7.

梗概：Rene Wagner 下班回到家，她的三个孩子都在看电视，但是家里乱七八糟。Rene

非常生气，从此，她也每天看电视不做家务。终于有一天，孩子们开始主动做家务。
关键词：watch TV （看电视） mess（杂乱） housework（家务） surprise（惊
奇）together（一起）
It is five o’clock in the evening when Rene Wagner comes home from work.
She walks into the living room and looks at her three children. The children are
14, 13 and 9 years old. They are watching TV. The living room is a mess. There
are empty glasses and dirty socks on the floor. There are cookies on the sofa.
Games and toys are everywhere. Rene is angry. “This place is a mess!” she tells
her children. “I can’t work all day and then do housework all evening. I’m not
going to do housework!” And so, Rene doesn’t do housework. She doesn’t clean.
She doesn’t wash dishes. She doesn’t wash clothes. Every evening she sits on
the sofa and watches TV. After two weeks, every plate, fork and glass in the
house is dirty. All the children’s clothes are dirty. Every garbage can is full. The
house is a mess. Then, one day Rene comes home from work and gets a big
surprise. The kitchen is clean! The next day, the living room is clean, and the
children are washing their clothes. Rene tells her children, “OK, I’ll do
housework again, but you have to help me.” Now Rene and her three children do
the housework together. Then they all sit on the sofa and watch TV.
信息点：
1. It is five in the evening when Rene comes back home.
2. Rene finds the living room is a mess.
3. Rene’s three children are all watching TV.
4. Rene is very angry and says she will not do housework.
5. From then on, Rene doesn’t do housework but just sits on the sofa and
watches TV every evening.
6. After two weeks, everything in the house is dirty.
7. Then, one day Rene comes back to a great surprise.
8. The children have begun to clean the house and do their own laundry.
9. Rene says that she will do housework again, but the children have to help.
10. Now Rene and her children do housework together and then watch TV
together.

8.
梗概：Jeff Keith 在 12 岁时因为癌症失去了右腿，但是他靠着假肢可以做很多运动。22 岁
那年，他横穿美国，从东海岸跑到西海岸。一路上他筹集善款，同时向人们宣传有关癌症
的知识。
关键词：cancer（癌症） artificial（人工的） run（跑）money（钱） disabled（残疾
的）
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer.
Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg. Every day, Jeff puts on an artificial
leg made of plastic. With the plastic leg, Jeff can ski, ride a bicycle, swim, and
play soccer. He can also run. When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across
the United States, from the East Coast to the West Coast. He started running in
Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200
miles; that’s about 16 miles each day. Jeff wore out 36 pairs of running shoes
and five plastic legs. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every
city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff. It was for the American
Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society used the money to learn about
cancer. On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff talked to people he met about cancer. He
also talked about being disabled. Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things.
Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I
ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.”
信息点：
1. When he was 12, Jeff had cancer and lost most of his right leg.
2. Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg made of plastic.
3. With the plastic leg Jeff can do many sports, including running.
4. Jeff ran across the United States at the age of 22.
5. Jeff started running in Boston and stopped running in Los Angeles.
6. Jeff ran 3,200 miles and wore out 36 pairs of running shoes and five plastic
legs.
7. In every city Jeff stopped, people gave him money.
8. The money was for the American Cancer Society, which does research on
cancer.
9. On the way to Los Angeles, Jeff not only talked to people about cancer but
also about being disabled.
10. Jeff said he ran to encourage people to do whatever they want to do,
regardless of whether they are disabled or not.

9.
梗概：Marie13 岁时吃了妈妈为圣诞节特别做的蛋糕后，突然咳嗽，然后接下来的 12 年
都不会说话。在她 25 岁那一年，有一天，她突然觉得嗓子疼，咳出来一枚硬币后她又能说
话了。
关键词：cake（蛋糕）coin（硬币） miss（丢失） cough（咳嗽） speak（说）
It was December 25. Marie, a 13-year-old Australian girl, was very happy. It
was Christmas, and Marie’s mother was making a special cake for dessert. Her
mother put four small coins into the cake and then she baked it. The four coins
were for good luck. After dinner Marie and her family ate the cake. They found
three coins in the cake and put them on the table. Where was the fourth coin? It
was missing, but Marie’s mother didn’t notice. After Christmas, Marie got sick.
She coughed, and she couldn’t speak. Marie’s parents took her to the hospital.
Doctors at the hospital looked at Marie. Marie’s parents asked the doctors, “Why
can’t Marie speak?” The doctors said, “We don’t know. We’re sorry, but we can’t
help her.” For 12 years, Marie didn’t speak. She grew up, she got a job, and she
got married, but she never spoke. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she
got a sore throat at work. She began to cough. She coughed up something small
and black. What was it? Marie didn’t know. She took it to the hospital. A doctor
said, “This is a coin!” The doctor told Marie, “I think you can speak again.” Marie
went to a special doctor, and soon she was talking.
信息点：
1. Marie’s mother put four small coins into a cake, which the family had for
dessert on Christmas Day.
2. After eating the cake, Marie and her family found only three coins in the cake.
3. Marie’s mother didn’t notice that the fourth coin gone.
4. Marie started coughing and soon she couldn’t speak at all.
5. The doctors said they didn’t know the reason and couldn’t help Marie.
6. Marie didn’t speak for the next 12 years.
7. One day, when Marie was 25 years old, she got a sore throat.
8. Marie began to cough and finally coughed up something small and black.
9. Marie took it to a doctor, and the doctor told her it was a coin.
10. Marie went to a special doctor, and soon she began to talk.

10.
梗概：John 和 Bobby 一对好朋友，每天形影不离。John 去世后，Bobby 非常伤心，接
下来的 14 年，他每天都守在 John 的坟墓前。原来 John 最好的朋友 Bobby 是条狗。
关键词：friend（朋友） happy（快乐的） grave（坟墓） stay（停留） dog（狗）
A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together.
Their names were John and Bobby. John and Bobby were not rich, but they
were happy. They were never lonely because they had each other. John and
Bobby liked to take long walks together. After their walks, John usually cooked
dinner. John and Bobby ate dinner and then sat in front of the fire. They had a
simple but good life. Then, in the spring of 1858, John got sick and died. He was
buried in a grave in Edinburgh. After John was buried, Bobby stood at John’s
grave and cried. “Come on, Bobby,” friends said. “It’s time to go home.” Bobby
went home, but later he returned to the grave. He sat down near John’s grave.
He stayed there all night. Bobby stayed at the grave the next day, and the next
day, and the next. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the grave. When the
weather was cold or rainy, he slept in a small house at the grave. When the
weather was warm, he slept on the ground near John’s grave. Finally, in 1872,
Bobby died, too. Friends buried him in a little grave near John. Why was
Bobby’s grave little? Bobby, John’s best friend, was a dog.
信息点：
1. John and Bobby, two friends lived together in a small house.
2. John and Bobby led a simple but good life.
3. John got sick and died in the spring of 1858.
4. After John was buried, Bobby stood at John’s grave and cried.
5. Bobby went home, but later he returned to the grave.
6. Now matter how the weather changed, Bobby never left the grave.
7. Bobby stayed at the grave for the next 14 years.
8. In 1872, Bobby died.
9. Bobby was buried in a little grave near John.
10. Bobby’s grave was little because Bobby was a dog.