有趣的小短文(英語)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上   一 The easiest question in the worldone day , a rich man met Sam. the rich man asked , " Ive heard you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever."Sam answered, "Im not clever, but you are too silly." The r

2、ich man became very angry.Sam said, "Sir, please dont be angry, if you dont believe what I said, let me ask you a question now. If you have a group of sheep, I give you another group. How groups of sheep do you have?""Why, thats the easiest question in the world, one and one is two.An

3、ybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep. "Sam laughed and said," You are wrong, sir.two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That is easiest question in the world."  二 Ill not go home tonight because of the rainWhen a friend was visiting David, it began to rain.

4、So David told him not to go home that night."You may stay here for the night," he said." Ok, " answered his friend.But a few minutes later, the friend went out. He didnt tell David where he was going nor did he ask for an umbrella. When David was about to go to bed, his friend re

5、turned, he was all wet through."Where have you been?" asked David. "I have been home," answered the friend, " to tell my brother that Ill not go home tonight because of the rain."  三 Why do I want to go to college?Why do I want to go to college? No one asked me suc

6、h a question. But many times I have asked myself.I have come up with a whole variety of reasons. The most important reason is that I want to be a better man.Many things make human beings different is education. If i fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish. As I 

7、 want to be a fully developed , I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to provide. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and  universities are among the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educa

8、ted, will I be a better human being and be fit into society.  四 Children should not have to do heavy workIt is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others

9、force children to work hard, the results are never good and may be very bad.A farmers son who has to work hard like a man may early learn to hate farming. Children sometimes do too much work in gardens, in shops or even in their own own homes. They soon begin to hate such kind of work with force tha

10、t can destroy their happiness.But there may be a worse loss: a childs love for his parents. The feeling may become something different. When that happens, the old kind of love never returns.  五 The effect of the blood group on personalityYour blood group hides no secrets, it shows the "rea

11、l you." If you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers,while blood group B are highly creative, people belonging to blood group B might be good at painting and writing. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them. Your blo

12、od group could affect your work. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and  A types keeping order in the office.  六 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

13、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

14、 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(huì)了狗去做

15、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?，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。 七 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

16、 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(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(shí)。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! 八 Perf

17、ect MatchA rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same color as the vase. Several painters try to mix the color right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman. Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper

18、 color. 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,” t

19、he 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(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，漆匠也因此成名。 幾

20、年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子。“爸爸，”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?！?九 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 to

21、ld 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 m

22、e 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(cuò)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

23、，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。”他看著我說：“我認(rèn)錯(cuò)了。” 十 A FriendWhen 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 a

24、t 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

25、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(shí)，你經(jīng)常會(huì)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？ 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(shí)，所以你必須學(xué)會(huì)如何使用字典。 十一 The Hare and the Tortoise One

26、 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 to

27、rtoise. 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 th

28、at 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。“我能跑過任何人?！彼暗馈?“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(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)。 十二 The Eagle and the RavenAn eagle was tryin

29、g 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'l

30、l 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. eag

31、le 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(shí)，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?，我就會(huì)盡我所能，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?！?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(shí)，地上只剩下一些破碎的果殼了。 十三 “I Dont Have to Eat All the Egg.”A lady once wrote a long story.

32、 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 page

33、s 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(gè)雞蛋?！痹?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(huì)讀我寫的小說。昨天小說退回來時(shí)，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(shí)我打開一只雞蛋，我不必等