70篇短文突破中考词汇(7)

的学业。 “他是个不错的男孩(boy)。 ”杰克的父亲(father)说， “请原谅(pardon)他吧！如果这次您能让他通过(pass)， 我确信 (I'm sure) 他明年一定会大有长进 (improve a lot) ；而且会在年终时真正地 (really) 很出色地通过考 试。 ”

8. We Really Don't Know

(2)“ No, no, that's quite impossible! ” replied the professor immediately. “ Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he didn't know! ” “ Please, sir, give him another chance ” said Jack's father. “ You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house so we even don't know that Napoleon was ill rece ntly.”

8．我们真的不知道

(2) “不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。 ”教授立即(immediately)回答(reply)， “您知道吗，上个月 我问他拿破仑是什么时候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！ ” “先生，请再给他一次机会(give him another chance)吧。 ”杰克的父亲说道， “您要知道，恐怕 (I'm afraid)是 因 为 我 们 家 里 没 有 报 纸 (newspaper) 。 因 此 我 们 甚 至 连 拿 破 仑 近 来 (recently) 病 了 (ill) 都 不 知 道。 ”

9. Raymond

(1) Everybody dreams of doing something important. As a boy Raymond

dreamed of being a scientist, in fact, he is a p ostman now. Raymond is an active

young man. He lives by the saying( 格 言 ) “ If you can't live the life you love, Love the life you live ” He greets everyone with a big smile and a friendly “ Hi, how are you? ” And he really wants to know! It's hard to fee! unhappy when we hear him whistling( 吹 口 哨)happily up and down the street.

9．雷蒙德(1) 每个人 (everybody) 都梦想 (dream of) 做些重要的事。雷蒙德小时候梦想成为一名科学家 (scientist) ，实际上 (in fact)他现在是一名邮递员(postman)。 雷蒙德是个积极主动的(active)年轻人。他信奉的格言是“如果你不能过你热爱的生活，那就热爱你所过的 生活。 ” 带着灿烂的微笑(smile)， 他向每一个人打招呼(greet)， 还来一句友好的(friendly)问候， “嗨， 你好吗？” 而且他确实想知道！当我们听到他欢快地吹着口哨在街道(street)上来来往往(up and down)时，想不高兴都难 (hard)。