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1. A Young Officer and an Old SoldierA verynew,youngofficerwas at arailwaystation.He was going tovisithismother,and hewantedtotelephonehertotellher the time of histrain.He looked in all hispockets,butfoundthat he did not have thecoinsfor the telephone, so he wentoutsideandlookedaroundfor someone tohelphim.Atlastan oldsoldiercame by, and the young officer stopped him and said,“Have you gotchangefor tenpence?”“Waitamoment,”the old soldieranswered,beginningtoputhis hand in his pocket.“Ill seewhetherI can help you.”“Dont youknowhow tospeakto an officer?”the young man saidangrily.“NowletsstartagainHave you got change for ten pence?”“No,sir,”the old soldier answeredquickly.【汉语翻译】年轻军官与老兵一位新上任的(new)年轻军官(young officer)在火车站(railway station)候车。他要去看望(visit)他的母亲(mother)。他想打电话(want to telephone sb.)告诉(tell)母亲他的列车(train)到站的时间。但寻遍了所有的口袋(pocket)，却发现(find)他没有打电话用的硬币(coin)，于是他走到车站外面(outside)，环顾四周(look around)想找人帮忙(help)。最后(at last)有名老兵(old soldier)路过，年轻的军官拦住他道：“你有十便士(pence)的零钱(change)吗？”“等会儿(wait a moment)。”老兵回答(answer)，开始(begin)把手放(put)进口袋，“让我看看是否(whether)能帮助你。难道你不知道(know)该怎样跟一位长官说话(speak)吗？”年轻人生气地(angrily)说，“现在我们重新开始(start again)，你有十美分的硬币吗？”“没有，长官(sir)。”老兵迅速(quickly)答道。2. Are You Going to Thank Her?Mrs.Greenhaslivednear theparkof thecityforfortyyears.Shes veryrichand has got a lot ofmoney.Bur sheneverbuys somethingexpensivefor herfamilyandalwaysdoes all thehouseworkherself.Shesweepsall the rooms every day.Lastmorning,when shegotup, shefeltterrible .Afterbreakfastshe feltevenworse.She found somemedicineand took it.But it wasuselessto her and she had to go to ahospital.Thedoctorlooked her over andaskedher to be in hospital, but sherefusedandwent homeonfoot.Assoonasshe got home, the telephonerang.Shehurriedto answer it.It was the doctor.He told her she had left herpursein the hospital and anursehad found it.“Could you tell me hername,please?”asked Mrs.Green.“Ofcourse, Mrs.Green.Are you going tothankher?”asked the doctor.“No, no.”She said,“Myhandbagwas lostthreeyearsago.I want to know if she found it.”【汉语翻译】您是要感谢她吗？格林夫人(Mrs.)在这座城市(city)的公园(park)附近住(live)了四十(forty)年了。她特别富裕(rich)，相当有钱(money)。但她从不(never)给自己的家人(family)买昂贵的(expensive)物品，而且总是(always)自己做所有的家务(housework)，她每天打扫(sweep)所有的房间。昨天早上(Last morning)。她起床(get up)时感觉(feel)很糟糕(terrible)。早餐(breakfast)后她觉得更严重(even worse)，就找了一些药(medicine)吃了。但还是没用(useless)。她不得不去了医院(hospital)。医生(doctor)给她作了检查并要求(ask)她住院，但她拒绝(refuse)了，然后步行(on foot)回家。她一(as soon as)到家，电话就响(ring)了，她赶紧(hurry)去接听电话，是医生打来的，他告诉这位女士她的钱包(purse)丢在了医院，一位护士(nurse)捡到了。“您