译林英语五年级上册u2配套阅读.docVIP

Mr Green is a new English teacher. Today is his first day to teach in No.1 Primary School. His students are happy to see him. They show his around the school. Mr Green: What a big school! How many classrooms are there? Student A: There`re thirty classrooms. Look, this is our computer room. That is our table tennis room. There are three computer rooms and two table tennis rooms in our school. Mr Green: How nice they are.! What`s that over there? Student B: It`s our swimming pool. Mr Green: Is there a sports hall in your school? Student C; Yes, there is. Mr Green; Is there a library here? Student D; Yes, there is. It`s on the third floor. There`re many interesting books in it. Mr Green: You have a nice school. I like it. The swan with golden feathers There is a swan with golden feathers. She lives in a lake. A woman lives in a small house near the lake with her two doctors. They work hard all year round. But still live a hard life. Sometimes they even don’t have enough money to buy food. The swan is sad to see that. She says to herself. “I`ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can sell my feathers for money and live a happy life.” In the evening, she flies to the poor woman`s house and leaves a golden feather on the table. From then on, the swan comes every day and gives them a feather. The woman is very happy because their life gets much better. But day after day, the woman becomes greedy. She days to her daughters, “The swan may fly away one day. We should take all her feathers when she comes next time.” The daughters cry, “ Oh, no, Mum! Please don’t hurt the swan. She helps us a lot!” but their mother wouldn’t listen. When the swan comes as usual, the woman catches her and takes her feathers. Suddenly, the golden feathers on the floor change into chicken feathers. The swan says to the woman, “ Poor woman, I come to help you, but you want to kill me. Now I`m leaving and will never come back!” With these words, the swan flies away. The woman li