l say

while sitting on the bleachers during my youngest son's

baseball game, i overheard another mother talking about her

three-year-old daughter, who was playing with a neighbor's boy.

the little girl kept saying to the boy, "marry me. marry me." the

little boy innocently replied, "i want to play first."

at this, the mother turned to all of the parents on the

bleachers and announced, "that's what they al i say!"

notes:

(1) bleachers n.（美）运动场的露天看台

(2) baseball n.棒球

(3) keep doing 不停地做

(4) innocently adv.天真无邪地

exercises:

根据短文填空：

1 while_____ on the bleachers during my youngest son's

baseball game _____ another mother talking about her three-

year-old daughter.

2 the little girl kept ______ to the boy, " marry me. marry

me."

3 the little boy _____ replied, "i want to play first."

4_____ this, mother turned to all of the parents on the

bleachers.

5we can see from the passage that little boys and girls are

_____.

54.他们都是这么说的

我最小的儿子在参加棒球比赛，我坐在露天座位上观看。我听到另

一位母亲在讲她的三岁的女儿。她女儿和邻居家的一个男孩玩耍。小姑

娘不停地对男孩说：“娶我，娶我。”而那个男孩总天真无邪地说：“我

想先玩球。”

说着，这位母亲转向所有坐在座位上的父母亲，大声地说：“他们

都是这么说的！”

55.the mistaken father

the morning following the birth of our first child, my husband

was mistakenly directed to the room of another new mother on the

maternity floor. as he walked into the room, he bent over the nap

ping mother, whose back was turned to him, and gave her a big kiss.

the woman was startled to see a stranger. but before she could say

anything, my husband smiled and said, "i didn't know having a baby

would change you this much!"

notes:

(1) mistaken adj.弄错了的(4) nap v.小睡；打盹

(2) direct v.批示方向；指点(5) startle v.使惊奇

(3) maternity n.（医院）产科病房

exercises:

根据短文选择正确答案：

1 when did the husband go to see his wife?

a. in the morning

b. at noon

c. in the afternoon

d. at night

2 why did the husband enter the room of another new mother ?

a. because he had a bad memory.

b. because he was misguided by the nurse.

c. because he was mistakenly directed.

d. the new other needed help.

3 what was the other new mother doing?

a. she was crying out for help.

b. she was lying in bed, awake.

c. she was having asleep.

d. she was chatting with the man's wife.

4 what did the husband do to the other new mother?

a. he smiled at her and then went out.

b. he bent over and kissed her.

c. he helped the woman to get up.

d. he sent her a bunch of flower.

5 how did the husband handle the incident?

a. he ran out quickly.

b. he felt ashamed.

c. he was very angry with the woman.

d. he left the mistake uncorrected and made the best of it.

55.糊涂父亲

我们孩子出世的那天早晨，我丈夫由于受误导跑到了产科病区的另

一位产妇那里。他弯下腰，给了那位正背对着他小睡的产妇一个长吻。

那位产妇发现是位陌生人，惊跳起来。但她还没来得及张口，我丈夫便

微笑着说：“真想不到生个孩子能使你变化如此之大！”

56. this hole in the ground

there was once a farmer who lived near a road.

it was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the

farm.

near the farm gate, there was a large hole in the road.

this we was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars

could not see how deep the we was. they thought it was probably

shallow.

then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out

because it was so deep .

the farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. he spent

most of it watching the hole.

when a car drove into it, he pulled the car out with his tractor

and charged the driver a lot of money for doing this.

one day, the driver of a car said to him, "you must make a lot

of money pulling cars out of this hole night and day."

"oh, no, " the farmer said." i don' t pull cars out of the hole

at night. at night i fill the we with water."

notes:

(1) from time to time 偶尔

(2) tractor n. 拖拉机

(3) charge v.收费；要价

exercises:

根据短文选择正确答案：

1 where did the farmer live?

a. near a road

b. in a hole in the road

c. in a large cu

d. under a tractor

2 many mm went into the hole because the drivers_____ .

a. were going too fast to stop

b. did not see the hole

c. did not know the hole was very deep

d. liked driving through water

3 what did the farmer all day?

a. pulled mm out of the hole in the road

b. filled the hole with water

c. laughed at the drivers of the cars

d. worked on his farm

4 how did the farmer make money?

a. from growing things

b. from selling water

c. from pulling cars out of the hole

d. from filling the hole with water

5 what did the farmer do at night?

a. he pulled cars out of the hole.

b. he sat there watching the hole.

c. he filled the hole with water.

d. he dug the hole deeper and deeper.

56.地坑

从前，有个农夫住在马路边上。

这不是个繁忙的路段，偶尔有汽车从农场路过。

就在农场大门的旁边，路当中有个大坑。

坑里总是充满了水，汽车司机根本看不出坑有多深。他们会以为很

浅。

司机们一旦把车开进坑里，就别想再开出来，因为坑太深了。

农夫也不怎么在农场里干活，大部分时间他都在注视着这个坑。

当一个汽车开进坑里，他就用他的拖拉机把它拉上来，然后为此向

司机索要很多钱。

一天，一位汽车司机对他说：“你日日夜夜把汽车往外拉，肯定挣

了很多钱。”

“哦，不，”农夫说，“我夜里不干这活儿，夜里我得朝这坑里注

水。”

57.a prospective horse buyer

then there was the preacher who decided to sell his horse. a

prospective buyer was impressed with t