70篇短文突破中考词汇(12)

14．美国的体育 世界上许多地方(many parts)有四个季节(season)：春(spring)、夏(summer)、秋(fall)、冬(winter)。美国却只有 三个：足球、篮球(basketball)和棒球(baseball)。如果你想知道是什么赛季(season)，只需看一下人们在玩哪 种球即可。 体育是美国文化(American culture)的一个重要部分(part)。 学生在校时学习很多体育项目。 他们上体育课(PE)。 有些学生加入校队(join the school

team)．还有些学生加入学校体育联盟。 对于许多美国人来说，体育不只是为了玩(for fun)。体育几乎(almost)是一种宗教。成千上万的(thousands of) 体育迷(sports fan)购买昂贵的门票(ticket)去观看(watch)他们最喜欢的球队以及体育明星(star)比赛。 其他体育 迷在家通过电视(on TV)看比赛。最铁杆的体育迷从不会错过(miss) 一场比赛。

15.The Apple Tree

(1) A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the treetop, ate the apples, played under the tree... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by...The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad.“Come and play with me,”the tree asked the boy. “ I am no longer a kid I do not play around trees any more ” The boy replied, “ I want toys. I need money to buy them. ” “ Sorry, but I don't have money. But you can pick all my apples and sell them So, you will have money. ” The boy was so excited. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn't come back after he pic ked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited “ Come and play with me ” The tree said “ I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house Can you help me? ” “ Sorry, but I don't have a house But you can cut off my branches( 枝 干)to build your house.”, so the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him full of joy, but the boy didn't appear since then The tree was again lonely and sad.

15.苹果树

(1) 很久以前有一棵巨大的(huge)苹果树(apple tree)。一个小男孩每天都喜欢来到树旁玩耍。他爬(climb)到树顶、 吃苹果、在树下玩??他爱这棵树，树也爱和他一起玩。 随着时间的流逝，小男孩长大了(grow up)。他不再到树旁玩耍了。 一天，男孩回到树旁，他看起来很悲伤。 “来和我玩吧！ ”树说。 “我不再是个