She waited for an answer expectfully .
"Plug in nose." is the answer.
Notes:
(1 ) be good at 擅长于
(2) copper n. 铜
(3) expectfully adv.期待地
Exercises:
根据短文选择正确答案：
① What is the mother good at?
A. seizing every chance to educate her son.
B. learning new things.
C. doing electric work.
D. doing house work.
② How old is her son?
A. two years old
B. three years old
C. four years old
D. five years old
③ What did she show to her son one day?
A. a plug
B. copper
C. two holes
D. her nose
④ What did the woman want her son to know?
A. to know about electricity
B. to know about copper
C. to know how to use a plug
D. to know about nose
⑤ Where did the son think the plug should be plugged?
A. in nose
B. in anything with two holes
C. in water
D. in a car
108.插在何处
一位母亲十分善于利用每一个机会对孩子进行教育。她的儿子只有
三岁。一天，她拿着一个插头对儿子说：“看，这里有两个铜片，那它
一定要插在有两个孔的地方。你说它应该插在哪儿呢？”母亲期待着儿
子的回答。
“插在鼻子里！”儿子回答说。
109.A Wild Guess
Our physics professor was struggling to draw the class into
discussion of Archimede's principle of water desplavement. He told
us' that Archimede noticed that when he got into a pool at the public
bathhouse, the water rose spilling over the edge. Excited at his
discovery, he ran down the street yelling, "Eureka, eureka!" The
instructor asked if anyone knew what that meant.
One student stood up and answered, "I'm naked ! I'm naked!"
Notes:
(1) draw the class into discussion 引导全班讨论
(2) principle n.原理
(3) displacement n. 排水量
(4) spill v.（指液体或粉末）溢出；洒出
(5) yell v.叫；喊
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① What subject did the prefer teach?
②Z How was he trying to draw the class into discussion?
③ Where was Archimede having a bath?
④ What did he notice when Archimede was having a bath?
⑤ What does "eureka" mean?
109.奇猜异想
我们的物理教授千方百计引导我们讨论阿基米德的排水原理。他告
诉我们阿基米德去公共浴池洗澡，他进入池子，发现水涨高了，溢出池
沿。他对这一发现十分激动，跑到街上高叫：“Eureka，Eureka！”教
授问我们谁知道他喊的是什么意思。
一个学生站起来答道：“我光屁股啦，我光屁股啦！”
110.Until They're Free
Deciding to do some back-yard landscaping, my father-in-law
went to the brickyard to buy quantity of brick. When he asked the
salesclerk about the cost, the man replied. "The more you buy, the
cheaper they are."
"'is that so?" said my father-in-law." Then just keep loading
them on my truck until they're free.
Notes:
(1) landscaping n.庭院布置
(2) brick-yard n.砖场
Exercises:
根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：
① My father-in-law wanted to do some front-yard landscaping.
② He went to the brickyard to buy quantity of brick.
③ The salesclerk meant that the bricks could be free of charge
if a customer bought in large quantities.
④ Hearing the salesclerk' words, my father-in-law was very
glad.
⑤ My father-in-law used a truck to carry the bricks.
110.直到免费为止
我岳父打算买些砖来修整一下后院。他到砖厂拉砖，当问到砖价时，
售货员回答说：“买得越多，价格越低。”
“真的吗？”我岳父说，“那么往我的卡车上猛装吧，一直装到免
费为止。”
111.To Borrow an Ox
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man, but he didn't know
any words.
One day, one of his friends wanted to borrow an ox from him,
so he wrote a note and asked his servant to take it to this rich
man.
After the servant gave the note to the rich man, he pretended
to be reading it and after a while, he said, "OK, I know. Go and
tell your master, I'll go myself shortly.
Notes:
(1) he pretended to be reading it 他假装读着字条。
(2) pretend to do 佯装做
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① When did the story take place?
② What problem did the rich man have?
③ What did his friend want to borrow from him?