Problems at home1/2

Emily sat down on the sofa. She took off her shoes. She put her feet on the coffee table. She leaned back. She picked up the remote and turned on the TV. It was 6 o'clock. The news was on three channels. She didn't want to see the news. The news depressed her. It was usually about accidents and murders(谋杀). There was too much bad news on the TV news.

She found a talk show to watch. It was Ellen. She liked Ellen. Ellen was a comedian(喜剧演员). She told good jokes. She showed animals doing funny things. She gave expensive gifts to her fans occasionally(偶尔地). This show was a rerun, because Ellen's "live" show was usually on at 4 o'clock. But that didn't matter to Emily.

感想：

分两个part来读比较容易

其实是懒惰啦!!!

^^

Stepmother Kills Herself 2/2

“Your little girl is making up stories about me. I try to love her, but she rejects（拒绝接受） me,” Castle told Dwayne.

An autopsy（验尸） was inconclusive（不确定的）, and the death was ruled accidental（意外的）. Dwayne divorced（离婚的） Castle shortly thereafter（之后）.

But the case was reopened（重新开业） recently（不久前） when a playmate（~儿童~玩耍的伙伴） of Dorothy’s came forward. Beverly Lisenby, also seven at that time, said she was about to knock on the door of Dorothy’s house that fateful（对未来有重大的负面影响） day. But instead of knocking, she listened quietly as she heard Dorothy screaming for help and Castle telling her to shut up. Beverly listened until it was silent inside, then ran back home. She was so shaken（恐惧） by the event that she had told no one in all these years.

The coroner（验尸官） dug up Dorothy’s body and did a second autopsy. Using new crime-solving tools, he determined that Dorothy had been struck（碰撞） in the skull（脑袋） several times by a rock the size of a baseball.

The police are now trying to locate（把...安置在~建造于~） Dwayne to tell him the good news.

感想：

这个故事满好看的!!!

有点刺激~~

终于看完了

hooray~ !!!

万岁~！

Stepmother Kills Herself 1/2

Lois Castle, 58, committed(做 ) suicide(自杀) at home with a revolver(左轮手枪) yesterday. Two police officers heard a single gunshot as they were about to knock on her front door. They were at her house to arrest her for the 1970 murder(谋杀) of her young stepdaughter. Castle apparently(显然地) realized that she was going to be arrested(拘捕). Only a month earlier she had been interviewed by detectives about Dorothy’s death 35 years ago.

In 1970, Castle told police that the girl had fallen out of a tree she was climbing and hit her head on a rock. But Dorothy’s natural father, Dwayne, who was married to Castle at the time, thought his wife was lying. “She said she would hurt me if I bother(麻烦) her again,” Dorothy had told her father earlier.

感想：

这个故事很恐怖!!!

==!!!

Cloning Pets2/2

A cultured(开化) cell is implanted(种入) into a female cat that is in estrus(发情), and if all goes well, a kitten is born about 60 days later. The new kitten is weaned(断绝) in about eight weeks. TwIN, Inc. delivers the kitten to you after it receives the remaining $25,000.

“We are a growing company,” said Lee. “Our facility(设施) can handle(把柄) about a dozen births a year now, but our goal is to produce about 50 kittens and 50 puppies a year.” The company is currently(当前) experimenting with stray dogs. Some canine(似犬) clones seem to be perfect, but some have been bizarre(异常). Nevertheless(然而), Lee believes that they will be successfully cloning dogs in about a year.

感想：

omg...

boringzzz

==zzz

Cloning Pets1/2

A company in Phoenix, Arizona, says that it can now clone (克隆) your cat. “Actually,” said Felix Lee, President of Twice Is Nice, Inc., “you don’t even have to wait until your beloved(心爱) cat dies. We already have clients(客户) whose clone lives with its donor(捐款人).”

The price is steep(陡峭). A clone of your cat will cost $50,000. First, your veterinarian(兽医) must do a biopsy(切片检查法) of your cat. This is sent to TwIN, Inc., where it is cultured (开化)to grow fresh new cells. These new cells are stored(存放) in liquid nitrogen(氮气) until you notify(通报) TwIN, Inc., that you are ready for the clone. At this time, you pay half the amount ($25,000).

感想：

有好多很深的字！！！

Are You Busy Friday Night?

One night a motorcyclist crashed into a bridge. The rider was on his way home from a party. Traveling at about 70 mph on the unlit(黑暗的）, two-lane road, he lost control on a curve（曲面).He lay next to his motorcycle for 20 minutes before a passerby(路人） noticed the wreckage（车辆等的）残骸.

A half hour later, the rider was lying on a gurney（轮床） in the local hospital. Moaning in pain, he was unaware（不知道） of his condition or whereabouts（下落）. The emergency room doctors gave him no medication—they needed to examine him thoroughly before taking him to surgery（外科学）.

His jaw（下巴） was broken, as were all three bones in his right leg. Part of his femur（股骨） was protruding through his thigh（大腿）, and there was a deep hole in his shin（胫） just below his knee. Dr. Kildare wanted to amputate（切断） the rider’s leg just below the knee. He said the hole in the shin was so deep that infection（传染） would be inevitable（不可避免的）. He figured amputation now would be better than amputation later.

Dr. Welby disagreed. He said the patient was young enough to heal rapidly（瞬间的）, with little possibility（可能） of significant（显着的） infection（感染）. Since Dr. Welby was in charge, the patient was allowed to keep his leg.

The day following surgery, the patient achieved brief（短时间的） consciousness(知觉） in his hospital room. He didn’t notice that his leg was suspended（挂） and completely immobilized（使不动）. He didn’t notice that there was an IV tube and needle taped into the back of each hand. He didn’t notice that his jaw was wired shut. All he noticed was that a beautiful young nurse was looking at him. He tried to introduce himself, but he had no idea what his name was. He went right back to sleep.

感想：

很多字我不会...

Larry Needs a New Air-Conditioner

It had been another hot spring day. By ten o’clock in the evening, it had only cooled down to 87 degrees, according to Larry's thermometer in the living room. He rarely looked at his thermometer because he usually didn't care what the exact 精确的)temperature was.

Larry had two table fans in his bedroom. Because of the high temperatures, the last three evenings had been “two-fan” nights. He used his air-conditioner only occasionally(偶尔地). During one month the previous summer, he had used the air-conditioner 10 days consecutively(连续地) day and night. His electric bill that July, normally about $30, was $77.

But Larry figured(表现的) that, once in a while, using the AC wouldn't kill him. So that evening at 11:30, just before he went to bed, he turned on the AC. He set the thermostat(恒温器) to 72 degrees. He woke up four hours later when he heard a big bang, which sounded like two cars had run into each other on the street outside. But it wasn't two cars. It was the AC capacitor on the roof; it had just blown up. Larry's air-conditioner was officially dead.

Two circuit breakers had switched off, so he switched them back on. Larry had already suspected that there was something wrong with his air-conditioner. He called Jack, the repairman, but Jack didn't show up until four days later because he was so busy repairing all the other air-conditioners in the neighborhood.

When Jack finally came, he climbed up on the roof. Larry heard a lot of banging. Twenty minutes later Jack told Larry, "You need a new air-conditioner. Yours is the original model that came with this apartment building. All the other original AC units have been replaced. Yours lasted longest, but now it’s kicked the bucket(急急忙忙) I'm going to call your landlady to see if she will approve a new AC unit for you. It’s going to cost $1200 parts and labor(工作).”

“Wow,” said Larry.

Jack said that if everything went as planned, he'd install a new unit Monday morning. “Until then,” he said with a smile, “stay cool.”

Larry said, “No problem,” but he wondered if he should drive to the thrift(节约) store to look for a third fan for his bedroom.

感想:

larry 很节俭

完了!!!

^^

今天hor...

下午me and my mother send jy & jx to fantasia

and we go shopping!!!

^^

爽咯~

我们帮弟弟买了一双"bata" 的鞋

我勒买了一件连身skirt

very pretty 勒!!!

白色的!!!

~~

very very

h~a~p~p~y~

loz!!!

Two Babies

She wanted to have two babies—one boy and one girl. She wanted to have the boy first and the girl a year later. That way they could grow up together. He said that was okay with him. She said, "What do you mean, 'okay'? It shouldn't be 'okay' with you. You should say that you want two babies just as much as I do. If you don't want two babies as much as I do, then forget it."

He asked, "Forget it? You mean that we won't have two babies unless I really want to have two babies?"

She said, "Yes, that's right. If you don't really want two babies, then we won't have two babies."

"Okay," he said, "then let's not have two babies."

"Are you sure about that?" she asked.

He nodded his head, "Yes, I'm sure. We can't afford even one baby."

"Okay," she said. "Goodbye."

"What do you mean, 'goodbye'?" he asked.

She told him she was going to leave him. She was going to find a man who wanted to have two babies with her. He told her that he was just kidding—of course he really wanted to have two babies with her.

"Too late," she said. "You already told me how you really feel."

感想：

话说出口后不可以后悔！！！

Looking for Mr. Right

Because Debra had just bought a new laptop computer, she decided that she must start cutting back on some expenses if she could. Her long distance phone bill was one expense(费用）that sprang（跃起） to mind. She was paying almost $30 a month to Horizon(地平线）, her local phone company. That $30 covered her residence(居住） line and various taxes, surcharges(使装载过多), funds, fees, and services. It also covered her local phone calls—those to locations within 12 miles.

But she was paying another $40-$80 a month talking to her best friend and to her boyfriend, both of whom lived more than 12 miles away from her. But how could she not talk to her best friend and to her boyfriend? Could she tell them she was having budget（预算） problems, so could they please call her in the future? Could she just call them less often—a lot less often?

Fortunately for Debra, she found the solution a month later, when she tearfully discovered that her boyfriend and her best friend were seeing each other behind Debra’s back. Debra saw them kissing in his car outside of a restaurant that all three of them liked to visit occasionally（有时候）. Debra immediately called Horizon to cancel her long distance service. The female customer service representative asked if she was sure she wanted to do this. Debra said, “Yes, I’m sure. All men are jerks.” The representative（代表）agreed enthusiastically（热心的） with her.

Debra was only on her new computer for a week before she discovered Computer Dating, a service that promised: “Ladies, you will get to choose from hundreds of men in your own ZIP code area. New selections every day. Only $29.95 a month!” As much as she hated her boyfriend, Debra knew that not all men were alike. Maybe Mr. Right was waiting for her on her computer screen. Maybe he was living only a block away. And she did happen to have $30 available.

感想：

the word was very difficult lo!!!

Jerry Decided To Buy a Gun

Jerry Baldwin was 30 years old. He was the manager of a pizza restaurant. He lived in an apartment about one mile（英里）north of the restaurant. He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.

Jerry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater（戏院） and watch the new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store. Jerry had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, English, Spanish, Japanese--he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the plot. Did you say you liked “Pulp Fiction”? Well, Jerry would rattle off all the details（细说） of that movie. And then he would invite you to his place to watch it some time. He was a nice guy.

Jerry finally decided that he would like to own a gun, just like the gangsters. So he saved his money for a couple of years. Then he went to a gun store and bought a used .38 caliber（口径） revolver（旋转者） for $300. While there, he also bought a couple of boxes of ammunition（军火）. The following Saturday morning, he went to the gun club to practice with his new revolver. He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his pistol. The gun went off, and the bullet went into Jerry’s right knee.

Jerry now walks with a limp（跛行) and a cane, just like some gangsters.

Fishing for Girls

Wednesday night, Howard asked Glenn if he wanted to go fishing and girl-watching that weekend at Santa Fe Lake. “We’ll leave Friday morning and return late Sunday night,” he said. Glenn said he had to clean out his garage(汽车间）, so Howard went by himself.

Howard had also planned to lie around the hotel pool, soak（泡） up the sun, read a good book, and look at pretty women in their bathing suits（一套衣服）. His own apartment didn't have a pool, so whenever he traveled, he always liked to stay at a place with a pool. But when he arrived at the hotel about noon, he saw that there were no pretty girls at the pool. There were no girls at all. There was nobody at the pool, because the pool was empty. It was being repaired all that week. The staff had “forgotten” to tell Howard this little detail.

Howard called Glenn late Friday night.

“How was the fishing?” Glenn asked.

“Didn’t see any, didn’t catch any,” replied Howard.

“Well, did you catch any women?”

“No. And don’t even ask how many beauties I saw at the pool. I didn’t go to any bars. But I did go to a Mongolian all-you-can-eat place and had a good dinner. I think one of the waitresses liked me. She asked me if I wanted extra ketchup.”

“Well, I hope you said yes. Any time a woman asks you if you want extra anything, that’s female code. It means they like you.”

“I said no. There was a whole bottle right in front of me.”

“Well, you blew it. I don’t know when you’re going to learn to pick up on those signals（信号的）. Next time I’ll go with you and show you all the tricks.”

“If you knew all the tricks, you wouldn’t be divorced（离婚的） three times.”

Eggs and a Bunny

Easter (复活节）Sunday was a cloudy but festive（欢乐的） day in Memorial Park for about 100 kids from local（本地人）orphanages. An Easter egg hunt started at 10 a.m. when a fire engine blasted（吹） its horn. Boys and girls, ranging in age from 2 to 6, dashed（冲击） throughout（偏及） the park, yelling and screaming, walking and running, and quite often, falling down. One little girl, Amanda, found her first egg less than a minute after the horn blew. Instead（代替) of putting it into her basket and continuing to search for more, she sat down. Then she spent the next 10 minutes examining it, unwrapping it, and eating it piece by piece. When she finished, she put the wrapper into her basket, wiped her hands on her white dress, and went to hunt for another egg.

Meanwhile Jeff, one of the older boys, filled his basket to overflowing. He asked one of the firemen to hold it for him, and then took off running for more candy eggs. As soon as he found some, he put them into the basket of the child closest to him. Two little toddlers(初学走路得孩子） both saw a candy egg at the same time, and they both bent over to pick it up. They banged（冲击） heads, and both of them sat down bawling（号哭）. A couple of volunteer（自愿） nurses picked them up and told them that everything was going to be all right.

By 11 a.m., the search was over. Most of the kids were studying their candy, exchanging it with others, or eating it. But then the fire engine horn blasted again, causing three-year-old Jenny to cry. A fireman on a bullhorn told everyone to gather around, because a special guest had arrived.

Once everyone was settled（固定的）, the Easter Bunny climbed down out of the fire engine. The bunny was 6’6” tall. Most of the kids cheered and ran toward him. Even Jenny stopped crying for a moment. She stared at the bunny and at all the kids running toward the bunny; then she started crying even harder. The Easter Bunny hugged the kids, and they hugged him. Then the Easter Bunny sat on a fire engine step, and one by one the kids came up, sat on his lap, and got their pictures taken. After that, the older kids were allowed to explore the fire engine itself.

The festivities ended about 3 p.m., when the orphans climbed into the buses for the return trip home. Most of them said they had a fun time. Six-year-old Sara asked, “Can we do this every Sunday?” And more than one boy asked, “Can I drive the fire engine next time?”

感想：

the easter sunday was very happy!