报纸上有一则广告：

“领略乡村生活。在唯利屋农场度假数周，可享受：美味佳肴、新鲜空

气、骑马、散步、垂钓。价格合理。”

“这到是个好主意，”他想，“我要在唯利屋过上一个月，去享受

骑马的乐趣，还要去散步、钓鱼。这肯定与坐在海边不同。”

四天后，他回来了。

“唯利屋发生什么事了？”他的朋友问他，“你不喜欢那里的乡村

生活吗？”

“乡村生活是很好，”亚伦说，“但是有一个问题。”

“什么？”

“第一天，一只羊死了。我们的饭是烤羊肉。”

“新鲜肉最好。”

“我知道，但是第二天，一只牛死了。于是我们吃的是烤牛肉。”

“你真是幸运。”

“你不知道，”亚伦说，“第三天，一头猪死了。我们就吃烤猪肉。”

“每天吃不同的烧烤。”

“让我说完，”亚伦说，“第四天，农场主死了。我不敢呆在那里

吃饭了。”

114. a woman's answer

a husband said to his wife, " why did god create women to be

beautiful but foolish?"

"well," his wife answered at once." the reason is very simple.

god made us beautiful so men would love us; god made us foolish

so we would marry them."

notes:

(1) create v.创造

(2) foolish adj.愚蠢的

exercises:

根据短文回答下列问题：

1 who were talking to each other?

2 what question did the husband raise?

3 the wife thought for a while before she answered, didn't

she?

4 how did the wife think of the reason?

5 how did she answer the question?

114.妇女的回答

一位丈夫对他的妻子说：“为什么上帝把妇女创造得如此美丽却又

愚蠢呢？”

“噢，”他的妻子立刻回答道，“原因很简单。上帝使我们如此美

丽，男人才会爱我们。上帝使我们如此愚蠢，我们才会嫁给他们。”

115.the beat salesman in the world

harry saw an ad in a window. it said: "wanted. the best sales

man in the world. top pay."

" i' m a great salesman." harry told himself." i can sell

anything. i'll go in and ask for that job."

he went into the building and spoke to the manager.

"i'm the best salesman in the world," he said. "give me the

job. "

"you must prove you're the best," the manager said.

"i'll pass every test you give me." harry told him.

"good."

the manager took a box of candy out of his desk .

"last week, i bought a thousand boxes of this candy. if you

can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.

"that's easy," harry said.

he took the box of candy and left the off ice.

every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to

sell boxes of the candy .

he couldn't sell one.

the candy was so bad he couldn't even give it away.

at the end of the week he went back to the manager.

"i'm sorry, sir, " he said," i was wrong about myself . i'm

not the best salesman in the world, but i know who is.

"oh," said the manager. "who?"

"the person who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy, " harry

said.

notes:

(1) candy n. 糖果

(2) give away 赠送

exercises:

根据短文选择正确答案：

1 the manager told harry_____ .

a. he was the best salesman in the world

b. he wasn't a good salesman

c. he had to show how good he was

d. he could start work immediately

2 harry could have the job if_____ .

a. he sold a thousand boxes of candy

b. he sold a hundred boxes of candy

c. he gave away two hundred boxes of candy

d. he gave away a thousand boxes of candy

3 harry could not sell the candy because_____ .

a. he was a very bad salesman

b. the candy was very bad

c. he did' t try to sell it

d. nobody liked candy

4 who was the best salesman in the world?

a. harry

b. the manager

c. nobody

d. the man who sold the candy to the manager

5 so we can infer from the story that_____ .

a. harry got the job

b. harry wasn't accepted by the manager

c. harry was very stupid

d. the manager was very clever

115.世界上最好的售货员

哈里在橱窗上看到一则广告。上面写着：“招聘世界上最好的售货

员，报酬优厚。”

“我是一名了不起的售货员，”哈里自言自语，“任何东西我都能

卖出去，我要进去应聘这份工作。”

他走进大楼去和经理说这件事。

“我是世界上最好的售货员，”他说，“把这件工作给我吧。”

“你必须证明你是最好的，”经理说。

“我会通过你给我的每一次考验的。”哈里告诉他。

“好。”

经理从桌子里取出一箱糖果。

“我上星期买了一千箱这种糖果。如果你能在周末之前把这些全卖

出去，你就能得到这份工作。”

“这很简单。”哈里说。

他拿着这箱糖果离开了办公室。

每天从早到晚，他从这家店走到那家店，竭力想卖出一千箱糖果。

结果他一箱也没卖出去。

糖果质量太差，以至于送人都没人要。

周末他回去见经理。

“很抱歉，先生，”他说，“我搞错了。我不是世界上最好的售货

员，但我知道谁是最好的。”

“哦，”经理问，“是谁？”

“是把这一千箱糖果卖给你的人，”哈里说。

116. a boy with a big head

a boy cried to his mother, "all the children make fun of me.

they say i have a big head."

"don't listen to them," his mother said, "you have a beautiful

head. now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of

patotoes."

"where is the shopping bag?"

"i haven't got one-use your hat

notes:

(1) make fun of 取笑；嘲弄

(2) shopping bag 购物袋

exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（t）、（f）：

1 the boy was complaining to his mother.

2 children made fun of him because he had a beautiful head.

3 the mother was angry when she heard what her son had told

her.

4 the mother couldn't find their shopping bag.

5 the boy did have a big head .

116.大头娃娃

一个小男孩向他母亲哭诉道：“他们都取笑我，说我脑袋大。”“别

听他们的，”他母亲安慰道，“你有一个很漂亮的脑袋。好啦，别哭了，

去商店买十斤土豆来。”

“购物袋在哪儿？”

“没购物袋了——就用你的帽子吧。”

117.the choice of word

one day, john was back home after work. he found that his wife

was shaking their daughter who was only half a year old. she said

"da-dy" to the baby many times. john felt very happy because he

thought his wife chosed the word "dady" to teach their baby.

duing one night several weeks later, john and his wife were

waken up by the cry "dady". his wife said to him, "darling, she

is calling you." then she turned to sleep.

notes:

(1) shake v.摇晃

(2) wake up 唤醒；吵醒

exercise