机
(8) parasite n.寄生虫
exercises:
根据短文回答下列句子：
1where was the businessman 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
我的一个同事去印度出差。他抵达迪尔黑机场，就搭出租车到宾馆。
好客的印度主人在那里迎接他。出租车司机索要相当于八美元的费用。
我朋友觉得似乎是合理价格，就把钱给了他。
但迎客主人一把抓过那钱钞，对出租司机大骂不止，称他是一文不
值的寄生虫，并说他企图宰国外来客，真是丢尽了他们国家的面子。他
把钱钞的半数扔给司机，告诉他永远别再回来。
出租司机一踩油门跑掉了。主人把剩下的钱还给我的同事，问他旅
途如何。“很好，”这位商人回答，“只是你把出租车赶跑了，我的行
李还在车箱里。”
31.get a job
one day shortly after i had come home from college, my father
was outside doing yard work. he found a baby bird under a tree and
assumed it had fallen from its nest. wanting to return the tiny
creature to its home, my dad went to get a ladder . when he got
back, he found another baby bird on the ground.
suddenly he heard a land chirping from above. looking up, my
father saw the mother bird giving a third baby the boot from its
nest. with that, dad walked into our house, took one look at me
watching television and barked, "get a job!"
notes:
(1) assume v.猜测
(2) chirping n.啁啾声
(3) give sb the boot 开除；赶出
(4) bark v.咆哮着说出；吼叫
exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：
1 probably the son had just graduated from college when the
incident took place.
2 the father saw a hurt bird under a tree.
3 the father sent the first baby bird back to its home.
4 altogether, the father had found three baby birds on the
ground before he stepped into the house.
5 the father, having seen the mother bird kicking the young
birds, thought that his son was old enough to feed himself.
31.找个工作
一天，我刚刚从学院回到家里，我父亲正在院子里面做活。他发现
树下有一个雏鸟，猜想可能是从窝里掉下来的。父亲便去搬梯子，他想
把这个小东西送回它的家。梯子搬来了，可父亲发现地上又多了一个雏
鸟。
突然他听到树上有大声的唧唧声。父亲抬起头，看见母鸟正在把第
三只雏鸟往巢外踢。
看到这些，父亲走进屋，看了一眼在看电视的我，大声叫道：“找
个工作去！”
32. 12 post cards
my teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having
visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. her
grandfather gave her 12 post cards .
"here, write us a few lines every month," he said.
months passed and the cards remained unused-that is until the
day this letter arrived:
"dear jennifer,
life is a series of stages.
as a child, i looked forward to becoming a teenager-that
happened.
as a teen-ager ,i looked forward to becoming a young man-that
happened.
as a young man, i looked forward to meeting a young woman,
in love and becoming a married man-that happened.
as a married man, i looked forward to becoming a father-that
happened.
as a father, i looked forward to becoming a grandfather to
beautiful ,intelligent grandchildren-that happened.
then i looked forward to the day they would learn to write-that
hasn't happened yet.
yours sincenely"
notes:
(1) stage n.阶段
(2) teenayer n.青少年
exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
1 where did jennifer spend her summer?
a. at home
b. at the seaside
c. at her grandparents'
d. at her uncle's
2 what did the grandfather do when jennifer was preparing to
return home?
a. he gave her some cards.
b. he wrote her a note.
c. he told her a story.
d. he gave her a notebook
3 what were the cards should be used for, according to the
grandfather?
a. jennifer should write a few lines on each of the cards every
month and post them to him.
b. jennifer should keep the cards for her memory of the summer.
c. jennifer should post the cards to her friends.
d. jennifer should post the cards to their relatives.
4 what happened to the cards?
a. they were tom by jennifer.
b. they were posted back to the grandfather.
c. they were not used.
d. they were made dirty by jennifer.
5 what was the grandfather's feeling about the incident?
a. angry
b. sad
c. disappointed but still hopefully expecting
d. desperate
32.十二张卡片
一个夏天，我十多岁的女儿在她祖父母家过了几周。她准备回家时，
祖父给了她十二张卡片。
“每月给我们来个短信，”他说。
几个月过去了，可卡片一直放在那儿没用——直到有一天来了这样
一封信：
“亲爱的詹妮芙：
生活是一系列阶段组成的。
还是个孩子的时候，我期待着成为一个青少年——我如愿以偿了。
还是个年轻人的时候，我期待着遇到一个年轻的女人，恋爱、结婚
——我如愿以偿了。
结了婚，我便期待着成为一个父亲——我如愿以偿了。
作为父亲，我期待着成为一个祖父，有漂亮、聪明的孙儿孙女——
我也如愿以偿了。
接着，我期待着有一天他们能给我写信——我却还没有如愿以偿。
爱你的祖父”
33.a stubborn horse
the great novelist had gone mad, but now there seemed to be
some hope for his recovery. for six months, he had been sifting
at his typewriter pounding out a novel. finally, he pronounced it
completed and brought the book to his psychiatrist, who eagerly
began reading it aloud:
"general jackson leaped upon his faithful horse and yelled,
'giddyap, giddyap, giddyap, giddyap"' the doctor thumbed through
the rest of the manuscript." there's nothing here but 500 pages
of giddyaps! " he exclaimed."
stubborn horse," explained the writer.
notes:
(1) go mad 发疯
(2) pound v.连续重击；砰砰地打
(3) pronounce v.宣称；宣布
(4) psychiatrist n.精神病专家
(5) leap upon 跃上（马）
(6) thumb through 以拇指翻动（书页）
(7) manuscript n.草稿
exercises:
根据短文填空：
1 the great novelist had______ mad.
2 but now there seemed to be some hope for his______ .
3 for six months, h