新课标小学英语阅读100篇 71

　　71.Two American presidents²两个美国总统

　　There are stories about two U. S. presidents. 有两个美国总统的故事。

　　Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. 安德鲁·杰克逊和马丁。范布伦。

　　They try to explain to people 他们试图向人们解释

　　how the American English word " OK " came from. 美国英语单词如何“OK”来自。

　　We don't know if either story is true, but they are both interesting. 我们不知道如果不是故事是真实的,但他们都是有趣的。

　　Some said that President¹ Jackson could hardly read or write. 有人说,杰克逊总统几乎不能读或写。

　　When important papers³ came to Jackson, 当重要文件来到杰克逊,

　　he tried to read them and then asked his men 他试图读它们,然后问他的男人

　　to tell him what they said. 告诉他他们说什么。

　　If he agreed , he would write“All correct. " on the paper. 如果他同意,他就会写“所有正确的。“在纸上。

　　The problem was that he didn't know how to spell. 问题是,他不知道如何拼写。

　　So he wrote "O1 Korekt" instead. 所以他写了“O1 Korekt”相反。

　　Later it was shortened⁴ to "OK. " 后来它被简化为“OK。“

　　Others said that President Van Buren was born in Kinderhook, New York. 其他人说,范布伦总统出生在肯,纽约。

　　Van Buren's friends organized a club to help him become president. 范布伦的朋友们组织了一个俱乐部帮助他成为总统。

　　They called the club Old Kinderhook Club. 他们称俱乐部old Kinderhook俱乐部。

　　Anyone in the club was called "OK. " 任何人在俱乐部里被称为“OK。“

　　WORD BANK

　　president n．总统

　　会长；校长；行长

　　either adj．任一的；

　　（两方中的）每一方的

　　hardly／'ha:dli／adv．刚刚;

　　几乎不

　　agree v.-同意；

　　赞成……的意见

　　instead adv．代替

　　organize   v.组织

1 president   

n.总统；总裁；校长；院长；会(社)长；主席

参考例句：

• They selected him to be president.他们选举他为总裁。
• The president's speech lacked sincerity.校长的演讲缺乏诚意。

2 presidents   

n.总统；（大学）校长( president的名词复数 )；会长；[P-]总统；银行行长

参考例句：

• Several presidents attended the funeral. 好几位总统参加了葬礼。
• The Roosevelt family produced two presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. 罗斯福家族出过两个总统：西奥多·罗斯福和弗兰克林·罗斯福。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

4 shortened   

v.弄短，缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延长，工作周就缩短了。 来自辞典例句