北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 26(2)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 26
[00:03.85]Reading
[00:05.18]What makes you laugh?
[00:07.72]a The secret of staying young is to
[00:10.37]live honestly,eat slowly,and lie about your age
[00:16.49]b Television is an invention that permits
[00:19.48]you to be entertained in your living room
[00:22.07]by people you wouldn't have in your home.
[00:26.31]c US president Calvin Coolidge was known
[00:29.81]as a man of few words.
[00:31.67]One day, he found himself sitting
[00:33.16]next to a young  lady at a public dinner.
[00:35.80]Smiling sweetly, the young lady said:
[00:38.68]"Mr President, I have made a bet¹ with my
[00:41.30]friends that I can make you say at least three
[00:44.41]words to me during this dinner."
[00:47.44]"You lose," replied the great man with a frown²
[00:50.82]and he sat in his usual silence
[00:53.07]for the rest of the meal.
[00:56.46]d Laughter is the best medicine.
[00:59.49]He who laughs,lasts!
[01:03.05]e A man went to the doctor's with a cucumber³
[01:06.19]in his left ear,
[01:07.52]a carrot in his right ear,
[01:09.27]and a banana up his nose.
[01:11.62]"What's wrong with me?" he asked the doctor.
[01:14.68]"It's simple," said the doctor.
[01:16.91]"You're not eating properly."
[01:20.04]f There once was a man from Peru
[01:22.68]Who dreamed he was eating his shoe
[01:24.66]He awoke with a fright
[01:26.00]In the middle of the night
[01:26.00]

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 frown   

vi.皱眉，不满，用皱眉对…表示不满(at)

参考例句：

• Don't frown at me like that.不要那样对我皱眉。
• Her frown gave him a speechless message.她眉头一皱给了他一个暗示。

3 cucumber   

n.黄瓜

参考例句：

• This cucumber plant is climbing.这棵黄瓜爬蔓了。
• Let me eat a cucumber.让我吃一根黄瓜.