第一篇：初中英語演講比賽短文

2013-2014第一學(xué)期八年級英語背誦比賽篇目

Unit1

Now let me tell you.what I did on my vacation.First I spent about five days doing my homework.Then I took a vacation in Beijing.I visited some places of interest there, such asthe Palace Museum and the Great Wall.After getting back from Beijing, I took a swimming class to learn swimming.I had a good time.Unit2

I have a healthy lifestyle.I exercise every day.My eating habits are good, too.Vegetables, fruit and milk are good for my health, so I eat vegetables twice a day, I have milk once a day.Eating much junk food is bad for my health, so I eat it only once a week.And I sleep eight hours every night.Unit3

Li Xue was my classmate in the primary school.Three years ago, She was very short and had short hair.She was a quiet and shy girl.Now she is 13 years old, she is much taller and has long hair.She also wears a pair of glasses.She is more outing and much friendlier.She is more popular than before and she has a lot of friends.Unit4

There are many good places near my home.I think Chang’an Park is the best park.It is the cleanest and has the most trees.Sunshine Cinema is the closest to my home.I enjoy watching movies there.Of all the clothing stores, I like Xinxin Mall best.I often go there to buy clothes.Unit5

There are different kinds of movies, such as action movies, comedies, and so on.They make our life colorful and fun.My favorite movies are comedies.I think they make me happy.One of them is called Mr.Bean.It is very interesting.It always makes people laugh.In the movie sometimes Mr.Bean is foolish, and sometimes he is smart.I like the movie very much.Unit6

My dream job is to be an English teacher.I am afraid to speak English in front of others.My English teacher Ms Wang helped me a lot and she taught me how to learn English.With her help I made great progress.So I am going to be an English teacher when I grow up.Unit7

In 20 years, I think I’ll be a newspaper reporter.I’ll live in Shanghai, because there will be more jobs in that city.As a reporter, I think I will meet lots of interesting people, so I’ll have more friends.I’ll have fewer pets, because I’ll have less free time.In the future, people will work more so they’ll probably have fewer vacations.Unit8

Banana milk shake is a healthy drink.It tastes good and is easy to make.To make it , follow this easy process:

First, peel three bananas, and cut up the bananas.Next, put the bananas and ice-cream in the blender, pour the milk into the blender.Then, turn on the blender.Finally, drink the milk shake.Unit9

Thank you very much for inviting me to your birthday party.I’d love to go but I can’t.My parents are out on business.They are coming back next month.And I need to study for my coming English exam.I’m sorry but I can’t go to your party.Thank you for asking me.I hope you can have a good time.Unit10

I’d glad to introduce myself to you.My name is …..I’m fourteen years old.I come from Yutian.I’m interested in drawing.In my free time, I often go camping, draw some pictures, and enjoys the singing of birds in nature.My favorite subject is science.I want to be a scientist when I grow up.

第二篇：初中英語短文

初中英語短文

1、Today I and friends of foreign travel, outside air is very good, people feel very comfortable.We all appreciate the fine girls bicycles.We enjoyed the beautiful nature brought.We happily spent a happy day.今天和朋友一起出外交游，外面的空氣很好，人感覺很舒服。我們騎著自行車一路欣賞鳥語花香。享受著大自然帶給我們的無限美好。大家開開心心地度過了愉快的一天。

1.關(guān)于過年的英語作文

Winter vacation is coming.We're happy to welcome the holidays.Usually,winter vacation is funny because Spring Festival is during the vacation.Spring Festival is a excellent day for every Chinese,especially for children.During the

festival,relatives go to visit each other and give presents to each other.Then it's the happy moment for children,children are given some lucky money.But i'm not a child any longer.I want to make the festival a little bit different.I plan to have a different day.I'm going to sell some toys in the

flower market.I will ask my friends to join me.If i earn some money,i'll buy some presents to my

parents.Well,it's my turn to give back to my parents for their love.2.英語作文自我介紹Hello，everyone！

My name is Winnie.I'm a 15 years old girl.I live in the beautiful city of Rizhao.I'm an active，lovely and clever girl.In the school，my favourite subject is maths.Perhaps someone thinks it's difficult to study well.But I like it.I belive that if you try your best，everything can be done well.I also like sports very much.Such as，running，volleyball and so on.3.新學(xué)期的打算英語作文(The plan for the new term)Another new term comes again,so i should have a study plan to promot myself.Firstly,i descide to finish my homework more carefully than before.And pay more attention to the knowledge which i didn't know it clearly.Secondly,i will do a lot of read to widen the range of my knowledge.and try to combine thoery to practice.Finally,i will learn to adjust, to be more positive and more helpful.That's what i plant to do in a new term.4.我的朋友 my friend

John is the most diligent student in our class.He is one of my friends.As a matter of fact, he gets along with his classmates.He might spend just five to ten minutes talking to you once in a long while, but he talks with enthusiasm and energy, and he likes to share his thinking and ideas with you.He is honest;he does not like to waste his time and energy.He never appears sleepy and tired in the classroom.He always hands in homework on time and also does well in his examinations, yet he has time practicing playing football and his violin skill.I admire him.I hope I can be as diligent as he is;John is persistent, attentive, and energetic.5.我的理想英語作文What do I want to do when I’m older? Someone wants to be a doctor.Someone wants to be a basketball player because they are good at sport.Someone wants to be a writer and to make the writing.Someone wants to be a teacher because they like

teaching children.I like playing the piano and I good at it.So I want to become a piano player.Play the piano is very interesting.And you can learn something of music.Piano can make you like music.A lot of musician and singer are love playing piano.examda

I play the piano when I’m ten years old.Now I’m in grand five.I hope when I’m sixteen years old , I can become grand eight.I’ll be harder and harder to practise.Become a piano play is a hard job.But I believe I can do it.6.令人難忘的一天英語作文(One day I can't forget)One day Mon said to me “I love you.son” I was very happy that day and went to school.6 o＇clock in the afternoon, i went back home.Dad was also back and there was a big cake on the table.examda

I asked him “why there is a cake? can i eat it?”Dad answered “No.Mom should eat first.”“why?”I asked again.“because it＇s your mom＇s birthday” then i remembered mom said “i love you” to me in the morning.it was mom＇s birthday,but i didn＇t know that.and she said “i love you”to me.7.My favourite animal

I like animals very much, such as horses,monkeys, cats, tigers and so on.But I like dogs best.Why? Because they are very cute and nice.I have a white dog.Its name is Bobo.She is a female dog.She comes from Beijing,China.She wears white clothes and she has two big eyes and a small month.She often walks round and round at home.It has nothing to do.She likes eating ice-cream so much.So do I.When I eat ice-cream,she will look at the ice-cream carefully,So I will give her some to eat.

第三篇：初中英語經(jīng)典作文短文

60字初中英語作文帶翻譯

1.It was sunny and very hot today.I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast.Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room.After a short rest I did my homework in the morning.In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends.It was really cool to swim in such a hot day.I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening.I really had a busy and interesting day.今天天氣晴朗比較熱。我起得很早，幫父母做早飯。然后我洗碗打掃屋子。休息一會后我上午做作業(yè)。下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。在如此炎熱的夏天游泳的確很棒。晚上我上網(wǎng)、看故事書。我今天很忙過得很有趣。

2.暑假打算

I will have a busy summer vacation.I am going to do my homework every day.I am going to the library to borrow some books and go to the shops to buy some books.I am going to do sports such as playing table tennis, swimming and so on.I am going to visit my grandparents and stay there for a week.I am going to help my parents do some housework.我暑假會很忙。我每天要寫作業(yè)。我打算去圖書館去借書、去商店買書。我要做運(yùn)動，如：打乒乓球、游泳等。我要去看爺爺奶奶并在那住一周。我要幫父母做家務(wù)。

3.自我介紹

Hello, everyone.My name is Kelly.I am friendly and honest.I am good at English and maths.I like surfing the internet,playing computer games, watching TV and traveling.I also like playing table tennis and I am good at it ,too.I often play table tennis with my friends on weekends.And I want to be a famous table tennis player when I grow up.What I like most is to see the seagulls flying freely in the sky so I often go to the sea in summer.My favourite colour is white because I think white is symbolize purity.大家好 我的名字叫KELLY.我很友好、誠實(shí)。我擅長英語和數(shù)學(xué)。我愛上網(wǎng)、玩電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲、看電視 和旅游。我也喜歡打乒乓球。我經(jīng)常和朋友們在周末打乒乓球，長大了我想當(dāng)一個乒乓球運(yùn)動員。最喜歡在海邊看著海鷗自由自在的飛翔，因此在夏天我經(jīng)常去海邊。白色是我的最愛。因?yàn)槲矣X得白色是純潔的象征。

I know a new friend, his name is katy, 13 years old, American, middle school students, seventh grade six classes in the first secondary school, he was long the large eyes, brown hair, tall, the most like the green and red, and English is also very good, his father was a doctor, mother is a teacher, brother and like him is also a student, his telephone number is.....That he and I get along very well, I am very happy to know him.我認(rèn)識了一個新的朋友，他的名字叫katy，十三歲了，美國人，中學(xué)生，在第一中學(xué)七年級六班上學(xué)，他長著大眼睛，有棕色的頭發(fā)，個子很高，最喜歡綠色和紅色了，英語也很好，他的父親是醫(yī)生，母親是老師，哥哥和他一樣也是學(xué)生，他的電話號碼是。。。，我和他相處的很好，我很高興能認(rèn)識他。

It was sunny and very hot today.I got up early and helped my parents cook breakfast.Then I washed the dishes and cleaned the room.After a short rest I did my homework in the morning.In the afternoon I went swimming in the nearest swimming pool with my friends.It was really cool to swim in such a hot day.I surfed the internet and read a storybook in the evening.I really had a busy and interesting day.今天天氣晴朗比較熱。我起得很早，幫父母做早飯。然后我洗碗打掃屋子。休息一會后我上午做作業(yè)。下午我和朋友去我家最近的游泳池游泳。

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第四篇：初中英語小短文30篇

Dogs

People often say that a dog is man's best friend.Over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home.For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries.A guide dog can lead its blind owner.Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners.For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.guard 看守，看護(hù)

sheepdog 牧羊犬

flock 群

aid 幫助

disabled 殘疾人

century 世紀(jì)

guide dog 導(dǎo)盲犬

dial 撥

majority 大多數(shù)

狗

人們總是說狗是人類最好的朋友。幾千年來，除了看家外，人類還教會了狗去做許多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制數(shù)百只羊的羊群而出名。

狗用來幫助殘疾人已有好幾個世紀(jì)了。導(dǎo)盲犬可以為盲主人引路?，F(xiàn)在，人們還教狗為殘疾主人打開電燈、開冰箱和撥電話。然而，對于

大多數(shù)人來說，狗只是家里老人和孩子們的寵物和朋友。Detective Work

A bank robber stole a lot of money.He was caught and sent to prison, 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, reporting to the inspector.“Yes, sir, I found Johnny.I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of what he bought.Here's the list.” shirt , heavy crowbar, box of chocolates , shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers.The inspector said, “Good.That helps me a lot.Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs.Judson to cover her backyard with cement?

detective 偵探的偵探

robber 強(qiáng)盜，盜賊

prison 監(jiān)獄

inspector 檢察官

frankly 坦白地，真誠地

crowbar 鐵撬，撬棒

shovel 鏟，鐵鏟

hammer 鐵錘，錘子

backyard 后院

cement 水泥

偵探工作

一個盜賊從銀行偷了很多錢。他被抓住送到監(jiān)獄，但是錢沒找到。

當(dāng)他從監(jiān)獄出來時，他被監(jiān)視，看他會做什么。這不，偵探正向檢察官報告：“是的，先生，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了強(qiáng)尼?阿米塔基，我跟著他轉(zhuǎn)遍了全鎮(zhèn)，但坦白說，我不能從他買的東西中推斷出什么。這里是清單?！?襯衫、大鐵撬、一盒巧克力鐵鏟、大鐵錘、一束花。檢察官說：“好，這對我很有幫助。你還記得我們看到他是怎么幫他的鄰居，賈德森老太太用水泥鋪院子的嗎？”What is Time?（Nursery Rhyme）

Time is grain for peasants.Time is wealth for workers.Time is life for doctors.Time is victory for soldiers.Time is knowledge for students.Time is speed for scientists.Time is money for businessmen.Time is everything for all of us.Therefore, seize the time of today!

grain 糧食

wealth 財富

victory 勝利

seize 抓住，把握

時間是什么（童謠一首）

對農(nóng)民來說，時間就是糧食。對工人來說，時間就是財富。對醫(yī)生來說，時間就是生命。

對士兵來說，時間就是勝利。對學(xué)生來說，時間就是知識。對科學(xué)家來說，時間就是速度。

對企業(yè)家來說，時間就是金錢。對我們大家來說，時間就是一切。因此，把握今天!Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase.Several painters try to mix the colour right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.Eventually, a painter comes.He is confident that he can mix the proper colour.The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes famous.Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son.”Dad,“asks the son, ”there's something I've got to know.How did you get

those walls to match the vase so perfectly?“ ”Son,” the father replies, “I painted the vase.”

proud of 自豪

valuable 值錢的 antique vase 古董花瓶

paint 用油漆漆

satisfy 滿意

eventually 最終

confident 有信心的retire 退休

match 和??相配

絕配

一個有錢的婦人感到非常驕傲，因?yàn)樗幸恢恢靛X的古董花瓶，她決定把她的臥室漆成和花瓶一樣的顏色。好幾個油漆匠試圖調(diào)出正確的顏色，但是沒有一個人調(diào)出的顏色能讓婦人滿意。

最后，來了一個油漆匠。他很有信心可以調(diào)出合適的顏色。果然婦人對最終的效果感到滿意，漆匠也因此成名。

幾年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子?！鞍职?，”兒子問，“有件事我想知道。你是如何調(diào)配出和花瓶一樣的顏色的？” “兒子，”父親回答，“我把花瓶也一起漆了?！盇 Barbecue

When I was a child, I once went camping 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.Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke.Then my father said, “That's not the right way.I'll show you how to do it.First use the small pieces of wood because they catch fire easily.Then put the larger ones on top of them.”My father helped me make a big fire.barbecue 燒烤

valley 山谷

stick 枝條

make a fire 生火

燒烤

當(dāng)我還是小孩子的時候，一年夏天我們?nèi)胰ヒ盃I。我們決定在山谷中燒烤，所以我們

撿來了一些樹枝生火。父親問我愿不愿意嘗試著生火，我很高興地承擔(dān)了這項(xiàng)任務(wù)。我試

著用火柴把木頭點(diǎn)燃，但結(jié)果都是煙。父親說：“這樣做不對。我來教你如何生火。先用

小片的木頭，因?yàn)樗鼈內(nèi)菀c(diǎn)燃，然后把大些的放在它們上面?！备赣H幫我點(diǎn)起了旺旺的 火。A Joke— “I stand 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.For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went.Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right.A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans.“So,”I said, “You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg.He just looked at me and said, ”I stand corrected.lean 傾斜

slightly 輕微地

check out 檢查

refuse 拒絕

quarter 四分之一

surgery 手術(shù)

cure 治愈

fix 治愈

stand corrected 認(rèn)錯

笑話——“我誠懇認(rèn)錯”

我有一個朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個問題曾經(jīng)非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫(yī)生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來，他總是不聽我的建議，還說我不正常，但是上星期，他終于去看了醫(yī)生。果真，醫(yī)生

發(fā)現(xiàn)他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個很快的小手術(shù)后，他康復(fù)了，現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣長了，他也不再傾斜了?！澳憧矗蔽艺f，“那時我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢?！彼粗艺f：“我認(rèn)錯了?！盡aking 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 four ends of the sticks together.Then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string.They stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite.On the next windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.straight stick 直木棍

tie 系

string 繩子

shape 形狀

cross 十字

spread 傳開

frame 框架

stick 粘

tail 尾巴

windy 有風(fēng)的

做一個風(fēng)箏

一天，保羅和理查德決定做一個風(fēng)箏。首先，他們出門找了兩根一樣長的直木棍。他們把木棍帶回家，用一根繩子把它們綁成十字形。然后他們又拿了些繩子，把木棍的四個頂端連在一起。然后，他們把一些顏色鮮艷的紙涂上膠水，粘在風(fēng)箏的框架上。他們將紙做的尾巴粘在一角，在風(fēng)箏中間系上一根長繩。在接下來的一個有風(fēng)的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風(fēng)箏了。Animals in Danger

Some of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys and woodpeckers, live in the treetops.They are always swinging and flying from one

tree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches.They even sleep

in the treetops so they do not have to come down to the ground.Have you heard that such animals and birds in the rainforests are in danger?

Because people are cutting down 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 many animals and plants are dying.Some forests are so

badly damaged that they become deserts.rainforest 雨林

woodpecker 啄木鳥

treetop 樹頂

swing 搖蕩

leaves 樹葉（leaf的復(fù)數(shù)形式）

branch 樹枝

desert 沙漠

瀕 危 動 物

一些雨林中的動物和鳥類生活在樹頂上，例如猴子和啄木鳥。它們總是從一棵樹蕩到或飛到另一棵樹上，在樹葉和樹枝間尋找食物。它們甚至在樹頂睡覺，所以它們不用到地面上來。

你知道嗎？雨林中的這些動物正處于危險中。因?yàn)槿藗兛撤チ松种械脑S多樹，動物們失去了家園。你知道人們砍樹的原因嗎？是的，人們需要木材、紙和土地。所以，許多動物和植物正在消亡。一些森林遭到了嚴(yán)重的破壞，變成了沙漠。English in the World

Some people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English，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 rest use it as an official language.If we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is

close to one billion.English plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and

medicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.estimate 估計

exceed 超過

native 本族的，本國的official 官方的

acquire 掌握

to some extent 達(dá)到某種程度

billion 千萬

increasingly 越來越多地

medium 工具，手段

conduct 實(shí)行，執(zhí)行

international 國際的diplomacy 外交

medicine 醫(yī)藥

communication 通信

event 事件

世界上的英語

有人說英語已不再屬于英國人了，它屬于全世界。據(jù)估計，使用英語的人超過七億五千萬，其中大約有三億五千萬是以英語為母語的人，而其余的人將英語作為官方語言使用。如果我們再加上已經(jīng)掌握英語到一定程度的人，這個總數(shù)將接近十億。

英語，作為進(jìn)行國際業(yè)務(wù)和外交的工具，在世界上起著越來越重要的作用。它還在科學(xué)、醫(yī)藥、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、空中及海洋通信、國際體育賽事、電臺電視節(jié)目、流行歌曲及電影中發(fā)揮著越來越重要的作用。A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across new words.You might try

to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot

guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?

You have a good friend then.From him you can learn what a word means, how to

pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on.This 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 dictionary.You can learn some important things about words from it，so you must know how to use it.come across 碰到

guess 猜測

朋 友

當(dāng)你讀英語書時，你經(jīng)常會碰到新單詞。你可能試著從你知道的詞中猜這些詞的意思，但是當(dāng)你無法猜出這些詞的意思時，你該怎么辦呢？

這時你有一個好朋友。從他那里你可以學(xué)到單詞的意思、發(fā)音及用法等。這個朋友可以經(jīng)常伴你左右，你可以經(jīng)常請他幫忙。你知道這個朋友是誰嗎？

他就是字典。你可以從他那里學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)詞匯的眾多重要知識，所以你必須學(xué)會如何使用字典?！癐 Have Never Heard You in Carmen”

Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera.The friend

was

very rich.He and his wife had their own box at the theatre.During the opera

the friend's wife talked all the time.She also talked rather loudly.She talked so much that it was often difficult for Mark Twain to listen 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.I'm sure

you will like it — the opera will be Carmen.”

“Thank you very much,”said Mark Twain.“That will be fine.I have never heard you in Carmen.”

Carmen 《卡門》（歌劇名）

invite 邀請

opera 歌劇

box 包廂

theatre 劇場，戲院

“我還從未聽過你唱卡門”

有一次，一個朋友邀請馬克?吐溫去看歌劇。這個朋友很有錢。他和他的妻子在劇院有自己的包廂。看歌劇時，朋友的妻子一直在說話。她說話的聲音還挺大。她的話那么多，馬克?吐溫根本聽不清歌劇。

歌劇臨近結(jié)束時，她轉(zhuǎn)而對馬克?吐溫說：“噢，我親愛的馬克?吐溫，我真的想讓你再和我們一起度過下周五。我保證你會喜歡的——下周的歌劇是《卡門》?！?/p>

“非常感謝，”馬克?吐溫說?！跋雭頃芎谩Ｎ疫€從未聽過你唱《卡門》。”Learning English in England

I came to England last summer.I have been in England for eleven months.I am

going to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.At first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English.Now I can speak English much better, 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 they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I know

about my own country.communicate 交流

在英國學(xué)英語

去年夏天，我來到英國。現(xiàn)在我在英國已經(jīng)待了十一個月了。我將很快結(jié)束在英國的學(xué)習(xí)，下個月我就將回中國了。

一開始，我覺得很難用英語和別人交流?，F(xiàn)在我英語說得好多了，甚至可以看懂英語電視，這是因?yàn)槲覍W(xué)習(xí)很努力，老師和同學(xué)對我的幫助也很大。現(xiàn)在我有許多英國朋友。一些朋友甚至邀請我去他們家吃飯。他們對中國和中國人很感興趣。每當(dāng)他們問我許多問題時，我才意識到自己對祖國的了解是如此之少。The Hare and the Tortoise

One day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run.“I 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 laughing 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 down 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 龜，烏龜

beat 打敗

race 比賽

兔子和烏龜

一天，兔子正在向其他動物炫耀他能跑得很快。“我能跑過任何人?！彼暗?。

“你們有誰想和我比一比嗎？” “我?！睘觚斦f。“你！”兔子笑道，“哦，哦，太滑稽了！” “留著到比賽結(jié)束后笑吧?！睘觚斦f。

他們劃了條起跑線，出發(fā)了。兔子跑得飛快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下來休息。等到烏龜趕上來時，他睡著了。

烏龜一直往前走，當(dāng)兔子最后醒來時，已經(jīng)太晚了。烏龜坐在一塊牌子旁，上面寫著： 終點(diǎn)。Helping Parents

Parents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives.Let's say that your mother is not happy about her boss.If she doesn't have other ways

of expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell at you, scream at

your dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you.Here's how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble controlling his

or her anger: Don't make it worse.Angry people can have trouble thinking

clearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse.Wait till your

parent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explain how the anger is affecting you.yell 大叫，呼喊

scream 尖聲喊叫

handle 處理

adult 成年人

cool off平靜下來

tone 語氣

affect 影響

幫 助 父 母

父母常常因?yàn)樗麄兩钪械臒蓝鷼狻Ｎ覀兣e個例子，比如你媽媽對她的上司不滿。假如她沒有其他方法發(fā)泄她的情緒，她就可能回到家沖你大聲嚷嚷，對你爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至對你說一些難聽的話。

當(dāng)你身邊的大人控制不住他們的怒火時，你應(yīng)付的方法是：別讓情況變得更糟糕。生氣的人很難保持思維清晰，所以不要做，也不要說任何會使事情變得更糟的事或話。先等你的父母平靜下來，然后再心平氣和地和他們談，并想辦法說明他們的怒火是如何影響你的。

15Humour — What Is a Teenager?

A teenager is......someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his

mother calling from the next room....a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a bed....a connoisseur of two kinds of fine music — loud and very loud....an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too

tired to dry the dishes....a romantic who never falls in love more than once a week....a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the room needs cleaning....an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.block 街區(qū) whiz 天才，能手

operate 操作

connoisseur 內(nèi)行，鑒賞家

enthusiast 熱心的人，熱情的人

energy 精力

romantic 浪漫主義者

suspect 懷疑

original 新穎的，獨(dú)創(chuàng)的 positive 肯定的幽默——少年是什么樣的人？ 少年是??

??一個隔著三個街區(qū)也能聽到他最喜歡的歌手的聲音但卻聽不到隔壁房間母親叫聲的人。

?? 一個不用上一節(jié)課就可以操作最新電腦的能手，但卻不會鋪床。

??兩種音樂的鑒賞家——吵鬧的和非常吵鬧的音樂。

??一個充滿熱情，精力充沛的人，他可以騎車騎幾英里，但卻經(jīng)常因?yàn)橛X得太累而擦不

干碟子。

??一個浪漫主義者，他不經(jīng)常戀愛，一周絕對少于一次。

??一個每星期六都要睡到中午，卻總是懷疑房間需要打掃的人。

??是一個有獨(dú)創(chuàng)精神的思想家，他斷定他的母親不是從少年時期走過來的Charles Chaplin

One day a small boy called Charles Chaplin was walking along the street in

London.It was a cold winter's day in 1900.He wanted to buy some bread, but

he didn't have any money.His father had died when 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 wanted to be a great

man in the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dancer and singer.Thirty years later, this same boy was among the most famous people in

the world.Even if you do not understand English, you can enjoy his films, because no

words are used in his films.dream 夢想

dancer 舞蹈家

查爾斯?卓別林

一天，一個叫卓別林的小男孩在倫敦的大街上走著。那是1900年寒冬的一天。卓別林想買一些面包，但他沒有錢。他的父親在他還很小時就去世了。他和他的兄弟西德必須工作以幫助生病的母親。

卓別林年紀(jì)雖小但他有很大的理想。他想成為電影世界的偉大人物，所以他努力工作，希望成為有名的舞蹈家和歌唱家。

三十年后，這個小男孩成為了世界上最著名的人之一。

即使你不懂英語，你也可以欣賞他的電影，因?yàn)樗碾娪笆菬o聲的。A Seaside Picnic

One morning last April, Joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang.It was

her friend, Dave, who invited her out for a picnic 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 as it was quite hot.As she sat on the bus she looked out of the window.The sun was shining.She saw a plane 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 sandwiches and crisps, and

Dave painted a picture.They had a lovely day.flat 公寓（英國英語）

forest 森林

crisp 油炸馬鈴薯片

海灘野餐

去年四月的一天早上，當(dāng)瓊還躺在床上時，電話鈴響了。電話是她的朋友戴夫打來的，她想邀請瓊?cè)ズ┮安汀?/p>

那天晚些時候，瓊離開了公寓，去公共汽車站乘車。因?yàn)樘鞖夂軣幔偞┲孕羯篮腿棺?。?dāng)她坐在車上時，她看著窗外。陽光明媚。她看到一架飛機(jī)飛過一片森林，看到田野里的馬。

一會功夫，她就到了海邊，碰到了戴夫。他們走下海灘，在一塊巖石邊野餐。他們一起吃三明治和馬鈴薯片，戴夫還畫了一幅畫。他們度

過了開心的一天。A Dish Washer

Some people have dogs or cats as pets.One woman in New York keeps a monkey as

her pet.This monkey 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 woman tries to stop him, he then gets angry.He begins to throw the dishes in all directions.But this does not happen very often.The woman's husband is very happy with the monkey.The husband never needs to

help his wife wash the dishes.The monkey does all this work.The husband says

that he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to wash

dishes so much.direction 方向

洗 碗 工

有些人的寵物是貓或狗。紐約的一位婦女養(yǎng)了只猴子當(dāng)寵物。這只猴子會洗碗。他每天為這個婦女洗碗。他喜歡洗并且從未打破過一個碗碟。有時他會一遍遍地清洗同一個碗。如果這個婦女試圖阻止，猴子就會發(fā)脾氣，并開始朝四面八方扔碗碟。但這種情況不常發(fā)生。

女人的丈夫非常滿意這只猴子。他從不需要幫自己的妻子洗碗。猴子包辦了這些活。這個丈夫說他無法理解，不管是誰，人還是猴子，怎么會如此喜歡洗碗呢A Young Pioneer

Long ago, when the western part of the United States was still a wilderness, a

young boy, called Kit, not yet twenty years old, went from his home in the

East to learn about the new country.He wanted to know what lay beyond the

Rocky Mountains.Kit's father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more about hunting and trapping in the country of the Indians.Kit was always calm in times of danger.He was strong and brave.Most of the

Indians liked and respected him for his honesty.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 Indians.wilderness 荒野

pioneer 先鋒，先驅(qū)

hunting 打獵

trapping 誘捕

respect 尊敬

honesty 誠實(shí)，正直

get along with 與??相處

年輕的先驅(qū)

很久以前，美國西部還是一片荒野，一個年輕的男孩，名叫基特，還不滿二十歲，從東部的家鄉(xiāng)來到這里，要了解這個新的國家。他想知道在落基山脈那邊有什么。

基特的父親教會他瞄準(zhǔn)射擊，但他在印第安人的村莊里學(xué)到了更多的打獵和狩獵的本領(lǐng)。

基特在危險的時刻總是很沉著。他強(qiáng)壯勇敢。大多數(shù)印第安人因?yàn)樗?的誠實(shí)而喜歡并尊敬他。

基特在西部生活了很多年。他教會其他白人很多東西。也許他教會他們的最重要的東西就是如何與印第安人相處。A Robot Babysitter

In 2005 Japan made a new robot.It can take care of a child.The new robot is

called iPapero.It weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by 9.8 inches.iPapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills.It can recognize and

remember up to ten faces and use its eight separate electronic ears to understand human voices even in noisy situations.It also plays games with

children when they are unhappy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to entertain the

child.If the child is bored, iPapero will change new songs and quizzes so that it doesn't repeat itself.The robot babysitter even has a cell phone to

call a parent when the child asks for his mother.babysitter 保姆

separate 分開的 electronic 電子的situation 情形，境遇

entertain 使快樂

quizzes 猜謎，問答比賽（quiz的復(fù)數(shù)）

看小孩的機(jī)器人

2005年，日本制造了一個新的機(jī)器人。它會照看小孩。這個新機(jī)器人叫做iPapero。它13.2磅重，身體是15.2×10.3×9.8英寸。iPapero是個小機(jī)器人，但它有很多特殊的技能。它能識別和記憶多達(dá)十張臉，即使是在吵鬧的情況下，它也能用它八只分開的電子耳朵聽懂人的聲音。當(dāng)孩子們不高興時，它還和他們玩游戲、唱歌或猜謎語讓他們開心。如果孩子感到無聊了，他會換新的歌和謎語，這樣就不會重復(fù)。這個照看小孩的機(jī)器人甚至還裝有移動電話，當(dāng)孩子找媽媽時，可以用它打電話給父母The Eagle and the Raven

An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a

branch beside him.The raven eyed the nut hopefully, “You'll never break

it

like that,”he said.“If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I could, then drop the nut onto the rocks.It's the only way you'll get at the kernel.” 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 back to the right place, all that was left was a broken piece of shell.eagle 鷹

raven 渡鴉

beak 鳥嘴

land 著陸

kernel 果實(shí) hop 單腳跳

broken 破碎了的 shell 殼

鷹和渡鴉

正當(dāng)鷹試圖弄開它嘴中的堅(jiān)果時，一只渡鴉停在了他旁邊的樹干上。渡鴉貪婪地看著堅(jiān)果，“你這樣永遠(yuǎn)也弄不開它，”他說?！叭绻沂悄悖揖蜁M我所能，飛向高空，然后讓堅(jiān)果掉在石頭上。這是得到果實(shí)的唯一辦法?！?/p>

鷹飛向空中，然后讓堅(jiān)果落下，落下，落到地面。渡鴉飛快地跳離樹干，叼住了堅(jiān)果。當(dāng)鷹尋舊路折回時，地上只剩下一些破碎的果殼了。Buying Books on the Internet

It's easy to order books from the Internet.There are several companies that

ship books to customers in China.Just decide which company you would like to

use and type that company's name into the search engine.The company's homepage will appear within a few seconds.Next you can type the name of the

author or the title of the book you want to buy in the space provided on the

page.If you decide to buy one of the books you will need to give further information such as your address and your credit card number.You will also

need to decide how you want to have the book shipped.Finally, all you have to

do is wait for the book to arrive in your mailbox.Internet 互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

company 公司

ship 運(yùn)送

search engine 搜索引擎

author 作者

title 標(biāo)題

space 空白處

provide 提供

further information 進(jìn)一步的信息

credit card 信用卡

網(wǎng) 上 購 書

從網(wǎng)上訂書是非常方便的。在中國有許多公司可以把書寄到顧客的手里。你要做的只是決定你想使用哪家公司，然后把公司名輸入搜索引擎。幾秒鐘后公司的主頁就出現(xiàn)了。接下去你可以在網(wǎng)頁提供的地方輸入你想買的書的作者名或書名。如果你決定購買其中一本書，你需要進(jìn)一步提供信息，例如你的住址和信用卡號碼。你還需要決定書的郵寄方式。最后，你所需做的就是等待書送到你郵箱里來。A Bus Ride

One day I was on a bus.I found an elderly woman standing in front of me.She

had a big bag in her hand.“It's a virtue for a young person to help the old,”I said to myself.When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got

up quickly saying, “Please sit down.”The old lady thanked him and sat down.She looked very happy.I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus.Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus.I quickly stood up to give up my

seat to her.The foreigner smiled at me.He said that he was an Australian, and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.ride 騎馬、騎腳踏車或乘坐公共交通工具旅行

elderly 年長的virtue 美德

pregnant 懷孕的

乘公共汽車

一天，我在一輛公共汽車上。我發(fā)現(xiàn)一位年長的婦人站在我的面前，她手里拿了個大包?！皫椭先耸悄贻p人的美德?！蔽覍ψ约赫f。當(dāng)我正要站起來把自己的座位讓給那位老婦人時，一個年輕的外國人很快站了起來，說：“請這里坐?！崩蠇D人謝謝他，然后坐下，她看上去非常高興。

我有一點(diǎn)尷尬，因?yàn)槲易谲噹闹虚g。突然一個孕婦上了車。我很快地站起來把座位讓給了她。那個外國人笑著看著我，他說他是澳大利亞人，正在中國學(xué)習(xí)中國文化。The Dog and His Shadow

It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home.On his

way home he met a river.As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water.“Just look!”said he to himself.“That dog down there has some meat, too.If I

could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!” With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat.And as he did, his

own meat fell into the water.So then he had nothing at all.Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.“That is as it should be!?thought he.”For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me.“ By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!

shadow 影子

snap at 抓，咬

狗和他的影子

碰巧狗有一些肉，他想回到家后再吃。回家的路上，他遇到了一條河。當(dāng)他往河里看

時，在水里他看到了他的影子。

“看??！”他對自己說，“下面的那只狗也有一些肉。如果我能從他那里把肉弄過來，那我今晚就可以美餐一頓了！”

帶著這個想法，他朝另一只狗的肉撲去。當(dāng)他這么做時，他自己的肉掉進(jìn)了水里。所以 他就什么都沒有了。

然后，他看到另一只狗的肉也沒了?！盎钤摚　彼?，“因?yàn)槲铱吹剿霃奈疫@里搶走

我的肉?！?什么都想要，卻失去了原來所擁有的！Managing Your Emotions

What makes me angry? Mostly, I hate when someone tries to make someone else

feel bad.I have to admit that once, when I was really angry, I actually called names.I regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because I think I was provoked in that situation.The most positive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem.I

talk to someone who listens, or I'll write my thoughts down on paper.Learning

how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important.When you're younger, you might yell, or cry when you're angry, but as you get older，you're expected to handle your emotions much better.Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something

that you'll regret later on in life!

emotion 情緒

manage 控制，操縱，管理

admit 承認(rèn)

full heartedly 全心全意地

provoke 激怒

prevent 預(yù)防，防止

控制你的情緒

什么事會讓我憤怒呢？通常情況下，當(dāng)有人試圖使別人覺得不舒服時，我會非常憤怒。我不得不承認(rèn)，有一次，在我實(shí)在很生氣的時候，我確實(shí)罵了人。過后，我很后悔那么做，但我不認(rèn)為全是我的錯，因?yàn)槲矣X得在那種情況下，我是被激怒了。

解決憤怒的最積極的方法是把問題說出來。我說給愿意聽的人，或者把我的想法寫在紙上。在你成長的過程中，學(xué)會處理憤怒是非常重要的。小時候，你生氣的時候可以大喊大叫或者哭鬧，但長大后，你被期望能更好地控制情緒。

現(xiàn)在就學(xué)著控制情緒能讓你避免做一些可能使你以后遺憾一生的事情?！癐 Don’t Have to Eat All the Egg.”

A lady once wrote a long story.She sent it to a famous editor.After a few weeks the story was returned to her.The lady was angry.She wrote to the editor:

”Dear Sir: Yesterday you sent back a story of mine.How do you know that the

story is not good? You did not read it.Before I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19 and 20.This was a test to see whether you would read

the story.When the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together.Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?“The editor wrote back: ”Dear Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don't have

to eat all the egg to discover that it is bad.?

editor 編輯

paste 用漿糊粘

“我不必吃掉整個雞蛋?！?/p>

曾經(jīng)有位女士，她寫了一篇很長的小說，并把它寄給了一位著名的編輯。幾周后小說退回來了。女士很生氣，她給編輯寫了封信。

“尊敬的編輯先生：

昨天你把我的小說退回來了。你怎么知道這小說不好？你根本沒有讀

過。在寄給你之前，我把十八、十九和二十頁粘在了一起。這是要檢查你是否會讀我寫的小說。昨天小說退回來時，這三頁還粘在一起。難道這就是你閱讀所有寄給你的作品的方式嗎？”

編輯回信寫道：“尊敬的女士： 早餐時我打開一只雞蛋，我不必等到吃完整個雞蛋后才發(fā)現(xiàn)蛋是臭的?！?/p>

27Visiting Shakespeare’s Home

In 1998, when I was working for an export company, I went to England.After

finishing my business, which took several days, I went to Stratford, where Shakespeare was born.In Stratford, I visited several sites that are associated with Shakespeare, including the house where he was born, the church

where he was buried, and the cottage where his wife's family lived.I wanted

to see a play, so I asked at the theatre box office for whatever tickets were available.I got a seat for The Merchant of Venice, which is my favourite play.Afterwards, I waited at the stage door for my favourite actor, who was

in the play.I got his autograph and talked to him.It is an experience that I

will remember forever.export 出口

associated 有關(guān)的，有聯(lián)系的 bury 埋葬

cottage 村舍

merchant 商人

autograph 親筆簽名

莎士比亞故居之旅

1998年，我在一個出口公司工作的時候，去了一趟英國。花幾天時間干完公務(wù)后，我去了斯特拉特福德，莎士比亞出生的地方。在斯特拉特福德，我參觀了幾處與莎士比亞有關(guān)的場所，包括他出生時的房子、死后埋葬的教堂以及他妻子的家人居住的村舍。

我想去看一出戲劇，所以就向劇院售票處詢問哪場戲劇有票，結(jié)果買到了《威尼斯商人》的票，這是我最喜歡的戲劇。之后，我在后臺入口處等到了劇中我最喜歡的演員。我得到了他的親筆簽名并和他交談。這次經(jīng)歷我永遠(yuǎn)不會忘記。A Thrilling Ride

Bill and Jane were coasting on a hill.Down the hill went the sled.Bill steered.Jane held on tightly.The coasters on the hill watched them.Past trees they whizzed.Jane yelled, “Stop the sled!Stop the sled!?but Bill could

not stop it.Suddenly Jane had a feeling that she was a bird in flight.Was she dreaming?

She landed in a big pile of snow.Where was Bill? He must have gone all the

way down the long slide to the end of the hill.Now, Bill came in sight plodding up the hill.Jane laughed as she called to him.They were so glad to

be together.The coasters cheered to see them safe.They went home to tell

Mother what a thrilling ride they had had.thrilling ride 驚心動魄的經(jīng)歷

coast 滑行，滑下

sled 雪橇

steer 駕駛，掌舵

tightly 緊緊地

coaster 滑雪橇的人

whiz 颼颼作聲，發(fā)出嘶嘶或呼呼聲

flight 飛行

plodding 沉重緩慢的 thrilling 驚心動魄的

一次驚心動魄的經(jīng)歷

比爾和簡正在山上滑行。他們的雪橇從山上滑下來。比爾駕駛著雪橇。簡緊緊地抓著雪橇。山上滑雪橇的人們看著他們。兩旁經(jīng)過的樹發(fā)出颼颼的聲音。簡大聲地叫起來：“停下來！快停下來！”但是比爾停不

下來。

突然，簡感覺自己就像一只小鳥在空中飛翔。她是在做夢嗎？她撞在一個大雪堆上停了下來。比爾在哪兒？他肯定是沿著長長的滑道一直滑到山下了。就在這時，比爾出現(xiàn)了，他正吃力地從山下爬上來。簡笑著叫他。又能在一起，他們真是太高興了?？吹剿麄兌己馨踩渌┣恋娜藗儦g呼起來。他們回家告訴了媽媽他們的經(jīng)歷是多么驚心動魄啊。Saving the Earth

One day, I went with the group to a nearby river.We wanted to check if it was

clean.We did many scientific tests to see if the river was healthy.Surprisingly, it was!We still, though, took any rubbish we could find out of

the river.We wanted to make sure fish could live there happily.Recently, I helped the group plant flowers at our school.We're hoping the flowers will bloom this spring and make the school look beautiful.How did we

pay for all the plants? We made T-shirts and sold them to our friends!We're

still got some money left from selling the T-shirts.We hope to use it to buy

some recycling bins for the school.surprisingly 令人驚奇地

bloom（花）開

recycling bin 回收箱

拯 救 地 球

一天，我和小組其他人一起來到附近的一條河邊。我們想檢查這條河是否干凈。我們做了許多科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)以測試這條河是否健康。令人驚奇的是，這條河很健康！雖然我們還是從河里撈起了一些我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)的垃圾。我們想要確保魚能在這條河里開心地生活。

最近，我和小組的其他人一起在學(xué)校里種了一些花。我們希望今年春天這些花會開，把學(xué)校裝點(diǎn)得更美麗。我們怎么會有買這些植物的錢呢？我們自己做T恤衫，然后賣給我們的朋友！我們還剩余了一些賣T恤衫得來的錢。我們希望可以用這些錢為學(xué)校購買一些廢物回收箱。Two Goats on the Bridge

One day a goat started to cross a little bridge.At that very minute, another

goat started out from the other side of the bridge.When they saw one another, they knew that one of them would have to go back.”Go back!?cried the first goat.“Where is no room for you to pass here while I am crossing.” “It is you who must go back!?cried the other goat.”You can start again after

I cross over.?The first goat said as he was in the right and would not give way.“We will see!”cried the other goat, and they started to fight.In another minute, the two goats fell into the water.A man who was fishing saw the fight.He laughed as he pulled the goats out of the water.“You see,?said he.”When everyone thinks he is right, something always goes wrong!"

goat 羊

give way 讓步

兩只山羊在橋上

有一天，一只山羊開始過一座小橋。就在同時，另一只山羊從橋的另一頭開始過橋。

當(dāng)他們看到對方時，他們知道他們中的一個必須得退回去?！盎厝ィ　?/p>

第一只山羊喊道，“我過橋的時候沒有地方讓你過去。” “是你必須回去！”另一只山羊叫道。

“我過去以后你再開始過?！钡谝恢谎蛘f。他覺得自己是對的，所以他不肯讓路?！拔覀冏咧?！”另一只山羊喊道，然后他們開始打起來。很快，兩只羊都掉到了水里。

一個正在釣魚的人看到了這場爭斗。他笑著把山羊從水里拉了出來?！澳銈兛矗彼f，“當(dāng)每個人都覺得自己是正確的時候，就一定會出事！”

第五篇：初中英語演講比賽演講稿

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.I am very glad to stand here and give you a short speech.Today my topic is “Growing pains”.I hope you will like it.How times flies!After saying goodbye to my happy primary life, I become a junior school student.During this period of time, a great many troubles are around me.I have much homework from my teachers of different subjects.And my mum bought excise books for me to improve my grades.Every day, I kept doing my homework.I want to give up.But the students learning achievement is great, so I don't want to fall behind.I can only work harder!Oh!I am very upset!Because I have little time to enjoy my life.Such as doing sports, going hiking and singing songs.That is fun!But I can not relax now, I am so busy!

I can not even sleep!Every night I go to sleep after nine points, get up about five in the morning.I also have panda eyes now.Recently I have a sore throat.I feel out from place(?).I think it is bad and tiring.Every day I stay at my home, look at the scenery outside the window.I missed my primary school life.But now I often tell myself: Yesterday is history.I have to face the music.I said to myself “DON?T WORRY!”

I think I must overcome difficulties.To improve myself not left behind，I want to move forward.I want to take the time to finish the homework.Do not let mum down.And take care of my throat.Live is beautiful!I will be happy to look upon my life.There must be lots of pains after all during my growth.It is just like something everybody will experience.Thank you very much，Ladies & gentlemen, It?s a great honor for me to speak here today, my topic today is “Growing Pains”.Everyone knows, as we grow older and older , there will be a lot of growing pains in our life and study, such as too much homework, no freedom, rebelling against our parents and so on..In my opinion, my greatest growing pain is the pressure of study in Jiaochuan Middle School---a completely new, competitive and challenging school, although I was so happy and proud to get the chance to enter the school at first.I wonder why I can?t stand out in the exams even if I?ve tried my best； I wonder why I still can?t see the rainbow after I worked very hard;I wonder why I?m no longer as excellent as I was in my primary school;I wonder why ……

How puzzled I am!How frustrated I am!How painful I am!Oh, my god!What should I do? How can I adapt to such environment? “Failure is the mother of success”.Mother?s word comes to my mind.“Where there is a will, there is a way”.Teacher?s word encourages me.Well, it?s time for me to consider:

If I should change my old learning methods;

If I should try to communicate with teachers for help;If I should try to make some new good friends and read some encouraging books….Ok, “Actions speak louder than words”!I always encourage myself, “Go away!Terrible growing pain, I?ll kill you.!”

Of course, I know, to get rid of the pain, the most important things for me are “confidence, determination & perseverance”.Don?t you think so?

Boys and girls, believe me and support me please!I?ll do my best!That?s all, thank you for listening!

Hello everybody!It's my honor to speak here, I?m very glad to share my topic with you.Today I'd like to talk something about Growing Pains.There is laughs and tears, joy and sadness in one?s growing days.When I was a child, I have no pains but many beautiful dreams.However, pains is always together with happiness.My growing pains gets more and more with age.The pains is mainly from my study, my life and the relationships with others.In September of this year, I?m very proud to enter into Jiaochuan Middle School.In the first two weeks, I felt exciting.I was so curious about everything.However, the growing pains is also coming afterwards especially in my study.Too many exercises need to be done, too many materials need to be read.I find I can?t finish these quickly.Sometimes I even can?t keep up with the fast pace of teaching.I find I?m no longer the top student of primary school, because so many excellent students from different cities come to our school.The competition of study is so fierce.At that time, I think of words of Teacher Ye who is my language and literature teacher in primary school.“You are a sunny, confident, diligent boy, I believe you can be top student anywhere anytime”.“Is that true?” I ask myself.“Yes, you can.” I tell myself in my heart.My teachers and parents also encourage me.There is an old Chinese saying, “No pains, no gains”.I?ll try my best to study, learn good methods from others, face challenges and overcome difficulties.I believe the colorful rainbow is just after the storm.Growing pains and happiness are really good friends.They give me two wings to fly to the bright future.“Where there is a will there is a way, growing pains is our driving force ” , Do you agree with me? Hope you enjoy your happy and wonderful life.That?s all.Thank you very much.How time flies!Now I?m a student in Grade Seven and I?m facing many pains.To be honest, I don?t feel happy sometimes.When I was a child, I was an adult, I wouldn?t have to go to school or have any tests.Now I don?t want to grow up.When I was young, I was carefree.I could play all day freely.I could do whatever I fell like doing.However, something has changed.I am growing up gradually.During my growth, a lot of trouble has worried me.In school, I have to learn so many lessons and do lots of homework.I?m out of breath because of the heavy burdens sometimes.I almost have no time to play with my friends.Besides, I have my own ideas and ways of doing things, which causes so many arguments between my parents and me.I want to return to my childhood, when I ways carefree, without so much homework, or so much trouble.However, no matter what happens in our growth, we must have a positive attitude.Every day is new day!We all meet a lot of trouble when we grow up.Parents and teachers always make many strict rules for us.Unluckily, it is an impossible mission to follow all of them, though we try really hard.That?s why we feel confused and upset.Once, I played hide and seek with my friend Lucy in my home.With a loud bang, Lucy broke mother?s favorite vase by accident.When my mother saw it, she smiled to Lucy and said, “Don?t worry.I?ll buy a new one.” I thought that was the end of the story.How kind she was!But I was wrong.When Lucy left, mother asked me angrily, “Why did you take her there? You should have known what would happen if you play there.” I argued, “But it was Lucy who broke it.” I didn?t understand why mother was much stricter with me than anyone else.Years later, I went to primary school.I was a good student and all the teachers trusted me.However, the more they trusted me, the more pressure I felt.As a top student, it was my job to set a good example to my classmates.So there was no chance for me to make any mistake.It was really difficult to live up to their expectation.And now, I am a middle school student.I spend much time studying all the subjects well.I wonder whether we study to live or live to study.It?s really hard to keep a balance between them.I can?t study well if I want to have fun, while it?s hard to relax myself if I want to get good grades.It is said that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.I hope I can study well and have fun at school.We have to face different challenges in our life.My mother always tells me to be strict with myself.My teachers always expect me to try my best.They push me hard to help me grow.Though it is painful, I learn a lot.If we encourage ourselves when we are in trouble and put our heart into what we do, all the pains will turn into beautiful memories and strong power.Hello everybody.It?s my honor to be here today.I want to talk about “my pains of growing up”.How times flies!Now I am a student in Grade Seven.I think it is the first turning point in my school life.In the process of growth, everybody has more or less trouble.Of course, me too.Now I?m thirteen years old.When I was a child, I hoped to grow up soon.But now, how I wish I were a child!Once I grow up, I found so many pains waiting for me.Firstly, being far from home is a pain of growing up.Just graduating from primary school, I leave my hometown for NingBo to study.I really miss my dear family and friends.How I envy other students!Because they can study in the hometown.Secondly, studying is a pain of growing up.Exactly,studying itself is pleasant.But examinations and scores are really painful.One day, I failed in math test.On that day, I left myself alone, not to eat and not to play.I felt very very sad.I think I lost my confidence in math from that day.Now I?m very happy to stand here to tell you my pains.Because my mother said to me: No pains,no gains.Pains are friends of gains.Growing up is a process of our life, you may meet much more trouble in the future.If you overcome it, you?ll be better than before.Otherwise, you may be a loser.So I want to exchange pains for gains, I will do very hard to overcome the growing pains.Then I will be much better than before.Now, come on, my friends!Let?s welcome the pains from growing up.Ladies and gentlemen, I am glad to stand here to talk about my growing pains.As time passes ,I want to act independently.But my parents sometimes don?t agree with me.One day, one of my friends phoned me.He said to me, “It?s a fine day today.Let?s ride our bikes in the park together.” It was exciting for me.I wanted to ride bikes.So I asked my mother, “Can I ride a bike in the park with my friends?” “No you can?t.” Replied mom.“Why? I?m twelve years old.I can ride the bike by myself.” I said loudly.” Because it?s dangerous to ride bikes on the road.I?m worried about you.” She said strictly.I got very angry.”Don?t stop me from doing that!” I shouted impulsively.My mother was disappointed and said nothing to me.She went away.Two days later I felt ashamed, so we had a heart-to-heart conversation.I told mom that sometimes she didn?t understand me.She listened to me carefully.At last, she said, “Parents all over the world love their children.I hope you remember it.I thought about what she said and realized that I had really made a mistake.Mom is certainly sad now because her son spoke rudely to her.” In the end, I said “sorry” to her.From then on, I have never been puzzled by the growing pains.I also comprehended the trouble I caused.We are in our teens now, so we always think we know best and cannot see our parents? points of view.In fact, they love us.In our teens, happiness and pain follow each other like the body and its shadow.We must overcome the pain, face it and say, “I am not afraid of you﹗”

Growth is just like a boat floating on the wave, which comes across both sunshine and storm.When I was a little girl, I am always eager to grow up.I think I can do everything I want when I grow up.But now I discovered that life is not so smooth as I expected.The older you are, the more challenges you have to meet.I found one of the biggest difficulties is how to live independently.When I was a primary student, I depend on my parents when I meet difficulties.I can't do any housework, such as cooking, washing, and making the bed by myself.I don?t mind it at first.But I soon realized that it becomes a very serious problem, because I'm about to be a junior middle school student.I have to live in the school alone.I couldn?t depend on my parents!

So I have to learn to live independently in two months.This is a big problem for me, but I have to face it and overcome it.Then, I began to learn how to do the housework.Every day, I have to clean my study room and bedroom.And also I try to wash my clothes.When I get up in the morning, I must make the bed.Through a summer vacation, I finally got the self-improvement.I can face many problems independently.I believe that as long as I am willing to try, there is nothing difficult in the world!

Growth is painful, but everyone should be brave to overcome the difficulties on the way to it.You will succeed in the end!

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Today I want to tell you about my growing pains.?Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.? I believe a brave person can face any danger.We always have many troubles when we try to get over the difficulties.However, how to overcome it? That is up to you to decide.I remember that when I was in the primary school.I have had many difficulties since I started to learn English.Once I had a hard time telling “night” from “l(fā)ight” at the very beginning.My poor memory also added to the difficulties when I decided to enlarge my vocabulary.English words were so elusive that I could only remember them for a while.But I told my self, if you can not remember them, you will not learn English well and get very bad grades.I believe ?Difficulty is the mother of the success' and ?Believe in myself and I will win '.Now, I succeed.I can stand there and show you my achievement.We can't have good luck forever, so learning how to face difficulties is important.Some people feel upset when they meet difficulties, as they are not brave enough to make their dreams come true.They just want to find a place and stay at there for a long time.So they won't have a great success in the end.While some people are different, they are confident and brave and they choose to face the difficulties with a smile.I have some ways to deal with the grow pains.I think when you meet difficulties in your life, you should be more confident and braver.Always try to find a good way to relax.Maybe talking to others or having a rest is a good way.Then think it over and make a plan to solve your problems.If you do so, you'll find that your difficulties are not as difficult as you think before!That is all.Thank you for your listening.Hello, everyone!My name is Joyce.It is my great honor to stand here today.Now, I?d like to tell you about the experience in my life.Everyone has a lot of annoyances around you.For example, you may feel upset when you fail in one examination or make a mistake in a very important thing.I also have my own pains.In my childhood, most of the time I played with my friends or read some books.I hardly ever had annoyances.Even when a baby, I laughed and crowed from morning till night.No one ever heard my cry unless I was sick or hurt.But things would not so beautiful forever.When I grew up, I began to be worried about something.I often got ill so I was anxious about my physical health, and also my athletic performance.During the time in my primary school, I had few friends who cared about me so I always felt lonely.And sometimes, the grades likewise to be a problem.I was not so delighted as before.When I was older, I found something different.The annoyances were still around me, but I was not so afraid of them.Everyday, I had to face anything.During the course of solving the problems, I deeply felt the responsibilities on my shoulder.Step by step, I became brave and strong.Now, I don?t fear in pains in my life.I can face them by using my heart, because I know, growing pains can help me find the way to success.Good morning/afternoon,daer teachers and classmates.My name is Ge Ge.It is my honor to be here to make a speech about growing pains.First,I will tell you a story about a girl.There was a little girl who dreamed to be an excellent host and lived a happy and carefree lift.When the gril was at her primary school, she hoped that she could grow up quickly.At that time,she thought to be an adult was very cool thing because adults could do many things as they like.Time files!The little girl said goodbye to her primary school and becomes a middle school student now.But she finds it impossible for her to live such a happy lift.Then?s always so much work to do and much trouble to face in middle school.For example ,at school,there are seven subjects in her daily class.So she has to do much homework everyday.Besides,she has to worry about her grades.What?s worse,after school,she must do many marry exercise.At you can see,it isn?t an easy life for a little girl.Sometimes,she feels stressed out and she even doesn?t want to grow up to face all of the things.Well,can you guess who that girl is?Yes,you?re right.I am that poor little girl who id going through my growing pains.Luckily,I have a good listener and mener----my mother.She often gives me a hand when I am in trouble.Moreover,she is just like a light witch lighten my lift.She tells me that growing up isn?t a bad thing.It is a natural part of our life,and every me needs to experience it.Actually,all of the experiences will enrich our lift and be the best memories in our life ,even the growing pains.No pains,no gains.Pains make us brave and grown-up while gains can give up success and confidence.And we should never give up when we experience the growing pains.Instead,we mus try our best to overcome it.So,never be afraid of any growing pains.Just remember and believe ?you can ?.Then nothing an stop your footstep of growing up.Believe in your self,that will made everything much easier;work haed,that will make everything more succsssful!Although pains are always mote than gains.But both of them will make life more colorful.let?s face the pains bravely and enjoy the gains happily.Thank you.Good morning.Ladies and gentleman.I am very glad to stand here and give you a short speech.I am He Xinyang from Jiao chuan Middle school.Today I am going to say something about me and my growing.This September, I came to my new middle school_ Jiao chuan.I was very happy.Because I know this school is the best one in Ningbo and studying in this school is my dream for many years.What made me even happy was that I could make some new friend.I am free to do whatever I want.I was so excited.But two weeks later.I am not happy everyday.Without my parents taking care of me, I have to do my washing.And tidy dorm.When I am at home.A do not have to do these things.The worst thing is that I am not satisfied with my grades.When I was in my primary school, I always the best one in my class or even in my grade.But now there are so many students better than me.I do not know what is wrong with me.I miss my home, my friend and my parents.My teachers speak so fast that I can not follow them.Once I returned home on weekend.I told everything to my cousin on the telephone.She said:”Everybody will leave their home one day.Do not worry about it, my dear.You do not have to be better than everyone around you.But you can be better than you used to.”

When I go back to school, I try to be better than before.try to study hard every minute in class.I try to keep my room cleaner……

Now I am still not the best in my class.But I never worry about it.Because I know: You do not have to be better than everyone around you.But you can be better than you used to.When you come to room at night.Look at the mirror and you think you are the best.You will pass the only test that matters.This is all I want to tell you.Thank you!

How time flies!Now I am a student in Grade Seven.Every day I grow up.Growing is very interesting, but I also have many growing pains.Every year my height grows taller and taller.My parents have to buy many cloths for me because the old clothes are too small for me.And I can?t buy children?s tickets when I take a train or a bus, because I?m too tall.It?s not good.When I was a little child, I always have much free time.In my spare time I can do a lot of things, like drawing, singing and reading books.Now, I have much homework to do.My spare time becomes shorter and shorter.I have no time to do what I want to do.Sometimes I spent the whole day in my room doing my homework.This makes me very depressed.In school, I have to take a lot of lessons.Some are interesting and some are boring.But we have to learn all of them well.Every day we study and study.Every week we have exams.I don?t like them, but I try my best to be the first in my class.Sometimes I think it?s boring.It doesn?t make me happy.I have many growing pains.They make me blue.But I must overcome them.Growing pains help me grow better.And they make my life colorful, too.Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon!My name?s Jin Yu.I?m 13.I am from Zhenhai Jiaochuan Middle School.Day by day, we are growing up.In a blind of eyes, I am 13.As I am growing older, lost of pains and trouble are coming with the growth of age.The biggest one is that I have to deal with more and more homework.Every night, there is a lot of homework, Chinese, Math, English, Science, and so on.Even weekends and holidays are no exception.Much time for resting, playing, and reading is being deprived by the growing homework.What?s more, my homework is getting more and more, harder and harder.With so much homework to do, you can hardly imagine how upset I am.The secondly problem is I?m no longer a little girl who can do whatever she wants to do.There are several younger cousins in my family.So I have to set a good example for them and take good care of them.You know what I mean.I?m no longer a “Little Princess”.When my younger cousins keep crying no matter how hard I try, you just cannot imagine how desperate I am, During my growth, difficult troubles come with difficult stages, and I have no idea what will be the next trouble ahead waiting for me, However, what I?m sure is that as I?m solving problems one by one.I?m growing up step by step.Therefore, I will keep a good mindset facing the coming pains and troubles.I believe I can!That?s all.Thank you!

It was Monday.People think Monday is unlucky.It?s true.That Monday, the rain was heavy.Much rainwater was on the window.Everything was just like a funeral.My mood was bad.I looked out of the window.It was dark outside.The sky was constrain.I cried again.Many books were on the floor.My schoolbag was in a corner.I sat on the floor.I cried again.I always have a lot of homework.So, sometimes my room is untidy.That Monday, my mom came in my room while I was doing my homework.She looked around the room.“What did you do?” She said angrily.I said: “I have just done my homework.”

“But your room is so dirty!” She said.She put my schoolbag in that corner, and put my books in the bookcase.Many tears are in my eyes.I was very sad.She said: “I?m so sad.I have taught you many years.But you can?t do something by yourself.” She said sadly.She said, “I?m very sad.I can?t say anything to you kindly.” I sat on the floor.I stood.I put some books in my bookcase.I put then slowly.My mom hurt my feeling, but it?s not her fault.Am I wrong? I don?t know.I an 14 years old.But I think I can?t do anything very well.IN my life, my mom always does something for me.I didn?t do anything by myself.Many pains are in my life, but I think I can do everything by myself.I am not a child.I am man!I?m growing!

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm honored to stand here and talk about my growing pains.When I enter the junior middle school, the pains of growing continuously are coming.The biggest pains are numerous of homework and pressure.Subjects from the original seven kinds to now ten ones.The subjects are more difficult than that in the primary school and the time isn?t enough to use.In the past, we can enjoy playing and have a rest, but now the weekend is full of the homework.I?m really out of breath!But we haven?t got any choices.We are students and as students, we need to do our homework.Doing homework is an way of examining our learning.I resist so much.But now I think, homework can find our mistakes in learning, and then we can correct the mistakes quickly and it is easier to deal with the tests.You may think I?m just like a spinning top for learning, turn around every time.Then you are wrong.Learning lets me know how to fix up my time.So I have some time to play basketball, play volleyball and I?m joining the school shoot club.When I think most of my friends are taking part in the university entrance exam and using this test to go to nice university, I will be learning harder and harder to catch up with them.Although pains make us worried, but it gives me a motivation firmly of learning.Growth and pains are relying on each other.Growing brings us pains but the pains let us grow.More pains, much better, and then, you will be successful.Thank you for your listening.Ladies and gentlemen, I?m going to stand here to horror my growing pains.Along with my growing, some pains had arisen.For example, I am always feeling very busy.And I always spent my times to have nothing to do with my studies.It is a real headache.When I was a child, my life was colorful.I felt eating， drinking, playing.and sleeping were very happy.But now, all of them are change.I have many things to do.Every morning, I have to do exercises.It makes me tired.Then I have many classes.At night, I have to do my homework.My days are busily occupied because of the pressures of studies, and they are go round continuously.I feel much pressure.Then I try to be relaxed.I go to bed at half past nine and get up early.This way of making spirited is useful for me.I hope improvements in efficacy at my life.So I often write my plan.It includes three aspects: my exercise, my studies and my activities.I know doing sports is good for health.I like to design my plan free, because I can change and trim my plan all time.Of course.I always act in accordance with my ability.I know that making over arrangements for my life often cause me feel nervous.Now my lives are orderly.I have many good habits.It makes me joyful and relaxed.I have enough time to study.?No pains,no gains?,I have culture,I can talk civilization.And I am always praised by teachers.After school,I can learn playing the violin.Now it is my hobby.I am often immerse in the music.So my lives are colorful again.Somebody said,?Some people want it to happen,some wish it would happen,others make it happen.?I think I am the third people.I can get better and better in the future.Thank you for your listening.