短小有趣的英语文章

短小有趣的英语文章一， The easiest question in the worldone day , a rich man met Sam. the rich man asked , Ive heard you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever.Sam answered, Im notclever, but you are too silly. The rich man became very angry.Sam said, Sir, please dont be angry, if you dont believe what I said, let me ask you a question now. If you have a group of sheep, I give you another group. How groups of sheep do you have?Why, thats the easiest question in the world, one and one is two.Anybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep. Sam laughed and said, You are wrong, sir.two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That is easiest question in the world.二， Ill not go home tonight because of the rainWhen a friend was visiting David, it began to rain. So David told him not to go home that night.You may stay here for the night, he said. Ok, answered his friend.But a few minutes later, the friend went out. He didnt tell David where he was going nor did he ask for an umbrella. When David was about to go to bed, his friend returned, he was all wet through.Where have you been? asked David. I have been home, answered the friend, to tell my brother that Ill not go home tonight because of the rain.三， Why do I want to go to colleage?Why do I want to go to college? No one asked me such a question. But many times I have asked myself.I have come up with a whole variety of reasons. The most important reason is that I want to be a better man.Many things make human beings differentis education. If i fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish. AsI want to be a fully developed , I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to provide.I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are among the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and be fit into society.四， Children should not have to do heavy workIt is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others force children to work hard, the results are never good and may be very bad.A farmers son who has to work hard like a man may early learn to hate farming. Children sometimes do too much work in gardens, in shops or even in their own own homes. They soon begin to hate such kind of work with force that can destroy their happiness.But there may be a worse loss: a childs love for his parents. The feeling may become something different. When that happens, the old kind of love never returns.、五、many value (价值观) differences between the Chinese and Americans. Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value (价值观) differences between the Chinese and Americans. About money 1,The American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents for money.2, American parents dont think it is useful to send their children to an expensive university. Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it could make them very poor. About school 1, Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups. Many Chinese girls take part in academic (学术的) groups.2, American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam. Chinese students feel sad when they get B. American parents and Chinese parents American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time. Chinese parents usually dont allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night. American teachers and Chinese teachers During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers will always find good things to say to The parents, even to those with the worst grades. But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.、六、I was in such a hurry to go away that I forgot to ask her for the fareThe English are often described as unfriendly people who dont talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers. I once asked a cabby to describe his life to meand he didnt stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later! He told me interesting stories stop this is one of them.Some very strange things happen late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party.She had her little dog with her.When we got to her house she found that shed lost key.So I waited in the cab with the dog while she climb in through the window. I waited. and waited.After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on。I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the same wimdow.The next thing I know was that the police came. They thought that I was trying to rob the house! Luckily, the woman came downstairs. She had gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog.I was in such a hurry to go away that I forgot to ask her for the fare./七， The writer of the song Happy Birthday You may know the song Happy Birthday very well.But do you know about its writer?It was written by an American girl.And she became very rich after that.When she was a child, she was poor.Once, she was invited to her friends birthday party.She was pleased but sad becauseshe didnt have enough money to buy a gift for her.The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.Tears ran down her face.Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.What happened? her grandma asked. Hearing the girls story, she said, Dont worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to. What a beautiful song! They sang and sang.Suddenly she woke up.It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy.How wonderfully you sing! We havent heard such a beautiful song before.Thank you for giving me the special gift. said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together.Later the girl became well-known in America.八， How to win friends and influence people1, Be friendly and polite.Always greet with a smile.Begin with excuse me or would you please when you want to ask somebody.Remember to say thank you and try to be as helpful as you can.2, Go out of your way to be niceFind some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better.3, Remember names.They say that the sweetest music to a persons ears is the sound of his or her own name.4, Be open-mindedTry to understand other peoples ways and ideas and learn something from them.5, Listen patientlyWhen someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when neccesary.九， Work=force*distance movedYou have often heard peole talk about work.Perhaps you have told your friends about how hard you worked to get something done. However, you may have done no work through you think you worked hard.A boy is pushing a big box very hard ,but the box is too heavy for him to move and he may beafraid to push against the box. In the language of science, he has not done any work. Can you think you are working when you are studying or talking?In science, work is only done when a force moves something that has weight through a distance.Work=force*distance movedIf you want to find out whether work is done, just ask yourself, Is a push or a pull moving something through a distance? If you answer is Yes, then work is being done.十、The effect of the blood group on personalityYour blood group hides no secrets, it shows the real you. If you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers,while blood group B are highly creative, people belonging to blood group B might be good at painting and writing. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. Your blood group could affect your work. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.十一、The International Date Line P217Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones, one hour apart. You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer that seven days.If you make a five-day trip across the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day.As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead. Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.Ifyou travel by ship