Jimmy lives in London and he began swimming a few months ago. He liked swimming, and he often goes to the swimming-pool near his house with his mother and swims there for an hour o...

Beware of dog As a stranger entered a little country store, he noticed a sign warning, 'Danger! Beware of dog!' posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound ...

  1.rain   A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it suddenly began to rain very hard． They did not have their umbrella with them， and there ...

Charles came home at four in the morning and found his wife lying awake in the bed.' Where you until this hour of the morning?' She screamed. Ignoring what she asked, Charles aske...

1.New teacher George comes from school on the first of September.'George, how did you like your new teacher?' asked his mother.'I didn‘t like her, Mother, because she said that t...

Harry and Bob were neighbours, and they worked in the same bank. They were young and they often went out together. Then the bank sent both of them to a new town. They did not know ...

   1.A dollar per point A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was ov...

1.Sharing the Apples Harry was given two apples, a small one and a large one, by his Mum. Share them with your sister, she said. So Harry gave the small one to his little sister a...

1.Ask your own Ask Your OwnIt was a cold，raw day at Washington．Champ Clark was discussing the gamins of the cities with an English visitor．The latter expatiated on the wit of ...

  Failure in a Test 考试不及格 Mother: Why did you get such a low mark on that test? 妈妈:这次测试你为什么得这么低的分？ Kid: Because of absence. 孩子:因为缺考。...