初中英語閱讀理解：講述兒子給母親準(zhǔn)備生日禮物的故事。

John sent his mother expensive presents on his mother's birthday every year. He liked to show her how rich he was.

約翰每年在生日那天送昂貴的禮物。他喜歡向她展示他是多么富有。

[重點(diǎn)詞匯]present:禮物，禮品；目前的，當(dāng)前的；at present:目前，現(xiàn)在；show:

展示，show sth to sb = show sb sth: 向某人展示某物；

表演，節(jié)目；

"I must find something wonderful for her, and it must be the only one in the whole world. "John thought. He advertised in the newss. " Wanted—the best present for the woman who has everything. "

“我一定要為她找到一些美妙的東西，它一定是全世界唯一的?！奔s翰想。他在報(bào)紙上登廣告?！跋胍o擁有一切的女人最好的禮物?！?/p>

[重點(diǎn)詞匯]：wonderful: 精彩的，絕妙的；advertise

登廣告；

For many days his telephone did not stop ringing. People phoned him from all over the world. They wanted to sell him "the best present". But they did not have anything that was the only one in the whole world.

好幾天來，他的電話一直響個(gè)不停。全世界的人都給他打電話。他們想賣給他“最好的禮物”。但是他們沒有任何東西是全世界唯一的。

[重點(diǎn)詞匯]：stop doing sth: 停止做某事；stop to do sth: 停下來去做另一件事；phone:

打電話，phone sb:給某人打電話；

Want to do sth: 想要做某事；

Then less than a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage, and in the cage there was a large bird.

在生日前不到一周，一個(gè)男人來到他的辦公室。他提著一個(gè)籠子，籠子里有一只大鳥。

[重點(diǎn)詞匯]：less than: 少于；cage:籠子；

"This bird, "the man said, "can speak ten languages and sing any pop song. There is no other bird like it in the world. ""I will listen to it, "John said. "If what you said is true, I will buy the bird from you. "

“這只鳥，”那人說，“能說十種語言，能唱任何流行歌曲。世界上沒有其他鳥像它一樣?！薄拔視?huì)聽它的，”約翰說。“如果你說的是真的，我就向你買這只鳥。”

The man spoke to the bird. "Talk to me in French, " he said. The bird spoke to him in French. "Tell me a joke in Japanese, " he said. The bird told him a joke in Japanese. "Sing a famous pop song, "he said. The bird sang a famous pop song.

那人對(duì)那只鳥說話。“用法語跟我說話，”他說。那只鳥用法語和他說話。“用日語給我講個(gè)笑話，”他說。小鳥用日語給他講了個(gè)笑話。“唱一首著名的流行歌曲，”他說。這只鳥唱了一首著名的流行歌曲。

[重點(diǎn)詞匯]:speak to sb: 和某人說話；tell sb sth = tell sth to sb: 把某事告訴某人；tell a joke: 講笑話；

"I'll buy it, "John said. "How much do you want?""One hundred thousand dollars, "the man said. This was a lot of money but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

“我會(huì)買的，”約翰說?！澳阆胍嗌?？”“十萬美元，”那人說。這是一大筆錢，但約翰付給了他。然后，他把這只鳥連同一張生日卡片送給了他的母親。

The day after his mother's birthday he phoned her. "Well, mother, "he said, "Is the bird wonderful?""Oh, it was delicious, dear, "she said.

生日的第二天，他打電話給她?！芭?，媽媽，”他說，“這只鳥很棒嗎？”“哦，很好吃，親愛的，”她說。