1、1.red ball on the floor,the ball is on the floor. it is a red ball. it is a rubber(橡膠) ball. the baby looks at the ball. the cat looks at the ball. the cat is black. the cat walks over to the ball. the cat hits the ball with its paw. the ball rolls on the floor. the baby smiles.,2.warm air and a san

2、dwich,the window is open. air comes through the window. it is warm air. it is a warm day. the air smells like bread. it smells like fresh bread. it smells good. it makes the boy hungry. the boy goes to the kitchen. he makes a sandwich. he sits down. he eats the sandwich.,3.he gets dressed,sees his f

3、riend,the boy puts on his socks. he puts on his shoes. he ties his shoelaces. he walks to the front door. he turns the doorknob. he pulls the door open. he steps outside. he closes the door behind him. he walks to the corner. he sees his friend. he waves to his friend.,4.a little horse crossing the

4、river,there are an old horse and a little horse on a farm. one day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill. the little horse is very happy. he carries the wheat and runs toward the mill. but there is a river in front of the little horse. he stops and does not know what to d

5、o next. just then aunt cow is passing by.,the little horse asks, “aunt cow, please tell me. can i cross the river ” aunt cow answers, “it is not deep, you can cross it.” when the little horse begins to cross the river, a little squirrel shouts at him, “l(fā)ittle horse, dont cross it, you will be drowne

6、d. yesterday one of my friends was drowned in this river.” the little horse is very afraid. finally he decides to go home and ask his mother.,the old horse asks, “why do you take the wheat back? whats wrong with you, my child?” the little horse answers sadly, “there is a river in front of me. aunt c

7、ow said it was not deep. but the little squirrel said it was deep. what shall i do ” the old horse says, “my child, you should try to cross the river by yourself. if you do not try, how do you know the river is deep or not ”,the little horse carries the wheat and returns to the riverside. at last, h

8、e succeeds in crossing the river. now, he knows how deep the river is.,5.what is time?,time is grain for peasants. time is wealth for workers. time is life for doctors. time is victory for soldiers. time is knowledge for students. time is speed for scientists. time is money for businessmen. time is

9、everything for all of us. therefore, seize the time of today!,6.a friend,when you read an english book, you often come across new words. you might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?,you have a good

10、 friend then. from him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. this friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. do you know who this friend is?,it is a dictionary. you can learn some important things about words from it, so y

11、ou must know how to use it.,7.learning english in england,i came to england last summer. i have been in england for eleven months. i am going to finish my studies in england soon, and will leave for china next month. at first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in english.,

12、now i can speak english much better, and even understand english television, because i have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot. i have lots of english friends now. some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. they are interested to learn about china and

13、 chinese people. every time they ask me a lot of questions, i realize how little i know about my own country.,8.charles chaplin,one day a small boy called charles chaplin was walking along the street in london. it was a cold winters day in 1900. he wanted to buy some bread, but he didnt have any mon

14、ey. his father had died when he was very young. he and his brother, sid, had to work to help their sick mother.,although charles was small, his dream was very big. he wanted to be a great man in the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dancer and singer. thirty years later, this s

15、ame boy was among the most famous people in the world. even if you do not understand english, you can enjoy his films, because no words are used in his films.,9.dogs,people often say that a dog is mans best friend. over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides gua

16、rding the home. for example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock(群) of hundreds of sheep.,dogs have been used to help disabled people for centuries. a guide dog can lead its blind（瞎的） owner. nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dia

17、l the telephone for their disabled owners. for the most of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.,10.a dish washer,some people have dogs or cats as pets. one woman in new york keeps a monkey as her pet. this monkey can wash dishes. he washes t

18、he dishes for the woman every day. he likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. sometimes he washes the same dishes over and over. if the woman tries to stop him, he then gets angry. he begins to throw the dishes. but this does not happen very often.,the womans husband is very happy with the mon

19、key. the husband never needs to help his wife wash the dishes. the monkey does all this work. the husband says that he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to wash dishes so much.,11.the dog and his shadow,it happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. o

20、n his way home he met a river. as he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water. just look! he said to himself. that dog down there has some meat, too. if i could get it away from him, i would really eat well tonight!,with this thought, he made a snap（猛咬） at the other dogs meat. and as he did, his

21、own meat fell into the water. so then he had nothing at all. then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too. that is as it should be! thought he. for i saw him trying to take my meat away from me. by wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!,12“i dont have to eat all the egg.

22、”,a lady once wrote a long story. she sent it to a famous editor. after a few weeks the story was returned to her. the lady was angry. she wrote to the editor: dear sir: yesterday you sent back a story of mine. how do you know that the story is not good?,you did not read it. before i sent you the story, i pasted（粘貼） together pages 18, 19 and 20. this was a test to see whether you would read the story. when the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you? the editor wrote back: dear madam: at breakfast when