英語小故事共30篇(匯編)

1、精品文檔1 DogsPeople 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, sheepdogsare famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.Dogs have been used to aid disabled people f

2、or 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.gua

3、rd 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(gè)世紀(jì)了。 導(dǎo)盲犬可以為盲主人引路。 現(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，對于精品文檔精品文檔大多數(shù)人來說，狗只是家里老人和孩子們的寵物和朋友。Who is man's best friend?2 Detective WorkA bank

4、 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

5、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 b

6、ackyard 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 院精品文檔精品文檔cement 水泥偵探工作一個(gè)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(shí)，他被監(jiān)視，看他會做什么。這不，偵探正向檢察官報(bào)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

7、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？”I cannot infer from what he bought what?3 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.T

8、ime is money for businessmen.精品文檔精品文檔Time is everything for all of us.Therefore, seize the time of today!grain 糧食wealth 財(cái)富victory 勝利seize 抓住，把握時(shí)間是什么（童謠一首）對農(nóng)民來說，時(shí)間就是糧食。對工人來說，時(shí)間就是財(cái)富。對醫(yī)生來說，時(shí)間就是生命。對士兵來說，時(shí)間就是勝利。對學(xué)生來說，時(shí)間就是知識。對科學(xué)家來說，時(shí)間就是速度。對企業(yè)家來說，時(shí)間就是金錢。對我們大家來說，時(shí)間就是一切。因此，把握今天 !For farmers, what time is it?

9、4 Perfect MatchA 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.精品文檔精品文檔Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can

10、 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?&qu

11、ot; "Son, ” the father replies, "Iintedpa 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(gè)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(gè)油漆匠試圖調(diào)出正確的顏色，但是沒有一個(gè)人調(diào)出的顏色能讓婦人滿意。最后，來了一個(gè)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

12、也因此成名。幾年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子?！鞍职郑眱鹤訂?，“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。 ”精品文檔精品文檔Who have a valuable antique vase?5 A BarbecueWhen 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

13、. 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 f

14、ire 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(shí)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)。我試精品文檔精品文檔著用火柴把木頭點(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

15、了旺旺的火。What people go to barbecue?6 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 w

16、ent. 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 longerleans. “ So, ” I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your le

17、g. 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(cuò)精品文檔精品文檔笑話“我誠懇認(rèn)錯(cuò)”我有一個(gè)朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。 這個(gè)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(gè)很快的小手術(shù)后， 他康復(fù)了，現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完

18、全一樣長了，他也不再傾斜了。“你看，”我說，“那時(shí)我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時(shí)你還不相信我呢?！彼粗艺f：“我認(rèn)錯(cuò)了?！盌octors can fix friends leg?7 Making a KiteOne 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 s

19、hape 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.

20、On the next windy day,精品文檔精品文檔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(gè)風(fēng)箏一天，保羅和理查德決定做一個(gè)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(gè)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

21、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(gè)有風(fēng)的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風(fēng)箏了。Who decided to make a kite8 Animals in DangerSome of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys and woodpeckers, live in the treetops. They are always swinging and flying精品文檔精品文檔from onetree to another looking for food among the leaves a

22、nd branches. They even sleepin 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 arelosing their homes. Do you know the reasons for it? Yes,

23、 people want wood, paperand land. As a result many animals and plants are dying. Some forests are sobadly 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(dòng)物一些雨林中的動(dòng)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，

24、所以它們不用到地面上來。精品文檔精品文檔你知道嗎？雨林中的這些動(dòng)物正處于危險(xiǎn)中。因?yàn)槿藗兛撤チ松种械脑S多樹，動(dòng)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(dòng)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。What animals are endangered animals9 English in the WorldSome people say that the English language no longer belongs to the English,and it belongs to the world. It is estimate

25、d that the number of people who useEnglish 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 isclose to one billion.English plays an incr

26、easingly important role in the world as a medium for conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science andmedicine, the Internet, air and sea communications, international sports精品文檔精品文檔events, radio and TV programs, pop songs and movies.estimate 估計(jì)exceed 超過native 本族的，本國的officia

27、l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(jì)，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(gè)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

28、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。How many people are English-speaking?10 A Friend精品文檔精品文檔When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might tryto guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannotguess the meanings of new words at all

29、, what should you do?You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how topronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be withyou, 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

30、 things about words from it,so you must know how to use e across 碰到guess 猜測朋 友當(dāng)你讀英語書時(shí)， 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(shí)，你該怎么辦呢？精品文檔精品文檔這時(shí)你有一個(gè)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(gè)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(gè)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。When you are unable to guess what the

31、se words mean, and what should you do?11 “I Have Never Heard You in Carmen”Mark Twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. The friend wasvery rich. He and his wife had their own box at the theatre. During the operathe friend's wife talked all the time. She also talked rather loudly.

32、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, mydear Mark Twain, I do want you to be with us again next Friday night. I'm sureyou will like it the opera will be Carmen."精品文檔精品文檔&

33、quot;Thank you very much,"said Mark Twain. "That will be fine. I have never heardyou 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(gè)朋友邀請馬克?吐溫去看歌劇。這個(gè)朋友很有錢。他和他的妻子在劇院有自己的包廂?？锤鑴r(shí)，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(shí)，她轉(zhuǎn)而對馬克?吐溫說：“噢，我親愛的馬克 ?吐溫，我真的想

34、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?！薄胺浅８兄x，”馬克 ?吐溫說?！跋雭頃芎谩Ｎ疫€從未聽過你唱卡門?！盇 friend who invited to the Opera?12 Learning English in EnglandI came to England last summer. I have been in England for eleven months.精品文檔精品文檔I amgoing to finish my studies in England soon, and will leave for China next month.At fir

35、st it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in English. Now I can speak English much better, and even understand Englishtelevision, because I have studied hard and my teachers and classmates havehelped me a lot.I have lots of English friends now. Some of them have even invited m

36、e fordinner at their houses. They are interested to learn about China and Chinesepeople. Every time they ask me a lot of questions, I realize how little I knowabout my own municate 交流在英國學(xué)英語去年夏天，我來到英國?，F(xiàn)在我在英國已經(jīng)待了十一個(gè)月了。我將很快結(jié)束在英國的學(xué)習(xí)，下個(gè)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，甚精品文檔精品文檔至可以看懂英語電視，

37、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(shí)，我才意識到自己對祖國的了解是如此之少。Who find it difficult to communicate in English and others?13 The Hare and the TortoiseOne day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. "I can beat anyone!"cried he. "

38、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 wassoon far ahead, so he sat down

39、 to rest. By the time the tortoise came up, thehare was sleeping.On and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was too精品文檔精品文檔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(dòng)物炫耀他能跑得很快?！拔夷芘苓^任何人。 ”他喊道。“你們有誰想和我比一比嗎？”“我。

40、”烏龜說。 “你！”兔子笑道，“哦，哦，太滑稽了！ ” “留著到比賽結(jié)束后笑吧。 ”烏龜說。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(shí)，他睡著了。烏龜一直往前走，當(dāng)兔子最后醒來時(shí)，已經(jīng)太晚了。烏龜坐在一塊牌子旁，上面寫著：終點(diǎn)。When the Hare finally woke up to see what the?14 Helping ParentsParents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. Let's say that your mother i

41、s not happy about her boss. If she doesn't have other精品文檔精品文檔waysof expressing her emotions, she might come home and yell at you, scream atyour 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 hisor her anger:

42、Don't make it worse. Angry people can have trouble thinkingclearly, so try not to do or say anything to make things worse. Wait till yourparent 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

43、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?我們舉個(gè)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。精品文檔精品文檔當(dāng)你身邊的大人控制不住他們的怒火時(shí)，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。When you're around when adults are unable to co

44、ntrol their anger, the way you cope with what is?15Humour What Is a Teenager?A teenager is . someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not hismother calling from the next room. a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can'tmakea bed. a connoisseur of

45、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.精品文檔精品文檔. a boy who can sleep till noon on any Saturday and suspects the roomneedscleaning. an original

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