crack,a,joke

篇一：一个玩笑 A Joke

一个玩笑 A Joke

I am a naughty boy. Yesterday I played a joke on my classmate, Mark. When we all busied doing homework, I draw a picture of dog and wrote a sentence in the bottom," I am a dog." And then I carefully put it on the clothes of mark. Mark sat in front of me, so I can make this things achieved easily. When he stood up to answer our teacher's question next class, everyone saw this and laughed, including the teacher. He felt embarrassed at first, but later he laughed with us.

我是一个调皮的小男孩。昨天我跟打我的同学，迈克开了一个玩笑。当我们都忙于做作业的时候，我画一只狗并在底部写了一句话，"我是一只狗。"然后我小心翼翼地把它贴到迈克的衣服上。马克坐在我的前面，所以我很容易地就把事情做好了。当下节课他站起来回答老师，每个人都看见了，也都笑了，包括老师也笑了。他一开始感到很尴尬，但后来他也和我们一起笑了。

篇二：生活英语

【Office English】

**厨师说英语(2)**

>Have you finished the soup yet?

你的汤做好了吗？

>I've already prepared the vegetables.

我把蔬菜准备好了。

>Frank has just taken the potatoes out of the oven.

弗兰克刚把土豆从烤箱里拿出来。

>Turn the oven up to 450 degrees.

把烤箱温度调到450度。

>Slice the turkey breast with this knife.

用这把刀把火鸡胸肉切片。

>Do not microwave the bacon!

那块熏肉不能微波加热！

【Business Audio】

Please sign the contract!

请在合同上签字！

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F: Now let's discuss your insurance.

现在我们来讨论一下你的保险问题。

M: OK.

好的。

F: We will provide you with endowment, medical care and unemployment insurance.

我们会提供给你养老、医疗和失业保险。

M: That's fine.

那很好。

F: If you are satisfied with all the clauses, then please sign the contract.

如果你对所有条款没什么意见的话，那么请在合同上签字。

[口语点津]

如今人们在找工作时最关注的就是"三险一金"。"三险"是指医疗保险、养老保险和失业保险，可以用medical care insurance, endowment insurance和unemployment insurance来表达。而"一金"就是住房公积金(house accumulation fund)。

其中，endowment除了有捐赠的意思外，还可以指养老保险(=endowment insurance)。Basic endowment insurance system指"基本养老保险制度"，而养老金则用pension表达。例如：China's State Council has decided to improve the basic endowment insurance system for enterprise employees around the country, stressing the necessity of paying the pension on time and in full. (国务院决定完善我国企业职工基本养老保险制度，强调要确保离退休人员基本养老金按时足额发放。)

【Morning Buzz】

Things hard to come by are much esteemed. (Latin proverb)

不易取得之成就更受人敬重。(拉丁谚语)

【Language Tips】

'To come a cropper'

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To come a cropper源自赛马场。赛马时，如果马儿突然停止前进，由于惯性作用，骑手们会突然身体前倾，这样很容易从马头上摔下来。To come a cropper指得就是这种情况。后来to come a cropper泛指从高处摔下来，例如：Her grandfather came a cropper and hurt himself badly.(她祖父从高处摔下来，伤得很重。)

大约在19世纪中期，to come a cropper出现了一个引申义，即我们现在常用的"大失败"。

请看例句:

She came a cropper in the math examination.

她数学考试考砸了。

【Morning Buzz】

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1832)

艺术作品为不可言说之物代言。(约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德，德国作家，1749-1832)

【Language Tips】

'Cracked up to be'

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cracked up to be是一个约定俗成的说法，意思是generally believed to be or regarded as being(被吹捧)。

Crack最基本的意思是:"使破裂；裂开"，例如Don't pour hot water into the glass or it will crack.(不要把热水倒进玻璃杯里，不然它会炸的。)到了14世纪，crack出现了一个新的含义——"充满自信地、思维敏捷地说话"，在非正式场合我们可以说crack a joke(说笑话)。一直到19世纪，才出现了crack up这个词组，意思是"表扬，称赞"，这就是我们今天要介绍的这个习惯用法中crack up的意思。

请看例句:

The product is not what it's cracked up to be.

这个产品并不如它所吹捧的那样好。

【Morning Buzz】

The really precious things are thought and sight, not pace. It does a bullet no good to go fast; and a man, if he be truly a man, no harm to go slow; for his glory is not at all in going, but in being. (Alain de Botton, Swiss-British writer, b.1969)

真正珍贵的东西是所思和所见，不是速度。子弹飞得太快并不是好事；一个人，如果他是真正意义上的人，走慢点也并无害处；因为他的辉煌根本不在于行走，而在于亲身体验。(阿兰·德·波顿，瑞士裔英国作家，生于1969年)

【Everyday Audio】

It's a sandwich course!

这是门工读交替制课程！

[情景]乔问妹妹康妮对课程方面有何打算。

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M: Connie, have you decided which course you're going to do at university?

你决定在大学上哪门课程了吗？

F: I'm going to study architecture at Bristol.

我要去布里斯托大学学建筑。

M: Is it a sandwich course?

那是门工读交替制的课程吗？

F: Yes, it's a four-year sandwich course and I'll get the chance to work with a top architecture company.

没错，是4年制的工读交替制课程，到时候我还有机会去顶级建筑公司实习呢。

[口语点津]

大家都知道sandwich(三明治)就是两片面包中间加点肉或沙拉的食物。Sandwich course顾名思义，就是有点像三明治的课程，也就说有一年的学习内容和其他学年(academic years)有所不同。这一年里，你可以去相关单位进行实习，获得工作经验。如今，这种"三明治课程"在许多大学里都很普遍。请看例句：

Sandwich courses normally last for four years at degree level, with work experience or foreign studies normally taking place in your third year. (学士学位工读交替制的课程通常为4年，学生通常可以在大三时去获得工作经验或到外国进修。)

【Business Audio】

They beat us by a long way!

他们大获全胜！

[情景]珍妮在咖啡厅碰到罗伯特，聊起公司赞助的比赛。

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F: Did you watch the game last night?

你看昨晚的比赛了么？

M: What game? You know that I don't watch much TV.

什么比赛？你知道我不怎么看电视的。

F: The team that our company sponsors was playing.

咱们公司赞助的球队在比赛。

篇三：英语作文

As we all known, on a team morale is quite important to staff’s productivety and orgainizational success. Then I will list three tips for boosting employee morale.

First, recognize special events in the lives of the employees. Birthdays, weddings, births, the accomplishments of employee children—if the team have a reason to celebrate, do it!

Second, recognize and reward the employees for doing good work. "People want to feel valued," a successful CEO once explained. Tell the employees they are doing a good job verbally, or write a little note to let them know it.

Last but not the least, smile more. The social environment at work is a big contributor to burnout. The lead's demeanor can directly affect the staff, as workers read the mood of the boss for clues about performance and job security. So, smile more often, talk about fun things like hobbies with employees, or crack a joke—just make sure it's done in good taste.

These steps may help to boost morale, encourage team building and even stave off job burnout.

篇四：中考阅读材料名人逸事10篇

名人逸事

[材料1]

Einstein had a rich sense of humor, though his mind was always busy thinking about problems of nature and working out new theories. He would sometimes crack a joke or two even when he might be speaking about some complicated theory of physics to a learned group of scientists. For example ,he once gave a talk on his theory of time. He discussed dozens of different ideas about time. But after an hour or so he suddenly stopped , and with a look that seemed to say “I’m so sorry”, he asked, “Does anyone know what time it is? I’m afraid it is getting late.”

Another time towards the end of his life,when he was with a group of young students, mostly young men,he was asked to explain his law of relativity. He smiled, then said : “When you sit with a nice girl for two hours ,you think it’s only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it’s two hours. That is relativity.”

1. This passage mainly tells us that Einstein ______.

A. was always busy working out new theories B. was always busy thinkg about problems of nature C. always gave lectures on his theories D. was a man of humor

2. Einstein would sometimes crack a joke or two to make _______.

A. everybody surprised C.his students laugh

B.his theories easy to understand D.his tak interesting

3. Once Einstein discussed dozens of different ideas in his talk on his theory of______.

A.time

B.relativity

C.space

D. physics

4. The example to explain the theory of relativity was given by Einstein when he was______.

A. young C. in his house

B. near the end of his life D. with a group of scientists

5. Simply speaking ,relativity means______.

A. one feels time is short when he or she is with a nice girl

B. measure of motion(运动) ,space and time are relative C. one feels time is too long when he or she sits on a hot stove D. Both A and C

Key: 1.D 2.B 3.A 4.B 5.D [材料2]

Mark Twain’s First Money

Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money he ever earned. He thought a long time and then said , “Yes, it was at school. I can remember everything about it . School boys in those days did not take good care of their chairs and desks. There was a rule in our school that if anyone damaged his desk or chair, he would have to pay five dollars or the teacher would beat him in front of the whole school.”

“One day I damaged my desk in some way, I had to pay five dollars or be beaten before the whole school. My father said it would be too bad to have our family disagraced in front of the whole school. He agreed to give me five dollars to hand over the teacher. But before he gave me the money, he took me upstairs and gave me a beating.”

“But as I had one beating and I decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five dollars. So that’s what I did. That was the first money I ever earned.”

1. Mark Twain earned his first money _________.

A.when he was a pupil C.when he taught at a school

B.when he became a writer D.when he was beaten by his father

2. The school made the rule so that they could_____.

A. teach the students well

Bgive the students a beating D ask the students for more money

C keep the desks and chairs well 3.Mark Twain’s father______.

A. was happy to give him the money

B. got angry when he knew what Mark Twain had done at school C. said sorry to the teacher when he heard the news D. agreed to beat Mark Twain and then give him the money

4.Mark Twain’s father thought if he gave Mark Twain the money______.

E. he would not be beaten in front of the whole school F. he would go to the school again G. he would never do that again H. he would earn the money 5. Mark Twain was beaten_______. A.at home C.at school 6.Mark Twain______.

A. gave the money to the teacher B. bought a desk for the school C. asked his father to go upstairs D. kept the money for himself

7.Mark Twain’f father neat him because________. A. he wanted to teach the boy a lesson

B. he didn’t want the boy to be beaten by the teacher C. he didn’t want to give him the money D. he didn’t want to have his family disagraced Key:1.A 2.C 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.D 7.D [材料3]

Edison's Life

Can you imagine what Edison's life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp?

Many things had to be invented and built before the electric lamp could really be used by all. Everything that was needed had to be thought of and built by Edison and the men who worked with him. There was no place where they could buy the things they needed. Edison made 360 inventions more in order to send electric power to wherever it was wanted.

Edison directed all the work himself: testing new machines, pulling wires under ground, fixing lights, and so on. He seemed to be everywhere at the same time. He wanted his men to do as much work as he did. But he never asked them to do things that he himself would not do or

B.only by his father D.both at school and at home

could not do.

He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep; he often forgot completely about sleeping. He slept for a few minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room at his power station, with a metal box as his bed. During these days, he almost never saw his wife and children.

Everyone probably expected that Edison enjoyed his success when his work was completed. However, he did not notice at all the money and honor he received, because soon he became interested in other ideas.

1. After Edison invented electric lamp, he _____. A. did nothing

B. built many things D needed nothing

C. stopped inventing things

2. Who thought of and built everything which was needed? A. Edison

B. The men

C. His wife

D. His children

3. Edison never asked his men to do _____ . A. as much work as he did C. what he could do

B. what he would do

D. what he would not do or couldn't do

4. Edison had never thought much about regular hours for sleep. It means _____.

A. Edison never forgot about sleeping B. Edison often kept regular hours for sleeping C. Edison never kept regular hours for sleeping D. Edison sometimes forgot about sleeping 5. Which of the following is true?

A. Edison became interested in money.

B. Edison liked money and honour.

C. Edison was a great American inventor . D. Edison was a great English inventor.

Key: 1.B 2. A 3 D. 4.C 5.C [材料4]

Alex Harley was born in the northeast of New York in 1921,but he spent most of his early life with his mother’s family . Their history,she said,began with Toby. He was a slave from Africa and his name was Kintay.

Alex Harley went to school and then to college .In 1939 ,he joined the US coastguard. As he was a Black ,his job was to wait on tables and washed dishes. In his spare time,he learned to

write stories. He served in the coastguard for 20 years. . After he retired he put all his time into writing.

Alex Harley remembered the stories his grandmother had told him. He began to study his family story. After a lot of research, Harley decided that Toby probably was Kinta Kinte for the West African Mandingo people. Kinta Kinte was caught near the Village of Juffure on the Gambia River. He was sold as a slave in Annapolis, Maryland in 1767 . Then Harley made a trip to Gambia and talked with a history expert in Juffure. The African historian made his conclusion stronger.

Alex Harley wanted to tell the experiences of the Black people in 18th-and-19th-century America. He spent 10 years researching and writing his family story for the book “Roots”, It was published in 1979. It won a special Pulizer Prize. A few years later, a film series based on Harley’s book was shown on American television.

1. Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.

a. He made a trip to Gambia.

b. Alex Harley knew the stories about their family c. Kntay l;ived near the Gambia River. d. Harley retired from the US coastguard. e. Toby was sold as a slave

f. Hebegan to stuey his family history. A. e,c,b ,f,d,a B.. c,e,b,d,f,a

C. e,b,d,c,a,f D. c,b,d,e,a,f

2. Where did Harley spend most of this childhood?

A.In Gambia C.In Maryland

B.In the north of the US D.In the south of America

3. When did Harley learn to write stories?

A.In 1959

B.After 1921

C.Before 1939 D.In the army

4. Which conclusion did he draw after doing a lot of research?

A.Toby was a history expert.

B. Toby’s hometown was near Gambia River. C. Toby was an African historian. D.Toby’s hometown was Annapolis.

5. Which of the following might have happened after watching “Roots” on TV?

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