輕松閱讀等

倉(cāng)鼠賽車

A park for child in Adventure Valley in Brasside， near Durham， has begun staging the unusual sport of hamster racing（倉(cāng)鼠賽車）. The animals have their own racing car and race along a five-meter track（賽道）.

古巴男子坐顛足球創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄

Erick， owner of several world records in soccer ball control（控制）， set a new world record.

Sitting down and just hitting the ball with his feet， Erick broke his current（目前的）world record in this event by hitting the ball for three hours， three minutes and 14 seconds without allowing the ball to fall to the ground. Tow years ago， he did this for three hours.

He already holds a Guinness World record for heading the ball 319 times just one minute. He even kicked the ball to the finish line in a marathon， completing the 42 kilometers in 7 hours and 17 minutes.

動(dòng)物選美比賽

Look at the picture. A owner and his pet are taking part in the Pretty Animal Contest at the annual Howard County Fair in West Friendship， Maryland， the United States. Many people and their pets took part in the contest.

師生笑話

Teacher: What is an island?

Pupil: A piece of land surrounded（圍繞）by water except on one side.

Teacher: On one side?

Pupil: Yes， on top.

Teacher: This is the fifth time this week that I have punished（懲罰）you. What do you have to say?

Pupil: Thank God. Saturday and Sunday are holidays， sir!

Teacher: Ravi， how do you manage to get so many things wrong in a day?

Pupil: Because I always get here early sir!

Pupil: Madam， my paper is the neatest（整潔的）.

Teacher: You haven’t written anything.

Pupil: That’s why it is the neatest.

Teacher: What is the capital of India?

Pupil: You know?

Teacher: Yes.

Pupil: Then why are you asking me?

說謊話的人

這是一則土耳其寓言，它告訴我們：總是說謊話的人，即使說了真話，也沒有人相信。

There was a lonely man in a small town. Most of he people in that town knew him because he was a liar. Before he became a loner（獨(dú)來獨(dú)往的人）， he had once had a family and a good job. But he sometimes told small lies to his customers（顧客）. Then， he started to tell big lies to both his customers and his family.

Because of this， he and his family face a lot of problems. He promised to be honest about his job， but he didn’t keep his promise（信守承諾）. He lost his job. After that， his wife and children left him. He continued living in the same house alone. People in the town didn’t believe him.

One day， a fire started in his home. He ran out of his home and hurriedly went to the center of the town and shouted to the other people to get help. “My neighbor， please help me. My home is on fire（著火）.”

Nobody believed him， so they didn’t go to his home to help him. His home burned down（燒毀）and he became homeless.

（本欄目由肖燕玲供稿）