英語短文閱讀

英語短文閱讀篇一

Michellefelttheearthquake.Itlastedforonlyfiveseconds.

Thewholehouseshook.Sheheardnoise.TheTVwentoff.Thelights

wentoff.Shewasscared.Shehadneverfeltanearthquake.Itwas

verystrong.Itwasasifagianthandhadshakenherhouse.

Thelightscamebackon.MichelleturnedtheTVon.TheTVhadno

newsabouttheearthquake.Sheturnedontheradio.Theradiosaidit

wasa4.7earthquake.Buttherewasnodamage.Noonewashurt.

Everyonewasokay.Nohouseshaddamage.Everythingwasokay.But

Michellewasstillscared.Shewantedtomovefaraway.Shedidnot

likeearthquakes.Theyweresoscary.

英語短文閱讀篇二

Inthepast,thereweretwobacteria,onecalledQingqing,and

theotherwasredandred.Theylookforwardtohavingacomfortable

homeeveryday,andfantasizingthattheycangetwithoutwork.So

thetwobacteriawereinapacketofsnack.Theownerofthesnack

wasalittleboynanedLele.Whenhebegantopourthesnackinhis

mouth,thegreenandredtooktheopportunitytomixin.Diaries100

words

ThetwobacteriabegantomothtwoholesinthegateofLele,

becausetheholewassmall,soLeledidn，tfeelit.Everynight,

happytoeatsnacks,eatnotbrushingteeth,sotheresidueofsone

snacks.It'sbadforgreenandred,theyeatenough,andtheholecan

nolongerholdthem,sotheydoublethehole.

Oneday,oneday,Lele'steethweresuddenlysore.Suddenly,he

foundastandingtoothbrushandatoothpasteonthesurfaceofthe

bathroom."Letmehelpyougetridofthepain,please!”Asthe

toothbrushsaid,itcomfortedhimwithasoftvoice.Thenthe

toothbrushrolledupanddown,andthetoothpastewasusedtobrush

therichfoamandrinsewithwater.Thenthebacteriacouldnot

resisttheimpactofthecurrentandwashedawaywiththetoothpaste.

Afterafewdaysofbrush,Lcle，steethdidn'thurt.

Lelelearnedthelesson,andlaterfellinlovewithbrushing.

英語閱讀小短文篇三

Whethersixtyorsixteen,thereisineveryhumanbeing*sheart

thelureofwonders,theunfailingchildlikeappetiteofwhat'snext

andthejoyofthegameofliving.Inthecenterofyourheartandmy

heartthereisawirelessstation:solongasitreceivesmessagesof

beauty,hope,cheer,courageandpowerfronmenandfromthe

infinite,so1ongarpyouyoung.

無論是60歲還是16歲，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄滅的孩提

般求知的渴望和追求事業(yè)成功的歡樂與熱情。在你我的心底，有一座無線電

臺(tái)，它能在多長時(shí)間里接收到人間萬物傳遞來的美好、希望、歡樂、鼓舞和力

量的信息，你就會(huì)年輕多長時(shí)間。

Anindividualhumanexistenceshouldbelikeariver-smallat

first,narrowlycontainedwithinitsbanks,andrushingpassionately

pastbouldersandoverwaterfalls.Graduallytherivergrowswider,

thebanksrecede,thewatersflowmorequietly,andintheend,

withoutanyvisiblebreak,theybecomemergedinthesea,and

painlesslylosetheirindividualbeing.

人的生命應(yīng)當(dāng)像河流，開始是涓涓細(xì)流，受兩岸的限制而十分狹窄，爾后

奔騰咆哮，翻過危巖，飛越瀑布，河面漸漸開闊，河岸也隨之向兩邊隱去，最

后水流平緩，森森無際，匯入大海之中，個(gè)人就這樣毫無痛苦地消失了。

Youthmeansatemperamentalpredominanceofcourageover

timidity,oftheappetiteforadventureovertheloveofease.This

oftenexistsinamanofsixtymorethanaboyofgrowsoldmerely

byanumberofyears.Wegrowoldbydesertingourideals.

青春意味著戰(zhàn)勝懦弱的那股大丈夫氣概和推棄安逸的那種冒險(xiǎn)精神。往往

一個(gè)60歲的老者比一個(gè)20歲的青年更多一點(diǎn)這種勁頭。人老不僅僅是歲月流

逝所致，更主要的是不思進(jìn)取的結(jié)果。

Yearsmaywrinkletheskin,buttogiveupenthusiasmwrinklesthe

soul.Worry,fear,self-distrustbowstheheartandturnsthespirit

backtodust.

光陰可以在顏面上留下印記，而熱情之火的熄滅則在心靈上刻下皺紋。煩

惱、恐懼、缺乏自信會(huì)扭曲人的靈魂，并將青春叱為灰燼。

英語短文閱讀篇四

Fourbestfriendsmetatthehospitalsincetheirwiveswere

givingbirthstotheirbabies.Thenursecomesuptothefirstman

andsays,^Congrat.uations,yougottwins.”

Themansaid〃Howstrange,I'mthemanagerofMinnesotaTwins.z，

Afterawhilethenursecomesuptothesecondmanandsays,

^Congratulations,yougottriplets.z，ManwaslikestrangeI

workedasadirectorforthe〃3musketeers.Finally,thenursecomes

uptothethirdmanandsays"Congratulations,yougottwinsx2.〃

Manishappyandsays,“Ironic,IworkforthehotelSeasons.”

Allthreeofthemarehappyuntiltheyseetheirlastbuddyjumping

allovertheplace,cursingGodandbanginghisheadonthewall.

Theyaskedhimwhat'swrongandheanswered,"What'swrong?I

workfor7up〃！

四個(gè)好朋友在醫(yī)院里碰面了，他們的妻子正在生產(chǎn)。護(hù)士過來對(duì)第一個(gè)男

人說：“恭喜，你得了雙胞胎?！蹦腥苏f：“多奇怪呀，我是明尼蘇達(dá)雙子隊(duì)

的經(jīng)理?！边^了一會(huì)兒，護(hù)士過來對(duì)第二個(gè)男人說：“恭喜，你得了三胞

胎?！蹦腥撕芟矚g：“嗯，又巧了。我是3M公司的董事?！弊詈?，護(hù)士跑來對(duì)

第三個(gè)男人說：“恭喜，你得了2對(duì)雙胞胎?！蹦腥撕荛_心地說：“真令人啼

笑皆非，我為四季賓館工作?！彼麄?nèi)齻€(gè)都很高興，但第四個(gè)伙伴急得像熱鍋

上的螞蟻，咒罵上帝并用頭撞墻。他們問他有什么不對(duì)勁，他回答道：“什么

不對(duì)勁？我可是在七喜公司工作呀！”

英語閱讀小短文篇五

Onceuponatimetherewasababyeaglelivinginanestperched

onacliffoverlookingabeautifulvalleywithwaterfallsand

streams,treesandlotsoflittleanimals,scurryingaboutenjoying

theirlives.

Thebabyeaglelikedthenest.Itwastheonlyworldhehadever

known.Itwaswarmandcomfortable,hadagreatview,andeven

better,hehadal1thefoodandloveandattentionthatagreat

mothereaglecouldprovide.Manytimeseachdaythemotherwould

swoopdownfromtheskyandlandinthenestandfeedthebabyeagle

deliciousmorsplsoffood.Shpwaslikeagodtohim,hphadnoidea

whereshecamefromorhowsheworkedhernagic.

Thebabyeaglewashungryallthetime,butthemothereagle

wouldalwayscomejustintimewiththefoodandloveandattention

hecraved.Thebabyeaglegrewstrong.Hisvisiongrewverysharp.He

feltgoodallthetime.

Untiloneday,themotherstoppedcomingtothenest.

Thebabyeaglewashungry.〃I'msuretodie,“saidthebaby

eagle,allthetime.

“Verysoon,deathiscoming,hecried,withtearsstreamingdown

hisface.Overandover.Buttherewasnoonetheretohearhim.

Thenonedaythemothereagleappearedatthetopofthemountain

cliff,withabigbuwlofdeliciousfoodandshelookeddownalher

baby.Thebabylookedupatthemotherandcried〃Whydidyouabandon

me?I,mgoingtodieanyminute.Howcouldyoudothistome?〃

Themothersaid,“Hereissomeverytastyandnourishingfood,

al1youhavetodoiscomegetit.〃

“Comegetit!z，saidthebaby,withmuchanger.〃How?〃

Themotherflewaway.

Thebabycriedandcriedandcried.

Afewdayslater,〃I'mgoingtoenditall,“hesaid.〃Igiveup.

Itistimeformetodie.〃

Hedidn'tknowhismotherwasnearby.Sheswoopeddowntothe

nestwithhislastneal.

〃Eatthis,it'syourlastmeal,“shesaid.

Thebabycried,butheateandwhinedandwhinedaboutwhatabad

mothershewas.

〃You'reaterriblemother,〃hesaid.Thenshepushedhimoutof

thenest.

HPfell.

Headfirst.

Pickedupspeed.

Fasterandfaster.

Hescreamed.〃I'mdyingI'mdying,“hecried.Hepickedupmore

speed.

Holookedupathismother.〃Howcouldyoudothistome?”

Helookeddown.

Thegroundrushedcloser,fasterandfaster.Hecouldvisualize

hisowndeathsoclearly,comingsosoon,andcriedandwhinedand

complained."Thisisn'tfair!”hescreamed.

Somethingstrangehappens.

Theaircaughtbehindhisarinsandtheysnappedawayfromhis

body,withafeelingunlikeanythinghehadeverexperienced.He

lookeddownandsawthesky.Hewasn*tmovingtowardstheground

anymore,hiseyeswerepointedupatthesun.

"Huh?"hesaid.〃Whatisgoingonhere："

“You'reflying,*hismothersaid.

“Thisisfun!z，laughedthebabyeagle,ashesoaredandpedand

swooped.

〃Yesitis!〃saidthemother.

英語短文閱讀篇六

Howyoufeel,howyoureactandhowmuchstressyouhaveinyour

lifeisindirectrelationtohowyouthink.

你的感覺、你對(duì)外界事物的反應(yīng)以及你所能承受的壓力直接影響到你的想

法。

Somepeopleletrandomcircumstancespredicttheirdayand

actuallyendupcreatingstressforthemselves.Forexample,when

theygotomakecoffeeandfindthereisnoneleft,theymaystart

t.hpdayhythinking,〃0h,thisisn'tgoingtoheagoodday."Than,

fortherestoftheday,theyallowminorinconveniences,

unexplainedchallengesorotherlessidealeventstoreinforcetheir

negativethought.Andtheyenduphavingastressfulday.

有些人很輕易地被周遭的事物影響自己一天的心情，結(jié)果只會(huì)徒生煩惱。

例如，有些人沖咖啡時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)咖啡沒有了，他們就會(huì)以〃今天會(huì)是不幸的一天"這

樣的想法開始一天的生活。然后，在這一整天的時(shí)光里，他們放任小小的不

便、莫名的質(zhì)疑或者其它不太順心的小插曲加重自己的消極思想。最后，他們

一天都過得極其郁悶。

Lookforwardtoyourdayanddon,tletnegativethoughtscontrol

it.Changehowyouinterpretorreacttolife,sevents.Ifyourun

outofcoffee,changeyourthoughtsto,〃Ifthisistheworstthing

lliatcouldliappeiilumetoday,thenIlierestofmydaywillbe

great.”

以積極的心態(tài)去期待每一天的‘生活，不要讓消極的思想主宰你。換個(gè)角度

去理解和對(duì)待生活中的各種意外事件。若咖啡沒有了，你可以轉(zhuǎn)念一想:〃如果

這就是今天能發(fā)生的最糟糕的事情，那么我的后半天肯定會(huì)過得無比美妙?！?/p>

Ifyoucontinuallyhavenegativethoughts,thenyouareallowing

onlynegativeeventstobeyourcompanionfortherestoftheday.

And,whensomethinggooddoesoccur,youwon'tevenrecognizeit.

如果你一直受消極思想影響，那么你一整天看任何事都會(huì)是消極的。即使

有好的事情發(fā)生，你也不會(huì)意識(shí)到。

Thehappinessofyourlifedependsonthequalityofyour

thoughts.

你的幸福感取決于你的思想境界。

英語閱讀小短文篇七

面朝南方FacingSouth

Anoldfriendusedtosaytome,“Whenyouarethinkingofbuying

anewhouse,goandseeitonacloudyday.Ifyoulikeitthen,you

nppdnotdoubtabout,likingitinbetterweather.”

一個(gè)老朋友曾經(jīng)告訴我:〃當(dāng)你考慮買一套新房時(shí)，就趁陰天的時(shí)候過去看

房吧。因?yàn)槿绻菚r(shí)你喜歡它的話，那么在天氣晴朗的H子里你一定也會(huì)喜歡

它。

Weallenjoythesun.Thesunisthesourceofheatandlifeto

theearth.Yetpeoplearestilltobefoundwhodeliberatelyshutout

thesunfromtheirrooms,andarcunmindfuloftheItaiiansaying

thatwherethesundoesnotgothedoctordoes.Inthiscountry,

especially,weknowthevalueof"facingsouth”。

〃我們都喜歡陽光。太陽是地球上熱量與生命的來源。然而，我們?nèi)匀话l(fā)現(xiàn)

有些人總是故意關(guān)上門，將陽光擋在門外，他們忽略了一句意大利諺語〃日光不

上門，醫(yī)生便上門〃。在這個(gè)國家里，我們都知道〃面朝南方〃的重要性。

Arewcnutlikehouses?Wehaveeyesinslecidofwindows,butwe

facesouth,north,east,orwest.Whodoesnotknowthemenandthe

womenfacingnorth?Hardandcold,neverlettingarayofsun-shine

intotheirsouls.Theystandawayfromallthecheersandwarmthof

ourpoorhumanity,^heyarethepeoplewhopourcoldwateronal1our

enthusiasms,havenofaithinhumannature,nosympathywithhuman

sufferings.

我們不就像是房子嗎？只不過我們沒有窗戶，但是我們擁有眼睛，我們可

以選擇面朝各個(gè)方向。我們都知道那些面朝北方的人們是怎樣的。他們頑固而

冷酷，從不讓一絲陽光照進(jìn)他們的心靈。他們總是躲在角落里，拒絕人性的歡

樂與溫暖。他們總是澆滅旁人熱情的火焰，不相信人性，冷眼看待他人的痛

苦。

Youmustknowsuchpeople.Theyarenotrichpeople,perfectly

healthy,orpeoplewithoutsorrows.Onthecontrary,theyhavehada

fullmeasureofmisfortune.Buttheyhaveneverchangedtheir

outlooks4onlife,intheirfaithinallthingsworkingtogetherfor

good,intheirbeliefthattheyareinthisworldtohelpwherehelp

isnppdpd.What,aconsolation5suchpeoplearp!WPgotothpmin

entireconfidence.Weleavethemthebetterandthebrighter,witha

firmerstep,andthedeterminationtowinthroughthedifficulties.

Theyare/zfacingsouth”。

你必定也認(rèn)識(shí)這樣一種人:他們不是有錢人，不是身體特別健全的人，也不

是無憂無慮的人。相反，他們的生活中充滿了不幸。但他們從不改變對(duì)生活的

態(tài)度，在他們看來，所有的事情都在朝著好的方向發(fā)展，他們堅(jiān)持幫助那些需

要幫助的人。他們能給人帶來極大的安慰！我們滿懷信心地靠近他們，離開他

們的時(shí)候變得更加樂觀和開朗，我們的'腳步會(huì)變得更為堅(jiān)定，戰(zhàn)勝困難的決心

也會(huì)更大。他們就是〃面朝南方〃的人。

英語閱讀小短文篇八

Therearemomentsinlifewhenyoumisssomeonesomuchthatyou

justwaultopickihuiufxoinyourdreamsandhugllicmforleal!Diccim

whatyouwanttodream;gowhereyouwanttogo;bewhatyouwantto

be,becauseyouhaveonlyonelifeandonechancetodoallthethings

youwanttodo.

Mayyouhaveenoughhappinesstomakeyousweet,enoughtrialsto

makeyoustrong,enoughsorrowtokeepyouhuman,enoughhopetomake

youhappy?Alwaysputyourselfinothers'shoes.Ifyoufeelthatit

hurtsyou,itprobablyhurtstheotherperson,too.

Thehappiestofpeopledon,tnecessarilyhavethebestof

everything;theyjustmakethemostofeverythingthatcomesalong

theirway.Happinessliesforthosewhocry,thosewhohurt,thosewho

havesearched,andthosewhohavetried,foronlytheycanappreciate

theimportanceofpeople

whohavetouchedtheirlives.Lovebeginswithasmile,growswith

akissandendswithatear.Thebrightestfuturewi11alwaysbebased

onaforgottenpast,youcan,tgoonwellinlifeuntilyouletgoof

yourpastfailuresandheartaches.

Whenyouwerehorn,youwerecryingandpvpryonparoundyouwas

smiling.Liveyourlifesothatwhenyoudie,you*retheonewhois

smilingandeveryonearoundyouiscrying.

Pleasesendthismessagetothosepeoplewhomeansomethingto

you,tothosewhohavetouchedyourlifeinonewayoranother,to

thosewhomakeyousmilewhenyoureallyneedit,tothosethatmake

youseethebrightersideofthingswhenyouarcreallydown,tothose

whoyouwanttoletthemknowthatyouappreciatetheir

friendship.Andifyoudon,t,don'tworry,nothingbadwillhappento

you,youwilljustmissoutontheopportunitytobrightensomeoneJs

daywiththismessage.

英語閱讀小短文篇九

白制Self-Control

Self-controlisessentialtohappinessandsuccess.

自制對(duì)幸福與成功來說是不可缺少的。

Itisthemasterofallthevirtuesl,andhasitsrootinself-

respect.Letamanyieldtohisimp