“上外——朗文学生系列读物”是专门为学生编写的一套阅读理解教学参考图书。内容循序渐进，适合中学与大学不同年级的学生及不同程度的英语自学者，其目的在于帮助读者提高英语阅读理解能力，增加词汇量及增进对英语语法和句型的认识。每册的课文都是一些妙趣横生的故事和西方家喻户晓的笑话。通过阅读，读者还能增进对西方幽默感的理解。

1 The Diet

2 A Holiday from School

3 Love Letters

4 Quick Service

5 The Umbrella Man

6 Fishing Can Be Dangerous

7 The Earthquake

8 A Family Secret

9 No Point

10 Long life

11 The Bank Robber

12 The Big Baby

13 In the Air

14 On Guard

15 The Cheater

Answer Key 答案

A few weeks later,Mrs .Tan's friend called on her.

She was surprised to see that she was even fatter than before and that she was eating a huge sandwich with chocolate cake and ice cream.

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