3. The Attraction of the Map

　　Mr. Smith taught English at a school .At the beginning of his lesson, he liked to have one of his students give a report on any subject. When it was Jack¹'s turn, he told his audience² about his elder brother who was a local worker. But during the report, his eyes were staring³ at the world map on the wall all the time. Mr. Smith knew that Jack didn't look at the audience because he was nervous. He said to Jack jokingly, "We can see you miss your brother very much. But is he 0. K. now in South America?"

Notes:

　　(1) subject n.题目

　　(2) audience n .听众

　　(3) jokingly adv. 开玩笑地

Exercises:

根据短文填空：

　　(1) Mr. Smith taught ________ at a school.

　　(2) He liked to have one of his students give a ______ on any subject.

　　(3) Jack told his audience about his elder brother who was a _____ worker.

　　(4) During his report, Jack didn't look at the _______ .

　　(5) Jack looked at the world map all the time because he was ______ .

地图的引力

　　史密斯先生在一所学校教英语。在每次课的开始，他喜欢叫一个学生上讲台作讲演，题材不限。轮到杰克作讲演时，他向听众讲述了他的哥哥。他的哥哥就在当地工作。但在讲述过程中，杰克的眼睛一直盯着墙上的世界地图。史密斯先生知道杰克不敢看听众是因为紧张。他开玩笑似地对杰克说：“我们能看出你非常想念你的哥哥，他现在在南美还好吗？”

练习参考答案

① English ② report ③ local ④ audience ⑤ nervous

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 audience   

n.听众，观众，读者；谒见，接见；倾听，听取

参考例句：

• He could not put across his point of view to the audience.他没能使听众理解他的观点。
• The audience was made up of very young children.观众由小孩子们组成。

3 staring   

adj.目不转睛的；凝视的；显眼的；（毛发）竖立的v.凝视，瞪视( stare的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling. 她仰卧着凝视天花板。
• She was staring into space, her mouth slack. 她双唇微张，失神地望着前方。