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(1TheWeather
InwintertheweatherinEnglandisoftenverycold.Inspringandautumntherearesometimescolddays,
buttherearealsodayswhentheweatheriswarm.Theweatherisusuallywarminsummer.Itissometimeshotinsummer,butitisnotoftenveryhot.Thereareoftencooldaysinsummer.
Whenthetemperatureisover27C,Englishpeoplesayitishot.Whenthetemperatureisabout21C,theysay
itiswarm.
InthenorthofEuropeitisverycoldinwinter.InthesouthofEuropethesummerisoftenveryhot.
InthesouthofSpain(1andinNorthAfrica(2thesummerisalwayshot.
Waterfreeze(3at0C.Whenwaterfreezes,itchangesfromaliquid4intoice.Waterboils(5at
100C.Whenwaterboils,itchangesfromaliquidintosteam(6.
Notes:(1Spain/speln/n.西班牙(2Africa/'frlk/n.非洲(3freeze/fri:z/v.结冰
liquid/'llkwld/n.液体(5boil/bIl/v.沸腾；(水开
1.WhatistheweatherlikeinsummerinEngland?A.Veryhot.B.Warm.C.Cool.D.BothAandC.2.Whatdoyouthink
“thenorthofEurope"means?
(4
(6steam/sti:m/n.蒸汽
A.Apartofacountry.B.ThecapitalofEurope.C.AcountryinthenorthofEurope.D.ApartofEurope.
3.Whenwaterfreezes,itchangesfrointo___A.water,iceB.water,steamC.steam,iceD.ice,water
4.Thewriterwantstotellussomethingabout.A.theweatherinEuropeB.theweatherinEnglandC.someknowledgeofthetemperatureD.threestatesofwater
⑵TheArtistandtheBeggar(1
Anartistwascominghomebytrainoneday.Hehadn'tmuchmoneybutwasverykind.Hegavehislastfew
coins(2toabeggar,buthesawanotherone,andforgotthathedidrithaveanymoneyinhispockets.Heaskedthemanifhelikedtohavelunchwithhim,andthebeggar,ofcourse,agreed.Sotheywentintoasmallrestaurantandhadagoodmeal.
Intheend,theartistcouldnotpaythebill(3,andthebeggarhadtodoso.Theartistfeltvery
sorryforit,sohesaidtothebeggar,"Comehomewithmeinataxi,myfriend.AndIgiveyouthemoneyforourlunch."Oh,no!"thebeggaransweredquickly.payforyourtaxihome!"Notes:(1beggar/'beg/n.乞丐1.Whatkindofmanwastheartist?2.Whatdidhedotothefirstbeggar?
3.Whatdidtheartistforgetwhenheinvitedanotherbeggartohavelunchwithhim?
ll
Ihadtopayforyourlunch,butI(3bill/bll/n.帐单
mnot
(2coin/kln/n.硬币
4.Whopaidforthemeal?5.Whatdidtheartistwanttodoatlast?6.Whydidn'tthebeggargohomewiththeartist?
(3ACommonLanguage
Thereisacommon(1languagepopularineverycountryintheworld.Allthepeople,oldandyoung,menand
women,mustuseit.
It'severybody'ssecondlanguage.I'tseasytolearn,though(2youdon'thearit.It'ssignlanguage(3.Whenyouwavetoafriend,youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyousmileatsomeone,youmeantobefriendly.
Whenyouputupyourhandinclass,youaresaying,“Pleaseaskme.Iknowthecorrectanswer."Whenyouputyourfingerinfrontofyourmouth,youmean“Bequiet."Thedeafusesignlanguagetotalktoeachother.ThereisevenauniversityforthedeafintheUnitedStates.TherearealsoTVprogrammesforthedeafpeople.Theyusesignlanguagetotelleverybody.
Notes:(1common/'kmn/adj.共同的(2though/u/conj.尽管(3signIanguage手势语(4wave/weIv/v.挥
手
1.EusessignIanguage.
2.SignIanguageisnotd,sowecanIearnit.3.MostpeopIewhocansusesignIanguage,too.
4.IfsomeonesmiIesatyou,itmeanshe/sheisfriendIytyou.5.Ifyoucanaaquestion,youshouIdputupyourhandfirst.
6.Youputyourfingerinfrontofyourmouthifyouwantsomeonenottosanything.7.ThedeafcantaIktoeachotherwsignIanguage.
8.SomeAdeafpeopIecanIearnsignIanguageintheuniversity(4TomBrokeaPIateoraGoIdWatch?
ItwasSundayandTomwasstayingathome.AfterbreakfasthewentoutintothegardenandpIayedquietIyby
himseIf.Therewerenokidsaroundandhewasused(to1pIayingaIonequietIy.HepIayedwithBobby,the
