Midway Tactics 中间战术 Three competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem to ensue. 三位争抢生意的商店老板在一条商业街上租用了毗邻的店铺。旁观者等着瞧热闹。 The retailer...
A Girl Not Included 女孩不包括在内 Tom saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a beautiful, modern bicycle which cost ?54.99, so he went to the shop which had put the advertisement in and asked to see one of their wonderful bicycles. 汤姆在报...
I Must Find It 我必须找到它 Mr. Morrow was a very absent-minded man. Once he was reading earnestly on a train when the conductor asked him to show his ticket. Frantically Mr. Morrow searched for it. 莫罗先生是个心不在焉的人。一次他...
Economy Wasted 无谓的节约 An English tourist found himself in Norway with only enough in his pocket to pay his passage back. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily do without food. So h...
The Bellboy 旅馆侍者 A traveler was standing at the desk in the lobby of a Washington hotel. He was in a hurry. He had only ten minutes to pay his bill and reach the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had forgotten something. 一位旅客站在...
A Bad Impression 坏印象 Six people were travelling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers. 有六个人乘火车旅行，他们...
A Soldier's Brilliant Idea 士兵的妙计 Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so when he got on to the plane, he looked for a windo...
A Trip to Disney 迪斯尼之旅 On a trip to Disney World in Florida, my husband and I and our two children devoted ourselves wholeheartedly to the wonders of this attraction. After three exhausting days, we headed for home. 我们去佛罗里达州的...
A Trip to Disney 迪斯尼之旅 On a trip to Disney World in Florida, my husband and I and our two children devoted ourselves wholeheartedly to the wonders of this attraction. After three exhausting days, we headed for home. 我们去佛罗里达州的...
I'll See to the Rest 其余的事交给我 A guard was about to signal his train to start when he saw an attractive girl standing on the platform by an open door, talking to another pretty girl inside the carriage. 一位列车员刚要发出信号让火...
