I'm Glad
A Sunday school teacher was telling her pupils the importance of making others glad."Now，children，"said she，"has anyone of you ever made someone else glad?"
"Please，teacher:said a small boy，:I’ve made someone glad yesterday."
"Well done. Who was that”
"My granny."
"Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad."
"Please，teacher，I went to see her yesterday，and stayed with her three I said to her，‘Granny, I’m going home’，and she said，‘Well，I'm glad!’”
我很高兴
学校的老师正在对学生讲使别人高兴的重要性。“现在，孩子们，”她说:“她们当中有谁让别人高兴过?”
“我，老师，”一个小男孩说:“昨天我就使别人高兴过。”
“做得好。是谁呢?”
“我奶奶。”
“好孩子。现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的。”
“是这样的.，老师。我昨天去看她，在她那儿待了三个小时。然后我跟她说:‘奶奶，我要回家了。’她说:‘啊，我很高兴!’”
Alexander the Great
Landon had made an unsuccessful attempt at the recitation，and the doctor，somewhat nettled，said:“Landon，you don't seem to be getting on very fast in this subject. You seem to lack ，at your age Alexander the Great had conquered half the world.
"Yes，”said Landon，"he couldn’t help it，for you will recall the fact, doctor, that Alexander the Great had Aristotle for a teacher.”
recitation
nettle
ambition
conquer
亚历山大大帝
兰登作了一次不成功的朗诵。教授有点不悦，对他说道:“兰登，你在这门课上好像进步不大，你好像缺乏志向。亚历山大大帝在你这个年龄可已经征服了半个世界。”
“是啊，”兰登说，“他没法不那样。教授先生，您回想一下史实，亚历山大大帝有亚里士多德做他的老师。”
n.[U][C]背诵，朗诵，当众吟诵
vt.惹怒,使恼火
n.[U][C]雄心，抱负;野心
vt.&vi.得胜，胜利;攻克，攻取
The Right Leg
Proctor(exceedingly angry):So you confess that this unfortunate freshman was carried to this frog pond and drenched?Now what part did you take in this disgraceful affair?
Sophomore(meekly):The right leg，sir.
pond
drench
sophomore
meekly
右腿
学监(非常生气):现在你承认这可怜的新生被扔进这蛙池里，浑身湿透?那么你在这不光彩的事情里扮演了什么角色呢?
二年级学生(恭顺地):右腿，先生。
n.[C]池塘
vt，使湿透，浸湿
adj.温顺地;逆来顺受地
