第一篇：英語(yǔ)短文推薦

The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition in Brazil this year.A major football event will happen in the South American country later this month, but with teams of robots playing the game--which is known as soccer in the United States.The robot teams are guided by teams of humans from around the world.The event is known as RoboCup.Technology students at the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition, which is held this year in the coastal city Joao Pessoa.The students have won the last three RoboCup competitions.Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game--the kicks are not good, there is a lot of falling down, and people are there to guide and support the team members.Jian Qiao Li is one of the leaders of the University of Pennsylvania team.He says one goal he has for the robot

team is to make sure the machines can find the goal and the ball.He also wants the robots to be able to know where they are on the playing field.And he wants the team to be able to better-control the walking and kicking abilities of the robots.Qin He is another leader of the robot team.She says the abilities of the robots increase every year.Ms.He says the U.S.team is meeting its goals: the robots know the difference between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field.She says if there are three robot players on the field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide the different responsibilities for each robot.U.S.team member Christopher Akatsuka hopes for another victory in Brazil.The team has won the RoboCup the past three years, in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey.“They have very good team play right now.As long as

their detection is good, I think they'll be very competitive, we just hope to compete against real good German teams, because the Germans always do very well.”

Mr.Akatsuka says Robocup is an exciting technology competition.“Each team develops their own software--basically it's a competition of who has the best software, who has the best decision-making at a given point.It's really exciting.”

The event begins July 19th and ends July 25th.Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against humans by 2050.I'm Jonathan Evans.This story was based on a report by VOA reporter Zlatica Hoke.

第二篇：英語(yǔ)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(bào)紙，到電視廣播，再到當(dāng)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(yǔ)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(lái)。兩個(gè)人站在外面，看著大火。

“在我出來(lái)之前，”其中一個(gè)說(shuō)：“我跑進(jìn)一些房間，找到了一大筆錢(qián)。人在恐懼中是不會(huì)想到錢(qián)的。如果有人把紙幣留在火里，火就會(huì)把它燒成灰燼。所以我把所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒(méi)有人會(huì)因?yàn)槲夷米咚鼈兌兊酶F。”

“你不知道我是干什么的?！绷硪粋€(gè)說(shuō)。

“你是干什么的？”

“我是警察?！?/p>

“噢！”第一個(gè)人喊了一聲,靈機(jī)一動(dòng),說(shuō)：“那你知道我是干什么的？”“不知道?！本煺f(shuō)。

“我是個(gè)作家。我總是愛(ài)編一些從未發(fā)生過(guò)的故事。”

第四篇：英語(yǔ)短文

林飛的家離學(xué)校大約10千米。他每天6點(diǎn)鐘起床，沐浴，很快吃完早餐。然后他在大約6點(diǎn)半動(dòng)向去學(xué)校。首先他騎自行車(chē)去汽車(chē)站。大約需要10分鐘。然后他乘早班公共汽車(chē)去學(xué)校。乘公共汽車(chē)通常大約需要25分鐘。

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

A：星期三你能來(lái)參加我的聚會(huì)嗎？

B：當(dāng)然，我很愿意。

C：對(duì)不起,我不能來(lái)。我得上鋼琴課。

D：對(duì)不起，我也不能去。我得去看醫(yī)生。

你好亨利：

謝謝你的邀請(qǐng)。對(duì)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(huì)。明天，我得去看牙醫(yī)。（討厭！）星期三我要參加校隊(duì)的網(wǎng)球訓(xùn)練。星期四我必須學(xué)習(xí)，準(zhǔn)備化學(xué)考試。星期五晚上我要和幾個(gè)朋友去看電影。星期五你能來(lái)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(qǐng)。對(duì)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(xué)習(xí)。星期五，和一起度假。請(qǐng)?jiān)诩倨谥蠼o我打電話(huà)吧。

托尼

親愛(ài)的伊莎貝爾：

謝謝你上次的來(lái)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(yùn)動(dòng)。她比較外向，而我比較文靜。我覺(jué)得我比她聰明一些。我最喜歡的科目是物理和化學(xué)，她最喜歡的科目的體育。不過(guò)，我們兩個(gè)都喜歡參加聚會(huì)。

請(qǐng)盡快來(lái)看望我們！

愛(ài)你的，劉麗

有些朋友有相反的觀點(diǎn)和愛(ài)好，有些喜歡同樣的東西。你的觀點(diǎn)是什么？朋友應(yīng)當(dāng)相同還是不同？我們?cè)儐?wèn)了一些人他們所想的，這是他們所說(shuō)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(zhǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。

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(píng)果？

A：讓我想想……我們需要兩個(gè)蘋(píng)果。

B：好的需要多少……

A：你怎樣制作水果沙拉？

B：

超級(jí)雞肉三明治

首先，在一片面包上放些黃油。然后在一個(gè)洋蔥和一個(gè)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(gè)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(xué)生在學(xué)校旅行中過(guò)得很愉快。他們?nèi)ニ{(lán)水水族館玩了一天。他們首先參觀了游客中心，并看了一場(chǎng)關(guān)于鯊魚(yú)的電影。然后他們看了海豚表演。隨后，他們?nèi)チ藨?hù)外水池，而且看到了一條大章魚(yú)。午飯后，他們?nèi)チ硕Y品店，買(mǎi)了許多禮物。最后，他們乘坐公共汽車(chē)返回了學(xué)校，他們雖然很累但很高興。在當(dāng)天結(jié)束時(shí)，科學(xué)老師很高興，因?yàn)槁眯兄螅嚅L(zhǎng)把公共汽車(chē)打掃干凈了。

親愛(ài)的湯姆：

你的假日過(guò)得怎么樣？你野營(yíng)愉快嗎？我那天過(guò)得很不快樂(lè)。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(pán)，玩電腦游戲和讀書(shū)。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(méi)有人來(lái)買(mǎi)，因?yàn)樘鞖馓愀饬?。幸虧我們帶了傘和雨衣，因此沒(méi)被淋濕。

望盡快見(jiàn)到你，尼克

你多早開(kāi)始做事都不為過(guò)。例如：老虎·伍茲10個(gè)月大就開(kāi)始打高爾夫球。莫扎特4歲的時(shí)候就開(kāi)始作曲，巴西偉大的足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員羅納樂(lè)多17歲就為國(guó)家隊(duì)踢球。

中國(guó)著名的鋼琴家李云迪一直熱衷于音樂(lè)。他1982年出生于重慶。當(dāng)他還是個(gè)小孩子的時(shí)候，他就能哼唱歌曲并能哼唱較難的樂(lè)曲。他4歲時(shí)開(kāi)始學(xué)習(xí)手風(fēng)琴，7歲時(shí)開(kāi)始學(xué)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(guó)際鋼琴大賽，并獲得了他所在小組的第一名。他也是在該項(xiàng)比賽的70年歷史中第一個(gè)獲此獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)的中國(guó)鋼琴家。

我理想的工作

當(dāng)我長(zhǎng)大的時(shí)候，我打算做我想做的事。我打算看搬到某個(gè)有趣的地方。巴黎聽(tīng)起來(lái)像是我喜愛(ài)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(qián)。然后，我打算成為巴黎一缺藝術(shù)學(xué)校的學(xué)生。同時(shí)，我還打算學(xué)習(xí)法語(yǔ)。接下來(lái)，我打算舉辦藝術(shù)展覽會(huì)，因?yàn)槲蚁胱兊酶挥校⑶医o我父母買(mǎi)一幢大房子。我還想要周游世界。將來(lái)有一天我打算在一個(gè)安靜而又美麗的地方安度晚年。

我們收到了1000多封讀者關(guān)于新年要做的事的來(lái)信、傳真和電子郵件。許多讀者打算今年在學(xué)校更加努力地學(xué)習(xí)。許多讀者打算做運(yùn)動(dòng)。有些讀者打算多學(xué)習(xí)一種新的語(yǔ)言。有些女孩子打算多做一些運(yùn)動(dòng)來(lái)保持健康。有些父母打算學(xué)習(xí)他們的孩子在學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)的課程。他們想更好地與他們的孩子進(jìn)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(guó)當(dāng)語(yǔ)言教師的工作。

A：我不喜歡做家務(wù)。

B：噢，我也不喜歡一些家務(wù)，但是我喜歡其他的家務(wù)。

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?yàn)槟鞘谷朔潘伞６椅蚁矚g飯，因?yàn)槲蚁矚g烹飪。

洗盤(pán)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(qǐng)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(jiàn)。

謝謝，托馬斯

年輕人認(rèn)為城里的這些地方怎么樣?我們對(duì)我們的讀者做了一個(gè)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(wù)。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(jià)格也是最便宜的。流行時(shí)裝店是最差的，它的服務(wù)真差。至于廣播電臺(tái)，大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為調(diào)頻107.9兆赫爵士樂(lè)電臺(tái)相當(dāng)棒。它播放的音樂(lè)最引人入勝。

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

第五篇：英語(yǔ)短文

20歲的李栗（清華大學(xué)三年級(jí)學(xué)生）已經(jīng)高分過(guò)了英語(yǔ)六級(jí)，正準(zhǔn)備“專(zhuān)八”的考試。她聯(lián)系到記者時(shí)，靦腆地表示“我主要想給大家介紹一下自己背專(zhuān)八單詞經(jīng)驗(yàn)。當(dāng)然，每個(gè)人都有自己的方法，我這個(gè)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(guò)，看書(shū)看10遍，還不如腦子過(guò)一遍。要做到單詞在腦子里過(guò)的次數(shù)比在書(shū)本上過(guò)的次數(shù)多得多，要做到完全拋開(kāi)書(shū)本，不依賴(lài)書(shū)本，不拿書(shū)的時(shí)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(guò)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(lái)。

2．背單詞時(shí)還要注意在單詞之間建立聯(lián)系。當(dāng)然，剛開(kāi)始時(shí)可能能建立的聯(lián)系很少，但要注意培養(yǎng)這種意識(shí)，爭(zhēng)取一串串地背單詞，看見(jiàn)一個(gè)，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(lèi)的、詞根的，背單詞一段時(shí)間之后，就應(yīng)該看到該單詞，想一想以前學(xué)過(guò)什么同義的，如果只有印象而想不起來(lái)，最好在一個(gè)筆記本上記一筆，下次碰到該單詞時(shí)，特別注意。比如，背單詞一段時(shí)間后，應(yīng)該問(wèn)自己：我一共學(xué)了多少關(guān)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。或者你看到holograph的時(shí)候是否能想起homograph?芽雖然有些書(shū)給你整理了一些聯(lián)系，可我覺(jué)得自己總結(jié)的才會(huì)印象最深。

這樣，單詞之間建立聯(lián)系后，不拿書(shū)本的時(shí)候你也能利用這些聯(lián)系不斷地想單詞，當(dāng)某一個(gè)單詞記不起來(lái)時(shí)，就要注意了。不妨看后面的單詞時(shí)，就不斷地想前面學(xué)過(guò)的單詞中有哪些類(lèi)似的，或意思相反的，把有聯(lián)系的單詞的頁(yè)數(shù)寫(xiě)在單詞旁，每當(dāng)看到這個(gè)單詞時(shí)，總想起和它有關(guān)的單詞，想不起時(shí)再根據(jù)頁(yè)數(shù)翻看。如果有印象而想不起來(lái)，就在筆記本上記一筆，下次補(bǔ)上。

3．背單詞時(shí)不要在一個(gè)單詞上花的時(shí)間太多，根本不用超過(guò)一分鐘，像掃描般一掠而過(guò)。只是重復(fù)的次數(shù)要多，特別在腦子里重復(fù)的次數(shù)要比在書(shū)本上重復(fù)的次數(shù)多得多。其他方法還有聽(tīng)錄音帶，背單詞軟件等等。不時(shí)翻一翻別的單詞書(shū)也挺有用，因?yàn)橛行迈r感