新课标小学英语阅读100篇 65

　　65  Hair and Beard¹头发和胡子

　　Lucy always wanted to become a teacher, 露西一直想成为一名教师,

　　because she liked children. 因为她喜欢孩子。

　　When she was twenty-one years old,当她21岁,

　　she began teaching² in a small school. 她开始在一个很小的学校教学。

　　She was a good teacher, 她是一个好老师,

　　and she laughed a lot with the children in her class.和她笑了很多孩子的班上。

　　They enjoyed her teaching.他们喜欢她的教学。

　　One day, one of the girls in her class asked her, 一天,一个女孩在班里问她,

　　"Why does a man's hair become grey before his beard does?" “为什么一个人的头发变成灰色胡子之前呢?”

　　Mary laughed and answered.  "玛丽笑着回答。“

　　I don't 'know,  Helen. 我不知道,海伦。

　　" Then one of the boys said,  "I know ! “那其中一个男孩说,“我知道!

　　Men's hair becomes grey first because男人的头发变成灰色第一因为

　　it's sixteen years older than their beard. "这是十六年年龄比他们的胡子。“

　　WORD BANK

　　laugh / la:f / v.笑

1 beard   

n.（下巴上的）胡须；络腮胡子；vt.使长胡须，公开反对

参考例句：

• My grandfather wears a beard.我爷爷留着胡须。
• He's decided to grow a beard.他已经决定蓄胡子。

2 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。