English for ESL EFL Intermediate Learners 2.docx

1、English for ESL EFL Intermediate Learners 2English for ESL/EFL Intermediate Learners (2) 100 free short English stories for ESL learners1. Sara Went Shopping2. Man Injured at Fast Food Place3. A Life-Saving Cow4. Driver Loses Mabel, Finds Jail 5. Jerry Decided To Buy a Gun6. Freeway Chase Ends at Ne

2、wsstand7. Better To Be Unlucky8. Food Fight Erupted in Prison9. Wanted To Know How His Pigs Doing10. Goats Being Hired11. A Missing Cat12. Book Him13. Water Under the Sink (Part One)14. Water Under the Sink (Part Two)15. Theft Occurs Everywhere16. Eggs and a Bunny17. Hotel Says Goodbye to Clean Coup

3、le18. $100 Deposit19. Books Dont Grow on Trees20. A Murder-Suicide21. New Store and Its Owners22. Mayor Denies Hit-and-Run Charge23. Gasoline Prices Hit Record High24. A Festival of Books25. Crazy Housing Prices26. Happy and Unhappy Renters27. Pulling Out Nine Tons of Trash28. Cloning Pets29. Rental

4、s at the Oceanside Community30. Trees Are a Threat31. Gets Booked, Writes a Book32. Popular Park Reopens33. Swim Classes Begin Soon34. Getting Older But Not Sitting Around35. Agencies Get Millions for Homeless36. Tenants Watch Building Burn37. Bathtub Blues38. Blood Drive at Civic Center39. City Hos

5、ts 42nd Art Fair40. City and Crime41. Bank Robbery42. Immigration Goes Online43. Jimmy Fixes His Door44. Larry Needs a New Air-Conditioner45. Man Gets 12 Years for Fraud46. Man Shoots Up Post Office47. Murals Are Over 200 Years Old48. Pier Collapses49. Cameras in Police Cars50. A School Girl Sues He

6、r School51. SUV Driver Sends Officer Flying52. Boy Drowns in Neighbors Pool53. Woman Dies in House Fire54. Pilot Killed as Plane Crashes into House55. Fishing for Girls56. Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree57. Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Nightclub58. Fishing Boat Sinks, Everyone Saved59. The Myst

7、erious Carport Stain60. Woman Lies About Winning Lottery61. Victory Dance Leads to Death62. Eat Your Vegetables63. Honk if Youre in a Hurry64. The Man Who Loved Women65. How to Get out of Jury Duty66. The Way to a Mans Heart67. Female Seeks Mature Male68. Lets Go Fishing69. Train Wreck Frees Cows70.

8、 Valuable Guitar Found71. Stepmother Kills Herself72. Beautiful Teacher Smiles, then Walks Away73. Are Criminals Taking Over LA?74. Police Arrest Happy Van Driver75. Open Wide and Say Your Prayers76. The Final Phone Call77. The Doctors Almost Perfect Children78. There Goes the Neighborhood!79. Lets

9、Go to Vegas!80. Squirrel Attacks Woman in Golf Cart81. He Goes to War to Save His Baby82. English Is Confusing83. Pump Up the Tires and Ride the Bike84. Dont Go Swimming on an Empty Stomach85. The Park That Went to the Dogs86. Brother, Can You Spare a Carburetor?87. Golf Like a Girl, Manage Like a M

10、an88. Take Me Out to the Ball Game89. Take This Job and Shove It90. Where Did That Book Go?91. When Youve Got Your Health, Youve Got Everything92. It Doesnt Have That New Car Smell93. Rich Man Invites Poor Student to Dinner94. It Only Rings When Im in the Bathroom95. It Was an Old, Worthless Clock96

11、. Schoolboys Get Five-Finger Discount on Candy97. Collecting Seashells at the Seashore98. Check Your Bags at the Store Entrance99. When I Retire, We Will See the World100. Get Me a Caffe Latte or Go to JailExtra Stories1. Parades and Horses2. The Big Wedding3. Dont Be in a Hurry4. A Signer Helps Stu

12、dents5. Looking for Mr. Right6. Enjoy the Movie7. Bad News, Good News8. Rest in Peace9. Topless on TV10. The Big One11. Register to Vote12. Unhappy Birthday13. Coming to the Rescue14. Because God Says So15. Learning English16. Drinking Is Fun17. A Mad Adder18. Put up with It19. Whats in the Box?20.

13、Independence Day Parade21. Millions of Dollars22. A Good Buy23. Blind and Kind24. Love Hurts25. A Visit to Southern California26. Stuck in the Desert27. Learning to Share28. Sign Right Here29. The Street is Burning30. A Thoughtful Gift31. Little Hope for Hemp32. The Ant and the Elephant33. Heal Your

14、self34. Take a Bite35. Feeling Blue36. Vacation at Home37. His Stomach Is Growling38. Moving Back Home39. Giving Blood40. Perfect Weather41. English Only42. Here It Comes43. A Healthy Heart44. Are You Busy Friday Night?45. Your Eyes46. Nutrition Facts47. Two Babies48. Problems at Home49. A Bad Smell

15、50. Time to Shop51. Fix the Car52. Take a Drive53. A Thief on the Sidewalk54. Maybe the Driver Yelled Fore!55. I Smell a RatCopyright 2006 - 2014. All rights reserved.Ron C. Lee, Ph.D.Email: leerc8rong-1. Sara Went ShoppingSara Smith, a Pasadena resident, went shopping. She is 30, and has lived at 3

16、037 N. Foothill Street since 1992. Sara has been married to John for seven years. They have two children; Bob is five years old and Nancy is three. Sara owns a 1995 four-door blue Toyola. At 9 a.m., Sara got into her car and drove to Barget, a department store a mile away.Barget was having a holiday

17、 sale. Sara bought a four-slice toaster for $29.95 plus tax. The regular price was $39.95. She paid by check. On her way home, Sara stopped at MilkPlus to buy a gallon of nonfat milk. The milk was $3.50. Sara got 50 cents back in change.Sara arrived home at 10 a.m. John and the kids were still sleep

18、ing. She woke them up and then made a hot and nutritious breakfast for everyone.2. Man Injured at Fast Food PlaceA 79-year-old man was slightly injured on Saturday while waiting in his brand new convertible in a drive-through lane at Burger Prince restaurant. Herman Sherman of Northville suffered a

19、mild burn about 9:00 p.m. when a young female employee accidentally spilled a cup of coffee into his lap. Sherman said the coffee was hot but not scalding.He refused medical aid, saying the only problem was the stain on his slacks, but it would wash out. He was given a fresh refill. Before Sherman d

20、rove off, the restaurant manager, John Johnson, gave him two free gift certificates-one for an extra-large coffee and one for the restaurants newest sandwich, the McRap.The employee, who was a new hire, was let go later that evening. She was quite upset. She said she would probably sue Burger Prince

21、 for letting her go. She said it was the mans fault for ordering something that she might be able to spill.3. A Life-Saving CowSix consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Browns farm. As she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on

22、a fallen tree trunk. The fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy got up and began walking slowly with Lizzie. The water was now waist high. Nancys pace got slower and slower. Finally, a

23、ll she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzies neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to successfully pull herself and Nancy out of the raging water and onto a bit of high land, a small island now in the middle of acres of white water.Even though it was about noon, the

24、sky was so dark and the rain and lightning so bad that it took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy. A helicopter lowered a paramedic, who attached Nancy to a life-support hoist. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency s

25、helter.When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the island. Lizzie was gone. She was one of 19 cows that Nancy lost. I owe my life to her, said Nancy sobbingly.4. Driver Loses Mabel, Finds JailA fifteen-year-old boy was injured in a car accident when the minivan he was

26、traveling in was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection. The boy was taken to a nearby hospital. The paramedics said that it appeared that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken left leg, but that internal injuries were always a possibility. The boy was conscious and alert. His mother, who

27、 was driving, was uninjured. She said that the truck appeared out of nowhere, and she thought she was going to die. She turned the steering wheel sharply to the left, and the truck hit her minivan on the passenger side.The driver of the truck was a 50-year-old man who was unemployed and apparently h

28、ad been drinkingpolice found 18 empty beer cans inside the truck. The man denied drinking, but he failed the police test for sobriety. When asked to touch his nose with his arms outstretched and eyes closed, he was unable to touch any part of his head.The handcuffed man asked the police if they knew

29、 where Mabel was as he was put into the back seat of the police vehicle. The police asked him if Mabel was his wife. He said, Shes my dog, my dog! Wheres my baby? A dog with a collar, but no identification, was found minutes later, half a block away. The man was taken to the city jail and booked on

30、suspicion of driving while intoxicated and on causing an accident.5. Jerry Decided To Buy a GunJerry Baldwin was 30 years old. He was the manager of a pizza restaurant. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.J

31、erry loved gangster movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barneys Video Store. Jerry had a home collection of over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, English, Spanish, Japanese-he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the plot. Did you say you liked Pulp Fiction? Well, Jerry would rattle off all the details of that movie. And then he would invite you to his place to watch it so