【第一篇】
Peter’s father wants to know how his son is getting along in school. One day he asks, “Peter, how are you getting along in school? What is your place in the class?” “Number twenty-one.” “And how many students are there in your class?” “Twenty-one, Father.”
彼得的父亲想要知道儿子在学校表现怎样。一天他问道：“彼得，你在学校表现怎样?在班级排多少名?”“第二十一名”。“那你们班有多少学生啊?”“二十一人，爸爸。”
Some weeks pass. One day Peter brings home his test paper.
几周过后。 一天彼得把他的试卷带回了家。
“What’s your place in the class now?”
“现在你排第几名?”
“Number twenty now.”
“现在排第二十名。”
“Good. Then you are one place ahead.”
“好啊，那么你前进了一名了。”
“No, Father. One of the students left the class. His familys gone to another town.”
“不，爸爸。我们有一位同学离开了班级。他家搬到另一镇上去了。”
单词小览
number n. 第……名
be getting along 进展得……
place n. 名次
pass v. 过去
test paper 考试卷
ahead adv. 向前地
【第二篇】
An old man is selling a big cow. A young man comes to the cow and begins to look at it carefully. Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears. “Don’t say anything about the cow before I sell it, then I will give you some meat.”
一位老人正在卖一头大奶牛。一个年轻人来到奶牛旁边开始仔细地看它。老人走过去对他耳语道：“在我卖掉这头奶牛前不要说任何话，过后我会给你一些肉。”
“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the cow, he gives the young man some meat and says, “Now, you can tell me how do you think of the bad leg of the cow.”
“好吧。”年轻男子说道。老人卖掉了奶牛，他给了年轻人一些肉并说道：“现在你能告诉我关于这头奶牛有条坏腿你是怎么看的?”
“I didn’t find the bad leg,” says the young man. “Then why did you look at the cow carefully?” asks the old man.
“我没发现坏腿呀。”年轻男子说。“那你为什么仔细地看着这头牛?”老人问道。
Then young man answers, “Because I have never seen a cow, and I wanted to know what it looks like.”
年轻人回答道：“因为我从未见过奶牛，我只想知道它长得什么样。”
单词小览
cow n. 奶牛
slowly adv. 慢慢地
never adv. 从来没有
【第三篇】
A farmer can’t read or write. One day he asks a man to write a letter for him. He wants to post the letter to his uncle.
一个农民既不会读书也不会写字。一天，他请一个男子为他写一封信。他要把这封信寄给他叔叔。
“I can’t write you letter,” says the man, “Because I have a bad leg.”
“我不能为你写信，”男子说，“因为我有一条腿坏了。”
“Sir,” says the farmer, “I know, but I can’t see what a bad leg has to do with writing a letter.”
“先生，”农民说道，“我知道，但是我不明白写信与腿坏了有什么关系。”
“It has much to do with it,” says the man, “because I can’t walk so far and read the letter to you uncle.”
“有很大关系，”男子说，“因为我不能走那么远为你叔叔读信。”
“What do you mean, sir?” says the farmer. “His son can read it to him. Why do you need to read if for him?”
“您这是什么意思，先生?”农艺说道：“他的儿子可以读给他听。为什么需要你读给他听呢?”
“Don’t you understand,” answers the man, “that only I can read what I write?”
“你还不明白吗，”男子说道，“我写的只有我能读得懂。”
单词小览
post v. 邮寄
have to do with…与…有关系
mean v. 意思是
understand v. 懂得，明白