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作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-12 17:12

LESSON ONE

The First Lesson

DRILLS

A: Do you often go to the cinema?
B: No, but I'm going to see a film this afternoon. I'm not going to have any lessons.

A: Do they often go to the cinema?
B: No, but they're going to see a film this afternoon. They aren't going to have any lessons.

A: Does Mary often go to the cinema?
B: No, but she's going to see a film this afternoon. She isn't going to have any lessons.

A: Are you going to have geography this year?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Is Kate going to have geography, too?
B: Yes, I think so.(No, I don't think so.)

A: Are you going to have geography this term?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Are they going to have geography. too?
B: Yes, I think so.(No, I don't think so.)

A: Are you going to have geography next year?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Is your brother going to have geography. too?
B: Yes, I think so.(No, I don't think so.)

A: What are you going to do this evening?
B: I'm going to write some letters.
A: What's Jane going to do?
B: She's going to do her lessons.

A: What are you going to do this Sunday?
B: I'm going to write some letters.
A: What's Jane going to do?
B: She's going to play volleyball.

A: What are you going to do tomorrow?
B: I'm going to write some letters.
A: What's Jane going to do?
B: She's going to play tennis.

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THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR

It's September, and we're back at school. It's good to see all my teachers and friends again. They all look fine.
We're in Grade Two this year. We're going to have a new subject --- physics. I hear physics isn't easy. I'm going to work hard at it. I'm not very good at maths, but Wei Fang says she's going to help me. I think I can do better than last year.
I like English very much. I always work hard at it. This year I'm going to do more speaking. Zhang Hong likes English too, but he needs help. I'm going to help him.
This term I'm going to work for the wall-newspaper. My classmates say I draw well, and my handwriting is good. It's interesting work, and I like it.
I'm going to do my best this year.

At page 1, 2, 3, 4, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-15 11:38

LESSON TWO

The Second Lesson

DRILLS

A: What are you doing over there? Are you drawing a picture?
B: No. I'm reading the newspaper.
A: When are you going to draw the picture then?
B: This evening.

A: What are you doing over there? Are you doing your homework?
B: No. I'm reading the newspaper.
A: When are you going to do your homework then?
B: This evening.

A: What are you doing over there? Are you writing a letter to Grandpa?
B: No. I'm reading the newspaper.
A: When are you going to write the letter then?
B: This evening.

A: What are they going to do the day after tomorrow?
B: They're going to have a volleyball match.
A: Where are they going to have it?
B: They're going to have it on the playground.

A: What are they going to do this Sunday morning?
B: They're going to have a volleyball match.
A: Where are they going to have it?
B: They're going to have it in our school.

A: What are they going to do next Saturday afternoon?
B: They're going to have a volleyball match.
A: Where are they going to have it?
B: They're going to have it at the Children's Palace.

A: Are we going to have a meeting this week?
B: Yes, we are.
A: Who's going to speak at the meeting?
B: Our teacher is, I think.

A: Are we going to have a talk this week?
B: Yes, we are.
A: Who's going to give the talk?
B: Comrade Wu is, I think.

A: Are we going to have an English film this week?
B: Yes, we are.
A: Who's going to buy the tickets?
B: Li Ping is, I think.

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DIALOGUE

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TOMORROW?

Zhang Hong: It's Sunday tomorrow, you know. What are you going to do?
Wang Lin: I'm going to watch a volleyball match in the Capital Stadium. It's between a Japanese team and a Chinese team.
Zhang Hong: That's great. What time is it going to be?
Wang Lin: At four o'clock in the afternoon. I have two tickets here. I can let you have one. You want to go, don't you?
Zhang Hong: Of course I do, but I can't. We're going to have a table tennis match tomorrow afternoon.
Wang Lin: I see. Who are you going to play?
Zhang Hong: A team from the No. 7 Middle School.
Wang Lin: Where are you going to have the match?
Zhang Hong: At the Children's Palace. By the way, where's Li Ping, do you know?
Wang Lin: He's at home. Why?
Zhang Hong: He's got my bat. I must get it back from him.
Wang Lin: His home isn't far from here. I think you can find him at home.
Zhang Hong: Right. I'd better go and look for him now. See you later.
Wang Lin: See you later.

At page 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-15 11:44

LESSON THREE

The Third Lesson

DRILLS

A: Can you skate?
B: No, I can't, but John can

A: Can you dance?
B: No, I can't, but they can

A: Can you answer this question?
B: No, I can't, but my sister can.

A: Can you be here at eight tomorrow morning?
B: Sorry, I can't be here so early.

A: Can you be ready at eight tomorrow morning.
B: Sorry, I can't be ready so early.

A: Can you be back at eight tomorrow morning?
B: Sorry, I can't be back so early.

A: Excuse me, may I look at that book?
B: Certainly. Here you are.

A: Excuse me, may I have a glass of water?
B: Certainly. Here you are.

A: Excuse me, may I use your pen?
B: Certainly. Here you are.

A: Must I finish my homework now?
B: Yes, you must. (No, you needn't. You may go home now.)

A: Must I clean the room now?
B: Yes, you must. (No, you needn't. You may go home now.)

A: Must I stay here now?
B: Yes, you must. (No, you needn't. You may go home now.)

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DIALOGUE

AT THE LIBRARY

It's four o'clock in the afternoon. Liu Ying is at the library. She's going to borrow some books. She's speaking to the assistant.
Liu Ying: Good afternoon!
Assistant: Good afternoon! Can I help you?
Liu Ying: Do you have "From Earth to Moon"?
Assistant: Let me see … Ah, here it is.
Liu Ying: Thank you. How long may I keep it?
Assistant: Two weeks.
Liu Ying: Can I keep it a little longer?
Assistant: Yes, you can. But you must come and renew it if you can't finish it in time.
Liu Ying: Must I bring the book back for that?
Assistant: Yes, you must. And you mustn't lend it to others.
Liu Ying: All right, I won't. May I look at some of the new books?
Assistant: Certainly. They're over there.

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A RHYME

MY BOOK

I will not spoil this little book,

Nor drop it on the floor;

I will not turn its corners down,

To spoil it more and more.

My book's a little friend to me,

And so a friend to it I'll be.

At page 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-15 11:49

LESSON FOUR

The Fourth Lesson

DRILLS

A: Where is Mr Green?
B: Sorry. I don't know. He was here a moment ago.

A: Where is Mary?
B: Sorry, I don't know. She was here a moment ago.

A: Where are Jack and Mike?
B: Sorry, I don't know. They were here a moment ago.

A: Was your father at home yesterday morning?
B: Yes, he was.(No, he wasn't. He was at work.)

A: Was your father at home yesterday afternoon?
B: Yes, he was.(No, he wasn't. He was at work.)

A: Was your father at home last night?
B: Yes, he was.(No, he wasn't. He was at work.)

A: Were they busy yesterday evening?
B: Yes, they were. (No, they weren't.)

A: Were they back at seven yesterday evening?
B: Yes, they were. (No, they weren't.)

A: Were they late for the meeting yesterday evening?
B: Yes, they were. (No, they weren't.)

A: When were you born?
B: I was born in January, 1969.
A: Where were you born?
B: I was born in Wuhan.

A: When were you born?
B: I was born in February, 1970.
A: Where were you born?
B: I was born in Guangzhou.

A: When were you born?
B: I was born on April 2, 1969.
A: Where were you born?
B: I was born in Tianjin.

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DIALOGUE

A TELEPHONE CALL

Mrs Black: Hello!
Mary: Hello! May I speak to John?
Mrs Black: Sorry, John isn't in.
Mary: Is that Mrs Black speaking?
Mrs Black: Yes, Who's that?
Mary: This is Mary, Mrs Black. I called at four thirty this afternoon, but nobody was in.
Mrs Black: Oh, we were all out. John wasn't back home then. Mr Black and I were at the cinema. Can I take a message for John?
Mary: Yes, please. John asked me to help him with his lessons this evening. I'm afraid I can't do that today. Mother is ill. I have to look after her at home.
Mrs Black: I'm sorry to hear that. Just stay at home and take good care of your mother. Don't worry about John. You can help him later, can't you?
Mary: Yes, Please tell John about it.
Mrs Black: OK.
Mary: Thanks a lot. Bye-bye!
Mrs Black: Good-bye!

At page 30, 31, 32, 33, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-15 11:55

LESSON FIVE

The Fifth Lesson

DRILLS

A: What time do you usually get up in the morning?
B: I get up at six. But I didn't get up so early this morning. I got up at a quarter to seven.

A: What time do they usually get up in the morning?
B: They get up at six. But they didn't get up so early this morning. They got up at a quarter to seven.

A: What time does he usually get up in the morning?
B: He gets up at six. But he didn't get up so early this morning. He got up at a quarter to seven.

A: What time does she usually get up in the morning?
B: She gets up at six. But she didn't get up so early this morning. She got up at a quarter to seven.

A: Did your father go to work early yesterday?
B: Yes, he did. He went to work at six.
A: Did he have lunch at home?
B: No, he didn't. He had it at the factory.

A: Did your father go to work early yesterday?
B: Yes, he did. He went to work at six.
A: Did he stop work early?
B: No, he didn't He stopped work quite late.

A: Did your father go to work early yesterday?
B: Yes, he did. He went to work at six.
A: Did he come back early?
B: No, he didn't. He came back quite late.

A: Did you have a meeting after school?
B: No, I didn't.
A: What did you do?
B: I played the violin.

A: Did you have a meeting after school?
B: No, I didn't.
A: What did you do?
B: I helped my brother with his biology.

A: Did you have a meeting after school?
B: No, I didn't.
A: What did you do?
B: I planted trees with my classmates.

A: Did you have a meeting after school?
B: No, I didn't.
A: What did you do?
B: I carried water for Grandpa Li.

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THE ARTIST

Long, long ago there lived a king. He loved horses. One day he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artist said, "All right, but you must wait." So the king waited. He waited and waited. At last, after a year he could not wait any longer. He went to see the artist himeself.
Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In five minutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse. The king was angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you kept me waiting for a year. Why?"
"Come with me, please," said the artist. They went to the artist's workroom. There the king saw piles and piles of paper. On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes," the artist said.

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A RHYME

DO YOUR BEST

Do your best, your very best,

And do it every day ---

Little boys and little girls,

That is the wisest way.

No matter what you try to do,

At home or at your school,

Always do year very best ---

There is no better rule.

At page 39, 40, 41, 42, 49, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-16 11:54

LESSON SIX

The sixth Lesson

DRILLS

A: What day was yesterday?
B: It was Tuesday.
A: What was the date?
B: It was July 4th.

A: What day was yesterday?
B: It was Tuesday.
A: What was the date?
B: It was August 2nd.

A: What day was yesterday?
B: It was Tuesday.
A: What was the date?
B: It was November 3rd.

A: What day was yesterday?
B: It was Tuesday.
A: What was the date?
B: It was December 21st.

A: How many classes did you have yesterday afternoon?
B: We had two.
A: What classes did you have?
B: We had history and politics.

A: How many classes did you have yesterday afternoon?
B: We had two.
A: What classes did you have?
B: We had P.E. and English.

A: How many classes did you have yesterday afternoon?
B: We had two.
A: What classes did you have?
B: We had physics and biology.

A: What did Alice do the day before yesterday?
B: She went to the cinema.
A: Who did she go with?
B: She went with her classmates.

A: What did Alice do the day before yesterday?
B: She visited the History Museum.
A: Who did she go with?
B: She went with her classmates.

A: What did Alice do the day before yesterday?
B: She climbed the hills.
A: Who did she go with?
B: She went with her classmates.

A: What time did they get to the park last Monday?
B: At about nine.
A: How long did they stay there?
B: They stayed there for half an hour.

A: What time did they get to the zoo last Monday?
B: At about nine.
A: How long did they stay there?
B: They stayed there for three hours.

A: What time did they get to the museum last Monday?
B: At about nine.
A: How long did they stay there?
B: They stayed there for two hours.

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TEXT

"THE MOVING BLACKBOARD"

More than one hundred years ago there was a great French scientist with the name Ampere.
One day, Mr Ampere went out for a walk in the street. There were a lot of people and much noise there. But all this was nothing to him. He was thinking about a maths problem. He had no paper with him. How could he work it out?
Just then, he saw a blackboard in front of him. He ran up to it at once. He took out a piece of chalk and wrote his problem on the blackboard. Then he started to work on it. The blackboard moved a little, but he did not notice it. The blackboard moved on. Mr Ampere moved with it. The blackboard started to move away faster and faster. Mr Ampere could not keep up with it any longer. He stopped to have a look.
What did he see? Why, the "blackboard" was NOT a blackboard. It was the back of a carriage!

At page 50, 51, 52, 53, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-16 11:56

LESSON SEVEN

The Seventh Lesson

TEXT

A PAGE FROM A STUDENT'S DIARY

October 22nd, Saturday Cloudy
There were no classes this afternoon. My classmates all went to the Summer Palace. They had a good time, but I didn't go.
After lunch Aunt Huang came in. She looked worried. "Grandma is ill," she said. "I must take her to the hospital. But my baby, … I can't leave her by herself."
Mother and Dad were not at home. So I said, "Don't worry. I can look after her."
"Thank you. Xiao Ping. Thank you." Then she left.
The baby was about ten months old. At first she was asleep. Half an hour later she woke up. She couldn't find her mother and began to cry. "Don't cry," I said. I talked to her. But she looked at me and cried harder and harder. I turned on the radio. She stopped crying and listened to the music. After a few minutes she started to cry again. "Listen to me," I said. I stared to sing. The baby watched and listened. She didn't cry any more. Then I made faces and jumped like a monkey. The baby laughed and laughed.
All that afternoon I jumped and sang and did all kinds of things. When Aunt Huang came back, I was so tired.
In the evening Wang Lin came to see me. I told him the whole story. He laughed. "You're great! I'm going to tell everyone. I'm going to tell them 'Bring your babies to Li Ping. He can take good care of your babies.'"

At page 62, 63, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-21 11:06
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LESSON NINE

The Ninth Lesson

DRILLS

A: Which picture is more beautiful?
B: The one on the left, I think.

A: Which picture is more interesting?
B: The one on the right, I think.

A: Which picture is more expensive?
B: The one on the left, I think.

A: Which lesson is the most difficult in Book Two?
B: Lesson 15 is. Don't you think so?

A: Which lesson is the most interesting in Book Two?
B: Lesson 13 is. Don't you think so?

A: Which lesson is the most instructive in Book Two?
B: Lesson 6 is. Don't you think so?

A: Tom draws better than Peter.
B: You're quite right. He draws the best in our class.

A: Tom jumps higher than Peter.
B: You're quite right. He jumps the highest in our class.

A: Tom writes more carefully than Peter.
B: You're quite right. He writes the most carefully in our class.

A: Is Joan as tall as Kate?
B: No, she isn't. She isn't quite as tall as Kate.
(Yes, she's just as tall as Kate.)

A: Is Joan as strong as Kate?
B: No, she isn't. She isn't quite as strong as Kate.
(Yes, she's just as strong as Kate.)

A: Is Joan as careful as Kate?
B: No, she isn't. She isn't quite as careful as Kate.
(Yes, she's just as careful as Kate.)

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DIALOGUE

THE MOON

Son: Look, Dad! How bright and near the moon looks tonight!
Father: But it isn't as near as it looks.
Son: I know it's far away from the earth.
Father: It's three hundred and eighty thousand kilometres away.
Son: How far is that?
Father: Well, it takes more than three days to get there by spaceship.
Son: A spaceship flies very, very fast, doesn't it?
Father: Yes. It flies at about eleven kilometres a second. In 1969 two Americans got to the moon by spaceship. That was one of the most exciting moments of that year.
Son: They didn't find any living things there, did they?
Father: No, they didn't. It's too hot in the day and too cold at night. And there's no air or water there. Nothing can live on the moon.
Son: I hear walking on the moon is more difficult. It's like jumping and flying. Is that so?
Father: Yes, isn't that interesting! Everything is much lighter on the moon. You can jump much higher on the moon than on the moon.
Son: I wish I could fly to the moon in a spaceship one day. It must be great fun.

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A RHYME

THE MOON

O, look at the moon!

Round and bright up there.

O, Mother, it looks

Like a lamp in the air.

Last week it was smaller

And shaped like a bow,

But now it's grown bigger

And round live an O.

At page 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 85, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-21 11:18

LESSON TEN

The Tenth Lesson

DRILLS

A: It was cold yesterday, wasn't it?
B: Yes, it was. But it's much warmer today.

A: It was hot yesterday, wasn't it?
B: Yes, it was. But it's much cooler today.

A: It was sunny yesterday, wasn't it?
B: Yes, it was. But it's cloudy and windy today.

A: You were tired after the sports meet, weren't you?
B: Yes, but only a little. Now I'm fine.

A: You were tired after the football match, weren't you?
B: Yes, but only a little. Now I'm all right.

A: You were tired after running, weren't you?
B: Yes, but only a little. Now I'm much better.

A: You don't often go home late. But you went home late yesterday, didn't you?
B: Yes, I did. I helped Liu Ying with her English.

A: You don't often go home late. But you went home late yesterday, didn't you?
B: Yes, I did. I had a long talk with the teacher.

A: You don't often go home late. But you went home late yesterday, didn't you?
B: Yes, I did. I waited for Wei Fang.

A: Your mother often goes to see your grandma. She went to see her last Sunday too, didn't she?
B: No, she didn't. She stayed at home and cleaned the house.

A: Your mother often goes to see your grandma. She went to see her last Sunday too, didn't she?
B: No, she didn't. She stayed at home and did some washing.

A: A: Your mother often goes to see your grandma. She went to see her last Sunday too, didn't she?
B: No, she didn't. She took me to the park.

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TEXT

A WAY OUT

A French student went to London for his holiday. He thought: "I know a little English. I think people can understand me."
One morning he went to visit the Science Museum. At noon he was tired and hungry. He went to the nearest restaurant and sat down at the table. He wanted to have a cup of tea and some eggs. Soon the waiter came up to him and asked, "Can I help you, sir?"
"A cup of tea and … " he could not remember the English word for eggs. He looked around him, but nobody was eating eggs.
Then he saw a magazine on the table next to him. There was a picture of a cock on its cover. He showed the picture to the waiter.
"What's the English for this?" he asked.
"A cock, sir," answered the waiter.
"What do you call a cock's wife?" was the next question.
"A hen, sir."
"And what do you call a hen's children?"
"Chicks, sir."
"And what do you call chicks before they're born?"
"Eggs, sir."
"Very well," said the French student. "Bring me two eggs, two eggs and a cup of tea, please." And he sat back with a smile on his face.

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A RHYME

FRIENDSHIP

I met a little friend

Who came from another land.

I couldn't speak his language,

But I took him by the hand.

We sang together

And had a lot of fun!

Singing is a language

You can speak with anyone.

At page 86, 87, 88, 89, 95, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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LESSON ELEVEN

The Eleventh Lesson

DRILLS

A: You washed the clothes, didn't you?
B: Sorry, I forgot! But I'll wash them after lunch.

A: You answered the letter, didn't you?
B: Sorry, I forgot! But I'll answer it after lunch.

A: You called Mr Green, didn't you?
B: Sorry, I forgot! But I'll call him after lunch.

A: You bought me a bottle of ink, didn't you?
B: Sorry, I forgot! But I'll go and buy a bottle for you after lunch.

A: Will you be here this afternoon?
B: Yes, we will.

A: Will you help me with my maths this afternoon?
B: Yes, I will.

A: Will she come home this afternoon?
B: Yes, she will.

A: Will they have any lessons this afternoon?
B: Yes, they will.

A: Will you be free tomorrow?
B: No, I won't. But I'll be free the day after tomorrow.
A: Will you go fishing with me?
B: Certainly. I'll be glad to.

A: Will you be free tomorrow?
B: No, I won't. But I'll be free the day after tomorrow.
A: Will you teach me Japanese?
B: Certainly. I'll be glad to.

A: Will you be free tomorrow?
B: No, I won't. But I'll be free the day after tomorrow.
A: Will help me repair my bike?
B: Certainly. I'll be glad to.

A: Will you be free tomorrow?
B: No, I won't. But I'll be free the day after tomorrow.
A: Will you make me a kite?
B: Certainly. I'll be glad to.
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DIALOGUE

SHOPPING

Alice: Mum, look at my coat. It's too short and too small. Will you buy me a news one?
Mrs. Green: All right. I'm just going out to do some shopping now. Come on, dear.
(They go into a shop for clothes.)
Shop Assistant: What can I do for you, madam?
Mrs. Green: I'm looking for a coat for my daughter.
Shop Assistant: Here, madam, here are coats for young people.
Mrs Green: The red one on the right looks very nice, doesn't it? Do you like it, dear?
Alice: No, Mum, I don't like red very much. I like green better.
Shop Assistant: Green? Here's a green one. How do you like this?
Alice: It's nice, isn't, Mum?
Mrs. Green: Yes. How much is it?
Shop Assistant: Thirty pounds.
Mrs. Green: Thirty pounds? That's too expensive, I'm afraid.
Shop Assistant: What about the one next to it? It's cheaper. It's only twenty pounds.
Mrs. Green: That'll be all right. Alice, please try it on, will you?
Alice: Yes, Mum. (She tries it on.)
Mrs. Green: It looks a bit large. Have you a smaller size?
Alice: I think it'll fit me quite well before long , Mum. You're always saying I'm growing so fast.
Mrs. Green: All right then. We'll take it.

At page 96, 97, 98, 99, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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LESSON TWELVE

The Twelveth Lesson

DRILLS

A: Can you work out this problem?
B: Yes. It's not too difficult. I can work it out myself.

A: Can Jack work out this problem?
B: Yes. It's not too difficult. He can work it out himself.

A: Can Mary work out this problem?
B: Yes. It's not too difficult. She can work it out herself.

A: Can they work out this problem?
B: Yes. It's not too difficult. They can work it out themselves.

A: What's wrong with your clock?
B: It doesn't work.
A: Can you repair it youself?
B: I'm afraid not. Can you help me?
A: Certianly.

A: What's wrong with your bike?
B: It doesn't work.
A: Can you repair it youself?
B: I'm afraid not. Can you help me?
A: Certianly.

A: What's wrong with your watch?
B: It doesn't work.
A: Can you repair it youself?
B: I'm afraid not. Can you help me?
A: Certianly.

A: What's wrong with your radio?
B: It doesn't work.
A: Can you repair it youself?
B: I'm afraid not. Can you help me?
A: Certianly.

A: Hi, Mike! Where are you going?
B: To John's. We're going to have Chinese lessons together.
A: Who teaches you?
B: Nobody. We teach ourselves.

A: Hi, Mike! Where are you going?
B: To John's. We're going to have French lessons together.
A: Who teaches you?
B: Nobody. We teach ourselves.

A: Hi, Mike! Where are you going?
B: To John's. We're going to have Japanese lessons together.
A: Who teaches you?
B: Nobody. We teach ourselves.

A: Hi, Mike! Where are you going?
B: To John's. We're going to have Russian lessons together.
A: Who teaches you?
B: Nobody. We teach ourselves.

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TEXT

TWO FRIEND AND A BEAR

One day two young men were going through the forest. One said to the other, "We're good friends. We must help each other. If any beast comes at you, I'll stay with you and help you." The other friend said, "I will help you too, if any beast comes at you."
They walked on.
After a while there was a great noise. It was a big bear. The young men ran away quickly. One of them got up into a tree. But the other was fat and could not climb up. So he threw himself at the foot of the tree. He thought to himself, "The bear wil think that I am dead."
Soon the bear came near. The bear looked at the fat young man, then it put its nose down and smelled him. The young man held his breath. The bear thought he was dead, so it went away.
The man in the tree came down. With a smile he asked his friend. "The bear put its mouth so near to your ear, What did it say to you?"
The friend answered, "The bear said, 'Don't trust your friend. He ran away from you when you needed his help most. Remember: A friend in need is a friend indeed.'"

At page 106, 107, 108, 109, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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LESSON THIRTEEN

The Thirteenth Lesson

DRILLS

A: Where's Peter? I want to have a word with him.
B: I don't know. Perhaps he's in the garden.
A: I'll go and find him.

A: Where's Peter? I want to ask him a question.
B: I don't know. Perhaps he's in the garden.
A: I'll go and find him.

A: Where's Peter? I want to show him my new bike.
B: I don't know. Perhaps he's in the garden.
A: I'll go and find him.

A: Are you going to see Wei Fang today?
B: Yes. I'm going to her home right now.
A: Will you please ask her to call me tomorrow?
B: OK.

A: Are you going to see Wei Fang today?
B: Yes. I'm going to her home right now.
A: Will you please ask her to return my books tomorrow?
B: OK.

A: Are you going to see Wei Fang today?
B: Yes. I'm going to her home right now.
A: Will you please ask her to bring a map of the world tomorrow?
B: OK.

A: Can you come to see the film with me now?
B: Sorry, I can't. I'll have to finish my homework first.

A: Can you come to fly my model plane with me now?
B: Sorry, I can't. I'll have to finish my homework first.

A: Can you come to skate in the park with me now?
B: Sorry, I can't. I'll have to finish my homework first.

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TEXT

LENIN AND THE GUARD

One morning Lenin was going to his office. At the gate a guard stopped him. "Your pass, please."
"Oh, yes, my pass," said Lenin. "It's in one of my pockets." He began to look for it in his pockets.
Just then a young man came up. This young man knew Lenin. He said to the guard: "Let him in."
"No, I won't let him in if he has no pass. What's more, I want to see your pass, too."
The young man became angry. "This is Comrade Lenin. Let him in, I tell you!" he shouted at the guard.
"Don't shout at him," Lenin told the young man. "He's right. We must obey the rules!"
Lenin found his pass and showed it to the guard. The guard looked at it carefully. Yes, it was Lenin himself.
"I'm sorry." the guard said and his face turned red. "I didn't know it was you."
"But you did the right thing," Lenin said. "You are a good comrade. You are strict in your work. We must all be strict in our work."

At page 115, 116, 117, 118, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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LESSON FOURTEEN

The Fourteenth Lesson

TEXT

THE STORY OF LITTLE GAUSS

One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class. The teacher got angry. He kept them in the classroom after school. He told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.
The boys took out their exercise-books. All of them began to write the numbers down except one boy. He was new in the school. He looked out of the window for a few minutes. Then he wrote a number in his exercise-book and put up his hand.
"May I go home, sir?" he asked. "I know the answer now."
The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.
"Bring it here," said the teacher.
The boy took it to the teacher. The answer was right, so the teacher had to let the boy go home.
The next morning, the teacher asked the boy, "How did you find the answer so quickly?"
"Well, sir," he said, "I didn't want to stay here long. So I tried my best to find the answer quickly. Soon I found it. You see, if you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and 99 and 2 is 101. 98 and 3 is 101 too, and when you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times. That is 5050."
After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy different exercises. The boy's name was Karl F. Gauss. When he grew up, he became a great scientist.

At page 124, 125, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-21 11:28

Supplementary Readings

1. What Am I?

I was born in a small river. When I was young, the river was my home. I did not know my parents, but I had hundreds of brothers and sisters. I swam about and played all day with them.
At that time I did not look like my parents. I had no legs, but I had a long tail. So I looked like a fish.
Then my tail became shorter and shorter. And now I have four legs and a very short tail.
I know I'm going to have no tail at all soon. I'm going to be like my parents. Then I'm going to jump out of the water. I'm going to live on the land and in the water too. I'm going to eat a lot of insects ------ a lot of bad insects.
What Am I?

(A frog)

On page 147, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

作者: 无度不丈夫 时间: 2018-1-21 11:30

Supplementary Readings

2. The Tiger and the Monkey

Once there lived an old tiger in a forest. He did not often go to look for food himself. Each day he made one of the smaller animals bring him something to eat.
One moring the tiger was very, very hungry. He said to a monkey, "I'm hungry, Monkey. Go and bring me a fat pig."
"I can't do that, Mr Tiger," said the monkey. "There's another tiger in the forest. He's younger and stronger than you are. He told me not to bring you anything."
"What!" shouted the old tiger. "Another tiger? Show me that beast. I'll speak to him."
"Come with me, Mr Tiger," said the monkey. "You'll see him youself."
The monkey took the tiger to a big river.
"Look into the river," said the monkey. "There he is! See his head? Look at his big teeth. Isn't he bigger than you?"
"Grrr …! So you told Monkey not to bring me anything! Grrr … I'll kill you!"
With these words the tiger jumped into the river. He did not come out again.
"Ha ha ha! Goodbye, Mr Tiger," cried the monkey and he went away.

At page 149, 150, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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Supplementary Readings

3. A Surprise for Abe

The winter of 1820 was a cold one for the Lincolns. It snowed nearly every day and the snow was high around their little farm house.
Abe Lincoln was just a boy, but he helped his father Tom around the farm. He looked after the house, milked the cow and cut wood. It was hard work and there wasn't much fun for him and his brothers and sisters. Abe wanted to go to school, but there was no school there. Abe was not happy. He was sad most of the time.
Mrs Lincoln, Abe's stepmother, really loved the boy. She tried to think of ways to make Abe happy.
One day Mrs Lincoln got up early in the morning. She took all her pennies from a small box.
"I'm going to town," she said.
"You're going to town?" Tom Lincoln asked. He was surprised. "That's a long way. And the snow is high. What are you going to do in town?"
"It's a surprise," she said.
"Do you want Abe or me to go with you?" Tom asked his wife.
"No. I'll be all right," she said and then went out of the house.
Walking in high snow was very difficult. It took Mrs Lincoln a long time to get to town. She bought something in town and started back. It was late in the evening when she got home.
"So you're back," said Tom. "What's the surprise?"
"You'll find out tomorrow," she said with a smile.
At dinner time the next day, Mrs Lincoln asked, "What day is it, Abe?"
"It's Friday, isn't it?"
"It's February 12, Abe. It's your birthday!" she cried.
"Oh, is it? I forgot," he said. He didn't care. What was a birthday to him? Just another day. He would be a year older, that's all.
"So we're going to have a party!" she said.
She put the food on the table. "Potatoes and fish," she said.
No one said a word. They had potatoes and fish nearly every day that winter.
"I made a small cake too," she said. She brought it out. Everyone smiled. Even Abe smiled, but only a little and not for long.
"That's not all," she said. Then she brought out her present and put it before Abe.
His eyes became very wide. "A book!" he cried. "A book!"
It was an old book. Part of it was gone, but Abe didn't mind. He looked through it.
"It's got stories," he cried. "Lots of stories."
"Do you like books that much?" asked Tom. "Even an old book?"
"I want to know what's in the book," said Abe. "Even in an old book."
He began to read the stories. A smile came to his face. He looked up at Mrs Lincoln. "Thank you," he said.
"And thank you, Abe," she said. "Your smile is the nicest present I can have."

At page 151, 152, 153, 154, Book 3, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, Oct. 1982)

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LESSON ONE

The First Lesson

DRILLS

A: Where's Mr Evans?
B: He's gone to Washington.
A: When will he be back, do you know?
B: I hear he'll be back in a month.

A: Where's Mr Evans?
B: He's gone to Washington.
A: When will he be back, do you know?
B: I think he'll be back in a month.

A: Where's Mr Evans?
B: He's gone to Washington.
A: When will he be back, do you know?
B: I believe he'll be back in a month.

A: Have you heard from Joan recently?
B: Yes. She wrote to me only yesterday.
A: What did she say?
B: She said she was much better than before.

A: Have you heard from Joan recently?
B: Yes. She wrote to me only yesterday.
A: What did she say?
B: She said she hoped to be back soon.

A: Have you heard from Joan recently?
B: Yes. She wrote to me only yesterday.
A: What did she say?
B: She said she missed us very much.

A: They're waiting for somebody, aren't they?
B: Yes, they are.
A: Do you know whom they're waiting for?
B: Sorry, I don't.

A: They're looking for something, aren't they?
B: Yes, they are.
A: Do you know what they're looking for?
B: Sorry, I don't.

A: They're talking about a film, aren't they?
B: Yes, they are.
A: Do you know which film they're talking about?
B: Sorry, I don't.

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TEXT

WHY THE BAT COMES OUT ONLY AT NIGHT

Long, Long ago, there was a war between the birds and the beasts. No one knows what they fought about.
The bat did not know whose side he should take. He thought and thought, then decided he must try to be on the side of the winners.
So he watched from far away. After a while, it seemed that the birds were going to win. He flew over to join them.
"What on earth are you doing here?" a bird shouted at him.
"Can't you see I'm a bird?" the bat said with a smile. "Look, I have wings, just like you."
"Come along, then," said the bird. "Don't hide behind others."
But things changed soon. Now it seemed that the beasts were winning. So the bat left the birds in a hurry and went over to the beasts.
"What are you doing on our side?" an animal called out to him. "Are you spying on us?"
"Don't you know I'm one of you?" asked the bat, showing his teeth. "Look, Can't you see I've got teeth, too?"
"Who are you trying to fool?" said the animals. "We saw you fighting on the side of the birds just now."
So the beasts drove him off. Of course the birds refused to take him back.
When the beasts and the birds saw neither side could win, they decided to stop fighting.
Neither beasts nor birds would have the bat as their friend, so he was afraid to leave his home. Ever since then, he comes out only at night.

At page 1, 2, 3, 4, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON TWO

The Second Lesson

DRILLS

A: What did the teacher ask?
B: He asked who could answer the question.

A: What did the teacher ask?
B: He asked whose handwriting was the best.

A: What did the teacher ask?
B: He asked which exercise was the most difficult.

A: Excuse me, can you tell me where the No. 3 bus stop is?
B: Certainly. It's on the other side of the street.
A: Thank you.
B: That's all right.

A: Excuse me, can you tell me when the train will arrive?
B: Certainly. It'll arrive in half an hour.
A: Thank you.
B: That's all right.

A: Excuse me, can you tell me why the train is late?
B: Certainly. They're repairing a bridge.
A: Thank you.
B: That all right.

A: May we ask you some questions now, Mr White?
B: Yes, please.
A: Could you tell us whether it snows in winter in Australia?
B: Yes, I'm coming to that.

A: May we ask you some questions now, Mr White?
B: Yes, please.
A: Could you tell us whether there's plenty of rain in your country?
B: Yes, I'm coming to that.

A: May we ask you some questions now, Mr White?
B: Yes, please.
A: Could you tell us whether you grow cotton in your country?
B: Yes, I'm coming to that.

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TEXT

NATHAN HALE

The young American stood quietly while the British guards searched his clothes. They found nothing. "If they don't find the maps in my boot," he thought, "maybe they will let me go. Then I'll try to send the maps to General Washington."
"Take off your boots," one of the guards ordered. The American's heart beat faster. He took off his boots and handed them to the guard.
The guard looked inside one boot, then the other.
"Use your knife, man!" ordered the British officer nearby.
The guard brought out his knife and cut one boot open. He stopped suddenly and the American knew what it meant. The maps of the British army's defence works!
The guards took the American to General Howe. The general looked at the maps. "I see you've made some drawing of our defence works," he said. "This can only mean one thing."
"Yes, sir."
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?"
"No, nothing."
"What's your name?"
"Nathan Hale."
"Rank?"
"Captain."
The general studied the maps a few more minutes. "Captain Hale," he said finally. "I've never seen such fine drawings. You know, we could use a man like you. Why not join us? You won't have to worry about rank or pay."
Nathan Hale looked straight at the general. "Nothing could make me turn against my country!"
"Then there's only one thing I can do, you understand?"
"Yes, sir."
"You will be hanged as a spy early tomorrow morning."
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Nathan Hale looked around as a British soldier put the rope around his neck.
"Now, Nathan Hale," said the British officer. "Let's hear what you have to say before you die."
Nathan Hale took a last look at his beautiful country and said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

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A STORY

The Cat and the Parrot

A French writer tells a story about his cat and a parrot.
A friend of his came to visit him one day. The friend said, "I'm going away for a short time. Will you please look after my parrot for me?"
The writer said he would do so, and his friend brought the parrot to the house.
The cat saw the parrot and wanted to know if it was a bird or not. If so, it would be nice to eat. Very slowly the cat came nearer and nearer. It was thinking how nice it would be to have this animal for its meal.
The poor parrot was very much afraid. It kept quiet and didn't move until the cat was near enough to jump on it. Then, suddenly, the parrot asked, "Haven't you had your breakfast?"
The cat was afraid. It ran away as fast as it could. Perhaps it was saying to itself, "That thing can speak. It can't be a bird. It must be a man."

At page 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON THREE

The Third Lesson

DRILLS

A: Martin called you a moment ago.
B: Did he? What did he say?
A: He asked whether Mr Howe had come back.

A: Martin called you a moment ago.
B: Did he? What did he say?
A: He asked whether you had met Mr Howe at the railway station.

A: Martin called you a moment ago.
B: Did he? What did he say?
A: He asked whether you had written to Peter.

A: Martin called you a moment ago.
B: Did he? What did he say?
A: He asked whether your parents had bought a pair of boots for you.

A: You were late for the film yesterday, weren't you?
B: Yes. The lights had already gone out when I got to the cinema.

A: You were late for the film yesterday, weren't you?
B: Yes. The newsreel had almost finished when I got to the cinema.

A: You were late for the film yesterday, weren't you?
B: Yes. The film had already begun when I got to the cinama.

A: You were late for the film yesterday, weren't you?
B: Yes. The film had been on for five minutes when I got to the cinema.

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TEXT

A QUESTION OF PRONUNCIATION

This happened in London. It was November and the weather was very wet and cold.
A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night. So he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he got out his dictionary and looked up the word "cough". But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word "plough". He remembered that it was pronounced [plau]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kau].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop. When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said:
"I want something for my cow, please."
The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
"I beg your pardon, sir?" he asked.
The Frenchman repeated: "I want some medicine for my cow."
"For your cow?" asked the man. "Are you a farmer?"
"A farmer?" said the Frenchman in surprise. "What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer."
"Where's your cow, then?" asked the man in the shop.
"It's here!" replied the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest and began to cough. "Here it is!" he said. "I've a very bad cow here."
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some medicine for his cough.

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Earthquake!

I asked Mr Smith, a friend of mine, what happened that night. He said he had just got into bed about half past eleven when he felt the floor shaking under him. The bed was also shaking. He got out of bed and went to look out of the window. He saw the houses on the other side of the street were shaking, too. Then he knew what was happening. Earthquake! Quickly he took his clothes and ran out into the street.
"Hadn't the newspapers said that there might be an earthquake?" I asked.
"Well, I had read something about it, but I hadn't given it much thought," he replied.

At page 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON FOUR

The Fourth Lesson

DRILLS

A: How many English songs had you learned by the end of last term?
B: Four.

A: How many English stories had you read by the end of last term?
B: Four.

A: How many English parties had you had by the end of last term?
B: Four.

A: How long had Comrade Wu lived in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.

A: How long had Comrade Wu studied in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.

A: How long had Comrade Wu taught in the south before he came here?
B: For less than five years.

A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already bought a copy for himself.

A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already borrowed one from the library.

A: Did you give the chemistry book to Wei Fang yesterday?
B: No, I didn't, because she had already gone back to her home town.

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TEXT

THE ARAB IN THE DESERT

An Arab was walking alone through the desert when he met two men. The men looked worried. It seemed that they had lost something. The Arab went over to them.
"Have you lost one of your camels?" he asked them.
"Yes," they said.
"Was he blind in the right eye and lame in the left foot?" asked the Arab.
"Yes, he was."
"Had he lost a tooth and was he carrying corn?"
"Yes," said the men. "Please tell us where he is."
"I don't know where he is," said the Arab. "I've never seen such an animal."
"Did someone tell you about him."
"No."
The two men looked at each other in surprise. They could not believe the Arab's words. Finally, they came up close to him, took hold of him, and shouted:
"Where's the animal? And what have you done with our goods?"
The Arab insisted that he had never seen the camel. At last the men took him before a judge. They said that the Arab had stolen their camel.
"I've never seen their camel," insisted the Arab. "But I'm a man of the desert, and I've learned to look carefully at everything I see. This morning I saw the tracks of a lost camel. I knew this because there were no man's tracks near those of the camel. I also saw that the camel must be blind in the right eye, because he had only eaten the grass on his left side and had not touched the grass on his right. The animal was lame because with one foot he left a track much lighter than any of the others. He had lost a tooth, because wherever he ate grass, there was always a small space left untouched. I also found groups of ants near the tracks of the camel. They were pulling pieces of corn. From these facts I was able to tell what goods the animal was carrying."
The judge and the two man were satisfied with what the Arab had said. Together the four men set out to look for the lost animal.
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A STORY

A One-Eyed Camel

A mother camel was walking with her son through the desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked his mother that water and grass looked seem. The mother replied that water looked seem the sky, blue and clean, while grass was green, fresh and nice.
After they had walked a day and a night, her son suddenly cried, "Look, Mother, there's water and grass over there!"
"What foolish talk, child!"
The water and grass were on the left, while the desert was on the right. Because the mother camel had been blind in her left eye since she was a baby, she saw only a sea on yellow sand in her right eye.
After they had gone on another day and night, the young camel found a second oasis, but his mother still did not believe him. She said that was not an oasis, but a desert. She said she knew more than her son and couldn't be wrong.
Her son got angry. When he saw an oasis at the third time, he left his mother without telling her. He ran into the grass and ate his fill.

At page 40, 41, 42, 43, 52, 53, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON FIVE

The Fifth Lesson

TEXT

THE SEAGULLS OF SALT LAKE CITY

Salt Lake City is a beautiful city in the west of North America. The name comes from a great salt lake nearby. The city lies in a valley with high mountains all around it. But long ago there was almost nothing in this place and there were very few people living here.
More than a hundred years ago, a group of men, women and children moved from the east to the west. They had travelled a long way. At last these brave people came to the great mountains by the salt lake.They crossed the mountains and reached this quiet place. They decided to stay here, and so they built their homes and made their farms. This was where Salt Lake City now lies.
The people had to work hard on their farms, because their lives depended on their crops.
One day while they were working in the fields, some farmers saw something strange in the sky.
"What's that?" asked one of them.
"Where?" asked another, as he stopped to look.
"Over there," was the reply.
They saw something like a cloud coming, but it was too low in the sky. As they watched, it came nearer and nearer. Suddenly a shout went up: "Locusts! Millions of them!"
The words put fear into the hearts of all, because they knew what locusts could do, and they had never seen so many of them before.
In no time the locusts came down and started eating everything --- the wheat, the corn, the grass and even the leaves on the trees.
The farmers brought out things to fight the locusts. They tried everything. But while they were killing the locusts in one place, millions more arrived in another. What could the farmers do?
Suddenly there was a great noise. As they looked up, they saw another cloud coming towards them. To their surprise, they saw not locusts this time, but seagulls. The farmers cried out, "They've come to eat what the locusts have left."
But to their joy, they found that the seagulls had come to eat not the crops, but the locusts. They had seen or smelled the locusts and had come from the Great Salt Lake. Now they were eating the locusts! In a short while they ate up millions of them. The farmer's crops were saved!
The people were very thankful. They decided that from then on no one should ever kill a seagull. And today, if you go to Salt Lake City, you can see a monument with seagulls on top of it.

At page 54, 55, 56, 57, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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A STORY

The Rabbit and the Fox

Once there was a very naughty rabbit. He liked to play tricks, and this made the other beasts angry. But it was very difficult to catch him.
One day a fox said to a wolf, "Let's think of a way to catch the rabbit for our supper." After a while, the wolf said, "I've got a idea. You go back home and get into the bed. I'll go to the rabbit and tell him that you are dead. Then he'll come near you to see if you are dead or not. You can then jump up and catch him."
"That's a good idea," said the fox. "I'll do that." The fox ran home and got into the bed. The wolf went to the rabbit's house. He stood at the door and called, "Mr Rabbit, Mr Rabbit!"
"What is it?" said the rabbit.
"Have you heard the fox is dead?" said the wolf, then he went away.
"Really? I haven't heard anything about it," The rabbit said to himeself. So he decided to go and see if it was true. He went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window, and there he saw a fox lying in the bed. He opened the door and went in. He looked at the fox and said, "Mr Wolf says Mr Fox is dead, but he doesn't look like a dead fox. You can always tell if a fox is dead, for the dead fox always opens his mouth."
When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I am dead." So he opened his mouth.
When the rabbit saw the fox open his mouth, he knew that the fox was not dead. He jumped up and ran out of the house as fast as he could.

At page 68, 69, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON SEVEN

The Seventh Lesson

DRILLS

A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she was going to spend her holiday with her parents in Egypt.
B: Thanks for telling me.

A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she wasn't going to be free this Saturday.
B: Thanks for telling me.

A: Kate asked me to give you a message.
B: What is it?
A: She said she was going to prepare for her trip.
B: Thanks for telling me.

A: Did you ask Kate whether they would fly to Egypt?
B: Yes. She said they would go there by air.

A: Did you ask Kate what they would do there?
B: Yes. She said they would visit the pyramids.

A: Did you ask Kate when they would return?
B: Yes. She said they would return before the end of this month.

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TEXT

THE PYRAMIDS

Thousands of years ago, the kings of Egypt built strong tombs for themselves. Over these tombs they built pyramids. They thought their bodies would be well kept in these until they could come back to life. They also hoped the world would look on the pyramids as monuments to them and would remember them for ever.
There are around 80 pyramids in Egypt. But the Great Pyramid is the biggest of all. It is nearly 5000 years old. It is about 137 metres high today, but it was once higher. It is made of 2300000 huge stones. Most of them are higher than a man and weigh about two and a half tons each. Some weigh as much as fifteen tons. It took more than 100000 men twenty years to build the Great Pyramid.
When you look at the pyramids, you can't help wondering how the Egyptians were able to build them thousands of years ago. How did they cut, carry and lift such huge stones? Each stone fits so well, yet they didn't have our modern machines. Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can tell just how the Egyptians built them so long ago.
Inside the pyramids are the rooms for the bodies of the kings and queens. There are lots of wonderful treasures in the pyramids, too. Thieves have broken into some of the pyramids and taken away many of the treasures to foreign countries. They have even stolen the mummies. Today some of the mummies and treasures are on show in museums in different countries. When the kings had the pyramids built for them, they prehaps never thought this would happen.

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A STORY

The Wolf in a Sheep's Skin

A wolf once saw some sheep eating grass on the foot of a hill. the wolf was hungry and wanted very much to catch one and eat it. But he could not go with the sheep, because there was a man near them. The man was a shepherd. He was looking after his sheep. Then the wolf had an idea. He put on a sheep's skin and went in among the sheep. He killed a lot of them. Of course the shepherd did not know the wolf was in his sheep, because his enemy was in a sheep's skin.
Every day the wolf ate one or two from the sheep. The shepherd was worried. "Who is killing my sheep?" he wondered. "I'll catch him and hang him."
But still, more sheep were killed. Now more than ten were dead. The shepherd became very angry. He walked about around the sheep day and night, and watched carefully. One day he saw that one of his sheep did not eat grass and did not walk among the others.
"That's not a sheep," he thought. He came up close to it and looked at it carefully. He saw it was really a wolf in a sheep's skin! "That's the enemy. He's killed my sheep." the shepherd said to himself. Then he took a rope and walked quietly behind the wolf. Suddenly he threw the rope around the wolf's neck. Then he pulled the wolf to a tree nearby and hanged him. At that time two other shepherds were passing the place. They were very surprised when they saw a sheep hanging up a tree. But after they heard the story, they said, "You've done the right thing. A wolf in a sheep's skin is our most dangerous enemy."

At page 71, 72, 73, 74, 82, 83, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON EIGHT

The Eighth Lesson

DRILLS

(1)Mr Smith said, "John is a good worker."
Mr Smith said that John was a good worker.
(2)John said, "I want to forget the past."
John said that he wanted to forget the past.
(3)John said, "I can get on well with the people here."
John said that he could get on well with the people there.

(1)Mr Smith said, "John told me all about his past three weeks ago."
Mr Smith said that John had told him all about his past three weeks before.
(2)Bob's wife said, "Bob, you forgot your wallet this moring."
Bob's wife told him that he had forgotten his wallet that morning.

(1)John said to Bob, "I haven't seen your wallet."
John told Bob that he hadn't seen his wallet.
(2)Mr Smith said to the workers, "John has worked very hard and I want him to stay."
Mr Smith told the workers that John had worked very hard and he wanted him to stay.

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ONCE A THIEF, ALWAYS A THIEF?

Mr Smith, the boss of a small factory, once hired a young worker called John Hill. On the first day, Mr Smith took John to one of his workshops and introduced him to the other workers. The men introduced themselves to John and showed him around the factory. Then John started to work.
John was good at his job. Soon he got a rise. And he got on well with his workmates. He hoped they would like him.
But one morning John noticed that his workmates were looking at him and talking in low voices. Then Bob, one of his workmates, came up to him and asked whether it was true that he had been a thief and had just come out of prison. John's heart sank. He had been afraid of this all along. He told them that he had been in prison, but he was no longer a thief and wanted to forget the past.
The workers went to Mr Smith and asked him to fire John. Mr Smith explained to them that John had told him all about his past when he asked for a job in his factory. That showed John was honest. Since a lot of people make mistakes in life, Mr Smith wanted to give John a chance. The workers went back and John stayed. But after that they were not as friendly to him as before.
One afternoon about a week later, Bob could not find his wallet. He went to John and asked whether he had seen his wallet. But John said he knew nothing about it. When Bob tried to catch hold of his arm, John hit him in the face. Bob fell to the ground and blood ran down his nose.
Mr Smith came out to see what was happening. The workers again asked him to let John go. They said they would all leave if John stayed. Mr Smith knew what that would mean. So he had to give in and say sorry to John.
Just at that moment, in came a woman. It was Bob's wife. She called out, "Bob, you forgot your wallet when you left home this morning. I thought you would need it, so I brought it over to you."
Everyone looked at Bob.
"John, I … I'm sorry," said Bob with a red face.
"John, I want to apologize --- for us all," said Mr Smith. "Please stay with us. This is a lesson for Bob, for me, and for all of us."

At page 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON NINE

The Ninth Lesson

DRILLS

Mr Howe: Is your party going to start at 7 o'clock.
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if our party was going to start at 7 o'clock.

Mr Howe: Will all of you take part in it?
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if all of us would take part in it.

Mr Howe: Are you preparing for it?
Mrs Brown to Mary: Did you catch what he said?
Mary: Yes. He asked if we were preparing for it.

Shop Assistant: What size dress do you wear, Madam?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He said what size dress you wore.

Shop Assistant: Which one do you like best?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He asked which one you liked best.

Shop Assistant: What else would you like?
Mrs Hill: What did he say, Jack?
Jack: He asked what else you would like.

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TEXT

EDISON'S BOYHOOD

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. One day when he was five, his father saw him sitting on some eggs, and asked what he was doing that for. Tom did not reply. Instead, he asked his father why he was not able to hatch chickens while hens could.
Young Tom was in school for only three months. During those three months, he asked a lot of questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons. His teacher did not understand why the boy had so many strange questions. He told Tom's mother that Tom was not bright and was not worth teaching. His mother took him out of school and taught him herself. The boy read a lot. He became very interested in science.
By the time he was ten, he had already built a chemistry lab for himself. He planted vegetables in his garden and sold them to buy what he needed for his lab.
Once his mother was ill and she sent for a doctor. The doctor said she needed an operation at once. But it was night and the lamp in the room gave poor light. Edison thought hard. Finally he had an idea. He collected all the lamps in the house and put them on a long table. Then he placed a big mirror behind them. Now there was enough light, so the doctor could operate. Edison's mother was saved.
At the age of twelve, Edison began selling newspapers on a train. When he was free, he printed a newspaper and sold copies to the railway workers.
One day in August, 1862, Edison saw a little boy playing on the tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The boy's father was so thankful that he taught Edison how to send messages by railway telegraph. Edison soon became very good at it and later he left home to work in different cities. This gave him a start in life. At that time he was just a boy of sixteen.

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A STORY

The Cat and the Bell

Once there were a lot of mice in the old house. They ate up a lot of food. So the owner of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice.
One day the oldest mouse said, "All the mice must come to my hole tonight, and we'll decide what we can do about the cat."
All the mice came. They thought hard and tried to find a way to save their lives. Many of them spoke, but no one knew what to do. At last a young mouse stood up and said, "Why not tie a bell around the cat's neck? Then, when the cat comes near, we'll hear the bell and run away and hide. Then the cat won't catch any more of us."
The oldest mouse said, "That's a good idea. If we can tie a bell around the cat, it will save many of our lives." After a moment he asked, "But who's going to do it?"
None of the mice answered.
He waited but still no one said anything.
At last he said, "It's easy to say a things, but not so easy to do them."

At page 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 111, 112, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON TEN

The Tenth Lesson

DRILLS

Teacher: Stop writing and listen to me.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to stop writing and listen to her.

Teacher: Make sentences with these words.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to make sentences with those words.

Teacher: Speak a little louder.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to speak a little louder.

Teacher: Pay attention to your pronunciation.
Student A: What did the teacher tell us to do?
Student B: She told us to pay attention to our pronunciation.

Granny: Don't play with the cat any more.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to play with the cat any more.

Granny: Don't be late for school, Xiao Hai.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to be late for school.

Granny: Don't drink this water.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to drink that water.

Granny: Don't get your hands dirty.
Xiao Hai: What did Granny say just now?
Yu Lin: Granny told you not to get your hands dirty.

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TEXT

DR BETHUNE

It was late on the night of October 20, 1939, when Dr Bethune was busy working in a field hospital. An Eighth Route Army man riding a horse came from the front. He told Dr Bethune that the front was in great need of medical workers. Immediately, Dr Bethune set off with a medical team.
On their way, they met a group of wounded Eighth Route Army men. They took the wounded soldiers into a small temple at once and Bethune began to operate on them.
Dr Bethune went on working throughout the night. When someone asked him to have a rest, he just went on working. To him, the most important thing was to save lives. He had no time to think about rest.
The next day while an operation was going on, a young man ran in and said to the doctors, "Several hundred enemy soldiers are coming." Soon they heard the sound of guns. But Dr Bethune still went on with his work.
Twenty minutes later, when Bethune was operating on the leg of the last wounded soldier, the guns sounded much closer. Again the young man rushed in and told Dr Bethune not to go on operating any more. "Comrade Bethune, you must leave now!" he cried.
"Let me go on with the operation," said one of the doctors. "You must leave right now, Dr Bethune. Hurry!"
"Please go, Doctor," begged the wounded soldier himself. "It's not a bad wound. Take me with you, or leave me here, but please go before the enemy comes."
"Never mind, my boy, it won't take long," said Dr Bethune. "If I spend a few more minutes on it now, I can save your leg. but if I don't, you'll lose it."
The guns sounded still closer now, but Dr Bethune worked on. He and the other doctors did not leave until the operation was over.
By that time the Japanese were already very near. As Bethune and the other doctors were climbing the hills, they could see the enemy entering the village in the valley below.

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A STORY

A Story About Thomas Edison

Late one night, Mr and Mrs Edison could still hear the sound of the telegraph coming from downstairs. Al was sending messages to his friend Jim.
"That boy should be in bed by now," Mrs Edison said. Mr Edison called out to his son, "It's past your bedtime, Al."
"Yes, Pa. I'll be right up." Al tapped out "Good night" to Jim, then went to bed.
Al wanted to stay up late, but his parents would not let him do so. Then he had an idea.
The next night Al came home without the newspaper for his father. When Mr Edison asked for his paper, Al apologized and said he had left it at Jim's house. Mr Edison was disappointed.
After supper, Mr Edison sat down to read. Al watched his father and could see that he was not enjoying his book.
"Pa," he said, "I think I can get the news for you."
"How?"
"We can ask Jim to send the news by telegraph," Al said.
"That would take all night," said Mr Edison.
"No, it won't." Al said, "Jim's not as fast as I am, but he's quite good."
"Well," said Mr Edison slowly, "let's try it."
So Al sent a message to Jim. Soon the telegraph was working away. Al wrote down the news for his father to read.
For the next two night Al "forgot" to bring the newspapers. He and his father sat listening to the telegraph.
Finally Mr Edison understood. "I see what you mean." he said laughing. "You bring me the newspaper, and I'll let you stay up until half past twelve to practise on your telegraph."

At page 113, 114, 115, 116, 125, 126, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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LESSON ELEVEN

The Eleventh Lesson

TEXT

THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE

Once upon a time there was an old fisherman. He went fishing very early every morning, but he never cast his net more than four times a day.
One morning, he went out early to the sea. He cast his net for the first time, and drew in the body of an animal. He cast it a second time, and drew in an old basket full of sand. He cast it a third time, and drew in a lot of stones. It seemed he would have nothing to take home that morning.
Day had now broken, and he cast his net for the last time. After some time, he began to draw the net in. He found it was very heavy. But there were not any fish in it. Instead he found a jar with a lid. He shook the jar, but could hear nothing. So he took off the lid and looked inside. He could see nothing. After a while a light smoke came slowly out of the jar. Then little by little, the smoke grew heavier and thicker until finally it turned into a terrible Genie!
"Get down on your knees," said the Genie, "for I'm going to kill you."
"Why? Didn't I set you free from the jar?"
"That's why I'm going to kill you, but I'll let you choose how you're going to die."
"But why?"
"Listen, and I will tell you my story."
"I was one of the spirits in heaven. But I did not want to obey Solomon's orders. So one day, he put me in this jar and threw it into the sea.
"During the first hundred years of my stay in the sea, I made a promise that if anyone set me free I would make him very rich. But no one came. During the second hundred years, I promised that if anyone set me free I would show him all the treasures in the earth. But still no one came. During the third hundred years, I promised that if anyone came to set me free, I would make him king over the earth.
"Still no one came. Then I became very angry, and decided that if anyone should set me free I would kill him at once. Now you have come and set me free. So you must die, but I will let you say how you want to die."
The fisherman was not frightened. He said: "Since I must die, I must. But before I die, answer me one question."
"All right, but be quick."
"Were you really in the jar? You are so big and the jar is so small that it could hardly hold one of your feet."
"Of course I was in the jar. Don't you believe me?"
"No, and I won't until I've seen you in the jar with my own eyes."
When he heard this, the Genie changed again into smoke. Slowly the smoke went back into the jar. When all of it was in the jar, the fisherman quickly put the lid on and threw it back into the sea.

At page 128, 129, 130, 131, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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A STORY

The Clever Cock

Four friends were drinking in a village pub. Their jackets were hanging on the backs of their chairs. Suddenly one of them, Jack, shouted that he had lost five pounds. Fred said he was sure nobody there had stolen the money. Tom suggested they should all empty their pockets on the table. But the owner of the pub would not let them do that because money all looks the same. Nobody knew what to do. Just then, Jim, a traveller, stood up. He said he could help them find the money.
"You know how clever some animals are," he said. "I've found out that cocks are good at catching thieves. Let's borrow the pub owner's cock."
Jim took a big black pot and put it upside down on the table. Then he put the cock under it. "After I turn off the lights," he said, "you must come up one by one and touch the bottom of the pot with your right hand. When the thief does so, the cock will crow."
The others did not know whether they should believe him. One by one they went past the table in the dark, but the cock never made a noise.
"I'm afraid it was a waste of time," Fred said when the light went on.
"I'm not sure it was," Jim said. Then he asked everybody to show his right hand. He looked at each hand in turn, then took Fred's hand. "Fred, give me five pounds back to Jack."
"But the cock never crowed!" said Fred.
Jim told Fred to look at all the hands. "They're all black with soot except yours. Can you explain why you didn't dare touch the pot, Fred?"
Fred's face went white. He hung his hand.

At page 148, 149, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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Supplementary Readings

1.Ben's Paddles

Even when Benjamin Franklin was a boy, he tried to find ways to help people enjoy life more. Later, because of his many inventions, he became one of the greatest of all Americans.
One of his earliest inventions was paddles for swimming.
Ben had wondered for some time if there was some way to swim faster, maybe with something on his hands and feet.
Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles, grew in his mind. Ben thought a long time. The paddles must be neither too big nor too small. The right kind of wood was important, too. It must be neither too heavy nor too light.
He started to work on the paddles and soon they were finished.
Now Ben was ready to try them out. "Next Saturday afternoon," he said, "at Green's pond."
Saturday came. Near the pond a hundred boys were waiting. They had heard about Ben's idea and wanted to see whether the paddles would work.
Now Ben was ready.
All around Green's pond the boys were talking to each other.
"What if the paddles don't work?"
"What if he goes down?"
Ben got into the water and began to paddle. He swam slowly at first, then faster and faster until he was going through the water like a fish. The boys had never seen such fast swimming. The paddles did work! The boys near the pond jumped up and down, crying with joy.
Many years after this, when these boys had grown up, they began to read about Benjamin in the newspaper.
"Mr Benjamin Franklin has invented double spectacles. They are for people who need glasses to see both near nad far."
Later they would read that Benjamin Franklin had invented a fan, a rocking chair, and a hundred or so other things. As they had known him, they were not surprised. They said, "Ben was that kind of boy. Let's see what he'll invent next."

At page 163, 164, 165, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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Supplementary Readings

2.The Pot of Gold

Once a farmer was put in prison. But he hadn't done anything wrong. He just hadn't paid taxes to the king. At that time the king's men were collecting money to fight more wars. The people had to pay one tax after another. Now this farmer was poor and didn't have any money. When the king's men came to his house, he said, "I can't give you any money. I'm such a poor man that I've hardly got enough to live on."
The king's men laughed. "You're trying to fool us, aren't you? We've heard you're so rich that you've got a whole pot of gold." Then they searched every room in the house but found nothing. Even so, they caught hold of the poor farmer and put him in prison. "You will stay in prison until we get the pot of gold from you," they said.
The poor farmer did not know what to do. Also, he was worried about his farm. He knew his wife couldn't do all the farm work by herself.
One day he got a letter from his wife. "I'm so worried about our farm," she wrote. "It's nearly spring. It's time to plant potatoes. But I can't dig up the fields just by myself." This made the farmer even more worried. "What can I do?" he thought. Suddenly he had an idea. He wrote a letter to his wife. "Don't dig the field," he wrote. "That's where it is --- you know, the pot. Don't plant the potatoes until I tell you to."
The farmer gave the letter to the prison guard, and asked him to send it to his wife. The prison guards, of course, had already read the letter from the farmer's wife. Now they read the farmer's reply. "Aha!" they said. "This sounds very interesting. He talks about a pot. He must mean the pot of gold. It seems this farmer really is a rich man."
"He says the pot is in the fields, but he doesn't say which field," another guard said. "This farmer has got several fields."
"It doesn't matter," the first guard answered. "We know there's gold in his fields. We'll find it."
Two weeks later, the farmer received another letter from his wife. "Something funny happened," his wife wrote. "Two weeks ago, about ten men came to our farm. All of them began to dig. They dug all our fields and now they've gone away. I can't understand it. It seems they were looking for something. What shall I do now?"
The farmer smiled when he read this. He wrote another letter to his wife at once. It was very short. "Since these men have dug up our fields, you can go ahead and plant the potatoes."

At page 166, 167, 168, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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Supplementary Readings

3 & 4. The Broken Lantern

One stormy night, Kate looked out of a window. She had never seen a storm like this. It had been raining for a whole week. The rain-water was rushing down on its way to the river and the creek nearby. Kate wondered whether the water would wash away any of the bridges. The storm kept sweeping down the valley. Both the river and the creek rose higher and higher.
Just then Kate heard a sound. An engine was moving towards the wooden bridge over the creek. It was coming from the next town. Kate knew why the engine was coming at this time of night. The men were testing the bridge to find out if it was still safe. The midnight passenger train would come through soon.
Suddenly there was a loud noise! Kate jumped up. She knew what that meant.
"Mother," Kate cried. "The bridge has broken. The engine has gone down!"
The family rushed to the window and looked out. Kate was the first to speak.
I'm going out! Somebody down there may still be alive." She turned to get a lantern.
"All right," said her mother. "Do what you can --- but be careful."
Kate got a lantern, put on her coat, and hurried out into the storm. She made her way through the beating rain, and climbed over the tracks. Finally she reached the broken bridge. She looked down.
"Anyone down there?" she shouted. She listened but heard only the wind.
Then a voice called out from below.
"Two of us. We're quite safe here. But the midnight train will soon be coming! You must try to stop it."
"Right! I'll try to stop it before it gets here," she called back. And with these words she left at once.
The railway station was only a mile away. But it was on the other side of the river. To get there, you had to cross a long wooden railway bridge. Even in the daytime, that bridge wasn't safe. There was no place for people to walk on and the sides were open. You almost had to walk right on the railway tracks.
Kate stopped when she came to the bridge. The rain was beating against her face and the wind was blowing hard. She had never seen the river so high. She started across the bridge. But it shook suddenly. She fell and broke her lantern.
"I must get across," she kept thinking to herself. "I must stop that train. I must!"
She started to crawl on her hands and knees across the bridge. He broken lantern knocked against her with each move. It seemed like hours before she reached the other side. When she finally opened the door of the one-room station, she was all wet. She was so tired that she could hardly talk.
"Kate? Is that you? What's wrong?" the stationmaster asked in surprise.
"The bridge has broken … the engine went down … two men …"
The stationmaster rushed out with his red lantern. The midnight train was coming --- and coming fast!
The train came to a stop. The engineer got off the train and walked over to the stationmaster, "What's the matter?" he asked angrily.
"The bridge over the creek is broken. A girl brought the news."
Suddenly they saw Kate standing before them. The engineer told his men to tell the passengers what had happened.
"But the two men," Kate called. "We must get back to those two men at the bridge."
The engineer ran back to his train and started it moving slowly along the tracks. He stopped at the river. With a rope, the engineer and his men got the two men up to safety.
So the two men and all the passengers on the train were saved. Soon after that, papers all over the country carried the story. From then on, all trains passing Kate's home would stop right at her front door. They did this to show their thanks. What a brave thing she had done on the night of that terrible storm!

At page 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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Supplementary Readings

5. The "Lady with the Lamp"

"Be a lady, dear." How many times young Florence Nightingale had heard these words from her parents! But for her, to be a lady was not enough. She wanted to do something for others.
Florence's father was a very rich man. Florence took lessons in music and drawing, and read a great deal. She could speak several foreign languages. And she travelled a lot with her parents.
As a child, she liked visiting sick people and enjoyed helping them. She often visited hospitals in other countries. She saw so much suffering that she knew she must help. She decided that she was going to be a nurse. But her father told her that nursing wasn't the right work for a lady.
"Then I will make it so," she smiled. And she went to learn nursing in Germany and France. When she returned to England, Florence started a nursing home for women. Here she did everything --- from washing floors to giving the sick new hope.
During the war in 1854, many soldiers were wounded or became ill. The front was in great need of medical care. Florence Nightingale went with thirty-eight nurses to the hospitals near the front.
When she arrived there, she found things were much worse than she had thought. Florence used her own money and some from friends to buy beds, clothes, medicine and food for the men. Her only pay was the smiles from the sick and wounded soldiers. But they were more than enough for this kind woman.
Florence was weak and ill herself, but she did not stop working. Her thin hands were busy day and night. Often, she worked for twenty-four hours without rest. Every night, she carried a lamp and walked past each bed. To the sodiers she was the "Lady with the Lamp". One of them wrote: "What a joy it was just to see her pass! She would speak to one, smile to many more. She could not speak to all, you know, there were hundreds of us. But we could kiss her shadow as it fell on the wall."
After the war, Florence returned to England. There, the Queen honoured her for her work.
But Florence said that her work had just begun. She got people to give money to build the Nightingale Home for Nurses in London, and she got young girls to learn nursing there. She also wrote a book on nursing.
On August 13, 1910, Florence Nightingale, at the age of ninety, died quietly in her sleep. To this day, we still remember her when we honour nurses.

At page 175, 176, 177, Book 5, The English Textbooks Series for Junior Secondary School

(The 1st Edition, Published by the People's Educations Press, October 1983)

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