11单元 3a
Read the story and answer the questions.
The Shirt of a Happy Man (Part 1)
A long time ago, in a rich and beautiful country, there lived an unhappy king. He slept badly and didn't feel like eating. His face was always pale苍白 as chalk粉笔 . He often cried哭泣for no reason. This made the queen and his people worried .
One day, a doctor was called in to examine检查the king. But he found nothing wrong with his body. "It's all in his mind. Neither medicine nor rest can help him. What he needs is the shirt衬衫of a happy person to wear穿的. That'll make him happy."
The prime minister首相was called to the palace宫殿. But when they explained the king's situation to him, he said,“Although I have a lot of power, it doesn't make me happy. I'm always worried about losing my power. Many people are trying to take my position."
Then, the king's banker银行家came to the palace.“Oh, I'm afraid I'm not happy either," he said.“ I have a lot of wealth财富, but I'm always worried about losing my money. Someone tries to steal my money every day. " Next, the palace singer came to the king's room. But this was what he said:“It's true that I'm famous and everyone loves my songs. But I'm not happy because I'm always worried about being followed被跟踪 by others. I cannot be free 我不自由! "
Finally, the king's top general将领 was told被告知 to go out and find a happy man in three days' time.
(To be continued)未完待续
11 单元 2b
Read the story and number the events事件 in the correct order顺序.
The Winning Team
Peter kept his eyes on the ground眼睛盯着地面. He felt like there was a heavy weight on his shoulders肩膀as he walked home alone. It was the worst day of his life. His mind脑海would not stop thinking about what happened only just an hour ago on the school soccer field.
How could he have missed scoring that goal他怎么会错过那个进球了? He had let his whole team down他让整个队伍失望了. His stupid mistake made him angry. His team had lost输掉the game because of him. He was really worried that his coach教练might kick踢him off出 the team.
As soon as he walked through the door, his father asked, "What's wrong, son?" Peter's feelings were written all over his face."I lost the game," Peter replied. Then he went into his room without another word一言不发. Ten minutes later, Peter heard hisfather knocking on his bedroom door. He opened the door to let him in.
“Look ,Peter . I don't know what happened. But whatever it was, don't be too hard on yourself .”
“I lost the game, Dad. I failed使失败/失望my team. They'll probably很可能never let me play again.“Soccer is about team effort足球运动是团队合作. You're not the only reason your team lost. If you havea good team, you should support支持each other. Besides况且, winning or losing is only half the game. The other half is learning how to communicate with your teammates and learning from your mistakes."
Peter didn't say anything, but what his father said made him think carefully. The next day, Peter went to soccer practice with courage勇气 rather than 而不是 fear恐惧不安in his heart.“Hey guys伙计们" he said to his teammates. "I'm really sorry about yesterday. We were so close接近 to winning that game. But I think if we continue to pull together重新振作/齐心协力, we're going to win the next one."
To his surprise and relief安慰, his teammates all nodded点头表示in agreement.
“Yeah," they said, "don't worry about it. It's never just one person's fault从来都不是一个人的错. We should think about how we can do better next time."
Peter smiled笑了. It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
