Lead: On birthdays, we all receive birthday gifts from relatives and friends. Below I share an English text about gifts. Welcome to study!
Unit 3: Now
They say that blood is thicker than water and our relatives are more important to us than others. Everyone was very kind to the old lady on her birthday. Will her daughter try harder to please him?
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It was the old lady's birthday.
She got up early to get ready for the post. When the postman comes to the street, she can see him from the apartment on the second floor, and the boy on the first floor occasionally delivers letters to her.
Today she is sure that she will gain something. Myra won't forget her mother's birthday, even though she seldom writes at other times. Of course, Myra is busy. Her husband was elected mayor, and Myra herself won a medal for her work for the elderly.
The old lady is proud of Myra, but she loves her daughter Enid. Enid has never been married, but seems content to live with her mother and teach in a nearby primary school.
One night, however, Enid said, "I have arranged for Mrs Morrison to take care of you for a few days, mom. I have to go to the hospital tomorrow-it's just a minor operation, and I can go home soon. "
She went this morning, but never came back-she died on the operating table. Myra attended the funeral and arranged for Mrs. Morrison to come in to make a fire and bring breakfast to the old lady in her unique way.
That was two years ago. Since then, Myra has visited her mother three times, but her husband has never been there.
The old lady is eight years old today. She put on her best clothes. Maybe-maybe Myra will come. After all, 80 years old is a special birthday, and whether another decade will continue or not depends on how you look at it.
Even if Myra doesn't come, she will send a present. The old lady is sure of this. Two spots brightened her cheeks. She is very excited-like a child. She will enjoy her day.
Mrs Morrison cleaned the apartment extra yesterday. Today, when she came to make breakfast, she brought a card and a bouquet of marigold. Mrs. Grant downstairs has made a cake, and she will go there for tea in the afternoon. Johnny, a little boy, came upstairs with a packet of mints. He said he wouldn't go out to play until the mail arrived.
"I guess you will receive many, many gifts," he said. "The last time I received a gift was when I was six years old."
What does she want? Maybe a pair of slippers. Or a new sweater. Sweaters will be lovely. Blue is such a beautiful color. Jim always likes her to wear blue clothes. Or a table. Or a book, a travel book, with pictures, or a small clock with clear black numbers. So many lovely things.
She stood at the window, watching. The postman turned the corner on his bike. Her heart is beating fast. Johnny saw him too and ran to the gate.
Then crashed upstairs. Johnny knocked on her door.
"Grandma, grandma," he shouted, "I got your letter."
He gave her four envelopes. Three are unopened cards from old friends. The fourth letter is sealed and written by Myra. The old lady felt a pang of disappointment.
"No package, Johnny?"
"no, grandma."
Maybe the package is too big to post. That's it. It will come by parcel post later. She must be patient.
She tore open the envelope almost reluctantly. There is a piece of paper in the card. The card says "Happy Birthday-Use this check to buy yourself something nice, Myra and Harold." .
The check floated to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. The old woman bent down slowly and picked it up. Her gift, her lovely gift. She tore it to pieces with trembling fingers.
Relative neologism
Relatives; family
gift
Gift. Gift.
postman
postman
infrequent
A. rare and infrequent; This does not happen very often.
chance
Noun (abbreviation of noun) special time; The time when something happened. Time and opportunity of occurrence; chance
mayor
The mayor of a city or town.
medal
medal
aged
A. Old
content
A. satisfaction; "happy and satisfied"; glad
primary
A. first; First come first; initial
arrange
Prepare for intransitive verbs; To make arrangements, plan
smaller
A. not serious or important; assistant
operate
Cut the body to correct or remove the diseased part.
operating table
A special table in a hospital where surgery is performed.
funeral
funeral
efficient
A. be able to plan and work effectively
decade
Noun (short for noun) has been ten years.
last
Bear (pain, suffocation, etc.). ) forbearance
site
A circular region different from a point or point on the main surface
Make brighter
Make bright or bright to shine; Bright, shiny; Shine, shine
cheek
The side of the face below the cheek.
extra
A. additional, extra
clean
Noun (short for noun) clean
strand
Bundled items of the same kind
marigold
Marigold (flower)
packet
Small parcel box (packaging)
cast
Mint
slippers
slippers
knitted sweater
Sweater (wool)
Clash
Many quick and short knocks.
grandmother
Noun (short for noun) (colloq. To) grandma
envelope
Noun (short for noun) The paper cover of an envelope.
unencapsulated
A. unsealed
seal
transitive verb
sealed
A. sealed
writing
Handwritten calligraphy; calligraphy
acute pain
Sudden and severe pain
disappointed
Sadness is because a person doesn't get the disappointment he wants.
disappoint
transitive verb
parcel
parcel
unwillingly
Reluctantly, reluctantly
reluctant
a.
fold
Fold into two or more parts.
cheque
cheque
swing
Transitive verbs move back and forth quickly in the air.
bend down
Bend your body forward and down.
anxious
An intransitive verb quivers uncontrollably fast.
Phrases and phrases. The expression at other times
On other events at other times; usually
At the corner
Very close in distance or time; At the corner
after all
Desperate; After all, we should remember; finally
firmly believe
firmly believe ...
pick up
Grab and lift from the surface to pick up, pick up.
Proper name Myra
Myra (female name)
Enid (female name)
Enid (female name)
Morrison
Morrison (last name)
award
Grant (first and last name)
johnny
Johnny (John's nickname)
Jim (name)
Jim (James's nickname)
Harold
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