次吧。”说着这些迈克逃走了。
此时，米粒开始怀疑是否有人愿意留下来。但是，她继续试了几次，仍然没有人同意帮她。
因此，米粒不得不留下来帮助图书管理员米勒小姐。当米勒小姐看见她哭了，在了解到真相后，她让米粒回家去见她的阿姨了。
当米粒回家的时候，她自言自语地说：“我受大家欢迎？或许我有许多朋友，但事实上没有一个真正的朋友。” 重点单词：
1. voted [vəʊt] vi. 选举，投票
2. punishment ['pʌniʃmənt] n. 惩罚；严厉对待 3. doubt [daut] v. 怀疑；不信
. popularity pɔpju'lærəti] n. 受大众欢迎 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. One day the 10-year-old was asleep in the class and the teacher ordered her to stay back as punishment. 一天，那个十岁的孩子在课堂上睡着了，老师命令他留下来接受惩罚。 句中的and连接两个并列分句，通常情况下，两个分句的时态保持一致。如： My sister does well in her subjects and she is good at sports. 我的妹妹功课做得好而且擅长体育。
2. If you have something else to do the day you are punished, you can ask a friend to stand in for you. 如果你被惩罚的那天，你有其他事情要做，你可以让你的朋友代替你接受惩罚。 stand in for 代替
此句是含if引导的条件状语从句的复合句，当主句是一般将来时态或含情态动词时，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态。如：
If it doesn’t rain, I will go to the mountain with my friends. 如果明天不下雨，我将和朋友们去登山。
3. So anyone who helped her, would do so out of friendship's purpose alone. 因此，帮助她接受惩罚的人将纯粹是出于友情帮助。
此句是含who引导的定语从句的复合句，当先行词是人时，引导词可用that或who。out of friendship 由于友谊。如：
The man who/ that is wearing sunglasses is my father. 那个戴太阳镜的男人是我的爸爸。
4. When Ms Miller saw her crying and knew the truth, she allowed Mini to go home to meet her aunt. 当米勒小姐看见她哭了，在了解到真相后，她让米粒回家去见她的阿姨了。
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，when引导从句的谓语动词可以在主句谓语动作之前、之后或同时发生。当when引导的时间状语从句的主句是一般将来时态时，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态。如：
I will become an engineer when I grow up. 当我长大了，我将当一名工程师。 夜读练习：
1. We should help someone______is in trouble. A. that
B. whose
C. which
D. when
2. How many real friends does Mini have? 答案：
1. A 句意：“我们应该帮助在困境是的人。”此句是定语从句，先行词someone指人，当先行词指人时，可用引导词that或who引导，故选A。 2. No one/ Nobody.
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http://mrmom.amaonline.com/stories/acarpentersstory.htm 导读：
每一件事都值得你认真去做，那怕它是一件不起眼的小事或者它是你即将做的最后一件事，也不能因此敷衍塞责，你必须认真做好它，这样你才会有意想不到的收获。 A Carpenter’s Story
An old carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer about his plans to leave the house building business and live a more free life with his wife. ①He would miss the pay, but he needed to retire. ②The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could help him build just one more house. The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He built it very carelessly and used bad materials.
It was an unfortunate way to end his job. When the carpenter finished his work and the employer came to check the house, the employer handed the key to the carpenter. \"This is your house,\" he said, \"my gift to you.\" What a shock! What a shame! ③If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.
So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. ④Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we find it earlier, we will do it differently.
If we had realized that we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you place a board, or build a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, you also should live kindly and with dignity.
Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
一个木匠的故事
一位老木匠打算退休了，他告诉他的雇主，他计划离开建筑行业去和妻子过一种更自由的生活。他会怀念工资，但他需要退休。
雇主见自己的好员工要离开而感到遗憾，问他是否可以帮他再建一套房子。老木匠同意再建一套，但很容易看出他的心思不在工作上，他建得非常粗心且用的是劣质材料。
这样结束他的工作是不幸的。当木匠完成了他的工作，房主来检查房子时，把钥匙交给了木匠并说：”这是你的房子，我送给你的礼物。” 木匠既震惊又羞愧。如果他早知道是给自己建房子，他会做得完全不一样。现在，他只得住在他建造的劣质房屋里。
我们也一样，在营造生活时，我们表现得心浮气躁，宁愿被动地适应而不是主动行动，也不愿意尽心尽力地营造我们的生活。在重要的时刻，也没能尽最大的努力做好工作。然后我们惊奇地看到所做的一切，发现自己就处在自己营建的房子里。
如果我们早一点意识到这，我们的做法会截然不同。把你自己当成那个木匠，想想你的房子。每天你都会放块木板或砌一面墙，明智地建造你的房子。这是你唯一要营造的生活。即使你只能再活一天，你也应该活得优雅、有尊严。
谁能说得更清楚？你今天的生活就是你过去的态度和选择的结果。你明天的生活就是你今天的态度和选择的结果。
重点单词：
1. carpenter ['kɑ:pəntə] n. 木匠，木工 2. employer [im'plɔiə] n. 雇主，老板 3. wisely ['waizli] adv. 明智地；聪明地 4. shame [ʃeim] n. 羞愧，羞耻
5. distracted [dis'træktid] adj. 心烦意乱的；思想不集中的 6. dignity ['diɡnəti] n. 尊严；高贵 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. He would miss the pay, but he needed to retire. 他会怀念工资，但他需要退休。
此句是由but连接的两个并列分句，两个分句之间有意义的转折。此句中第一个分句是过去将来时态，第二个分句是过去时态。如：
That boy never did housework, but he made dinner for his family today. 那个男孩从不做家务，但是他今天为他的家人做了晚餐。
2. The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could help him build just one more house. 雇主见自己的好员工要离开而感到遗憾，问他是否可以帮他再建一套房子。
句中的if意为“是否”，它引导的宾语从句作asked的宾语，在宾语从句中，当主句是过去时态时，从句通常用过去范畴的各种时态。be sorry to do很遗憾做某事。如：
He said he was sorry to know that nobody would help those homeless children and animals. 他说他对无人将帮助那些无家可归的孩子和动物感到很遗憾。
3. If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. 如果他早知道是给自己建房子，他会做得完全不一样。
此句是含虚拟语气的条件句，其中的if意为“如果”，当指过去时态的虚拟语气时，从句的谓语形式是had done,
主句的谓语形式是would/ should/ might/ could+have done。如： If you had repaired your bike, you would not have broken your leg. 如果你已经修了你的自行车，你将不会摔坏你的腿。
4. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built.
然后我们惊奇地看到自己所做的一切，就处在自己营建的房子里。
此句中含有两个定语从句，第一个从句we have created省略了引导词that，它限定situation; 第二个从句we have built，也省略了引导词that,限定house。如： We have found that cat my mother bought yesterday. 我们已经找到妈妈昨天买的那只猫。 夜读练习：
1. If you _______ your homework yesterday, you could have gone to a movie at that time. A. play
B. played
C. have played D. had played
2. Who did the carpenter build a house for?
答案：1. D 句意：如果你昨天已经完成你的作业，那个时候你可能就去看电影了。此句是条件句中的虚拟语气，根据could have gone可知是过去时态的虚拟语气，从句要用had done的形式，故选D。 2. For himself.
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http://robynnscorner.949starcountry.com/warm-and-fuzzy/daddy-couldnt-show-love-or-did-he/ 导读：
父爱是一缕阳光，让你的心灵即使在寒冷的冬天也能感到温暖如春；父爱是一泓清泉，让你的情感即使蒙上岁月的风尘依然纯洁明净。父爱是一座山峰，让你的身心即使承受风霜雨雪也沉着坚定； 父爱是……
A Father's Love
Daddy just didn’t know how to show love. ①It was Mom who held the family together. He just went to work every day and came home. My mother would have a list of my bad behavior and my father would scold us about them.
②Once when I stole a candy, he made me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I’d pay for it by doing something. But it was Mom who understood I was just a kid.
I broke my leg once and Mom held me in her arms all the way to the hospital.③ Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him to move it saying the space was reserved for emergency cars, he shouted, “What do you think this is? A tour bus?”
At my birthday parties, Dad was always busy blowing up balloons and setting up tables, it was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.
When I look through picture albums, people always ask, “What does your Dad took like?” “Who knows? He was always taking photos for everyone else. I must have a lot of pictures of Mom and me smiling together.” I remember when Mom told him to teach me how to ride a bicycle. I told him not to let it go, but he said it was time. I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he waved her off.④ I was so mad that I showed him, got right back on that bike and rode it myself. He didn’t even feel embarrassed and just smiled.
When I got married, it was Mom who cried. He left the room without a word. All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you can not go.” Daddy just didn’t know how to show love, unless… Is it possible he showed it and didn’t recognize it ?
父亲的爱
爸爸根本不知道如何表达爱，是妈妈把这个家维系在一起的。爸爸只是每天上班、回家。妈妈会向爸爸罗列我们所做的错事，爸爸会因此而责骂我们。
有一次，我偷了一颗糖果，爸爸让我把糖果送回去，并告诉卖糖的人说那是我偷的，还说我会帮助做事来作为赔偿。但是妈妈理解我只是一个孩子。
一次，我摔坏了我的腿，去医院的路上，妈妈一直抱着我。爸爸把车开到了急诊室门口，当医生说那是留给急救车停放的，叫他把车开走。爸爸大声吼道：“你以为这是什么？旅游车吗？”在我的生日聚会上，爸爸只是忙于吹气球，摆桌子。一直是妈妈将插着蜡烛的生日蛋糕端进来让我吹灭。
当我翻阅相册时，人们总会问“你爸爸长什么模样？”这还真不好说，他总是为他人拍照。我有很多和妈妈在一起微笑的照片。
我还记得那次妈妈叫爸爸教我骑自行车。我叫他不要放手，但是，他说该放手了。我从自行车上摔了下来，妈妈跑来拉我，他却挥手让妈妈离开了。我是如此生气，决心要让他看看我的本事, 我马上骑上车，竟能自己骑了。爸爸却一点也不觉得尴尬还在笑。
当我结婚的时候，妈妈哭了。他没有说一句话离开了房间。在我一生中，他总是说：“你要去哪儿？你
什么时候回家？不，你不能去。”
爸爸只是不知道如何表达爱，只会这样…… 爸爸表达了他的爱而他自己没有意识到，这可能吗？
重点单词：
1. scold [skəuld] vt. 骂；责骂
2. stole [stəul] v. 偷窃，偷盗（steal的过去式） 3. emergency [i'mə:dʒənsi] adj. 紧急的；备用的 4. recognize ['rekəɡnaiz] vt. 认出，识别
精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. It was Mom who held the family together. 是妈妈把这个家维系在一起的。
此句是主语从句后置，在主语从句中，为了避免主语的冗长，常用形式主语it代替，真正的主语放在句末。如：
Is it true that boy has eaten all apples? 那个孩子真的吃完了所有苹果吗？
2. Once when I stole a candy, he made me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I’d pay for it by doing something.
有一次，我偷了一颗糖果，爸爸让我把糖果送回去，并告诉卖糖的人说那是我偷的，还说我会帮助做事来作为赔偿。
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，主句是由and连接的两个并列分句，第一个分句又由and连接两个宾语，而I stole it又是tell的宾语从句。make sb do sth 让某人做某事，pay for 赔偿。如：
When I broke the glass of the window, the monitor made me go to the teacher’s office and the head-teacher asked me to pay for it.
当我打破了窗户玻璃，班长让我去老师的办公室告诉班主任，然后班主任让我支付打碎玻璃的钱。 3. Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the emergency room and when they asked him to move it saying the space was reserved for emergency cars...
爸爸把车开到了急诊室门口，当医生说那是留给急救车停放的，叫他把车开走……
此句是由and连接的两个并列分句，第二个分句又是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，saying在此处
是伴随状语，与asked的动作同时发生。如： My grandma sat in the chair watching TV. 我的奶奶坐在椅子上看电视。
4. I was so mad that I showed him, got right back on that bike and rode it myself. 我是如此生气，决心要让他看看我的本事, 我马上骑上自行车，竟然自己会骑了。
so...that意为“如此……以致于……”，引导结果状语从句。句中的so是副词，常用来修饰形容词或副词，常用句型为：“主语+谓语+so+adj. / adv. + that从句”。如： He is so young that she can't look after herself. 他是如此小以致于不会照顾自己。 夜读练习：
1. Our English teacher makes us________ English news every night. A. hear
B. to hear
C. listen to
D. to listen to
2. Her father never loved them, did he?
答案：1. C 句意：我们的英语老师让我们每天晚上听英语新闻。根据make sb do sth可排除B和D，此处是指听的动作故选C。 2. Yes, he did.
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http://www.qnr.cn/waiyu/yiwen/wx/201208/836690.html 导读：
人的生命是短暂的，从出生到死亡，它就像是一次环球旅行，或坎坷、或崎岖或平坦，无论旅程如何，终点和起点终归重合，若能留下一些痕迹固然好，如若不能，那就顺其自然吧！
A Cat’s Thought
The Man was very sad. He knew that the Cat’s days were numbered. ①The doctor had said there wasn’t anything more that could be done, that he should take the Cat home and make him as comfortable as possible. The man put the Cat on his legs and saw him sadly. The Cat opened his eyes and looked up at the Man. Tears rolled down the Man’s eyes and landed on the Cat’s face.
\"Why do you cry, Man?\" the Cat asked. \"Because you can’t bear the thought of losing me? Because you think you can never forget me?\" The Man nodded \"yes\".
\"And where do you think I’ll be when I leave you?\" the Cat said. \"Close your eyes, Man,\" ②The Man gave
him a questioning look, but did as he was told. \"What color are my eyes and fur?\" the Cat asked. \"Your eyes are gold and your fur is a rich, warm brown,\" the Man replied.
\"And where is it that you most often see me?\" asked the Cat. \"I see you...on the kitchen window ...on my favorite chair...lying on my desk ...on the pillow next to my head at night.\" \"Then, ③whenever you wish to see me, all you must do is to close your eyes,\" said the Cat. ④\"Pick up that piece of string from the floor--there, my toy.’\" The Man opened his eyes, then picked up the string. \"Now take each end of the string in one hand,\" the Cat ordered. The Man did so.
\"The end in your left hand is my birth and the end in your right hand is my death. Now bring the two ends together,\" the Cat said. The Man did.
\"You have made a continuous circle,\" said the cat. \"Does any point along the string appear to be different, worse or better than any other part of the string?\" The Man looked at the string and then shook his head \"no\".
One day, not long after, there was a new Cat on his legs. She was a lovely black and white...very different from that dead cat and very much the same.
一只猫的思想
那个男人很伤心，他知道猫的日子不多了。医生说已经没有办法医治了，他应该把猫带回家，并尽可能地让他过得舒服些。
男人把猫放在他的腿上,伤心地看着它。猫睁开他的眼睛并看着男人，眼泪从男人的眼眶流出来并滴落在猫的脸上。
“你哭什么？主人？”猫问，“因为你不能忍受失去我吗？因为你认为你从不会忘记我？”男人点点头，“是啊”。
“你认为，我离开你后会在哪儿呢？”猫说。“闭上眼睛吧，主人，”。男人疑惑地看了他一眼，但还是照它说的做了。
“我的眼睛和毛是什么颜色的？”猫问，“你的眼睛是金色的，你的毛是浓密而温暖的棕色”男人答道。 “那你常在哪儿看见我呢？”猫问。“我看见你在厨房的窗台上，在我喜爱的椅子上，躺在我的桌上，晚上在我的枕头边。”“那么无论你什么时候想看到我，你只要闭上你的眼睛就可以”猫说。
“把地板上的那根我的玩具绳捡起来。”男人睁开眼睛并捡起绳子。“现在，用两只手握着绳子的两端”猫命令道。男人照做了。
“你的左手端就是我的出生，而右手的那端就是我的死亡。现在把两端连在一起。”猫说道。男人又照
做了。
“你已经做了一个连贯的圆圈，”猫说，“这个绳子上的任意一点同其他点有什么不同?更好或者更差吗？”男人审视着那根绳子，然后摇了摇头。“没有。”
不久后的一天，他的腿上有了一只新猫咪。她是一只可爱的黑白相间的猫——与那只死去的猫是那么的不同，然而又是那么的相同。 重点单词：
1. bear bεə] vt. 忍受；具有；支撑
2. nodded v. 点头；打瞌睡；摇动（nod的过去式） 3. fur [fə:] n. 毛皮；软毛 4. pillow ['piləu] n. 枕头 5. string striŋ] n. 线，细绳
6. continuous [kənˈtɪnjuəs]adj. 连续的，持续的
精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. The doctor had said there wasn’t anything more that could be done, that he should take the Cat home and make him as comfortable as possible.
医生说已经没有办法医治了，他应该把猫带回家，并尽可能地让他过得舒服些。 as...as possible 尽可能……
此句是含宾语从句的复合句，第一个宾语从句there wasn’t anything more that could be done作said的宾语，其中that could be done在句中作定语修饰anything；第二个从句是由and连接的两个并列谓语。如： He said there was a basketball match in their city last weekend. 他说上个周末他们城市举办了一场篮球赛。
2. The Man gave him a questioning look, but did as he was told. 男人疑惑地看了他一眼，但还是照它说的做了。
此句是由but连接的两个并列分句，but在此起转折作用，as意为“依照”。如： That baby cried, but did as her mother told her. 那个婴儿哭了，但她按妈妈说的做了。
3. Whenever you wish to see me, all you must do is to close your eyes.
那么无论你什么时候想看到我，你要做的就是闭上你的眼睛就可以见到我。
此句是含whenever引导的时间状语从句的复合句，主句又是一个省略了that的定语从句，you must do作定
语限定all。如：
Whenever you want to come, all you can do is to ask your father to take you here. 无论你什么时候想来，你要做的就是叫你的父亲带你来。
4.pick up捡起，拾起；收听节目；（身体）状况好转；无意中获知或者学会（某种语言）；重新开始曾经中断过的事情。如：
I picked up French when I went to live in France.我去法国定居的时候学会了法语。 夜读练习：
1. You don’t have a choice, but you must do______your mother said. A. as
B. for
C. with
D. which
2. How does the man like cats?
答案：1. 句意：你没有选择，但你必须照你妈妈说的做。根据句意可知是按照的意思，故选A。 2. He likes cats very much.
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http://www.kidsgen.com/moral_stories/be_good_to_your_enemies.htm#6azay3Ca60gvhyrq.99 导读： 宽容是一种品德，它给人给己带来无比的快乐；宽容是一缕春风，它温暖每一个坚如磐石的心灵；宽容是一剂良药，它能治愈满身的创伤；宽容是一声呼唤，它能让你回到最初的自己。
Two boys
Long ago, there lived a little boy named Sammy. He was good at all his studies, more clever than many other boys in his class and kind to everyone.
①Now there was another boy named Timmy who studied in the same class as Sammy. Unlike Sammy, he was not good at studies and always liked to play during school hours. He misbehaved with his parents, bullied his classmates. He always tried to put Sammy down in front of other kids in the class. ②But no matter what he did, Sammy's grades kept getting better and better. On his eighth birthday, Sammy got a nice pen as a gift from his parents. He brought it to school. This was a very beautiful pen and it could help one write very fast. When Timmy saw it, he was very jealous of Sammy. He asked Sammy,
\"Hey, where did you buy it?\"
\"My parents gave it as a birthday gift to me.\" replied Sammy.
Timmy hardly ever got any present from his parents. He decided to steal Sammy's pen. ③After class, when everyone had gone out from the class, Timmy opened Sammy's bag and took out his pen. Then he hid it inside his bag.
When Sammy came back and could not find his pen, he told his class teacher about it. The class teacher ordered the monitor to search the bag of every children inside the class. The missing pen was soon found out of Timmy's bag.
\"Now Timmy, what do you have to say about it?\"
Timmy was in tears. He had nothing to say. When Sammy saw Timmy cry, he took pity on the boy. ④He requested his class teacher not to take any action against Timmy because his stolen pen was found.
This opened Timmy's eyes. He could now see what a good boy Sammy was. He asked for forgiveness from his teacher and Sammy. From that day, he became friends with Sammy and gradually changed himself to be as good as Sammy. Everyone began to love Timmy and Sammy was proud of his new friend.
两个男孩
很久以前，有一个叫萨米的男孩，他擅长所有的功课，比班上其他的男孩聪明且对任何人都很友好。 在萨米的班上有另一个叫蒂米的男孩，他不像萨米，他的功课不好并且很贪玩。他不尊敬父母且欺侮他的同学，他总在其他孩子面前贬低萨米。但无论他做什么，萨米的成绩继续越来越好。
萨米八岁生日的时候，父母送给他一支漂亮的钢笔作礼物。他把钢笔带到了学校。这支钢笔非常漂亮且能帮助他写得很快。当蒂米看见钢笔，他非常嫉妒他并问：“嗨，你在哪儿买的？”
“我的父母给我的生日礼物。”萨米回答说。
蒂米几乎从未收到过父母的礼物，他决定偷萨米的钢笔。下课后，当其他的孩子都离开了教室，蒂米打开萨米的书包，拿出钢笔放在了自己的书包里。
当萨米回到教室找不到钢笔，他告诉了他的老师。老师命令班长搜查教室里每个学生的书包。那只丢失的钢笔在蒂米的书包里找到了。
“蒂米，你不得不说点什么吧？”
蒂米泪眼汪汪，什么也不说。当萨米看到蒂米哭了，他很同情他。他要求老师不要对蒂米采取行动了，因为他的钢笔找到了。
这件事情让蒂米醒悟，他明白萨米是一个好男孩。他请求老师和萨米原谅。从那天起，他和萨米成了朋友，逐渐变成和萨米一样好的孩子。人人开始喜爱蒂米，并且萨米也以他的新朋友而自豪。 重点单词：
1. unlike ˌʌnˈlaik] prep. 和……不同，不像
2. misbehaved [ˌmisbi'heivd] v. 行为不端（misbehave的过去式） 3. bullied v. 威胁；恃强欺弱（bully的过去分词） 4. steal [sti:l] vt. 剽窃；偷偷地做；偷窃 5. forgiveness [fə'ɡivnis] n. 宽恕；宽仁之心 6. gradually ['grædjuəli] adv. 逐步地；渐渐地 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. Now there was another boy named Timmy who studied in the same class as Sammy. 在萨米的班上有另一个叫蒂米的男孩。
此句是由who引导的定语从句的复合句，who及其后部分作定语限定Timmy; named Timmy又是过去分词作定语限定boy。如：
I know the boy named Mike who is studying in a high school. 我认识那个叫迈克的男孩，他正在高中学习。
2. But no matter what he did, Sammy's grades kept getting better and better. 但无论他做什么，萨米的成绩继续越来越好。
此句中的no matter what意为“无论什么”，在此引导状语从句。如： No matter what she says, he will never mind. 无论她说什么，他从不介意。
3. After class, when everyone had gone out from the class, Timmy opened Sammy's bag and took out his pen. 下课后，当其他的孩子都离开了教室，蒂米打开萨米的书包。
此句是由when引导的时间状语从句，主句是过去时态，从句用的是过去完成时态，过去完成时态的结构是“had+动词的过去分词”。如：
When I arrived at the train station, the train had left. 当我到火车站时，火车已经离开了。
4. He requested his class teacher not to take any action against Timmy because his stolen pen was found. 他要求老师不要对蒂米采取行动了，因为他的钢笔找到了。
此句是含because引导的原因状语从句，从句是过去时态的被动语态。stolen是过去分词作定语限定pen。take action 采取行动。如：
Don’t take action against him because he has finish that task. 别对他采取行动了，因为他已经完成了那件任务。
夜读练习：
1. When she woke up yesterday morning, her mother______to work. A. has been B. has gone C. had been D. had gone 2. What do you think of Sammy?
答案：1. D 句意：当她昨天早晨醒来时，她的妈妈已经去上班了。此句是when引导的时间状语从句，从句是过去时态，根据句意可知主句要用过去完成时态。 2. He is clever and kind.
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http://www.kidsgen.com/fables_and_fairytales/indian_mythology_stories/the_foolish_brothers.htm#MZQl3BKs4XX8LlWK.99 导读：
做任何事之前都要三思而后行，不可贸然行事，否则就会搬起石头砸自己的脚甚至会危及自身安全。
Four brothers
Jack was again sitting on his grandpa’s legs while his grandpa was telling the story of the four foolish brothers for him.
Once, there were four brothers, who were very foolish. People used to make fun of them, so one day, they decided to become learned people. ①They went in four different directions with a promise that they would meet at same place after ten years.
②Ten years went by quickly, they met at the same place, they talked with each other what they had learnt. The first brother said, \"I can make a skeleton out of a single bone of an animal.\" The second one said, \"I can cover a skeleton with flesh.\" The third one said, \"I can cover a flesh-covered skeleton with skin and hair.\" The fourth said, \"I can put life into a dead animal.\"
They decided to show off their skills. They found a bone and the first brother turned it into a skeleton, the second one covered it with flesh. The third one covered it with skin and hair. Now it looked like a dead lion. ③As soon as the lion came to life, it killed all the four brothers and ate them up. Jack’s grandpa stopped and asked him, \"Who, according to you was responsible for the death of the four brothers?\" Jack replied, \"④The fourth brother was responsible for their deaths because he was foolish enough to put life in a dead lion. Without life, the lion could not have hurt them.\" Grandpa smiled happily and said , \"Baby, you are right, but you opened your mouth again, so I go to work in the garden.\" Saying so, grandpa put him on the sofa, then stood up and walked towards the garden.
四兄弟
当杰克的爷爷给他讲四个愚蠢兄弟的故事时，他又坐在了爷爷的腿上。
从前，有四个愚蠢的兄弟。人们常常愚弄他们，因此，有一天，他们决定成为有学问的人。他们带着十年后在同一地方见面的承诺去了四个不同的方向。
十年很快就过去了，他们在同一个地方见面了，他们谈论彼此学到的东西。第一个兄弟说：“我会可以用一根骨头做成一副骨架。”第二个说：“我可以用肉体盖住骨架。”第三个说：“我可以用皮毛盖住有肉体的骨架。”第四个说：“我可赋予一只死动物生命。”
他们决定炫耀他们的技能。他们找到一根骨头，第一兄弟把它变成了一副骨架，第二个用肉体覆盖了骨架，第三个用皮毛盖住了有肉体的骨架，现在它看起来像一只死狮。狮子一恢复生命，它杀死了四兄弟并把他们吃光了。
杰克的爷爷停下来问他：“根据你的想法，谁应该对四兄弟的死负责任呢？”杰克回答说，“第四个应该对他们的死负责任，因为他竟然傻到赋予一只死狮生命。那只狮子没有生命就不可能伤害他们。”爷爷高兴地笑了并说：“宝贝，你是对的，但是你又开口说话了，因此我要去花园工作了。”说着，爷爷把他放在沙发上，站起来朝花园走去。 重点单词：
1. shoulder ['ʃəuldə] n. 肩，肩膀 2. skeleton ['skelitən] n. 骨架，骨骼 3. bone [bəun]] n. 骨；骨骼 4. flesh [fleʃ] n. 肉；肉体
5. responsible [ri'spɔnsəbl] adj. 负责的，可靠的；有责任的 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. They went in four different directions with a promise that they would meet at same place after ten years. 他们带着十年后在同一地方见面的承诺去了四个不同的方向。
此句是含 that引导的定语从句的复合句，that they would meet at same place after ten years作定语限定promise。如：
That young man went to Beijing with a promise that he would be a famous singer.
那个年轻人带着要当一个著名歌星的承诺去了北京。
2. Ten years went by quickly, they met at the same place, they talked with each other what they had learnt. 十年很快就过去了，他们在同一个地方见面了，他们谈论彼此学到的东西。
此句中what they had learnt在句中作talked的宾语，with each other在句中作状语。go by (时间) 消失, 流逝。如：
Children met at the same place, they talked with each other what they saw and heard. 孩子们在同一个地方见面，他们彼此谈论看到的和听到的。
3. As soon as the lion came to life, it killed all the four brothers and ate them up. 狮子一恢复生命，它杀死了四兄弟并把他们吃光了。
此句是as soon as引导的时间状语从句，当as soon as引导的时间状语从句的主句是一般将来时态，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态。如： I will call you as soon as I arrive there. 我一到那儿就会给你打电话。
4. The fourth brother was responsible for their deaths because he was foolish enough to put life in a dead lion. 第四个应该对他们的死负责任，因为他竟然傻到赋予一只死狮生命。
此句是because引导的原因状语从句，主从句均是过去时态。be responsible for 对……负责。 如：
You have to be responsible for her because she is your daughter. 你不得不对她负责任，因为她是你的女儿。 夜读练习：
1. We will help him look for that book as soon as the librarian________ the library. A. open
B. is opening
C. opens
D. will open
2. What can’t Jack do when his grandpa tells stories?
答案：1. C图书管理员一打开图书室，我们就会帮他寻找那本书。此句是as soon as引导的时间状语从句，主句是一般将来时态，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态。 2. He can’t talk.
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http://flightcomputer.net/tag/larry-walters/
导读：
每个人都有自己的梦想，认定梦想并付诸行动，梦想就会变得神圣。请你相信梦想只要能持久，就能成为现实。做你梦想做的事吧，从现在开始为梦想而拼搏，成功就在不远处。 Let dream fly
When Larry Walters was a child, his dream was unusual: He wanted to fly. ①What was unusual was the way his dream came true. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but he couldn’t get flying practice because he couldn’t see clearly. However, he never gave up his dream.
Larry, aged 33, was not a pilot, but a driver in Los Angeles. One day, while sitting in his chair in his garden, Larry had a strange idea. ②As he watched weather ballons fly overhead, he decided to use weather balloons to fly. A few weeks later, Larry bought 42 one-meter diameter weather balloons. He tied them to a chair and filled them with helium. Then he sat down in the chair with some beer, sandwiches, and a BB gun. Larry’s plan was to fly about 10 meters above his backyard, enjoy a few hours in the air, and then shoot some balloons with his gun to get back down. But things did not go according to Larry’s plan.
③When his friends cut the rope, Larry, lifted by the 42 balloons and flew into the high sky quickly. He finally stayed at an altitude of 4,000 meters. Afraid to shoot some balloons, the balance of his “craft” would lose”. Larry sat, cold and frightened, in the sky with his beer and sandwiches for 14 hours.
Larry’s stay in the skies caused many planes to change their routes. Finally, Larry had to shoot a few balloons and slowly get back down, landing in power lines. Finally, he climbed down safely and was caught by waiting police.
④When asked by a reporter why he had done it, Larry answered, \"a man just can’t sit around.\" Larry achieved his dream, and set a record for a gas-filled balloon flight. But he had to hand in $1,500 for breaking air safety rules.
让梦想起飞
当拉里·沃尔特是个孩子时，他的梦想是不寻常的：他想飞。然而不寻常的是他实现梦想的方式。从学校毕业后，拉里就加入美国空军，但由于视力不佳他未能参加飞行训练。尽管如此，他从未放弃他的梦想。
33岁的拉里不是一名飞行员，而是洛杉矶的一名司机。一天，当拉里坐在花园的椅上时，突然有了一个奇怪的想法。当他看到气象探测气球从头顶飞过，他决定用气象探测气球来飞行。
几个星期后，拉里买了42个直径为1米的气象探测气球。他把气球绑在椅子上并充满氦气。然后，他坐在椅子上，带了一些啤酒，三明治和一支BB枪。拉里计划在他家后院飞上10米左右的位置，好好在空中享
受几小时，然后用枪击破一些气球就可以回到地面。但事情并不是按拉里预期的进行。
当朋友们切断绳子，拉里就被42个气球拉起，并快速地飞向高空。最后他停在海拔4000米的高度上。担心击破一些气球会使他的“飞行器”失去平衡，拉里又冷又怕,与他的啤酒和三明治在空中坐了14个小时。
拉里停留在空中迫使许多飞机改变航线。最终他不得不击破了几个气球慢慢地下降，停在电线上。最后，拉里安全地爬了下来，随即被等候的警方逮捕了。
当记者问他为什么会那样做，拉里答道：“一个人只是不能坐等。”拉里实现了梦想，而且创造了一项以充气气球飞行的记录。但他因违反空中安全条例不得不上交1500美金的罚款。 重点单词：
1. ballon [bɑ:'luŋ] n.气球 2. helium ['hi:liəm] n.氦 3. gun [ɡʌn] n. 枪支 4. altitude ['æltitju:d] n.海拔 5. power [pauə] n.电源 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. What was unusual was the way his dream came true. 然而不寻常的是他实现梦想的方式。
此句是含主语从句的复合句，What was unusual在句中作主语，表语又是一个定语从句，his dream came true作the way的定语。如：
What your parents say is good for your development. 父母说的对你的成长有利。
2.As he watched weather ballons fly overhead, he decided to use weather balloons to fly. 当他看到气象探测气球从头顶飞过，他决定用气象探测气球来飞行。
句中as意为“当……的时候”，在此引导时间状语从句，主从句的动作同时发生，主要表示主句动作发生的背景和条件时，只可以用as引导。如： As years go by，China is getting stronger and richer. 随着时间一年一年过去，中国变得越来越富强了。
3.When his friends cut the rope, Larry was lifted by the 42 balloons and flew into the high sky quickly. 当朋友们切断绳子，拉里就被42个气球拉起，并快速地飞向高空。
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句,主句又是由and连接的两个并列句，第一个分句是过去时态的被动语态。如：
When the car door was opened, the child was lifted by his classmates. 当车门被打开时，那个孩子被他的同学举了起来。
4. When asked by a reporter why he had done it, Larry answered, \"a man just can’t sit around.\" 当记者问他为什么会那样做，拉里答道：“一个人只是不能坐等。”
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，When asked by a reporter是省略了he was的被动语态，从句又含有一个宾语从句，why he had done it作asked的宾语。如：
When asked by my teacher why I didn’t finish my homework, I said, “I left it at school”. 当老师问起为什么没有完成作业，我说：“我把它遗忘在了学校”。 夜读练习：
1. The atmosphere gets thinner and thinner ______ the height increases． A. as
B. when
C. while
D. With
2. What does Larry do?
答案：1. 句意：随着高度的增加，大气越来越稀薄。高度的增加是大气变得稀薄的条件，故选A。 2. A driver.
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http://www.onlyfunnystories.com/JustFollowTheTracks.asp 导读：
做一个谦逊的人，不自大，不狂妄，善于观察，善于总结，努力找到解决问题的办法，而不是肤浅地相信他人的说笑，否则会将自己弄得狼狈不堪。
Just follow the Tracks
①Three men are lost in the middle of the Canadian Forest and they don't know where they are at. They decide that they have to find some food. So the first man leaves and tells the other two that he is going to get some food. Several Hours later, he comes back with a deer over his shoulder. ②The other two are amazed and ask him how he got a deer with no weapons. He replies, \" I find tracks, I follow tracks, I get deer\". They both are slightly confused but let it go.
③One week later, they have eaten up the deer, so they need to get more food. The second guy leaves and says that he is going to get food. He comes back two hours later with an elk over his shoulder. The other two ask how he got the elk. He simply replies, \"I find tracks, I follow tracks, I get elk\".
Five days later, they have eaten up the elk, so they need more food. The third guy, feeling very proud, thinks to himself, \" This is going to be a piece of cake. The other guys got the other animals so easy. I'm going to get an animal better than theirs put together!\". So he leaves to get some food. They wait two hours... he doesn't come back. They wait another two hours, he is still missing.
Finally, after nine hours of waiting, they see him coming back. ④His clothes are broken, he is covered with dirt and get hurt all over his body. He is bleeding from his arms and legs along with one on the side of head. They ask, \" What happened!\". He looks at them, wide-eyed and confused, and replies, \" I find tracks, I follow tracks, I get hit my train\".
沿着铁轨一直走
三个人在加拿大森林中心迷路了，他们不知道他们究竟在哪儿？他们决定找一些食物。因此，第一个人告诉另外两个人说，他要去找一些食物就出发了。
几个小时后，他人肩上扛着一只鹿回来。另外的两个人惊讶地问他，没有武器他怎么弄到一只鹿的。他回答说：“我找到铁轨并沿着它，就得到了这只鹿。”他们都有点疑惑但并没有深究。
一周后，他们已经吃完了那头鹿, 因此他们需要得到更多的食物。第二个人说他要去找一些食物就动身离开了。两个小时后，他扛着一头麋鹿回来。另外的两个人很惊讶并问，没有武器他怎么弄到一头麋鹿的。他淡淡地回答说：“我找到铁轨并沿着它，就得到了这只麋鹿。”
五天后，他们吃完了麋鹿，因此他们需要更多的食物。第三个人很自大，他暗想“弄到动物将会是小菜一碟。他们得到的如此容易。我要得到一只比他们俩得到的食物加一起的还要好的动物！”因此，他出发去找食物了。他们等了两个小时，他没有回来。他们又等了两个小时，他仍然没有回来。”
最后，他们等了九个小时后，他们看见他回来了。他的衣服破了，满身灰尘并且浑身是伤。他的臂膀、腿上和头上正在流血。他们问“出什么事了？”他睁大眼睛，困惑地看着他们并回答说：“我找到了铁轨并沿着它，但我被火车撞了。” 重点单词：
1. weapon ['wepən] n. 武器，兵器 2. track [træk] n. 轨道；足迹 3. deer [diə] n. 鹿 4. elk [elk] n. [动]麋鹿 5. bleed [bli:d] vi. 流血；渗出 6. wide-eyed adj. 睁大眼睛的；天真的
精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. Three men are lost in the middle of the Canadian Forest and they don't know where they are at. 三个人在加拿大森林中心迷路了，他们不知道他们究竟在哪儿？
此句是由and连接的两个并列分句，第二个分句是宾语从句，where they are at作know的宾语。如： I want to know what task you have finished. 我想知道你已经完成了什么任务。
2. The other two are amazed and ask him how he got a deer with no weapons. 另外的两个人惊讶地问他，没有武器他怎么弄到一只鹿的。
此句是含宾语从句的复合句，how是引导词，how he got a deer with no weapons作ask的宾语。and连接的是两个并列的谓语。如：
Can you tell me how I can use this kind of machine? 你能告诉我怎样使用这种机器吗？
3. One week later, they have eaten up the deer, so they need to get more food. 一周后，他们已经吃完了那头鹿, 因此他们需要得到更多的食物。
此句是由so引导的原因状语从句，because和so不能同时出现在原因状语从句中。如：
He couldn’t arrive at school on time because he got up very late.=He got up very late so he couldn’t arrive at school on time.
他没能准时到校是因为他起床很晚。
4. His clothes are broken, he is covered with dirt and get hurt all over his body. 他的衣服破了，满身灰尘并且浑身是伤。
此处的and连接的是两个并列的谓语，and连接的两个谓语必须在形式上保持一致。get hurt 受伤。如： I like playing basketball but sometimes I get hurt, which makes me upset. 我喜欢打篮球，但令我沮丧的是有时候我会受伤。
夜读练习：
1. Who knew ______?
A. who are they B. who they are 2. How many animals did they get?
答案：1. D句意：谁知道他们是谁？宾语从句的语序要用陈述句的语序，再根据knew可知要用一般过去时态。 2. Two.
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http://www.onlyfunnystories.com/TheFarmerLaw.asp 导读：
做一个善良、豁达的人，不可耍小心眼整人，更不可耍手段将他人的劳动成果占为已有，这种不耻的行为只能遭受人们的厌恶和唾弃。
Who did that bird belong to?
One winter weekend, the weather was sunny. A lawyer from New York decided to go bird hunting in Vermont. The lawyer drove to Vermont and found a good hunting spot near a farm. The lawyer sees a bird, shoots it and watches it fall to the ground on the other side of a fence.
The lawyer said to himself , “That's my bird, I have to go to get it”. So he climbs the fence and picks up the bird and climbs back. ①Just as he climbs back, a farmer comes up to him and says, \"Give me my bird.\" The lawyer says to him \" your bird? no, no, no, I shot this bird, it is mine.\"
\"No\" says the farmer,\"it landed on my farm, it is mine.\" \"Look\" says the lawyer, \"I am a lawyer, I will sue you , you will lose and I will get the bird.\" ②\"No\" says the farmer, \"that's not how we do it here in Vermont, we use the three kick rule.\"
\"OK\" says the lawyer, “how does that work?\" ③\"I kick you three times as hard as I can, then you kick me as hard as you can three times and we keep going until one of us gives up.\" \"Fine\" says the lawyer, \"let's go.\" \"I'll go first\" says the farmer. So the farmer kicks lawyer as hard as he can in his leg.
And just as lawyer is bent because of pain, the farmer kicks him right in the face. When the lawyer touches his face with his hand, the farmer kicks him in the stomach. ④After the lawyer gets over the agonizing pain, he says, “OK now it's my turn”. “No” the farmer says, \"I give up and you can have the bird.\"
C. who were they D. who they were
那只鸟属于谁
一个冬日的周末，天气晴朗，一名来自纽约的律师决定去佛蒙特州捕鸟。律师开车到达了佛蒙特州并在一个农场附近找到了一个好的捕猎点。律师看到一只鸟便开枪射击，他看着鸟落在了栅栏另一边的地上。 律师自言自语地说：“那是我的鸟，我必须取回来。”因此，他爬过栅栏，捡起鸟往回爬。正当他往回爬时，一个农民向他走来并说：“把我的鸟还给我。”律师对他说：“你的鸟？不，不，不,这只鸟是我射落的，它是我的。”
“不”农夫说，“它落在我的农场，它是我的。”“看”律师说，“我是一名律师，我要控告你，你会输的，我会得到那只鸟的。”“不”农夫说，“那不是佛蒙特州解决问题的办法，我们用三踢的规则。”
“好”律师说，“那具体怎么做呢？”“我尽可能狠地踢你三次，然后你尽可能狠地踢我三次，我们轮番踢，直到我们中的一个放弃。”“好”律师说，“让我们开始吧。”“我先来”农夫说。因此农夫狠狠地踢在律师的腿上。
正当律师因为疼痛而弯腰时，农夫正好踢在他的脸上。当农夫用手摸脸时，农夫踢在律师的肚子上。律师忍受着极度的疼痛说：“好，现在轮到我了。”“不”农夫说，“我放弃，你可以拥有这只鸟了。” 重点单词：
1. fence ['fens] n. 栅栏；围墙 2. sue [sju:, su:] vt. 控告；请求 3. kick [kik] vt. 踢；反冲
4. agonizing ['æɡənaiziŋ] adj. 苦恼的；痛苦难忍的 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. Just as he climbs back, a farmer comes up to him and says, \"Give me my bird.\" 正当他往回爬时，一个农民向他走来并说：“把我的鸟还给我。”
此句是由as引导的时间状语从句，主句和从句的谓语动词是同时发生的。如： Just as the students does homework, the teacher walks around the classroom and helps them. 正当学生做家庭作业时，老师在教室里四处转动并帮助他们。 2. That's not how we do it here in Vermont, we use the three kick rule. 那不是佛蒙特州解决问题的办法，我们用三踢的规则。
此句是表语从句，how we do it here in Vermont作is的表语。如： This is what they told me.
这就是他们告诉我的。
3. I kick you three times as hard as I can, then you kick me as hard as you can three times and we keep going until one of us gives up.
我尽可能狠地踢你三次，然后你尽可能狠地踢我三次，我们轮番踢，直到我们中的一个放弃。 此句是then和and连接的三个并列分句。as...as I can=as...as possible 尽可能……。如： We speak English as much as we can and we use English as often as we can. 我们尽可能多地说英语并且尽可能经常地用英语。
4. After the lawyer gets over the agonizing pain, he says, “OK now it's my turn”. 律师忍受着极度的疼痛说：“好，现在轮到我了。” 此句是after引导的时间状语从句。get over 克服。如：
After I finished my high school, I went to a factory to work,where I got over many difficulties. 在我上完高中后，我去了一个工厂工作，在那里我克服了很多困难。 夜读练习：
1. I will help those homeless people as ______as I can when I grow up. A. many
B. much
C. more
D. most
2. Who got that bird at last?
答案：1. B 句意：当我长大了，我要尽可能多地帮助那些无家可归的孩子。根据those homeless people可知是在尽可能多地帮助他们，不是指数量，故选B。 2. The lawyer.
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http://www.onlyfunnystories.com/ZooJob.asp 导读：
动物园里生活着很多不同种类的动物，它们或漂亮或丑陋；或可爱或凶猛；或安静或狂野。我相信你一定没有看见过会说话的大猩猩和狮子吧。
A Lion and a Gorilla
One day an out of work clown is visiting the zoo and decides to make some money as a street performer. ①As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper catches him into his office. The zoo keeper explains to the clown that the zoo's most popular attraction, a gorilla, has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo
will fall off.
He offers the clown a job to dress up as the gorilla until they can get another one. The clown accepts. ②So the next morning the clown puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. He discovers that it's a great job. He can sleep all he wants, play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a clown. However, finally the crowds tire of him and he tires of just playing on tires. He begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his. Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience, he climbs to the top of his cage and dangles from the top to the lion's cage. Of course, this makes the lion angry, but the crowd loves it.
At the end of the day the zoo keeper comes and gives the clown a raise for being such a good attraction. Well, this goes on for some time, the clown keeps taunting the lion, the crowds grow larger, and his salary keeps going up. ③Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls.
④The clown is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. Finally, the clown starts screaming and shouting, \"Help me, help me!\lion is quick and pounces. The clown soon finds himself flying on his back and looking up at the angry lion and the lion says, \"Shut up your mouth! Do you want to make us both be out of work?\"
狮子和大猩猩
一天，一个失业的小丑正在参观动物园，他决定当一名街头艺人赚钱。他一开始表演就吸引了很多人，一名动物园的饲养员把他抓进了他的办公室。饲养员解释说，动物园最引人注目的大猩猩突然死了，饲养员害怕参观动物园的人数会减少。
他提议小丑装扮成大猩猩直到他们得到另一只大猩猩。小丑接受了他的提议。
因此，第二天早晨，在人群到来之前，小丑穿上大猩猩的服饰并进入笼子。他发现这是一份好工作。他可以想睡多久就睡多久，玩耍和取悦人们，他比当小丑时吸引的人更多。然而，最后，人们厌倦了他，他也厌倦了在轮胎上玩耍。他开始注意到人们更关注隔壁笼子里的狮子。不想失去观众的注意，他爬上笼子的顶上，并从顶部向狮子的笼子晃荡。当然，这使狮子很愤怒，但是小丑喜欢。
那天结束时，饲养员来给小丑加薪，那是因为它有如此好的吸引力。好，这继续了一段时间，小丑继续嘲弄狮子，观看的人更多了，他的薪水继续上涨。然后，糟糕的一天来临了，当他正在愤怒的狮子上方晃荡时，他滑倒并掉进的狮笼。
小丑是如此的害怕以致于他绕着笼子跑，狮子在后面追。最后，小丑开始尖声大叫：“救命啊，救命啊！”
但是，狮子快速地猛扑过来。小丑很快发现自己平躺着，他看着愤怒的狮子，狮子说：“闭上你的嘴，你想使我们都失业吗？” 重点单词：
1. gorilla [ɡə'rilə] n. [动]大猩猩 2. dangle 'dæŋɡl] vi. 摇晃地悬挂着 3. tire ['taiə] n. 轮胎
4. taunt [tɔ:nt, tɑ:nt] vt. 奚落；逗弄
5. scream [skri:m] vi. 尖叫；发出尖锐刺耳的声音 6. pounce [pauns] vi. 猛扑
精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. As soon as he starts to draw a crowd, a zoo keeper catches him into his office. 他一开始表演就吸引了很多人，一名动物园的饲养员把他抓进了他的办公室。
as soon as意为“一……就……”，它引导的是时间状语从句,当主句的时态是一般将来时，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时。如：
I will be a volunteer to look after sick children in hospital as soon as my vacation comes. 我的假期一到，我将当一名志愿者照顾生病住院的孩子。
2. So the next morning the clown puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes. 因此，第二天早晨，在人群到来之前，小丑穿上大猩猩的服饰并进入笼子。 此句是由before意为“在……之前”，它引导的是时间状语从句。如： He didn’t finish his homework before his mother came back home. 妈妈回家前，他没有完成家庭作业。
3. Then one terrible day when he is dangling over the angry lion he slips and falls. 然后，糟糕的一天来临了，当他正在愤怒的狮子上方晃荡时，他滑倒并掉进的狮笼。 此句是由when引导的时间状语从句。如：
When he is copying others’ homework, the teacher comes into the classroom. 当他正在抄袭他人作业的时候，老师走进了教室。
4. The clown is so scared that he begins to run round and round the cage with the lion close behind. 小丑是如此的害怕以致于他绕着笼子跑，狮子在后面追。
so...that...意为“如此……以致于……”，引导的是结果状语从句，so后接形容词或副词，that后是一个完整
的句子。如：
This math problem is so difficult that most of the students can’t work it out. 这道数学题是如此的难，以致于大多数学生计算不出来。 夜读练习：
1. When the girl heard that bad news, she was so______that she could’t say a word. A. sad
B. sadly
C. happy
D. happily
2. That lion is real, isn’t it?
答案：1. 句意：当那个女孩听到那个坏消息，她是如此难过以致于一句话都说不出来。根据句意和so后接形容词可知是A。 2. No, it isn’t.
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幸福是什么？幸福就是一种感觉，你认为幸福，那么你就真的很幸福；你认为你是不幸的，你可能真的不幸。快乐是一天，不快乐也是一天，无论发生什么事情，保持一颗感恩的心，你就会是幸福快乐的。 How to Stay Happy No Matter What Happens
Happiness is a choice：you can choose to be sad when everything is going well for you and you can choose to be happy even when nothing seems right. You need to make happiness a habit and not just an act. ①I believe that the following points will show you how to stay happy no matter what happens. Be Grateful
You ought to show appreciation for life. Let me give you a little exercise, next time you feel as if everything is working against you and there is nothing to be thankful for, pick up a pen and a piece of paper and make a list of things you should be thankful for. For example, I woke up this morning, I have food on my table, I have clothes to wear, the skies are beautiful ... ②By the time you finish this little exercise, I can assure you that you will feel better already. Be optimistic
Whenever you are feeling sad or upset, always remember that it’s short and that tomorrow will be better, tough times don’t last but tough people do. Develop a positive attitude, be optimistic.
Act as if you are happy
Smile always, even when you are feeling blue. ③When the body acts, emotions follow. A smile costs nothing but it creates much, it enriches those who receive it without impoverishing those who give. Learn to smile at all times, it won’t only make you happy, it will also win you happy friends. Stay Close to Friends
I was feeling very sad and upset at work one Friday morning, I didn’t know what to do so I called a friend, I shared my burden with her and we had a short talk. ④By the time I finished pouring out my heart to her, I already knew why I was not happy and what I had to do as well. Don’t be afraid to share your feelings with friends, it works.
无论发生什么，怎样保持幸福感
幸福是一种选择，对你来说，当一切顺利时，你可以选择难过并且似乎什么都不顺时，你可以选择高兴。你需要让幸福成为一种习惯而不是一种表演。我相信下面的几点将会展示给你的是：无论发生什么，如何保持幸福感。
感谢
你应该对生活表示感激。让我给你一点练习，下次你感觉好像一切都对你不利并且没什么可感谢时，拿起你的笔和一张纸对你应该感谢的东西列一个清单。例如，今天我醒来了，我的桌上有食物，我有衣服穿，天空是美丽的……到你完成这个小练习时，我可以保证你已经感觉好多了。
乐观
无论你什么时候感到难受或沮丧时，总要记得它是暂时的，明天会更好，艰难的时刻不要最终做艰难的人。发展一种积极的态度，乐观。
如果你幸福就表达出来
总是微笑，即使当你感到难过时。当身体表达了，情感也可以紧随其后。微笑花费不了什么，但是它创造很多，它丰富了收到微笑的人而给予的人又不会失去什么。总是学会微笑，它不只是使你幸福，它也会使你赢得快乐的朋友。 与朋友亲近
一个星期五的早晨，我因工作感到难受和沮丧，我不知道做什么，因此我给一个朋友打电话，我和她分享了我的负担并且我们进行了简短的对话。当我向她倾诉完我的心思时，我已经知道我为什么不幸福并且也知道了我必须要做的事。别害怕与朋友分享你的情感，它会起作用的。
重点单词：
1. grateful ['ɡreitful] adj. 感谢的；令人愉快的 2. assure [ə'ʃuə] vt. 保证；担保
. optimistic ɔpti'mistik] adj. 乐观的；乐观主义的 4. enriches [in'ritʃ] vt. 使充实；使富足
5. impoverishing [im'pɔvəriʃ] vt. 使贫穷；使枯竭 6. burden ['bə:dən] n. 负担；责任 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. I believe that the following points will show you how to stay happy no matter what happens. 我相信下面的几点将会展示给你的是：无论发生什么，怎样保持幸福感。
此句是that引导的宾语从句作believe的宾语，其中no matter what意为“无论什么”，它引导的是让步状语从句。no matter what引导的让步状语从句，只能放在句首，在句中，只能用whatever。如： No matter what I do, my mother doesn’t always agree with me. 无论我做什么，妈妈总是不同意。
2. By the time you finish this little exercise, I can assure you that you will feel better already. 到你完成这个小练习时，我可以保证你已经感觉好多了。
by the time意为“到……的时候”，它引导的是时间状语从句，如果从句是一般过去时态，主句通常用过去完成时态。如：
My brother had finished his homework, by the time I began to do homework. 当我开始做家庭作业时，我的弟弟已经完成了他的作业。
3.A smile costs nothing but it creates much, it enriches those who receive it without impoverishing those who give. 微笑花费不了什么，但是它创造很多，它丰富了收到微笑的人而给予的人又不会失去什么。
此句是由but连接的两个并列分句，but在此起转折作用，第二个分句里又含有两个由who引导的定语从句限定先行词those。如：
The teachers give students a lot of knowledges but they don’t lose anything. 老师给予学生许多知识，但他们没有失去任何东西。
4. By the time I finished pouring out my heart to her, I already knew why I was not happy and what I had to do as well.
当我向她倾诉完我的心思时，我已经知道我为什么不幸福并且也知道了必须我要做的事。
此句是由by the time引导的时间状语从句，主句又包含由and连接的两个宾语从句，它们都作knew的宾语。as well也，和。如：
Can you tell me where we will meet and when we will set off as well 你能告诉我在哪儿见面和什么时候出发吗？ 夜读练习：
1. He succeeded in finishing that task______his father was still not happy. A. and
B. but C. or
D. so
2. How many ways to stay happy does the writer tell?
答案：1. 句意：他成功地完成了那个任务，但他的父亲仍然不高兴。根据succeeded in finishing和was still not happy可知是句意发生转折，故选B。 2. Four
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有的人总是异想天开，希望能靠冒险发财致富。冒险能十拿九稳吗？答案是否定的。那靠什么致富呢？靠勤劳，靠智慧，只有二者有机的结合起来，才能成功致富。 If you want golds, dig them by yourself
There was once a farmer who had a fine apple orchard. He was very hardworking, and the farm always grew well under his care. But he knew that his three sons didn’t want to work the farm, and hoped to make money through adventure.
When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said,“My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the apple orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.” The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more. After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. But no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his last time. The three sons were pretty disappointed to have all their work for nothing. The next apple season, the apple trees in the orchard had more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
如果想要金子，自己挖
从前有一个拥有漂亮苹果园的农夫，他非常勤劳，在他的悉心照料下，农场找势很好。但是，他知道他的三个儿子不想在农场工作，并希望通过冒险获得财富。
当农夫老了并感觉他的时日不多了，他叫来三个儿子并说：“孩子们，有一罐金子藏在苹果园里。如果你们想要，就去挖吧。”儿子们试图让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的哪一块地方，可他什么也没有说。那个农民死后，三个儿子就开始挖地找那罐金子；因为他们不知道金子到底藏在什么地方，他们同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起，直到有人挖到金子为止。
他们挖啊挖直到从果园的一头挖到另一头，树根周围和果树之间的地都挖了，但是根本没有找到那罐金子。似乎有人已经偷走那罐金子， 要么就是他们的父亲在弥留之际神志恍惚。三个儿子对他们辛苦工作而一无所获，感到大失所望。到了第二年的苹果季，果园里的苹果树比往年结的果子都多；卖完果子后，三个儿子得到了一整罐金子。
当他们看到从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的话：“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”的含义。 重点单词：
1. dig [diɡ] vt. 挖，掘
2. orchard ['ɔ:tʃəd] n. 果园；果树林 3. adventure [əd'ventʃə] n. 冒险；冒险精神 4. pot [pɔt] n. 罐；壶；盆
5. hidden ['hidən] v. 隐藏，躲藏（hide的过去分词） 6. soil [sɔil] n. 土地；土壤
精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. There was once a farmer who had a fine apple orchard. 从前有一个拥有漂亮苹果园的农夫。
此句是含who引导的定语从句的复合句，who had a fine apple orchard在句中作定语限定farmer。在定语从
句中，当先行词是人时，引导词可以用who或that。如： That man who/ that is wearing glasses is my father. 那个戴眼镜的人是我的父亲。
2.My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the apple orchard. 孩子们，有一罐金子藏在苹果园里。
hidden是hide的过去分词，此处是过去分词短语作定语， 过去分词短语作定语时,通常放在被修饰的名词之后,它的作用相当于一个定语从句。如： The building built last year needs repairing. 去年建造的那座房屋需要修理。
3.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his last time. 似乎有人已经偷走那罐金子， 要么就是他们的父亲在弥留之际神志恍惚。
此句是含宾语从句的复合句，从句里又是由or连接的两个并列分句，as if 意为“似乎，好像”。如： Don’t tell stories, as if the baby has been asleep. 别讲故事了，好像婴儿已经睡着了。
4. And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said.
当他们看到从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说话的含义。
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，主从句里又分别包含一个宾语从句。主句里的宾语从句又包含由when引导的时间状语从句。如：
He asked what he needed to bring when he came here. 他问当他来的时候，他需要带什么东西。 夜读练习：
1. Those young people______are helping sick people are volunteers. A. who
B. whom C. whose
D. which
2. What did the farmer wish his sons to do?
答案：1. A 句意：那些正在帮助病人的年轻人是志愿者。根据空前的people和可知是指人，再根据are helping可知是作主语，故选A。
2. To look after the apple orchard well to make money.
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“梦想着你的梦想，追逐着你的追逐……”，对于每一个人来说，在选对目标的前提下，如果能做到这一点，何愁梦想不能实现呢？
Dream what you want to dream
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
①When the door of happiness closes, another opens. But how many times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. ②Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. ③Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. ④The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. 做你梦想的事情
人生中有很多个时刻，当你如此思念一个人时，你只想把他们从你的梦中拉出来，真真切切地拥抱一回。
当一扇幸福之门紧闭时，另一扇幸福之门已经开启。但我们多少次徘徊在紧闭的门前，而没有注意到已经为我们开启的另一扇幸福之门。
不要追求漂亮的外表，他们可能会欺骗你；不要追逐财富，甚至财富会逝去的。去寻找那个使你开心
笑的人吧，因为一个微笑就可以使你灰暗的日子阳光明媚。去追寻那个令你心灵愉悦的人吧！
做你梦想做的事，去你想去的地方，成为你想做的那个人，因为生命只有一次且你只有一次机会去做你想做的事情。
愿足够的幸福使你变得甜蜜；足够的考验使你变得坚强；足够的苦难使你变得仁慈，足够的希望使你幸福快乐。
世界上最幸福的人并不一定拥有一切最好的东西，他们只会让大部分事情顺其自然。
爱以微笑开始，以亲吻生长，以眼泪结束。最灿烂的明天建立在遗忘过去的基础之上。直到你不再留意过去的失败和伤痛，生活才会变得更加美好。
当你出生的时候，你哭着，周围的人却笑着；好好生活，为了你即将离世的时候，你是唯一笑着的那个人，而你周围的人却伤心不已。
重点单词：
1.deceive [di'si:v] v. 欺骗；行骗 2. fade [feid] vi. 逐渐消失
3. trial ['traiəl] n. 磨炼；试验；审讯；努力； 4. sorrow ['sɔrəu] n. 悲伤；懊悔；伤心事
5. based [beist] v. 立基于，以…为基础（base的过去式和过去分词） 6. failures n. 失败（failure的复数） 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. But how many times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us. 但我们多少次徘徊在紧闭的门前，而没有注意到已经为我们开启的另一扇幸福之门。
此句是由so...taht引导的结果状语从句。从句里又含有which引导的定语从句在句中作定语限定the one。如： How many times we watched TV so late that we couldn’t wake up in time that next morning. 多少次我们看电视如此晚以致于第二早晨不能及时醒来。
2. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. 去寻找那个使你开心笑的人吧，因为一个微笑就可以使你灰暗的日子阳光明媚。
此句是含because引导的原因状语从句的复合句，主句又是含who引导的从句在句中作定语限定someone。如：
Let us thank someone who helped you because it made you get out of danger. 让我们感谢那个帮助你的人，因为它使你脱离了危险。
3. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
做你梦想做的事，去你想去的地方，成为你想做的那个人，因为生命只有一次且你只有一次机会去做你想做的事情。
此句是含because引导的原因状语从句的复合句，主句是三个并列的祈使句，且每个又包含一个宾语从句。原因状语从句中又含有省略了that引导的从句you want to do在句中作定语限定things。如：
Read what English books you love; talk with where someone comes from English-speaking country, because you can improve your English by these ways.
读你喜欢的英语书，和来自说英语车窗的人交谈，因为你可以通过这些方法提高英语。
4. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
最灿烂的明天建立在遗忘过去的基础之上, 直到你不再留意过去的失败和伤痛，你的生活才会变得更加美好。
not...until意为“直到……才……”，它引导的是时间状语从句，当主句是将来时态，祈使句和含有情态动词的句子时，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态。be based on 以……为基础。如： That child won’t work well until you give him some advice which are based on your experience. 直到你给他一些以你的经验为依据的建议后那个孩子才会做好那件事情的。 夜读练习：
1. Don’t eat dinner until your father ______ back. A. is coming
B. comes
C. came
D. has come
2. Do you think dreaming what you want to dream is foolish?
答案：1. B句意：不要吃饭，直到等你的父亲回来。根据not...until的主句是祈使句时，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时态，可知先B。 2. I think so./ I don’t think so.
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如果人生是一个银行账户，你会在自己的账户中存入什么呢？如果你存入的是幸福，无论遭遇什么样
的困苦，你总能从你的帐户里取出一些幸福。
Life Is Like a Bank Account
①This story was about Mrs Jones, whose husband had passed away. The old lady was 82 years old. Although her life is hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.
This morning Mrs Jones was moving to the nursing home again. The nursing home was very busy. ②After hours of waiting, Mrs Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. As usual, I took her to her room. On our way, I told her what her room was like.
Suddenly she said, “I love the room!”
“But Mrs Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!”I was surprised at her reply.
She stopped and said, “③Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is placed. It depends on how I decide to think about the room. I have already decided to love the room before I actually see it.”
Then she continued, “I have a choice. I can spend the day in bed and think about how tiny my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be thankful that I can still enjoy a new day. Each day is a gift. I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored in my bank account before.”
Life is like a bank account. You can take out what you’ve put in. ④If you have put a lot of happiness in your bank account, you can take out some of that happiness when you feel sad. 生活就像是个银行帐户
这个故事是关于琼斯夫人的，她的丈夫已经去世了。她已经82岁了，虽然他的生活艰难，她每天都穿得很漂亮。
今天早晨，琼斯夫人又将搬来养老院。养老院非常忙碌，在她等了数小时后，当她被告诉她的房间准备好了，琼斯夫人仍然笑呵呵的。和平常一样，我带她去她的房间，在路上，我告诉她她的房间是什么样子的。
突然，她说：“我爱这个房间。”
“但是，琼斯夫人，您还没有看到房间呢！”我对她的回答非常吃惊。
她停下来并说：“幸福就是你能提前决定的东西。我是否喜欢我的房间不取决于家具的摆放。她取决于我如何看待房间。我已经决定在我真正看到它之前喜欢这个房间。
然后她继续说：“我有一个选择，我可以花费时间躺在床上考虑我的房间是多么狭小， 或者我可以起床并感激我仍然有机会可以享受新的一天。每天就是一份礼物。我会享受美好的生活和我以前储存在我的
银行帐户里的快乐回忆。
生活就像是个银行帐户，你可以取出你已经存入的东西。如果你已经在你的帐户里存入了许多幸福，当你感到难过时，你可从你储存的幸福里取出一些幸福。 重点单词：
1. account [ə'kaunt] n. [会计] 账户 2. lady ['leidi] n. 女士，夫人 3. nursing home 养老院
4. ahead [ə'hed] adj. 向前；在前的；领先 5. continued [kən'tinju:d] v. 继续
6. thankful 'θæŋkful] adj. 感谢的；欣慰的 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. This story was about Mrs Jones, whose husband had passed away. 这个故事是关于琼斯夫人的，她的丈夫已经去世了。 此句是个非限定性定语从句，在句中起补充说明的作用。如： I know that little girl, whose spoken English is so great. 我认识那个小女孩，她的英语口语是如此棒。
2. After hours of waiting, Mrs Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. 在她等了数小时后，当她被告诉她的房间准备好了，琼斯夫人仍然笑呵呵的。
此句是含when引导的时间状语从句的复合句，从句中又含有一个宾语从句，that是引导词，her room was ready在句中作told的宾语。如：
That baby cried when he was told his mother was not at home. 当那个婴儿被告诉他的妈妈不在家时，他哭了。 3.Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. 幸福就是你能提前决定的东西。
此句是省略了that的定语从句，you decide on ahead of time在句中作定语限定something。ahead of time 提前，提早如：
I want to know everything you have prepared for this meeting ahead of time. 我想提前知道你为这次会议所准备的一切。
4. If you have put a lot of happiness in your bank account, you can take out some of that happiness when you feel sad.
如果你已经在你的帐户里存入了许多幸福，当你感到难过时，你可从你储存的幸福里取出一些幸福。 此句是含if引导的条件状语从句的复合句，主句又是含有when引导的时间状语从句。如： If you wear slippers to school, the teacher will ask you take them off. 如果你穿拖鞋去学校，老师会让你脱下来的。 夜读练习：
1. I won’t go hiking with you if my brother______me with my English. A. is teaching B. will teach C. teach 2. Where will Mrs Jones live?
答案：1. D句意：如果我的哥哥教我学英语，我就不和你去远足了。此句是if引导的条件状语从句，主句是一般将来时态，从句用一般现在时态代替一般将来时。 2. In the nursing home.
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http://www.kekenet.com/read/201306/244459.shtml 导读：
无论你是幸运的还是不幸的，请相信你自己，你才是最强大的，你才是命运的主宰者。无论外因是多么的强大，只有内因才能起决定性的作用。
Learn to believe yourself
I became a blind boy when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. ①I can still remember how bright the sunshine is and what red color is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity can do strange things to people.
②I often think I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise. I don’t mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a lot of adjustments to reality. ③The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more wonderful his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was worried and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me —a potential to live, you might call it—which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.
D. teaches
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. If I hadn’t been able to do that, I would have become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. But I am a real, positive person, I believe there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
All my life I have set a lot of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. ④It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but I often could make progress.
学会相信自己
当我四岁时，我从货场的一辆火车上摔下来，头部着地，造成双目失明。现在我已经32岁了。我仍然记得阳光是多么灿烂，红色是多么鲜艳。能重见光明固然好，但灾难也能对人产生奇特的作用。
我常常想，如果我没有失明我可能不会如此地热爱生活。现在我相信生活，但我不能确信，如果我能看得见，会不会也如此深地相信生活。我的意思不是我宁愿成为盲人，而只意味着双目失明使我更感激我所拥有的一切。
我认为，生活要求人不断地调整自己以适应现实。一个人对现实做出的调整越多，他的个人世界就越精彩。调整决非易事。我曾感到担忧害怕，但我是幸运的，我的父母和老师在我身上看到了某种东西——可以称之为活下去的潜力吧——而我自己却没有发现。他们使我想与失明斗争到底。
我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己。如果我做不到这一点，我将只能坐在前门廊的摇椅中度过余生。但我是一个真正的有进取心的人，我相信我会有安身立命的一席之地。
我这一辈子给自己树立了许多目标，然后尽力去完成它们，一次一个。我必须明白我有限的能力，若开始就知道某个目标根本达不到却硬要去实现，那不会有任何好处，因为那只会带来失败。我有时也失败过，但一般来说总有进步。 重点单词：
1. blind [blaind] adj. 盲目的；瞎的 2. freight [freit] n. 货运
3. calamity [kə'læməti] n. 灾难；不幸事件 4. appreciate [ə'pri:ʃieit] vt. 欣赏；感激 5. potential [pəu'tenʃəl] n. 潜能；可能性 6. limitation limi'teiʃən] n. 极限；限制；限度 精彩短语 / 亮点句式：
1. I can still remember how bright the sunshine is and what red color is.
我仍然记得阳光是多么灿烂，红色是多么鲜艳。
此句是宾语从句，从句又是由and连接的两个并列分句，how引导了一个感叹句。常见句型结构为how+形容词/副词+主谓结构，what+名词+主谓结构。如： How green the mountain is and what clear water is. 山是多么绿，水是多么清澈。
2. I often think I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn’t been blind. 我常常想，如果我没有失明我可能不会如此地热爱生活。
此句是含有宾语从句的复合句，宾语从句里又是由if引导的条件状语从句，此句是虚拟语气，在虚拟语气中，从句是完成时态时，主句用could/ should have done的句式。如： I couldn’t have so wonderful life if I hadn’t been to the university. 如果我没有考取大学，我可能不会有如此美好的生活。
3. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more wonderful his own private world becomes.
一个人对现实做出的调整越多，他的个人世界就越精彩。 The more...,the more...意为“……越多，……越多”。如： The more apple trees you plant, the more money you make. 你种的苹果树越多，你赚的钱就越多。
4. It was no good to try for something I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the failure.
我必须明白我有限的能力，若开始就知道某个目标根本达不到却硬要去实现，那不会有任何好处，因为那只会带来失败。
此句是because引导的原因状语从句，主句又含有省略了that引导的定语从句，I knew at the start在句中作定语限定something。如：
I can’t finish reading that book today because I have no time to read. 今天我不能读完那本书，因为我没有时间读。 夜读练习：
1. The harder you study, ______ grades you will get . A. good
B. well C. the better
D. the best
2. How long has the writer been blind?
答案：1. C句意：你越努力，你就会取得更好的成绩。此句表示“越……，越……”，the+形容词的比较级，the+形容词的比较级，故选C。
2. For 28 years./ Since he was four years old.
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