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1、大学英语精读：第一册 UNIT 35800字 They say that blood is thicker than water, that our relatives are more important to us than others. Everyone was so kind to the old lady on her birthday. Surely her daughter would make an even bigger effort to please he? 作文 /zuowen/ The Present 简历大全 /html/jianli/It was the old
2、 ladys birthday. 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/She got up early to be ready for the post. From the second floor flat she could see the postman when he came down the street, and the little boy from the ground floor brought up her letters on the rare occasions when anything came. 毕业论文Today she w
3、as sure the would be something. Myra wouldnt forget her mothers birthday, even if she seldom wrote at other times. Of course Myra was busy. Her husband had been made Mayor, and Myra herself had got a medal for her work the aged. 作文 /zuowen/The old lady was proud of Myra, but Enid was the daughter sh
4、e loved. Enid had never married, but had seemed content to live with her mother, and teach in a primary school round the corner. 毕业 One evening, however, Enid said, Ive arranged for Mrs. Morrison to look after you for a few days, Mother. Tomorrow I have to go into hospitaljust a minor operation, Ill
5、 soon be home. 论文代写In the morning she went, but never came backshe died on the operating table. Myra came to the funeral, and in her efficient way arranged for Mrs. Morrison to come in and light the fire and give the old lady her breakfast. 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/Two years ago that was,
6、 and since then Myra had been to see her mother three times, but her husband never. 作文 /zuowen/The old lady was eight today. She had put on her best dress. Perhapsperhaps Myra might come. After all, eighty was a special birthday, another decade lined or endured just as you chose to look at it. 毕业Eve
7、n if Myra did not come, she would send a present. The old lady was sure of that. Two spots of colour brightened her cheeks. She was excitedlike a child. She would enjoy her day. Yesterday Mrs. Morrison had given the flat an extra clean, and today she had brought a card and a bunch of marigolds when
8、she came to do the breakfast. Mrs. Grant downstairs had made a cake, and in the afternoon she was going down there to tea. The little boy, Johnnie, had been up with a packet of mints, and said he wouldnt go out to play until the post had come.I guess youll get lots and lots of presents, he said, I d
9、id last were when I was six. 作文 /zuowen/What would she like? A pair of slippers perhaps. Or a new cardigan. A cardigan would be lovely. Blues such a pretty colour. Jim had always liked her in blue. Or a table lamp. Or a book, a travel book, with pictures, or a little clock, with clear black numbers.
10、 So many lovely things.She stood by the window, watching. The postman turned round the corner on his bicycle. Her heart beat fast. Johnnie had seen him too and ran to the gate. 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/Then clatter, clatter up the stairs. Johnnie knocked at her door. 论文代写Granny, granny, he shouted, Ive g
11、ot your post. 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/He gave her four envelopes. Three were unsealed cards from old friends. The fourth was sealed, in Myras writing. The old lady felt a pang of disappointment. 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/No parcel, Johnnie? 简历大全 /html/jianli/No, granny. 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/kaitibaogao/ Ma
12、ybe the parcel was too large to come by letter post. That was it. It would come later by parcel post. She must be patient. 论文代写 Almost reluctantly she tore the envelope open. Folded in the card was a piece of paper. Written on the card was a message under the printed Happy Birthday Buy yourself some
13、thing nice with the cheque, Myra and Harold.The cheque fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Slowly the old lady stooped to pick it up. Her present, her lovely present. With trembling fingers she tore it into little bits. 简历大全 /html/jianli/NEW WORDSrelative 开题报告 /html/lunwenzhidao/k
14、aitibaogao/n. 亲属，亲戚 present 毕业 n. gift 礼物，赠品 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/postmann. 邮递员 毕业rare 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/a. not happening often 罕见的；不常发生的occasion 毕业论文n. special time; time when sth. happens 时刻，时机；场合 毕业论文mayor 总结大全 /html/zongjie/n. chief official of a city or town 市长 毕业medal 毕业论文n. 奖章 毕业论文aged 作文 /z
15、uowen/a. old 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/content a. satisfied; pleased 满意的；高兴的 总结大全 /html/zongjie/primary 毕业论文a. first; earliest 首要的；最初的 总结大全 /html/zongjie/arrange vi. make preparations; plan 作安排，筹划minor 毕业论文 a. not serious or important 较小的；次要的 毕业论文operatevi. cut the body in order to set right or remove a diseased part 开刀，动手术 作文 /zuowen/operating table 思想汇报 /sixianghuibao/n. a special ta
