英語幽默小故事 3. The Attraction of the Map

　　Mr. Smith taught English at a school the beginning of his lesson, he liked to have one of his students give a report on any subject. When it was Jack's turn, he told his audience about his elder brother who was a local worker. But during the report, his eyes were staring at the world map on the wall all the time. Mr. Smith knew that Jack didn't look at the audience because he was nervous. He said to Jack jokingly, "We can see you miss your brother very much. But is he 0. K. now in South America?"

Notes:

　　(1) subject n.題目

　　(2) audience n .聽衆

　　(3) jokingly adv. 開玩笑地

Exercises:

根據短文填空：

　　(1) Mr. Smith taught ________ at a school.

　　(2) He liked to have one of his students give a ______ on any subject.

　　(3) Jack told his audience about his elder brother who was a _____ worker.

　　(4) During his report, Jack didn't look at the _______ .

　　(5) Jack looked at the world map all the time because he was ______ .

地圖的引力

　　史密斯先生在一所學校教英語。在每次課的開始，他喜歡叫一個學生上講臺作講演，題材不限。輪到傑克作講演時，他向聽衆講述了他的哥哥。他的哥哥就在當地工作。但在講述過程中，傑克的眼睛一直盯着牆上的世界地圖。史密斯先生知道傑克不敢看聽衆是因爲緊張。他開玩笑似地對傑克說：“我們能看出你非常想念你的哥哥，他現在在南美還好嗎？”

練習參考答案

① English ② report ③ local ④ audience ⑤ nervous