初中英语小短文30篇.docx

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初中英语小短文30篇

1Dogs

Peopleoftensaythatadogisman'sbestfriend.Overthousandsofyears,manhastaughthisdogstodomanykindsofworkbesidesguardingthehome.Forexample,sheepdogsarefamousfortheirabilitytocontrolaflockofhundredsofsheep.

Dogshavebeenusedtoaiddisabledpeopleforcenturies.Aguidedogcanleaditsblindowner.Nowadays,dogscanbetaughttoturnonlightswitches,openrefrigeratordoorsanddialthetelephonefortheirdisabledowners.Forthemajorityofpeople,however,dogsaresimplypetsandfriendsforbothyoungandoldmembersofthefamily.

guard看守,看护sheepdog牧羊犬flock群aid帮助

disabled残疾人century世纪guidedog导盲犬dial拨majority大多数

狗

人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友.几千年来,除了看家外,人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事,例如,牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而出名.

狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了.导盲犬可以为盲主人引路.现在,人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨.然而,对于大多数人来说,狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友.

2DetectiveWork

Abankrobberstolealotofmoney.Hewascaughtandsenttoprison,butthemoneywasneverfound.Whenhecameoutofprison,theywatchedhimtoseewhathewoulddo.Hereisthedetective,reportingtotheinspector."Yes,sir,IfoundJohnny.Ifollowedhimallaroundthetown,butfrankly,Icouldn'tmakeanythingoutofwhathebought.Here'sthelist."

shirt,heavycrowbar,boxofchocolates,shovel,heavyhammer,bunchofflowers.Theinspectorsaid,"Good.Thathelpsmealot.Doyourememberhowwewatchedhimhelpinghisneighbour,oldMrs.Judsontocoverherbackyardwithcement?

detective侦探的侦探robber强盗,盗贼prison监狱

inspector检察官frankly坦白地,真诚地crowbar铁撬,撬棒

shovel铲,铁铲hammer铁锤,锤子backyard后院cement水泥

侦探工作

一个盗贼从银行偷了很多钱.他被抓住送到监狱,但是钱没找到.

当他从监狱出来时,他被监视,看他会做什么.这不,侦探正向检察官报告：

"是的,先生,我发现了强尼•阿米塔基,我跟着他转遍了全镇,但坦白说,我不能从他买的东西中推断出什么.这里是清单."衬衫、大铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、大铁锤、一束花.

检察官说：

"好,这对我很有帮助.你还记得我们看到他是怎么帮他的邻居,贾德森老太太用水泥铺院子的吗？

"

3WhatisTime?

〔NurseryRhyme〕

Timeisgrainforpeasants.

Timeiswealthforworkers.

Timeislifefordoctors.

Timeisvictoryforsoldiers.

Timeisknowledgeforstudents.

Timeisspeedforscientists.

Timeismoneyforbusinessmen.

Timeiseverythingforallofus.

Therefore,seizethetimeoftoday!

grain粮食wealth财富victory胜利seize抓住,把握

时间是什么〔童谣一首〕

对农民来说,时间就是粮食.对工人来说,时间就是财富.对医生来说,时间就是生命.

对士兵来说,时间就是胜利.对学生来说,时间就是知识.对科学家来说,时间就是速度.

对企业家来说,时间就是金钱.对我们大家来说,时间就是一切.因此,把握今天!

4PerfectMatch

Arichwomanissoproudofavaluableantiquevasethatshedecidestohaveherbedroompaintedthesamecolourasthevase.Severalpainterstrytomixthecolourright,butnoneescloseenoughtosatisfythewoman.

Eventually,apainteres.Heisconfidentthathecanmixthepropercolour.Thewomanispleasedwiththeresult,andthepainterbeesfamous.Yearslater,heretiresandturnsthebusinessovertohisson."Dad,"askstheson,"there'ssomethingI'vegottoknow.Howdidyougetthosewallstomatchthevasesoperfectly?

"

"Son,"thefatherreplies,"Ipaintedthevase."

proudof自豪valuable值钱的antiquevase古董花瓶paint用油漆漆

satisfy满意eventually最终confident有信心的retire退休

match和……相配

绝配

一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲,因为她有一只值钱的古董花瓶,她决定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色.好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色,但是没有一个人调出的颜色能让妇人满意.

最后,来了一个油漆匠.他很有信心可以调出合适的颜色.果然妇人对最终的效果感到满意,漆匠也因此成名.

几年后,漆匠退休了,他把生意交给了儿子."爸爸,"儿子问,"有件事我想知道.你是如何调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的？

""儿子,"父亲回答,"我把花瓶也一起漆了."

5ABarbecue

WhenIwasachild,Ioncewentcampingwithmyfamilyinthesummer.Wedecidedtomakeabarbecueinthevalley.Sowecollectedsometreestickstomakeafire.MyfatheraskedmeifIcouldtrytomakeafire.Iwasgladtotakethejob.ThenItriedtosetfiretothewoodwithamatch,butproducedonlysmoke.Thenmyfathersaid,"That'snottherightway.I'llshowyouhowtodoit.Firstusethesmallpiecesofwoodbecausetheycatchfireeasily.Thenputthelargeronesontopofthem."Myfatherhelpedmemakeabigfire.

barbecue烧烤valley山谷stick枝条makeafire生火

烧烤

当我还是小孩子的时候,一年夏天我们全家去野营.我们决定在山谷中烧烤,所以我们

捡来了一些树枝生火.父亲问我愿不愿意尝试着生火,我很高兴地承担了这项任务.我试

着用火柴把木头点燃,但结果都是烟.父亲说：

"这样做不对.我来教你如何生火.先用

小片的木头,因为它们容易点燃,然后把大些的放在它们上面."父亲帮我点起了旺旺的

火.

6AJoke—"Istandcorrected"

Ihavethisfriendwhoalwaysseemedtoleanslightlytotheleftallthetime.Itusedtobotherme,soIsuggestedheseeadoctor,andhavehislegscheckedout.Foryears,herefusedandtoldmeIwascrazy,butlastweek,hefinallywent.Sureenough,thedoctordiscoveredhisleftlegwasaquarterinchshorterthanhisright.Aquickbitofsurgerylater,hewascured,andbothlegsareexactlythesamelengthnow,andhenolongerleans."So,"Isaid,"Youdidn'tbelievemewhenItoldyouadoctorcouldfixyourleg.Hejustlookedatmeandsaid,"Istandcorrected.

lean倾斜slightly轻微地checkout检查refuse拒绝quarter四分之一

surgery手术cure治愈fix治愈standcorrected认错

笑话——"我诚恳认错"

我有一个朋友,他似乎总是微微向左倾斜.这个问题曾经非常困扰我,所以我建议他去看医生,检查一下他的腿.几年来,他总是不听我的建议,还说我不正常,但是上星期,他终于去看了医生.果真,医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸.一个很快的小手术后,他康复了,现在他的两条腿完全一样长了,他也不再倾斜了."你看,"我说,"那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢."他看着我说：

"我认错了."

7MakingaKite

Oneday,PaulaandRicharddecidedtomakeakite.Firsttheywentoutandfoundtwostraightsticksofthesamelength.Theybroughtthembackhomeandtiedthemwithapieceofstringintotheshapeofacross.Thentheytooksomestringandusedittotiethefourendsofthestickstogether.Then,theyspreadsomebrightlycolouredpaperovertheframeandglueditaroundthestring.Theystuckatailmadeofpapertooneofthecorners,andtiedalongstringtothecentreofthekite.Onthenextwindyday,theytookthekitetoahillneartheirhouseandflewit.

straightstick直木棍tie系string绳子shape形状cross十字

spread传开frame框架stick粘tail尾巴windy有风的

做一个风筝

一天,保罗和理查德决定做一个风筝.首先,他们出门找了两根一样长的直木棍.他们把木棍带回家,用一根绳子把它们绑成十字形.然后他们又拿了些绳子,把木棍的四个顶端连在一起.然后,他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水,粘在风筝的框架上.他们将纸做的尾巴粘在一角,在风筝中间系上一根长绳.在接下来的一个有风的日子里,他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了.

8AnimalsinDanger

Someoftheanimalsandbirdsintherainforest,suchasmonkeysand

woodpeckers,liveinthetreetops.Theyarealwaysswingingandflyingfromone

treetoanotherlookingforfoodamongtheleavesandbranches.Theyevensleep

inthetreetopssotheydonothavetoedowntotheground.

Haveyouheardthatsuchanimalsandbirdsintherainforestsareindanger?

Becausepeoplearecuttingdownsomanytreesintheforests,theanimalsare

losingtheirhomes.Doyouknowthereasonsforit?

Yes,peoplewantwood,paper

andland.Asaresultmanyanimalsandplantsaredying.Someforestsareso

badlydamagedthattheybeedeserts.

rainforest雨林woodpecker啄木鸟treetop树顶swing摇荡

leaves树叶〔leaf的复数形式〕branch树枝desert沙漠

濒危动物

一些雨林中的动物和鸟类生活在树顶上,例如猴子和啄木鸟.它们总是从一棵树荡到或飞到另一棵树上,在树叶和树枝间寻找食物.它们甚至在树顶睡觉,所以它们不用到地面上来.

你知道吗？

雨林中的这些动物正处于危险中.因为人们砍伐了森林中的许多树,动物们失去了家园.你知道人们砍树的原因吗？

是的,人们需要木材、纸和土地.所以,许多动物和植物正在消亡.一些森林遭到了严重的破坏,变成了沙漠.

9EnglishintheWorld

SomepeoplesaythattheEnglishlanguagenolongerbelongstotheEnglish,

anditbelongstotheworld.Itisestimatedthatthenumberofpeoplewhouse

Englishexceeds750million.Amongthese,about350millionarenative

speakers,whiletherestuseitasanofficiallanguage.Ifweaddtothis

numberthepeoplewhohaveacquiredthelanguagetosomeextent,thetotalis

closetoonebillion.

Englishplaysanincreasinglyimportantroleintheworldasamediumfor

conductinginternationalbusinessanddiplomacy,aswellasinscienceand

medicine,theInternet,airandseamunications,internationalsports

events,radioandTVprograms,popsongsandmovies.

estimate估计exceed超过native本族的,本国的official官方的

acquire掌握tosomeextent达到某种程度billion千万

increasingly越来越多地medium工具,手段conduct实行,执行

international国际的diplomacy外交medicine医药

munication通信event事件

世界上的英语

有人说英语已不再属于英国人了,它属于全世界.据估计,使用英语的人超过七亿五千万,其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人,而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用.如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人,这个总数将接近十亿.

英语,作为进行国际业务和外交的工具,在世界上起着越来越重要的作用.它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中与海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲与电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用.

10AFriend

WhenyoureadanEnglishbook,youofteneacrossnewwords.Youmighttry

toguesswhatthewordsmeanfromthewordsyouknow,butwhenyoucannot

guessthemeaningsofnewwordsatall,whatshouldyoudo?

Youhaveagoodfriendthen.Fromhimyoucanlearnwhatawordmeans,howto

pronounceaword,howtouseaword,andsoon.Thisfriendcanalwaysbewith

you,andyoucanalwaysaskhimtohelpyou.Doyouknowwhothisfriendis?

Itisadictionary.Youcanlearnsomeimportantthingsaboutwordsfromit,

soyoumustknowhowtouseit.

eacross碰到guess猜测

朋友

当你读英语书时,你经常会碰到新单词.你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思,但是当你无法猜出这些词的意思时,你该怎么办呢？

这时你有一个好朋友.从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音与用法等.这个朋友可以经常伴你左右,你可以经常请他帮忙.你知道这个朋友是谁吗？

他就是字典.你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识,所以你必须学会如何使用字典.

11"IHaveNeverHeardYouinCarmen"

MarkTwainwasonceinvitedbyafriendtogototheopera.Thefriendwas

veryrich.Heandhiswifehadtheirownboxatthetheatre.Duringtheopera

thefriend'swifetalkedallthetime.Shealsotalkedratherloudly.She

talkedsomuchthatitwasoftendifficultforMarkTwaintolistentothe

opera.TowardtheendoftheoperasheturnedtoMarkTwainandsaid,"Oh,my

dearMarkTwain,IdowantyoutobewithusagainnextFridaynight.I'msure

youwilllikeit—theoperawillbeCarmen."

"Thankyouverymuch,"saidMarkTwain."Thatwillbefine.Ihaveneverheard

youinCarmen."

Carmen《卡门》〔歌剧名〕invite邀请opera歌剧

box包厢theatre剧场,戏院

"我还从未听过你唱卡门"

有一次,一个朋友邀请马克?

吐温去看歌剧.这个朋友很有钱.他和他的妻子在剧院有自己的包厢.看歌剧时,朋友的妻子一直在说话.她说话的声音还挺大.她的话那么多,马克?

吐温根本听不清歌剧.

歌剧临近结束时,她转而对马克?

吐温说：

"噢,我亲爱的马克?

吐温,我真的想让你再和我们一起度过下周五.我保证你会喜欢的——下周的歌剧是《卡门》."

"非常感谢,"马克?

吐温说."想来会很好.我还从未听过你唱《卡门》."

12LearningEnglishinEngland

IcametoEnglandlastsummer.IhavebeeninEnglandforelevenmonths.Iam

goingtofinishmystudiesinEnglandsoon,andwillleaveforChinanext

month.

Atfirstitwasverydifficultformetomunicatewithotherpeoplein

English.NowIcansp