"Ten steps from the porch and twenty steps from the rose bushes," growled Bluebeard in Jimmy's dream one night. "There be treasure there! Aawrgh."
So the next day Jimmy began to dig. He dug until the hole was deep and the dirt pile was high.
He kept digging. The hole got deeper and the dirt pile got higher.

Once there was a blind. One day when he was walking, he stepped the head of the dog who was sleeping. The dog barked for a while. The blind man went on for miles, this time he stepped the other dog's tail, so this dog barked. The blind man had thought that it was the first dog, so he said in surprise, " It's a wonder that the dog is so long.

Our physics professor was struggling to draw the class into discussion of Archimede's principle of water displacement. He told us that Archimede noticed that when he got into a pool at the public bathhouse, the water rose spilling over the edge. Excited at his discovery, he ran down the street yelling, "Eureka, eureka!" The instructor asked if anyo

　　"'is that so?" said my father-in-law." Then just keep loading them on my truck until they're free.
Notes:
(1) landscaping n.庭院布置
(2) brick-yard n.砖场
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① My father-in-law wanted to do some front-yard landscaping.
② He went to the bric

　When Jack bowed to someone, he always did it at lightening speed. You shouldn't wait any longer after he has had his head nod. So he was blamed for no manners. Then some warmhearted men taught him, "When you bow to somebody next time, you can count 'January, February, March. until December. Then you can lift your body up. Thus, the ceremony will b

　　"Drew," I scolded, "no one can understand a word you're saying.
"He says he wants some ketchup," my husband said calmly
A woman sitting nearby leaned over and asked, "How in the world did you understand him?"
"I'm a dentist," my husband explained.
Notes:
(1) reprimand v.申斥

　　"Don't listen to them," his mother said, "You have a beautiful head. Now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of patotoes."
"Where is the shopping bag?"
"I haven't got one-use your hat
Notes:
(1) make fun of取笑；嘲弄
(2) shopping bag购物袋
Exercises:

The owner of a small travel agency saw an attractive couple gazing at his travel poster. Suddenly inspired, he ran up and told them his idea. "I'll give you an all-expenses-paid vacation in exchange for appearing in ads endorsing my agency." They agreed on the spot.
　　Three weeks later he met them at the airport. While the man checked o

　　Overhearing this, a woman remarked, "You mean to say it took you all this time to lose one pound?"
Notes:
(1) compliment (sb. on sth. ) v.恭维；称赞
(2) brag v.自夸；夸耀
(3) tip the scale at称量
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① How much had the man's co-worker lost i

I teach computer courses, and my students often call me at home with questions. One morning I was on the phone, explaining in computer language the solution to a problem, while a repairman was fixing my refrigerator. After an endless stream of "C colon, back- slash, greater than, cd, backslash, DOS, 0 colon" and so on, I hung up and found the repai

　　"Let's go to the fair, Matt," his wife said. "We haven't been anywhere for a long time."
　　Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, "All right, but I'm not going to spend much money. We'll look at things, but we won't buy anything. "
　　They went to the fair and look

　　"I dream of making a million dollars in farming, like my father," the student replied.
"Your father made a million dollars in farming?" echoed the impressed dean.
"No," replied the applicant. "But he always dreamed of it.
Notes:
(1) dean of admissions 招生办主任
(2) prospective

　　"Oh, that's nice," said his wife.
The next day, at the grocery store, a young woman who had attended the lecture recognized the minister's wife. "That was certainly an excellent talk your husband gave yesterday, " she said. "He really has a unique perspective on the subject." Somewhat chagrined, the minister' s wife replied,

My husband and I are both writers. During dinner conversations, we often tell our children about our working days. It wasn't clear how much they absorbed until one day I overheard my seven-year- old, Lucy, cry out in frustration at her five-year-old sister, Charlotte, "You, you... you editor!"
Notes:
(1) impression n.印象

　　"Okay," said the woman on the phone, "but you' 11 have to write a letter to the bank telling them that you are requesting this. "
Notes:
(1) dislocate v.脱离原位；使脱臼
(2) signature n.签名
(3) due to由于
(4) honor v.承认并如期支付
Exercises:
根据短文填空：
①

　　"I didn't?" the doctor says." Then what are you doing out of bed?"
Notes:
(1) spot v.（从很多人或物中）认出；看出
(2) mall n.集市
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① Where did the guy see his doctor?
A. in the barber's
B. in the shopping center
C.

　　Three women die together in an accident and go to heaven. When they get there， St. Peter says， “We only have one rule here in heaven……don't step on the ducks.” So they entered heaven， and sure enough， there are ducks all over the place. It is almost impossible not to step on a duck， and although they try their best to avoid them， the f

　　HOST： Saturdays are fun. Everyone likes to play on Saturday. This Saturday Nick's at Theo's house. It's cold and snowy， and they're going to play.
　　THEO'S MOTHER： Theo！ You can't play in those clothes.
　　THEO： Why？
　　THEO'S MOTHER： Well， look at Nick. It's winter！ It's cold！ You have to dress for the season. It

　Host：
　　I love food！ One of my favorite food is ice cream. Sometime I buy ice cream in the supermarket. I also like to go to the ice cream shop. How do they make ice cream？ Let's watch and find out.
　　Documentary：
　　Ice cream. It's fun. It's cold. And it tastes good. Here at Amy's Ice Cream Shop， ice cream is made with lots of