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Appendix 附录
Interesting English 1. Autumn Thoughts To Sand And Sky Dry vine, old tree,
crows at dusk, Low bridge, stream
running, cottage, Ancient road, west
wind, lean nag, The sun westering. And one with broken heart at the sky’s edge. 2. Little
Tom liked to ask questions. One day, he asked his father one more question. His
father didn’t know the answer. “Don’t ask me so many questions,” he said. “You
have asked nearly a hundred questions today. I didn’t ask my father as many
questions when I was a boy. “Well, Daddy,
perhaps you would know more answers to my questions if you had asked more.” said
Tom. 3.
My baby’s
a year old. He’s been walking ever since he was eight months old. Really? He must be getting awfully tired by
now. 4.
Why are
you knitting three socks? My son wrote me that he’s grown a foot since
he’s been in the army. 5.
Using
Head Dad: My son, I wonder why you wag your head
while reading? Son: Our teacher says one should use his
head diligently while he is reading. 6.
The
Queen Mother of the West refers to a mythological figure， usually described as a beautiful immortal who dwells
at Jasper Lake in the Kunlun Mountains and
in whose huge palace grow the magical peach trees which bear the fruits of
immortality once every three thousand years. 7.
The Xi’an
Incident occurred in Xi’an on December 12, 1936 when Generals Zhang Xueliang
and Yang Hucheng took Chiang Kai shek hostage and demanded that he cease the
civil war and unite with the Communist Party in a national war against Japanese
aggression. 8.
The
Zunyi Meeting is the historic meeting in Zunyi, Guizhou Province, in January,
1935, which put an end to rhe domination of the Left opportunist line in the
Party Central Committee and established Chairman Mao’s leadership in the whole
party. 9.
The
Autumn Harvest Uprising was an armed uprising led by Mao Zedong in 1927 in the
Hunan-Jiangxi border region, which made the Chinese Communist Party’s
independent building of a revolutionary army. 10. The red bean grows in southern lands. With
spring its slender tendrils twine. Gather for me some more, I pray, of fond
remembrance it is the sign. 11. Son: Papa, would you be glad if I saved you
a dollar? Father: Certainly, son. Son: Well, I saved it for you, all right! You said if I brought
a good report from my teacher this week, you would give me a dollar, and I didn’t
bring it! 12. Student: Teacher, would you punish anyone
for something he didn’t do? Teacher: Certainly not. Student: Good! Because I didn’t do my homework! 13. My clock has gone wrong and chimes three
times at one o’clock, four times at two o’clock and so on. It is also half an
hour fast. What is the correct time when the clock has just chimed eight?
(key:5:30) 14. Tom is twice as old as Mary, but he is two
years younger than Jim. What is Mary’s age if Jim will be twenty years old in
two years’ time? (key eight years old) 15. A man is alone on an island with no food and
no water, yet he doesn’t fear for his life. Why? (a traffic island)
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