着大门，可能要修到一

千英尺吧。”

90. dream

the school of agriculture's dean of admissions was

interviewing a prospective student. "why have you chosen this

career?" he asked.

"i dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my

father," the student replied.

"your father made a million dollars in farming?" echoed the

impressed dean.

"no," replied ft applicants "but he always dreamed of it.

notes:

(1) dean of admissions 招生办主任

(2) prospective adj. 预期中的，可能的

(3) echo v. 重复，附和

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：

1 the principal interviewed the student.

2 the student was prospective.

3 the student chose forming as his career.

4 the student dreamed of becoming a millionare.

5 the student's father was a millionare.

90.梦想

农校的招生办主任在面试一个上线的学生，“你为何要选择这个职

业？”他问。

“我梦想以经营农场来赚一百万元，就像我父亲一样。”这个学生

回答说。

“你父亲经营农场赚了一百万元？”主任惊诧地问道。

“没有，”这位申请人回答道，“他总是梦想着赚到这个数目。”

91. bull wrestler

a bull wrestler was visiting his friend in a small town, and

one night they stayed a little too long at the pub. not wanting

to drive, they decided to walk home. as they were crossing a

farmer's field, a bull charged them. the wrestler grabbed the bull

by the horns, and they went down in a snarling heap. finally the

bull jumped up and ran away. "wow," said the friend, "that was quite

a tussle. "

"yeah," the wrestler replied, "and if i hadn't had that last

notes:

(1) bull wrestler 斗牛士，也作bullfighter.

(2) charge v.袭击

(3) grab v.抓，握

(4) snarl v.缠结，纠结

(5) heap n.堆

(6) tussle n.扭打，扭斗

exercises:

根据短文填空：

1 a bull wrestler was visiting his friend _____a small town.

2 one night they stayed a little too long _____ the pub.

3 _____ wanting to drive, they decided to walk home.

4 as they were crossing a farmer's field, a bull _____them.

5 the wrestler grabbed the bull _____the horns.

6 they _____in a snarling heap

7 that was _____i a tussle.

8 if i _____ had that last drink. i would have gotten that

guy his bicycle.

91.斗牛士

一个斗牛士在一个小镇拜访他的朋友。一天夜里他们在酒馆里呆的

时间稍长了一点。他们不想搭车，就决定步行回家。他们在穿过一片农

田时，一头牛向他们冲过来。斗牛士抓住了牛的两只角，他们扭打在一

起。最后牛跳起来跑走了。

“哇，”他朋友说，“好一场搏斗哇。”

“哦，”斗牛士回答说，“要不是我多喝了一杯，我非把那家伙从

自行车上拽下来不可。”

92.dis-comcerting

i had been trying to get my friend mike-a rock' n roll

fan-interested in classical music. when i offered to purchase

tickets to a mozart festival, he willingly agreed to accompany me

and seemed to enjoy the symphony.

after the concert, i mentioned how mozart's music moved me.

"at times, i can almost hear his voice in his music and i feel as

though he's talking to me," i said.

mike nodded his head in solemn agreement. "yes," he said. "i

know what you mean."

feeling very pleased that i had made a "convert", i asked what

he felt the music was saying to him.

he replied, "it said 'go to sleep, michael. go to sleep.

notes:

(1) disconcert v.使窘困，使狼狈

(2) a rock'n roll fan 摇滚迷

(3) offer to （do）主动提出（做）

(4) purchase v.购买

(5) mozart 莫扎特（奥地利著名作曲家）

(6) accompany v.陪伴，伴随

(7) symphony n.交响乐

(8) solemn adj.庄严的，严肃的

(9) convert n.归顺某宗教者（本文指转变兴趣的人）

exercises:

根据短文选择正确答案：

1 what was mike's interst?

a. classic music

b. folk songs

c. rock' n roll

d. pop music

2 what were the tickets for?

a. a moving film about mozart

b. a concert given by mozart

c. a mozart festival

d. a rock' n roll concert

3 why did mike agree to accompany the author?

a. because the author urged him again and again.

b. because the author ordered him to do so .

c. because mike really enjoyed classical music.

d. because mike wanted to show politeness since they were

friends.

4 how did the author feel about the symphony?

a. the author was disappointed.

b. the author was very happy.

c. the author was excited.

d. the author was moved.

5 how did mike think of the symphony?

a. exciting

b. moving

c. tiring

d. nice

92.尴尬

我一直设法让我朋友迈克——一个摇滚迷———对古典音乐感兴

趣。我主动提出购买两张莫扎特纪念节的票，他很愿意伴随我，而且似

乎喜爱上了交响乐。

音乐会后，我捉到莫扎特的音乐如何感动了我。“有些时候，我几

乎可以听到他在音乐中的声音，感觉到好像他在对我倾诉，”我说。

迈克严肃地点点头表示赞成。“是的，”他说，“我懂你的意思。”

我为已使他转变了兴趣而非常得意，我问他是如何感受那音乐的。

他回答说：“交响乐对我说：‘睡吧，迈克，睡吧。’”

93.a talk an the phone

i teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home

with questions. one morning i was on the phone, explaining in

computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was

fixing my refrigerator. after an endless stream of "c colon, back

slash, greater than, cd, backslash, dos, 0 colon" and so on, i hung

up and found the repairman staring at me. "lady," he asked, are

you p spy?"

notes:

(1) computer language 计算机语言

(2) refrigerator n. 冰箱

(3) backslash n. 回车

(4) greater than 大于号

(5) dos 计算机语言中的dos 处理

exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

1 what does the teacher teach?

2 with what do students call her at home?

3 who was in the teacher's house when she was on the phone?

4 was it a long talk?

5 why did the repairman think she was a spy?

93.电话交谈

我教计算机课程，我的学生经常打电话到我家问我问题。一天早晨，

我在电话里用计算机语言解释一个问题的答案，当时一个维修工正在给

我修电冰箱。经过一连串的“c 冒号，回车，大于号，cd，回