英语短文故事（精选多篇）

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推荐第1篇：英语小短文故事

一

Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, \"Do come and see me at my house in the country.\" So the City mouse went.The City mouse said, \"This food is not good, and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city.\"

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried, \" Run! Run! The cat is coming!\" They ran away quickly and hid.

After some time they came out.When they came out, the Country mouse said, \"I do not like living in the city.I like living in my hole in the field.For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.\"

从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。”

乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。

过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,\"This is my breakfast.\'\'

He came up to the cock and said,\"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?\'\'The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.

The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,\"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.\'\'

The cock said to the fox,\"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.\'\'

The fox opened his mouth and said,\"The cock is mine,not yours.\'\'Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”

狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，公鸡逃离了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了树底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion.So its leaders sent a meage to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture.As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain.There was no sign of the lion.\"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?\" asked the chief.\"Forget the damn lion!\" he howled.\"Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?\" 伟大的猎手Jonesie 有个小村庄正为一只吃人的狮子而烦恼。于是，村长派人去请伟大的猎手Jonesie来杀死这只野兽。猎手躺着等了几个晚上，但狮子一直没有出现。最后，他要求村长杀只羊然后把头皮给他。把羊皮披在身上后，猎人到草原上去等狮子。半夜，村民被从草原传来的声嘶力竭的尖叫声惊醒。他们小心地靠近后，看到猎手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。没有狮子出没的蛛丝马迹。 “Jonesie，怎么了？狮子在哪？”村长问。 “哪有狮子！”猎人怒吼道，“哪个傻瓜把公牛放出来了？”

四

Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, \"Tomorrow rain.\" The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, \"Tomorrow storm.\" The next day there was a hailstorm.\"This Indian is incredible,\" said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several succeful predictions, the old Indian didn\'t show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.\"I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,\" said the director, \"and I\'m depending on you.What will the weather be like?\" The Indian shrugged his shoulders.\"Don\'t know,\" he said.\"Radio is broken.\" 天气预报一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处工作.一天,一个印度老人到导演跟前告诉导演说\"明天下雨.\"第二天果然下雨了.一周后,印度人又来告诉导演说,\"明天有风暴.\"果然,第二天下了雹暴.\"印度人真神,\"导演说.他告诉秘书雇佣该印度人来预报天气.几次预报都很成功.然后,接下来的两周,印度人不见了.最后,导演派人去把他叫来了.\"我明天必须拍一个很大的场景,\"导演说,\"这得靠你了.明天天气如何啊?\" 印度人耸了耸肩.\"我不知道,\"印度人说,\"收音机坏了.\"

五

It doesn\'t matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.

Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest aet is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.

You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

The more you seek security ,the le of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Succeful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsucceful people are always asking,\"What\'s in it for me?\"

All succeful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.

六

A man was going to the house of some rich person.As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road.He said, \"I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat.\" Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river.The river had become very big; so he could not go over it.He waited for some time; then he said, \"I cannot go to the rich man\'s house today, for I cannot get over the river.\"

He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。

不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄榄树） orchard（果园） .He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care.But he knew that his three sons despised（轻视，看不起） the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, \"My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.\" The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden; but he would tell them nothing more.After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them.But no pot of gold was to be found.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，闲逛）in his wits.The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, \"There is gold hidden in the orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.\" 从前有一个农民，他有一座漂亮的橄榄园。他非常勤劳，而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活，都迫不及待的想通过冒险发家致富。

这个农民上了年岁，感到死期快要来临时，将三个儿子叫到身边说：“儿子们，橄榄园里藏有一罐金子。你们想要，就去挖吧。”

儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方，可他什么也没再给他们说。

那个农民死后，三个儿子就开始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因为他们不知道金子藏在什么地方，所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头开始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子为止.他们挖啊挖，从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头，果树周围和果树之间也都挖到了，可还是没有找到那罐金子。看来一定是有人已经把那罐金子头走了，要么就是他们的父亲一直在异想天开。三个儿子对他们白干了一场，感到大失所望。到了第二年的橄榄季节，果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往的都多；卖完果子后，三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。

他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。

八

A young shoemaker left his village.Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方） .The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants.The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫） .The young man decided to rescue her.But the witch locked him up in a stinking（发恶臭的，非常讨厌的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罂粟） seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.The young man thought about his death.But his friends the ants came and helped him pa the test.The witch was astounded.Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the prince.The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on...the sweetest one, the true prince.When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（乌鸦） .The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.一个年轻鞋匠离开他所在的村子。沿途中看到一些蚂蚁，蚂蚁们很伤心，因为熊破坏了他们的家。于是这个鞋匠帮助它们重修了蚁丘，蚂蚁们说将来会回报他的帮助。

鞋匠上路继续前行，发现一些蜜蜂遭遇到和蚂蚁一样的状况。于是这个年轻人也帮助了蜜蜂们，蜜蜂承诺将来也会帮助这位年轻人。

又走了很远，鞋匠听说国王的女儿困在女巫的城堡里，年轻人决定去营救她。但女巫把他锁在恶臭的粪土堆旁，还扔给他一麻袋混合在一起的沙子和罂粟种子。告诉他如果不能够在黎明前把这些区分开来，就要在黎明时砍掉他的脑袋。年轻人想着他要死了。这时他的朋友蚂蚁来了，帮助他通过了这个考验。女巫大吃一惊，接着她把年轻人带到了一个房间，里面有蒙着面纱的是三个少女：鞋匠必须从中找出真正的王妃。

年轻人有些灰心了，但这时他看到了一只蜜蜂降落在一个人身上……那人就是真正的王妃。当鞋匠揭开她的面纱，于是女巫变成了一只乌鸦。年轻人跟公主坠入爱河，动物们和罂粟花都围绕着他们。

九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend\'s bag.\"Mom, what do you think of this bag?\" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.\"It looks great!\"

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.

A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.\"How beautiful!\" This time, she did not scold her son again.

Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.

As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.\"Ouch! What\'s the matter with you?\" She finally scolded him.Her son answered.\"If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.\"

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.\"If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely.\" She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

小偷和他的年轻妈妈

很久以前，有一个母亲和儿子住在一所房子。她每天都努力工作，但他们始终贫困。

有一天，她的儿子偷了他朋友的袋子。 “妈，你怎么看这个包的?”他的母亲受表扬而不是骂他，她的儿子。 “这看起来很棒!”

下一次，他偷了一件大衣。他儿子偷这个的时候，她又表扬了他。

几年后，他成长为一名年轻男子。他偷了珠宝，交给他母亲。 “真漂亮!”这一次，她并没有骂她的儿子。

然后，因为他认为他的母亲高兴，他开始偷更昂贵的东西。有一天，警察抓到他。他将在监狱前，他恳求警察，见一下他的母亲。他们把他带到他母亲面前。

当他看到他的母亲，他咬了她耳垂。 “哎哟!怎么回事呀?”她终于骂他。她的儿子回答说。 “如果你在我偷第一个包的时候这样责骂我的话，我就不会成为一个小偷了。”

当她看到她的儿子走进监狱的时候，她内心崩溃了。 “如果真的可以时光倒流，我会严厉责骂他。”她感到遗憾的是她总是称赞他，无论他做了什么。

推荐第2篇：英语短文哲理小故事

英语短文哲理小故事 ----上帝的咖啡

God\'s Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university profeor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stre in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the profeor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an aortment of cupstelling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the profeor said: \"If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stre.Be aured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...And then you began eyeing each other\'s cups.Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.\" God brews the coffee, not the cups..........Enjoy your coffee!\"The happiest people don\'t have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything.\"Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God.

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom.Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement.As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his in tears.Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen.“The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused.“The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow lie”.

“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied.“when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.Since the owner was so obseed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife.I gave him the cow instead.Things aren’t always what they seem.

推荐第3篇：英语小短文故事 —纯英文

一

曾经有两只老鼠，他们是朋友。一直老鼠住在乡下，另一直住在城里。许多年后乡下的老鼠遇见了城里的老鼠，他说：“请来看看我在乡下的房子。”城里的老鼠就去了。城里的老鼠说：“吃的不好，住的也不好，为什么你住在田里的一个洞里？你应该吃的好点，有必须过来看看我在城里的房子。”乡下的老鼠就去了城里老鼠的家。是一个非常好的房子。好吃的食物也为他们准备好了。但是就在他们打算去吃的时候，他们听到一个大的声音，城里的老鼠哭着喊：“跑！跑！猫来了。他们迅速的跑掉和藏起来了。一段时间后他们跑出来了，当他们跑出来后，乡下的老鼠的说:“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田里的洞了，穷点开心点，比富裕确害怕好点。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,\"This is my breakfast.\'\'

The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,\"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.\'\'

The cock said to the fox,\"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.\'\'

The fox opened his mouth and said,\"The cock is mine,not yours.\'\'Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.

一天早上一只狐狸看见一只(公鸡)。他想:“这是我的早餐”他走到公鸡面前说：“我知道你唱歌非常好听，你能为我唱一首吗？”公鸡很高兴，闭上眼睛开始唱。狐狸看到这种情况，用嘴叼起他开始跑。在田里的人们看到这只狐狸，他们喊：“快看，快看，狐狸把乌鸦叼跑了”公鸡对狐狸时候：“狐狸先生，你明白吗？人们说你叼走了他们的公鸡，告诉他们他是你的不是你的。”狐狸张口他的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的”，然后乌鸦从狐狸面前跑到了树底下。

三

伟大的猎狮手Jonesie. 有一个小村装一直被一个吃人的狮子困扰着。所以他们的领导人就传信给最伟大的猎人，Jonesie，来到村庄杀掉（）。连续几个晚上，猎人躺在床上等候狮子，但是狮子一直没出现。

四

五

It doesn\'t matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.

You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

The more you seek security ,the le of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.

Succeful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsucceful people are always asking,\"What\'s in it for me?\"

All succeful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.

六

He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

七

八

九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend\'s bag.\"Mom, what do you think of this bag?\" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.\"It looks great!\"

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.

A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.\"How beautiful!\" This time, she did not scold her son again.

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.\"If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely.\" She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

推荐第4篇：英语短文

Do You Know My Work？

One night a hotel caught fire， and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes．

Two men stood outside and looked at the fire．

“Before I came out，” said one，“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money． People don\'t think of money when they\'re afraid． When anyone leaves paper money in a fire， the fire burns it． So I took all the bills that I could find．No one will be poorer because I took them．”

“You don\'t know my work，” said the other．

“What is your work？”

“I\'m a policeman．

“Oh！” cried the first man． He thought quickly and said，“And do you know my work？”“No，”said the policeman．

“I\'m a writer． I\'m always telling stories about things that never happened．”译文：

你知道我是干什么的吗？

一天晚上，一家旅馆失火，住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡衣就跑了出来。两个人站在外面，看着大火。

“在我出来之前，”其中一个说：“我跑进一些房间，找到了一大笔钱。人在恐惧中是不会想到钱的。如果有人把纸币留在火里，火就会把它烧成灰烬。所以我把所能找到的钞票都拿走了。没有人会因为我拿走它们而变得更穷。”

“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一个说。

“你是干什么的？”

“我是警察。”

“噢！”第一个人喊了一声,灵机一动,说：“那你知道我是干什么的？”“不知道。”警察说。

“我是个作家。我总是爱编一些从未发生过的故事。”

推荐第5篇：英语短文

Love grows in heart 爱在心里成长

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one

so that when we finally meet the right person,we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

When the door of happine closes, another opens,but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don\'t see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you\'ve ever had.

It\'s true that we don\'t know what we\'ve got until we lose it, but it\'s also true that we don\'t know what we\'ve been miing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an aurance that they\'ll love you back!

Don\'t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn\'t, be content it grew in yours.

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Don\'t go for looks; they can deceive.Don\'t go for wealth; even that fades away.

Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

Find the one that makes your heart smile.

或许是上帝的安排，在最终找到知音之前，我们总要遇到一些不尽如意的人，只有这样，我们才能对知音这份礼物充满感激之情。

一道幸福之门关闭时，另一扇就会打开。我们经常太多太多地只看见关闭的门，而对开启的门却熟视无睹。

也许最好的朋友就是那些你坐在门廊下，看到的来回过往的行人。你与他们一言未语，走开时却感到好像有过最好的交谈。

无疑，一件东西只有失去时，我们才会懂得其真正的价值。同样，一件东西在得到之前，我们并没有意识到它的缺少。

将爱全部付出，并不能确保一定会得到回报。别指望爱有什么回报，耐心地等待它在你所爱的人的心里生根发芽，成长壮大。即使不会那样，也要感到满足，相信爱在自己心里成长。迷恋一个人只需要一分钟，喜欢一个人需要一个小时，爱上一个人需要一天，而忘记一个人则需要一辈子的时间。不要追求华丽的外表，外表常常具有欺骗性。不要追求万贯家产，财富也会散尽。寻找那个可以使你微笑的人，只有微笑才能使黑暗的日子变得光明。寻找那个能够使你的心灵微笑的人。

A leon of life 生活的一课

“everything happens for the best,”my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.\"If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.

And you\'ll realize that it wouldn\'t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.\"

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer.I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn\'t risk hiring inexperienced person-\"Go out in the sticks and find a small station that\'ll give you a chance,”she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.While them was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father sad Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports

department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied.The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn\'t hired.

My disappointment must have shown.\"Everything happens for the best,\" Mom reminded me.Dad offered me the car to job hunt.I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa.The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration boiled over.I asked aloud \"How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can\'t get a job in a radio station?\"

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, \"What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?\"Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.

On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother\'s words: \"if you carry on, one day something good will happen.Something wouldn\'t have happened if not for that previous disappointment\" I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

生活的一课

每当我遇到挫折时,母亲就会说:\"一切都会好的。如果你坚持下去,总有一天会有好事发生。你会认识到,如果没有以前的挫折就不会有现在的一切。\"

母亲是对的,发现这个是在1932年,我刚从大学毕业。我已决定试着在电台找个事儿做,然后争取做体育节目的播音员。我搭便车到了芝加哥,挨个电台地敲门推销自己——但每次都被拒绝了。

在一个播音室里,一位好心的女士告诉我,大的广播电台是不会冒险雇用没经验的新手的。\"去乡下找一家给你机会的小电台吧,\"她说。

我搭车来到我的家乡,那是伊利诺斯州的迪克森。在迪克森当时还没有电台播音员这样的工作,父亲说,蒙哥马利•沃德开了一家新商店,想雇请一个本地的运动员管理店里的体育部。我中学时曾在迪克森打过橄榄球,出于这个原因我去申请了这份工作。工作听起来挺适合我的,但是我没被聘用。

我的沮丧心情一定表现出来了。\"一切总会好的,\"母亲提醒我说。爸爸给我买了一辆汽车找工作用。我试着到爱荷华州达文波特的woc电台去求职。那里的电台节目总监是一个很棒的苏格兰人,名叫彼得•麦克阿瑟,他告诉我他们已经雇到播音员了。

离开他办公室时,我的挫折感达到了极点。我大声地说:\"一个连在电台都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成为体育节目的播映员呢？

等电梯时，我听到麦克阿瑟喊道：“你说什么体育？你懂橄榄球吗？”接着他让我站到麦克风前面，请我解说一场想象中的比赛。

在回家的路上——以后也有很多次的，我思考着母亲的那句话：“如果你坚持下去，总要一天会有好事发生。如果没有以前的挫折，就不会有现在的一切。”我常想，如果当年我得到蒙哥马利•沃德的那份工作，我的人生之路又会怎样走呢？

A psalm of life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers

And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,

Is our destined and our way;

But to act,

That much tomorrow

Find us farther than today.

Art is long, and time is fleeting,

And our hearts, though stout and brave.

Still, like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world\'s broad field of battle,

In the bivouac of Life,

Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no future, howe\'er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act, act in the living Present!

Heart within, and God o\'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And departing leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time.

Footprints that perhaps another,

Sailing o\'er life solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing

Learn to labour and to wait.

推荐第6篇：英语短文

英语短文

What good faith? As the name suggests, honest and trustworthy.The relationships among people, Frank is honesty.Confucius said: credibility is the life in the world, is the founding of the nation, is the human development.In England there was a proverb saying \"honesty is the best policy\".It signifies the importance of honesty.What are the benefits of honesty if you are honest to others, they will be honest to you in return.When you are sad, they will comfort you.When you are in trouble, they will help you.The dishonest man will be looked down upon by others and be regarded as a public enemy.So be honest with others is very important.

推荐第7篇：英语短文

A Wolf in sheep\'s clothing

（披着羊皮的狼）

A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant

shepherd and his dogs.One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep.

He put it on and walked among the sheep.A lamb thought that the

wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers.So it

followed the wolf.Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came

at the lamb and ate it up.For some time he succeeded in deceiving

the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.

披着羊皮的狼

狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼发现了一块羊皮，便披着它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把这只披着羊皮的狼误认为自己的妈妈，被领出了羊群。狼成功地欺骗了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。

寓意：事物的外表有时候会掩盖它的本质，所以我们不能只凭表面现象就作判断。

good boy (好孩子)

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.\"What did you do

with the money I gave you yesterday?\"

\"I gave it to a poor old woman,\" he answered.

\"You\'re a good boy,\" said the mother proudly.

\"Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the

old woman?\"

\"She is the one who sells the candy.\"

小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？”

“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。

“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。

“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” Naughty monkey(调皮的猴子)

It’s very hot.An old man is asleep on the chair.

A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.

The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.

The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again.The

monkey chases it away again and again.

This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He

jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.

When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it

hard with the stone.

He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.

天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子.

推荐第8篇：英语短文

20岁的李栗（清华大学三年级学生）已经高分过了英语六级，正准备“专八”的考试。她联系到记者时，腼腆地表示“我主要想给大家介绍一下自己背专八单词经验。当然，每个人都有自己的方法，我这个仅供参考而已”。

1．背单词要背得好，要背得快，最基本的原则是脑子不断地想单词，让单词不断地从脑子里过，看书看10遍，还不如脑子过一遍。要做到单词在脑子里过的次数比在书本上过的次数多得多，要做到完全抛开书本，不依赖书本，不拿书的时候也在想单词、背单词。要尽量在单词被忘记之前在脑子里过一遍，这样，它留给你的印象要深得多，就算以后忘记，也很容易记起来。

2．背单词时还要注意在单词之间建立联系。当然，刚开始时可能能建立的联系很少，但要注意培养这种意识，争取一串串地背单词，看见一个，就能想起一串。比如，同义的单词一块儿记，反义的、形似的、分类的、词根的，背单词一段时间之后，就应该看到该单词，想一想以前学过什么同义的，如果只有印象而想不起来，最好在一个笔记本上记一笔，下次碰到该单词时，特别注意。比如，背单词一段时间后，应该问自己：我一共学了多少关于衣服的词？如果你只记得中文意思，想不起英文，下次就要特别注意了。或者你看到holograph的时候是否能想起homograph?芽虽然有些书给你整理了一些联系，可我觉得自己总结的才会印象最深。

这样，单词之间建立联系后，不拿书本的时候你也能利用这些联系不断地想单词，当某一个单词记不起来时，就要注意了。不妨看后面的单词时，就不断地想前面学过的单词中有哪些类似的，或意思相反的，把有联系的单词的页数写在单词旁，每当看到这个单词时，总想起和它有关的单词，想不起时再根据页数翻看。如果有印象而想不起来，就在笔记本上记一笔，下次补上。

3．背单词时不要在一个单词上花的时间太多，根本不用超过一分钟，像扫描般一掠而过。只是重复的次数要多，特别在脑子里重复的次数要比在书本上重复的次数多得多。其他方法还有听录音带，背单词软件等等。不时翻一翻别的单词书也挺有用，因为有新鲜感

推荐第9篇：英语短文

Get a thorough understanding of oneself

悟透“自己”

In all one\'s lifetime it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with.But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of.

人生在世，和“自己”相处最多，打交道最多，但是往往悟不透“自己”。

When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself.It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth.When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence.It\'s likely that you think it wise for yourself to know our place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded.

人生走上坡路时，往往把自己估计过高，似乎一切所求的东西都能垂手可得，甚至把运气和机遇也看做自己身价的一部分而喜不自胜。人在不得意时，又往往把自己估计过低，把困难和不利也看做自己的无能，以至把安分守己，与世无争误认为有自知之明，而实际上往往被怯懦的面具窒息了自己鲜活的生命。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist -- aware of both one\'s strength and shortage.You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realezed.You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.That\'s to way so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won\'t be difficulties you can\'t overcome, nor obstacles you can\'t surmount.

悟透自己，就是正确认识自己，也就是说要做一个冷静的现实主义者，既知道自己的优势，也知道自己的不足。我们可以憧憬人生，但期望值不能过高。因为在现实中，理想总是会打折扣的。可以迎接挑战。但是必须清楚自己努力的方向。也就是说，人一旦有了自知之明，也就没有什么克服不了的困难，没有什么过不去的难关。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs selfappreciation.Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of gra, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone, you represent a state of nature that has its own raison detre.If you earnestly admire yourself you\'ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence.As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you\'ll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.

要悟透自己就要欣赏自己。无论你是一棵参天大树，还是一棵小草，无论你成为一座巍峨的高山，还是一块小小的石头，都是一种天然，都有自己存在的价值。只要你认真地欣赏自己，你就会拥有一个真正的自我。只有自我欣赏才会有信心，一旦拥有了信心也就拥有了抵御一切逆境的动力。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself also requires doing oneself a favor when it\'s needed.In time of anger, do yourself a favor by giving vent to it in a quiet place so that you won\'t be hurt by its flames; in time of sadne, do yourself a favor by sharing it with your friends so as to change a gloomy mood into a cheerful one; in time of tiredne, do yourself a favor by getting a good sleep or taking some tonic.Show yourself loving concern about your health and daily life.As you are aware, what a person physically has is but a human body that\'s vulnerable when exposed to the elements.So if you fall ill, it\'s up to you to take a good care of yourself.Unle you know perfectly well when and how to do yourself a favor, you won\'t be confident and ready enough to resist the attack of illne.

要悟透自己，就要心疼自己。在气愤时心疼一下自己，找个僻静处散散心，宣泄宣泄，不要让那些无名之火伤身；忧伤时，要心疼一下自己，找个三五好友，诉说诉说，让感情的阴天变晴；劳累时，你要心疼一下自己，为自己来一番问寒问暖，要明白人所拥有的不过是一个血肉之躯，经不住太多的风力霜剑；有病时，你要心疼一下自己，惟有对自己的心疼，才是战胜疾病的信心和力量。

To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to get a full control of one\'s life.Then one will find one\'s life full of color and flavor.

悟透了自己，才能把握住自己，你生活才会有滋有味

Twenty Dollars 你是与众不同的

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.In the room of 200, he asked, \"Who would like this $20 bill?\"

Hands started going up.He said, \"I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.\"

He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up.He then asked, \"Who still wants it?\" Still the hands were up in the air.

\"Well,\" he replied, \"what if I do this?\" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

\"Now, who still wants it?\"

Still the hands went into the air.

\"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable leon.No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.It was still worth $20.\"

\"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.We feel as though we are worthle; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.\"

\"Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still pricele to those who love you.The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.\"

\"You are special — don’t ever forget it.\"

一位有名的演讲家手里拿着一张20美元的纸币，开始了讨论会。在200人的屋子里，他问道：“谁想要这20美元纸币？”

开始有人举手。他说：“我会把这20美元纸币给你们中间的一位，但是，先看看我这么做。”

他开始把这张纸币揉皱，然后他问道：“还有人想要它吗？”仍然有很多手举在空中。

“好，”他说道，“如果我这样做会怎么样呢？”他把纸币扔到地上，开始用皮鞋使劲踩踏。

然后他拣起又脏又皱的纸币，“现在，还有人要它吗？”

空中仍举着很多手。

“朋友们，刚刚你们已经得出一个非常宝贵的经验。不管我怎么糟蹋这张纸币，你们仍然想要它，因为它的价值没有降低。它仍然是20美元。”

“在生活中，很多次我们被自己制定的决策和身边的环境所抛弃、蹂躏，甚至碾入尘土。我们感到自己一无是处。但是不管发生了什么，或者将要发生什么，你们都永远不会失去自己的价值。”

“无论你肮脏或者干净，皱巴巴的或者被折磨，对周围爱你的人来说你仍然是无可替代的。我们生活的价值不在于我们做了什么，或者我们认识谁，生活的价值在于我们是谁。”

“你是与众不同的，永远不要忘记这一点！” The Value Of Time

时间的价值

想知道\"一整年\"的价值，就去问留级的学生。

To Realize The Value Of One Year, Ask A Student Who Has Failed His Final Exam.

想知道\"一个月\"的价值，就去问曾经早产的母亲。

To Realize The Value Of One Month, Ask A Mother Who Has Given Birth To A Premature Baby.

想知道\"一周\"的价值，就去问周报的编辑。

To Realize The Value Of One Week, Ask An Editor Of A Weekly Newspaper.

想知道\"一天\"的价值，就去问有十个孩子待哺的领日薪工人。

To Realize The Value Of One Day, Ask A Daily Wage Laborer Who Has Ten Kids To Feed.

想知道\"一小时\"的价值，就去问在等待见面的情侣。

To Realize The Value Of One Hour, Ask The Lovers Who Are Waiting To Meet.

想知道\"一分钟\"的价值，就去问刚错过火车的人。

To Realize The Value Of One Minute, Ask A Person Who Has Mied The Train.

想知道\"一秒钟\"的价值，就去问刚闪过一场车祸的人。

To Realize The Value Of One Second, Ask A Person Who Has Survived An Accident.

想知道\"千分之一秒\"的价值，就去问奥运的银牌得主。

To Realize The Value Of One Millisecond, Ask The Person Who Has Won A Silver Medal In Olympics.

珍惜你所拥有的每一刻时间。昨日已成历史，而明日仍是个谜。

Treasure Every Moment That You Have! Yesterday Is History.Tomorrow Is Mystery.

今天则是珍贵的礼物，那是它为何被称做『礼物』的原因。

Today is a gift.That\'s why it\'s called \"the present\" What will matter?

何为重要

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pa to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will all expire.The wins and loes that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won’t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.Your gender, skin color, ethnicity will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your succe, but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compaion, courage and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting lo when you’re gone.

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

不管你是不是已经准备好了，生命终将有走到终点的那一天。不再有旭日东升，不再有日日时时，也不再有一分一秒。你所有的一切，无论是所珍爱的还是已遗忘的，都将交到另一个人的手里。

你的财富、名望和凡世的权力都将变得卑微，成为无关紧要的东西。你欠了世人什么，世人又欠了你什么，所有这一切都不再重要。

希望、抱负、计划以及想要做的林林总总，和幽怨、愤恨、失败、妒忌一起，都归于灰飞烟灭。曾经是那么在意的成败得失也变得无足轻重。

你来自哪里，你住在路的那边，都不足挂齿。你是否拥有美貌和才气也不值一提。你的性别、肤色、民族亦变得无关紧要。

那么，什么才是生命中重要的东西呢？你生命的价值又是如何体现的？

生命中重要的不是你买到了什么，而是你创建了什么；不是你得到了什么，而是你给予了什么；不是你所取得的成功，而是你创造的价值；不是你学到了什么，而是你教会了别人什么。

生命中重要的是你正直、仁慈、勇敢、奉献的每一个行为。这些行为充实了别人、鼓舞着别人以你为榜样去为这世界的美好而努力。

生命中重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格；不是你认识多少人，而是当你离去时会有多少人感到永远地失去了些什么；不是你的记忆，而是那些深爱着你的人的怀念。

生命中重要的是人们会怀念你多久，谁会怀念你，怀念你什么。

拥有一个有意义的人生不是偶然的事情，也不是环境所能决定的事情，而是你自己的选择。

What Is Succe

什么是成功？

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.

什么是成功？

成功就是更多的微笑；

成功就是赢得智者的尊敬和孩子的喜爱；

成功就是得到诚实的批评家的欣赏，承受得住虚伪的朋友的背叛；

成功就是欣赏生活的美；

成功就是发现他人的好；

成功就是养育一个健康的孩子，开辟一块馨香的花园，或改善我们的社会环境，让这个世界变得更美一些；

成功就是确知有一个生命是因你的存在而生活得更加轻松；

这就是成功。

Tips for Happy Life

幸福的要诀

We\'ve always been told it\'s true, but now experts have proved that money really can\'t buy you happine.尽管我们总听到这样的话：金钱并不能买到真正的幸福。不过这次专家们印证了这一点。

They quizzed jackpot winners and came up with 10 tips to keep you feeling on top of the world.

他们采访了多位中了彩票头等奖的人，总结出了十条感觉幸福的秘诀。

And the results were surprising.No flash cars of expensive jewellery.Instead it was the simple pleasures, available to almost anybody, that bring the most enjoyment.

结果是令人惊讶的。幸福的感觉不是来自名牌汽车也不是来自珠宝首饰。让我们产生幸福感的都是简单的愉悦，是每个人都可以感受到的简单愉悦给我们带来最大的幸福感。

Top of the list is spending time with your family.

排在第一位的是和家人共处。

But jackpot winners\' advice is: \"Don\'t give up work.Having a regular routine and social interaction are eential.Keeping up friendships is important too, as is a stable marriage.

中了头彩的幸运儿们的建议是：“不要放弃工作。保持规律的作息和社会活动是非常必要的。拥有稳定的婚姻关系和一帮朋友也是很有助于提升幸福感。” Buying your own home, preferably in the North where people are friendlier, is a good idea.But don\'t get into debt.

在北部买一套自己的房子是个不错的主意。因为那儿的人们更加友善。但是不要背上债务。

No matter how much money you have, living within your means is vital if you want to avoid stre.\"

不管你有多少钱，还是要按照自己的方式生活，自食其力，这对减少压力是很重要的。

Dr Richard Tunney, of Nottingham University said: \"The old saying \'money can\'t buy you happine\' may not be true, but traditional family values, a comfortable home and financial security are clearly key elements to a happy life.\"

诺丁汉大学的理查德·唐尼博士说：“老话讲金钱难买开心颜，这可能不全对。但是传统的家庭观念，拥有一个稳定舒适的家庭，经济上有保障，衣食无忧，这些对于获得幸福感都是关键因素。”

推荐第10篇：英语短文

1.THE NEWSPAPER 报纸

Nowadays the newspaper poees considerable value Everybody should read it.It

supplies us with a variety of news every day.It tells us the political situation of the world.If we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances.

现今报纸拥有极大的价值，人人都应该看它。它每天提供我们各种类类的消息。它告诉我们世界政治局势。如果我们养成看报的习惯，我们就能得到足够的知识来因应我们的环境。学生虽然每天须做功课，但他们至少应该匀出一两个小时来看报。哪些，他们不但能增加知识而且也能赶上时代。总而言之，看报对学生很有益处。

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2.MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it.Why? Because I intend to be a good student.I wish to render service to my country.

I get up at six o’clock every day.After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my leons.I go to school at seven o’clock.

After school is over, I return home.We usually have supper at seven o’clock.

Then I begin to do my homework.I want to finish it before I go to bed.

虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。

我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。

放学后，我就回家了。我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。

3.A MODEL STUDENT 模范学生

Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not.So far as I know, everybody intends to be (become) a model student.

However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing.First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge.A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed.Secondly, he must remember to improve his health.Only a strong man can do great tasks.Thirdly, he should receive moral education.If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.

你价意被称为坏学生吗？当然不。就我所知，每个人都打算做模范学生。

然而，做模范学生却不容易。第一，他必须尽力获得知识（求知）。一个没有足够知识的人是不会成功的。第二，他必须记住促进健康。只有强壮的人才能做大事。第三，他应该接受道德教育。如果他品行不好，没有人会考虑和他交朋友的。

4.HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何获得快乐

There is no doubt that happine is the most precious thing in the world.Without it, life will be empty and meaningle.If you wish to know how to get happine, you must pay attention to the following two points.

First, health is the secret of happine (the key to happine).Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.

Secondly, happine consists in contentment.A man who is diatisfied with his present condition is always in distre.

无疑的快乐是世界上最宝贵的东西。没有它，人生将是空虚的而且毫无意义的。如果你希望知道如何获得快乐，你须注意下面两点。

健康是快乐的要诀。唯有身体强壮的人才能享受人生的乐趣。

快乐在于知足。一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦之中。

5.BOOKS 书籍

As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.

Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.

如众所周知，书籍教我们学习人生，真理，科学以及其它许多有用的东西。它们增加我们的知识，扩大我们的心胸并加强我们的品格。换句话说，它们是我们的良师益友。这是为什么我们的父母终是鼓励我们要多读书的理由。

读书是一好事，但我们必须多加注意书的选择。不错，我们能从好书中获得益处。然而，坏书却对我们有害无益。

6.：A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY 乡村游记

One Sunday my mother (Mother) had (made) me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country.She bade me take good care of him.

While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently.We saw the beautiful flowers smile (smiling) at us and heard the birds sing (singing) their sweet songs on the trees.The scenery was indeed very pretty (beautiful).When we felt tired, we returned home.We saw Mother (our mother) wait (waiting) for us at the door.

7.有一个星期日，我母亲叫我带小弟弟去乡村游历。她吩咐我要好好照料他。

当我们沿着道路行走的时候，太阳灿烂地照耀着，微风轻轻地吹着。我们看见美丽的花儿对我们微笑着，并听见鸟儿在树上唱着悦耳的歌曲，风景实十分美丽。

当我们感觉到疲倦的时候，我们就回家了。我们看见母样正在门口等候我们 One day an old man siselling a big elephant.A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly.The old man goes up to him and says inhis ear,“Don\'t say

anything about the elephant before I sell it,then i\'ll give you some money.”“All right,”says the young man.After the old man slles the elephant,he gives the young man some money and says,“Now,can you tell me how you find the bad ears of theelephant?”“I don\'t find the bad ears,”says the young man.“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?”asks the old man.The young man answers,“Because I never see an elephant before,and I want to know what it looks like.”

一天，一个老的男人正在卖一头大象。一个年轻的男人走向大象然后开始慢慢看着它（大象），这个老的男人走向他对着他的耳朵说，“不要在我卖出它（大象）之前说关于它（大

象）的事，然后我会给你一些钱。”“好的”，这个年轻的男人说。在这个老的男人卖出大象后，他给了年轻的男人一些钱并且说，“现在，你可以告诉我你是怎样知道大象的坏的耳朵了吧？”“我不知道坏的耳朵”，这个年轻的男人说。“然后为什么你慢慢的看着大象？”这个老的男人问。这个年轻的男人回答，“因为我在这之前从来没有见过大象，还有我想知道它（大象）是什么样子 8.Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,“This is my breakfast.”

He comes up to the cock and says, “I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?” The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.

The people in the field see the fox.They cry, “Look, look! The fox is carrying the cock away.” The cock says to the fox, “Mr.Fox, do you understand? The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.”

The fox opens his mouth and says, “The cock is mine, not yours.” Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

狐狸和公鸡

一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”二天，狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑

到了树底下。

9.Back to School

It’s the first day of school.Mike wants to go back to school.He wants to see his friends.He wants to meet his new teacher.

Mike gets up early in the morning.He washes and eats his breakfast.Then he rides his bike to school.He sees his friends on the playground.He plays hide-and-seek with them.In the claroom, Mike meets his new maths teacher.Her name is Mrs.Green.Mike likes Mrs Green.She can speak English very well.He thinks she is a nice teacher.

10.One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn\'t swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.

11.Mike’s Family

Mike comes from America.He is twelve.His father Mr.Brown works in a big shop in Beijing.Mike has a sister.Her name is Kate.She is only four.

It is Saturday today.Mike’s family is all at home.Mr.Brown is sitting in a chair and

reading today’s newspaper.Mrs.Brown is out of the house; she is watering the flowers.Is Mike with his mother? No, he is cleaning his new bike.Where is Kate? She is in her room.She is playing with her cat.What a happy family!

12．Time

Lost time is never found again.This is something which I learned very clearly last semester.I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer.I finally realized that something had to be done.It was time for a change.

Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely.I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour.This will give me a head start on the day.I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it.Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.

时光一去不复返，这是我上学期清楚学到的教训。我浪费很多时间四处游荡，以致于我的成绩开始退步。最后我终于了解到我必须有所作为；该是痛改前非的时候了。

现在我有一个明智运用时间的新方法。我已将闹钟早拨半小时，这将使我这一天的作息提前开始。我也决定将我所做的一切及做这些事的时间记录下来。回顾我所做的事情会启发我如何重新安排我的时间

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林飞的家离学校大约10千米。他每天6点钟起床，沐浴，很快吃完早餐。然后他在大约6点半动向去学校。首先他骑自行车去汽车站。大约需要10分钟。然后他乘早班公共汽车去学校。乘公共汽车通常大约需要25分钟。

在北美洲，大多数学生乘坐校车去上学。一些学生也步行或骑自行车去学校。在世界的其他地方，情况有所不同。在日本，大部分学生坐火车去上学，但也有一些人步行或骑自行车。在中国，这要视你住在哪里而定。在大城市里，学生通常骑自行车或坐公共汽车上学。在有河或湖的地方，像洪山湖或开山岛，学生通常乘坐小船去学校。那一定比乘坐公共汽车上学更有趣！

A：星期三你能来参加我的聚会吗？

B：当然，我很愿意。

C：对不起,我不能来。我得上钢琴课。

D：对不起，我也不能去。我得去看医生。

你好亨利：

谢谢你的邀请。对不起，我这周不能去拜访你。我非常忙。今天晚上我要参加我堂兄的生日聚会。明天，我得去看牙医。（讨厌！）星期三我要参加校队的网球训练。星期四我必须学习，准备化学考试。星期五晚上我要和几个朋友去看电影。星期五你能来和我们一起去看电影吗？尽快回信。

索尼亚

你好亨利：

非常感谢你的邀请。对不起，下周我不能去拜访你。

星期一，我得去看医生。星期二，我要和我的朋友们。星期三，我必须而学习。星期五，和一起度假。请在假期之后给我打电话吧。

托尼

亲爱的伊莎贝尔：

谢谢你上次的来信。这是我和我的双胞胎姐姐刘英的照片。正如你所知，在一些方面我们看上去一样，而在一些方面我们看上去不同。尽管我的头发比她的短，但我们都是黑眼睛、黑头发。尽管刘英比我健壮，但我们都喜欢运动。她比较外向，而我比较文静。我觉得我比她聪明一些。我最喜欢的科目是物理和化学，她最喜欢的科目的体育。不过，我们两个都喜欢参加聚会。

请尽快来看望我们！

爱你的，

刘丽

有些朋友有相反的观点和爱好，有些喜欢同样的东西。你的观点是什么？朋友应当相同还是不同？我们询问了一些人他们所想的，这是他们所说的。

我喜欢拥有像我一样的朋友。我比我班里大多数的孩子都文静，我最好的朋友袁丽也很文静，尽管我们有些不同。我比袁丽聪明，但她更擅长运动。

詹姆斯·格林

A：咱们做水果沙拉吧。

B：好的，好主意。我们需要多少酸奶？

A：一杯。

B：我们需要多少苹果？

A：让我想想……我们需要两个苹果。

B：好的需要多少……

A：你怎样制作水果沙拉？

B：

超级鸡肉三明治

首先，在一片面包上放些黄油。然后在一个洋葱和一个西红柿切碎，把这些加到面包上。下一步，在面包上放些生菜和鸡肉片，并在鸡肉片上放些佐料。最后，在上面放上另一片面包。

这儿是一份制作优等火鸡三明治的食谱！

首先，在两片面包上黄油。把一个切碎。将西红柿放在面包片上。下一步，加上两片。在火鸡肉上放两茶匙。

九班的学生在学校旅行中过得很愉快。他们去蓝水水族馆玩了一天。他们首先参观了游客中心，并看了一场关于鲨鱼的电影。然后他们看了海豚表演。随后，他们去了户外水池，而且看到了一条大章鱼。午饭后，他们去了礼品店，买了许多礼物。最后，他们乘坐公共汽车返回了学校，他们虽然很累但很高兴。在当天结束时，科学老师很高兴，因为旅行之后，班长把公共汽车打扫干净了。

亲爱的汤姆：

你的假日过得怎么样？你野营愉快吗？我那天过得很不快乐。我拜访了我的堂兄们。那天一直在下雨。上午，我待在家里看光盘，玩电脑游戏和读书。下午，马丁叔叔把他的一些旧物品放在院子里，做庭院旧物出售。然而，没有人来买，因为天气太糟糕了。幸亏我们带了伞和雨衣，因此没被淋湿。

望尽快见到你，尼克

你多早开始做事都不为过。例如：老虎·伍兹10个月大就开始打高尔夫球。莫扎特4岁的时候就开始作曲，巴西伟大的足球运动员罗纳乐多17岁就为国家队踢球。

中国著名的钢琴家李云迪一直热衷于音乐。他1982年出生于重庆。当他还是个小孩子的时候，他就能哼唱歌曲并能哼唱较难的乐曲。他4岁时开始学习手风琴，7岁时开始学钢琴。在2000年10月，李云迪参加了在波兰举行的第14届肖邦国际钢琴大赛，并获得了他所在小组的第一名。他也是在该项比赛的70年历史中第一个获此奖项的中国钢琴家。

我理想的工作

当我长大的时候，我打算做我想做的事。我打算看搬到某个有趣的地方。巴黎听起来像是我喜爱的那种城市。那儿有许多艺术展。我想做一名艺术家。那么，我打算怎样做呢？首先，

我打算找一份兼职工作，工作一两年，并攒一些钱。然后，我打算成为巴黎一缺艺术学校的学生。同时，我还打算学习法语。接下来，我打算举办艺术展览会，因为我想变得富有，并且给我父母买一幢大房子。我还想要周游世界。将来有一天我打算在一个安静而又美丽的地方安度晚年。

我们收到了1000多封读者关于新年要做的事的来信、传真和电子邮件。许多读者打算今年在学校更加努力地学习。许多读者打算做运动。有些读者打算多学习一种新的语言。有些女孩子打算多做一些运动来保持健康。有些父母打算学习他们的孩子在学校学习的课程。他们想更好地与他们的孩子进行交流/沟通。一位老妇人打算辞去现在的工作再找一份在中国当语言教师的工作。

A：我不喜欢做家务。

B：噢，我也不喜欢一些家务，但是我喜欢其他的家务。

A：真的吗？你喜欢：衣服吗?

B：不，我不喜欢。那令人厌烦。

A：我同意。你喜欢

B：不，不怎么喜欢。但是我喜欢因为那使人放松。而且我喜欢饭，因为我喜欢烹饪。

洗盘子

打扫你的房间

倒垃圾

扫地

叠你的衣服

整理你的床铺

南希：

感谢你照看我的狗。请你每天做这些事情好吗？带他去散步，给他水喝并且喂他东西吃。然后，清洗他的碗，跟他一起玩。别忘了打扫他的床铺。祝你愉快！下周见。

谢谢，

托马斯

年轻人认为城里的这些地方怎么样?我们对我们的读者做了一个调查，这是我们了解到的情况。所有的电影院都很好，但影视城是我们城镇最好的。它有最大的屏幕和最舒适的座椅。然而，都市影院是最便宜的，它还有最友好的服务。最受欢迎的服装店是詹森服装店。它有质量最好的衣服，价格也是最便宜的。流行时装店是最差的，它的服务真差。至于广播电台，大多数人认为调频107.9兆赫爵士乐电台相当棒。它播放的音乐最引人入胜。

上周的才艺展示（1）是非常成功的。有（2）15个节目。伊莱扎·克拉克获得了（3）演员奖。她弹奏了一支优美的钢琴曲。胡悦是（4）演员。他在没有音乐伴奏的情况下跳舞。（5）奖由史蒂夫·田和他的狗――费多所获得。他们一起（6）一首有趣的歌曲。

第13篇：英语短文

Paage 1

When you’re dealing with a streful situation or going through a hard time, people in your life can help you.When someone who cares knows what you’re going through, it helps you feel understood and not so alone.Having a right person means a lot.Problems seem smaller when you talk about them with the right person.You can do better and find out solutions more easily when you share your problems.

There are lots of different ways to get and give help.Sometimes you just want to hear an encouraging word.Other times you need advice on things.Help can be very easy, like a homework project.Or it can go on for a while, like teaching to bring up a failing grade or advising to get through a difficult situation.

It’s likely you remember times someone helped you.Parents taught you to stop a bad habit.Friends helped you get through sadne or deal with disappointment.Teachers might have guided you through the college application proce.And you can also remember times when you helped others.You might give a hand to your clamate who met difficulty.

Friends, parents,teachers and other adults can be great resources when you need help.There are also times when you need the extra help that a profeional can provide best.Doctors can offer specialized help for a health problem.Turn to the profeional people for help when you need.

Paage 2

One of my favorites as a young girl was writing.I found that it was a great way to expre what I was feeling.I actually wrote journals as early as my first grade.I find them amusing to look at now.I even read some to my son.I noticed that he actually started doing the same thing.He came to me the other day and wanted to read me a story he had written——“Sponge Bob Square Pants and His Friends”.

As he sat there and read it aloud to me, it brought a big smile to my face for I saw myself in him.Recently his school held auditions for a talent show and he was really interested in it.I remembered him asking me,“Mom, what is my talent?” I asked him to list all of the things that he enjoyed doing.He said reading was at the top, followed by drawing, writing and playing Super Mario Brothers.So I asked him, “What can you do combine some of those things that people would enjoy watching?”

He disappeared into his room for a while and I began to get a little worried.I knew how embarraed he got performing in front of the big crowds.I heard him rushing down the stairs with excitement.

“I can do a puppet show, Mom!” He showed me what he had come up with while in his room.He called it, “Yoshi Goes to Africa.” What a great idea I thought to myself.I found a puppet show tent online and cleaned up some old puppet friends for him.My son was the only boy who entered the talent show at his school and he won the second place.I was so proud of him.

第14篇：英语短文

初中英语 Everyone has their own dreams, I am the same.But my dream is not a lawyer, not a doctor, not actors, not even an industry.Perhaps my dream big people will find it ridiculous, but this has been my pursuit! My dream is to want to have a folk life! I want it to become a beautiful painting, it is not only sharp colors, but also the colors are bleak, I do not rule out the painting is part of the black, but I will treasure these bleak colors! Not yet, how about, a colorful painting, if not bleak, add color, how can it more prominent American? Life is like painting, painting the bright red color represents life beautiful happy moments.Painting a bleak color represents life difficult, unpleasant time.You may find a flat with a beautiful road is not very good yet, but I do not think it will.If a person lives flat then what is the point? Life is only a short few decades, I want it to go Finally, Each memory is a solid. 翻译：每个人都有自己的梦想，我也一样。但是我的梦想不是律师，不是医生，不是演员，甚至不是一种行业！我的梦想也许大人们会觉得可笑，但是，这是我一直追寻的！我的梦想是想要自己有一个七彩的人生！我要它成为一幅美丽的画，它不但要有鲜明的颜色，也要有暗淡的颜色，我不排除这幅画有一部分的黑色，我反而会很珍惜这些暗淡的颜色！不是吗，试问一下，一幅色彩鲜艳的画，如果不加一点暗淡的颜色，又怎能更突出它的美呢？人生就象画一样，画中鲜艳的颜色就代表着人生美丽快乐的时光。画中暗淡的颜色就代表着人生遭遇困难，不愉快的时候。也许你会觉得拥有一条平坦美丽的路不是很好吗，但我并不觉得。一个人如果一生平坦那有什么意思呢？人生只有短短几十年，我要他走到最后时，每一个回忆都事充实的！ A friend is a person who can let you feel warm when you are depreed.I have many friends.But XXX is my best friend.He is as old as me.He taller than me.Basketball is his favorite sport.We are in the same cla.He is good at study.So his study is very good.We learn from each other and help each other.He will help me if i got in trouble.I will help he as much as I can.I hope our friendship will forever and ever. A friend is someone who can let you feel warm when you are depreed.I have many friends.However I only have one best friend and it\'s XXX.He is the same age as me.He is taller than me.Basketball is his favourite sport.We are in the same cla.He likes studying and is good at it, so he gets high marks.We learn from each other and help each other.He will help me if I ever get into troubles.So will I.I hope our friendship will last forever and ever 翻译：朋友是当你在沮丧消沉的时候能给你温暖的人。因此我又很多朋友。XXX是我最好的朋友。他和我一样大却比我高。他最喜欢的运动是打篮球。我们是同班同学。他的学习很棒，因此他的成绩很好。我们相互学习相互帮助。我有困难的时候他会帮我，而他又困难我也会尽力帮他。我希望我们的友谊能天长地久。 My best friend and I get along with each other quite well.But we are so different.He is funnier, more outgoing than I am and i\'m more serious.He is more athletic and likes to play all kinds of sports but I am smarter on study.My friend is wilder than me and I am calmer.He is tall, thin, strong,with short hair, And sometimes he is very carele and lazy.On the other hands, I am short, fat, weak, with shorthair.He is very helpful because I am very lazy and don\'t want to do any sports.And I will help him with his study. I think our friendship will last forever. 翻译：我和我最好的朋友相处的非常好，但是我们却各有不同。他比我更有趣，更外向，而我很严肃。他是运动型的，各种体育运动都很喜欢，而我更擅长于学习。我的朋友相对狂野而我相对沉静。他又高又瘦，但是很结实，留着短发。一些时候他马虎又懒散。与他相比，我显得矮胖，而虚弱。我也是短头发。他很乐于助人，因为我很懒不想做仍和运动。我会在学习上帮助他。我希望我们的友谊能够持续到永远 Today, good sunny weather, always a hundred flowers ......\" I head swimming glaes, I sing a little song, walked meteor big, went to Zhoushan Middle School swimming pool. Wow thiazolyl! Today, many people can really ah! A group of three students, five pile, in the pool, pushing and shoving, no better happy! I already have lost Hing son, traveling light.\"Thump!\" I caught a spring, water ducks to water generally swim a .......Nice to feel the water! I have a moment like a free fish fry for a while yet also seemed a carefree birds.Sometimes wildly breaststroke frog forward, sometimes into freestyle, rolls toward the deep water.I kept the swinging hands, feet not live playing the water splashes like a bit graceful girl, and like one a lovely boy, beautiful great! I jumped up, roll forward.\"Wow!\" The water was cold and deep water, thrilled! \"Crash ......\" my original\" Deep Somersault \"began.I pushed the hands, feet Yi Deng, jumped backward, turn sideways for a more perfect performance ah! I am in the midst of cheers, air to drill into the water.At this time, the students are coming to my swim.Suddenly, the pool open swim posture: breaststroke, butterfly, dog plane, everything.Overtake each other, with each side.Laughter, playfulne sound into a ...... Tired, I lay quietly on the water: If water every day as partners, so the fish do my friend, my teacher, my job is only swimming ......it was nice to ah! When the sun sets, my clamates and I still play pool slapstick.Finally, the shore, and the evening\'s setting sun dragging our very, very long shadow.Happy swimming, I like! 翻译：“今天天气好晴朗，处处百花香……”我头顶游泳眼镜，口哼小曲，迈着流星大步，向舟山中学游泳池走去。哇噻！今天人可真多啊！学生们三个一群，五个一堆，在泳池里推推搡搡，好不快活！我早已耐不住兴子，轻装上阵。“扑通！”我纵身一跃，如水鸭子一般去水里畅游了……。水里的感觉真好！我一会儿像一条自由自在的小鱼，一会儿又似一只无忧无虑的水鸟。时而青蛙似地蛙泳前进，时而自由泳进，向着深水区进发。我的双手不停着摆动着，两脚不住地打着水，溅起的水花如一位位婀娜多姿的少女，又像一个个活泼可爱的男孩，美丽极了！我跳跃着，翻滚着。“哇！”深水区的水好凉、好爽！“哗啦......”我的独创“深水空翻”开始了。我双手一推，两脚一蹬，向后一跃，侧身一转，多完美的表演啊！我在一片喝彩声中，神气地钻入水里。这时，同学们都向我游了过来。顿时，泳池里游姿开放：蛙泳、蝶泳、狗刨、应有尽有。你追我赶，互不相让。欢笑声、嬉闹声响成一片...... 累了，我静静地躺在水面上：要是天天与水为伴，让鱼儿做我的朋友，当我的老师，我的作业只有游泳......那该多好啊！夕阳西下时，我和同学们还在泳池里嬉戏打闹。终于，上岸了，黄昏的残阳把我们的影子拖得很长很长。快乐的游泳，我喜欢！ I love my family,because I have a happy family. My father is an English teacher.His name is Jacky.He is thirty-eight.He likes playing basketball.What’s my mother jop?Is she a teacher?Yes,you’re right!My mother is very kind and nice,she is thirty-seven.My mother is always laborious work.I love my parents! On Staurday and Sunday,I often go to the library and play the piano,My father go to play basketball.Sometimes,we watch TV and listen to music at home. I love my family.Because I’m very happy to live with my parents together! 翻译: 我的家庭我爱我的家庭,因为我有一个快乐的家庭. 我的爸爸是一名英语教师,他的名字叫Jacky.他今年38岁.他非常喜欢打篮球.我的妈妈是赶什么呢?她是一名教师吗?是的.你说对了!我的妈妈是一个很亲切、友善的人,她今年37岁.我妈妈总是勤劳的干活.我爱我的父母. 在星期六和星期天里,我经常去图书馆和弹钢琴.我爸爸去打篮球.有时侯,我们都在家看电视和听音乐. 我爱我家.因为我和爸爸妈妈一起生活得很开心! I what busied one day, the body that dragging exhaustion sits silently on the balcony to syare blankly, come stealthily towards evening, late wind slowly had blown, left the cool trace of filar silk.But the balcony that also cannot bake sun broil hair is very hotly is wrapped cool.Dark, bird is le and le also, the damage that a string of bird left in the sky cries.The sun that worked one day also took off coverall, it is no longer in that way dazzling.The tender broadne that the sun that changes new clothes also changes is elegant, lovely.Tell the truth the sun can be met really choose color.The clothes that you see her wear is much more beautiful, red is blaze that one the most beautiful one color in the layer.Withered and yellow is squashy orange just was picked on the tree that orange is yellow.Foil in so beautiful color the cheek that iued arch to give a piece of peaceful.She seems to be being monitored by others same, stealthily move is moving pace, appear that kind is lightsome.Knowing at this moment is who is make a practical joke, in her that is high and scatter on luxuriant clothes went up prepared Chinese ink makes her dre becomes bit more full of stains or spots, ased if to throw one Jiao in wallow.Right now she is like a girl bashful and same, blush so that resemble squashy persimmon.Perhaps she feels embarraed to used white gauze cloak to live then half face.Paed for ages, perhaps be she feels to be done so also of no help cowardly cowardly ground comes out to appear that kind is bashful.Then she thinks 36 plan -- go for the best thing to do, be smooth! Apparent its speed appears than a moment ago much faster, she is floating die of small blush Pang is in then later hilltop.The sky appears deserted.Again scan widely hopes horizon appeared again her form, hey! How be like two different people with foregoing the setting sun, move close to again look, it is the moon that Yin Guangshan shows so.Dark, appear soundle in that way all around. 翻译：忙碌了一天的我,拖着疲劳的身体静静的坐在阳台上发呆,傍晚悄悄来临,晚风缓缓的吹过,留下了丝丝的凉意.但也不能将太阳炙烤得发烫的阳台裹凉.天黑了,鸟儿也愈来愈少,天空中留下了一串鸟的残鸣。工作了一天的太阳也脱下了工作服，不再是那样刺眼。换上新装的太阳也变的温柔阔雅，楚楚动人。说实话太阳可真会挑颜色。你看她穿的衣服多漂亮，红的是火焰那一层一层中最美的颜色。枯黄的是树上刚摘下来熟透的桔子那桔黄。在这样美丽的颜色衬托下拱出了一张恬静的脸蛋。她好像被别人监视着一样，悄悄的挪移着步伐，显得那般轻盈。这时不知道是谁在搞恶作剧，在她那高贵而又华丽的衣裳上撒上了墨汁使她的衣服变得斑斑点点，仿佛在泥坑里摔了一跤。此时她好像一个小姑娘害羞一样，脸红得象熟透的柿子。也许她觉得难堪于是便用白纱遮掩住了一半脸。过了好久，也许是她觉得这样做也无济于事便怯怯地出来显得那般羞涩。于是她便想三十六计——走为上策，溜！显然它的速度显得比刚才快多了，之后她那泛着微红脸庞消逝在山头。天空则显得空荡荡的。再放眼一望天际又出现了她的身影，哎！怎么跟先前的夕阳判若两人，再凑近一看，原来是银光闪闪的月亮。天黑了，四周则显得那样静悄悄。 I have a goodfriend,He is a boy,he has a very nice name—Robert.He comes from England.He has big eyes,they are round and cute.He comes to China with his parents.We know each other since last year.From then on,we become goodfriends. At weekends,we often get together to play basketball,he plays it very well,and,he sings well,too.He teaches me English and I teach him Chinese. We are goodfriends forever. 翻译：我有一个好朋友，他是一个男孩，他有一个非常好听的名字—罗伯特。他来自英格兰，他有一对大眼睛，它们很圆很可爱。他和他的父母一起来中国。我们从去年开始认识。从那时候起，我们成为好朋友了。在周末，我们经常一起打篮球，他打得非常好，而且，他歌唱得很好听。他教我英语然后我教他中文。我们永远都是好朋友。 My Home Town My home town is a beautiful place.It stands beside a wide river and is rich in fish and rice.But in the old days it was a poor and backward little town.Many people had no work.They lived a hard life.In 1949 my hometown was liberated.Since then great changes have taken place there.The streets have been widened.Factories, schools, hospitals, cinemas and theatres have sprung up one after another.The life of the people is greatly improved.I love my hometown.All the more I love its people.They are working hard so as to make it still richer and more beautiful.====我的家乡我的家乡是个美丽的地方，它座落在一条宽宽的小河旁边，富产鱼和大米。但是在过去它是个又穷又偏僻的小镇。很多人没有工作，生活很难过。 1949年解放以来，我的家乡发生了很大的变化。道路拓宽了，工厂、学校、医院、电影院和歌剧院一个接一个建成。人们生活质量大大地提高了。我爱我的家乡，更爱家乡的人们。他们辛勤工作保持着它的富有、美丽。 OK, let me tell you something about my weekend.I am going to do many things and be very busy on the weekend.So I do my homework on Saturday morning.In the afternoon, I am going to do housework with my mother.Because I am a good girl, I am helpful at home.On Sunday morning, I am going to visit my grandparents with my parents.In the afternoon, we are going to the park together.Because there is a kite show.And my grandparents likes making kites.I think, we can see many beautiful kites there.And we are going to buy some beautiful kites, too.Then, we are going to fly the new kites, that’s fun.In the evening, we are going to have a big dinner.We are going to have fish for dinner.Because my grandparents likes eating fish.And my grandma cooks fish well.After dinner, we are going to watch TV together.We are going to be very happy.This is my happy weekend.I like my weekend very much.What about your weekend? Can you tell me?好吧,让我来告诉你有关我周末的一些事情.我在周末将会有很多事情要做并且会很忙.所以我要在周六早上写作业.下午,我要和妈妈一起做家务.因为我是一个好女孩,在家里很有用.周日早上,我要和父母一起去看望祖父母.下午，我们要一起去公园.因为那有个风筝秀.并且我的祖父母喜欢做风筝.我认为,我们会在那看到很多漂亮的风筝.我们的也要买一些漂亮的风筝.然后我们要一起去放新的风筝,那很有趣.晚上,我们会有一个盛大的晚餐.我们会在晚餐上吃鱼.因为我的祖父母喜欢吃鱼.并且我的外婆很会做鱼.晚饭后,我们要一起看电视.我们会非常高兴.这就是我快乐的周末.我非常喜欢我的周末.你的周末是怎样的?你能告诉我吗？ Beijing Olympic Games is the 29th Olympic Games.It will last16 days, since August 8, 2008, carry on 28 matches of 302 little projects, sell 7 million tickets.In order to further improve the traffic environment, the expreway of Beijing will increase from present 500 kilometers to 718 kilometers,Beijing will let the going out swift, on time, security of people participating in Olympic Games.Hope Beijing Olympic Games can be succeeded in holding！北京奥运会是第29届奥运会.自2008年8月8日起，历时16天，共进行28个大项，302个小项目的比赛,可售门票700万张.为进一步改善交通环境,北京的高速公路将由目前的500公里增加到718公里,北京将让参加奥运会的人们的出行快捷、准时、安全。希望北京奥运会能够成功举办！ 

小学英语 Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it.Why? Because I intend to be a good student.I wish to render service to my country.I get up at six o’clock every day.After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my leons.I go to school at seven o’clock.

After school is over, I return home.We usually have supper at seven o’clock.

Then I begin to do my homework.I want to finish it before I go to bed.虽然我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。为什么？因为我打算做一个好学生，希望将来为国家服务。我每天六点起床、洗脸刷牙后，就开始复习功课，七点钟我就去上学。放学后，我就回家了。我们通常在七点钟吃晚餐，之后我就开始做家庭作业，希望在睡觉前把它做完。

第15篇：英语短文

Knowledge and progre 知识和进步

Why does the idea of progre loom so large in the modern world? Surely because progre of a particular kind is actually taking place around us and is becoming more and more manifest．Although mankind has undergone no general improvement in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progre in the accumulation of knowledge．

Knowledge began to increase as soon as the thoughts of one individual could be communicated to another by means of speech．With the invention of writing, a great advance was made,for knowledge could then be not only communicated but also stored．Libraries made education poible, and education in its turn added to libraries: the growth of knowledge followed a kind of compound-interest law,which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing．All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly raised．Then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan．The trickle became a stream; the stream has now become a torrent．

Moreover, as soon as new knowledge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account．What is called‘modern civilization’is not the result of a balanced development of all man\'s nature, but of accumulated knowledge applied to practical life．The problem now facing humanity is: What is going to be done with all this knowledge? As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good or evil．It is now being used indifferently for both．Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men\'s bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them? We have to ask ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power,continues.

恨别

杜甫

洛城一别四千里，胡骑长驱五六年。草木变衰行剑外，兵戈阻绝老江边。思家步月清宵立，忆弟看云白日眠。闻道河阳近乘胜，司徒急为破幽燕。

《恨别》是唐代诗人杜甫上元元年（760）在成都写的一首七言律诗，抒发了杜甫流落他乡的感慨和对故园、骨肉的怀念，表达了杜甫希望早日平定叛乱的爱国思想。全诗情真语挚，沉郁顿挫，扣人心弦。

首联领起“恨别”，点明思家、忧国的题旨。“四千里”，恨离家之远;“五六年”，伤战乱之久。个人的困苦经历，国家的艰难遭遇，都在这些数量词中体现出来。诗人于759年(乾元二年)春告别了故乡洛阳，返回华州司功参军任所，不久弃官客居秦州、同谷，后来到了成都，辗转四千里。诗人写此诗时，距700年(天宝十四年)十一月安史之乱爆发已五六个年头。在这几年中，叛军铁蹄蹂躏中原各地，生灵涂炭，血流成河，这是诗人深为忧虑的事。

颔联两句描述诗人流落蜀中的情况。“草木变衰”，语出宋玉《九辩》中的“萧瑟兮草木摇落而变衰”。这里是指草木的盛衰变易，承上句的“五六年”，暗示入蜀已有多年，同时也与下一句的“老”相呼应，暗比诗人自己的飘零憔悴。诗人到成都，多亏亲友帮助，过着比较安定的草堂生活，但思乡恋亲之情是念念不忘的。由于“兵戈阻绝”，他不能重返故土，只好老于锦江之边了。“老江边”的“老”字，悲凉沉郁，寻味不尽。

颈联通过“宵立昼眠，忧而反常”(《杜少陵集详注》)的生活细节描写，曲折地表达了思家忆弟的深情。杜甫有四弟，名为杜颖、杜观、杜丰、杜占，其中杜颖、杜观、杜丰散在各地，只有杜占随杜甫入蜀。此二句中的“思家”、“忆弟”为互文。月夜，思不能寐，忽步忽立;白昼，卧看行云，倦极而眠。诗人这种坐卧不宁的举动，正委婉曲折地表现了怀念亲人的无限情思，突出了题意的“恨别”。沈德潜评论此联说：“若说如何思，如何忆，情事易尽。‘步月’、‘看云’，有不言神伤之妙。”(《唐诗别裁集》)这就是说，它不是抽象言情，而是用具体生动的形象说话，让读者自己去体会形象中所蕴含的忧伤之情。手法含蓄巧妙，诗味隽永，富有情致。

尾联回应次句，抒写诗人听到唐军连战皆捷的喜讯，盼望尽快破幽燕、平叛乱的急切心情。760年(上元元年)三月，检校司徒李光弼破安太清于怀州城下;四月，又破史思明于河阳西渚。这就是诗中“乘胜”的史实。当时李光弼又急欲直捣叛军老巢幽燕，以打破相持局面。杜甫盼望国家复兴，他自己亦可还乡，天下可喜可乐之事，没有比这个更好的了。这首诗以充满希望之句作结，感情由悲凉转为欢快，显示了诗人胸怀的开阔。

这首七律用简朴优美的语言叙事抒情，言近旨远，辞浅情深。诗人把个人的遭际和国家的命运结合起来写，每一句都蕴蓄着丰富的内涵，饱和着浓郁的诗情，值得读者反复吟味。

Education教育

Education is one of the key words of our time.A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances, deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities.Convinced of the importance of education, modern states ‘invest’ in institutions of learning to get back ‘interest’ in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders.Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by text-books----those purchasable wells of wisdom----what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births---but our spiritual outlook would be different.We would lay le stre on ‘facts and figures’ and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow-citizens.If our educational system were fashioned after its bookle past we would have the most democratic form of ‘college’ imaginable.Among tribal people all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life.It is the ideal condition of the ‘equal start’ which only our most progreive forms of modern education try to regain.In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all.There are no ‘illiterates’----if the term can be applied to peoples without a script----while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of ‘civilized’ nations.This shows how long it was before we deemed it neceary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the ‘happy few’ during the past centuries.

Education in the wilderne is not a matter of monetary means.All are entitled to an equal start.There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality.There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents; therefore the jungles and the savannahs know of no ‘juvenile delinquency’.No neceity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to ‘buy’ an education for his child.

梦天李贺

老兔寒蟾泣天色，云楼半开壁斜白。玉轮轧露湿团光，鸳佩相逢桂香陌。黄尘清水三山下，变更千年如走马。遥望齐州九点烟，一泓海水杯中泻。

在这首诗中，诗人梦中上天，下望人间，也许是有过这种梦境，也许纯然是浪漫主义的构想。开头四句，描写梦中上天。第一句“老兔寒蟾泣天色”是说，古代传说，月里住着玉兔和蟾蜍。句中的“老兔寒蟾”指的便是月亮。幽冷的月夜，阴云四合，空中飘洒下来一阵冻雨，仿佛是月里玉兔寒蟾在哭泣似的。第二句“云楼半开壁斜白”是说，雨飘洒了一阵，又停住了，云层裂开，幻成了一座高耸的楼阁；月亮从云缝里穿出来，光芒射在云块上，显出了白色的轮廓，有如屋墙受到月光斜射一样。第三句“玉轮轧露湿团光”是说，下雨以后，水气未散，天空充满了很小的水点子。玉轮似的月亮在水汽上面辗过，它所发出的一团光都给打湿了。以上三句，都是诗人梦里漫游天空所见的景色。第四句则写诗人自己进入了月宫。“鸾佩”是雕着鸾凤的玉佩，这里代指仙女。这句是说：在桂花飘香的月宫小路上，诗人和一群仙女遇上了。这四句，开头是看见了月亮；转眼就是云雾四合，细雨飘飘；然后又看到云层裂开，月色皎洁；然后诗人飘然走进了月宫；层次分明，步步深入。下面四句，又可以分作两段。“黄尘清水三山下，更变千年如走马。”是写诗人同仙女的谈话。这两句可能就是仙女说出来的。“黄尘清水”，换句常见的话就是“沧海桑田”：“三山”原来有一段典故。葛洪的《神仙传》记载说：仙女麻姑有一回对王方平说：“接待以来，已见东海三为桑田；向到蓬莱，水又浅于往日会时略半耳。岂将复为陵陆乎？”这就是说，人间的沧海桑田，变化很快。“山中方七日，世上已千年”，古人往往以为“神仙境界”就是这样，所以诗人以为，人们到了月宫，回过头来看人世，就会看出“千年如走马”的迅速变化了。最后两句，是诗人“回头下望人寰处”所见的景色。“齐州”指中国。中国古代分为九州，所以诗人感觉得大地上的九州犹如九点“烟尘”。“一泓”等于一汪水，这是形容东海之小如同一杯水被打翻了一样。这四句，诗人尽情驰骋幻想，仿佛他真已飞入月宫，看到大地上的时间流逝和景物的渺小。浪漫主义的色彩是很浓厚的。李贺在这首诗里，通过梦游月宫，描写天上仙境，以排遣个人苦闷。天上众多仙女在清幽的环境中，你来我往，过着一种宁静的生活。而俯视人间，时间是那样短促，空间是那样渺小，寄寓了诗人对人事沧桑的深沉感慨，表现出冷眼看待现实的态度。想象丰富，构思奇妙，用比新颖，体现了李贺诗歌变幻怪谲的艺术特色。

第16篇：英语短文

TOWN CRIER:

How do you \'get\'\' the news?Do you watch it on TV or listen to it on the radio?Do you read online newspapers or news blogs?Or do you get a pod cast delivered to your email inbox?News has never before been available to so many people in so many different forms and so convenient, so immediate.

How do you \'get\' the news? Do you watch it on TV or listen to it on the radio? Do you read online newspapers or news blogs? Or do you get a pod cast delivered to your email inbox? News has never before been available to so many people in so many different forms and so convenient, so immediate.

TOWN CRIER:

However, getting the news didn\'t always use to be so easy.Oyez!However, getting the news didn\'t always use to be so easy.Oyez!NEWSCASTER:

\'OyezOyez\'\'Which doesn\'t actually mean \'Oh yes\', but derives from the Anglo Norman word for \'listen\'.Of course, this method of delivering the news had its drawbacks.

In medieval times, many governments and town councils relied on a man with a loud voice to deliver news to the general public.This person was called the \'Town Crier\'.The English Town Crier would call out, \'Oyez!Oyez!\' Which doesn\'t actually mean \'Oh yes\', but derives from the Anglo Norman word for \'listen\'.Of course, this method of delivering the news had its drawbacks.

NEWSCASTER:

The main thing it was lacking was a wide audience.Furthermore, the information delivered was strictly controlled by the local council or government.This all changed with the advent of the newspaper.Around the beginning of the seventeenth century, the first ma printed

newspapers appeared in northern European countries such as Germany and Holland.Newspapers were in many ways revolutionary.

beginning of the seventeenth century, the first ma printed newspapers appeared in northern European countries such as Germany and Holland.Newspapers were in many ways revolutionary.

NEWSCASTER:

They could reach a huge audience.They could be written and printed by anyone, as long as they had acce to a printing pre and enough money to fund the publication.And what they didn\'t necearily have to do was reflect the government opinion of the day.In other words, to some extent, newspapers and freedom of thought, opinion and expreion went hand in hand.Fast forward to the twentieth century, and newspaper sales have fallen drastically.

NEWSCASTER:

The reason?Television.In some ways, television has much more in common with the Town Crier than it does with newspapers.News reports are shorter, more visual, and delivered orally rather than via the printed word.Furthermore, in most countries, television news channels are controlled by a small number of powerful people.

The reason? Television.In some ways, television has much more in common with the Town Crier than it does with newspapers.News reports are shorter, more visual, and delivered orally rather than via the printed word.Furthermore, in most countries, television news channels are controlled by a small number of powerful people.

NEWSCASTER:

In a sense, they tell us what to believe.Think about it.How many people have the money and influence to be able to buy all the neceary equipment and start their own television news channel?Unle you\'re a millionaire with the right contacts, it\'s almost impoible.Of course, the Internet has changed all that.

with the right contacts, it\'s almost impoible.Of course, the Internet has changed all that.

NEWSCASTER:

In this new era of instant information, anyone with a computer and online acce can write a news report and publish it online to a potential audience of billions.Indeed, you can even video yourself and broadcast your own news report by posting it on a video sharing website!Like never before, ordinary people are now able to report what\'s really going on in their area, and enter into discuion and debate about it.From the Town Crier, to the printed newspaper, to TV broadcast news, and now the Internet, the history of news has swung full circle a number of times.Right now, though, perhaps we\'re witneing the beginning of a new age: the age of news written by the people, for the people.

In this new era of instant information, anyone with a computer and online acce can write a news report and publish it online to a potential audience of billions.Indeed, you can even video yourself and broadcast your own news report by posting it on a video sharing website! Like never before, ordinary people are now able to report what\'s really going on in their area, and enter into discuion and debate about it.从街头公告到报纸，到电视广播，再到当今的互联网，新闻的历史已经发生了数次巨变。 Right now, though, perhaps we\'re witneing the beginning of a new age: the age of news written by the people, for the people.

第17篇：经典英语短文

What You Will Pay and What You Will Receive

Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors.

A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.When he arrived, he hounded happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house.He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could.To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and friendly.As he left the house, he thought to himself, “This is a wonderful place.I will come back and visit it often.”

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house.He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door.When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.As he left, he thought to himself, “That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.”

All the faces in the world are mirrors.What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

The world is like a mirror: frown at it and it frowns at you; smile and it smiles too

Island of Feelings

Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happine, Sadne, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love.

One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean.So all the feelings prepared their boats to leave.

Love was the only one that stayed.She wanted to preserve the island paradise until the last poible moment.

When the island was almost totally under, love decided it was time to leave.

She began looking for someone to ask for help.Just then Richne was paing by in a grand boat.Love asked, “Richne, can I come with you on your boat?”

Richne answered, “I’m sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and there would be no room for you anywhere.”

Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was paing by in a beautiful veel.Love cried out, “Vanity, help me, please!” “I can’t help you,” Vanity said.“You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat.”

Next, Love saw Sadne paing by.Love said, “Sadne, please let me go with you.”Sadne answered, “Love, I’m sorry, but, I just need to be alone now.”

Then, Love saw Happine.Love cried out, “Happine, please take me with you.” But Happine was so overjoyed that he didn’t hear Love calling to him.

Love began to cry.Then, she heard a voice say, “Come Love, I will take you with me.” It was an elder.Love felt so bleed and overjoyed that she forgot to ask the elder his name.When they arrived on land the elder went on his way.Love realized how much she owed the elder.

Love then found knowledge and asked.“Who was it that helped me?” “It was Time,” Knowledge answered.“But why did Time help me when no one else would?” Love asked.

Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.”

Love is frail at birth, but it grows stronger with age if it is properly fed.

第18篇：英语短文翻译

1、狮舞（Lion Dance）是中国最广为流传的民间舞蹈之一。狮为百兽之首，在中国传统中，狮子被视为是能带来好运的吉祥物（mascot）。古人将狮子视作是勇敢和力量的化身，能驱赶邪恶、保护人类。据记载，狮舞已拥有了2,000多年的历史。在唐代（theTang Dynasty），狮舞就已经被引入了皇室。因此，舞狮成为元宵节（the Lantern Festival）和其他节日的习俗，人们以此来祈祷好运、平安和幸福。

The Lion Dance is one of the most widespread folk dances in China.The lion is the king of animals.In Chinese tradition, the lion is regarded as a mascot, which can bring good luck.Ancient people regarded the lion as a symbol of bravene and strength, which could drive away evil and protect humans.The dance has a recorded history of more than 2,000 years.During the Tang Dynasty, the Lion Dance was already introduced into the royal family of the dynasty.Therefore, performing the lion dance at the Lantern Festival and other festive occasions became a custom where people could pray for good luck, safety and happine.2、中国将进一步发展经济、扩大开放，这对海外企业（enterprises）意味着更多的商机。改革开放以来，中国企业与海外企业一直积极开展经济技术合作，并取得了巨大成就。海外企业不仅帮助了中国企业的成长，而且也在合作中获得了收益。中国政府将继续提供有利的政策和条件，推动中国企业与国外企业进一步开展合作。

China will develop its economy further and open itself wider to the outside world, which offers more busine opportunities to overseas enterprises.Since China’s reform and opening up, Chinese enterprises have been cooperating with overseas enterprises in terms of economy and technology, and have scored great achievement.Overseas enterprises have not only helped Chinese enterprises with their growth, but also benefited from the cooperation.Chinese government will continue to offer favorable policies and conditions to promote the further cooperation between Chinese and overseas enterprises.

3、假日经济的现象表明：中国消费者的消费观正在发生巨大变化。根据统计数据，中国消费者的消费需求正在从基本生活必需品转向对休闲、舒适和个人发展的需求。同时，中国人的消费观在蓬勃发展的假日经济中正变得成熟。因此产品结构应做相应调整，来适应社会的发展。另一方面，服务质量要改善，以满足人们提高生活质量的要求。

The phenomenon of holiday economy shows that Chinese people’s

consumption concept is undertaking great changes.According to statistics, the demands of Chinese consumers are shifting from the basic neceities of life to leisure, comfort and personal development.Therefore, the structure of products should be adjusted accordingly to adapt to social development.On the other hand, services should be improved to satisfy people’s demand for an improved quality of life.4、端午节，又叫龙舟节，是为了纪念爱国诗人屈原。屈原是一位忠诚和受人敬仰的大臣（minister）,他给国家带来了和平和繁荣。但最后因为受到诽谤（vilify）而最终投河自尽。人们撑船到他自尽的地方，抛下粽子，希望鱼儿吃粽子，不要吃屈原的身躯。几千年来，端午节的特色在于吃粽子（glutinous dumplings）和赛龙舟，尤其是在一些河湖密布的南方省份。

The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified.People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous dumplings into the water,hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body.For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by glutinous dumplings and dragon boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.5、2013年6月20日在中国各地，剧估计60万儿童和他们的老师观看了有宇航员（astronaut）王亚平在距离地球300公里的上空所讲授的科学课。王亚平与两个同事乘坐天宫一号实验舱

(theTiangon-1 laboratory module) 执行为期两周的任务。她在课上进行了一系列太空的物理演示。在有些演示中还对比了在地球上重力（one-gravity）环境下同样的实验。这堂物理课不仅让孩子们享受了一堂知识与乐趣兼具的物理课，也显示了我国通信科技的前进。

On June 20, 2013, an estimated 600 thousand school children and their teachers acro China watched a science leon taught from 300km above the Earth by astronaut Wang Yaping.Wang is aboard theTiangong-1 laboratory module with two crewmates, for a two-week miion.Her leon swere a series of physics demonstrations in the space.In some demonstrations,she compared with the same experiment under the one-gravity environment on Earth.The leon has not only offered children a physics leon with knowledge and interest, but also shows the advance in communication technology of China.6、朝气蓬勃，充满活力，丰富多彩的上海是现代中国的缩影。虽然上海的文化遗迹不能与北京媲美，但是上海迷人的城市风貌，风格各异的万国建筑为这座城市注入了无限的魅力。今日之上海，已经成为享誉中外的国际大都市。漫步在这座日新月异的现代大都市里，你会发现许多精彩的历史亮点，隐现在众多摩天大楼背后的是上海发展变化的轨迹。它们记述了上海自十九世纪末开埠以来，尤其是新中国成立以后，是如何迅猛发展的。

Shanghai is a dynamic, diverse and stimulating city - the very epitome of modern China.Though Shanghai cannot rival Beijing in cultural heritage, its varied architectural styles and cosmopolitan feel give it a charm of its own.Today\'s Shanghai has become a world-famous international metropolis.A walk through this booming city reveals many glimpses of its colorful past.Hidden

amongst the skyscrapers are remains of the original Shanghai.They keep on showing how Shanghai has been developing fast and enormously since its opening as a commercial port in the late 19th century, especially after the founding of new China.7、近代以来，亚洲经历了曲折和艰难的发展历程。亚洲人们为改变自己的命运，始终以不屈的意志和艰辛的奋斗开辟前进道路。今天，人们所看到的亚洲发展成就，是勤劳智慧的亚洲人民不屈不挠、锲而不舍奋斗的结果。亚洲人民深知，世界上没有放之四海而皆准的发展模式，也没有一成不变的发展道路，亚洲人民勇于变革创新，不断开拓进取，探索和开辟适应时代潮流，符合自身实际的发展道路，为经济社会发展打开了广阔前景。

In modern times, Asia experienced twists and turns in its development.To change their destiny, the people of Asia have been forging ahead in an indomitable spirit and with hard struggle.Asia\'sdevelopment achievements today are the result of the persistent efforts of the

industrious and talented Asian people.The people of Asia are fully aware that there is no ready model or unchanging path of development that is universally applicable.They never shy away from reform and innovation.Instead, they are committed to exploring and finding development paths that are in line with the trend of the times and their own situations, and have opened up bright prospects for economic and social development.8、吸烟之危害，可谓大矣，其严重性是不能低估的。吸烟污染空气，损害健康，使肺癌发病率大大增加。为了使各国人民关注烟草的盛行及预防吸烟导致的疾病和死亡，世界卫生组织已将每年的5月31日定为“世界无烟日”。瘾君子们说，一天饭不吃可以，一个时辰不抽烟就难捱了，不能戒。只要真正意识到吸烟有百害而无一利，于人于己都是一种祸害，就有可能下决心摆脱烟草的诱惑。戒烟贵在坚持，坚持下去就是收获。

Smoking does great harm to human and its gravity should not be underestimated.Smoking pollutes air, damages health, and increases the incidence of lung cancer.To arouse the awarene about the prevalence of tobacco in all the countries and to prevent smoking-induced diseases and deaths, the WHO (World Health Organization) has defined May 31stin every year as World No-Tobacco Day.The tobacco addicts say that smoking is impoible to quit because they could do without meals in a day but would feel tortured without tobacco in two hours.However, when one realizes that smoking is harmful in many ways but beneficial in no way and that it is a curse to others as well as to he himself, he will be determined to resist the temptation of tobacco.To quit smoking requires persistence and so long as one persists, he’ll be rewarded.9、越来越多受英文教育的海外华人父母，已经认识到孩子在掌握不可或缺的英文的同时，也通晓中文的重要性。中国的崛起，让他们充分认识到孩子掌握双语的好处——既能增加他们的就业机会，也能让他们接触和熟悉东西方两种不同的文化。这些人对中文的态度几乎没有完全改变。曾几何时，他们还非常骄傲地宣称自己只懂英文。现在，他们已开始积极支持孩子学习中文和中国文化，而且还不时走访中国，欣赏壮观的自然风光，认识丰富的文化遗产。

An increasing number of English-educated Chinese parents overseas have come to the

realization that while English learning is indispensable to their children, it is eential that their kids have a good command of Chinese.China’srise has fully awakened their awarene of the fact that their kids can benefit from their bilingual ability which can not only enhance their competitivene in the job market, but also facilitate their exposure to and familiarity with the two different cultures between the East and the West.They have hardly changed their attitudes towards Chinese.At one time they proudly declared that they knew English only.Now, they have begun to give full support to their kids learning Chinese and its culture, and they also make occasional visits to China, where they can enjoy its magnificent natural landscape and get to know its rich cultural heritage.10、我赞同许多东亚学者的观点，东方文明可以医治盛行于西方世界的一些顽疾。西方世界个人自由主义泛滥导致了极端个人主义、性关系混乱以及过度暴力行为，对此我们不能视而不见。// 相反，东方社会的自我约束力，集体责任感以及温厚儒雅的传统倒可以消除西方社会的许多恶疾。// 在这个信息时代，世界已缩小成一个地球村。这个地球村里，不再有什么泾渭分明的东方世界和西方世界，我们是生活在同一个社区里的邻里。// 因此，我们彼此之间无须冲突。我们之间的关系应该是一种友好合作，平等互补的关系。我们应该相互理解，相互学习，和睦共处。

I share the same view with many East Asian scholars that the Oriental civilization can heal some of the prevailing ,stubborn Western ills.We should not turn a blind eye to the fact that individual freedom has gone overboard in the West, resulting in extreme individualism, sexual promiscuity and exceive use of violence.// By contrast, self-discipline, corporate responsibility and the pacific tradition of East Asia can offset many Western vices.// At this age of information, the world has shrunk as a global village in which there will be no clear-cut worlds of the East and the West any more, but a world of one community with neighboring families.// Therefore, we do not necearily have to come into clash with each other.Our relationship is one of friendly cooperation, equality and mutual complementarity and therefore, we should understand and learn from each other, and live in harmony.//

11、国际贸易的基本原则是平等互利，各国追求各自的利益是正常的，出现一些摩擦和纠纷也是不可避免的。关键要以冷静而明智的态度正确对待和处理摩擦和纠纷。// 就中美贸易而言，互利共赢的经贸关系给两国人民带来了实实在在的经济利益。今天，美国在华投资设立的企业已超过4 万家，投资额达450 亿美元。// 美国500 强企业有400 多家进入中国，大多数企业获利丰厚。与此同时，在美国市场上，许多中国商品受到美国消费者的青睐。中国在美国投资设立的企业已超过1000 家。// 我们可以预见，中美贸易摩擦将随着经贸关系的深化而凸显，但是中美经贸合作的总体发展是不可逆转的。主要有两个原因，其一：中美贸易具有很大互补性。其二：中国产品具有明显的劳动力成本优势。//

Equality and mutual benefit is the fundamental principle of international trade.Therefore, it is normal tha tcountries will seek to protect their own interests, which may lead to trade frictions and disputes.The key lies in how to cope with these iues correctly in a cool and wise manner.// As for China-US trade, mutually beneficial and win-win trade and economic ties have delivered tangible economic benefits to the two peoples.Now, with over 40,000 U.S.- invested enterprises, the total investment in China stands at $45 billion.// Of the top 500 U.S companies, more than 400 have their busine in China, and most of them are making handsome profit.At the same time, many Chinese commodities have become favored choices of American consumers .Meanwhile, the number of Chinese-invested enterprises in the United Sates has surpaed 1,000.// We predict that trade disputes between China and the United States will become more acute along with the further development in bilateral trade and economic cooperation.The overall development in bilateral trade and economic cooperation is, however, irreversible.There are two factors contribute to this trend.Firstly, the Sino-U.S.economic and trade relations enjoy complementarities in vast fields.Secondly, China has an outstanding labor cost advantage.//

12、中国国际出版集团是中国最大的、最权威的外语出版发行单位，其前身是中央人民政府新闻出版署国际新闻局。// 我集团坚持“让中国走向世界，让世界了解中国”的出版原则，全心致力于中国外语教育与研究事业的发展，全心致力于中外文化交流事业的拓展。// 为了加强对出版人才队伍的建设，为了满足日益增长的特殊出版业务的需要，我集团每年都要选派一些青年员工到国内外知名高等学府和研究机构进修，// 根据我们的发展战略，我们会将前进的步伐迈出国界走向世界，瞄准海外读者群，这一战略已取得了良好的开局。//

The China International Publishing Group is the largest and the most authoritative foreign language publishing and distribution establishment, its predeceor being the International Pre Bureau of the Central People\'s Government Pre and Publication

Administration.//Adhering to the publishing philosophy of “aisting China\'s march to the world and facilitating world\'s understanding of China”, the Group commits itself entirely to promoting foreign language education and research in China and advancing cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.// In order to build up a strong team of publishing staff, as well as to meet the growing need of more technically demanding busine, the Group makes it a rule that young staff be selected and sent to noted universities and research institutions, both domestic and overseas, for further studies.// As is clearly spelled out in our new development strategy, we will go beyond our national boundaries and wedge ourselves into the world circulation market, aiming at the international readership.Our initial efforts have been very rewarding.//

13、改革开放30 年来，随着中国逐渐崛起成为政治经济强国，海外人士学习汉语的现象与日俱增，海外孔子学院也成了人们学习中国语言和中国文化的首选之地。// 通过学习汉语，他们对这个和自己文化大相径庭的古老文明产生了浓厚的兴趣，而且有机会了解中国的哲学、艺术、医学、饮食文化，亲身体验这个文明古国的风采。// 作为第二文化，中国文化也丰富了他们的生活和世界观。可以说，这个潮流方兴未艾。越来越多的学习汉语的美国人除了对中国菜肴赞不绝口之外，也在尝试针灸，草药和武术。//他们也看功夫电影，学习东方时装潮流和手工艺，不知不觉的在日常生活中谈及中国的点心，人参、银杏，乌龙茶等。目前在美国最热门的中国文化是道家学说和有着神秘色彩的风水学。 As China is rising as a political and economic world power, thanks to its three-decade reform and opening up, more and more people in overseas countries start to learn Chinese and turn to a Confucius Institute in their own countries as their first choice learning Chinese language and Chinese culture.// During the learning proce, the learners concurrently develop their interest in this ancient land, whose civilization is so vastly different from theirs.And the learners have opportunities to learn about Chinese philosophy, art,

architecture, medicine and catering culture and experience first-hand the splendors of this venerable civilization.// As the second culture, Chinese culture has enriched the life and world outlook of the learners.This trend, so to speak, is gathering momentum and is there to stay.Apart from their love for Chinese cuisine, more and more American learners of Chinese language are turning to Chinese acupuncture ,herbal medicines, martial arts.// They are also interested in kongfu films,fashions and crafts.Seemingly outlandish words such as dim sum, ginseng,gingko, oolong cha have crept into their everyday language.The latest Chinese cultural icons to make its impact there are Taoism, and ancient school of thought, and fengshui, an ancient art of placement.//

14、上海菜系是中国最年轻的地方菜系，通常被成为“本帮菜”，有着400多年的历史。同中国其他菜系一样，“本帮菜”具有“色，香，味”三大要素。//上海菜的特点是注重调料的使用，食物的质地和菜的原汁原味。其中最著名的有特色点心“南翔小笼”和特色菜“松鼠鲑鱼”。//“南翔小笼”是猪肉馅，个小味美，皮薄汁醇。“松鼠鲑鱼”色泽黄亮，形如松鼠，外皮脆而内肉嫩，汤汁酸甜适口。//在品尝过“松鼠鲑鱼”之后，我们常常惊讶于“松鼠”的形状，觉得在三大评价标准上在添加“形”这个标准才更合适。//

Shanghai cuisine , usually called Benbang cuisine, is the youngest among themajor regional cuisines in China,with a history of more than 400 years.Like all other Chinese regional cuisines,Benbang cuisines takes “color, aroma and taste” as its eential

qualityelements.//Shanghai cuisine emphasizes in particular the expert use of seasonings,

the selection of raw materials with quality texture, and original flavors.Shanghai cuisine is famous for a special snack known as Nanxiang Steamed Meat Dumplings and a special dish called “Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish”.//Nanxiang Steamed Meat Dumplings are small in size, with thin and translucent wrappers, filled inside with ground pork and rich tasty soup.Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish is yellow-colored and squirrel-shaped, with a crispy skin and tender meat, all covered with a sweet and sour source.//After tasting Squirrel-Shaped Mandarin Fish, we are always amazed by the squirrel shape and think that it is more appropriate to plus “appearance” as the fourth element.

第19篇：英语短文对话

W: What sort of hours do you work, Steve?

M: Oh, I have to work very long hours, about 11 hours a day。

W: What time do you start?

M: I work 9 to 3.Then I start again at5:30 and work until 11.Six days a week.So I have to work very unsocial hours。

W: And do you have to work at the weekend?

M: Oh, yes, that’s our busiest time.I get Wednesdays off。

W: What are the things you have to do, and the things you don’t have to do?

M: Eh, I don’t have to do the washing-up, so that’s good.I have to wear white and I have to keep everything in the kitchen totally clean。

W: What’s hard about the job?

M: You’re standing up all the time.When we’re busy, people get angry and sharp.Butthat’s normal。

W: How did you learn the profeion?

M: Well, I did a two year course at college.In the first year, we had to learn the basics.And then we had to take the exams。

W: Was it easy to find a job?

M: I wrote to about six hotels.And one of them gave me my first job.So I didn’t have towait too long。W: And what’s the secret of being goodat your job?

M: Attention to detail and you have to love it.You have to show paion for it。

W: And what are your plans for the future?

M: I want to have my own place when the time is right。

第20篇：英语短文翻译

Charlie was seven years old.His sister, Emily, was two years younger than him.One day, their mother took them to their uncle\'s house to play while she went to the big city to buy some new clothes.

The children played for a while, and then their uncle took Charlie into the kitchen.He gave him a nice cake and a knife, and said to him, \"Now here\'s a knife, Charlie, Cut this cake in half and give one of the pieces to your sister, but do it like a gentleman.\"

\"Like a gentleman?\" Charlie asked.\"How do gentlemen do it?\"

\"They always give the bigger piece to the other people,\" .answered his uncle.Charlie thought about this for a few seconds, and then he took the cake to his sister and said to her, \"Cut this cake in half, Emily.\"

Charlie七岁。他的姐姐，Emily比他小两岁。有一天，由于他们的妈妈要到城市去买些新衣服，所以就把他们带到叔叔的家去玩。

当他们玩了一会儿，他们的叔叔便带Charlie进厨房。叔叔把一块美味的蛋糕以及一把刀给了Charlie，然后对他说：“这里有一把刀，Charlie，你把它切成一半，分给妹妹，要像个绅士。”

Charlie就问他叔叔：“像个绅士？我要怎么做个绅士？”

他叔叔回答他：“他们（绅士）时常都会分比较大的一份给别人。”

Charlie就想了几分钟，然后就把蛋糕给了妹妹，并对她说：“把这块蛋糕切成一半，Emily。”

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