55 Whats the Hurry? Heres Your Hat! I have a friend who has a large police dog called Jack. Police dogs are often very intelligent. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks in the park very...
54 Growing Tomatoes I'll tell you how to grow tomatoes, Jerry,?said Mrs. Hawkins. First dig up an area in a sunny spot in your yard. Mix in manure or compost to enrich the soil.? When the danger of frost is past, which is about the first of April in...
53 Dreams by Langston Hughes Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken winged bird That can not fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow . fast 紧紧地 winged 有翅膀的 barren 贫瘠的 frozen 冻结的...
52 Dream Billy is twelve years old. One day his father gave him fifty pence. There is a big tree in Billy's garden. He climbed it and sat in it. He likes that place in the tree very much. Then Billy looked at his money and said, I'm going to go to th...
51 A Duck and a Shop Clerk A duck walked into a store and asked the clerk, Do you have any grapes?The clerk said no, and the duck left. The next day, the duck returned and asked, Do you have any grapes?The clerk again said no, and the duck left. The...
50 At the Zoo David's family visited the zoo on Sunday. They paid five dollars for the family ticket at the gate. And then they joined the crowds flocking toward the cages. We must watch the big animals first,?said the father. Feeding time is three o...
49 Whos Clever? A university professor made experiments with several kinds of animals. He hoped to know which animal was the cleverest. He found out it was the monkey. In one experiment the professor put a monkey in a room with several small boxes. S...
48 A Small Shop Alan Smith and his wife run a small shop in a small town. It sells milk, butter, cheese, eggs and other things. It is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday morning, but it is shut on Sunday afternoon...
47 Little Blue Flower Sky Chief was a brave Indian chief. All his people loved him. He had a little niece, Blue Flower. She looked just like her name. Her eyes were as blue as the sky. Her hair was black and shiny, and it waved in the wind like the t...
46 Body Language If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand. But there is another kind of language you need to know the language of the body. All over the world, people talk?with their hands, with th...