Lesson 40 c
A Magic Stove

写一写：
magic神奇的；魔术music音乐picnic野炊

读一读：
Mrs. Smith is a smart housewife. One day she is listening to music. Her son Tom says，"Mom，I'm going to have a picnic tomorrow. Please buy some snacks for me to take."
So Mrs. Smith goes shopping with a big plastic bag.
In the department store, she sees a new kind of stove. It uses only half of the coal when it is burning. She is very excited, and thinks to herself,"That will be terrific. Since one stove can save half of the coal, if I buy two, no coal will be needed."So she spends all her money on two stoves and doesn't buy anything for her son.
When she comes back home, Tom is unhappy and says，"Why did you buy two stoves? "
"These are magic stoves. They will save us a lot of money."

注解:
smart精明的 housewife家庭主妇 snack零食 plastic塑料 stove 炉灶 coal 煤 terrific 很棒的 think to oneself 心里想 not...at all 根本不...

想一想:
根据故事内容判断正（T)误（F)。
( )1. Mrs. Smith has a son named Tom.
( )2. Tom asks his mom to buy him snacks to take on a picnic.
( )3. Mrs. Smith goes shopping with a cloth bag. ( cloth 布)
( )4. Mrs. Smith buys two stoves and nothing else.
( )5. With these two stoves, Mrs. Smith won’t need to use coal at

译文:

神奇的炉灶

史密斯太太是个精明的家庭主妇。一天，她正在听音乐，她的儿子汤姆说：“妈妈，明天我们要去野坎，请你给我买些零食带去。”
于是，史密斯太太拿上一个大塑料袋去买东西了。在百货商场，她看见一种新型的炉灶，烧火时，只用一半的煤。她很激动，心想： “真是太棒了。既然一个炉灶可以节约一半的煤，如果我买两个的话，就不需要煤了。”于是，她花了所有的钱，买了两个炉灶，没有给她儿子买东西。
当她回到家时，汤姆不髙兴地说：“为什么买两个炉灶啊？” “这炉灶可神奇了，他们会为我们节约很多钱的。”

“想一想”答案: 1. T 2. T 3. F 4.T 5.F