第一篇：英語經(jīng)典短文

中小學課外輔導專家

英語經(jīng)典短文

一、How to use an English-Chinese dictionary? When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word.What’s the best way to know it? You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary.It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly? First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order.In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the Ietter A, then B,C,D,E…That means if there are two words “desert”and “pull”,” “desert”will be certainly before“pull”.Then if there,are two words both beginning with the same letter,you may look at the second letter.Then the third, the fourth…For example, “pardon”is before “plough”, “judge”is before “just”,etc.Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend,I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.二、Travel by bike

If you go to visit London, you’ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road.You’ll also see a lot of bikes because more people travel by bike.There are a lot of reasons for this.First, it is very cheap to buy a bike, and it is quick, too.You often have to wait for a bus for half an hour.When the bus comes, there are so many other buses and cars on the roads that the bus moves very slowly.I traveled to work by bus for about four years.I often arrived at work late and tired.Then one day, about two years ago, a friend of mine said, “ I go to work by bike.Why don’t we travel together?”

“Because my bike is old.” I answered, “And there are so many buses and cars on the roads.I’ll feel frightened

“You needn’t feel frightened!” said my friend.“If you follow me and we ride slowly, you’ll be fine.”

The next day I brought myself a new bike.Although we went slowly, we arrived ai work quickly.It took 40 minutes to go to work by bus, but only half an hour by bike!Now I don’t feel afraid.I love going go work by bike.I take a different road every day.I arrived at work very quickly.I’ve got a little more money now, and more important, I feel healthy.Many people think in the same way as I do.That’s why you see a lot of bikes on the road.Next year you’ll see more, I am sure.Perhaps in the future we will have roads for bikes only.I hope so.三、American food habits

Generally speaking, American food is rather bland and inspired.Salads are popular and are served all the year round.Many American people are “calorie” conscious.This is evident in menus offering “l(fā)ow calorie” or “weight watchers” meals.In markets one can find “No Cal” drinks(meaning without calories)such as ginger ale or cola.“Diet” foods without sugar or salt are also available in food stores.Waiters in American restaurants tend to assume that everyone drinks coffee.If a waiter suddenly asks “Now or later?” what he means is “Do you want coffee with your meal now or later?” Many American drinks

Coffee with their meal.When dining out in the US we can ask for tea, milk,coke,bear and so on, if we prefer these to coffee, American restaurants cannot serve beer, wine, or liquor unless they are licensed to do so.The main course in American meals is usually meat, fowl, or fish, but rarely is more than one of these

上海寶茁教育濟南學習中心

中小學課外輔導專家

七、Insects We often think of insects as being harmful.This is not quite true.Many insects are harmful.For example, flies carry disease.Other insects carry disease, too.Farmers are at war with insects most of the time.Hungry insects kill plants in the fields.Farmers spray the fields to get rid of these insects.Does this mean that all insects are harmful? No.Many are of great help to man.Bees make honey.Without bees and other insects, many trees would have no fruit.Silkworms make silk.Some insects eat other insects that kill fruit trees.Have you ever seen a praying mantis? People who do not know about the praying mantis sometimes kill it.They think it is harmful.But this insect is of great help to farmers and gardeners.It eats insects that kill plants.Long ago, many people thought of most insects as enemies.Today, we know the difference between harmful insects and those that help us.八、Special language Can you see the rabbit’s tail? When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away.Its tail is white and moves up and down as it runs.Other rabbits see the tail moving, and they run, too.They know that there is something danger.The rabbit has told them something without making a sound.It has given them a signal.Many other animals use this kind of language.When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce.This warns other animals.When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home.It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air.This tells the others where the food is.Some animals say things by making sounds.Sometimes we humans speak in the same way.But we have something that no animal has-a large number of words.No animal has the wonderful power of language.People living in different countries make different kinds of words.Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world.The words you know are called your vocabulary.You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.Read as many books as you can.When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary.Your dictionary is your most useful book.九、A good idea Mike and Tom had studied in the same class.After they had finished middle school, Mike went to college but Tom found work in a factory.The young man likes smoking very much and it’s bad for his health.Now he coughs day and night and he’s too weak to work.So he was sent away.He spent all money on smoking and sometimes he has little food to eat.Once Tom met Mike in the street.Mike finished college and began to work in a post office and was paid much.When Tom knew about it, he asked Mike to lend two hundred dollars to him.Mike found it was difficult to refuse and agreed.A year later Mike was going go marry and needed a lot of money.He told Tom about it.Tom said he would pay off the debt the next month.But three months passed and Tom did not pay off his debt.And one day Mike went to his house again and said, “Haven’t you found any ideas to pay off your debt?”

“Yes, I have.” Answered Tom.“ If you help me, I’ll pay off my debt at once.” “what’s it?”

“Please lend me five hundred dollars again.” Said the man.“I shall pay you back two hundred dollars, and I’ll pay Mr.White back two hundred dollars, and I’ll spend one hundred dollars on some bread and a newer coat.上海寶茁教育濟南學習中心

第二篇：英語短文

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:

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,'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 mass printed

newspapers appeared in northern European countries such as Germany and Holland.Newspapers were in many ways revolutionary.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 mass 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 access to a printing press and enough money to fund the publication.And what they didn't necessarily have to do was reflect the government opinion of the day.In other words, to some extent, newspapers and freedom of thought, opinion and expression went hand in hand.Fast forward to the twentieth century, and newspaper sales have fallen drastically.They could reach a huge audience.They could be written and printed by anyone, as long as they had access to a printing press and enough money to fund the publication.And what they didn't necessarily have to do was reflect the government opinion of the day.In other words, to some extent, newspapers and freedom of thought, opinion and expression 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 necessary equipment and start their own television news channel?Unless you're a millionaire with the right contacts, it's almost impossible.Of course, the Internet has changed all that.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 necessary equipment and start their own television news channel? Unless you're a millionaire

with the right contacts, it's almost impossible.Of course, the Internet has changed all that.NEWSCASTER:

In this new era of instant information, anyone with a computer and online access 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 discussion 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 witnessing 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 access 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 discussion and debate about it.從街頭公告到報紙，到電視廣播，再到當今的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，新聞的歷史已經(jīng)發(fā)生了數(shù)次巨變。Right now, though, perhaps we're witnessing the beginning of a new age: the age of news written by the people, for the people.

第三篇：英語短文

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．”譯文：

你知道我是干什么的嗎？

一天晚上，一家旅館失火，住在這家旅館里的人穿著睡 衣就跑了出來。兩個人站在外面，看著大火。

“在我出來之前，”其中一個說：“我跑進一些房間，找到了一大筆錢。人在恐懼中是不會想到錢的。如果有人把紙幣留在火里，火就會把它燒成灰燼。所以我把所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒有人會因為我拿走它們而變得更窮?！?/p>

“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一個說。

“你是干什么的？”

“我是警察?！?/p>

“噢！”第一個人喊了一聲,靈機一動,說：“那你知道我是干什么的？”“不知道?！本煺f。

“我是個作家。我總是愛編一些從未發(fā)生過的故事?！?/p>

第四篇：英語短文

林飛的家離學校大約10千米。他每天6點鐘起床，沐浴，很快吃完早餐。然后他在大約6點半動向去學校。首先他騎自行車去汽車站。大約需要10分鐘。然后他乘早班公共汽車去學校。乘公共汽車通常大約需要25分鐘。

在北美洲，大多數(shù)學生乘坐校車去上學。一些學生也步行或騎自行車去學校。在世界的其他地方，情況有所不同。在日本，大部分學生坐火車去上學，但也有一些人步行或騎自行車。在中國，這要視你住在哪里而定。在大城市里，學生通常騎自行車或坐公共汽車上學。在有河或湖的地方，像洪山湖或開山島，學生通常乘坐小船去學校。那一定比乘坐公共汽車上學更有趣！

A：星期三你能來參加我的聚會嗎？

B：當然，我很愿意。

C：對不起,我不能來。我得上鋼琴課。

D：對不起，我也不能去。我得去看醫(yī)生。

你好亨利：

謝謝你的邀請。對不起，我這周不能去拜訪你。我非常忙。今天晚上我要參加我堂兄的生日聚會。明天，我得去看牙醫(yī)。（討厭?。┬瞧谌乙獏⒓有ｊ牭木W(wǎng)球訓練。星期四我必須學習，準備化學考試。星期五晚上我要和幾個朋友去看電影。星期五你能來和我們一起去看電影嗎？盡快回信。

索尼亞

你好亨利：

非常感謝你的邀請。對不起，下周我不能去拜訪你。

星期一，我得去看醫(yī)生。星期二，我要和我的朋友們。星期三，我必須 而學習。星期五，和一起度假。請在假期之后給我打電話吧。

托尼

親愛的伊莎貝爾：

謝謝你上次的來信。這是我和我的雙胞胎姐姐劉英的照片。正如你所知，在一些方面我們看上去一樣，而在一些方面我們看上去不同。盡管我的頭發(fā)比她的短，但我們都是黑眼睛、黑頭發(fā)。盡管劉英比我健壯，但我們都喜歡運動。她比較外向，而我比較文靜。我覺得我比她聰明一些。我最喜歡的科目是物理和化學，她最喜歡的科目的體育。不過，我們兩個都喜歡參加聚會。

請盡快來看望我們！

愛你的，劉麗

有些朋友有相反的觀點和愛好，有些喜歡同樣的東西。你的觀點是什么？朋友應當相同還是不同？我們詢問了一些人他們所想的，這是他們所說的。

我喜歡擁有像我一樣的朋友。我比我班里大多數(shù)的孩子都文靜，我最好的朋友袁麗也很文靜，盡管我們有些不同。我比袁麗聰明，但她更擅長運動。

詹姆斯·格林

A：咱們做水果沙拉吧。

B：好的，好主意。我們需要多少酸奶？

A：一杯。

B：我們需要多少蘋果？

A：讓我想想……我們需要兩個蘋果。

B：好的需要多少……

A：你怎樣制作水果沙拉？

B：

超級雞肉三明治

首先，在一片面包上放些黃油。然后在一個洋蔥和一個西紅柿切碎，把這些加到面包上。下一步，在面包上放些生菜和雞肉片，并在雞肉片上放些佐料。最后，在上面放上另一片面包。

這兒是一份制作優(yōu)等火雞三明治的食譜！

首先，在兩片面包上黃油。把一個切碎。將西紅柿放在面包片上。下一步，加上兩片。在火雞肉上放兩茶匙。

九班的學生在學校旅行中過得很愉快。他們?nèi)ニ{水水族館玩了一天。他們首先參觀了游客中心，并看了一場關于鯊魚的電影。然后他們看了海豚表演。隨后，他們?nèi)チ藨敉馑?，而且看到了一條大章魚。午飯后，他們?nèi)チ硕Y品店，買了許多禮物。最后，他們乘坐公共汽車返回了學校，他們雖然很累但很高興。在當天結(jié)束時，科學老師很高興，因為旅行之后，班長把公共汽車打掃干凈了。

親愛的湯姆：

你的假日過得怎么樣？你野營愉快嗎？我那天過得很不快樂。我拜訪了我的堂兄們。那天一直在下雨。上午，我待在家里看光盤，玩電腦游戲和讀書。下午，馬丁叔叔把他的一些舊物品放在院子里，做庭院舊物出售。然而，沒有人來買，因為天氣太糟糕了。幸虧我們帶了傘和雨衣，因此沒被淋濕。

望盡快見到你，尼克

你多早開始做事都不為過。例如：老虎·伍茲10個月大就開始打高爾夫球。莫扎特4歲的時候就開始作曲，巴西偉大的足球運動員羅納樂多17歲就為國家隊踢球。

中國著名的鋼琴家李云迪一直熱衷于音樂。他1982年出生于重慶。當他還是個小孩子的時候，他就能哼唱歌曲并能哼唱較難的樂曲。他4歲時開始學習手風琴，7歲時開始學鋼琴。在2000年10月，李云迪參加了在波蘭舉行的第14屆肖邦國際鋼琴大賽，并獲得了他所在小組的第一名。他也是在該項比賽的70年歷史中第一個獲此獎項的中國鋼琴家。

我理想的工作

當我長大的時候，我打算做我想做的事。我打算看搬到某個有趣的地方。巴黎聽起來像是我喜愛的那種城市。那兒有許多藝術(shù)展。我想做一名藝術(shù)家。那么，我打算怎樣做呢？首先，我打算找一份兼職工作，工作一兩年，并攢一些錢。然后，我打算成為巴黎一缺藝術(shù)學校的學生。同時，我還打算學習法語。接下來，我打算舉辦藝術(shù)展覽會，因為我想變得富有，并且給我父母買一幢大房子。我還想要周游世界。將來有一天我打算在一個安靜而又美麗的地方安度晚年。

我們收到了1000多封讀者關于新年要做的事的來信、傳真和電子郵件。許多讀者打算今年在學校更加努力地學習。許多讀者打算做運動。有些讀者打算多學習一種新的語言。有些女孩子打算多做一些運動來保持健康。有些父母打算學習他們的孩子在學校學習的課程。他們想更好地與他們的孩子進行交流/溝通。一位老婦人打算辭去現(xiàn)在的工作再找一份在中國當語言教師的工作。

A：我不喜歡做家務。

B：噢，我也不喜歡一些家務，但是我喜歡其他的家務。

A：真的嗎？你喜歡：衣服嗎?

B：不，我不喜歡。那令人厭煩。

A：我同意。你喜歡

B：不，不怎么喜歡。但是我喜歡因為那使人放松。而且我喜歡飯，因為我喜歡烹飪。

洗盤子

打掃你的房間

倒垃圾

掃地

疊你的衣服

整理你的床鋪

南希：

感謝你照看我的狗。請你每天做這些事情好嗎？帶他去散步，給他水喝并且喂他東西吃。然后，清洗他的碗，跟他一起玩。別忘了打掃他的床鋪。祝你愉快！下周見。

謝謝，托馬斯

年輕人認為城里的這些地方怎么樣?我們對我們的讀者做了一個調(diào)查，這是我們了解到的情況。所有的電影院都很好，但影視城是我們城鎮(zhèn)最好的。它有最大的屏幕和最舒適的座椅。然而，都市影院是最便宜的，它還有最友好的服務。最受歡迎的服裝店是詹森服裝店。它有質(zhì)量最好的衣服，價格也是最便宜的。流行時裝店是最差的，它的服務真差。至于廣播電臺，大多數(shù)人認為調(diào)頻107.9兆赫爵士樂電臺相當棒。它播放的音樂最引人入勝。

上周的才藝展示（1）是非常成功的。有（2）15個節(jié)目。伊萊扎·克拉克獲得了（3）演員獎。她彈奏了一支優(yōu)美的鋼琴曲。胡悅是（4）演員。他在沒有音樂伴奏的情況下跳舞。（5）獎由史蒂夫·田和他的狗――費多所獲得。他們一起（6）一首有趣的歌曲。

第五篇：英語短文

20歲的李栗（清華大學三年級學生）已經(jīng)高分過了英語六級，正準備“專八”的考試。她聯(lián)系到記者時，靦腆地表示“我主要想給大家介紹一下自己背專八單詞經(jīng)驗。當然，每個人都有自己的方法，我這個僅供參考而已”。

1．背單詞要背得好，要背得快，最基本的原則是腦子不斷地想單詞，讓單詞不斷地從腦子里過，看書看10遍，還不如腦子過一遍。要做到單詞在腦子里過的次數(shù)比在書本上過的次數(shù)多得多，要做到完全拋開書本，不依賴書本，不拿書的時候也在想單詞、背單詞。要盡量在單詞被忘記之前在腦子里過一遍，這樣，它留給你的印象要深得多，就算以后忘記，也很容易記起來。

2．背單詞時還要注意在單詞之間建立聯(lián)系。當然，剛開始時可能能建立的聯(lián)系很少，但要注意培養(yǎng)這種意識，爭取一串串地背單詞，看見一個，就能想起一串。比如，同義的單詞一塊兒記，反義的、形似的、分類的、詞根的，背單詞一段時間之后，就應該看到該單詞，想一想以前學過什么同義的，如果只有印象而想不起來，最好在一個筆記本上記一筆，下次碰到該單詞時，特別注意。比如，背單詞一段時間后，應該問自己：我一共學了多少關于衣服的詞？如果你只記得中文意思，想不起英文，下次就要特別注意了?；蛘吣憧吹絟olograph的時候是否能想起homograph?芽雖然有些書給你整理了一些聯(lián)系，可我覺得自己總結(jié)的才會印象最深。

這樣，單詞之間建立聯(lián)系后，不拿書本的時候你也能利用這些聯(lián)系不斷地想單詞，當某一個單詞記不起來時，就要注意了。不妨看后面的單詞時，就不斷地想前面學過的單詞中有哪些類似的，或意思相反的，把有聯(lián)系的單詞的頁數(shù)寫在單詞旁，每當看到這個單詞時，總想起和它有關的單詞，想不起時再根據(jù)頁數(shù)翻看。如果有印象而想不起來，就在筆記本上記一筆，下次補上。

3．背單詞時不要在一個單詞上花的時間太多，根本不用超過一分鐘，像掃描般一掠而過。只是重復的次數(shù)要多，特別在腦子里重復的次數(shù)要比在書本上重復的次數(shù)多得多。其他方法還有聽錄音帶，背單詞軟件等等。不時翻一翻別的單詞書也挺有用，因為有新鮮感