阅读理解

　　Every morning in our class．Mr Smith calls the roll(点名)． He calls the names of all the students，one after another，in alphabetical order(按字母表顺序)．For example，he says,“John White．”“Present．”“Helen Williams”“Here．”“Henry Williams”“Henry's

absent today．” “Oh．yes．Henry's your brother．Where's Henry today?”

　　“He's at home，sir．”

　　“He is sick．I suppose．”

　　“Yes，sir．He has a bad cold．”

　　“I hope he feels better tomorrow．”

“Thank you，sir．”

　　“Well, let's begin the lesson．Today we have Lesson 19． First，let's open our books．

　　What's the page number?”

　　“Page 19，sir．”

　　“Thank you．First let's read a few lines aloud for pronunciation．And later, we can

have some dictation(听写)．John，you go to the blackboard and write on the blackboard

while the others write at their desks．You all like dictation，don’t you?”

　　“NO．I like reading stories and translating(翻译) them，”John says．“But dictation

is important．It teaches you the correct spelling of words and it also helps with pronunciation．”

　　“Last time，I made twenty-five mistakes in spelling．”says John.

　　“But how many words did I dictate?”

　　“Twenty-six．”