人人说英语高级04
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：人人说英语高级
Unit 4 Free-time Activities
Ice Fishing(E)
A boy wanted to go ice fishing,He'd read many books on the subjectand finally,after getting all the necessary tools togetherhe made for the nearest frozen 1 lakeAfter positioning his stool,he used a drill to make a circular 2 cut in the iceSuddenly,from the sky,a voice boomed,"There are no fish under the ice."Startled 3,the boy moved down to the opposite end of the iceand began to make another holeThe boy heard the same voice,"There are no fish under the ice."He stopped,looked skyward and asked,"Is that you,Lord?"The voice replied,"No.This is the ice-rink manager."
Turtles(M)
A police officer was driving his police car down a road next to beachwhen he noticed a woman knee deep in the water holding two things in her handsThe officer wasn't sure what they wereHe made his way down the sand to meet the woman standing 4 in the waterAs he approached,he the two things were turtlesThe officer said to the woman,"It's illegal to be poaching for turtles,you know.""What are you talking about?"she was startled."These are my pet turtles.""Sure they are!"replied the policeman.
"No,I'm serious.I will throw them into the waves and call them back.
They will come back."So the woman put the two turtles back into the oceanand stood there watching them"Where're the two turtles?I thought you said you could call them back,"chuckled the officer.
"Turtles?"replied teh woman,"What turles?"
At the Zoo(D)
A man responds to a job position at the city zooThe ad mentioned the salary but not what he would be doingThe zoo's gorilla 5 had unexpectedly 6 passed awayThe zoo had just spent millions on promotionswhich focused on the gorilla,and now they needed a gorilla.
The guy really needed the job,and the money was good,so he acceptedEveryday he would put on the gorilla suit,hang out in his cage and be the gorillaAfter a while he started enjoying himselfHe would scare little kids,roar at the crowds,and eat bananasAs time went on he became the main attraction at the zooHe would swing on his trees,and the people loved him.
One day,he was swinging around and accidentally 7 swung over his fenceand landed in the tiger's denThe tiger slowly opened his eyes and saw the gorillaThe tiger slowly approached the gorillawho was backed up against the fenceThe tiger was ready to jump,and then the gorilla started yelling,"Help!Help!I'm not a gorilla.
I'm a man!Help!Help!"Then the tiger said,"Shut up,stupid,or we'll both get fired!"
- He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
- The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。
- The bright boy altered it to a circular form.这个聪明的男孩把它改成了圆形。
- The lamp stands on a circular base.这盏台灯是装在圆形底座上的。
- A crowd of 2000 was startled near the end of the concert. 2000名观众在音乐会将近结束时大吃一惊。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Startled by the sudden whistle of the train, the horse broke away. 火车突然鸣笛，那匹马受惊脱逃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
- I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。
- A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。
- The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning. 火山一早突然爆发了。
- I had just put the dinner on when Jim walked in unexpectedly. 我刚把晚饭摆上桌，吉姆突然走进来。
- Mary accidentally let out that her mother had telephoned.玛丽无意中说出她的母亲来过电话。
- As I turned around,I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。