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1.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇一
A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance， sat down together to eat。 The day being wintry and cold， the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。 "What's that for， my friend?" asked the Satyr。 " My hands are so cold，" said the Man， "I do it to warm them。" In a little while some hot food was placed before them， and the Man， raising the dish to his mouse， again blew opon it。 "And what's the meaning of that， now?" said the Satyr。 "Oh，" replied the Man， "my porridge is so hot， I do it to cool it。" "Nay， then，" said the Satyr， "from this moment I renounce your friendship， for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。"
一個(gè)人與賽特偶然相識(shí)，坐在一齊吃東西。正值冬季，天氣很冷，那人把手放在嘴邊哈氣。賽特問(wèn)道“我的朋友，那是干嗎?”這人說(shuō)“我的手太冷了，這是為了取暖”。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，熱騰騰的食物端上來(lái)了，那人把碟子舉到嘴邊又吹了起來(lái)，賽特問(wèn)“這又是干嗎?”，那人說(shuō)“哦，我的粥太燙了，我把他吹涼些”。賽特說(shuō)“從此刻起，我要與你絕交，因?yàn)槲也幌牒鸵粋€(gè)反復(fù)無(wú)常的人做朋友”。 2.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇二
A guy goes to visit his grandma and he brings his friend with him.
一名男子帶著朋友去探望他的祖母。
While he's talking to his grandma, his friend starts eating the peanuts on the coffee table, and finishes them off.
當(dāng)他和祖母聊天時(shí)，他的朋友開(kāi)始吃咖啡桌上放的花生，并把花生都給吃光了。
As they're leaving, his friend says to his grandma, "Thanks for the peanuts."
他們離開(kāi)時(shí)，他的朋友對(duì)祖母說(shuō):"謝謝您的花生。"
She says, "Yeah, since I lost my dentures I can only suck the chocolate off."
結(jié)果祖母說(shuō):"唉!自從我牙齒掉光后，我就只能吮掉花生豆外層的巧克力了。" 3.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇三
Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.
時(shí)光一去不復(fù)返，這是我上學(xué)期清楚學(xué)到的教訓(xùn)。我浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間四處游蕩，以致于我的成績(jī)開(kāi)始退步。后我終于了解到我必須有所作為；該是痛改前非的時(shí)候了。
現(xiàn)在我有一個(gè)明智運(yùn)用時(shí)間的新方法。我已將鬧鐘早撥半小時(shí)，這將使我這一天的作息提前開(kāi)始。我也決定將我所做的一切及做這些事的時(shí)間記錄下來(lái)?；仡櫸宜龅氖虑闀?huì)啟發(fā)我如何重新安排我的時(shí)間。 4.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇四
A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to all.
He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a bear. He asked the bear, "Who is the king of the jungle?" The bear replied, "Of course you are."
Then the lion asked a tiger the same question. The tiger replied with some reluctance1, "Of course you are." And then he went to ask an elephant. But the elephant would not allow the lion to do so. He suddenly took hold of the lion with his long nose and bounced2 the lion against a tree, leaving him bleeding3 and badly shaken up.
When the lion finally got up, he blamed the elephant and said: "Even if you couldn't answer my question, it's not necessary for you to act so rough4."
熱帶叢林里的一個(gè)妄自菲薄的獅子試圖使所有的動(dòng)物都明白它的統(tǒng)治地位。
它非常自信，對(duì)較小的動(dòng)物不屑一顧，而是直接去問(wèn)一只黑熊：“誰(shuí)是叢林里的大王呀?” 黑熊回答說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然是你呀?！?BR> 于是它又去問(wèn)一個(gè)老虎同樣的問(wèn)題。老虎有點(diǎn)勉強(qiáng)地回答說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然是你呀!”然后他又去問(wèn)一頭大象?？墒谴笙蟛毁I(mǎi)它的賬，突然用它的長(zhǎng)鼻子把獅子抓起來(lái)向一棵樹(shù)扔過(guò)去，讓它鮮血淋漓和渾身發(fā)抖。
獅子終于爬起來(lái)時(shí)，它責(zé)怪大象說(shuō)：“即使你回答不了我的問(wèn)題，也用不著這么粗魯嘛。” 5.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇五
Lan and Fred were boys. They were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school.
Last Friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. He said to both of them, “Stay here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.”
After the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but Lan and Fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names. Then Fred began crying.
The teacher looked at him and said,” Why are you crying, Fred?” “Because his name’s Lan May, and mine’s Frederick Hollingsworth,” Fred said.
易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他們都十二歲了。他們?cè)趯W(xué)校里是同班同學(xué)。上周五下午他們?cè)趯W(xué)校里打了一架。為此老師很生氣。老師對(duì)他們說(shuō)：“下午下課后留在著把你們的名字寫(xiě)一千遍?！?后一節(jié)課下課，所有的學(xué)生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他們的老師留在教師里抄寫(xiě)他們的名字。 接著富雷得哭了起來(lái)。 老師看了看他問(wèn)：“富雷得，你為什么要哭呢?” “因?yàn)樗拿质荓an May, 而我的名字確是Frederick Hollingsworth，”富雷得回答道。 6.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇六
When I was small, my mother told me that apple was good for my health, because it contained so many vitamins. Since then, I almost eat an apple a day, I fall in love with apple. The apple not only tastes sweet, but also makes my skin look good, there is a saying that once an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. It really happens to me.
當(dāng)我還小的時(shí)候，我的媽媽告訴我蘋(píng)果對(duì)我的健康有好處，因?yàn)樗撕芏嗑S生素。打從那時(shí)起，我?guī)缀趺刻斐砸粋€(gè)蘋(píng)果，我愛(ài)上了蘋(píng)果。蘋(píng)果不僅嘗起來(lái)鮮甜，也能讓我的皮膚看上去很好，有一句話(huà)每天吃一個(gè)蘋(píng)果，就能保持健康。在我身上看起來(lái)真是這樣。 7.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇七
Most children like to eat meat, but I am one of them, I like to eat vegetable. The reasons I like vegetable are various, first, I like the color. When I see the green color, I will be very comfortable and have a good mood. Second, vegetable is good for my health, it contains all kinds of vitamins, the more I eat, the fitter I am.
大部分孩子喜歡吃肉，但是我卻和他們不一樣，我喜歡吃蔬菜。我喜歡吃蔬菜的原因有很多，第一，我喜歡蔬菜的顏色。當(dāng)我看到綠色，我會(huì)感到很舒適，有一個(gè)好的心情。第二，蔬菜對(duì)我的健康有益，它包含了各種各樣的維生素，我吃得越多蔬菜，就越健康。 8.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇八
Mike is a little boy. He is only five years old. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read and write.
One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted to draw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out, then drew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture, he wasn't happy. "Well," he said at last to me, "I'll put a tail on it and make it a monkey."
He began to add the tail. I began to laugh.
翻譯
邁克是一個(gè)小男孩,他只有5歲。他太小還沒(méi)有上學(xué),因此也不會(huì)讀和寫(xiě)。
一天,他手里拿著一支鉛筆站在我的桌子前。桌子上放著一張大紙,他要畫(huà)自畫(huà)像。他畫(huà)了幾筆就擦掉了,再畫(huà)幾筆,有擦掉了。當(dāng)我看一幅畫(huà)時(shí),他很不高興。 "好吧,"他后和我說(shuō),"我就再加一條尾巴,把他畫(huà)成一只猴子吧!"
他開(kāi)始加上小尾巴,我大笑起來(lái)。 9.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇九
Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.
People came from far and near to see what would happen.
"A great river will be born." said one.
"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will e out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.
Finally,after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped-a mouse.
Just because someone makes a lot of fuss， it doesn't mean he is important.
很久以前，一座大山隆隆作響，搖晃起來(lái)。遠(yuǎn)近各處的人都來(lái)看是怎樣回事。
一個(gè)人說(shuō)："要出現(xiàn)一條大河了。"
另一個(gè)人說(shuō)："準(zhǔn)會(huì)出現(xiàn)一條巨龍。"
第三個(gè)人說(shuō)："從這些巖石中會(huì)出現(xiàn)一尊神來(lái)。"
等了幾天之后，山坡上終裂開(kāi)一條小縫，卻蹦出來(lái)一只耗子。
正因?yàn)槟橙舜笏翉垞P(yáng)，所以他沒(méi)有什么了不起。 10.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇十
Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.
杰克是一只小鵝。它有一頂可愛(ài)的帽子，他非常喜歡戴它。當(dāng)它坐著時(shí)，他的帽子總是戴著頭上。
He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.
它脫下它的帽子并開(kāi)始用帽子玩游戲。當(dāng)它玩累時(shí)，事情就不是那樣了。
He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.
它沒(méi)有找到他的帽子。它在哪里?杰克仔細(xì)想。它上下看了看，到處找了找，還是沒(méi)有找到它的帽子。
At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.”
這時(shí)，它的母親走進(jìn)來(lái)，當(dāng)她看到杰克就喊道：“啊!親愛(ài)的，你真笨，帽子在你的頭上。”
Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.
杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不想戴那頂帽子了。
1.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇一
A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance， sat down together to eat。 The day being wintry and cold， the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。 "What's that for， my friend?" asked the Satyr。 " My hands are so cold，" said the Man， "I do it to warm them。" In a little while some hot food was placed before them， and the Man， raising the dish to his mouse， again blew opon it。 "And what's the meaning of that， now?" said the Satyr。 "Oh，" replied the Man， "my porridge is so hot， I do it to cool it。" "Nay， then，" said the Satyr， "from this moment I renounce your friendship， for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。"
一個(gè)人與賽特偶然相識(shí)，坐在一齊吃東西。正值冬季，天氣很冷，那人把手放在嘴邊哈氣。賽特問(wèn)道“我的朋友，那是干嗎?”這人說(shuō)“我的手太冷了，這是為了取暖”。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，熱騰騰的食物端上來(lái)了，那人把碟子舉到嘴邊又吹了起來(lái)，賽特問(wèn)“這又是干嗎?”，那人說(shuō)“哦，我的粥太燙了，我把他吹涼些”。賽特說(shuō)“從此刻起，我要與你絕交，因?yàn)槲也幌牒鸵粋€(gè)反復(fù)無(wú)常的人做朋友”。 2.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇二
A guy goes to visit his grandma and he brings his friend with him.
一名男子帶著朋友去探望他的祖母。
While he's talking to his grandma, his friend starts eating the peanuts on the coffee table, and finishes them off.
當(dāng)他和祖母聊天時(shí)，他的朋友開(kāi)始吃咖啡桌上放的花生，并把花生都給吃光了。
As they're leaving, his friend says to his grandma, "Thanks for the peanuts."
他們離開(kāi)時(shí)，他的朋友對(duì)祖母說(shuō):"謝謝您的花生。"
She says, "Yeah, since I lost my dentures I can only suck the chocolate off."
結(jié)果祖母說(shuō):"唉!自從我牙齒掉光后，我就只能吮掉花生豆外層的巧克力了。" 3.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇三
Lost time is never found again. This is something which I learned very clearly last semester. I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer. I finally realized that something had to be done. It was time for a change.
Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely. I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour. This will give me a head start on the day. I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it. Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.
時(shí)光一去不復(fù)返，這是我上學(xué)期清楚學(xué)到的教訓(xùn)。我浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間四處游蕩，以致于我的成績(jī)開(kāi)始退步。后我終于了解到我必須有所作為；該是痛改前非的時(shí)候了。
現(xiàn)在我有一個(gè)明智運(yùn)用時(shí)間的新方法。我已將鬧鐘早撥半小時(shí)，這將使我這一天的作息提前開(kāi)始。我也決定將我所做的一切及做這些事的時(shí)間記錄下來(lái)?；仡櫸宜龅氖虑闀?huì)啟發(fā)我如何重新安排我的時(shí)間。 4.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇四
A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to all.
He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a bear. He asked the bear, "Who is the king of the jungle?" The bear replied, "Of course you are."
Then the lion asked a tiger the same question. The tiger replied with some reluctance1, "Of course you are." And then he went to ask an elephant. But the elephant would not allow the lion to do so. He suddenly took hold of the lion with his long nose and bounced2 the lion against a tree, leaving him bleeding3 and badly shaken up.
When the lion finally got up, he blamed the elephant and said: "Even if you couldn't answer my question, it's not necessary for you to act so rough4."
熱帶叢林里的一個(gè)妄自菲薄的獅子試圖使所有的動(dòng)物都明白它的統(tǒng)治地位。
它非常自信，對(duì)較小的動(dòng)物不屑一顧，而是直接去問(wèn)一只黑熊：“誰(shuí)是叢林里的大王呀?” 黑熊回答說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然是你呀?！?BR> 于是它又去問(wèn)一個(gè)老虎同樣的問(wèn)題。老虎有點(diǎn)勉強(qiáng)地回答說(shuō)：“當(dāng)然是你呀!”然后他又去問(wèn)一頭大象?？墒谴笙蟛毁I(mǎi)它的賬，突然用它的長(zhǎng)鼻子把獅子抓起來(lái)向一棵樹(shù)扔過(guò)去，讓它鮮血淋漓和渾身發(fā)抖。
獅子終于爬起來(lái)時(shí)，它責(zé)怪大象說(shuō)：“即使你回答不了我的問(wèn)題，也用不著這么粗魯嘛。” 5.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇五
Lan and Fred were boys. They were both twelve years old, and they were in the same class in their school.
Last Friday afternoon they had a fight in class, and their teacher was very angry. He said to both of them, “Stay here after the lessons this afternoon, and write your names a thousand times.”
After the last lesson, all the other boys went home, but Lan and Fred stayed in the classroom with their teacher and begin writing their names. Then Fred began crying.
The teacher looked at him and said,” Why are you crying, Fred?” “Because his name’s Lan May, and mine’s Frederick Hollingsworth,” Fred said.
易恩和富雷得都是男孩，他們都十二歲了。他們?cè)趯W(xué)校里是同班同學(xué)。上周五下午他們?cè)趯W(xué)校里打了一架。為此老師很生氣。老師對(duì)他們說(shuō)：“下午下課后留在著把你們的名字寫(xiě)一千遍?！?后一節(jié)課下課，所有的學(xué)生都回家了。只有易恩和富雷得被他們的老師留在教師里抄寫(xiě)他們的名字。 接著富雷得哭了起來(lái)。 老師看了看他問(wèn)：“富雷得，你為什么要哭呢?” “因?yàn)樗拿质荓an May, 而我的名字確是Frederick Hollingsworth，”富雷得回答道。 6.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇六
When I was small, my mother told me that apple was good for my health, because it contained so many vitamins. Since then, I almost eat an apple a day, I fall in love with apple. The apple not only tastes sweet, but also makes my skin look good, there is a saying that once an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. It really happens to me.
當(dāng)我還小的時(shí)候，我的媽媽告訴我蘋(píng)果對(duì)我的健康有好處，因?yàn)樗撕芏嗑S生素。打從那時(shí)起，我?guī)缀趺刻斐砸粋€(gè)蘋(píng)果，我愛(ài)上了蘋(píng)果。蘋(píng)果不僅嘗起來(lái)鮮甜，也能讓我的皮膚看上去很好，有一句話(huà)每天吃一個(gè)蘋(píng)果，就能保持健康。在我身上看起來(lái)真是這樣。 7.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇七
Most children like to eat meat, but I am one of them, I like to eat vegetable. The reasons I like vegetable are various, first, I like the color. When I see the green color, I will be very comfortable and have a good mood. Second, vegetable is good for my health, it contains all kinds of vitamins, the more I eat, the fitter I am.
大部分孩子喜歡吃肉，但是我卻和他們不一樣，我喜歡吃蔬菜。我喜歡吃蔬菜的原因有很多，第一，我喜歡蔬菜的顏色。當(dāng)我看到綠色，我會(huì)感到很舒適，有一個(gè)好的心情。第二，蔬菜對(duì)我的健康有益，它包含了各種各樣的維生素，我吃得越多蔬菜，就越健康。 8.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇八
Mike is a little boy. He is only five years old. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read and write.
One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted to draw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out, then drew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture, he wasn't happy. "Well," he said at last to me, "I'll put a tail on it and make it a monkey."
He began to add the tail. I began to laugh.
翻譯
邁克是一個(gè)小男孩,他只有5歲。他太小還沒(méi)有上學(xué),因此也不會(huì)讀和寫(xiě)。
一天,他手里拿著一支鉛筆站在我的桌子前。桌子上放著一張大紙,他要畫(huà)自畫(huà)像。他畫(huà)了幾筆就擦掉了,再畫(huà)幾筆,有擦掉了。當(dāng)我看一幅畫(huà)時(shí),他很不高興。 "好吧,"他后和我說(shuō),"我就再加一條尾巴,把他畫(huà)成一只猴子吧!"
他開(kāi)始加上小尾巴,我大笑起來(lái)。 9.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇九
Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.
People came from far and near to see what would happen.
"A great river will be born." said one.
"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will e out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.
Finally,after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped-a mouse.
Just because someone makes a lot of fuss， it doesn't mean he is important.
很久以前，一座大山隆隆作響，搖晃起來(lái)。遠(yuǎn)近各處的人都來(lái)看是怎樣回事。
一個(gè)人說(shuō)："要出現(xiàn)一條大河了。"
另一個(gè)人說(shuō)："準(zhǔn)會(huì)出現(xiàn)一條巨龍。"
第三個(gè)人說(shuō)："從這些巖石中會(huì)出現(xiàn)一尊神來(lái)。"
等了幾天之后，山坡上終裂開(kāi)一條小縫，卻蹦出來(lái)一只耗子。
正因?yàn)槟橙舜笏翉垞P(yáng)，所以他沒(méi)有什么了不起。 10.英語(yǔ)短文閱讀 篇十
Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.
杰克是一只小鵝。它有一頂可愛(ài)的帽子，他非常喜歡戴它。當(dāng)它坐著時(shí)，他的帽子總是戴著頭上。
He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.
它脫下它的帽子并開(kāi)始用帽子玩游戲。當(dāng)它玩累時(shí)，事情就不是那樣了。
He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.
它沒(méi)有找到他的帽子。它在哪里?杰克仔細(xì)想。它上下看了看，到處找了找，還是沒(méi)有找到它的帽子。
At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.”
這時(shí)，它的母親走進(jìn)來(lái)，當(dāng)她看到杰克就喊道：“啊!親愛(ài)的，你真笨，帽子在你的頭上。”
Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.
杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不想戴那頂帽子了。