原文:It's Saturday today. Tom and Jack don't go to school. They are walking in the street.
In front of a big store they meet Mike. Mike is Tom's friend. But Jack doesn't know him. Tom and Jack want to play cards with Mike. But Mike is not free. His grandmother is ill in hospital. He has to go to see her.
例1:Look at the tall boy, please. His name is Jack. The boy beside him is Tom. Tom and Jack are classmates.
Today is Saturday. They are free. They are walking in the street.
There is a big store in the street. In front of it, they meet Tom's friend Mike. They ask Mike to play cards with them. But Mike has to go to see his grandmother, for she is ill in hospital.
例2:Look at the picture, please. There is a boy in the picture. He is David. David likes swimming very much. He often goes swimming with his classmates when they are free.
Today is Sunday. But David is very busy. He doesn't go swimming. He gets up early in the morning and stays at home, for he has to finish his homework today.
David's mother sits in a sofa beside him and reads a magazine. David's father is out. He plays chess with his workmates.
例3:
原文:Balzac, a famous French writer, was proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting.
分解:Balzac was a famous French writer. He could tell your character when he saw your handwriting. And he was proud of it.
例4:
原文:It was a Friday evening. Mr Coy went to a concert.
合成:One Friday evening, Mr Coy went to a concert.
例5:
原文:Mr Brown is a wealthy man.
替换:Mr Brown is a rich man.
例6:
原文:He's quite well off.(“well”和“off”对小学生来说都不是生词,但当它们构成了“well off”时便产生了与其独立使用情况下完全不同的意思,即“富裕的”、“有钱的”。)
改写:He is rich.