When I was in high school, there was a teacher who taught me more than that in class.He was a very kind boy, 4 or 5 years older than us and taught us geography. We all liked to take his class, though geography was not our major course.What impressed me a lot was his grace.You could see him always smiling.He got angry only when we were too noisy in class.After class,he often played soccer with us.He used to be a very believable defender and never fouled on any of us.We all liked to call him "Teacher Miao" and he was just like a friend, not a teacher.His sonsy personality inspired me to be kind to everyone I met.That was my well-beloved "Teacher Miao" .
He was out of breath. He had been running. 他气喘吁吁,他一直在跑着。
Up till then she had been living with her son. 到那时为止她一直和她儿子一起住。
He gave up smoking last year. He’d been smoking for thirty years. 去年他戒烟了。他抽烟已经30年。
He was very tired. He had been working all day. 他很累。他干了一整天活。
I heard you’d been looking for me. 我听说你一直在找我。
详解阅读题--让人无奈的孩子
When they're together, my five-year-old son and his cousin tend to cause mayhem. one Saturday, I put my foot down. "All right, you two," I said sternly. "No screaming , grabbing, whining, hitting, teasing, tattling, breaking toys, scratching or fighting."
As I turned to leave, I heard my son say, "C'mon, Steven, let's get dirty . "
Notes:
(1) tend to(do)倾向;趋向
(2) mayhem n.大混乱 初中英语;大灾害
(3) put one's foot down开始抗议
(4) sternly adv.严厉地
(5) whine v.哭闹
(6) tease v.取笑
(7) tattle v.扯淡
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题:
① How old is the son?
② What do they tend to do when the son and his cousin are together?