初中生暑假每天一篇故事，
21天搞定中考英语1600词。
A very new, young officer was at a railway station.
He was going to visit his mother, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of his train.
He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the coins for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
参考译文：
一位新上任的(new)年轻军官在火车站候车。他要去 看望他的母亲 。他想打电话告诉母亲他的列车到站 的时间 。但寻遍了所有的口袋 ，却发现他没有打电 话用的硬币，于是他走到车站外面， 环顾四周想找人帮忙。
At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said,“ Have you got change for ten pence? ”
“Wait a moment, ”the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket. “ I'll see whether I can help you. ”
“ Don't you know how to speak to an officer? ”the young man said angrily.“ Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence? ”
“No,sir, ”the old soldier answered quickly.
参考译文：
最后有名老兵路过， 年轻的军官拦住他道：“ 你有 十便士的零钱吗？”“ 等会儿 。”老兵回答， 开始 把手放进口袋，“ 让我看看是否能帮助你 。""难道 你不知道该怎样跟 一位长官说话吗？”年轻人生气 地说，“现在我们重新开始， 你有十美分的硬币吗？”“ 没有， 长官 。”老兵迅速答道。
单词积累：
new adj. 新的
young adj. 年轻的
railway n. 铁路
station n. 站
visit v. 拜访
want v. 想要
telephone n./v. 电话
tell v. 告诉
time n. 时间
train n. 火车
look in 查看
pocket n. 钱包
coin n. 硬币
outside adv. 外面
look around 环顾
last adj. 最后
stop v. 阻止
change n. 交换
pence n. 便士
wait v. 等待
moment n. 片刻
answer v. 回答
begin v. 开始
put v. 放
hand n. 手
see v. 看见
whether conj. 是否
know v. 知道
speak v. 说话
start v. 开始
quickly adv. 快速地
angrily adv. 生气地
固定表达积累：
want to do sth. 想要做某事
tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某事
the time of... ......的时间
he found that... 他发现......， 宾语从句，found是find的过去式
at last最后
wait a moment 稍等片刻
put...in... 把......放进......
speak to sb. 和某人说话
let ’s do sth. 让我们做某事
get change for ten pence 换取10便士零钱
