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A: excuse me, I’d like to check in ,pls. my name is jake wu.
B: one moment,ple.(=wait a moment;just a minute.)
oh, yes. You have a reservation for a single room. Right?
A: that’s right.
B: May I have a look at your passport.
A: here you go.=here you are.
B: ok.Your booked in room 609. do you have any luggage?
A: yes. These’s two suitcases.
B: no problem. The bellboy will take them and show you to your room.
1. check into a hotel.
2. reservation
3. suite
4. fill out
5. form.
6. pay by cash.
7. charge
8. traveller’s check
9. certainly
1. check in ; check out
2. one moment,pls
3. passport
4. here you go; here you are.
5. be booked in room
6. luggage
7. suitcase
8. bellboy
9. show sb to: I will show you to your table.
1. check into a hotel.=check in
we will check into a hotel as soon as we get in Taizhong.
Let’s check in before we have a launch at the hotel.
2. check out
the clerk says we have to check out of the hotel before noon.
1. I have a reservation for a suite.
I have a reservation for a table for four.
2. pls fill out this form.
Before a job interview You have to fill out a application form.
Background
2. interview
3. application
4. cash or charge?
I always pay for cash.
5. over spend when using credit card 赖世雄初级美国英语入门44 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40614.html[/url]
where were we last time?
it is every easy to over spend when you have a credit card.
the tutor charges students one us dollar an hour for english lessons.
he charges me two dollars for the service.
do you take/accept check ?
do you take credit card?
certainly.
do you have time to see me now?
sure./of course.
can/could you help me (to) take my bag?/ fix my bike./write the love letter.
certainly./ of course.
may i usr your phone?
sure./ of course.
one minute / hold on/just moment
you have a reservantion for suite, right?
she can't sing, can she?
he studys hard, doesn't he?
john is nice, right?/ isn't he?
tom and mary aren't students, right?/are they?
you will come, right?/won't you?
he can't speek english, right? can he?
hellen love flowers, right? doesn't she?
you don't like me,right?do you?
let us go to the movie tonight,shall we?
close the door, will you?
let's study, shall we?
she doesn't study, does she?
do you have any luggage?
mr brown will check in (at)the hotel tomorrow.
i have a reservation for a table for six.
pls, fill out the form.
will you pay by cash or charge?
let's have a lunch together, shall we?
the best time to check into the hotel is about 2pm.
excuse me,sir? but do you have a reservation?
can i pay by cash?
you aren't brother, are you?
let's go home, shall we?
this piece of luggage is heavy.
may i have your pass port?
here you are.
do you accept visa card? 他其实没那么喜欢你 03 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/notintoyou/103471.html[/url]
Don’t want to hear it? Fine. Here’s the answer you’re looking for :” Hang in there, baby. He’s not the loser everybody’s telling you he is. If you wait and keep your mouth shut and call at exactly the right time and anticipate his moods and have no expectation about communication or your own sexual needs, you can have him!” But please don’t be surprised when he dumps you or continues to drag you through a completely unsatisfying relationship.
We’ve heard it and you’re sick of it. That’s probably why you’re in possession of this book now. You know you deserve to have a great relationship. We agree. So grab a highlighter and get started. Liz told you I was going to say it : Don’t waste your pretty!
YOU are all dating the same guy
Hey! I know that guy you are dating.
Yeah, I do. He’s that guy that’s so tired from work, so stressed about the project he’s working on. He’s just been through an awful breakup and it’s really hitting him hard. He’s parents’ divorce has scared him and he has trust issues. Right now he has to focus on his career. He can’t get involved with anyone until he knows what his life is about. He just got a new apartment and the move is a bitch. As soon as it all calms down he’ll leave his wife, girlfriend, crappy job. Gob, he’s so complicated.
He is a man made up entirely of your excuses. And the minute you stop making excuses for him, he will completely disappear from your life. Are there men who are too busy or have been through something so horrible that makes it hard for them to get involved? Yes, but there are so few of them that they should be considered urban legends. For as already suggested, a man would rather be trampled by elephants that are on fire than tell you that he’s just not that into you. That’s why we’ve written this book. We wanted to get the excuses out of the closet, so to speak, so they can be seen for exactly what they are: really bad excuses.
Hey- do you remember that movie when the girl waited around for the guy to ask her out, then made excuses when he didn’t? Then she slept with him when they were both drunk, and basically just hung around until they were kind of dating? Then he cheated on her, but because she knew deep down inside that id she forgave him and kept her expectations low and was really agreeable, she’d get him in the end? He was drunk at the wedding, but they lived miserably ever after in an unsatisfying relationship that was built on a shitty foundation? You don’t? That’s because those movies don’t get made, because that’s not what love is like. People are inspired to do remarkable things to find and be with the one they love. Big movies are made about it, and every relationship you admire bursts with a greatness that you hope for in your own life. And the more you value yourself, the more chance you’ll have of getting it. So read these excuses, have a laugh, and then… put them all to rest. You’re worth it.
He‘s just not that into you if he’s not asking you out Because if he likes you, trust me, he will ask you out
Many women have said to me,’ Greg, men run the world.’ Wow. That makes us sound pretty capable. So tell me, why would you think we could be incapable of something as simple as picking up the phone and asking you out? You seem to think at times that we’re ‘too shy’ or we ‘just got out of something’. Let me remind you: Men find it very satisfying to get what they want. (particularly after a difficult day of running the world.) If we want you, we will find you. If you don’t think you gave him enough time to notice you, take the time it took you to notice him and divide it by half.
Now you begin the life –changing experience of listening out radio book. We have put the stories we have heard and questions we’ve been asked in a simple question-and-answer format. If you’re lucky, you’ll read the following questions and know what they are: Excuses that women have made for their unsatisfying situations. If you’ve not so lucky, we’ve also included handy titles to clue you in.
The ‘Maybe he doesn’t want to ruin the friendship’ excuse
Dear Greg,
I’m so disappointed. I have this friend that I’ve known platonically for about ten years. He lives in a different city and recently he was in town for work, so we met for dinner. All of a sudden it felt like we were on a date. All of a sudden it felt like we were on a date. He was completely flirting with me. He even said to me, as he was checking me out,’ so, what, you’ve working the whole model thing now?’(That’s flirting, right?) 赖世雄初级美国英语入门45 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40619.html[/url]
lesson21 changing mong
dialogA
A: i would like to cash this traveller's check,pls?
B: how much do you have?
A: five hundred us dollars.
B:do you have any identification?/I.D.
A:will my passport do?
B:that'll be fine.
DialogB
A:what's the exchenge rate for US dollars,pls?
B:which currency do you want to change your money into?
A: HK dollars,pls.
B:it's 7.89 HK dollars to one US dollar.
A:can you change one hundred US dollars?
B: how do you want your money?
A: 7hundreds (HK dollars bills) 8 ten (HK dollars) and rest in change,pls.
B: no problem.
part2
1. could you pls exchenge the ten-dollar-bill for tow five.
2. would you like exchange gift with me?
part3
1.change money=exchange money
i want to change 30 thousand HK dollars into US dollars.
may i exchany my car for your house?
1.i would like to cash this traveller's check.
can you cash this check for me?
this is a rubber check. =this check will bounce somr day.
2. how much cash do you have?/how much do you have in change?
3. do you have any identification?
4. driving license; passport
5.will my passport do?
i do my homework every day.
6. would you like some drike?
water will do.
7. can you lend me some money?
will one hundred dollars do? 赖世雄初级美国英语入门46 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40626.html[/url]
that'll be fine./ok/do
let's meet at 8in the morning.
that will be too eraly for you.
no, that'll be fine.
ok,see you then.
i went to bed late last night.
1. what's the exchange rate for US dollar,pls?
what's the exchange rate between HK dollar and US dollar?
2. which currency do you want change your money into？
how much foreign currency do you have?
3. it's 7.89 HK dollars to one US dollar.
4. how do you want your money?
5. 7 hundred 8 ten and rest in change,pls.
6. only 2 students are absent and the rest of students are all present today.
7. no problem.
1. i woulld like to cash the check,pls?
2. will my passport do?
3. what's the exchange rate for US dollars.pls?
4. how much do you have in change/ cash?= how much change do you have?
5.i have only ten dollars in change.
1. i need some money. 50 dollars will do.
2.i would like cash this check.
3. tom always carry his identification card with him.
i always some money with me.
5. what the exchange rate between the yen and the US dollar.
6 how do you want your money?
7. i'll take this books, the rest are for you.
1. can you cash the traveller's checks for me,pls?
2. sure, i need some identification.
3. ok ,here is my id card.
4. which currency do you want your money in?
5. in US dollars
6. can i have money in hundred
7. no problem. that will be 20 hundred and rest in ten.
8. that will be fine.
lesson 22 booking airline ticket
dialog A
A: hi, my name is John lin. i'd like to book a flight to Rome,pls.
B:do you wish to fly first-class,business or economy?
A: economy.
B: date of the departure?
A: july fourth.
B: your book on flight NO 167 at the depart at 11:15 am. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门47[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40628.html[/url]
A: hi,my name is John lin, i'd like to book a flight to Rome,pls.
B: do you wish to fly first-class, business or economy?
A: economy.
B:date of the departure?
A:July fourth.
B:ok, your book on flight NO.CX167. is depart at 11:15am.
dialogB
A: Japan airline, can i help you?/ what can i do for you?/can i be of any help?
B: yes, i'm Mr.peter lai, i'd like to reserve a round-trip ticket to Paris,pls.
A: which class and for when?
B: bussiness class for this sunday.
A: one moment pls.ok. i book you on flight NO.007 and it departs at 5:30pm.
pls call back on friday to reconfirm .
B: ok.
A: your confirmation code number is XE3849.
B:thank you.
part2
1. do you wish to fly first-class, business, or economy?
i wish to study abroad.
2. date of departure?
if you tell me your date of birth, i know how old you are.
you look old/young for your age.
my birthday is on december twenty-fifth.
3. it departs at 11:50 am.
the train depart for nanjing on schedule. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门48 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40629.html[/url]
1. i'd like reserve a round-trip ticket to paris.
a one-way ticket
one-way street
2. how much is it for a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles?
i will buy a one-way ticke to New York,because i don't plan to return.
you can't drive there, it's a one-way street.
3. which class and for when?
4. i book you flight no.007.
1. i'd like to book a room for 3 nights.
2. pls book me on the next flight to canada.
3. the Secretary books Mr lee in at the hiltom hotel everytime he travels aboard.
4. whenever i see him, i am every happy.
5. pls call back on friday for confirm.
6. to be safe, i always reconfirm my flight 3 days before the flight.
1. i wish to travel around the world.
2.mr wang will depart/set off/leave for hongkang tomorrow.
3. John goes to bed at midnight every day.
4, mr lee works fast in the mornig/night/noon.
5.my birthday is on christmasday.
6. you should do some shopping at christams.
7. how much is it for a one-way tickets to Los Angeles.
1.i don't wish to see you here when i return.
2.the date of birth is January 30. 1970.
3. the train depart on time, so you must not be late.
4. school begins on september first every year.
5.dad works at night and sleep during the day.
6. do you book me in at the sheraton.
7 jake's brithday is on june sixth.
8. do i have to reconfirm my return flight when i arrive in tokyo.
A: excuse me , my name is John , i'd like to reconfirm my flight that to taiwan.
B: which class are you booked in?
A: the economy class.
B: what is the flight number?
A:it's xe707
B: oh, yes,you are booked to leave on sunday,right?
A: that's right, the flight is at 8:00pm.right?
B: right, it departs at that time. so you have to be there about one hour before 8:00pm.
Lesson 23 at the airport
dialog A
A: this is the arrival lounge.
B: i know. where is the departure louge?
A: follow me.
B: there,the check-in counters are over there.
B: don't we have to go pay the airport tax?
A: no, we pay it at we check in . 赖世雄初级美国英语入门49[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40631.html[/url]
dialogA
A:this is the arrival louge.
B:i know. where is the departure louge?
A:come,follow me.
B:there, the check-in counters are over there.
A: don't we have to go pay the airport tax first?
B:no, we pay it after we check in.
dialogB
A: good morning, may i have your passport,pls?
B:here you are.
A: smoking or non-smoking?
B: non-smoking.
A: aisle or window seat?
B: window seat,pls.
A: do you have any luggage to check in?
B: yes. this is my carry-on luggage and i will check in this two suitcases.
part 2
1.airport
2.arrival louge
3.departure louge
4. follow
5. check-in counter
6.pay
7.tax
1. aisle
2.window
3.seat. is this seat taken,pls?
4.carry-on
part3
1. this is the arrival louge.
2.departure longe. the air terminal.lobby
3.come, follow me. toilet.bathroom.therest room.
4. there, the check-in counter over there.
who is the man standing over there?
the thing we are looking for over here.
i will be waiting for you right here.
there is a beautiful fountain right in the middle of the park.
right behind the door. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门50 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40633.html[/url]
1. don't we have to go pay the airport tax first?
they sing and dance happily day after day.
pls go (and) buy me a newspaper.
when you have time , come visit me.
come help me.
do me a favor
2. i will not pay one hundred dollars for the toy.
she pays me a lot of money for doing this work.
3. A: what can i do to better my english?
B: first of all, you have to get a good dictionary.
4 . what can i do to better my sing? out of tune
5. we pay it after we check in.
1. may i have your passport pls?
may i have your attention pls, the airplane will take off in five minutes.
i will there in two minutes.
2. smoking or non-smoking?
ladies and gentlemen, this is a non-smoking flight, pls don't smoke during the flight, thank for your cooperation.
3. aisle or window seat?
4. do you have any luggage to check in?
1. 集合名词：luggage. baggage, money, new, garbage, rubbish, furniture
1. this is the arrival louge./ departure louge.
Jake usually arrives at the school at 7:00.
rose will arrive in taibei tomorrow.
2. follow me. this way
3. the check in counters are right over there.
4. don't we have to pay the airport tax first?
my friend and i will go see a movie tonight.
5. may i have your passport pls.
1.the plane will arrive at the airport on time.
2. it hurts right here doctor.
3. pls go pick up the clothes at the laundry.
4. pls take a seat.
5. the boss will arrive in tokyo tomorrow morning.
6. you can check in two pieces of luggage .
7.first of all , you must fill out this form.
8. uncle pole pays me one hundred dollars for teaching my cousin english.
A: may i have your passport pls?
B: sure, here you are. do i have to pay the airport tax first?
A: no. you can pay it later.
B: ok, can i have the window seat,pls
A: in the smoking or non-smoking?
B:non-smoking
A: any luggage to check in?
B: just this big one over here.
A: i see. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门51[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40642.html[/url]
at the airport
part2 lesson24
dialogA
A:pls, fill out this tags and attach them to your suitecases, then put them on the scale.
B:ok.
A:i am afraid your luggage is overweight. you have to pay excess buggage charge.
B: how much would that be?
A: let me see. ten us dollars
B: not too bad.
dialogB
A:there are your tickets. the baggage claim stubs are attached to them.
B:thank you.
A: and here are your boarding pass. you board at gate 12.
B: ok. is it that all.
A:no, pls wait here, until your luggage go through the X ray machine.
B:ok.
A: have a nice flight.
B:thank you.
part3
1. pls fill out this tags and attach them to your suitecase.
pls fill out this form and give it to me
he attaches the string to his kate.
toddler. he is attached to his mom.
2. i am afraid your luggage is overweight.
you are ovweweight, you should go on the diet. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门52 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40645.html[/url]
1. you have to pay a excess luggage charge.
we must love our parents.
you have to finish your work.
you have to apologize to him.
you have to do the work whether you like it or not.
2. how much will that be?
that will be 50 dollars in all.
i have one hundred dollars in all.
together
3. let me see...ten dollars
how long are you going to stay here? let me see...five days i think.
4. that 's not too bad.
what a shame./pity.
how much money have you lost?5dollars. that's not too bad.
i am afraid i can't go to party tonight. that's too bad.
shame on you.
have pity on me.
1. here are your tickets the baggage claim stubs are attached to them.
here is a little gift for you .
diamond ring
there are the cookies i like.
where can i claim my baggage?
and here is your boarding pass , you board at gate 12.
flight 251 for singapore is now boarding at gate 10.
passengers should board the train now.
all of aboard
3. your morther wants me to tell you that you have to go home before 10:00.
it's that all.
rebellious
4. pls buy me a paper, a beer, and a packet of cigarettes. it's that all.
5. pls wait here until your luggage go through the X-ray machine.
they will not leave until the sun goes down.
i will stay here until friday.
she is afraid to go through the dark alleys at night.
we are through now.= we are over now.
miser
6. have a nice flight. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门53[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40646.html[/url]
i am afraid your luggage is overweight.
i am afraid i have to leave now.
i have to finish the job by 12:00.
that's too bad.=what a shame.
here are your tickets.
you board at gate no.12.
pls wait here till your luggage go through the X-ray machine.
have a nice flight.
may you have a good time.
may you succeed.
may you be punished.
1. to apply for driver's license. you must fill out this application form.
2. pls attach this tag to your luggage.
3.i am afraid that i will not be able to get up on time.
4.parents must take care of their children.
5. bill have to paly evey well to win the game.
basketball
6.let's see, i think i have enough money for lunch.
7. i have to pay ten us dollars, it's that all.
8. my grandfather's health is not too bad.
A: pls, put your luggage on the scale. wow, i am afraid there are too heavy.
you'd got to pay an excess baggage charge.
B:how much will that be?
A: let me see..20 US dollars.
B: here you are.
A: here are your baggage claim stubs and your boarding pass.
B: so i should go to gate 5.
A: that's right. have a nice flight.
lesson 25 at the post office
dialogA
A: i'd like to register this letter,pls.
B: where to?
A:los angeles.
B: ok. let me weight it.
A: that will be 3 dollars pls.
B: here you are.
do i have to fill out a form?
A: no, just give me your name,address,and telephone number.
dialogB
A: i'd like to send this by air mail,pls.
B:is it a birthday card?
A: yes, why do you ask ?
B:cards are cheaper the letters.
A: oh, really.
B: you can't seal the envelop.
A; ok. how much for the stamps?
B: two dollars. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门54 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40649.html[/url]
1.postoffice
2.register
3.letter
4.weigh
5.address
1. send
2. air mail
3.card ； birthday card
4. seal
5. envelop
6. through
7.stamp
1. at/in the postoffice/bank
i will meet you at the station.
1. i'd like register this letter.
do you want to send this letter by register mail?
2. where to?
where are you going?
i am getting out of here.
where to?
i am going out for some fresh air.
it's stuffy here.
3. let me weigh it.
let him do it alone.
let me go.
do you offten weigh ?
4. that will be ten dollars.
how much is it?
that will be twenty dollars.
5. sit down,pls.
pls,open the door.
would you pls do me a favor?
do i have to fill out the form?
pls fill out the form in detail.
tell me the story in detail.
6. i'd like to send this letter by air/sea/regular/register/special delivery/express delivery mail.
it's cheaper to send a package by sea mail than by air mail.
i want to send the letter by special delivery.
7. you can't seal the envelop though/however.
seal the letter before mail it.
can i borrow your bike?
yes you can. don't break it though.
8. though he is nice, i like him.
1. i will meet you at the restaurant.
2.let me weigh it.
let me help you.
3. would you pls open the door.pls?
4. i 'd like to send it by sea mail.
though he is rich , he is stingy.
5. because i am busy, i can't go with you. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门55 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40652.html[/url]
1. would you pls carry the heavy box for me?
2. i'd like to send this letter by special delivery.
3. do you have much mail every day?
4.if you going to the postoffice ,can you post this letter for me.
5.this bike is cheaper than that one.
6. throug he is old, he is healthy.
7.because tom is kind, he has many friends.
8.jake is handsome, but marry does not like him.
A: i'd like to send this letter by air mail pls.
B:i will have to weigh it.
A: ok, how much is it?
B:30 us dollars. would you like to register the letter?
A:the regular mail is cheaper, isn't it?
B:of course. it's safer though.
B:that will be more expensive,right?
A:ok, i understand. that will be 30 us dollars.
lesson 26 at the doctors
dialogA
A: doctor, i think i have the flu.
B:do you have a cough too?
A:no, not real.
B:do you have a sore throat?
A:a little. but i have a bit of fever.
B:ok, let me have a look.
dialogB
A: open your mouth, and say "a".
B:a..
A:yes, it's quite serious. i think you need a shot.
B:is it going to hurt?
A: don't worry. it will soon be over.
B:ouch,
A:ok, that's done. also take this pills three times a day after meals.
B:ok, thanks doctor,bye.
1. doctor, i think i have the flu.
it is going to rain today.
john is not well,because he have the flu.
i don't feel well.
put on your coat, or you will catch cold.
2. do you have a cough?
cover your mouth , when you cough/yawn.
3. no, not real.
you swim a lot. you must enjoy swimming.
no,not real. i swim for my health. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门56 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40657.html[/url]
1. do you have a sore throat ?
have a sore arm/leg.
headache; toothache; stomachache
don't tolk too much, when you have a sore throat.
2. let me give you a bit of advice.
suggestion
3. have the fever.
the child have a high fever.
let me have a look.
may i have a look at your pictures.
1. it's quite serious. i think you need a shot.
he studys hard.
she looks vey beautiful.
he studys very hard.
he is a young boy.
she is beautiful.
very quite rather extremely
it's very hot today.
the car run fast.
i feel extremely tired.
you are sacked.=you are fired.
shot=injection
the nurse will give you a shot.
most children are afriad the shot.
is it going to hurt?
it's going to rain this afternoon.
i will take a trip to beijing.
2. my fingurs hurt.
nobady will hurt you.
3. don't worry, it will soon be over.
oh, not, we miss the bus, we will be late for school.
don't worry ,we will take the taxi.
we all worry about you very much.
sick
you worry me sick.
4. ouch, my stomach hurt. you'd better go see a doctor.
5. wow, what a beautiful girl.
don't forget you are married.
6. john, don't drink so much.
there he goes again.
7. how can we get money we need?
we can borrow it from bank.
let's do it.
8. ok ,it's done.
have you finished your job?
ok, it's done.
9. also, take this pills three times a day after meals.
eat soup; drink milk
i really hate taking medicine.
tablets
don't make noise when you eat soup.
i drink a cup of coffe evey day.
jake eats four meals a day.
they work five days a week.
the magazine is published once a month.
he always has a small meal at lunch time.
don't read the newspaper at meals.
my little sister like to eat between meals. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门57[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40660.html[/url]
part2
1. doctor, i think i have the flu/cold.
2. do you have a cough/sore throat/fever ,too?
3. it's quite/very/extremely serious.
4. i think you need a shot/injection.
5. is it going to hurt/rain?
6. also take this pills three times a day after meals.
tom goes to hongkong once a week.
this magazine is published four time a month.
1. peter isn't at work, because he has the flu.
2. the noise is giving me a headache.
3. tom always makes noise when he eat soup.
4. can i have a look your new wathch.
5. it's quite dangerous to drive when it's snowing.
6. if you get a shot, you will get well very quickly.
7. i am worried about my father's heath.
8. it's done. i can stop work and go home now.
A: doctor, is it ok if i don't get a shot?
B: why? what are you worried about?
A: i think it will hurt.
B: it will soon be over.
A: but can't i just take some pills?
B: it will take quite a long time to get well.
A: it's all right.
B: here, take this pills three times a day after meals.
A: thanks ,doctor.
lesson 27 at the zoo
dialog A
A: can i take a picture with the lion, dad?
B: sure , but don't go to near the cage.
A: i will stand behind the railing.
B: ok. are you ready? say cheese
A: cheese.
B: that's a good one.
A: lions are beautiful, aren't they?
B: they sure are . after all, the lion is king of beasts.
dialogB
A: wow, look at that elephant. it's gigantic.
B: it sure is.
A： can i feed it?
B: no, there is a no feeding sign over there.
A: poor elephant.
B: there aren't many elephants left in the world, are there?
A: pepole kill them for their tusks. now, they are in dangerous species.
B: man some times behaves worse than animals.
1. zoo
2. picture
3.lion
4. near
5. cage
6. stand
7. behind
8. railing
9. ready
10, cheese
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12. king of the beasts
1. elephant
2. gigantic
3. feed
4. no feeding sign
5. poor
6. left
7. in the world
8. kill
9. tusk
10. in dangerous
11. species
12. man
13. sometimes
14. behave
15. animal
1. can i take a picture with the lion dad?
may i take a picture with you?
i want to take a picture of this flowers.
mr , can you take a picture for us?
2. but don't go to near/close to the cage.
his house is near the school./is close to the school.
i live within walking distancs of school.
3. i will stand behind the railing.
there is a man siting on the railing.
he is as thin as a rail.
4. are you ready? say cheese...
are you ready to go home.
they are ready for the test.
5. that's a good one.
6. lions are beautiful, aren't they?
he is nice, isn't he?
you are not a student, are you?
she can dance, can't she?
you haven't done , have you?
he get up early, doesn't he?
you like movies, don't you?
come over here, will you?
stop smoking, will you?
let's go home, shall we?
let him go , will you?
let me do it, will you?
7. they sure are, after all , they are king of the beasts.
we can't give him much work.
you are right. after all, they are new hand./seasoned./experienced.
1. wow, look at the elephant, they are gigantic
look at that girl, is it she beautiful?
mam, take look at that flower is beautiful.
2. it sure is.
3. can i feed it?
john feeds his dog every day.
4. poor telephant.
A: mammy, tom is pulling my hair.
B: oh, poor girl. i will tell him to stop.
the poor man have no money to buy food.
5. there aren't many elephants left in the world.
i have no money left.
6. pepole kill them for their tusks, now they are in dangerous pecies.
the pipe is made of ivory.
tigers are one of in dangerous pecies.
so so.
7. man sometimes behave worse than animal.
behave yourself, or you will be punished.
tom behaves well in school. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门59 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40665.html[/url]
1. she dances badly.
i dance worse than she.
peter dances the woest of the three boys.
she sings well.
i sing better than she.
mary sings the best of the three girls.
pare4
1. can i take a picture with the lion/monkey, dad?
excuse me, can you take a picture for us?
2. are you ready?
are you ready for lunch?
3. lions are beautiful , aren't they?
he can't speek japanese, can he?
may goes to bad late, does't she?
stop taking, will you?
let's take a break, shall we?
4. look at that elephant.
take a look at ...
have a look at ...
part5
1. are you ready to leave?
2. jim's coming to the party, isn't he?
3. tom can speek enlgish, can't he?
4. tom's and jim's work for you, don't they?
5. let's go home now, shall we?
6. leave him alone, will you?
7. she sings wore than her sister.
8. peter like to take pictures of people.
A: are lions in dangerous spices, dad?
B: they sure are.
A: how come ?they are king of the beasts, aren't they?
B: yes, but people kill them for their hide.
A: that's bad, poor lions.
B: sometimes man really behave worse the animals.
A: they sure do, let's go home, shall we?i don't feel well suddenly.
B:ok, i am ready , let's go.
lesson28 going to the movie
dialogA:
A: can i have two tickets for Titanic,pls?
B: for what time?
A: the 9:30 pm show,pls.
B: i'm afraid it's full. how about the midnight show?
A: that will be fine. can i have our seats upfront,pls?
B: sure. that will be 20 dollars , pls.
dialogB
A: where were you last night?
B: i was at the movies. i went to see Titanic.
A: how was it?
B: it was fantastic . the main actor and actress really did a good job.
A: sounds like was a very good movie.
B: you can say that again. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门60 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40668.html[/url]
1. titanic
2. show
3. full
4. midnight show
5. were
6. was
7 went
8 fantastic
9 main
10. actor
11. actress
12. did
1. go to the movies
he seldom gos to the movies.
we are going to see a movie tonight.
1. can i have two tickets for titanic?
mary has two free tickets .
everything here is free.
2. for what time?
3. 9:30 pm show pls.
we will go to see the 3:00 pm show of the movie .
we will go to see the movie that is shown at 3:00 pm.
4. i am afraid it's full. how about midnight show.
be full of: the house is full of people.
my heart is full of joy.
the tickets for the movie have sold out.
5. how about another pizza?
no thanks. i've had enough .
how about going to the movies tonight?
6. can i have the seat ...pls?
cani have a seat in the back/near(by) the aisle/towards the center/on the left(right) ,pls?
7. that'll be 20 dollars pls.
how much do i owe you?
8. when will the new movie be on?
screen
9 let me treat you to dinner.
10. is titanic showing yet?
that movie is rerun that why is cheaper.
1. where were you last night?
i am ;i was; we are; we were; he is ; he was
want; wanted; like;liked; hate;hated
study;studied
go;went;do;done;see;saw;feel;felt;buy;bought
teach; taught; catch; caught; sing; sang; ride; rode.drive. drove.
2. i was at the movies.
they are probable at the movies now.
it's wonderfull/cool.
how was the party last night?
it was great.
everyone had a good time.
4. the main actor and actress did a good job. 赖世雄初级美国英语入门61[url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40670.html[/url]
1. do a good job.
he did a good/well job in speech contest.
2. sounds like a very good movie.
what do you think of the singer 's voice?
not every good. sounds like he has a cold.
it's sounds like a good idea.
he sounds as if he knows everything about it.
3. you can say that again.
marry is very beautifu. you can say that again.
1. we are going to see/watch/take in a movie tonight.
2. i am afraid that it's full.
i am afraid that the tickets are sold out.
3. can i have the seat upfront/in the back/by the aisle,pls?
4. that'll be 20dollars pls.
5. where were you last night?
6. it's fantastic.
1. i am bored. let's go take in the movie.
2. the seven'clock shoow is sold out i am afraid.
3. when i go to the movies, i like to sit in the back.
4. the room is full of noice kids.
5. jack did evey well on the test.
6. wendy sings like she has something in her throat.
7. sounds like nobody is interested in going to the park.
8. i cought a cold last week, i am still feeling bad.
A: where's sue? i thought she was going to the movies with me.
B: she is at the movies.
A: who did she go with?
B: she went with uncle zhang.
A: which movie did they go to see?
B: i think uncle zhang took her to see "a bug's life"
A: that's a great movie.
B: you can say that again.
A: let's go see the 10 show.
B: sure, why not.
lesson 29 job interviews
dialogA:
A: tell me mr wang, why do you want to join our company?
B: it has a good reputation.
A: do you have any work experiences?
B: not much. but i am willing to learn.
A: why did you qiute your last job?
B: i think i will have a better further with your company.
dialog B
A: do you have any questions?
B; yes, will i have to work over time?
A: sometimes.
B: how about holidays?
A: after a year, you'll get a annual leave of seven days.
B: and is there a year awards?
A: that's depence. if you work hard and the company makes money. you will get one.
B: that sounds fire.
1. interview
2. join
3. company
4. reputition
5 experience
6. willing
7. learn
8. did
9. qiute
10. further
1. question
2. over time
3. holiday
4. annual
5. leave 赖世雄初级美国英语入门62 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40671.html[/url]
1. year end
2. bonus
3. depend
4. hard
5. make money
6. fair
1. why do you want to join our company?
typo
why do you want to marry me?
why do you learn english?
let's join them in sing the song.
2. it's has a good reputiton.
if you do that, you'll spoil your reputition.
3. do your have any work experience.
she is an experienced teacher.
4. but i am willing to learn.
he is willing to help the poor.
rich people= the rich= wealthy
he is not willing to work in his father's company.
5 why did you quit/resigh form your last job?
calros will never quit/resigh from his job.
my doctor told me to quit/give up smoking.
he is a chain smoker.
6. i think i have a better further with your company.
you should cut out a bright further by working hard.
1. will i have to work over time.
they are working over time to finish the job on time.
2. sometime= on occasion=every now and then
he sometimes visits me.
3. afer a year,you get a annual leave of seven days.
ask for leave
be on leave
be on holiday/vocation
the soldiers are on leave.
they are on holiday in Hawaii.
4. and is there a year-end bonus?
missed a word here.
5. that depend
will you buy me a bike,dad?
that depend, if you do well on the exam.
let's go biking.
6. if you work hard and the company makesmoney, you will get one
make money=earn money=make fortune=earn fortune
make a living by... 赖世雄初级美国英语入门 63 [url]http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/lsxcjmyrmp/40673.html[/url]
6. make money=earn money=make fortune=earn fortune
make a living by...
Eric make a fortune in the stock market.
he make a living by driving taxi.
7. that sounds well
look sound taste smell feel
the little boy looks shy.
the music sounds beautiful.
the medicine tastes sweet.
the perfume smells like flowers.
her hair feels like silk.
1. why do you want to join our company?
why do you want to wear long hair?
2. but, i am willing to learn.
hellen isn't willing to work over time.
the doctor told me father to qiut/give up smoking.
carols makes a living by teaching/writting novel/story.
6. that sounds fair.
you looked terrible.
the milk smells sour.
i am feeling better today.
part5
1. if you are not happy with your job, just quit.
2. the doctor told me to give up drinking.
3. the smart youny man has a bright future.
4. mr lee takes his family on the trip on occasion.
5. mr bree isn't in the office today. he is on leave.
6. mr chen earn furtune by selling house.
7. this chicken tastes like fish.
8. you should go for a annual physical checkup.
A: do you have any experiences in teaching english?
B: no, but i am willing to work hard.
A: that's good. so you won't mind working overtime, will you?
B: no , not at all. but i won't have to work during summer vocation, will i?
A: it depends, if you like you can teach summer classes.
B: how much can i make if i do?
A: not much.
B: that doesn't sound very good.
A: i thought you said you're willing to work hard.
lesson 30 emergency call
dialogA
A: this is a emergency call. gets an ambulance here right away.
B: where are you calling from?
A: i am at no.10 zhonghua road
B: what's the problem?
A: a taxi run into a truck. GO!GO! 加油，我相信你 我没有看到听的部分啊，只是把这当阅读了！ jjjkkkkkk
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[font=Arial][size=3]One cold winter day a little girl and her father arrived in London. Sara Crewe was seven years old, and she had long black hair and green eyes. She sat in the cab next to her father and looked out of the window at the tall houses and the dark sky.[/size][/font][size=3]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"I'm thinking about our house in India," said Sara. "And the hot sun and the blue sky. I don't think I like England very much, Father."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"Yes, Father, I know," said Sara. "But I want to be with you. Please come to school with me! I can help you with your lessons."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Mr.Crewe smiled, but he was not happy. He loved his little Sara very much, and he did not want to be without her. Sara's mother was dead, and Sara was his only child. Father and daughter ware very good friends.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Soon they arrived at Miss Minchin's School for Girls and went into the big house.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Miss Minchin was a tall woman in a black dress. She looked at Sara, and then gave a very big smile.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"What a beautiful child!" she said to Mr.Crewe.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Sara stood quietly and watched Miss Minchin. "Why does she say that?" she thought. "I am not beautiful, so why does she say it?"[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"Sara is a good girl," Mr.Crewe said to Miss Minchin. "Her mother was French, so she speaks French well. She loves books, and she reads all the time. But she must play with the other girls and make new friends, too."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"Of course," said Miss Minchin. She smiled again. "Sara is going to be very happy here, Mr.Crewe."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Mr.Crewe stayed in London for a week. He and Sara went to the shops, and he bought many beautiful, expensive dresses for his daughter. He bought books, and flowers for her room, and a big doll with beautiful dresses, too.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Miss Minchin smiled, but she said to her sister Amelia. "All that money on dresses for a child of seven! She looks like a little princess, not a schoolgirl."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]When Mr.Crewe left London, he was very sad. Sara was very sad too, but she did not cry. She sat in her room and thought about her father on the ship back to India.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"Father wants me to be happy," she said to her new doll. "I love him very much and I want to be a good daughter, so I must be happy."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]Sara soon made new friends in the school. Some little rich girls are not very nice children they think they are important because they have money and lots of expensive things. But Sara was different. She liked beautiful dresses and dolls, but she was more interested in people, and books, and telling stories.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]She was very good at telling stories. She was a clever child, and the other girls loved to listen to her. The stories were all about kings and queens and princesses and wonderful countries across the sea.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"How do you think of all those things?" asked her best friend, Ermengarde.[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]"I have all these pictures in my head," said Sara. "So it's easy to tell stories about them."[/size][/font]
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[/size][font=Arial][size=3]And so Ermengarde learnt her lessons through Sara's stories, and she loved her friend very much. But not everybody was Sara's friend. Lavinia was an older girl. Before Sara came, Lavinia was the richest and the most important girl in the school. But Sara's father was richer than Lavinia's father. So now Sara was more important than Lavinia, and Lavinia did not like that.[/size][/font]
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[size=4]A.Little.Princess 02. The diamond mines[/size][size=4]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=3][color=#000000][color=#000][font=微软雅黑] And so three years went by. Sara's father wrote to her often, and Sara wrote loving little letters back to him. One day a very exciting letter arrived. Everybody in the school talked about it for days.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "My friend," wrote Mr.Crewe, "has some mines in northern India, and a month ago his workers found diamonds there. There are thousands of diamonds in these mines, but it is expensive work to get them out. My friend needs my help. So, Little Missus" (this was Mr.Crewe's special name for Sara), "I am putting all my money into my friend's diamond mines, and one day you and I are going to be very rich..."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Sara was not interested in money, but a story about diamond mines in India was exciting. Nearly everybody was very pleased for Sara, but not Lavinia, of course.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Huh!" she said. "My mother has a diamond. Lots of people have diamonds. What's so interesting about diamond mines?"[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "But there are thousands of diamonds in these mines," said Ermengarde. "Perhaps millions of them!"[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Lavinia laughed, "Is Sara going to wear diamonds in her hair at breakfast, then? Or is it "Princess Sara" now?"[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Sara's face went red. She looked at Lavinia angrily, but said quietly, "Some people call me "princess". I know that. But princesses don't get angry or say unkind things, so I'm not going to say anything to you, Lavinia."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "To me, you are a princess," Ermengarde said to Sara later. "And you always look like a princess, in your beautiful dresses."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Sara was a princess to another girl, too. This was Becky. She was a servant in Miss Minchin's school, and she was only fourteen years old, but she worked all day and sometimes half the night. She carried things upstairs and downstairs, she cleaned the floors, she made the fires, and she was always tired and hungry and dirty. She and Sara had very different lives.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] But one day Sara came into her bedroom, and there was Becky, sleeping in a chair.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Oh, you poor thing!" Sara said.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Then Becky opened her eyes and saw Sara. She got up at once. "Oh, Miss!" she said. "I'm very sorry, Miss! I just sat down for a minute and—"[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Don't be afraid," said Sara. She gave Becky a friendly smile. "You were tired. That's all."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Are you are you going to tell Miss Minchin?" asked Becky. She began to move to the door.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Of course not," said Sara. "Please don't run away. Sit down again for a minute. You look so tired."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Oh, Miss, I can't!" Becky said. "You're very kind, Miss, but Miss Minchin—"[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Please," said Sara. She took Becky's hand. "You're only a little girl, like me. Let's be friends."[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] And so Becky sat down again, and soon she and Sara were friends.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] Nobody knew about this, of course. Rich little girls at Miss Minchin's school did not make friends with servant-girls, and it was a wonderful thing for Becky.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑]Nearly every day she and Sara met in Sara's bedroom, just for five or ten minutes. Becky was always hungry, and Sara often bought nice things for her to eat. They sat and talked, and sometimes Sara told Becky some of her stories. Becky loved that.[/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑] "Oh, Miss," she said. "You tell them so beautifully! Sometimes I like your stories better than things to eat."
And after those visits to Sara's room, Becky always felt better not so tired, and not so hungry.
Some months later Sara had her eleventh birthday. Lessons stopped for the afternoon and there was a big party for all the girls in the school.
"This party is expensive for us," Miss Minchin said to her sister Amelia. "But it looks good for the school."
That afternoon there was a visitor to the school—Miss Minchin's lawyer. He went with Miss Minchin into her office and they closed the door. In the schoolroom next door there was a lot of noise from Sara's party. Everybody in there was very happy.
But in the office Miss Minchin was not happy. She looked at the lawyer angrily. "What are you saying? Mr. Crewe has no money? What about the diamond mines?"
"There are no diamond mines," said the lawyer. "Well, there are mines, but there are no diamonds in them."
"But Mr. Crewe's good friend—" began Miss Minchin.
"Mr. Crewe's good friend," said the lawyer, "ran away with all Mr. Crewe's money. Ralph Crewe was ill with a fever, and when he heard about this, he got worse. A week later he was dead.
"Dead!" cried Miss Minchin. "But what about his daughter Sara? And this expensive birthday party?"
"Sara Crewe has no money," said the lawyer. "Not a penny in the world, Miss Minchin. Not a penny."
"She must leave my school at once," Miss Minchin said angrily. "She must go this afternoon!"
"Where?" said the lawyer. "Out into the streets? An eleven-year-old girl? That's not going to look very good for your school, Miss Minchin."
Miss Minchin's face went red.
"You can't put her out in the streets," said the lawyer. He stood up. "But perhaps she can work for you."
The lawyer left, and Miss Minchin called her sister Amelia. "Bring Sara Crewe here at once," she said.
Two minutes later Sara, in her beautiful blue party dress, stood in front of Miss Minchin.
"Have you a black dress, Sara?" Miss Minchin said coldly.
"Yes, Miss Minchin," said Sara. "But it's very small."
"Go and put it on at once," said Miss Minchin. "Your father is dead. There were no diamond mines, and your father's friend ran away with all his money. You have nothing. Not a penny. But I am going to be very kind to you. You can stay in my house, but now you must be a servant and work for your bread. You can sleep in a servant's room upstairs, next to Becky's room."
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][color=#000000][size=12px][color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] For several years Mr Williams worked for the museum at the University of Oxford, enlarging its already famous collection of drawings and pictures of English country houses and churches. It is hard to imagine anything less alarming than collecting pictures of houses and churches, but Mr Williams found that even this peaceful work had its unexpected dark corners.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] He bought many pictures for the museum from the London shop of Mr J. W. Britnell. Twice a year Mr Britnell sent a list of pictures to all his regular customers, who could then choose which pictures they wanted to look at before deciding whether to buy.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] In February 1895 Mr Williams received a list from Mr Britnell with the following letter:[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] I think you might be interested in Picture Number 978 in our list, which I will be happy to send to you if you wish. [/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr Williams turned to Number 978 in the list and found the following note:[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Number 978. Artist unknown. Picture of an English country house, early nineteenth century. 25 centimetres by 40 centimetres. ￡20.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] It did not sound very interesting and the price seemed high. However, Mr Williams added it to the pictures that he asked Mr Britnell to send to him.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The pictures arrived at the museum one Saturday afternoon, just after Mr Williams had left. They were brought round to his rooms in college so that he could look at them over the weekend. Mr Williams found them on his table when he and his friend, Mr Binks, came in to have tea. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Picture Number 978 showed the front of quite a large country house. It had three rows of windows with the door in the middle of the bottom row. There were trees on both sides of the house and a large lawn in front of it. The letters A. W. F. were written in the corner of the picture. Mr Williams thought that it was not very well done, probably the work of an amateur artist, and he could not understand why Mr Britnell thought it was worth twenty pounds. He turned it over and saw that there was a piece of paper on the back with part of a name on it. All he could read were the ends of two lines of Writing The first said, '—ngly Hall'; the second, '—ssex'.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr Williams thought that it would be interesting to see if he could find the name of the house in one of his guidebooks be－ fore sending the picture back on Monday morning. Meanwhile, he put the picture on the table, lit the lamp because it was now getting dark, and made the tea.[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'That's just what I was going to find out,' said Williams, taking a book from the shelf. 'If you look at the back, you'll see it's Something Hall in either Essex or Sussex. Half the name's missing, you see. I don't suppose you recognize the house, do you?'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'No, I don't,' said Mr Binks. 'It's from Britnell, I suppose, isn't it? Is it for the museum?'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Well, I would buy it if the price was two pounds,' replied Mr Williams, 'but for some reason he wants twenty pounds for it. I can't think why. It's not a very good picture and there aren't even any figures in it to make it more interesting.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'I agree it's not worth twenty pounds,' said Binks, 'but I don't think it's too bad. The light seems rather good to me and I think there is a figure here, just at the edge, in the front.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Let me see,' said Williams. 'Well, it's true the light is quite well done. Where's the figure? Oh, yes! Just the head, in the very front of the picture.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] And indeed there was — right on the edge of the picture — just the head of a man or a woman, who was looking towards the house. Williams had not noticed it before.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Still,' he said, 'though it's better than I thought at first, I can't spend twenty pounds of the museum's money on a picture of a house I don't even know.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr Binks, who had some work to finish, soon left and Mr Williams spent the time before dinner trying to find the name of the house in his guidebooks.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'If I knew the letter before the "—ngly", 'he said to himself, 'it would be easy enough. But there are many more names ending in "—ngly" than I thought.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Dinner in Mr Williams'college was at seven o'clock and afterwards a few of his friends came back to his rooms to play cards. During a pause in the game Mr Williams picked up the picture from the table without looking at it and passed it to a man named Garwood, who was interested in pictures. Garwood looked at it and said:[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'This is really a very fine picture, you know, Williams. The light is very well done, in my opinion, and though the figure is rather unpleasant, it is quite interesting.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Yes, isn't it?' said Williams, who was too busy giving drinks to his guests to look at the picture again.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] When his visitors had gone, Williams had to finish writing a letter, so it was after midnight before he was ready to go to bed. The picture lay face upwards on the table where Garwood had left it and, as Williams was putting out the lamp, he saw it. For a moment he was too surprised to move, then he slowly picked up the picture and stared at it in horror. In the middle of the lawn, in front of the unknown house, there was a figure where there had been no figure earlier. It was crawling on hands and knees towards the house, and it was covered in a strange black garment with a white cross on the back.[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] After a second or two Mr Williams took the picture by one corner and carried it to an empty room. There, he locked it, face downwards, in a cupboard, then closed and locked the door of the empty room. He went back to his own room and locked the door behind him. Before going to bed, he sat down and wrote a note describing in detail the extraordinary change in the picture since he had received it.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] He was glad to remember that Mr Garwood, who had looked at the picture earlier in the evening, had also seen a 'rather unpleasant' figure. He decided that in the morning he must ask someone to look carefully at the picture with him, and he must try very hard to discover the name of the house. He would ask his neighbour, Mr Nisbet, to have breakfast with him. Then he would spend the morning looking for the house in his guidebooks.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr Nisbet arrived at nine o'clock and the two men sat down to breakfast. When they had finished, Mr Williams, feeling both nervous and excited, hurried to the empty room. He unlocked the cupboard, took out the picture, still face down- wards, and, without looking at it, went back to his own room and put it into Nisbet's hands.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Now, Nisbet,' he said, 'I want you to tell me what you see in that picture. Describe it, please, in detail. I'll tell you why afterwards.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Well,' said Nisbet, 'I have here a picture of an English country house by moonlight.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Moonlight? Are you sure?'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Oh, yes. The moon is shown quite clearly and there are clouds in the sky.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'All right. Go on. But I'm sure,' added Williams quietly, 'that there was no moon when I first saw it.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Well, there's not much more I can say,' Nisbet continued. 'The house has three rows of windows, five in each row, except at the bottom, where there's a door instead of the middle one and…'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'But what about figures?' said Williams with great interest.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Figures?' replied Nisbet. 'There aren't any.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Of course I am. But there's one other thing.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'What's that?'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'One of the windows on the ground floor, on the left of the door, is open.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Is it really? Oh dear! I suppose he's got into the house,' said Williams, with great excitement.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] He hurried across to where Nisbet was sitting and, taking the picture from him, saw for himself. It was quite true. There was no figure on the lawn, and there was the open window.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] For a moment williams was too surprised to speak, then he sat down at his desk and wrote for a few minutes. When he had finished, he brought two papers across to Nisbet. He asked him to sign the first one, which was Nisbet's own description of the picture, then to read the other one, which was the note Williams had written the night before.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'What can it all mean?' asked Nisbet.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'That's what I must find out,' said Williams. 'Now, there are three things I must do. First, I must ask Garwood exactly what he saw when he looked at the picture last night, then I must have the picture photographed before it goes any further and, thirdly, I must find out where this house is.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'I can take the photograph for you myself,' said Nisbet. 'But, you know, I think we are seeing something terrible happening here. The question is, has it already happened or is it going to happen? You really must find out where this house is.' He looked at the picture again and shook his head. 'I think you are right, you know. He has got in. I'm sure there will be some trouble in that house.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'I'll tell you what I'll do,' said Williams. 'I'll show the picture to old Doctor Green. He grew up in Essex and he often goes to Sussex to see his brother who lives there. He's been going there for years. He must know both places quite well.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'That's a very good idea,' agreed Nisbet. 'But I think I heard Green say that he was going away this weekend.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'You're right,' said Williams. 'I remember now — he's gone to Brighton for the weekend. I'll leave a note asking him to see me as soon as he returns. Meanwhile, you take the picture and photograph it and I'll see Garwood and ask him what he saw when he looked at it last night.' He paused. 'You know,' he added, 'I don't think twenty pounds is too much to ask for this picture, after all.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] In a short time Williams returned to his room, bringing Mr Garwood with him. Mr Garwood said that when he had looked at the picture the figure was just starting to crawl across the lawn. He remembered that it was wearing a black garment with something white on the back — he was not sure if it was a cross. While he was writing this down, Mr Nisbet returned and said that he had photographed the picture.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'What are you going to do now,Williams?' asked Mr Garwood. 'Are you going to sit and watch the picture all day?'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'No, I don't think we need to do that,' replied Williams.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'You see, there has been plenty of time since I looked at it last night for the creature in the picture to finish what he wants to do, but he has only gone into the house. The window is open and he must still be in there. I think he wants us to see what happens next. Anyway, I don't think the picture will change much during the day. I suggest that we all go for a walk after lunch and come back here for tea. I'll leave the picture on my table and lock the door. My servant has a key and can get in if he wants to, but nobody else can.'[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The others agreed that this was a good plan. They also wanted to avoid talking to anyone about this extraordinary picture, knowing what excitement and argument it would cause.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=黑体][size=12px][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] At about five o'clock they came back to Mr Williams' rooms for tea. When they entered the room, they were surprised to find Mr Filcher, the servant, sitting in Mr Williams' armchair and staring in horror at the picture on the table. Mr Filcher had worked in the college for many years and had never before behaved in so unusual a way. He seemed to feel this himself, and tried to jump to his feet when the three men came in.[/size][/font][/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'That's all right, Robert,' said Mr Williams. 'I was going to ask you some time what you thought of that picture.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Well, sir,' replied the servant, 'of course, I don't really understand pictures, but I wouldn't like my little girl to see it. I'm sure it would give her bad dreams. It doesn't seem the right kind of picture to leave lying around. It could frighten anybody — seeing that awful thing carrying off the poor baby. That's what I think, sir. Will you need me any more today, sir? Thank you, sir.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Filcher left the room and the three men went at once to look at the picture. There was the house as before, under the moon and the clouds. But the window that had been open was now shut, and the figure was once more on the lawn; but not crawling this time. Now it was walking, with long steps, towards the front of the picture. The moon was behind it and the black material of its garment nearly covered its face. The three men were deeply thankful that they could see no more of the face than a high, white forehead and a few long, thin hairs. Its legs beneath the garment were borribly thin, and its arms held something which seemed to be a child, whether dead or living it was not possible to say.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The three friends watched the picture until it was time for dinner but it did not change at all. They hurried back to Williams'rooms as soon as dinner was finished. The picture was where they had left it, but the figure had gone, and the house was quiet under the moon and the clouds.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Well,' said Mr Williams, 'now we really must try to find where this house is.' They got out the guidebooks and began to work.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] It was nearly two hours later when Williams suddenly cried, 'Ha！This looks like it!'[/size][/font][/color]
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[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Anningly. Interesting twelfth-century church containing the tombs of the Francis family, whose home, Anningly Hall, stands just behind the church. The family is now extinct. The last member of the family disappeared very mysteriously in 1802 while still a child. His father, Sir Arthur Francis, a well-known amateur artist, lived quite alone after that until he was found dead in his house three years later, after he had just completed a picture of the Hall.'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] As Mr Williams finished reading, there was a knock on the door and Doctor Green came in. He had just returned from Brighton and had found Williams'note. He agreed at once that the picture was of Anningly Hall, which was not far from where he had grown up.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'Have you any explanation of the figure, Green?' asked Williams.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'I don't know, I'm sure, Williams,' Doctor Green replied.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] 'When I was a boy, some of the old people in Anningly still used to talk about the disappearance of the Francis child. They said that Sir Arthur had a lot of trouble with some of the local people coming onto his land to steal his fish and his birds. He decided to catch them all and have them punished, and, one by one he did, until there was only one left. This was a man called Gawdy whose family had once been rich and important in that part of Essex. In fact, some of them had their tombs in the village church too. However, the family had lost all their land and their money over the years and Gawdy felt rather bitter about it all. For a long time Sir Arthur could not catch him doing anything wrong until one night his men found Gawdy with some dead birds in Sir Arthur's woods. There was a fight and one of the men was shot. This was just what Sir Arthur needed; the judge was all on his side, of course, and poor Gawdy was hanged a few days later. People thought that some friend of Gawdy's stole Sir Arthur's little boy in revenge, to put an end to the Francis family as well. But I should say now, that it looks more as if old Gawdy managed the job himself. Brrrr. I don't like to think about it. Let's have a drink, shall we?'[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The story of the picture was told to a few people; some believed it and some did not. Mr Britnell knew nothing about it except that the picture was unusual in some way. It is now in the museum and, although it has been carefully watched, no one has ever seen it change again.[/size][/font][/color]
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A.Little.Princess 03. The new servant-girl
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=4][color=#000000][color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] That evening, in the little attic room, Sara sat on the bed in her old black dress. She did not cry, but her face was white and she did not move or speak for hours.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Late at night the door opened quietly, and Becky looked in. Her eyes were red from crying. "Oh, Miss," she said. "All the servants are talking about it. I'm so sorry so sorry!" She looked at Sara's white face, and began to cry again. Then she ran to Sara, and took her hand.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] At last Sara moved. Slowly, she turned her head and looked at Becky. "Oh, Becky," she said. And that was all.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] That first night in the attic was very long. Sara did not sleep. "Father is dead," she whispered, again and again. "Father is dead. I'm never going to see him again."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The next morning Sara's new life began. She learnt to clean floors and to make fires. She ran upstairs and down-stairs and she worked in the kitchen.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The cook was a big woman with a red, angry face.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "So," she said, "the little rich girl with the diamond mines is now a servant, eh?" She looked at Sara. "Now, I'm making apple pies this morning. Run down to the shops and get me some apples. And be quick!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] So Sara ran to the shops, and carried a big bag of apples back to the house. Then she cleaned the kitchen floor, and carried hot water up to all the bedrooms. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] She worked every day, from early in the morning to late at night. She helped in the school, too.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "You speak French well," Miss Minchin said to her coldly. So you can teach French to the younger children. But you're only a servant. Don't forget that."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The first months of Sara's new life were very hard. She was always tired and hungry, but she never cried. At night, in her little attic, she thought about her father, dead in India all those miles away.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I must be brave," she said. "Father always wanted me to be brave. And I have a bed to sleep in, and something to eat every day. Lots of people don't have that."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] At first Sara's only friend was Becky. Every day Becky came into Sara's room. They did not talk much, but it helped Sara a lot to see Becky's friendly, smiling face.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px]The girls in the school were sorry for Sara, but Sara was a servant now, and they could not be friendly with a servant. Lavinia, of course, was pleased. "I never liked Sara Crewe," she told her friends. "And I was right about the diamonds there weren't any!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde was very unhappy. When she saw Sara in the school, Sara walked past her and did not speak. Poor Ermengarde loved Sara and wanted to be friendly, but she was not clever, and she did not understand.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] One morning, very early, she got quietly out of bed, went upstairs to the attics, and opened Sara's door.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Ermengarde!" Sara said. "What are you doing here?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde began to cry. "Oh, Sara, please tell me. What is the matter? Why don't you like me now?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I do like you," Sara said. "Of course I do. But, you see, everything is different now. Miss Minchin doesn't want me to talk to the girls. Most of them don't want to talk to me. And I thought, perhaps, you didn't want to..."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "But I'm your friend!" cried Ermengarde. "I'm always going to be your friend and nobody can stop me!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara took Ermengarde's hands. She suddenly felt very happy. Perhaps she cried a little, too. Who can say?[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] There was only one chair, so the two friends sat on the bed. Ermengarde looked round the attic. "Oh, Sara, how can you live in this room? It's so cold and—and dirty."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "It s not so bad," said Sara, "And I've got lots of friends. There's Becky in the next room, and come and see."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] She moved the table under the window, and then she and Ermengarde stood on it and looked out of the window, over the roofs of the houses. In her pocket Sara had some small pieces of bread. She put her hand out of the window, with the bread on it. "Watch," she said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] After a minute a little brown bird flew down to Sara's hand and began to eat the bread. Then a second bird came, and the third, and a fourth. [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh Sara, how wonderful!" said Ermengarde.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "They know I'm their friend," said Sara, "so they're not afraid. Sometimes they come into the room, too."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde looked across the roof to the next attic window. "Who lives in that house?" she asked.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Nobody," said Sara sadly. "So I never see anybody at that window, and I can only talk to the birds."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] But one night, two or three weeks later, Becky came into Sara s room. She was very excited.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oooh, Miss!" she said. "An Indian gentleman is moving into the house next door. Well, he's English, but he lived in India for years and years. And now he's going to live next door. He's very rich, and he's ill. Something bad happened to him, but I don't know what."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara laughed. "How do you know all this?" she said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Well, Miss, you know the Carmichael family across the street?" Becky said. "I'm friendly with their kitchen-girl, and she told me. Mr.Carmichael is the Indian gentleman's lawyer, so they know all about him."[/size][/font][/color]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=4][color=#000000][color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Every morning, when Sara gave the birds their bread, she looked across to the attic window next door. But nobody opened it. Nobody called out "Good morning!" across the roof, or gave Sara a friendly smile.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Perhaps the Indian gentleman's servants all sleep down-stairs," she thought sadly.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Her life was very lonely now. She saw Becky every day, of course, but they did not have much time for talking. The cook and the other servants were not friendly. Sometimes, at night, Ermengarde came up to Sara's room, but it was not easy for her to come often.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Then one evening, Sara was in her attic when she heard a noise on the roof. She looked up and there at the open window was a small monkey.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, you dear little thing!" cried Sara.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] At once, the monkey jumped down and began to run round the room. Sara laughed. She got up on the table and looked out of her window, and at the next window she saw a face the smiling face of an Indian lascar.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh," cried Sara, "have you got a monkey? He's in my room."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The lascar's name was Ram Dass, and yes, it was his monkey. He gave Sara a big smile.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I'm so sorry," he said. "Can I come and get him?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh yes, please," said Sara. "I think he's afraid of me. And he runs so fast. But can you get across the roof?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Yes, Ram Dass could, and a minute later he was in Sara's room. Soon the monkey jumped into his arms, and Ram Dass thanked Sara again and again. Then he went away, across the roof, back into the house next door.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara went to the shops five or six times a day, and when she walked past the house next door, she often thought about the Indian gentleman. She felt sorry for him. He had no wife or family, and the doctor visited the house every day. Mr.Carmichael, the lawyer often visited, too, and sometimes the Carmichael children went with him.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara was pleased about that. "It's nice to see friendly faces when you are ill," she thought.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The Indian gentleman thought that, too. He liked children very much, but he was a very unhappy man. Mr.Carmichael was his friend, and he talked to him a lot. But they talked about only one thing.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I must find the child," said the Indian gentleman (his name was Mr.Carrisford). "I must find her and take care of her. But where is she? Here I am, with all this money from the diamond mines—and half of it is Ralph Crewe's money. Oh, Carmichael, why did I leave my friend and run away when things looked bad? Why?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "You ran away because you were ill with a fever," said Mr Carmichael. "It nearly killed you, remember?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "And it did kill poor Ralph," said Mr.Carrisford. "He put all his money into the mines because I was his friend. But at first we didn't find any diamonds, and all Ralph's money was gone. I was afraid to tell him, so I ran away. And later, when we did find diamonds, Ralph was dead. He laughed, angrily. "What a brave friend I was!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "It's not easy to be brave," Mr Carmichael said quietly, "when you're ill with a fever."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr.Carrisford looked into the fire. "Ram Dass tells me," he said, "about a little servant-girl next door. The monkey ran away, and Ram Dass went across the roof to get him back from her room. The poor child sleeps in a cold, dirty attic, and works about sixteen hours a day. Is Ralph's daughter living like that? I can't stop thinking about it."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "We are going to find her one day," said Mr.Carmichael.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "But how?" said Mr.Carrisford. He put his head in his hands. "I never saw her. I don't know her name! Ralph always called her his "Little Missus". We talked all the time about the mines. He never told me the name of her school. Her mother was French, so did he take her to a school in France? Or was it in England?”[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Well, we know there was a child at a school in Paris," said Mr.Carmichael, "with the name of Carew or Crewe. Her father died suddenly, and a Russian family took her away with them, because she was a friend of their daughter. Perhaps this girl is Ralph Crewe's child. Next week I'm going to Moscow to look for her."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I want to go with you, but I m not well," said Mr.Carrisford. "I must find her, Carmichael. I must. Every night, in my dreams, I see Ralph Crewe's face, and he says: "Tom, Tom, where is my Little Missus? And I have no answer for him." Mr.Carrisford took his friend's hand. "Help me to find her. Help me."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Winter came, with its short, dark days, and the attic rooms were very cold.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] There were no fires for servant girls, and often Sara and Becky could not sleep because of the cold. Sara was taller now, and her old black dress was very short. Her shoes were old, and she had no warm coat for the winter weather. She was thin, too. She did not get very much to eat, and she was always hungry.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] She carried big baskets of shopping through the rain and the snow. One day she found a sixpence in the snow, and she bought some hot new bread with it. Then she saw a child by the door of the shop. The child had no-shoes and no coat, and her thin face was blue with cold.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "She is hungrier than I am," thought Sara. And she gave her hot new bread to the child.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] When she got back to the school, Miss Minchin was angry. "Cook is waiting for you, Sara. Why are you late?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I can't walk quickly through the snow," said Sara. "My shoes are old, Miss Minchin, and my feet get very cold."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Miss Minchin did not like to hear this. "Don't speak to me like that!" she said. "I am kind to you, I'm giving you a home, but you never say 'thank you' to me."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara looked at her. "You are not kind," she said quietly. "And this is not a home."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Go to your room at once!" said Miss Minchin.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] On the stairs Sara met Lavinia. Lavinia looked at her and gave a little laugh. "Oh, here's Princess Sara," she said, "in her old dress and her dirty shoes!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] In the attic, Sara sat down on the chair by her table.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I must be brave," she whispered. "A princess is always brave, so I must be, too. But it's not easy." She put her head down on her arms. "Oh, Father, do you remember your Little Missus? Can you see me now?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] And in the house next door, Mr.Carrisford sat by a warm fire. Moscow is a long way from London, and he could only wait, but he thought about Ralph Crewe's child every day. He thought about other children, too.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Ram Dass," he said. "How is that poor little servant-girl next door? Can we do something for her?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I see her in the street every day," said Ram Dass. “In the rain, in the snow. She looks thin and hungry. But we can help her. I can easily get in through her attic window. Listen..." And he talked for some minutes.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr.Carrisford smiled. "Yes," he said to Ram Dass. "Yes, I like it. Let's do it."[/size][/font][/color]
[/color][/size][/font] A.Little.Princess 05. The magic
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][color=#000000][color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] One night, a week later, Ermengarde got quietly out of bed and went upstairs to the attic. Sara was not there, so Ermengarde sat on the bed and waited. At ten o'clock Sara came slowly up the stairs and into the room.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde looked at her. "Oh, Sara!" she cried. "Are you ill? Your face is white, and you look so tired!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "It was a hard day, Ermie," said Sara. She sat down.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Miss Minchin was angry with Cook. Then Cook was angry with us. Becky and I had no dinner and no tea."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Does that happen often?" said Ermengarde unhappily.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "You never told me. Are you—are you hungry now?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara looked at her. "Yes," she whispered. "Yes, I am. I would like to eat that table. I would like to eat you."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde jumped up. "Sara," she cried. "I had a box of things from home today. There's a big cake in it. I'm going to get it now! You and Becky can eat it all!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Soon, Ermengarde was back. The three girls sat on Sara's bed, and there were some happy smiles when Ermengarde opened her box and took out the cake.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, Miss, look at that!" said Becky.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "You are kind, Ermie," said Sara. She laughed. "It's magic, you know. When things are very bad, something nice always happens. Here we are, having a party!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde gave Sara and Becky some cake, and they began to eat. Suddenly, they stopped. There was a noise of feet on the stairs. They listened.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh no!" whispered Becky. "It's—it's Miss Minchin!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Yes," said Sara. Her face was white again.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Then the door opened, and Miss Minchin came in.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "So, Lavinia was right," she said angrily, "Tea with Princess Sara! Becky, get back to your attic at once!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, please, Miss Minchin!" cried Ermengarde, "It was my cake, from home. We're only having a party."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Go back to your room, Ermengarde," Miss Minchin said coldly, "and take these things with you. And tomorrow"—she looked at Sara—"there's no breakfast, no dinner, and no tea for you. Remember that!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Soon the attics were quiet again. Tired and hungry, the two servant-girls went to sleep. But after an hour or two Sara opened her eyes. Was it a noise from the window perhaps?[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Something is different," Sara whispered. "What is it?" She sat up in bed and looked round the room. She looked again and again, and her eyes were very big.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The room was different very different. There was a wonderful hot fire. There were new, warm blankets on her bed, and beautiful pictures on the walls.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara slowly got out of bed. "Is this a dream?" she said. "Where did all these things come from?" She put out her hand to the fire. "No, it's not a dream. The fire is hot I can feel it. And oh! Look at the table!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] There was a red cloth on the table, and cups and plates. There was hot tea, and wonderful things to eat—hot meat pies and sandwiches and cake, oranges and apples.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara ran to Becky's room. "Becky," she whispered. "Come quickly. The magic is here again. Come and look."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] When Becky saw the room, she could not speak at first. Then she said, "Oh, Miss! What is it? How did all these things get here?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I don't know," said Sara. "It's magic. At first I thought it was a dream, but it isn't. Look, these pies are hot. Let's eat them. Hot meat pies aren't a dream!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] They sat down by the fire, and ate and drank.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, those pies were good, Miss!" Becky said. "And the tea and the cake. I don't understand magic, but I like it!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara looked round the room. "Oh, Becky, look! There are some books, too. I didn't see them before."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] She ran to look at them, and opened the top book.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "There's some writing here! Listen. It says, "To the little girl in the attic. From a friend." "Oh, Becky!" Sara closed the book and looked up. "I have a friend, Becky," she said slowly. "Someone is my friend."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The next morning Becky met Sara in the kitchen.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, Miss," she whispered. "Was the magic there this morning? Or did it go away in the night?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "No, it's still there," Sara whispered back. "I ate some cold meat pie for breakfast. And the fire was still warm!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Becky laughed happily. "Oh my! Oh my!" she said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px]Miss Minchin could not understand it. When Sara came into the schoolroom, she looked happy and well. Miss Minchin wanted to see a white, unhappy face, and eyes red from crying. "How can that child smile?" she thought angrily. But of course, she did not know about the magic.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] And the magic did not go away. Every evening, when Sara went up to bed, she found new things in the attic. There were more warm blankets, for her and for Becky. There were pictures on the walls; there were books, new shoes, and a winter coat. And best of all, there was always a fire, and a wonderful hot dinner on the table.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "But where does it all come from?" Becky said one night when they sat by the fire. "Who does it, Miss?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "A friend does it," Sara said. "A kind, wonderful friend. But he doesn't want us to know his name."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] They began to look at one of the new books, and then Becky looked up.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, Miss," she whispered. "There's something at the window. What is it?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara got up to look. "It's the monkey!" she said. "The monkey from next door." She opened the window, and the monkey jumped down into her arms. "Oh, you poor little thing," Sara said. "You're so cold!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Becky was very interested. "I never saw a monkey before," she said. "He's not very beautiful, Miss! What are you going to do with him?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "It's very late now," said Sara. "He can stay in my room tonight, and I can take him home in the morning."[/size][/font][/color]
[/color][/font] A.Little.Princess 06. Lost and found
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][color=#000000][color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The next morning, the first visitor to the house next door was Mr.Carmichael, back from Russia. But when he came into the house, his face was sad. Mr.Carrisford knew the answer at once.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "You didn't find her," he said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "I found her," Mr.Carmichael said. "But it was the wrong girl. Her name is Emily Carew, and she's much younger than Ralph Crewe's daughter. I'm very sorry."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "We must begin again," said Mr.Carrisford unhappily.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "But where? It's two years now. Two years!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Well, she isn't at a school in Paris. We know that," Mr Carmichael said. "Let's look at the schools in England now."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Yes," said Mr Carrisford. "Yes, we can begin in London. There's a school next door, Carmichael."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Perhaps it was the magic again, but at that moment Ram Dass came quietly into the room.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "The little servant-girl from the attic is here," he said to Mr.Carrisford. "With the monkey. He ran away again last night to her room. Would you like to see her?"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Yes," said Mr.Carrisford. "Yes, I would. Bring her in."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] And so Sara came into the room and stood in front of the Indian gentleman. She smiled at him. "Your monkey came to my room last night," she said, "and I took him in because it was so cold."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr.Carrisford watched her face with interest. "That was kind of you," he said.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara looked at Ram Dass by the door. "Shall I give him to the lascar?" she asked.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "How do you know he is a lascar?" said Mr.Carrisford.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Oh, I know lascars," Sara said. "I was born in India."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr.Carrisford sat up suddenly. “In India?” he said. "But you're a servant at the school next door."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Yes, I am now," said Sara. "But I wasn't at first."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The Indian gentleman looked at Mr.Carmichael, and then Mr.Carmichael looked at Sara.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "What do you mean by 'at first', child?" he asked.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "When Father first took me to the school."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "Where is your father?" said Mr.Carmichael.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "He died," said Sara very quietly. "His friend ran away with all his money, and there was no money for me. There was nobody to take care of me. So Miss Minchin put me in the attic and said I must work for my bread."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The Indian gentleman moved in his chair. "What—what was your father's name?" he said. "Tell me."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara looked at him sadly. "Ralph Crewe," she said. "He died in India from a fever, two years ago."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Mr.Carrisford's face went very white. "Carmichael," he whispered, "it is the child—the child!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] That was an exciting day for many people. At first poor Sara did not understand. But Mr.Carmichael talked to her quietly and told her everything—the true story about her father's friend and the diamond mine, and the two years of looking for Ralph Crewe's daughter.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "And all the time," she said later to Mr.Carrisford, when they sat by his fire, "I was in the house next door." [/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Tom Carrisford took her hand. "Yes," he said. "And you're never going back there. Your home is with me now. I'm going to take care of Ralph's Little Missus."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Sara laughed, happily. "And you were the friend, too. All those beautiful things in my attic came from you—you and Ram Dass. Becky and I thought it was magic!"[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] The Indian gentleman smiled at her. "We were sorry for you," he said. "Ram Dass can move very quietly, and he carried the things across the roof when you were out. I couldn't find Ralph's daughter, but I wanted to help somebody. And then Ram Dass told me about this sad, lonely little servant-girl in the attic next door."[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] And so the story ended happily for everybody but not for Miss Minchin. Sara was very rich now, and Miss Minchin wanted her to come back to the school. She came to see Mr.Carrisford, but he said some very angry things to her, and she went away with a red face.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Becky came to live in Mr.Carrisford's house, too. She was Sara's servant, and she was very happy. She had a warm room, nice dresses, and good things to eat every day. And she loved Sara very much.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] Ermengarde often came to visit Sara, and Sara helped her with her school lessons again. Ermengarde was not clever, but she was a true friend. On that first day in the Indian gentleman's house, Sara wrote a letter to her, and Ermengarde carried the letter into the schoolroom.[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000][font=微软雅黑][size=18px] "There were diamond mines," she told Lavinia and the other girls. "There were! There were millions and millions of diamonds in the mines, and half of them are Sara's. And they were her diamonds all the time when she was cold and hungry in the attic. And she was a princess then, and she's a princess now!"[/size][/font][/color]
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