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新牛津英语模块六第二单元课外趣味阅读及练习题

课外趣味阅读

幽默故事

The Fox and the Grapes（狐狸與葡萄）

Early in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them.

He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain.

At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.” And he went away.

早在秋天,一只狐狸看见成熟的葡萄在一个花园。他想吃掉它们。 他自言自语道:“我是多么幸运啊!我已经找到了一些不错的葡萄。“他爬进那园子,来到了葡萄。他跳起来葡萄,但是他不能接近他们。他跳了一遍又一遍,但徒劳无功。

最后他还是放弃了,自言自语地说:“葡萄是酸的。我不想吃不到葡萄说

葡萄酸。”,他就走了。

The Dog, the Cock and the Fox（狗、公雞和狐狸）

A dog and a cock were good friends and they were traveling together. When night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and slept there, and the god found a hollow in the same tree and slept in it. When the morning came, the cock woke up and began to crow.

A hungry fox heard this crow and wanted to get the cock for his dinner. Then the fox said to the cock, “What a beautiful morning this is! I want to talk to you. You have a very sweet voice. Won’t you come down and have a chat with me?”

“Thank you, Mr. Fox. But how about your coming up here? It is very nice and cool here,” replied the cock. “All right, I will. But how can I get up?” asked the fox. “Just go round the trunk below me, and wake my servant in a hollow. He will open the door for you,” said the cock. The fox came near the hollow. And the dog rushed out, sprang upon the fox and killed it at once.

那只狗、鸡和狐狸(狗,公雞和狐狸)

一只狗和一只公鸡是好朋友,他们在一起旅行。

当夜晚来临时,鸡飞到树上,睡在那里,和上帝发现了一个在空心树和睡在相同。当早晨来了,公鸡醒了并开始乌鸦。

,一只饥饿的狐狸听见乌鸦和想找公鸡吃饭。然后狐狸说对于公鸡,“这是一个美丽的早晨!我想和你谈谈。你有一个非常甜美的声音。你不下来跟我聊聊吗?”

“谢谢你,先生的狐狸。但是你来这里吗?它很好酷这里回答:“鸡就叫了。“好吧,我会的。但是,我怎么能起床?\狐狸问道。“只是绕行,树干下面我叫醒我的仆人在一个空的。他会帮你开门,他说:“鸡就叫了。狐狸来到附近的空虚。狗跑出来了,突然在福克斯和杀了它一次。

英语短文欣赏

池边的鹿The deer at the pool

Because of heat, a deer came to a spring to drink. Seeing his own shadow reflecting in the water, he greatly admired the size and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having such slender and weak feet.

天气炎热，一只鹿来到泉边饮水。看着自己倒映在水中的影子，鹿很欣赏他头上那巨大的鹿角和它们的参差有致，也为自己细长而柔弱的脚饿懊恼。

While he was in deep thought, a lion appeared at the pool duanwenw.com and sprang upon him. The deer immediately began to run away as fast as possible. As long as the road was smooth and open, he kept himself at ease at a safe distance from the lion. But entering a wood he became entangled by his horns, and the lion quickly came up to him and caught him. When too late he thus regretted, “My god! How have I cheated myself! These feet saved me, but I had despised them, and I duanwenwcom was proud of these antlers which have brought me destruction.”

正当他沉思的时候，一头狮子出现在池边，向他猛扑过来。鹿立刻以最快的速度逃走了。跑在平坦宽阔的路上，他很容易保持离狮子安全的距离，但一进树林，他就被自己的角缠住了。狮子迅速赶上来抓住了他。鹿此时悔之晚矣:””天啊！我怎么会自己欺骗自己！这些脚本来可以救我的命，我却轻视，而这些置我于死地的角我却感到荣耀

We often look down upon what is most truly valuable in our life. 在生活中，我们常常轻视一些真正有价值的东西。

同义词趣味巧辨析

justify, warrant

这两个动词均含“为……提供理由或根据”之意。

justify : 强调所提供的根据或理由不仅会迎合理性还满足了良心，并

且含“如果不提供理由辨护就会受到非难”的意味。 warrant : 指有充分的理由或有必要做某事。 cost, expend, spend, take 这些动词均含“花费”之意。

cost : 指花费时间、金钱、劳力等。其主语是物，而不能由人充当，也不用被动形式。

expend : 较正式用词，通常指为某一专门目的而花费大量金钱、时间或精力。

spend : 普通用词，与cost基本同义，但主语必须是人。

take : 普通用词，指需要占用空间、时间或精力等，其主语可以是人，也可以是一件事情。

中学重难知识点回顾

Up短语5

call up ——打电话 drive up to——开车到

go up to ——走到，走上前 live up to——达到标准，遵守

run up to——跑到（某人面前） walk up to——走到