“上外--朗文学生系列读物”是专门为学生编写的一套新闻记者理解教学参考图书。内容循序渐进，适合中学生与大学不同年级的学生及不同程度的英语自学者，其目的在于帮助读者提高英语读者理解能力，增加词汇及增进对英语语法和句型的认识。每册的课文都是一些妙趣横生的故事和西方家喻户晓的笑话。通过阅读，读者还能增进对西方幽默感的理解。

  每篇故事后附有六、七项练习，所用的词汇大都可以在课文中找到，一方面方便读者理解题目，另一方面令所学过的词汇在各课不断重现，使学生加深印象。

Introduction 前言

1、The Longest Menu in the World

2、Court Case

3、My Friend the Penguin

4、Man at War

5、A Long Silence

6、The Photographer

7、Guilty or Not Guilty

8、Late for Work

9、Speak Your Weight

10、Musical Lions

11、The Witness

12、An Important Friend

13、The Shirt

14、A Present for the Judge

15、Performers

Answer Key 答案

His wife was very excited，and at first she had a very enjoyable time.

 Then Sam went off to find some lions to photograph.His wife went with him,but before long they became separated。They came to a fork in the path ,and she walked down one path while he walked down the other.

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