1  Two Holes

Mr Black had two cats. One was very big and the other was quite small. He liked them very much. One day, Mr Green, a friend of his, came to see him. To his great surprise, he saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole. He said, “My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “Let the cats in and out,” Mr Black answered.

“But why are there two holes? Isn’t one hole enough?” asked his friend.

“How can the big cat go through the small hole? He said.

Notes

1 hole [hEul] n. 洞, 孔   the othe r 另一个

2 quite [kwait] 相当

3 a friend of his 他的一个朋友 his用法举例:

   Your pen is old, but mine [main ]is new. (= my pen)

   It is my book, it is not hers [hE:z]. (= her book)

   Is that yours ?  No, it is not ours. It is theirs.

4 to his surpise 使他感到吃惊

great [greit] a. 巨大的, 伟大的

   To my surprise,  to her great surprise

5 large [lB:dV] a. 大的 (多指尺寸和数量)

6 Let the cat come in. 让猫进来.

7 enough [in’nQf] a. 足够的

8 though [Wru:] prep. 穿过

Answer the questions:

1 What did Tom buy in the shop that day? Why?

2 Why are there 2 holes in Mr Black's door?

3 What do you want to tell Mr Tom and Mr Black?

　2   An old man

     Tom was very old, and he lived by himself a long way from town. So he knew less about the world. One day he went into town to buy something in some shops. Then he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. When he looked around, he saw many old people put eyeglasses on before reading their newspaper, so after lunch he walked to a shop to buy some glasses.

    The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, “ No, I can’t read with these.”

    The man became more and more surprised. He said, “ Excuse me, but can you read?”

  “ No, of course I can’t!” Tom said. “I think the good glasses can help me.”

Notes:

1 live by himself 他自己独立生活.  人称代词的这种形式还有:

   myself  yourself  herself  itself ; ourselves  yourselves  themselves

2 a long way from…  离…很远 

3 so [sEu] conj. 因此     know about 了解, 知道

4 less [les] ad. 少, 更少  world [wE:ld] n. 世界 in the world 世界上

5 into [‘intu:] prep. 到…里     Go into his room. 到他的房间里.

6 restaurant [‘restrCnt] ['resterB:nt] n. 餐馆

7 look round 周围看看  round [raund] (英)  around [['raund] (美)

   round [raund] ad.   I walk around. 我来回走走

   prep. 围绕            The moon goes round the sun.

8 put eyeglasses on 把眼镜戴上   Put on your clothes. 穿上你的衣服.

9 glasses n. 眼镜(复数名词)     a pair of glasses

10 newspaper [‘nju:speipE] n. 报纸

11 made him try on 使他试戴.    try [trai] v. 试 

12 always [‘C:lweis] ad. 总是   with it  用它  Write with a pen.

13 become [bi’kQm] became []be’keim] v. 变得,变成

14 surprised [sE’praized] a.感到吃惊]   He is  surprised.他吃惊.

15 more [mC:]  ad. 更, 多  of course [Ef kC:s] 当然