英语小短文29篇.讲义

1、1 Dogs People ofte n say that a dog is mans best frie nd. Over thousa nds of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guardi ng the home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep. Dogs have bee n used to aid disabled people fo

2、r cen turies. A guide dog can lead its bli nd owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the teleph one for their disabled own ers. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.

3、 guard 看守 sheepdog 牧羊犬 flock 群 aid 帮助 disabled 残 疾人 century 世纪 guide dog 导盲犬 dial 拨 majority 大多数 狗 人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友。几千年来 许哆其他的事 例如 牧丫；尺就因其以控制数口只推的推群血出名：狗用来 帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了。 导盲犬可以为盲主人引路。现在 丿- 残疾卡人打廿电灯、廿冰箱和拨电诂。然血 村:火寥数人来说 狗只是:家里老 人和孩子们的宠物和朋友。 2 Detective Work A bank robber stole a lot of mon ey. He was ca

4、ught and sent to pris on, but the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, report ing to the in spector. Yes, sir, I found Joh nny . I followed him all around the tow n, but fran kly, I could nt make anything out of what he b

5、ought. Heres the list. shirt , heavy crowbar, box of chocolates , shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers .The in spector said, Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him help ing his n eighbour, old Mrs. Juds on to cover her backyard with ceme nt? detective 侦探的侦探 robber 强盗 prison

6、监狱 in spector 检察官 frankly 坦白地 crowbar 铁撬 shovel 铲 hammer 铁锤 backyard 后院 ceme nt 水泥 侦探工作 一个盗贼从银行偷了很多钱。他被抓住送到监狱 当他从监狱 出来时 f •阿米塔基 他买的东西中推断出什么。这里是清单。”衬衫、大铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、大 铁锤、一束花。检察官说 帮助。你还记得我们看到他是怎 么帮他的邻居 贾德森幺太太叩水泥铺晾子的吗“ 3 What is Time? (Nursery Rhyme) Time is grain for peasants. Time is wealth f

7、or workers. Time is life for doctors. Time is victory for soldiers. Time is knowledge for students. Time is speed for scie ntists. Time is money for bus in essme n. Time is everyth ing for all of us. Therefore, seize the time of today! grain 粮食 wealth 财富 victory 胜利 seize 抓住把恋 时间是什么伞弟一口 对农民来说 是生命。对士兵

8、来说 II 对企业家来说 ! 4 Perfect Match A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom pain ted the same colour as the vase. Several pain ters try to mix the colour right, but none comes close eno ugh to satisfy the woma n. Eve ntually, a pain ter comes. He is con fi

9、de nt that he can mix the proper colour. The woma n is pleased with the result, and the pain ter becomes famous. Years later, he retires and turns the bus in ess over to his son. Dad,asks the son, theres somethi ng Ive got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly? So n” th

10、e father replies, I pain ted the vase. proud of 自豪 valuable 值钱的 antique vase 古董花瓶 paint 用油漆 漆 satisfy 满意 eve ntually 最终 con fide nt 有信心的 retire 退休 match 和,相配 绝配 一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲 . 卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色。好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色 人调出的颜色能让妇人满意。 最后 适的颜色。果然妇人对最终的效果 几年后：应 退休了他把忙意交给了儿子爸爸巒儿子问 籍冇件事我担知逍。你是如 何训出出和花瓶一样的濒童的“儿子“父測用我把花

11、瓶也一血務 了。” 5 A Barbecue Whe n I was a child, I once went camp ing with my family in the summer. We decided to make a barbecue in the valley. So we collected some tree sticks to make a fire. My father asked me if I could try to make a fire. I was glad to take the job. The n I tried to set fire to the

12、wood with a match, but produced only smoke. Then my father said, Thats not the right way. Ill show you how to do it. First use the small pieces of wood becausethey catch fire easily. Then put the larger ones on top of them.My father helped me make a big fire. barbecue 烧烤 valley 山谷 stick 枝条 make a fi

13、re 生火 烧烤 当我还是小孩子的时候 以我们 捡来了一些树枝生火。父亲问我愿不愿意尝试着生火 了这项任务。我试着用火柴把木头点燃 对。我来教你如何生火。先用 小片的木头 放在它们上面。”父亲帮我点起了旺旺的 火。 6 A Joke “I sta nd corrected I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out

14、. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he fin ally went. Sure eno ugh, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter tha n his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same len gth now, and he no Ion ger lea ns. “ So, ”

15、 I said, You did nt bmlewhe n I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, I sta nd corrected. lean 倾斜 slightly 轻微地 check out 检查 分之一 surgery手术 cure 治愈 fix 治愈 笑话 “我诚恳认错” 我有一个朋友 议他去右庆牛检査一下他的腿。儿年来他总是不听我的建以辻说我不匸常 医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一 英寸。一个很快的小手术后 再倾斜了。“你右”我说“那时我告诉你 I I 矢牛以治好你的腿时你述不

16、和信 我呢广他右右我说“我认信了 7 Maki ng a Kite One day, Paula and Richard decided to make a kite. First they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. They brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a cross. Then they took some string and used it to tie the fou

17、r ends of the sticks together. Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the stri ng. They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corn ers, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near refuse 拒绝 q

18、uarter 四 sta nd corrected 认错 their house and flew it. straight stick 直木棍 tie 系 string 绳子 shape 形状 cross 十字 spread 传开 frame 框架 stick粘 tail 尾巴 windy 有风的 做一个风筝 一天: 棍。他们把木棍带 I I 训家 用一根纯子把它化绑成十字收 然后他们乂拿了些纯子 把木框旳四个顶端连在一起.然后 他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂 I I 胶水 粘在 风笫的框架 1.01.0 他昭纸做的尾巴粘在一角 在凤笫屮阀系 I I 一根长皿 在接下 来的一个冇风的口子里他们就在

19、家附近的小山放风卒了 8 Ani mals in Danger Some of the ani mals and birds in the rain forest, such as mon keys and woodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are always swi ngi ng and flyi ng from one tree to ano ther look ing for food among the leaves and bran ches. They eve n sleep in the treetops so they do no

20、t have to come dow n to the ground. Have you heard that such ani mals and birds in the rain forests are in dan ger? Because people are cutt ing dow n so many trees in the forests, the animals are losing their homes. Do you know the reasons for it? Yes, people want wood, paper and land. As a result m

21、any animals and plants are dying. Some forests are so badly damaged that they become deserts. rain forest 雨林 woodpecker 啄木鸟 treetop 树顶 树叶 leaf 的复数形式 bran ch 树枝 desert 沙漠 濒危动物 一些雨林中的动物和鸟类生活在树顶上 荡銚戍总到另一棵树:在捌叶和树枝间寻找您物;.它们甚帘在树顶睡觉 所以 它们不用到地面上来。 你知道吗 砍伐了森林屮的许多树 动物们失去了.家园你知進人们砍树的原囚吗 是的 人们需要木材、纸和土 所以 许纟绷劈和冋

22、妇 冶汕二些森林诅到了严 重的後坏变成了沙淇 9 En glish in the World Some people say that the En glish Ian guage no Ion ger bel ongs to the En glish, and it belongs to the world. It is estimated that the number of people who use English exceeds 750 million. Among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the re

23、st use it as an official Ianguage. If we add to this number the people who have acquired the Ian guage to some exte nt, the total is close to one billio n. English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for con duct ing intern ati onal bus in ess and diplomacy, as well as in s

24、cie nee and medic ine, the Intern et, air and sea com muni catio ns, intern ati onal sports eve nts, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies. estimate 估计 exceed 超过 native 本族的 official 官方的 swing 摇荡 leaves acquire 掌握 to some extent 达至 U 某种程度 billion 千万 increasingly 越 来越多地 medium 工具 con duct 实行 执行

25、in ternatio nal 国际的 diplomacy 夕卜交 medici ne 医药 com muni cati on 通信 eve nt 事件 世界上的英语 有人说英语已不再属于英国人了 亿.扎 T77T77 其屮人釣冇二亿.扎 T T万是以英诰为母诅的人血具余的人将茨曲作 为官方诰言使用。如果我们再加上已经举握英诅御一定和度的人这个总数将接 近十亿。英语 作用。它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视 节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用。 10 A Friend When you read an English book, you often co

26、me across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but whe n you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do? You have a good frie nd the n. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. Th

27、is friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is a dictio nary. You can lear n some importa nt thi ngs about words from it, so you must know how to use it. come across 碰至 U guess 猜测 朋友 当你读英语书时 意思但是当你无法猜岀这些词的意思时你该怎么办呢 这时你有一个好 朋友。从他那里你可以学到

28、单词的意思、 发音及用法等。这个朋友可以经常伴你 左右 他就是字典。你可以从 他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识 11 “I Have Never HeardYou in Carmen ” Mark Twain was once in vited by a friend to go to the opera. The frie nd was very rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the opera the friends wife talked all the time. She also talk

29、ed rather loudly. She talked so much that it was ofte n difficult for Mark Twai n to liste n to the opera. Toward the end of the opera she turned to Mark Twain and said, Oh, my dear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. Im sure you will like it the opera will be Carmen. Th

30、ank you very much,said Mark Twain. That will be fine. I have never heard you in Carmen. Carmen 卡门 invite 邀请 opera 歌剧 box 包厢 theatre 剧场 “我还从未听过你唱卡门” 有一次 ？吐温去看歌剧。这个朋友很有钱。他和他的妻子在 剧院有自己的包厢。看歌剧时 大。 ?吐温根本听不清歌剧。 歌剧临近结束时 ？ 吐温说 ？吐温 我保证你会喜欢的一一下周的歌剧是卡门。” “非常感谢马克？吐温说。 “想来会很好。我还从未听过你唱卡门。” 12 Lear ning En glish i

31、n En gla nd I came to En gla nd last summer. I have bee n in En gla nd for eleve n mon ths. I am going to fin ish my studies in En gla nd soon, and will leave for Chi na n ext mon th. At first it was very difficult for me to com muni cate with other people in En glish. Now I can speak English much b

32、etter, and even understand English television, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot. I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinese people. Every time th

33、ey ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know about my own coun try. com muni cate 交流 在英国学英语 去年夏天 ; 一开始 现在我英语说得好多了 师和同学对我的帮助也很大。现在我有许多英国朋友。一些朋友甚至邀请我去他 们家吃饭。他们对中国和中国人很感兴趣。 每当他门 E 到自己对祖国的了解是如此之少 13 The Hare and the Tortoise One day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run

34、. can beat anyone!cried he. Will one of you try a race with me? I will,?said the tortoise. You!?laughed the hare. Oh, oh, how funny!? Save your laugh ing for the end of the race,?said the tortoise. So a starting line was made, and away they went. The hare ran fast and was soon far ahead,so he sat do

35、w n to rest. By the time the tortoise came up, the hare was sleeping. On and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was too late. There sat the tortoise by the sign that said: The End. hare 野兔 tortoise 龟吗龟 beat 打败 race 比赛 兔子和乌龟 一天 “你们有谁想和我比一比吗 “我。”乌龟说。 “你 “ “留着到比赛结束后笑吧。”乌龟说。 他

36、们划了条起跑线 出发了。兔子跑得匕快 很快就跑到了前面 所以他业卜来休息。等剑乌龟赶上 乌龟一直往前走 当兔了蒂片怀來时 巳紅衣比了“乌龟 坐在一块牌子旁 终点。 14 Helpi ng Pare nts Parents often get angry becauseof their trouble in their lives. Lets say that your mother is not happy about her boss. If she does nt have other waysof express ing her emoti ons, she might come hom

37、e and yell at you, scream at your dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you. Heres how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble con trolli ng his or her an ger: Dont make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinking clearly, so try not to do or say anything to make thing

38、s worse. Wait till your pare nt cools off, the n talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to expla in how the an ger is affect ing you. yell 大叫呼誠 scream 尖声喊叫 handle 处理 adult 成年人 cool off 平静下来 tone 语气 affect 影响 帮助父母 父母常常因为他们生活中的烦恼而生气。我们举个例子 不满。假如她没有其他方法发泄她的情绪 爸爸火喊丿 JL|JL|踢.家里的狗 威者甚至対你说一些难听的诂当你身边的大人

39、 控制不住他们的怒火时 难 保持思维清晰 的父母平静下來然后再心平气和地和他们谈并想办法说叨他们的怒火是如 何影响你的。 15Humour What Is a Teen ager? A tee nager is . some one who can hear his favourite sin ger three blocks away but not his mother calling from the next room. . a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a less on but cant make a bed.

40、 . a conno isseur of two kinds of fine music loud and very loud. . an en thusiast who has the en ergy to bike for miles but is usually too tired to dry the dishes. . a romantic who never falls in love more tha n once a week. . a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspectsthe room needs

41、cleaning. . an original thinker who is positive that his mother was n ever a tee nager. block 街区 whiz 天才 operate 操作 connoisseur 内行 鉴宾冢 enthusiast 热 心 的 人 energy 精 力 romantic 浪漫主义者 suspect 怀疑 original 新颖的 独创的 positive 肯定的 幽默少年是什么样的人 少年是,一个隔着三个街区也能听到他最喜欢的歌手的声音但却听不到隔 壁房间母亲叫声的人。 ,一个不用上一节课就可以操作最新电脑的能手 f

42、T 却不会铺床。,两种音乐的鉴赏家一一吵闹的和非常吵闹的音乐。 ,一个充 满热情 他可以骑车骑几英里 干碟子。,一个浪漫主义者 ,一个每 星期六都要睡到中午 ,是一个有独创精神的 思想家 16 Charles Chapl in One day a small boy called Charles Chapli n was walk ing along the street in London. It was a cold win ters day in 1900. He wan ted to buy some bread, but he did nt have any mon ey. His

43、father had died whe n he was very young. He and his brother, Sid, had to work to help their sick mother. Although Charles was small, his dream was very big. He wan ted to be a great man in the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dan cer and sin ger. Thirty years later, this same

44、boy was among the most famous people in the world. Eve n if you do not un dersta nd En glish, you can enjoy his films, because no words are used in his films. dream 梦想 dan cer 舞蹈家 查尔斯？卓别林 一天 1900 年寒冬的一天。 卓别林想买一些面包 兄弟西德必须工作以帮助生病的母亲。 卓别林年纪虽小但他有很大的理想。 他 想成为电影世界的伟大人物 家。三十年后 了世界上最著名的人之一。 即使你不懂英语 你也町以欣赏他的

45、电彭因为他的电影是无冲的。 17 A Seaside Pic nic One morning last April, Joa n was lying in bed whe n the telepho ne ran g. It was her friend, Dave, who in vited her out for a pic nic at the seaside. Later that day she left her flat and walked to the bus stop to catch the bus. Joan was wearing a T-shirt and skirt

46、 as it was quite hot. As she sat on the bus she looked out of the window. The sun was shi ning. She saw a pla ne going over a forest and some horses in the fields. Before long she arrived at the seaside and met Dave. They went down to the beach and had their picnic next to a rock. They had sandwiche

47、s and crisps, and Dave pain ted a picture. They had a lovely day. flat 公寓 页国买诰 forest 森林 crisp 油炸马铃薯片 海滩野餐 去年四月的一天早上 那天晚些时候 1 乘车。囚为火气很热 琼寛肴恤衫和裙子.：为她來在车 I I时 她右审窗外。阳 光明媚。她看到一架匕机 E E 过一片森林 右-到口野里的马.一会功夫 她就剑 。他们走下海滩 乌铃将片 戴夫还画了一幅両,他们度过了歼心的一儿 18 A Dish Washer Some people have dogs or cats as pets. One wo

48、man in New York keeps a mon key as her pet. This mon key can wash dishes. He washes the dishes for the woman every day. He likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. Sometimes he washes the same dishes over and over. If the woma n tries to stop him, he the n gets an gry. He beg ins to throw the d

49、ishes in all directi ons. But this does not happe n very ofte n. The woma ns husba nd is very happy with the mon key. The husba nd n ever n eedsto help his wife wash the dishes. The mon key does all this work. The husba nd saysthat he cannot un dersta nd how an ybody, a pers on or a mon key, can lik

50、e to wash dishes so much. direct ion 方向 洗碗工 有些人的宠物是猫或狗。纽约的一位妇女养了只猴子当宠物。这只猴子会洗碗。 他每天为这个妇女洗碗。他喜欢洗并且从未打破过一个碗碟。有时他会一遍遍地 清洗同一个碗。如果这个妇女试图阻止 碗碟。但这种情况不常发生。 女人的丈夫非常满意这只猴子。他从不需要帮自 己的妻子洗碗。猴子包办了这些活。这个丈夫说他无法理解 猴子怎么会如此喜欢洗碗呢 19 A You ng Pio neer Long ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wild

51、erness, a young boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in the East to learn about the new coun try. He wan ted to know what lay bey ond the Rocky Mountains. Kits father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more about hunting and trapp ing in the country of the In d

52、ia ns. Kit was always calm in times of dan ger. He was strong and brave. Most of the In dia ns liked and respected him for his hon esty. For many years, Kit lived in the West. He taught other white men many things. Probably the most important thing he taught them was how to get along with the In dia

53、 ns. wilderness 荒野 pioneer 先锋 先 昭 hunting 打猎 trapping 诱捕 respect 尊敬 honesty 诚实 lget along with 与,相处 年轻的先驱 很久以前 十 岁 A 什么。 基特的父亲教会他瞄准射击 猎和狩猎的本领。 基特在危险的时刻总是很沉着。他强壮勇敢。 大多数印第安 babysitter 保姆 separate 分开的 electronic 电子的 situation 情形 境适 人因为他的诚实而喜欢并尊敬他。 基特在西部生活了很多年。他教会其他白人 很多东西。也许他教会他们的最重要的东西就是如何与印第安人相处。 20

54、A Robot Babysitter In 2005 Japa n made a new robot. It can take care of a child. The new robot is called iPapero. It weighs 13.2 poun ds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by 9.8 in ches. iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. It can recognize and remember up to ten faces and use

55、 its eight separateelectr onic ears to un dersta nd human voices even in noisy situations. It also plays games with children when they are un happy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to en terta in the child. If the child is bored, iPapero will cha nge new songs and quizzes so that it does nt repeat itse

56、lf. The robot babysitter eve n has a cell phone to call a pare nt whe n the child asks for his mother. entertain 使快乐 quizzes 猜谜问答匕赛 quiz 的复数 看小孩的机器人 2005 年 L iPaperoo 它 13.2 磅重 15.2X 10.3X 9.8 英寸。iPapero 是个小机器人 但它冇很多特殊的技能，它能识别和记忆多达十帐脸 即使是在吵闹的惜况下 它也能用它八只分卄的电子耳朵听熾人的屮鼻当核子们不嵩灭时 它汪和他们 玩游戏、唱歌威猜谜诅让他们歼心：如果孩

57、子感剑无聊了 他会换新的歌和谜诅 这样就不会重复。这个照吞小孩的机器人甚牵圧装冇移动电话 当孩子找妈妈 时町以川比打恬饴父母 21 The Eagle and the Raven An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven Ianded on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, Youll never break it like that,he said. If I were you I would fly up in the sky

58、as high as I could, then drop the nut on to the rocks. Its the only way youll get at the kern el. The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the ground. The raven hopped quickly from his branch and seized the nut in his beak. By the time the eagle had found his way bac

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