托福阅读：英文笑话及诗歌欣赏

Part I：极速词法
　　1、appreciation n. 欣赏；
　　2、down the street沿街；
　　3、umbrella n. 雨伞；
　　4、cow n. 奶牛；
　　5、catch a bad cold患了重感冒；
　　6、instead of 而不是，替代；
　　7、lazy adj. 懒的；
　　8、sign vt. 签(名)；
　　9、poem n. 诗歌；
　　10、daughter n. 女儿；
　　11、from the very start从一开始起；
　　12、You’re all I hoped a daughter would be.我想要的就是你这样的女儿，分毫不差；
　　13、clear adj. 清楚的；
　　14、goes by经过；
　　15、set…aglow 映红了…；
　　16、edelweiss n.(高山)雪绒草；
　　17、greet vt. 问候，迎候；
　　18、blossom n.(尤指节果实的树或灌木所开的)花；
　　19、bloom vi. 开花；
　　20、forever adv. 永远；
　　21、bless vt. 祝福，保佑；
　　22、homeland n. 祖国
　　Part II：极速句法
　　Jokes
　　1.There’s a man down the street who has such big feet that when it rains, he lies down and uses them as umbrellas!
　　2.Last winter, the cow caught such a bad cold that she gave ice cream instead of milk.
　　3.Have you heard about Will Knott? He’s so lazy that he sings his name Won’t.
　　Poems
　　My Daughter
　　Dear daughter,
　　I’ve loved you from the very start.
　　You’re all I hoped a daughter would be,
　　and I hope that my love for you is clear for you to see.
　　I try so hard to say the things that I know you need to hear,
　　and not a day goes by
　　when I don’t wish that you were here.
　　And now I’m sending you this message
　　because I want you to know
　　that you’re the bright star in my life—
　　you’ve set my whole world aglow.
　　An English Song
　　Edelweiss
　　Edelweiss, edelweiss,
　　every morning you greet me.
　　Small and white, clean and bright,
　　you look happy to meet me.
　　Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow,
　　bloom and grow forever.
　　Edelweiss, edelweiss,
　　bless my homeland forever.
　　Edelweiss, edelweiss,
　　every morning you greet me.
　　Small and white, clean and bright,
　　you look happy to meet me.
　　Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow,
　　bloom and grow forever.
　　Edelweiss, edelweiss,
　　bless my homeland forever.