初學英語閱讀短文
⑴ 適合初學者的英語閱讀短文(2)
適合初學者的英語閱讀短文
【2】Companionship of Books以書為伴
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never chance. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.There is an old proverb, "Love me, love my dog." But there is more wisdom in this: "Love me, love my book." The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
"Books," said Hazlitt, "wind into the heart; the poet's verse slides in the current of our blood. We read them when young, we remember them when old. We feel that it has happened to ourselves. They are to be very cheap and good. We breathe but the air of books."
A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man's life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. "They are never alone," said Sir Philip Sidney, "that are accompanied by noble thoughts." The good and true thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul. It also enshrines the germs of action, for good words almost always inspire to good works.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting procts of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad procts; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
Books introce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old. The imperial intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.
了解一個人，通常可以看他讀什麼書，結交什麼人.因為有人以人為伴，有人以書為伴。無論是書友還是朋友，生活中我們都應該和最佳最善者常相伴。
好書可以是你最好的朋友。它始終不渝，過去如此，現在如此，將來也永不改變。它是最有耐心、最令人愉悅的伴侶。在我們遭受不幸，憂傷悲痛的時候，它不會拋棄我們。它總是一如既往地親切相待。我們年少時，好書給我們帶來歡笑和知識;我們年老時，好書又給我們以親撫和慰藉。
喜歡同一本書的人，常常發現彼此間習性也相近，就像有一時兩個人因為敬慕同一個人而成為朋友一樣。古時有句諺語：「愛屋及鳥。」其實，「愛我及書」這句活蘊涵更多的哲理。書是更為真誠而高尚的情誼紐帶。人們可以通過共同喜愛的作家溝通思想，交流感情，產生共鳴。他們和作家情感相通，作家和他們思想相融。
哈茲利特曾經說過：「書潛移轉化人們的內心，詩歌熏陶人們的氣質品性。少小所習，老大不忘，恍如身歷其事。書籍價廉物美，不啻我們呼吸的空氣。」
好書常如最精美的寶器，珍藏著人生思想的精華，因為人生命的境界主要在於其思想的境界。因此，最好的書是金玉良言，是崇高思想的寶庫，這些良言和思想若銘記於心並多加珍視，就會成為我們忠實的伴侶和永恆的慰藉。菲利普·錫德尼爵士說得好:「有高尚思想做伴的人永不孤獨。」當我們面臨誘惑的時候，優美純真的思想會像仁慈的天使一樣，純潔並保衛我們的靈魂。優美純真的思想也孕育著行動的胚芽，因為金玉良言幾乎總會啟發善行。
書籍具有不朽的本質，是人類努力創造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會倒塌，神像會朽爛，而書卻經久長存。對於偉大思想來說，時間是無關緊要的。多年前初次閃現於作者腦海的偉大思想今天依然清新如故。他們昨日的言論和思想刊載於紙張之上，如今依然生動如初，向我們娓娓道來。時間唯一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因為只有真正的佳作才能經世長存。
書籍介紹我們與最優秀的人為伍，使我們置身於歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲，如觀其行，如見其人，同他們情感交融，悲喜與共.感同身受。一定程度上，我們覺得自己彷彿在作者所描繪的舞台上和他們一起粉墨登場。
即使在人世間，偉大傑出的人物也永生不朽。他們的精神被載人書冊，傳於四海。書是有生命力的聲音，是人類至今仍在聆聽的智慧之聲。所以，我們永遠都受歷代偉人的影響。多少世紀以前的蓋世英才，如今仍同當年一樣，顯示著強大的生命力。
課堂筆記：
1.此處的「as well as」相當於連詞"and"、連接兩個介詞短語。
2.虛擬語氣在由「whether」引導的讓步狀語從句中，從句謂語用動詞原形，表示「不論是……還是……」同時，"whether"一詞可以省去，而將「be」動詞放在主語前.此從句可以變為「be it of books or of men」.
3."the same as"和"the same that"都指「和…相同」的含義，但前者強調的是類型的相同，而後者強調的是事物本身的相同。此處指的是好書本身，故而用的是"the same that".
4.句中的兩個介詞「by"均表示方式，表「通過」之意。省略"that」的定語從句從句"they have for a book」用於修飾「love"。連詞「as」表示「正如……一樣」，後接從句，用於比較。關系代詞「which」引導的定語從句「which both entertain for a third」用於修飾「admiration"。
5."Love me, love my dog.」常被譯為「愛屋及烏」英語中有關「dog」的諺語很多，比如:a lucky dog(幸運兒);Every dog has his day.(人人皆有得意日。);It rains cats and dogs.(下傾盆大雨。);a cat-and-dog life(爭爭吵吵的日子)等等。
6.威廉·哈茲利特(William Hazlitt,1778-1830)，英國散文家、評論家、畫家.
7.這是由關系代詞which引導的非限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞treasuries，從句中的過去分詞結構「remembered and cherished(銘記於心並多加珍視)」用作狀語，表示條件.
8.菲利普·錫德尼爵士(Sir Philip Sidney, 1554- 1586 )，英國文藝復興時期的著名的散文家、政治家，有很高的藝術修養.科學知識豐富.
9.此處的but為介詞，表示「除……以外」的含義，what引導的從句作but的賓語。
;⑵ 小學英語閱讀短文
小學英語閱讀短文 篇1
It was a cold winter day.A farmer found a snake on the ground. It was nearly dead by cold. The Farmer was a kind man. Hepicked up thesnake carefully and put it under the coat. Soon the snake Began to move and it raised its mouth and bit the farmer. "Oh, My god!" said the farmer, "I save your life, but you thank me in that way. You must die." Then he killed the snake with a stick. At last he died, too.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇2
Today is Susan's birthday. She is nine years old. Her friends are in her home now. There is a birthday party in the evening. Look! Mary is listening to the music. And Tom is drinking orange juice. Jack and Sam are playing cards on the floor. Lily and Amy are watching TV. Someone is knocking at the door. It's Henry. He brings a big teddy bear for Susan. The teddy bear is yellow. Susan is very happy. All the children are happy. They sing a birthday song for Susan.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇3
Tony is seven years old. He is an honest and polite boy. One day, it was Sunday. Tony, his sister and his mother stayed at home. He was watching TV and his sister was reading books. His mother was washing clothes. Just then, his father came back with a bag
of pears. Tony likes pears very much and he wanted
to eat one. His mother gave him four and said, "Let's share them." "Which pear do you want, Tony?" asked his mother. "The biggest one, mum." "What?" said his mother, "You should be polite and want the smallest one." "Should I tell a lie just to be polite, mum?"
小學英語閱讀短文 篇4
One day a dog with a piece of meat in his mouth was crossing a plank over a stream. As he walked along, he looked into water, and he saw his reflection. He thought this was another dog carrying
a piece of meat. And he felt he would like to have two pieces. So he snapped at the reflection in the water, and of course, as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat disappeared quickly.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇5
Today is Sunday! On Sundays, I usually play the flute. My father usually reads the newspaper. My mother usually cleans the house. But today my mother is in bed. She is ill. My father has to do the housework. Now, he is cleaning the house. "Sam, can you help me?" "Yes, Dad!" Now, we're washing the car. Where's my sister, Amy? She is playing my flute. What a lucky girl!
小學英語閱讀短文 篇6
There are many apple trees in a garden. They're good friends. One day an old tree is ill. There are many pests in the tree. Leaves of the tree turn yellow. The old tree feels very sad and unwell. Another tree sends for a doctor for him. At first, they send for a pigeon, but she has no idea about it. Then they send for an oriole, and she can't treat the old tree well. Then they send for a woodpecker. She is a good doctor. She pecks a hole in the tree and eats lots of pests. At last the old tree becomes better and better. Leaves turn green and green.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇7
Air is all around us. It is around us as we walk and play. From the time we were born air is around us on every side. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we cannot live for more than a few minutes without air. We take in air. When we are working or running we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air. We live in air, but we cannot see it. We can only feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold an open book in front of your face,close it quickly. What can you feel? What you feel is air.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇8
When Adam and Eve wereexpelledfrom Eden, there was an incident when the flames of a blazing sword of an angel, who had sent them away, burned a birds' nest.
The birds were all burned to death, but a new bird was born from one of theruddilyheated eggs. This means that the unique 'Phoenix' was born.
The phoenix builds its nest in Arabia, and there is a myth that it set fire to its own nest once every 100 years. Among those ruddy eggs heated by the fire, a new Phoenix comes to be born again.
The phoenix flies as fast as a ray of light, its feathers are ofdazzlingbeauty, and the sound of its voice is very sweet.
When a mother sits next to her baby's cradle and dandles the baby, the Phoenix comes down to the baby's pillow, and the glaring feathers of Phoenix make a halo around the baby's head. The phoenix flies around rooms of poor people,sprinklessunshine, and carries the fragrance of violets into the rooms.
The phoenix stays not only in Arabia but it flies around the far North Pole, broad field, above the rivers where the sunshine falls in coal mines and in our front yards where beautiful flowers bloom.
On the carriage of the Greek tragic poet, Thespis, the Phoenix became atalkativecrow, for the troubadours of Island it played the harp disguised as a swan, and on the shoulder of Shakespeare the phoenix whispered "eternity" as it was the Odin's crow.
The phoenix sang beautiful songs, and people kissed its shining fallen feathers from its wings. Even though the Phoenix came from glorious Paradise, people may not see the Phoenix because they are busy with seeingsparrows.
The bird of the Paradise! Born once every 100 years, dies in flames! When it was born under the tree of wisdom in the garden of the Paradise, God kissed the Phoenix and gave him a name. That was "Poetry and Art".
小學英語閱讀短文 篇9
John is a Canadian. He lives in a tall building in the city of Toronto (多倫多).There are eighteen floors in the building, and he lives on the fifteenth floor. He uses a lift to go up and down.
John works very hard. He goes to work early. Every day he gets out of the lift. Then he walks to a bus stop. The bus stop is in front of a station. It is about two hundred meters from his home.
He usually catches the number 11 bus to work, but sometimes he goes by train. John works in a factory about ten kilometers from his home. He starts working at 8:30, and finishes at 4:45. He gets back home at a quarter past five. He gets into the lift, and he goes up to the twelfth floor. Then he gets out of the lift and climbs up to the fifteenth floor on foot.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇10
There are forty-two students in our class. There are also two American boys. They are Jack and Mike. They are our good friends. They like watching TV, but they don't like playing basket-ball .They often go to school by bike. And I often go to school on foot. There is one English girl in our class. Her name is Lucy. She likes playing basketball and she also likes swimming. She usually does her homework in the evening. She often watches TV on Saturday afternoons. She is my good friend. All of the Chinese students are Yong Pioneer.
小學英語閱讀短文 篇11
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience. At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."
⑶ 關於簡單易讀的英語短文閱讀
英語閱讀是學習語言知識、提高英語語言能力的有效途徑，也是人們獲取外部信息、了解世界的主要手段。我整理了關於簡單易讀的英語短文，歡迎閱讀!
關於簡單易讀的英語短文篇一
中國的驕傲The pride of China
We will never forget the day when China launched its first manned spacecraft into orbit on October 15, 2003 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China's Gansu Province.
Spraying a mass of orange flames, the large, white Long March II-F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-V spacecraft and China's first astronaut Yang Liwei soared spectacularly skyward, graally becoming a bright ball before vanishing into deep space.
Our dream becomes reality. Though the Shenzhou-V circled the Earth 14 times within 22 hours and 18 minutes, it has clearly displayed China's spirts of devotion, co-operation and pursuit of the unknown. Meantime, it will turn out to be an important driving force for the country's economic and social development. The successful launch of Shenzhou-V ushered in a new chapter in space history.
我們永遠也不會忘記2003年10月15日。中國在其西北部的甘肅省酒泉衛星發射中心首次發射了載人宇宙飛船，進入了軌道。
噴射出一團橘黃色的火焰後，白色的長征n-F火箭運載神州5號宇宙飛船和中國第一個宇宙飛行員楊利偉騰空而起，蔚為壯觀，慢慢地變成一個亮球消失在茫茫的太空中。
盡管神州5號在22小時18分鍾內僅僅繞地球轉14圈，但它清楚的體現了中國的奉獻、合作和探索未知的精神。同時這一事件將證明對中國的經濟和社會發展起到重要的推動作用。神州5號宇宙飛船的發射成功揭開了太空歷史的新篇章。
關於簡單易讀的英語短文篇二
我的秘密my secret
Oct. 10 Saturday Fine
This evening there was a broadcast of an exciting football match on TV. It was between Chinese team and the team of the United Arab Emirates. I am a loyal football fan and I had expected the match for a long time, so after class I hurried home. But on the way, I found a little boy crying. He lost his way. Considering his parents must be very worried, I immediately decided to send him home. Seeing their son back, the boy's parents showed their gratitude. They also invited me to stay for supper. But thinking of the football match, I refused them politely.
When I got home, it was very late. Therefore, I missed the match,However, I felt very happy because I helped other people.
Although my mother asked why ! came back so late, I said nothing.Perhaps this will become my own secret.
10月10日 星期六 晴
今天晚上電視播放了一場令人興奮的足球比賽。這場比賽是在中國隊和阿聯酋隊之間展開的。我是一個忠實的足球迷，而且我盼望這場比賽很長時間了，所以放學後我就匆忙往家趕。但是在路上我發現一個小男孩在哭。他迷路了。考慮到他的父母一定很擔心，我立刻決定送他回家。看到他們的兒子回來，小孩妁父母感激之情溢於言表。他們留我吃晚飯，但想著足球比賽我婉言拒絕了。
我到家時已經很晚了，因此我錯過了比賽。然而我很高興因為我幫助了他人。
盡管媽媽問我為什麼這么晚回來，我什麼也沒說。或許這將成為我自己的小秘密。
關於簡單易讀的英語短文篇三
我的生日禮物My Britihday Gifts
It was my birthday yesterday. I got a lot of gifts. All of them were covered with coloured paper. Among them there were two interesting ones.
My elder sister gave me a round paper bag and I thought it was a football. BUt when I opened it, it turned out to be a clock. My brother gave me a message, saying that "My present has been put in your bedroom. "As soon as I went into my bedroom, I found a box. I opened it and found a laptop. I was very happy.
These two presents aim to let me study hard and not to waste time.
昨天是我的生日，我收到了很多禮物。它們用彩紙包著，其中有兩件有趣的東西。
我姐姐送了我一個圓紙包，開始我認為是個足球，但打開後才發現是一個鬧鍾。我哥給我留了張條，告訴我：“我的禮物已經放在你的卧室里了。”我走進卧室，發現一個盒子。我打開了它，裡面是一台筆記本電腦。我非常高興。
這兩件禮物是為了讓我好好學習，抓緊時間。
⑷ 適合初學者的英語閱讀短文
適合初學者的英語閱讀短文
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適合初學者的英語閱讀短文1
Beautiful Smile and Love美麗的微笑與愛心
The poor are very wonderful people.One evening we went out and we picked up four people from the street. And one of them was in a most terrible condition-and I told the Sisters: You take care of the other three. I take care of this one who looked worse. So I did for her all that my love can do. I put her in bed, and there was such a beautiful smile on her face. She took hold of my hand as she said just the words "Thank you." and she died.
I could not help but examine my conscience before her and I asked what would I say if I was in her place. And my answer was very simple. I would have tried to draw a little attention to myself. I would have said I am hungry, that I am dying, I am cold, I am in pain, or something, but she gave me much more--she gave me her grateful love. And she died with a smile on her face. So did that man whom we picked up from the drain, half eaten with worms, and we brought him to the home. "I have lived like an animal in the street, but I am going to die like an angel, loved and cared for." And it was so wonderful to see the greatness of that man who could speak like that, who could die like that without blaming anybody, without cursing anybody, without comparing anything. Like an angel-this is the greatness of our people. And that is why we believe what Jesus had said: I was hungry-I was naked-I was homeless-I was unwanted, unloved, uncared for-and you did it to me.
I believe that we are not real social workers. We may be doing social work in the eyes of the people, but we are really contemplatives, in the heart of the world. For we are touching the body of Christ twenty-four hours.And I think that in our family we don't need bombs and guns. to destroy, to bring peace-just get together, love one another, bring that peace, that joy, that strength of presence of each other in the home. And we will be able to overcome all the evil that is in the world.
And with this prize that I received as a Prize of Peace, I am going to try to make the home for many people who have no home. Because I believe that love begins at home, and if we can create a home for the poor. 1 think that more and more love will spread. And we will be able through this understanding love to bring peace, be the good new to the poor.The poor in our own family first, in our country and in the world. To be able to do this,our Sisters, our lives have to be woven with prayer."They have to he woven with Christ to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because to be woven with Christ is to be able to understand, to be able to share. Because today there is so much suffering…When I pick up a person from the street, hungry, I give him a plate of rice, a piece of bread, I have satisfied. I have removed that hungry. But a person who is shut out, who feels unwanted,unloved, terrified, the person who has been thrown out from society-that poverty is so full of hurt and so unbearable...And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
窮人是非常了不起的人。一天晚上，我們外出，從街上帶回了四個人，其中一個生命岌岌可危。於是我告訴修女們說:「你們照料其他三個，這個瀕危的人就由我來照顧了。」就這樣，我為她做了我的愛心所能做的一切。我將她放在床上，看到她的臉上綻露出如此美麗的微笑。她握著我的手，只說了句「謝謝您」就死了。
我情不自禁地在她面前審視起自己的良知來。我問自己，如果我是她的話，會說些什麼呢?答案很簡單，我會盡量引起旁人對我的關注，我會說我飢餓難忍，冷得發抖，奄龜一息，痛苦不堪，諸如此類的話。但是她給我的卻更多更多—她給了我她的感激之情。她死時臉上卻帶著微笑。我們從排水道帶回的那個男子也是如此。當時，他幾乎全身都快被蟲子吃掉了，我們把他帶回了家。「在街上，我一直像個動物一樣地活著，但我將像個天使一樣地死去，有人愛，有人關心_」真是太好了，我看到了他的偉大之處，他竟能說出那樣的活。他那樣死去，不責怪任何
人，不詛咒任何人，無欲無求。像天使一樣—這便是我們的人民的偉大之所在。因此我們相信耶穌所說的——我飢腸轆轆—我衣不蔽體—我無家可歸—我不為人所要，不為人所愛，也不為人所關心—然而，你卻為我做了這一切。
我想，我們算一不上真正的社會工作者。在人們的限中，或許我們是在做社會工作，但實際上，我們真的只是世界中心的修行者。因為，一天24小時，我們都在觸摸基督的聖體。我想，在我們的大家庭里，我們不需要槍和炮彈來破壞和平，或帶來和平—我們只需要團結起來，彼此相愛，將和平、歡樂以及每一個家庭成員靈魂的活力都帶回世界。這樣，我們就能戰勝世界上現存的切邪惡。
我准備以我所獲得的諾貝爾和平獎獎金為那些無家可歸的人們建立自己的家園。因為我相信，愛源自家庭，如果我們能為窮人建立家園，我相信愛便會傳播得更廣。而且，我們將通過這種寬容博大的愛而帶來和平，成為窮人的福音。首先為我們自己家裡的窮人，其次為我們國家，為全世界的窮人。為了做到這一點，姐妹們，我們的生活就必須與禱告緊緊相連，必須同基督結為一體才能互相體諒，共同分享，因為同基督結為一體就意味著互相體諒，共同分享。因為，今天世界上仍有如此多的苦難存在……當我從街上帶回一個飢腸轆轆的人時 ,給他一盤飯，一片麵包，我就能使他心滿意足了，我就能驅除他的飢餓。但是，如果一個人露宿街頭，感到不為人所要，不為人所愛，惶恐不安，被社會拋棄—這樣的貧困讓人心痛，如此令人無法忍受。因此，讓我們總是微笑相見，因為微笑就是愛的開端，一旦我們開始彼此自然地相愛，我們就會想著為對方做點什麼了。
課堂筆記：
1.特蕾莎修女沒有引用演講的常規模式，如「Ladies and gentlemen"，而是平和地用「窮人是非常了不起的人」做開場白。一方面展示了她對這個獎項的淡定;另一方面是向在場的觀眾表明她及她的團體所施愛的對象群體，恰恰是常人所瞧不起甚至藐視的人群。
2.修女本有一固定單詞為「nun」，特蕾莎修女選擇了「sister」這個單詞，表明她們慈愛團體的親密關系如同姐妹，令現場的觀眾也有一種親近感。「Sister」首字母大寫，通常既可以指天主教修女，也可以指基督教會員。
3.英語中表示「禁不住做某事」的常用結構為「cannot help doing sth.; cannot help but do sth."。
4. "a Prize of Peace」指諾貝爾和平獎.諾貝爾獎是以瑞典著名化學家、峭化甘油炸葯發明人阿爾弗雷德·貝恩哈德·諾貝爾的部分遺產作為基金創立的。諾貝爾獎包括金質獎章、證書和獎金支票。在遺囑中他提出，將部分遺產(920萬美元)作為基金，以其利息分設物理、化學、生理或醫學、文學及和平(後添加了經濟獎)5個獎項，授予世界各國在這些領域對人類作出重大貢獻的學者。
5.此處的「understanding」不應簡單地理解為「有理解力的，有洞察力的」。而是「富有同情心的」。這是特蕾莎修女的演講，理解時要與她的身份吻。因此，原文中 understanding love可理解為「博愛」。
適合初學者的英語閱讀短文2
Companionship of Books以書為伴
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.
A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never chance. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.
Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.There is an old proverb, "Love me, love my dog." But there is more wisdom in this: "Love me, love my book." The book is a truer and higher bond of union. Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author. They live in him together, and he in them.
"Books," said Hazlitt, "wind into the heart; the poet's verse slides in the current of our blood. We read them when young, we remember them when old. We feel that it has happened to ourselves. They are to be very cheap and good. We breathe but the air of books."
A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best that life could think out; for the world of a man's life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters. "They are never alone," said Sir Philip Sidney, "that are accompanied by noble thoughts." The good and true thought may in times of temptation be as an angel of mercy purifying and guarding the soul. It also enshrines the germs of action, for good words almost always inspire to good works.
Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting procts of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author's minds, ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page. The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad procts; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.
Books introce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.
The great and good do not die, even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old. The imperial intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.
了解一個人，通常可以看他讀什麼書，結交什麼人.因為有人以人為伴，有人以書為伴。無論是書友還是朋友，生活中我們都應該和最佳最善者常相伴。
好書可以是你最好的朋友。它始終不渝，過去如此，現在如此，將來也永不改變。它是最有耐心、最令人愉悅的伴侶。在我們遭受不幸，憂傷悲痛的時候，它不會拋棄我們。它總是一如既往地親切相待。我們年少時，好書給我們帶來歡笑和知識;我們年老時，好書又給我們以親撫和慰藉。
喜歡同一本書的人，常常發現彼此間習性也相近，就像有一時兩個人因為敬慕同一個人而成為朋友一樣。古時有句諺語：「愛屋及鳥。」其實，「愛我及書」這句活蘊涵更多的哲理。書是更為真誠而高尚的情誼紐帶。人們可以通過共同喜愛的作家溝通思想，交流感情，產生共鳴。他們和作家情感相通，作家和他們思想相融。
哈茲利特曾經說過：「書潛移轉化人們的內心，詩歌熏陶人們的氣質品性。少小所習，老大不忘，恍如身歷其事。書籍價廉物美，不啻我們呼吸的空氣。」
好書常如最精美的寶器，珍藏著人生思想的精華，因為人生命的境界主要在於其思想的境界。因此，最好的書是金玉良言，是崇高思想的寶庫，這些良言和思想若銘記於心並多加珍視，就會成為我們忠實的伴侶和永恆的慰藉。菲利普·錫德尼爵士說得好:「有高尚思想做伴的人永不孤獨。」當我們面臨誘惑的時候，優美純真的思想會像仁慈的天使一樣，純潔並保衛我們的靈魂。優美純真的思想也孕育著行動的胚芽，因為金玉良言幾乎總會啟發善行。
書籍具有不朽的本質，是人類努力創造的最為持久的成果。寺廟會倒塌，神像會朽爛，而書卻經久長存。對於偉大思想來說，時間是無關緊要的。多年前初次閃現於作者腦海的偉大思想今天依然清新如故。他們昨日的言論和思想刊載於紙張之上，如今依然生動如初，向我們娓娓道來。時間唯一的作用是淘汰不好的作品，因為只有真正的佳作才能經世長存。
書籍介紹我們與最優秀的人為伍，使我們置身於歷代偉人巨匠之間，如聞其聲，如觀其行，如見其人，同他們情感交融，悲喜與共.感同身受。一定程度上，我們覺得自己彷彿在作者所描繪的舞台上和他們一起粉墨登場。
即使在人世間，偉大傑出的人物也永生不朽。他們的精神被載人書冊，傳於四海。書是有生命力的聲音，是人類至今仍在聆聽的智慧之聲。所以，我們永遠都受歷代偉人的影響。多少世紀以前的蓋世英才，如今仍同當年一樣，顯示著強大的生命力。
課堂筆記：
1.此處的「as well as」相當於連詞"and"、連接兩個介詞短語。
2.虛擬語氣在由「whether」引導的讓步狀語從句中，從句謂語用動詞原形，表示「不論是……還是……」同時，"whether"一詞可以省去，而將「be」動詞放在主語前.此從句可以變為「be it of books or of men」.
3."the same as"和"the same that"都指「和…相同」的含義，但前者強調的是類型的相同，而後者強調的是事物本身的相同。此處指的是好書本身，故而用的是"the same that".
4.句中的兩個介詞「by"均表示方式，表「通過」之意。省略"that」的定語從句從句"they have for a book」用於修飾「love"。連詞「as」表示「正如……一樣」，後接從句，用於比較。關系代詞「which」引導的定語從句「which both entertain for a third」用於修飾「admiration"。
5."Love me, love my dog.」常被譯為「愛屋及烏」英語中有關「dog」的諺語很多，比如:a lucky dog(幸運兒);Every dog has his day.(人人皆有得意日。);It rains cats and dogs.(下傾盆大雨。);a cat-and-dog life(爭爭吵吵的日子)等等。
6.威廉·哈茲利特(William Hazlitt,1778-1830)，英國散文家、評論家、畫家.
7.這是由關系代詞which引導的非限制性定語從句，修飾先行詞treasuries，從句中的過去分詞結構「remembered and cherished(銘記於心並多加珍視)」用作狀語，表示條件.
8.菲利普·錫德尼爵士(Sir Philip Sidney, 1554- 1586 )，英國文藝復興時期的'著名的散文家、政治家，有很高的藝術修養.科學知識豐富.
9.此處的but為介詞，表示「除……以外」的含義，what引導的從句作but的賓語。
適合初學者的英語閱讀短文3
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業。在早晨的這個時候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。他手下兩名店員從早上8點就開始忙碌，這時剛剛布置完畢。鑽石項鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鍾就回到了店裡。
寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。這開始發生時，泰勒先生正在樓上。他與店員動手向窗外投擲傢具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。一個竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由於他忙著搶鑽石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。這場搶劫只持續了3分鍾，因為竊賊爭先恐後地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。就在轎車離開的時候，泰勒先生從店裡沖了出來，跟在車後追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。他們已帶著價值數千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。
適合初學者的英語閱讀短文4
美麗人生 Beautiful Life
Marisa who is a beautiful girl from England, she works as a fitness instructor. She is also a fashionable icon. Having so many identities makes her life wonderful. But before Marisa was 20, who can imagine that she is a very fat girl. When Marisa was a small girl, she liked to eat all kinds of food, which made her a big fat girl. As she grew up, she noticed her difference and the boy she liked fell in love with her best friend. Marisa realized that she needed to lose weight, she refused to the junk food and ate the organic food. She kept practise every day. Finally, a year passed and she lose more than 80 pounds. She began her beautiful life.
瑪麗莎來自英格蘭，是一個美麗的女孩,她是一名健身教練。她也是一個時尚偶像。多重身份使得她的生活精彩。但在瑪麗莎20歲之前, 誰能想像到她是一個非常胖的女孩。當瑪麗莎還是一個小女孩的時候,她喜歡吃各種各樣的食物,這使她成為一個大胖女孩。當她長大了,她注意到自己與眾不同,她喜歡的男孩愛上了她最好的朋友。瑪麗莎意識到她需要減肥,她拒絕垃圾食品,吃有機食品。她每天都鍛煉。最後,一年過去了,她減掉了80多磅。她開始她的美麗生活。
學習漢語熱 The Heat of Learning Chinese
In China, English is the indispensable suject for students to learn. Some students complain that there is no need to learn English because we live in China, while when we look around the world, we can find that there are more and more foreigners learn Chinese. As the world gets globalized, the world is watching us and foreigners are very interested in our culture. some of them learn Chinese for they sense the great commercial potential and want to do business with us. There is even a competition for foreigners to show their level of Chinese. I am so surprised by their insistance. The foreigners can learn Chinese so well, so there no reason for us to give up English.
在中國,英語是學生來說是必不可少的學習科目。一些學生抱怨說,沒有必要學習英語,因為我們生活在中國,而當我們放眼世界,我們可以發現,越來越多的外國人在學習漢語。隨著世界變得越來越全球化,全世界都在關注著我們，外國人對我們的文化很感興趣。他們中的一些人學習中文因為他們感覺到巨大的商業潛力，想與我們做生意。甚至有節目來讓外國人展示他們的中文水平。他們的堅持讓我很吃驚。外國人學習中文學得那麼好,所以我們沒有理由放棄英語。
學校的體育館 The Gym In My School
Recently, it has been said that the new building in my school will be finished soon and all the students can use it. It is such exciting news, because we have been looking forward to taking exercise in the gym for such a long time. The new building is used as the gym and there are all kinds of equipments in it. There are badminton court, ping-pong court and basketball court. I love the gym so much. I have always dream to take exercise in such a good gym. Playing sports indoor makes me feel not bad hot and as a girl, I don』t have to turn black. From now on, I will keep taking exercise everyday.
最近,據說我們學校的新大樓將很快完成,所有的學生都可以使用。這是如此令人興奮的消息,因為我們一直期待能夠在健身房鍛煉。新建築用作健身房，裡面有各種各樣的設備。有羽毛球場,乒乓球場和籃球場。我喜歡健身房。我一直夢想在這么好的健身房裡面鍛煉。室內運動讓我感覺到不那麼熱,作為一個女孩,我也不會被曬黑。從現在起,我會每天做運動。
;⑸ 關於簡單好讀的英語短文
英語是一種語言工具，學習英語的最終目標就是能利用這種工具與別人自由流暢的交流。我整理了關於簡單好讀的英語短文，歡迎閱讀!
關於簡單好讀的英語短文：Relax Yourself
What does it mean to relax?Despite hearing this term thousands of times ring the course of our lives, very few people have deeply considered what it's really about.
When you ask people (which I have done many times) what it means to relax, most will answer in a way that suggests that relaxing is something you plan to do later you do it on vacation, in a hammock, when you retire, or when you get everything else done. This implies, of course, that most other times should be spent nervous, agitated, rushed, and frenzied. Very few actually come out and say so, but this is the obvious implication.Could this explain why so many of us operate as if life were one great big emergency?
It is useful to think of relaxation as a quality of heart that you can access on a regular basis rather than something reserved for some later time. You can relax now. It's helpful t remember that relaxed people can still be superachievers and, in fact, that relaxation and creativity go hand in hand.When I'm feeling uptight, for example, I don't even try to write. But when I feel relaxed, my writing flows quickly and easily.
關於簡單好讀的英語短文：On a Harmonious Dormitory Life
Dormitory life is an indispensable part of college life. But sometimes the harmony in the dormitory can be disturbed in one way or another.
As is known to all， a harmonious dormitory life is important to college students and benefits all the members. On one hand， we can have a good rest and put our heart into study. On the other hand， we will have a good mood and enjoy being together.
There are several ways to create and maintain a harmonious dormitory life. Firstly， you have to evaluate your life-style and try to get rid of your dirty habits， if there are any. Secondly， when an annoying situation arises， you’ll just have to learn to tolerate each other and co-exist. Thirdly， you’ll have to share with each other and make good friends.
In conclusion， we should try our best to build a harmonious dormitory life for the sake of good study and good life.
關於簡單好讀的英語短文：積極看待每一天
If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view. By training your thoughts to concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to have the incentive to follow through on your goals. You are less likely to be held back by negative ideas that might limit your performance.
Your life can be enhanced, and your happiness enriched, when you choose to change your perspective. Don't leave your future to chance, or wait for things to get better mysteriously on their own. You must go in the direction of your hopes and aspirations. Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them. Remember that power is not necessarily control over situations, but the ability to deal with whatever comes your way. Always believe that good things are possible, and remember that mistakes can be lessons that lead to discoveries. Take your fear and transform it into trust; learn to rise above anxiety and doubt. Turn your "worry hours" into "proctive hours". Take the energy that you have wasted and direct it toward every worthwhile effort that you can be involved in. You will see beautiful things happen when you allow yourself to experience the joys of life. You will find happiness when you adopt positive thinking into your daily routine and make it an important part of your world.
⑹ 簡單英語閱讀短文帶翻譯
英語短文閱讀簡單，適合英語初學者練習閱讀能力，下面我為大家帶來簡單 英語閱讀 短文翻譯，歡迎大家閱讀!
簡單英語閱讀短文篇一：
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
皮卡迪利大街附近的一條著名拱廊街道上，幾家高檔商店剛剛開始營業。在早晨的這個時候，拱廊街上幾乎空無一人。珠寶店主泰勒先生正在欣賞新布置的櫥窗。他手下兩名店員從早上8點就開始忙碌，這時剛剛布置完畢。鑽石項鏈、戒指漂亮地陳列在黑色絲絨上面。泰勒先生站在櫥窗外凝神欣賞了幾分鍾就回到了店裡。
寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著前燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街，在珠寶店門口停了下來。一人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗的玻璃砸碎。這開始發生時，泰勒先生正在樓上。他與店員動手向窗外投擲傢具，椅子，桌子飛落花流水在拱廊街上。一個竊賊被一尊很重的雕像擊中，但由於他忙著搶鑽石首飾，竟連疼痛都顧不上了。這場搶劫只持續了3分鍾，因為竊賊爭先恐後地爬上轎車，以驚人的速度開跑了。就在轎車離開的時候，泰勒先生從店裡沖了出來，跟在車後追趕，一邊還往車上扔煙灰缸、花瓶。但他已無法抓住那些竊賊了。他們已帶著價值數千鎊的首飾逃之夭夭了。
簡單英語閱讀短文篇二：
Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.' The editor at once
sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.
報刊雜志的編輯常常為了向讀者提供成立一些關緊要的事實和統計數字而走向極端。去年，一位記者受一家有名的雜志的委託寫一篇關於非洲某個新成立共和國總統府的 文章 。稿子寄來後，編輯看第一句話就拒絕予以發表。文章的開頭是這樣的："幾百級台階通向環繞總統的高牆。"編輯立即給那位記者發去傳真，要求他核實一下台階的確切數字和圍牆的高度。
記者立即出發去核實這些重要的事實，但過了好長時間不見他把數字寄來，在此期間，編輯等得不耐煩了，因為雜志馬上要付印。他給記者先後發去兩份傳真，但對方毫無反應。於是他又發了一份傳真，通知那位記者說，若再不迅速答復，將被解僱。但記者還是沒有回復。編輯無奈，勉強按原樣發稿了。一周之後，編輯終於接到記者的傳真。那個可憐的記者不僅被捕了，而且還被送進了監獄。不過，他終於獲准發回了一份傳真。在傳真中他告訴編輯，就在他數通向15英尺高的總統府圍牆的1，084級台階時，被抓了起來。
簡單英語閱讀短文篇三：
These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a stman for the Ellesmere Corporation.
When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a stman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow stmen kept his secret. Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a stman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.
如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作"白領工人"，就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領白襯衫，系著領帶去上班。許多人常常情願放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯就是一個例子。
⑺ 簡單英語小短文閱讀十篇
【 #能力訓練# 導語】閱讀是人們獲取信息的重要手段,更是學習英語的主要途徑之一。下面是 分享的簡單英語小短文閱讀十篇。歡迎閱讀參考！
1.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇一
Sports help everyone to keep healthy, happy, and efficient. So I pay special attention to games, especially table-tennis. Table tennis is my favorite game. I play it almost every day.
Table-tennis is an ideal game for us because it brings the whole body into action. It strengthens our muscles, expands our lungs, promotes the circulation of the blood, and causes a healthy action of the skin. Besides, it is very amusing and does not cost us much money. Table-tennis is very moderate; it is not so rough as football. It is an indoor game and can be played even on rainy days. Thus, it is my favorite kind of exercise.
運動能幫助每一個人保持健康、快樂和有效率。所以我特別重視運動，特別是撞球，撞球是我最喜歡的運動。我幾乎每天玩槐談。
撞球對我們而言，是一項理想的運動，因為它可以使我們全身運動，它可以增強我們的肌肉，擴張我們的肺部，促進血液循環，並且使肌膚產生健康作用，此外，它很有趣而且所費不多。撞球是相當溫和適中的，它不像足球那麼粗野。它是一種室內運動，甚至在下雨天也能玩。因型明伏此，撞球是我最喜愛的一種運動。
2.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇二
One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,"This is my breakfast.
He comes up to the cock and says,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and catches him in his mouth and carries him away.
The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.
The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.
The fox opens his mouth and says,"The cock is mine,not yours.Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
一天早上，一隻狐狸看到了一隻公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。
他朝公雞走來，對他說："我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？"公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐狸看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴裡走了。
在田地里的人們看到了狐狸。大喊大叫："看，看！狐狸抓住公雞逃走了。"公雞對狐狸說："狐狸先生，卜攜你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。"
狐狸張開她的嘴說："公雞是我的，不是你們的。"就在那時，公雞逃離了狐狸的嘴巴，跑到了樹底下。
3.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇三
In a calm sea every man is a pilot.
在風平浪靜的大海上,每個人都是領航員。
But all sunshine without shade, all pleasure without pain, is not life at all.Take the lot of the happiest - it is a tangled yarn.Bereavements and blessings,one following another, make us sad and blessed by turns. Even death itself makes life more loving. Men come closest to their true selves in the sober moments of life, under the shadows of sorrow and loss.
但只有陽光沒有陰影,只有快樂沒有痛苦,根本不是真正的生活.就拿最幸福的人來說,他的生活也是一團纏結在一起的亂麻。痛苦與幸福交替出現,使得我們一會悲傷一會高興。甚至死亡本身都使得生命更加可愛。在人生清醒的時刻,在悲傷與失落的陰影之下,人們與真實的自我最為接近。
In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment.
在生活與事業的種種事務之中，性格比才智更能指導我們，心靈比頭腦更能指引我們，而由判斷獲得的剋制、耐心與教養比天分更能讓我們受益。
I have always believed that the man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without. In an age of extravagance and waste, I wish I could show to the world how few the real wants of humanity are.
我一向認為，內心生活開始更為嚴謹的人，他的外在生活也會變得更為簡朴。在物慾橫流的年代，但願我能向世人表明：人類的真正需求少得多麼可憐。
To regret one's errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance.There is nothing noble in being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.
反思自己的過錯不至於重蹈覆轍才是真正的悔悟。高人一等並沒有什麼值得誇耀的。真正的高貴是優於過去的自已。
4.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇四
There are many students in middle school wear the glasses, and many of them were wearing the glasses since little. We have to protect our eyes, prevent them from the short-sightedness. We should keep a good sitting posture, never read the books too closely. We』d better have a short break every hour of reading, close eyes or look at the distance. We should do the eye exercises every day. In the evening, we also shouldn』t read while we are lying. And more important, we shouldn』t spend hour and hour starring at our cellphone. We all should protect our eyes.
有很多中學生都帶著眼鏡，其中很多人從很小就開始戴了。我們必須要保護我們的眼睛，預防眼睛近視。我們應該保持良好的坐姿，看書的時候不要離太近。我們每看一個小時的書能短暫休息一下，閉上眼睛或者看向遠方。我們應該每天都做眼保健操。晚上的時候，我們也不要邊躺著邊看書。更重要的是，我們不要連續花幾個小時盯著手機看。我們都應該保護我們的眼睛。
5.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇五
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.
傑克是一隻小鵝。它有一頂可愛的帽子，他非常喜歡戴它。當它坐著時，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.
它脫下它的帽子並開始用帽子玩游戲。當它玩累時，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.
它沒有找到他的帽子。它在哪裡?傑克仔細想。它上下看了看，到處找了找，還是沒有找到它的帽子。
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，它的母親走進來，當她看到傑克就喊道：「啊!親愛的，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.
傑克感到自己很愚蠢。它不想戴那頂帽子了。
6.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇六
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."
熱帶叢林里的一個妄自菲薄的獅子試圖使所有的動物都明白它的統治地位。
它非常自信，對較小的動物不屑一顧，而是直接去問一隻黑熊：「誰是叢林里的大王呀?」 黑熊回答說：「當然是你呀。」
於是它又去問一個老虎同樣的問題。老虎有點勉強地回答說：「當然是你呀!」然後他又去問一頭大象。可是大象不買它的賬，突然用它的長鼻子把獅子抓起來向一棵樹扔過去，讓它鮮血淋漓和渾身發抖。
獅子終於爬起來時，它責怪大象說：「即使你回答不了我的問題，也用不著這么粗魯嘛。」
7.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇七
It』s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair.
A fly comes and sits on the end of the man』s nose.
The old man has a naughty monkey.
He chases the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man』s nose again.
The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry.
He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.
When the fly sits on the old man』s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man』s nose.
天氣很熱。一位老人在椅子上睡著了。
一隻蒼蠅飛來落在老人的鼻子上。
老人有一隻頑皮的猴子。
猴子在追打蒼蠅。 蒼蠅再次飛落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打蒼蠅。 這樣往返了五六次，猴子很生氣。
他跳著跑到花園，撿起一塊大石頭。
當蒼蠅再次落在老人的鼻子上時，猴子用石頭擊中老人的鼻子上的蒼蠅。 他砸死了蒼蠅也打破了老人的鼻子。
8.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇八
instry (diligence)
it is a matter of course that instry will bring us success, wealth and good luck. i am sure that a hard-working person can always succeed in the work which he wants to do. this is unchangeable truth. idleness is the opposite of instry. it is the source of all evil. an idle man only enjoys playing and making pleasures. that he is doomed to failure is of no doubt. we should not follow his example.
勤勉會帶給我們成功，財富和好運乃是當然之事。我確信一個苦乾的人終是能夠做成功他所要做的工作。這是不易之定理。 懶惰是勤勉的反面。它是萬惡之源泉。一個懶惰的人只享受玩耍和尋樂。他命運註定失敗是毫無疑問的。我們不應學他的榜樣。
9.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇九
A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Graally the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains. "Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don』t listen to the prairie chickens!
一位小男孩發現了一隻老鷹下的蛋，把它放進了一隻山雞的窩里。鷹被孵出來了，但他以為自己是一隻山雞。漸漸的他長大了，卻做著山雞所做的事---從泥土裡尋找食物，做短距離的飛翔，翅膀還啪啪作響。生活非常沉悶，漸漸地鷹長大了，也越來越苦惱。有一天，他和他的山雞朋友看見一隻美麗的鳥在天空翱翔，飛的比山還高。 「哦，我要能飛的那麼高該多好啊！」鷹說。山雞回答說，「不要想了，那是兇猛無比的鷹，鳥中---你不可能像他一樣！」於是鷹放棄了那個念頭。他繼續咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最後他死了，依然認為自己是一隻山雞。朋友們，你們天生就是雄鷹。造物主有意把你造就成一隻雄鷹，所以不要聽信山雞的話！
10.簡單英語小短文閱讀 篇十
A Woodman came into a forest to ask the Trees to give him a handle for Ax. It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it, and it was settled among them that the plain, homely Ash should furnish what was wanted.
No sooner had the Woodman fitted the staff to his purpose ,then he began laying about him on all side.Felling the whole matter too late, whispered to the Cedar: "the first concession has lost all ;if we has not a sacrificed our humble neighbor, we might have yet stood for ages ourselves."
有一個樵夫來到森林裡，要求樹給他一根斧柄，看來他的請求非常謙虛，立刻得到了樹的首領的同意。他們決定由平凡而樸素的白楊樹來提供所需要的東西。
樵夫剛按好斧柄，就開始到處亂砍，森林裡的樹都砍倒了，樹林現在察覺大勢已去，就小聲對衫樹說："第一次的讓步已失去了一切，如果我們不犧牲我們的小小的鄰居，我們自己還可以活無數年呢。"
⑻ 關於簡單易讀的英文短文
英語寫作不僅涉及詞彙、語法等基礎知識的綜合應用，而且還包括思維、想像、謀篇、行文等語言能力的訓練和發揮。英語寫作，即語言運用和語言輸出，反過來又能促進英語習得。我整理了關於簡單易讀的英文短文，歡迎閱讀!
關於簡單易讀的英文短文：My School Day
I get up at six in the morning. Then I wash my face and brush my teeth. After a quick breakfast, I go to school in my mother's car. It takes us more than half an hour to get there.
We have four hour classes in the morning. I have luch at my grandparents', because their home is nearer to my school.
After two classes in the afternoon, school is over. Then we clean our classroom.
I get home at about half past five. We have dinner at seven. After dinner I do my homework. If I finish my homework early, I can watch TV for half an hour. I go to bed at half past nine or ten.
我在早上六點鍾起床。然後我洗臉,刷牙。一個快速的早餐後,我在我媽媽的車去上學。我們花了半個多小時。
在早上我們有四個小時的課程。我在我的祖父母有限度的,因為他們家是靠近我的學校。
下午兩個類後,學校已經結束。然後我們打掃我們的教室。
我大約在5點半回家。我們七點吃晚飯。晚飯後我做我的家庭作業。如果我完成作業早,我可以看半個小時電視。我9或10點半上床睡覺。
關於簡單易讀的英文短文：我的同學My Classmate
Grace is one of my classmates. She is not good at study, though she usually works very hard. Maybe she just doesn’t find the learning method suitable for her. In my mind, she is clever. Thongh she is not good at study, she is popular in our class. In all people’s mind, she is kind and optimistic. Treating everyone as friend, she has no enemy. As she doesn’t study well, it is hard to avoid feeling sad. However, everytime she just feels sad for a while and then recovers for the first one. Sometimes it is her who comforts us for not for not doing well in the exam. Look, she is so cute!
格瑞斯是我的一個同學。她學習不好，雖然她平時非常努力學習。也許她只是沒有找到適合自己的學習方法而已。在我眼裡，她是很聰明的。雖然她學習不好，但她在班裡人緣很好。在所有人的眼裡，她是友好，樂觀的。她對待每個人都像朋友一樣，所以她沒有敵人。因為學習不好，難免會感到悲傷。但是，每次她都只是難過一會，就第一個恢復了。有時候還是她安慰我們這些因為考試不好而難過的人。看，她是如此的可愛!
關於簡單易讀的英文短文：空氣污染的英語
Air pollution is one of the major problems of the modern world. A great deal of energy is needed to run the factories of modern instrial nations. Automobile, trains, planes and busses need energy, too. Nearly all of this energy is proced by burning fuels. The burning proces wastes, some of which remain in the air, causing air pollution. Scientists are finding ways to stop air pollution especially in big instrial areas and densely-populated cities. They are studying new ways of generating electricity that may be less damaging to the environment.
In the meantime, many power plants are being modernized to give off less polluted material. Also, engineers try to design and locate new power plants to do minimum damage to the environment. However, it may be that we still have a long way to go before we have a "clean" world. Nearly all of the countries are trying hard to prevent and control air pollution. There indeed seems to be no end to tasks that environmentalists will be required to do. People will continually find new ways to control pollution.
關於簡單易讀的英文短文：Something about Me
Hello, everyone. My English name is Sisi .I am a middle school student.
大家好。我的英文名字叫茜茜。我是一個中學生。
My favorite animals are dolphins and rabbits. I think dolphins are smart and friendly, and rabbits are cute and a little bit quiet. Do you like koalas? They are one of Australian’s native animals. Well, to tell you the truth, I don't like them very well, because I think they are ugly.
我最喜歡的動物是海豚和兔子。我覺得海豚聰明，友好，而兔子則是可愛又有點點安靜。你喜歡考拉嗎?他們是一個澳大利亞的本土動物。嗯，說實話，我不是很喜歡他們，因為我覺得他們長得好醜。
I like reading books! What an interesting thing it is! From books, I can read so many good stories, For example, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, this story is imaginary and powerful.
我喜歡閱讀書籍!閱讀是多麼有趣的一件事啊! 從書中，我可以讀到很多好的故事，例如，《獅子、女巫和魔衣櫥》這個故事是虛構的，而且也是很強大的。
I like spring, and I think spring is the most beautiful season in the year. It’s a warm time. The winter is good, too. We can play snow and make snowman.
我喜歡春天，我覺得春天是一年中最美麗的季節。那是一個溫暖的時候。冬天也很好。我們可以玩雪，堆雪人。