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A married couple were very worried about their son .Although normal in every other way,he seemed to be dumb. Notonce had he spoken and now he was six years of age. They hadtried everything to get him to speak,but with no success.
The finest doctors in the country had examined him, butcould find nothing wrong with his throat,and he seemed to bea very intelligent child.It was just that he never spoke.
"It's possible," one of the doctors said,"that there issomething wrong with his mind ,and he does not understandthat he is capable of speech."
"But he can read and write," the boy's father said ."We've written him notes,telling him that he can speak ,begging him to speak."
"It's certainly very strange," the doctor said. "Perhapshe'll grow out of his silence one day."
The years passed.The boy left primary school and went tosecondary school. He left secondary school and went touniversity.But he did not speak a single word.
Then,one day,during a summer vacation, he was sittingat the dining table having a meal with his parents.
Without any warning,he looked up from his meal and said ,"Pass the salt,please."
His parents were overjoyed.
"You spoke! You spoke!" they cried."Why have you waitedso long to speak?"
The young man looked at them,surprised by their attitude.
"I didn't have anything to say," he said. "Until noweverything's been perfect.But you Obviously forgot to putsalt in these potatoes."
New Words and Expressions
能够做到的，能干的
EXERCISE Ⅰ
1.Choose the best answer a,b c or d,to these questionsabout the story.在a、b、c、d中选出一个最适合本故事的答案。
A.The couple was worried because their son
(a)was normal.
(b)was six years of age.
(c)was sick.
(d)did not speak.
B.They had great
(a)success in getting him to speak.
(b)trouble in getting him to talk.
(c)fun listening to their son.
(d)problems hearing their son.
C.The doctors decided that
(a)there was nothing wrong with him.
(b)they could help him.
(c)he was unable to say anything.
(d)the parents should write to their son.
D.Although the boy didn't speak,
(a)the doctors helped him.
(b)his parents weren't worried.
(c)he was dumb.
(d)he was very smart.
E.The boy spoke because
(a)he had a complaint about his food.
(b)everything was perfect.
(c)his parents were surprised.
(d)he wanted to eat.
2.Match these questions about the story to their correctanswers,and write the correct number of the answer besideeach question.
为下列有关本故事的问题配上正确的答案，并将正确答案的号数写在相应的问题旁。
_________(a)What had the parents tried to do with theirson?
_________(b)What had they done?
_________(c)What did the doctors believe?
_________(d)Why did the son speak?
_________(e)Why had the son not spoken before?
（1）get him to speak
（2）he wanted the salt
（3）he didn't have anything to say
（4）written notes to him
（5）that he would speak one day
3.Study the first paragraph of the story,and then answerthese questions.
仔细阅读故事的第一段，然后回答下列问题。
(a)What are the five verbs?
_______________________________
(b)What are the three prepositions?
_______________________________
(c)What are the four adjectives?
_______________________________
(d)What are the five nouns?
_______________________________
(e)What are the two adverbs?
_______________________________
4.Look at the words or phrases underlined in the sentences below.Find words or phrases from the story that are similar in meaning and write them in the spaces provided.
仔细阅读下列句子中划线的词或短语，在故事中找出与它们意思相似的词或短语并将其写在空白处。
(a)The son did not speak.______________________________________________________
(b)The parents tried to make their son speak, but they
did not succeed.
_______________________________
(c)One doctor suggested that the boy had somethingwrong with his brain.
_______________________________
(d)Suddenly,the boy stopped eating.
_______________________________
(e)His parents didn't remember to put salt in thepotatoes.
_______________________________
5.Complete the following paragraph about the story byputting in the missing words in their correct form.
在下列有关本故事的段落中填上所缺的词，并将它们变成正确的形式。
A father and mother were(a)_________about their son, whowas dumb.They took him to see the best(b)_____________in thecountry,but they found nothing(c)______________with him.Theysaid he was (d)________________of speech and that maybe oneday he would (e)___________________out of his silence . Years(f)________________,and one day the boy spoke- he wanted hisparents to (g)______________him the salt!
6.Guess the answers to the following.All the words arefound in the story.
你能猜出下列问题的答案吗？全部答案都可在故事中找到。
(a)nothing wrong (6letters)_______________________
(b)able to do something (7 letters)_____________________
(c)clever (11 letters)______________________________
(d)place of higher education (10 letters)______________
(e)advance notice of something (7 letters)_____________
Usage 用法说明
OVERJOYED
当故事中的小男孩终于开口讲话时，他的父母非常高兴。这里“非常高兴”英文用的是 overjoyed。
Overjoyed 是形容词，意为“拥有很多快乐”。与形容词连用时，over 通常意为“太多”或者“非常”。
有很多形容词以 over 开头。比如：
overdone——指食物烧太久（煮过头）
This steak is overdone.
overdue——太晚，或者超过预定期限
My library book is overdue.
overweight——过重，超重
If you are overweight,you should go on a diet.
overworked——工作过度
Harry is always overworked.He should take a long vacation.
overqualified——（对任某职）资历过高的
I'm sorry, miss, you are a doctor, so you areoverqualified for the job of waitress.
EXERCISE Ⅱ
Write example sentences for these adjectives beginningwith over.The definitions of the words are written for you.
用下列以 over 为词首的形容词造句，每个词的释义都已附在后面。
(a)overpopulated-having a population that is toolarge_______________________________
(b)overexcited-too excited _____________________________
(c)overimaginative - having too much imagination _______________________________
(d)overcrowded-too many people__________________________
(e)overtired-too tired,not having enough sleep_______________________________
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