George W.Bush was giving a third-grader a lesson on politics.First he asked the kid to write“The President”on the blackboard.
Then Bush asked the child what he thought the President should accomplish and the child replied，“Protect the environment and clean up the air.”
Dubya countered，Why should the clouds be white and the water be blue when they could be all kinds of cool colors？Is that so terrible.Can't we agree on it？Can you spell“Is”and“We”？
The boy spel out“Is”then“We”on the blackboard.
“My friends at the oil companies can make chemicals to make trees tall.If fact，they already do.Can you write，tall”and“did”？
The boy wrote the words on the blackboard.
“Now young man，what have you learned from your talk with the President？”
The boys stood up and read what he hod written on the blackboard aloud：“The President is we tall did.”
乔治·布什给一名小学3年级学生上政治课。首先，他让学生在黑板上写下“总统”这两个字。
然后，布什问学生，他们觉得总统应该做什么，学生回答：“保护环境，清洁空气。”
布什反问道：“云和水本可以有着各种很酷的颜色，为什么云一定要是白色的，水一定是蓝色的呢？这很可怕。难道我们不能达成一致意见吗？你们能写下‘是’和‘我们’吗？”
孩子于是在黑板上写了‘是’和‘我们’。
“我朋友在石油公司，可以制造化学品，让树木长高。事实上，他们已经这样做了。你们能写下‘高’和‘做’吗？”
孩子在黑板上写下了这两个字。
“现在，孩子，从和总统的谈话中，你学到了什么啊？”
孩子站起来，把写在黑板上的字大声地念了出来：“总统是我们高做。”
1.accomplish vt.完成；实现；达到
E.g.to accomplish one's mission完成使命
This task is accomplished by great effort.
这项任务是经过巨大努力才完成的。
2.counter v.反对；反击
E.g.He countered my plan with one of his own.
他提出自己的计划与我的计划抗衡。
1.clean up把……收拾干净：梳洗干净；
E.g.It's your turn to clean the classroom up.
该轮到你们打扫教室了。
2.spell out把（某单词）的字母全部拼写出来：
E.g.Few men now spell out the word“maths”。
现在很少有人把“数学”这个词的全部字母拼写出来了。自我测验11：
1.I didn't know when they for Beijing.
A.leftB.leaveC.are leavingD.were leaving
2.While I was reading，my little brother games.
A.was playingB.played C.playsD.play
3.How did you like the concert given by the“Foxy Ladies”？
It was exciting；one piece of music wasn't played well
A.soB.thoughC.becauseD.and
4.He borrowed a great deal of money he could send his son to school.
A.whichB.so thisC.so thatD.because
5.The old woman put on her glasses see better.
A.thatB.so that sheC.in order thatD.in order to
6.He kept me for many hours.
A.to waitB.waitC.waitedD.waiting
7.Master Wu teaches us the machine.
A.what to doB.how runC.how to runD.run
8.I saw the boy out a moment ago.
A.runB.runsC.to runD.ran
9.She let the children to play.
A.going outB.that they went outC.to go outD.go out
10.we'll have a new hospital over there.
A.buildB.to buildC.builtD.building
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