寫作就是通過語言表達自己的思想。這里面包括兩個要素：語言和思想，這兩點缺一不可。中學生英語作文基本上屬于語言和內(nèi)容并舉類。每段的主題句非常重要，通常是簡單句。段落主題句通常置于段落的開頭，看到段落主題句，讀者大致可以了解段落要闡述的內(nèi)容。要提高寫作水平，最根本是要大量實踐，必須多讀多寫，注意博覽和精讀相結(jié)合，悉心領(lǐng)悟，多加模仿，以逐步達到運用自如。
初中英語小短文：做一個風箏
Making a Kite
做一個風箏
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.
一天，保羅和理查德決定做一個風箏。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，粘在風箏的框架上。他們將紙做的尾巴粘在一角，在風箏中間系上一根長繩。在接下來的一個有風的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風箏了。
詞義解釋：
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：有風的
初中英語小短文：笑話——“我誠懇認錯”
A Joke— “I stand corrected”
笑話——“我誠懇認錯”
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.
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，“那時我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢。”他看著我說：“我認錯了?！?BR> 詞義解釋：
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：認錯
初中英語小短文：世界上的英語
English in the World
世界上的語言
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 weadd to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.
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。
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.
英語，作為進行國際業(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、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。
詞義解釋：
estimate：估計
exceed：超過
native：本族的，本國的
official：官方的
acquire：掌握
to some extent：達到某種程度
billion：千萬
increasingly：越來越多地
medium：工具，手段
conduct：實行，執(zhí)行
international：國際的
diplomacy：外交
medicine：醫(yī)藥
communication：通信
event：事件