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89 Turtle’s Life Cycle

There are many different kinds of turtles throughout the world. They vary
widely in size and in looks. However, in many ways they are all alike. They
all have a covering of scales. They are like snakes and lizards, and they can
live both on land and in water.

As winter comes, turtles go to sleep in the mud under the water through the
cold weather.

All turtles hatch from eggs. In early summer, the turtle digs out a hollow in
the soft ground. Here she lays her eggs, and covers them with earth and leaves
them to hatch in the warm sun.

As soon as the baby turtles hatch, they head for the water, out of sight of
their enemies the gulls, foxes, and other animals.
The young turtles eat insects and small animals, and grow fast. Although the
turtles spend much of their time in the water, they breathe in the air. When
the full grown turtle is ready to lay eggs, she returns to the land and the
turtle's life cycle begins again.

turtle 海龟
cycle 周期，循环
vary 变化
scale 鳞片
lizard 蜥蜴
hatch 孵化
hollow 洞
gull 海鸥

龟的生命周期

全世界有很多种不同的龟。它们在大小和外形上有很大的不同。然而，在很多方面它们是相似的。它们都有龟甲。它们像蛇和蜥蜴，能在陆地和水里生活。

冬天来临的时候，龟在寒冷的天气里呆在水底下的泥里睡觉。

所有龟都是从蛋里孵出来的。初夏，龟在松软的泥地上挖一个洞。它在这里产下蛋，用土盖住蛋，然后把它们留在这儿，让温暖的阳光把龟蛋孵化成幼龟。

龟宝宝一孵出来，就爬向水里，远离它的敌人的视线，它的敌人有海鸥、狐狸及其他一些动物。

幼龟吃昆虫和小动物，它们长得很快。虽然龟大多数时间呆在水里，但是它们在空气中呼吸。
当长大的龟到了生蛋年龄时，它回到陆地上，这样龟的生命周期又重新开始。

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90 Jim’s Stomachache

Jim went to the doctor this morning. He likes apples very much and yesterday
he ate too many green ones, so this morning he had a stomachache. When he came
to breakfast he was crying. "What's the matter, Jim?"His mother said. "Why are
you crying?""My stomach hurts, mother,"he answered. "You ate too many apples
yesterday,"she said, "and they were green. Go to Dr. Jones and he will give
you some medicine.""Yes Mother. I don's want any breakfast now."

Jim got to Dr. Jones"office at 9:30, but there were four other people in the
doctor's waitingroom, so Jim didn's see the doctor until about 10 o'lock.
"What's the matter with you, young man?"said Dr. Jones. "I have a
stomach-ache,"said Jim. "Have you eaten any green apples?"asked the doctor.
"Yes, I ate a lot yesterday,"Jim said, and smiled. The doctor smiled too. He
wrote on a piece of paper and said, "take this to a chemist, and he will give
you some medicine."Jim thanked the doctor, went to a chemist and bought the
medicine. His stomachache was soon better.


吉姆肚子疼

吉姆今天早上去看医生了。吉姆很喜欢吃苹果，昨天他吃了太多的青苹果，所以今天早上开始肚子疼。吃早饭时，他哭了。“怎么啦，吉姆？”她妈妈问，“你为什么哭啊？”“我肚子疼，妈妈，”他回答。“昨天你吃了太多的苹果。”妈妈说，“它们都是青的，还不熟。去看琼斯医生吧，他会给你开一些药。”“好的，妈妈。我现在不想吃早饭。”

九点三十分，吉姆到了琼斯医生的诊所，但候诊室里还有四个人，所以吉姆大约十点才见到医生。“小伙子，怎么啦？”琼斯医生问。“我肚子疼？”吉姆说。“你有没有吃青苹果啊？”医生问。“是的，昨天我吃了很多。”吉姆说

着笑了。医生也笑了起来。他在一张纸上写着，说：“把这个交给药剂师，他会给你一些药。”吉姆谢过医生，去药剂师那里买了药。很快，他的肚子疼就好了。

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91 Cows

My friend Jim has a farm. He has a lot of cows and he sells their milk. He
does not milk the cows by hand: he has an electric milking machine. He gets up
very early every morning, milks the cows with his machine, lets them out into
the fields, gets the milk ready, puts it in very big cans, washes the milking
machine and the buckets, puts the milkcans out in the road, and then has his
breakfast. At about 8 o'lock a big truck comes and collects his milk cans.

After breakfast, Jim goes to his desk and writes letters and bills and other
things. When I visited him last year, he said to me, "Do you know, Bill, a
farmer has a lot of paperwork now. He is like a clerk in an office."Jim loves
his farm, but he hates paperwork.

After he has finished, he cleans his cowsheds and then goes out into his
fields to look at his cows, or does some work in his vegetable garden. He is
always very busy and his wife is too.


bucket 桶
bill 账单，票据
cowshed 牛棚，牛舍

母 牛

我朋友吉姆有个农场。他有很多奶牛，他出售牛奶。他不用手工挤奶，他有电动挤奶机。他每天早上很早起来，用机器挤牛奶，然后把母牛放到外面的牧场上，把牛奶处理好后，把它装进一个很大的奶罐里，然后洗干净挤奶机和奶桶，再把奶罐放到路边，然后他吃早饭。大概八点钟的时候，有辆大卡车过来收他的牛奶。

吃完早饭后，吉姆走到书桌边写信，写账单，并处理些其他的事情。去年我去看他时，他对我说：“你知道吗，比尔，现在一个农夫也有很多文书工作要做，就像是办公室里的职员。”吉姆喜欢他的农场，但他不喜欢文书工作。
做完这些以后，他清扫牛舍，然后去牧场看他的母牛，或者在菜园里干点活。他总是很忙，他妻子也是。

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92 Will Daddy Be Home?

Becky was six years old. On Christmas Eve she helped her mother hanging a
stocking marked "Daddy? Becky asked her mom, "Will Daddy be home before Santa
comes?"Becky's mom said, "I certainly hope so."Then Becky wanted her mother to
put some cookies out for Santa. Mom said it was a great idea. Then Becky went
to bed to sleep.

Becky woke up early next morning. She went to wake up her parents and said,
"Can we see if Santa came, Daddy? Can we, Mommy?"By now Becky's parents were
not only awake but also as excited as she was.

As they got down the stairs Becky and her parents were pleased to see that
there were lots of presents under the tree for them. Becky noticed that the
sugar cookies for Santa were gone and there was a note next to a present that
said, "Give these to your Daddy. He was home and in bed by the time I got
here."Becky grabbed her Daddy by the leg and said, "Thank you daddy. I knew
you'd make it home in time."

marked 有记号的
be pleased to（do） 高兴，乐意
note 便条 grab 抓住


爸爸会来得及回家吗？

贝基六岁了。圣诞节前夕，她帮她妈妈一起挂起了标着“爸爸”两个字的长筒袜。贝基问她妈妈：“圣诞老人来之前，爸爸能赶回家吗？”妈妈说：“我希望他能。”接着，贝基想让妈妈给圣诞老人准备一些饼干。妈妈说那是个很棒的主意。然后，贝基就上床睡觉去了。

第二天一大早，贝基就醒了。她跑去叫醒爸爸妈妈，对他们说：“我们能去看看圣诞老人是不是来过了吗，爸爸？可以吗，妈妈？”这时，贝基的父母不仅醒了，而且还和贝基一样兴奋。

来到楼下，贝基和爸爸妈妈看到圣诞树下有那么多给他们的礼物，他们高兴极了。贝基注意到，那些送给圣诞老人的甜饼干都不见了，一件礼物旁边有一张纸条，上面写着，“把这些送给你的爸爸。在我到达这里时，他已经到家上床睡觉了。”贝基抱着爸爸的腿说：“谢谢你，爸爸。我知道你会及时赶回来的。”

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93 In a Boat

My family likes the sea very much. When we have a holiday, we go to a place at
the seaside and borrow a boat from one of our friends. Then we row, sail and
fish on the sea all day. Sometimes we have races against other boats. When the
sea is rough, we row and sail on a small lake near the sea instead. We are
very careful on this lake because there are a lot of sharp rocks and the water
is shallow. We do not want to damage our friend's boat.

There are not many fish in the lake, but in the sea we sometimes catch a lot
with a hook, line and small pieces of bread. The fish are not very big, but
they taste very good. When the weather is fine, we row to the land at lunch
time, collect pieces of dry wood and fry or grill our fish over them on the
beach.

There is an island a kilometre from our friend's house, and we often sail to
it. The water is very clean and we often bathe there.

sharp 锋利的，锐利的
shallow 浅的

在船上

我们一家都很喜欢大海。度假时，我们去海边的一个地方，向我们的朋友借一艘船。然后我们整天都在海上划船、航行还有钓鱼。有时我们和其他的船比赛。

海上有风浪时，我们就在大海附近的小湖里划船。在这个湖上我们很小心，因为那里有很多锋利的暗礁，而且湖水很浅。我们不想损坏朋友的船。
湖里的鱼不多，但是在海里，我们有时能用吊钩、绳子和小面包片抓到很多鱼。那些鱼不是很大，但是尝起来味道很不错。天气好的时候，中午我们划到岸边，在海滩上搜集几块干木头，在岸上煎鱼或者烤鱼吃。

离我朋友家一公里的地方有座小岛，我们常常划船去那里。那里的水很干净，我们常在那儿洗澡。

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94 A Happy Grandparent

Mr. Brown had a daughter who had two daughters and two sons. One day the
daughter telephoned and said that she had a new daughter. Mr. Brown was very
happy and decided to visit her.

On Friday morning, Mr. Brown got into a train. He was very happy. "I'm going
to see my new grand-daughter,"he said.

There were three empty places in the train. There was an old man beside one
empty place, and Mr. Brown went to him and said nicely, "Are you a
grandfather?""Yes,"the man answered, "I have three granddaughters."Mr. Brown
went to the second empty place. A nice woman sat beside that. Mr. Brown asked,
"Are you a grandmother?"The woman answered, "Yes, I have two granddaughters
and two grandsons."Mr. Brown went to the third empty place. There was a man
beside that, and Mr. Brown asked, "Are you a grandfather?""Do, I'm not,"the
man answered. Mr. Brown smiled happily and said, "That's good. He sat down in
the empty place and said to the man kindly, "Dow I'll tell you about my
granddaughters and grandsons.

nicely 和善地，和颜悦色地

快乐的外公
布朗先生有一个女儿，他女儿有两个女儿、两个儿子。有一天，布朗先生的女儿打电话告
诉他，她又生了一个女儿。布朗先生非常高兴，他决定去看望她。
星期五早上，布朗先生坐上了火车。他非常愉快。他说：“我要去看我的新外孙女了。”
火车上有三个空座位。其中一个空位旁坐着一位老人。布朗先生朝他走过去，友善地说：
“你是个祖父吗？” “是的，”那个老人回答他，“我有三个孙女。”
布朗先生于是走到第二个空位。一位和蔼的女士坐在这个空位旁边。布朗先生问：“你做了祖母吗？”
那位女士回答：“是的，我有两个孙女、两个孙子。”布朗先生又走到第三个空位子。坐在旁边的是位男士，布朗先生又问：“你做了祖父吗？”
“不，我不是。”那位男士回答他。 布朗先生高兴得笑着说：“好极了。”他在空位上坐下来，和蔼地对那位男士说：“现在，我想和你说说我的外孙和外孙女们。”

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95 The Cinema

Mary likes the cinema very much. She has no lessons and no homework on
Saturdays, so she always goes to the cinema that afternoon. She prefers funny
films but often she sees other kinds of films. She usually goes with some
other schoolfriends, and they all sit together and eat nuts and ice cream and
laugh when something funny happens.

Last Saturday Mary saw a film about a funny man. His name was Percy. Percy was
fat and had a big, black moustache. He went out one night to play cards with
his friends when his wife was asleep. When he was going home at midnight, a
fierce dog ran after him and tore his trouser pocket, so Percy lost his key.

He tried to climb up a ladder to get into his house through a window. But he
slipped down the ladder and made a terrible noise. His wife woke up and cried,
"Help! Thieves!"Someone telephoned the police and policemen quickly arrived.
Percy ran away, but he slipped and fell into the mud at the side of the river.
Mary and her friends laughed a lot.

moustache 小胡子
run after 追赶，追逐
thief （thieves） 小偷

电 影

玛丽很喜欢看电影。星期六，她不上学也没有作业，所以星期六下午她总是去看电影。她喜欢喜剧，但她也常看其他电影。她通常和同学们一起去，他们坐在一起，吃果仁，吃冰激凌，看到有趣的地方，大家哄堂大笑。

上周六，玛丽看了一部关于一个有趣的男人的电影，他的名字叫珀西。珀西很胖，长着又黑又密的胡子。一天晚上，当他妻子睡觉时，他出去和他的朋友玩牌。半夜他回家时，一条凶猛的狗追着他，撕破了他的裤子口袋，所以珀西的钥匙掉了。他试着爬上梯子想从窗户钻进去。可是他从梯子上滑了下去，发出很响的声音。他妻子醒了，叫起来：“救命！有小偷！”有人报了警，警察很快就到了。珀西逃离了现场，但却滑倒在河边的泥浆里。玛丽和她朋友都要笑死了。

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96 Little Bear Cuffy
Once there were three bears who lived together in a little house in the forest. The biggest bear, named Tubby, worked hard all day finding berries and good things to eat for himself and his friends. The middle-sized bear, called Fuzzy, worked hard too, getting the honey from the trees. The third bear, who was called Cuffy, just rolled and played in the sun all day.
One day, Tubby and Fuzzy went deep into the forest to find food. They said, "Please come with us, Cuffy, we will be gone for a long time."But Cuffy said, "Do, thank you. If I go with you, I will have to work hard. I will stay here and play until you get back."So off went the two bears, and Cuffy played with the rabbits. But soon he began to get hungry, and asked the rabbits if he could have lunch with them. But the rabbit said he had to go to Farmer Brown's garden for carrots. Cuffy knew he could not do that. Poor Cuffy! How hungry he was for some nice sweet berries. "Dext time,"he said, "Just wait until next time! I will be glad to go and find food with Fuzzy and Tubby.
berry 浆果 honey 蜜，蜂蜜 carrot 胡萝卜
小 熊 卡 夫
从前，有三只小熊生活在森林里的一座小房子里。最大的熊名叫塔比，他整天努力地工作，为自己和朋友们找浆果和好东西吃。排行中间的那只熊叫法兹，他也很辛苦地工作，从树上找蜂蜜。第三只熊名叫卡夫，他整天就在太阳底下翻滚玩耍。
一天，塔比和法兹要去森林深处寻找食物。他们说：“卡夫，和我们一起去吧，我们
会去很久。”但是卡夫说：“不了，谢谢你们。如果我和你们一起去的话，我必须得辛苦作。我要呆在这儿玩，直到你们回来。” 两只小熊出发了，卡夫和兔子们一起玩。但很快他的肚子开始饿了，他就问兔子们他是否 以和他们一起吃午饭。但是兔子说他必须去农夫布朗的花园里找胡萝卜。卡夫知道他不会这么做的。
可怜的卡夫！他是多么饿啊，好想吃几颗又甜又美味的浆果。“下一次，”他说，“就等到下一次！我一定乐意和法兹、塔比一起去找食物。”

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98 Spanish Farmers

Rota is a very small town in Spain. It is famous for its fruits and
vegetables. In particular, it is famous for its tomatoes and pumpkins.
One would think that the soil of this region must be very good. It must be
very rich in order to grow such excellent tomatoes and pumpkins. But the soil
is not good. It is poor. It is only sand and rock — nothing more. The winds of
the ocean blow hard. They have carried away the good soil. They have left only
sand in its place. There is also little water. The soil is dry and hard.

The farmers of this region have to work very hard. They work from morning till
night. They dig wells wherever there is water. They carry water by hand to
their gardens. They use anything and everything to make the soil a little
richer around each plant. They cover the young plants with leaves. In this way
they protect them from the sun and wind. They watch each plant carefully. They
watch the plants which are not strong. They give these plants more water and
more attention. They show the plants the same affection they show for their
wives or children.

There is a proverb about Rota farmers: the farmer of Rota touches each tomato
plant at least forty times a day.

soil 土壤
region 区域, 地方
dig 掘, 挖
protect 保护
affection 情感
proverb 谚语
touch 触摸

西班牙农民

罗塔是一个很小的西班牙城镇。它以果蔬闻名，尤以番茄和南瓜最为出名。

人们会以为这个地方的土壤肯定很好。能产出如此优良的番茄和南瓜，这里的土地肯定极其肥沃。但是，这里的土壤并不好，土地很贫瘠，只有沙子和岩石——别无它物。海风强劲，吹走了良土，只剩下沙子留在原地。这里缺水，土地又干又硬。

此地的农民不得不非常辛勤地劳动。他们从早干到晚。他们在有水的地方挖井，提水到园地，用尽一切方法使作物周围的土更肥沃。他们拿叶子遮盖幼苗。这种方法可以保护幼苗免于日晒和风吹。他们关注每一株作物，密切观察着长得不壮的秧苗，给它们更多的水分和照料。他们像照料自己的妻子和孩子那样照料他们的农作物。

说起罗塔的农民，有句谚语是这样说的： 罗塔农民每天至少要触摸每一株番茄四十次。

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