10篇英语小短文

10篇英语小短文（精选4篇）

1.10篇英语小短文 篇一

1、失去与拥有

有位企业家在商场上有着惊人的成就。当他在事业达到巅峰的时候，有一天陪同他的父亲，到一家高贵的餐厅用餐，现场有一位琴艺不凡的小提琴手正在为大家演奏。

这位企业家在聆赏之馀，想起当年自己也曾学过琴，而且几乎为之疯狂，便对他父亲说：“如果我从前好好学琴的话，现在也许就会在这儿演奏了。”

“是呀，孩子，”他父亲回答，“不过那样的话，你现在就不会在这儿用餐了。”

[点评]我们常为失去的机会或成就而嗟叹，但往往忘了为现在所拥有的感恩。

2、头疼医脚

位于西雅图的微软公司研发中心，拥有40 多名全球顶级的IT 精英。这些精英每年为微软创造了大量财富。公司也为他们提供十分优厚的福利待遇，除了高薪，甚至还配备了篮球场、游泳池和健身房。但公司有条规定：必须按时上班，哪怕是喝咖啡，你也要坐在办公楼里喝。

可是，员工们自由惯了，加上有些人喜欢过夜生活，上班老是迟到。为解决这个问题，各部门制定了严格的考勤制度，可根本没人把它当回事。有一回，一个名叫莱特的软件工程师因迟到被扣罚了2 0 0 美元，他很生气，直接就交了辞呈。

事情闹大了，连比尔·盖茨也被惊动。为了留住这个好不容易引进的特殊人才，最后不得不以返还罚金了事。在这种形势下，迟到现象更严重了，比尔·盖茨为此伤透了脑筋。有一天，比尔·盖茨在草坪上散步，无意中看到了公司为研发中心指定的停车区域，5 0 个车位上停了不到4 0 辆车。而旁边，一些小公司的员工，因为停车位的不足，车子一直停到了远处的马路边。看到这里，比尔·盖茨灵光一闪，一个绝妙的好主意产生了。第二天，比尔·盖茨就让管理部门将研发中心的停车位减少10 个，只剩下40 个停车位。当天，就有员工不满地反映，停车位不够了。

一个星期后，奇怪的现象发生了，研发中心的40 多名员工再也没有迟到的了。因为一旦迟到，就意味着要把车停到马路边。如果迟到的时间长了，就连附近的马路边也没处停。有一回，一个拖沓的员工居然把车停在了一英里外的马路边。

这就是比尔·盖茨的智慧。头痛医头，脚痛医脚，往往收效甚微。而有时另辟蹊径，却能得到意想不到的效果。

3、耐心等待

从前，有个年轻的农夫和情人相约在一棵大树下见面。他性子急，很早就来了。虽然春光明媚，鲜花烂漫，但他急躁不安，无心观赏，颓丧地坐在大树下长吁短叹。

忽然他面前出现了一个小精灵。“你等得不耐烦了吧！”精灵说，“把这个钮扣缝在衣服上吧。要是遇上不想等待的时候，向右旋转一下纽扣，你想跳过多长时间都行。”

小伙子高兴得不得了，握着钮扣，轻轻地转了一下。啊！真是奇妙！情人出现在他的眼前，正脉脉含情地凝望着他呢！要是现在就举行婚礼该有多棒啊！他心里暗暗地想着。他又转了一下，隆重的婚礼、丰盛的酒席出现在他的面前；美若天仙的新娘依偎着他；乐队奏响着欢快的音乐，他深深地陶醉其中。他看着美丽的新娘，又想，如果现在只有我们俩该多好！不知不觉中钮扣又转动了一点，立刻夜阑人静……

他心中的愿望层出不穷，我还要一所大房子，前面是我自己的花园和果园。他转动着钮扣，我还要一大群可爱的孩子。顿时，一群活泼健康的孩子在宽敞的客厅里愉快地玩耍。他又迫不及待地将钮扣向右转了一大半。

时光如梭，还没有看到花园里开放的鲜花和果园里累累的果实，一切就被茫茫的大雪覆盖了。再看看自己，须发皆白，早已经老态龙钟了。

他懊悔不已：我情愿一步步走完一生，也不要这样匆匆而过，还是让我耐心等待吧！扣子猛地向左动了，他又在那棵大树下等着可爱的情人。他的焦躁烟消云散了，心平气和地看着蔚蓝的天空，鸟叫声是如此悦耳，草丛里的甲虫是那么可爱。原来，人生不能跳跃着前行，耐心等待才能让生命的历程充满乐趣。

4、人生无法跳跃前行

欲望是累赘

一位行者到寺庙中拜谒在这里修行的禅师，希望禅师能够解开他心中的疑惑。

行者问道：“禅师，人的欲望是什么？”

禅师看了一眼行者，说道：“你先回去吧，明天中午的时候再来，记住不要吃饭，也不要喝水。”

尽管行者并不明白禅师的用意，但还是照办了。第二天，他再次来到禅师面前。

“你现在是不是饥肠辘辘、饥渴难耐？”禅师问道。

“是的，我现在可以吃下一头牛，喝下一池水。”行者舔着干裂的嘴唇回答道。

禅师笑了笑：“那么你现在随我来吧。”

二人走了很长一段路，来到了一片果林前。禅师递给行者一只硕大的口袋，说：“现在你可以到果林里尽情地采摘鲜美诱人的水果，但必须把它们带回寺庙才可以享用。”说罢转身离去。

夕阳西下的时候，行者肩扛着满满的一袋水果，步履蹒跚、汗流浃背地走到禅师面前。

“现在你可以享用这些美味了。”禅师说道。

行者迫不及待地伸手抓过两个很大的苹果，大口大口地咀嚼起来。顷刻间，两个苹果便被他狼吞虎咽地吃了个干净。行者抚摸着自己鼓胀的肚子疑惑地看着禅师。

“你现在还饥渴吗？”禅师问道。

“不，我现在什么也吃不下了。”

“那么这些你千辛万苦背回来却没有被你吃下去的水果又有什么用呢？”禅师指着那剩下的几乎是满满一袋的水果问。

行者顿时恍然大悟。

对于我们每个人来说，其实真正需要的仅仅是两个足够充饥的“苹果”，而剩余的欲望只不过是些毫无用处的累赘罢了。

5、＂蜘蛛纸牌＂的哲学

现在的PC操作系统相信90%以上都是XP吧。那么细心的朋友可以在开始》所有程序》游戏里找到系统符带的“蜘蛛纸牌”这个游戏。如果你的电脑没有的话没有关系。找一张XP光盘。再到“添加/删除程序”里的“添加/删除Windows组件”，再点击“附件和工具”，接着点击“详细信息”把“游戏”那个选项卡选中。接着确定。下一步，等上一杯茶的时间就安装好了。

OK.闲话不说了。玩电脑已经七年了。每天面对电脑的确不好受。偶而玩下游戏是不错的放松方式。大型游戏木瓜又没那天份。所以这种小游戏是俺的首选。

这段时间在俺的带领之下。同事们都跟着我玩这游戏。呵呵。游戏上面十列扑克。最下面又有5X10张扑克。可分5次发完。

发第一次牌的时候，心里想着。不急不急，下面还有四次机会。发第二次的时候想着。得注意了。发了二次了，再没吃一条就不好办了。发第三次的时候。就有点急了，跟着提示一步一步来，死走。发第四次的时候心就有点乱了。只想着吃牌，根本没有想到整理上面的牌，等发完第五次以后，所有的机会都失去了。才认认真真的动脑取牌。然后就不停的Ctrl+Z.不停的后悔，想走出更好的路子……

每个人都面对着很多机会。无论是爱情还是事业，我们不正是如此吗？一开始都不懂的珍惜，因为我们还有低牌。等到低牌都发完了，我们再回头。可能那时候一切都晚了。

亲爱的朋友们。我们无法预知，挪了这张牌，下一张牌是否能够对我们过关起到关键的作用，所以每开一张可以有选择余地的牌时，总是以尝试观望的心态，更或者，再三犹豫再三比较才痛下决心，定了一张看似有更多帮助的牌。可是，如果挪错了，蜘蛛纸牌可以撤消可以重新来过，但是人生却只有一次，机会也稍纵即逝。人生苦短，珍惜现在所拥有的一切吧。现在觉得还有机会。其实机会已经悄悄的理你而去。

6、电话本里的人脉资源

在现代社会，人脉关系显得尤为重要。从一个人的电话本，大致可以看出一个人到底混得如何。

一个在报社跑广告的朋友，广告业务欣欣向荣，平时朋友相聚吃饭，基本上都是他埋单。而他的电话本上面，储存的全是本地各个机关单位的主要负责人及本城名流政要的号码。因为人太多，每个人的名字后面，都注明了单位和职务。拥有如此高端人际关系的他，想不发达都难。

一位做公务员的同学，进机关不到3年，就解决了副科，听说马上要提正科了。在我们那个小地方，混到正科，正常的速度八到十年。他的电话本里号码不多，大多是领导或领导身边的人。比如司机啦、秘书啦，再有就是要害部门的中层干部。拥有如此接近核心层的人际资源，想不升迁都难。

我又翻翻自己的电话本，里面杂七杂八，三教九流，甚至有许多我根本记不起是谁，拥有如此平庸的人际，看来想混出个名堂，是不大可能了。

想想孔子说的那句“勿友不如己者”，但从电话本来看，这确实是一句把脚趾头踢得鲜血直流后，才能体会出来的一句大实话。

2.10篇英语小短文 篇二

1、Fall in Love with English（爱上英语）................................................................................2

2、Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes（不同的国家有不同的英语）......2

3、A Hard Trip（一次辛苦的旅行）.........................................................................................3

4、A Horrible Earthquake（可怕的地震）................................................................................4

5、The Great President（伟大的总统）.....................................................................................4

6、A Brave Maid（勇敢的女仆）..............................................................................................5

7、A Fair Competition（公平的比赛）......................................................................................5

8、Computers（电脑）...............................................................................................................6

9、Wildlife Protection（保护野生动植物）..............................................................................6

10、My First Band（我的第一支乐队）...................................................................................7

11、An Interesting Festival（有趣的节日）..............................................................................7

12、Balanced Diet（平衡膳食）................................................................................................8

13、Sailing Home（划船回家）.................................................................................................9

14、Explore MKII（探测MKII行星）.....................................................................................9

15、A Journey across Canada（横穿加拿大的旅行）.............................................................10

16、A Woman Doctor-Lina（女医生丽娜）............................................................................10

17、A New Farming Way（新的耕种方式）...........................................................................11

18、ChaplinA Great Master of Humour（幽默大师卓别林）

Chaplin was an extraordinary performer who starred in and directed many outstanding comedies.Few were bored watching his moustache, his gestures or his entertaining reactions when chased by detectives.Being drunk, sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody, he made us feel more content with our life without any verbal explanation.His particular sense of humor has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now.In a small budget film, he played a badly-off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.On one occasion, he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area.Though he overcame many difficulties, he wasn’t fortunate enough.With all the porridge eaten up, he picked out a shoe and boiled it to eat.He cut off the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake.According to an actress, his acting was so convincing and amusing that everybody couldn’t help bursting into laughter.卓别林是一名非凡的演员，他主演并导演了多部杰出的喜剧。看见他可笑的小胡子、滑稽的手势动作，还有面对警探的追捕时有趣的反应，很少有人会觉得厌烦。喝醉酒啦，踩到香蕉皮滑倒啦，或者自言自语(低语)自己的糗事啦，他无需任何语言解释的表演总是使我们对自己的生活感到更加满意。他独特的幽默感直到现在依然使世界各地的人们都感到惊讶。

在一部小预算的电影里，他穿着磨破的鞋子和脏兮兮的衣服，扮演了一名贫穷又无家可归的人。在一幕场景中，他被一场暴风雪困在一片多山的区里。尽管他克服了许多困难，但是他还是运气不好的。粥都吃完了，他只好挑出一只鞋子煮来吃。他切下皮革的鞋底，像烙饼一样地咀嚼起来。据一名女演员所说，他的表演是如此地令人信服而又逗人发笑的，以致在场的所有人都忍不住大笑起来。

19、A Misunderstanding（一场误会）

In general, spoken statements are the major way of communication, but body language and facial expressions also have such kinds of function.For example, yawning means being not interested and turning one’s back to someone or swinging your fist shows your anger.But what those gestures really mean is subjective in different cultures.Thus, misunderstandings happen now and then in today’s world of cultural crossroads.Once, representing the Adults’ Education Association, I went to the airport to meet an official of high rank from Columbia and take him to his dormitory and then to the canteen.After the flight arrived, I saw a man looking around curiously.So I approached to greet him.He suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheeks.As a young girl, I felt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defend myself.His false smile told me that he had lost face.Later, I received a cassette from him, in which he recorded his apology.On hearing that Columbians were more likely to kiss others, I soon felt at ease.通常说来，口头表达是人们交流的主要方法，但是肢体语言和面部表情也有这种功能。例如，打哈欠意味着不感兴趣，背对别人或向其挥舞拳头表达的是愤怒。但是在不同的文化中那些手势表达的真正意思是很主观的。由此，误会就时不时地发生在今天这个文化交叉碰撞的世界里。有一回，我代表成人教育协会到机场去接一位从哥伦比亚来的高级官员，我得带他到宿舍和食堂。当他的航班到达时，我看见一名男子好奇地东张西望，于是走上前去和他打招呼。他突然猛冲过来拥抱我，还亲了我的脸颊。还是个年轻姑娘的我感到真尴尬，不由自主举起手来保护自己。他的假笑告诉我他感到丢了面子。、后来，我收到他送来的一盒磁带，里面录了他的道歉。当听到这只是因为哥伦比亚人更倾向于见面时互相亲吻时，我很快就感到轻松安心了。

20、A Unique Theme Park（独一无二的主题公园）

As soon as our shuttle got close to the theme park by the freeway, everyone came to life and put on cloth sneakers in advance for an outing.Our translator paid for the admission, and we started enjoying the various attractions in the sunlight.According to the travel brochure, this unique park is famous for its well preserved minority culture.We experienced many deeds of the early settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or taking part in swords fighting tournaments.This park is also famous for its wooden souvenirs.Whichever we bought in the central shop was made of wood, and wherever we went we could see minority carpenters working.They made wooden tools, wooden cartoon figures, wooden athletic products and so on.They even built a huge wooden engine with a length of 20 metres, which was modeled after a real one.This theme park is really a fantasy amusement park.No wonder it has become the brand of local tourism.我们走高速公路的来往穿梭巴士一接近主题公园，大家都活跃了起来，并且提前穿上了布鞋，做好这趟外出旅游的准备。翻译付了入场费后，我们就开始在阳光下欣赏各种各样吸引人的东西。

根据旅行手册的介绍，这个独一无二的公园因其得到良好保护的少数名族文化而闻名。我们体验了许多早期定居者所做的事，如荡过河啦，在丛林中猎杀动物啦，或者参加剑术比赛啦等等。

这个公园还因为它的木制纪念品而闻名，我们在中心商场购买的任何一件物品，都是用木头制作的，无论我们走到哪里，都可以看见少数名族的木匠们在忙碌。他们制作的有木制工具、木制的卡通人物、木制的运动用的产品，等等等等。他们甚至还根据一台真实发动机仿造了一台长度有20米的木制发动机。

这个主题公园真是个充满幻想的娱乐公园，怪不得它成为当地旅游业的一个品牌。

21、A Strange Disease（奇怪的疾病）

When the construction of the firework factory came to the stage of painting, a pump was put in.Then, all the painters in the neighbourhood were defeated by a severe disease whose characteristic was alike to that of a bad burn.An expert physician was instructed to attend to the victims and handle this case.He was enthusiastic, but he didn’t foresee that it was a hard challenge.After simple enquiry, he announced that the polluted paint was to blame.But without positive evidence, people suspected and rejected his view, saying the theory he put forward made no sense.Being much more strict with himself, he contributed himself to the case.Apart from making enquiries, he made detailed charts and analysed the data cautiously.Finally, he drew a scientific conclusion, linking the disease tothe radium in the pump.Exposed to radium, a kind of radioactive material in the universe, people absorbed radiation and got sick immediately.Spinning the pump backward, he took away the radium.This simple movement cured all the victims.当那座烟花工厂的建设到了油漆阶段时，一个水泵被安装进来，接着，在它附近的油漆工都得了一种严重的疾病(疾病击败油漆工)，其特征与烧伤相似。

一位经验丰富的内科医生被指定去照顾受害者并负责处理这一案例。他热情地投入到工作中，但是却没有预见到这是一次艰难的挑战。在简单的询问后，他就宣布说罪魁祸首是受污染的油漆(油漆应受责备)。但是没有确实的证据，人们很怀疑并拒绝他的观点，大家都说他提出的理论毫无道理。他对自己要求更加严格，全身心地投入。除了询问，他还制作了详细的图表，谨慎地分析各项数据，最后，他终于得出了一个科学的结论，把疾病和水泵中的镭联系起来。镭是宇宙中的一种放射性物质，当暴露在镭的辐射中时，人体吸收其射线，立刻染上疾病。

他把水泵向后旋转，拿走了里面的镭，这个简单的动作治愈了所有的受害者。

22、Sightseeing in the United Kingdom（观光联合王国）

After the wedding, my cousin and his wife went to the United Kingdom for nationwide sightseeing.He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday.To my delight, he no longer made any tense error.And his description roughly clarified my questions about the UK--its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.Unwilling to leave out any attraction, my cousin arranged his enjoyable journey carefully.One attractive place he visited was a castle in the countryside of Scotland, which lies near a port.It used to be the headquarters(请注意：音频里面是headquarter，没有加s，是不对的。)of the Communism Union but broke down during the war.Finding nothing could take the place of this splendid architecture, people accomplished rebuilding it in 1952.It was to their credit that all furnished rooms are consistent with what they used to be.My cousin was thrilled by its collections consisting of statues plus royal uniforms folded in glass tanks.Though there was no possibility to buy some of these exhibits, it was convenient to take photos, which he sent me along with his fax.我的表弟和他妻子在举办了婚礼后到联合王国做全国旅游观光去了。他昨天传真了一封英文信给我，让我高兴的是，他再也不犯时态错误了，而且他的描述也粗略地向我阐明了关于英国 的一些问题——它的货币啦，行政管理啦，把它分成四个行政区的制度啦，还有在南爱尔兰脱离联合王国时发生的一些历史上的冲突和争拗。

因为不愿意漏掉任何一个景点，我表弟仔细地安排了他愉快的旅程。他参观的其中一个吸引人的地方是苏格兰乡村的一个城堡。城堡靠近一座港口，曾经是共产主义联盟会的总部，但是在战争中倒塌了。人们发现没有任何东西可以取代这座辉煌的建筑，于是在1952年完成了重建。值得赞扬的是，所有配备家具的房间都和它们过去一致的。由雕像加折叠在玻璃柜里的皇家制服组成的收藏品使我表弟震撼不已。尽管没有可能购买这些展览品，拍照却很方便，他在传真中一起发给了我。

23、An Air Crash（飞机失事）

I was a previous typist in a post office.Because I couldn’t tolerate typing any more postage bills or postcodes on a typewriter every day, I resigned.With a greedy motivation of making big money, I took up working as a business representative for the G.E Ecology Company, which produced goods by recycling useful materials from our dustbins.My new job left me good impressions in many aspects except that the working timetable was full of traveling by jets.Once, when speeding up, our jet was swallowed by a thunderstorm, which destroyed our GPS receiver and made us lose sight of the directions.A constantly flashing light showed that our jet was in danger.A steward instantly asked us to put on masks and fasten the safety belts, and then pressed a button to switch on the escaping capsule.It slid sideways out of the opening at once and landed in a desert area safely.Lacking food and tablets, we were nervous and uncertain at first.But we all kept optimistic and made good adjustment to the situation.We swept up the surrounding mud to make our settlement and were back on our feet soon.Finally, guided by the smoke of our crashing jet, some local citizens came by carriages and saved us.我以前是一家邮局的打字员，因为忍受够了每天在打字机上打邮资账单或邮政编码，我辞了职。带着想挣大钱的贪婪动机，我开始给一家叫G.E生态公司的企业当商务代表，这家公司通过回收我们垃圾箱里的有用材料生产商品。我的新工作在多方面都给了我很好的印象，除了一点：乘飞机旅行挤满了我的工作时间表。

有一次，我们的喷气飞机在加速时被一场雷暴吞没，不仅损坏了GPS信号接收器，还使我们看不见方向。一盏持续闪亮的灯说明我们的飞机正处在危险中。一名乘务员立刻让我们戴上面罩、系牢安全带，接着按下一枚按钮 打开逃生仓电源，逃生仓马上侧着滑出出口，安全降落在一片荒凉的地区。因为缺少食品和药品，我们一开始都又紧张又心里没底，但是我们都保持乐观，做好调整适应这一新境况。我们打扫干净周围的泥土，安顿下来，很快就恢复过来。最后，在我们坠机烟雾的指引下，一些当地的居民搭乘马车到来，我们都获救了。

24、An Amateur Journalist（业余记者）

Jane is a housewife, but delighted to work as an amateur journalist.It is a dilemma for her to rush between family and work, and it is also unusual for the News Department to depend on an amateur to cover crimes.But Jane is really gifted.It is admirable that she is seldom accused of making mistakes.And, eager to become more professional, she concentrates on her job and updates herself now and then.Once she is informed of a new case, her normal working process is as follows: first, she makes appointments with guilty people for interviews.So as to acquire accurate stories, she usually demands to record what they say.Meanwhile, a technically good colleague will assist her in taking photographs.Second, she assesses whether they are deliberately hiding the truth.If she is skeptical about their words, she will look into the case herself.Third, she writes thorough stories ahead of the deadline and submits it to the senior chief editor, who polishes and approves every section.Finally, her stories will be published in different editions of their magazine.简是一名家庭主妇，但却非常乐意做一名业余记者。在家和工作之间奔波总是使她左右为难，而且对于新闻部来说，依靠一名业余人员来报道罪案也是不同寻常的，但是简真的很有天赋，让人钦佩的是她极少因为犯错而受到责备。因为渴望做得更加专业，她全神贯注于工作，且时不时地就提升自身的业务水平。

一旦接到新案子的通知，她通常的工作程序如下：首先，她和有罪的人约了作采访。为了获得准确的新闻，她通常要求做录音，同时，一位技术上好的同事会协助她拍照;接着，她对受采访的人是否有故意隐瞒真相作出评估。如果她怀疑他们的话，就会亲自调查案件;然后，她在截稿期限前写出详尽的报道，呈交给高级主编，由他对每个部分做润色和批准;最后，她的新闻就发表在杂志的各个版本中了。

25、First Aid（急救）

A boy fell ill.His organs were damaged by the radiation of an infrared ray stove.But before the ambulance arrived, a number of other injuries happened to this unlucky boy over and over again.First, he was choked by some poisonous liquid from the kettle on the cupboard.Then his wrist skin was burnt by electric shock.Finally, his ankle was cut by a pan.Fortunately, the boy’s nurse gave him proper temporary treatments according to his complex symptoms.She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly in place to apply pressure to the ankle wound to stop bleeding.As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve, poured a basin of cold water over the burn to cool it and put her hands on a damp blouse to cover his swollen tissue tightly.She also inspired his bravery to fight against the unbearable pain.Her first aid made a vital difference in saving his life.A ceremony was held to honour the nurse who overcame a variety of barriers to save the boy.有个孩子病倒了，他的体内器官被一台红外线烤炉的放射线灼伤了。但是在救护车到来前，这个不幸的孩子身上还一而再、再而三地发生了许多别的伤害。开始是被橱柜上水壶里的有毒液体噎住，然后是手腕的皮肤被电击烧伤，最后，一只平底锅还割伤了他的脚踝。幸运的是，男孩的保姆根据他的复杂症状给予了适当的临时治疗。她轻轻地从他喉咙里把有毒液体挤了出来;并在脚踝合适的位置紧紧扎上绷带，施加压力使伤口的流血止住;对于烧伤，她用剪刀剪去他的袖子，倒了一盆凉水给烧伤位置降温，并找来一件湿的女式衬衫紧紧盖住他肿胀的皮肤组织。此外，她还激发起他的勇敢和难以忍受的疼痛做斗争。她的急救在挽救他性命 中起了至关重要的作用。人们举办了一场典礼来表彰这位克服各种障碍挽救了男孩的小保姆。

26、Abstract Art（抽象艺术）

Abstract art used to be controversial.On one hand, the artists stopped painting delicate figures but attempted to adopt special techniques to give people different visual impacts.On the other hand, their works, including sculptures carved out of marble or fragile clay, were all with a specific aim of showing feelings.Some conventional scholars who were allergic to abstract art said it was evidently ridiculous and neither art nor geometry.Their Traditional Art Committee predicted its soon disappearing.But nowadays, abstract art has become part of the permanent possessions of contemporary civilization.Galleries along the Madison Avenue give scores of superb exhibitions on typical abstract works, appealing to many who have a preference for abstract art.The Shadow of Egypt, a café in this district, has become the home to those aggressive abstract artists.Consequently, it is not a coincidence for you to meet one of these artists of great reputation in the flesh.They are asked for signatures and given bunches of fragrant flowers plus they are given a great deal of praise by their faithful fans.抽象艺术曾经颇受争议，一方面，抽象艺术家们不再画精致的画像，而是试图采用特别的技巧给人们以不同的视觉冲击;另一方面，他们的作品，包括用大理石和易碎的粘土雕刻出来的雕像，都以表达感情为其明确的目的。有些对抽象艺术反感的传统学者说抽象艺术是极其明显地荒谬可笑，说它既不是艺术，又不是几何学，他们的传统艺术委员会还预言了它的迅速消失。

但是到了今天，抽象艺术已经成为当代文明永久财产的一部分，麦蒂逊大道的画廊为典型的抽象艺术作品举办了许多出色的展览，吸引了许多对抽象艺术有偏爱的人。这区有家叫埃及之影的咖啡馆已经成为那些有进取精神的抽象艺术家们活动的根据地，所以，亲眼见到一位名声极大的艺术家本人并不是什么巧合的事，他们被忠实的崇拜者索取签名，并被给予成束的芬芳花朵和大量的赞扬。

27、A Russian Poem（俄国童谣）

Since childhood, Anton had often recited poems, accompanied by pianists and violinists, at wedding ceremonies before brides and bridegrooms exchanged rings.Gradually, he found writing poems the most appropriate way to convey his joy and sorrow.When his poem Contradictory Blank won him a national championship and a scholarship to the Moscow University from a sponsor, he was just an unknown librarian.After getting his diploma, he devoted his life to writing poems.Using concrete but flexible language and the minimum of words is his style.He tried out different patterns and preferred nursery rhyme in particular.The following is a translation of one of his works made up of 3 sections Little sparrow with heavy load, Ran out of energy and very cold;No compass and all sweat salty, Can you go through the endless darkness? Little balloon let out by the thread, Flew over cottages and was very glad;With warmth transformed from sunlight, He said he could forever fly;Take it easy, little balloon;Don’t tease the sparrow with his wound;On the bare branch and have a rest;This diamond heart will eventually get success.从童年时起，安东就常常在钢琴师或小提琴师的伴奏下在婚礼上朗诵诗歌，为新郎新娘交换戒指前的仪式助兴。渐渐地，他发现写诗是表达他的欢乐和悲伤的最合适方式。在他还是个寂寞无闻的图书管理员时，他的诗《矛盾的空白》就获得了全国诗歌创作冠军，并为他赢得一位赞助人提供的奖学金，到莫斯科大学深造。获得文凭后，他将一生都投入到诗歌创作中。使用具体而灵活的语言和最少的词语数量是他的风格，他还喜欢尝试不同的诗歌形式，特别是童谣。下面由三部分组成的译文就是他的作品中的一首： 小麻雀，负重担，筋疲力尽挡风寒，汗水成盐无指引，能否穿越无边暗？ 小气球，脱绳系，飞越农舍真高兴，阳光给予它温暖，永远高飞不费力； 别紧张，小气球，别笑麻雀伤口留，光光的树梢歇片刻，恒（钻石）心终把成功求。

28、Let’s Help Adolescents（帮助青少年）

Whether they are male or female, adolescents feel like deciding on everything themselves in spite of parents’ instruction, especially when they face problems like sex, mental stress, etc., which make them feel ashamed and embarrassed.Thus they often automatically get into troubles due to their imperfect comprehension and judgement.Some are addicted to cigarettes, only several packets of which will hurt their lungs and make them breathless quickly.Others can’t quit drinking alcohol, whose harmful effects include causing young pregnant women to abort or give birth to abnormal babies.The worst is drug abuse, for the withdrawal is tough once their bodies are accustomed to the drugs.Meanwhile, those who share needles bought from illegal chemists are at great risk of being infected with desperate AIDS.If so, neither injecting nor taking pills can guarantee their survival.However, don’t be disappointed at or have prejudice against our children so easily.After all, being awkward is an appendix of youth.As long as we strengthen communication with them instead of only banning this or banning that, we will surely help them avoid anything unfit.不论男女，青少年们都喜欢不顾家长的指导，自己对一切作决定，特别是当他们面对如性、心理压力等等一些使他们觉得羞愧和尴尬的问题时更是如此。因此，由于他们理解力和判断力的不足，他们常常会无意识地陷入困境中。有的对香烟上瘾，只要几包就会对他们的肺造成损害，使他们很容易就气喘吁吁;有的没法戒除酒精带来的不良后果，包括造成年轻的怀孕女性流产或生下不正常的婴儿;最糟糕的是滥用毒品，因为一旦他们的身体对毒品习惯了，要想戒毒就相当困难了。同时，那些共用从非法药剂师处购买的注射器的青少年冒着感染令人绝望的艾滋病的极大风险，一旦感染上，不管是打针还是吃药都没法保证他们的生存了。

然而，请不要轻易就对我们的孩子失望或抱有偏见，毕竟，不成熟是年轻的必然附属品。只要我们加强和他们的沟通，而不是仅仅禁止这样，不准那样，我们一定能帮助他们避开不健康的东西。

29、Refresh Our Environment（恢复环境生机）

As the director stated on behalf of his researching group, the data of this graph makes a clear presentation of the future environmental tendency.On one hand, the quantity of fuel keeps on decreasing by 9% per year while the growth of a wide range of pollution has been a global trend.On the other hand, the mildly but steadily going up of the average temperature is resulting in catastrophes like widespread floods.Without disagreement, they subscribe to the view that it is humans’ existence and their randomly consuming energy that result in this phenomenon.Many people have a commitment that developing nuclear power or energy from outer space will stop bad consequences coming about.However, scientists and educators are opposed to this view even if our needs may be met on the whole.They tend to advocate refreshing our circumstances by saving energy and recycling waste.It is suggested that we use energy-saving appliances such as electrical motors, microwaves and so on and not be casual about little things like recycling a can.So please glance around and see what you can do.So long as everybody makes contribution, we will not have to put up with this problem anymore.正如那位主任代表他的研究小组所说明的那样，这张图表的数据清楚地描述了未来环境的趋势：一方面，燃料的数量以每年9%的速度持续减少，同时，大范围污染的增长已经成为一种全球趋势;另一反面，平均气温轻微却稳定地升高正在造成像广泛的洪涝那样的灾难。无不同意地，他们一致赞成是人类的存在和任意的消耗能源才造成了这一现象。

许多人都信奉开发核能和外太空能源会防止糟糕的后果发生的理论，然而，即使这样可以基本上满足我们的需要，科学家和教育家们仍然反对这一观点。他们更倾向于拥护用节省能源和回收废料的方法恢复环境生机，并建议我们要使用节省能源的器具，如电力发动机、微波炉等，还建议我们不要对如回收罐子这种小事漫不经心。因此，看看你身边是否有你能做的事，只要每个人都作出贡献，我们就不必再忍受这个问题的困扰了。

30、A Volcano Eruption（火山爆发）

As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms.Sometimes I did this by giving out questionnaires to those who went through them.But sometimes I had to go through actual disasters myself.The Musaki Volcano was one of them.At that time, I lived in a bungalow alongside the volcano with a novelist, who came for the appreciation of its eruption.One day, when I was drawing diagrams on the balcony and he was bathing inside, the volcano erupted unexpectedly.The ash and lava fountains shooting highly in the sky varied from 50 to 100 meters in height.It was absolutely fantastic!I even noticed a rainbow appear in the fog caused by a heat wave.But, glancing through our surroundings, I foresaw the potential danger and found no guarantee of our safety.The uncomfortable gas almost made us unconscious.Sweats of anxiety began to drop.Managing to stop panicking and trembling, we quickly put on our protective suits, helmets and boots and eventually made our way to a safe place.How lucky we were even though my precious equipment and documents were all burnt to the ground!作为最好的候选人，我被委派为一个数据库收集和评估各种自然灾害的信息，例如飓风、台风或雷暴等。有时我通过向经历过这些灾害的人分发调查问卷来收集信息，有时却得亲自经历实际的灾害。Musaki火山就是其中之一。

那时，我和一名来欣赏火山爆发的小说家同住在火山边上的一座平房里。有一天，当我正在阳台上画图表而他在屋里洗澡时，火山突然爆发了，喷射到天空中的火山灰和岩浆喷泉从50米到100米不等，这一情景绝对地奇异，我甚至还注意到一条彩虹出现在热浪造成的雾里。然而，我向四周看了一下，马上预见到了潜在的危险，也发现了我们的安全毫无保障。令人不舒服的气体几乎使我们失去知觉，忧虑的汗水开始流淌下来。我们努力使自己不要惊慌和颤抖，迅速穿上保护套装、头盔和靴子，最后成功前往安全的地方。尽管我珍贵的设备和文件都烧得精光，但是我们真的非常幸运。

31、Defeat Disability（战胜残疾）

Yang’s ambition was to get an architect certificate or become a bowling master.But when he was conducting experiments with a microscope in the basement, a tank on the bench exploded, sending him flying outwards through the exit.He was out of breath while knowing he lost his eyesight as well as 70% of his hearing.In other words, he was disabled.Feeling clumsy, he was annoyed at first though nobody made fun of him.He cut out going outdoors and just sat around at home talking to his parrot or tortoise silently.His sister resigned to help him in many ways.Her assistance and encouragement were so beneficial to his psychology that he adapted to his disability soon and became outgoing again.In a college accessible to him, he studied politics and literature.He always sat in the front row near the entry without any absence and, with the help of his handy laptop, he studied well by means of dictation.His thesis, Abolishing Slavery, met with all professors’ approval.After class, he and his companions often played drum music, which was noisy but suitable for his hearing.After graduation, he made high profits by designing software for a firm.All in all, in his community, he won his dignity and people’s congratulations.He always wished all the best to his disabled fellows and encouraged them, “Never mind!All you have is adequate to get your achievement.”

阳的雄心是，要么获得一张建筑师证书，要么成为一名保龄球高手。但是在地下室里的显微镜下进行试验时，放在长凳上的一只大桶突然爆炸，把他从出口处炸飞了出去。当知道自己除了失去70%的听力之外，还失去了视力时，他完全喘不过气来。换句话说，他残疾了。

最初，尽管没人取笑他，他还是非常气恼于自己的笨拙。他取消了外出，总是在家里闲坐，和他的鹦鹉和乌龟默默相对。他的姐姐辞了职，用许多方式帮助他。她的帮助和鼓励对他的心理是如此地有益，以致他很快就适应了自己的残疾，再次变得外向起来。他在一所接受他就读的学校里学习政治和文学，总是坐在靠近入口的前排，从不缺席。在他轻便好用的手提电脑的帮助下，他用听写的方式学习得很好。他的论文《废除奴隶制》受到所有教授的一致认可。课后，他和伙伴们还常常演奏大声却适合他听觉的鼓乐。毕业后，他通过设计软件为一家公司获得很高的利润。总之，在他的社区里，他赢得了自己的尊严和人们的祝贺。

他一直都把所有最好祝愿给予他残疾的同伴，并鼓励他们：“没关系，你拥有的一切一定足 够你取得自己的成就!”

32、Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For（幸福的婚姻需要争取）

As a talented navy officer, he was bound to be busy.When his wife rang him up to declare her divorce alarm, he was still scanning a digital counter to check the data so as to give an assessment of the theoretical framework for a biochemical weapon.His junior staff’s sympathy made him feel embarrassed.His wife was a part-time clerk.With his high bonus, she lived in a grand house with elegant cushions and bedding.Her favour was reading stars’ biographies or absurd fictions with endless chapters in her armchair.People envied her leisure life very much.But in fact, she was tired of being left alone.She sent emails to his mailbox every week to state her thinking and ask for his accompaniment, but never received reply of satisfaction.Tired of his explanation that he must obey the orders, she filed for divorce.Because he desired to get their holy affection back, he set other affairs aside.He trimmed his fingernails short and changed his overweight figure as well as his awful haircut.He wore an apron to prepare delicious cuisine for her.He also bought her a necklace and piles of flowers hoping that their receiver could turn around.After being tested out for 3 months in all, he eventually succeeded.作为一名才华出众的海军军官，他注定是要忙碌的。当他的妻子打来电话宣布和他离婚的警告时，他还在查看一台数码计数器核对数据，以对一种生物化学武器的理论框架做出评估。他的下级职员表现出的同情使他很尴尬。

他的妻子是一位非全日性工作的职员，有了他的高津贴，她住在一所装饰有优雅垫子和寝具的富丽堂皇的屋子里。她的爱好是坐在扶手椅上读读明星们的传记或一些有没完没了章节的荒谬小说。别人都很妒忌她安逸的生活，但是实际上，她厌透了被独自丢下。她每周都给他的邮箱发电子邮件陈述她的想法，要求他的陪伴，但却从未收到满意答复。受够了他总是必须服从命令的解释，她提出了离婚。

因为渴望重新获得这份神圣的爱，他把别的事务都放在一边。他剪短了指甲，改变了超重的身材和糟糕的发型，还穿上围裙为她做可口的菜肴，他甚至还给她买了项链和成堆的鲜花，希望它们的接受者能够回心转意。

在被考验了总共3个月后，他最终成功了。

33、Mark and a Seal（马克和海豹）

Mark rented an accommodation with his pension near the shore.He paid annual visits there to enjoy the vivid beauty in the depths of the pure sea.Once, with his underwater telescope and flashlight, Mark dived along the boundary between the steep reef and the area of seaweed conservation.Suddenly, an awesome Antarctic seal with sharp teeth appeared opposite him.Every cell in his body was scared to death.But soon, he was aware that he wasn’t the target of an attack.With a neat wound in its lip caused by a shark, this grey seal was washed upside down by the tides time after time.But it tried to jog Mark as if to urge him to help it.So Mark abandoned fleeing away.With its teamwork, Mark used a net to drag the seal to the shallow water.Without pausing he helped it out after a simple operation and settled it in a narrow cave by the seaside.Every time he brought it tasty fish, it would yell and suck his hands happily.Witnesses said their anecdotes reflected a magic dimension of the relationship between humans and animals.马克用他的退休金在海岸边租了一间住所，每年都去那儿欣赏纯净的大海深处那生动的美丽。

有一次，马克带着他的水下望远镜和手电筒，潜到陡峭的暗礁和海草保护区间的分界线。突然，一只长着尖利牙齿、使人畏惧的南极海豹出现在他对面。马克吓坏了，但是很快，他就意识到，他不是攻击的目标。这只灰色海豹的唇上有道鲨鱼咬出的整齐伤口，还时不时地被潮水冲得头上脚下。尽管如此，它却总是努力轻轻碰撞马克，似乎在催促他帮助它。于是马克放弃了逃跑。在这只海豹的合作下，马克用一张网把它拖到浅水区，并毫不停歇给它动了一个简单的手术，帮助它解决了问题，然后将它安置在海边一个狭窄的洞里。每次当马克给它带来鲜美可口的鱼时，它就会高兴地大声叫唤，还吮吸他的手。目击者都说他们的轶事映射出人与动物关系中奇妙的一个方面。

34、Helping the Remote Village（援助山村）

A year ago, the famous astronaut received an invitation by airmail from a remote village.Intending to sniff some fresh air, he and his interpreter paid a fortnight visit there.It was a privilege for them to be there, but they were shocked by what they saw.The tracks were muddy.The river was drying up.Most villagers only possessed one broom, a few tins and several jars and their rectangular grass huts with round angles were surrounded by weeds.Besides, their school had no roof and platform, and the students had no concept of clicking a computer at all.They were badly in need.Soon, the astronaut made a generous voluntary donation to the village.There were textbooks for students, sewing machines for tailors and tractors for farmers.His distribution catalogue also included operating a clinic and a trunk library, as well as giving weekly lessons to teach relevant farming knowledge like how to dry out seeds or raise oxen.He himself not only helped do some paperwork but also purchased grills for boys to toast potatoes and combs for girls who were dying to get one.The other day, he heard from the villagers again inviting him to participate in the donation anniversary.For political and security reasons, he couldn’t adjust his outgoing arrangement-otherwise he would go.But his deeds were remembered forever.一年前，那位著名的宇航员收到一份由一个偏远村庄通过航空邮件寄来的邀请。因为想要呼吸一下新鲜空气，他和翻译到那儿做了一次两周的访问。当地之行使他们倍感荣幸，但却震惊于所见所闻。泥泞的道路、河流干枯，大部分的村民拥有的财产只不过是一只扫帚、几个瓶瓶罐罐而已，圆角的矩形草屋四周长满了杂草，学校也没有屋顶和讲台，学生们更对点击操作电脑毫无概念。他们生活确实相当困难。

很快，宇航员就向村庄做了慷慨的自愿捐赠。捐赠品中有给学生的课本，给裁缝的缝纫机，还有给农民的拖拉机。捐赠金的分配目录中还包括一间诊所和一间书箱图书馆的运作，并有传 授像怎么使种子干透，或者怎么养牛这种相关农业知识的每周课程。他自己不仅亲自帮助做一些文书工作，还给男孩子们购买了烤马铃薯的烤架、给渴望得到梳子的女孩子们买了梳子。前几天，他又收到了村民们邀请他参加捐赠周年会的来信。出于政治和安全原因，他无法调整外出时间安排，否则他就会去了。不过他所做的一切村民们都永远记得。

35、Study in America（留学美国）

Nannan’s father runs an enterprise near the Ming Tombs selling batteries and drills to the Daqing Oilfield.Hoping to get the qualification to help govern it, Nannan made much preparation and then left her motherland with her visa to study in America.Having reached her destination, she settled in an inn recommended by the travel agent.As far as Nannan was concerned, she always kept it up in China.But she had to acknowledge it was not easy to adjust herself to the new academic requirements, which were not parallel with China’s.Though she was occupied with lectures and seminars day in and day out, the essays she drafted were still contradicted by her tutors.As for her routine life, she felt that it was hard to fit in, too.For example, she found English idioms difficult to understand.And it was out of the question to eat delicious Chinese foods though many optional cafeterias served abundant substitutes.In addition, she had to wait in a queue early for the minibus that took her to school and it was usually so cold that she felt numb.What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper’s cage.Luckily, with her parents comforting her by videophone, she became autonomous soon and eventually got her bachelor’s degree successfully.楠楠的父亲在明陵附近经营一家企业，销售电池和钻机到大庆油田。抱着获得相应资格帮助管理的希望，楠楠做了大量准备，然后带着签证离开祖国去美国留学。抵达目的地后，她在一间旅行代理推荐的旅馆安顿下来。

就楠楠而言，她在国内一直保持着良好的状态，但是在国外，她却不得不承认，要适应新学院的要求不容易，它们和国内的要求不相同。尽管她整天都忙着听讲座、参加研讨会努力学习，她起草的论文还是被导师驳了回来。至于日常生活，她也感觉难于适应，例如，她发觉英语成语很难理解，而且不可能吃到地道的中国食品，尽管可选的许多餐馆都有提供丰富的替代品。此外，她还得冒着把人冻得麻木的寒冷早起排队等小型巴士去学校。最使她烦恼的是，一名店主笼子里的狗的吠叫闹得她睡不好觉，但却没有任何人向她道歉。

幸运的是，在她父母通过可视电话的安慰下，她很快就锻炼得自主独立起来，并最终成功获得了学士学位。

36、Immigrate to America（移民美国）

Attracted by the boom in America, my nephew teamed up with a Korean to illegally cross the Bearing Strait in the Arctic to America.To avoid the Customs’ punishment, they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull, sitting back to back without sleeping, showering and shaving for 3 days, and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing.The hardship of this crossing was apparent.At first, he made a living by means of raising cattle and then was hired in aircraft industries.He lived in a Catholic district.Taking in a small percentage of Pakistani immigrants, the majority of the residents were from Italy and Denmark, who all kept up their customs and cultures.Different blocks here were distinctly marked out and indicated from the racial angle.It was unfair and needed reforming.But with nowhere else to go, my nephew lived on and managed to make a life for himself.My nephew’s fortune came when he bravely helped a conductor brake a ream to stop it from slipping out of the rails.The man was elected vice chairman of the Socialist Party later.It occurred to my nephew that he could grasp this opportunity to ask for his help.The man who was thankful helped him apply to the civil authority for the right to live in America by inserting his brave deed into his documents.Unlike a great many other applicants, his application was approved by the Federal Justice Ministry.Before long, he started his own bakery and lived a better life.因为受到美国繁荣的吸引，我的侄子与一名韩国人合作，从北极的白令海峡偷渡到美国。为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。

起初，他借助饲养牲畜谋生，后来受雇于飞机制造工业。他住的地方是一个天主教区，除了包括一小部分(百分比)的巴基斯坦移民，大部分的居民都来自于意大利和丹麦，他们都保持着自己的风俗和文化，使这里的街区都从种族的角度清楚地划出界线，明确标示。这很不公平，极需改革，但我的侄子没别的地方可去，只好继续居住下去，想法设法开始新的生活。

我侄子的好运在他勇敢地帮助一名列车员刹停一列电车以防止其滑出轨道时到来了。那个人后来被选为社会党的副主席，我侄子就想到应该抓住机会请求他的帮助。这个人充满感激，立即把我侄子的勇敢事迹插入到申请文件中，帮助我侄子向美国国内政权当局申请美国居住权。不像别的许多申请人，我侄子的申请很快被联邦司法部批准了。不久，他就开了自己的面包店，过上了稍好一点的生活。

37、Be Careful about Cloning（谨慎对待克隆）

After a series of initial experiments and corrections, the scientist’s hard work paid off when the twin clone turkeys were hatched with normal feather and claws.This breakthrough possibly enabled people to bring their adored pets back to life.However, it bothered him from time to time that their health was in poor condition because they were unable to resist illnesses.This drawback cast him down.Merely 2 weeks later, the clones and their carrier died, which struck frustration into his heart.He retired before he attained his ambition and became a member of an opera chorus to relieve his depression.Shortly afterwards, the media published a conservative argument objecting to cloning owing to moral problems, and suggested the constitution include compulsory regulations to forbid obtaining commercial profits from cloning.When interviewed, the scientist stared at the decorations on the ceiling, thinking for a while, and then said, “I’m not in favour of any arbitrary assumption, but undertaking cloning does differ from the straightforward procedure of making loafs out of flour.Until we accumulate enough exact knowledge, any practice is in vain and is bound to fail.Altogether, being more careful is reasonable or we may walk into a side road.”

在最初一系列的实验和修正之后，科学家的辛苦工作终于取得了成功，一对双生的克隆火鸡孵化出来，羽毛和爪子都很正常。这一突破或许能让人们使他们喜爱的宠物死而复生。然而，使他不时地烦恼的是，因为它们无法抵抗疾病，使得它们的健康状况极差。这个缺点让他很沮丧。仅仅过了2个星期，克隆体和母体都死亡了，这使他内心里充满了挫折，他也因此在达到自己目标前就退休了，并选择加入歌剧合唱团来减轻消沉的感觉。

之后不久，媒体就因为道德问题而发表了反对克隆的保守论点，并且建议宪法应该包括强制性的法规禁止通过克隆获得商业利益。

当被采访时，科学家盯着天花板上的装饰物思考了一会儿，说：“我不赞成任何任意的假设，但是从事克隆与用面粉制作面包的简单过程确实不大相同。在我们积累了足够的准确知识前，任何实际操作都是徒劳无功的，注定会失败。总而言之，更加谨慎地对待克隆是合理的，否则我们或许会误入歧途。”

38、Strange Patent Applications（奇怪的专利申请）

I set about working in the current Patent Office after resigning from the court personnel.Competent and dynamic, I never feel passive while diving into the identifications of whether applications are valid and practical according to the new version of the criteria.。

With the expectation of distinguishing their own importance, some people leave the beaten track and file strange products with us now and then, for example, lantern that can be attached on your forehead, cubic walnuts, refrigerator made of straw and glue, perfume that nobody can bear to smell, and so on.Once, a man made a triangle helicopter out of stainless wires and string.He called us up and merrily claimed it was stable and convenient to use, and never out of order.I asked him to hang on, but this innocent man just rang off and set out to fly from his courtyard.I dialed his number in the directory trying to ring him back, but never got through.Merciful God blessing, an abrupt freezing rainfall made his powder wet.Luckily, the trouble was without any extension except that he crashed into a greengrocer’s making all the ripe fruits become messy jam.When people seized this crazy man with caution and sobered him by tapping his face, he complained about the bad weather instead of associating his failure with his unscientific design.有一次，有个人用不锈钢丝和绳子制作了一架三角形的直升飞机。他致电给我们，高兴地声称其确实牢固，而且方便使用，从不发生故障。我请他稍等，但这个天真的人挂了电话就开始从院子里起飞。我拨打他在电话簿上的号码试图回电给他，却无法接通。

为了显示与众不同，时不时就有人违反常规，向我们提交一些奇怪的产品申请，例如固定在前额的信号灯、立方体的胡桃、用稻草和胶水制作的冰箱、没人能受得了的香水等

从法院人事部辞职后，我开始在现在的专利局工作。我工作起来既称职又有活力，在投身于根据新版的申请标准鉴定专利申请，以防他们无效或不实用时，我从未感觉到消极没劲

仁慈的上帝保佑，一场突然降临的冻雨打湿了他的火药，使他造成的麻烦没有扩大，只是撞入一间水果店，把所有成熟的水果都压成一塌糊涂的果酱。当人们小心地抓住这个失去理智的 人，轻轻拍打他的脸使他清醒过来时，他还在抱怨糟糕的坏天气，却没有将他的失败与他不科学的设计联系起来。

39、Pronunciation and Status（口音与身份）

An ambassador and a referee were consulting a professor on the caption of a Buddhistic alphabet when a sobbing woman stopped them to sell an antique musical bathtub.Her dirty garment and the handkerchief around her waist were badly in need of sending to a laundry.The ambassador uncomfortably gave her a handful of pence from his wallet and said, “Take this fortune away, troublesome woman.”

When her figure faded away, the brilliant professor said, “You are mistaken and your improper remark on her should be condemned.In terms of this extraordinary woman, you can’t classify her status by her horrible clothes or disgusting nails.Her clean woolen vest and stockings, especially her classic pronunciation, all suggested her upper status.” The ambassador gave a whistle in amazement, and advised making her acquaintance.The professor hesitated for a while, then compromised.The outcome was that she was an authentic superior police officer.When they were shown in her office and saw her once more, she brought them a teapot of tea and some cookies, laughing and saying, “I rubbed some cream and wax on my garment and passed myself off as a shabby woman among thieves and robbers to investigate a plot.Generally speaking, your overlooking me and my adaptation are the best help.But my pronunciation seemed to have betrayed me.”

一位大使和一位裁判正在就一张佛教符号表的文字说明请教教授，这时，一名哭哭啼啼的女人把他们拦住，要卖给他们一个古董音乐澡盆，她肮脏的衣服和腰间的手帕都急需送到洗衣店清洗。大使很不舒服地从钱包里掏出一把便士说：“把这大笔钱拿走，麻烦的女人!”

等她的身影渐渐远去，那位才华横溢的教授说：“你错了，你对她不适当的评论语应该受到谴责。就这个不同寻常的女人来说，你不能根据她糟糕的衣服或令人恶心的指甲给她的身份地位分类。她干净的羊毛背心和袜子，尤其是她一流的发音，都暗示着她的上层身份。”大使惊奇地吹了声口哨，建议去认识她。教授犹豫了一会儿，最后妥协了。

结果呢，她真的是一位高级警官。当他们被带进她的办公室再次见到她时，她给他们拿来一壶茶和一些饼干，笑着说：“我把奶油和蜡涂在大衣上假扮成寒酸肮脏的女人混进在小偷和抢劫犯中间，是为了调查一宗阴谋。通常说来，你们对我的忽视和我对此的适应就是最好的帮助。但是我的发音似乎暴露了我啊。”

40、A Sly Murder（一宗狡猾的谋杀案）

When giving a lecture about the significance of punctuation, the academic professor was interrupted and arrested by the police for murdering his wife, a receptionist of a kindergarten.The police found some photos he deleted from their e-album showing that they used to have a gay life.But, fed up with her wrinkled face, he murdered her instead of divorcing her to avoid fortune division.He cut up a kind of seashell with a sharpened knife, and hammered it into powder on a skateboard, and made at most one gram, which was enough to accelerate one’s pulse until he or she dies.This kind of poison can date back to 10,000 BC when people rubbed it on spears to kill beasts.The professor mixed the poison with onion, watermelon and yogurt for his wife.Howling and scratching her chest, she felt dizzy and died soon.After tentative examination, the police assumed she died of heart disease.But systematic botanical analyses showed that the watermelon spit on the messy mat and the quilt was poisonous.Regardless of exhaustion and starvation, the acute and skilful policemen used radioactive equipment to make sure the category of the poison.Primitive and not ample as their alternative equipment was, they got perfect accuracy somehow.People applauded the police and the woman’s family can look ahead with relief now.那位学院的教授在发表关于标点符号重要意义的演讲时被警察打断了，他因谋杀自己的妻子——一位幼儿园的接待员——而被逮捕。警察找到了一些被他从电子相册里删除的照片，照片表明，他们曾经有过快乐的生活，但是，因为厌烦了妻子起皱的脸，他杀死她而不是和她离婚以避免离婚时的财产分割。他用一把磨利的小刀切碎一种贝壳，然后在滑板上锤打成粉末，最多1克就足以加速人的脉搏直到其死亡。这种毒药可以追溯到公元前10，000年，当时它就被涂抹在长予上杀死野兽。教授把这种毒药混合在洋葱、西瓜和酸奶里给他的妻子，后者叫喊、抓挠胸口、头晕目眩，很快就死了。在初步检查之后，警察设想她是死于心脏病。但是系统的植物学分析却表明，吐在凌乱的席子和被子上的西瓜有毒。敏锐而又技术娴熟的警察不顾疲劳和饥饿，用放射性的设备确定了毒素的种类。尽管可供选择的设备原始，且数量不足，他们还是设法取得了完美的准确度。

人们都为警察欢呼鼓掌，而那位女人的家人现在也可以带着欣慰为将来打算了。

41、A Courageous Amateur(勇敢的业余运动员)

He doomed to be a courageous champion.But, as his profile mentioned, he was in reality born unfit for such work.He majored in economics, and used to work as a receptionist, an accountant, a lawyer, and a politician.Producing scarfs, zips, underwear and overcoats, his successful company offered workers high wage and salary.People appreciated his tact, wisdom, virtue and noble deeds.But he attained spiritual satisfaction from none of these.Only conventional sports fascinated him, such as hurdling, boxing, triathlon, and diving from a springboard approximate meters high.He started his entire conception with bidding to accomplish the extremely tough marathon as an amateur.Through meditation, he used soul to urge himself and guide his body adjustment.Though he vomited every time he lunged or somersaulted, though his gymnastics was treated as juggling and caused laughter, he practised hard.He regretted that he didn’t start earlier.Therefore, his sacred motivation of devotion to sports was to live without repentance.(157 words/ 56 new)

他注定是一位勇敢的冠军。但是，正如他简历中所提到的，他实际上从出生起就不太健康。他主修经济学，曾经当过招待员、会计、律师、还有政治家。他的公司很成功，生产围巾、拉链、内衣和外套，为工人提供高工资（薪水）。人们都很欣赏他的机敏、智慧、美德和高尚的行为。但是他却没有由此获得精神上的满足，只有那些传统的运动才使他入迷，比如跨栏、拳击、三项全能，还有从约10米高的跳板上一跃入水。他以业余运动员的身份申请完成极端艰难的马拉松比赛，就此开始了他的整个计划。通过冥想，他用精神推动和调节身体。尽管他每次冲刺时都呕吐不已，尽管他的体能训练总是被当作耍把戏，引来笑话，他依然努力练习。他很后悔没有更早开始锻炼，因此，他全身心投入运动的神圣动机就是：不后悔地生活。

42、A Hard Expedition 一次艰难的远征

In 1662, an expedition to the North Pole set loose from the equator.The Encyclopedia records the background to this exploration.After outward departure at dusk, the crew deposited their parcels and did their routine.But they couldn’t reckon the precise latitude.And the magnetic compass was awkward and not reliable.So they used horizon, celestial objects overhead, seaweed, tide and logs with a knotted rope as reference.To avoid being on a random course heading nowhere, they even sailed alongside cliffs, whose shortcomings were obvious.Gradually, the crew, who were at the mercy of the sea and roaring wind when offshore, lost way.The dilemma lasted long.Starvation and thirst caused psychological tension.Foreseeing the minimum chance of escaping the jaw of death, they ignored seabirds’ swooping to tear and peck them.With so many hardships and drawbacks, their survival was a miracle.This incident increased the tendency of a compulsory reform on nautical equipment for secure voyage.Portable equipment was simplified and updated.(164 words/61 new)

1662年，一支远征队从赤道向北极出发，百科全书记载了这次探险的背景。

船只在黄昏时分启程，船员们放好包裹，开始执行日常事务。但是他们无法计算准确的纬度，磁性指南针也很难操作，不太可靠，因此，他们使用地平线、头顶上的天体、海草、潮汐和绑有打结绳子的圆木做航线参考。为了避免过于随意的航线把他们带到不知名的地方，他们甚至还沿着悬崖航行，这样做的据点是显而易见的。

渐渐地，离开海岸后就完全受大海和呼啸的风主宰的船员们迷了路。这种困境持续了很长时间，饥饿和口渴引起了心理的紧张不安。因为预见到很难有（最低的）机会从鬼门关逃脱，他们连海鸟扑下来撕扯、啄食他们的身体都不理会。经历了那么多的艰难和险阻，他们能够培育幸存下来真是奇迹。

这一事件促进了为了安全航海、必须革新航海设备的趋势，便找携设备由此得到了简化和更新换代。

43、Welcome to Australia(欢迎到澳洲来)Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to the Australian Day celebration and enjoy the barbecue.Then our travel along the highway winding down the Cradle Mountain via rusty rock barriers will let you see huge enclosures.Farmers have completed sowing.Owing to adequate rainfall, you’ll enjoy the splendour of the superb tropical agriculture as well.The fortnight timetables are in the travel brochures.The Commonwealth of Australia has six autonomous states.The federal government is responsible for its defence, foreign policy and taxation.Most citizens of this nation are migrants from different birthplaces.Often corresponding with their homelands, they associate Oceania with the world.The aboriginal reservations used to shrink because the authority snatched the land.These desperate people owed their survival to tolerance.So, out of respect for their ancestors, every bachelor will be talked into learning to protect heir heritage.Australian ecology is unique.Amongst the creatures, some are dangerous.For example, if your limb is paralyzed by a venomous funnelweb spider, go to see a doctor before you become unconscious.Remember, vinegar can’t help you recover from the sickness.Thank you.(174 words/53 new)

女士们先生们：欢迎参加澳洲日庆典，请享受我们的烧烤野餐。接着我们就会沿着蜿蜓下摇篮山的高速路，经过锈色岩石屏障前行，你将会看见巨大的围场。此外，农民们已经完成了播种，你还可以欣赏到充足降雨滋润下宏伟的热带农业所呈现的壮观。我们两星期的时间表在旅行手册里有。

澳大利亚有6个自治州，联邦政府负责防务、对外政策和税收。这个国家大多数的公民都是来自不同出生地的移民。由于经常与家乡通信联络，他们把大洋洲与世界紧密联系在一起。原著民的保留地曾经大量缩减，因为当局抢走了他们的土地，这些绝望的人们把他们的得以幸存归功于他们极大的忍耐力。因此，出于对祖先的尊敬，原著民中的每个单身汉都将被说服要学习如何保护他们珍贵的遗产。

澳大利亚的生态是独一无二的。在当地的生物中，有些是很危险的。例如，如果你的肢体被漏斗蜘蛛单板机痹，一定要在失去意识前去看医生。记住，醋是不能帮助你从这样的疾病中康复的。谢谢大家！

44、The Exotic Plants from China(从中国来的外来植物)

When getting rid of the rotten weeds for the daisy in your courtyard or on your balcony with a spade, do you know it is an exotic plant? As a monument near a pyramid in Egypt shows, collecting exotic plants dates back to around ,00BC.In the th century, European missionaries and botanists anchored in the Yellow Sea and did their endeavor to collect typical Chinese plants on a large scale, such as dove trees which appealed to them very much.The difficulties they met included thunderstorms, restrictions on their movement and conflicts with pirates, who carried spears and never shaved their beards.Their fluency in Chinese helped them a lot.To lower the death rate of the plants, they used strings to fix plants in tightly sealed containers, which were attached to other goods and shipped back to distant Europe.However, a problem appeared.Among these plants, some gave out a delicate or fragrant odour to attract particular beetles or wasps.Some gave out a fruity or musty smell to attract certain bats and moths, while other odourless plants with dull petals used the nectar inside their tubes to attract humming-birds.Without these pollinators which evolved together with the plants to pollinate for them, most plants postponed to get ripe despite enough irrigation.(209 words/ 55 new)当你用铲子给你院子里或阳台上的雏菊除去腐烂的杂草时，你知道它是外来植物吗？ 正如一座埃及金字塔旁的纪念碑所记载，收集外来植物可追溯到公元前1500年。在18世纪，欧洲的植物学家在黄海抛锚停泊，努力大规模收集典型的中国植物，例如鸽子树，就非常吸引他们。他们遇见的困难包括雷暴天气，行动的限制，还有与拿长矛、留胡子的海盗发生的冲突。好在流利的中文给了他们很大的帮助。为了降低植物的死亡率，他们用细绳把植物固定在紧紧密封的容器里，然后附加在别的货物上运回遥远的欧洲。

然而，有个问题出现了。在这些植物中，有些散发出微妙的或芬芳的气味吸引特定的甲是或黄蜂，有些释放出果味或霉味吸引某种蝙蝠或蛾，而另一些无味、花瓣颜色也不鲜明的动植物则用他们花管中的花蜜引来蜂鸟。没有这些与植物共同进化的虫媒来给它们授粉，即使给予充分的灌溉，这些植物还是大部分都延迟成熟了。

45、Beware of Advertisements（小心广告）

Corporations all have budget for the expense of advertisements to promote sales.Billboards over lanes, stereo broadcast and television are their media.The sales partly rely on ads.However, not all advertisers have conscience.Thus, misleading, dishonest, or even immoral ads generated everywhere.They use visual technique to turn bad things, such as drinking litres of alcoholic drinks and smoking tobacco, into decent fashion, which, in fact, is murdering you slowly.Consumers have no use for these ads which don’t fit in(with)the ethics and should be banned to protect our ethical basis.Once, a mature actress was appointed to play a typist, wearing a casual garment in a typewriter ad.Her fluent statement informed the target audience of the feature that the suitcase-sized product could raise the speed of typing on sheets of paper.A hostess of a party was misled and bought one to type her invitations.Thought the spokesman of the producer apologized later, she felt offended, and the actress could never refresh her worthy fame.So, beware.If you see any untrustworthy ads, please dial the number of the Consumer Association.The operator will connect you to the chairman directly and give you response soon.(199 words/ 58 new)

公司企业都有做促销广告的费用预算，车道上的广告牌、立体声广播和电视都是他们的媒体。产品的销售在一定程度上要依靠广告。然而，不是所有的登广告者都有道德心。这样，误导的、不诚实的、甚至不道德的广告就到处产生了。他们用视觉上的技巧把喝酒、抽烟等坏的东西变成正派的时尚，实际上却是对你的慢性谋杀。消费者厌恶这些不符合道德的广告，他们应该被禁止，以保护我们的道德基础。

一次，一位老练的女演员被指定在一个打印机广告中扮演打字员，她穿着休闲服装，用流利的表达告知目标观众，这台手提箱大小的产品具有能够提高在纸张上打印速度的特点。有位要举办晚会的女主人被误导了，购买了一台拓印邀请函。尽管制造商的发言人人后来道了歉，她还是深感受伤，而且那位女演员也再无法恢复她原本可敬的名声。所以，要小心。如果你看见了不可靠的广告，请拨打消费者协会的电话号码，接线员将直接转拉给协会主席，并尽快给你答复。

46、The stout captain（顽强的船长）

As the proverb said, nothing ventured, nothing gained.Hooked by the caption’s advertisement, the writer gave up his cosy life and grasped the chance to secretly get aboard the ship, which was full of spider webs.Luckily, being tactful, he was liked by the captain and, later, became a chef of no rank after overcoming seasickness.When the ship was crushed by ice, it was so urgent that there was no time to mourn.With God’s blessing, the stewards collected enough stoves, foods, and bedding.Foreseeing the unbearable suffering, the stout captain asked his men to swear to do as he advocated: keep cheerful and never give way to feeling discouraged.He also set out a fair framework for their life to reduce selfish deeds, odd behaviours or unfair punishment.His perseverance and optimism were vital to strengthen their faith of survival and morale.Then, without delay, having given his commitment to return, the captain selected loyal and dynamic stewards to bring help.Living in this freezing circumstance needed special caution and endurance.Booming blasts of wind, which the small huts couldn’t block out, made them breathless.Everyone suffered from sun-blindness and blackened rotten toes.They were bored with seal meat and liver, their regular and unchangeable food, which made their stool rather hard.Burning seal fat gave off black smoke which caused everyone to have hoarse voices.Anyhow, they survived and was filled with gratitude for their admirable captain.(233word/62new)

正如谚语所说：“不入虎穴，焉得虎子”，作者被那船长的广告给迷住了，毅然放弃了舒适的生活，偷偷地抓住机会爬上满是蜘蛛网的船。幸运的是，船长喜欢他的言行得体，在克服了晕船后，他成为一名没有衔职的厨师。

当船被冰挤碎时，情况相当紧急，根本没有难过的时间。上帝保佑，乘务员们收集了足够的炉子、食物和被褥。由于预见到难以忍受的艰难困苦，顽强的船长让船员们发誓按他主张的那样去做：保持愉快，永不向气馁低头让步。他还为他们建立起公平的生活框架，以减少自私的行为、古怪的举动、或者不公平的惩罚。他的坚持不懈我乐观精神对增强船员生存的信念和士气是至关重要的。接着，船长毫不迟延地挑选了5名忠实而又精力充沛的船员出发去寻求帮助，并许诺一定会回来救留下的人。

生活在这个严寒的环境里需要特别的小心和忍耐力。小棚屋阻挡不住发出轰隆声的阵风，让他们几乎喘不过气来。人人都长了腐料变黑的脚趾，都烦透了海豹肉和海豹肝，这样天天如此、一成不变的食物使他们便秘，而且燃烧海豹油散发出来的黑烟，使每个人的声音都嘶哑不堪。

但是无论如何，所有人都幸存了下来，船长赢得了大家的钦佩和感激。

47、The Story Carved on an Armchair(刻在扶手椅上的故事)

After the bank confirmed the signature on behalf of the seller and cashed the cheque for him, the armchair belonged to Mr.White.He was very fond of this ancient opera prop found in a vacant storage of an old lord.Hoping to make a name by modernizing the ancient Latin carved on the armchair, he packed up his baggage and shortened his journey.His new terminal was home now.Though allergic to dust, he scratched away the dusty surface himself.Then, sneezing, he read an old story whose author was a famous play writer: Long ago, an old emperor wanted to hand over the burden of responsibility.He decided to allocate his kingdom to his three darling daughters.Whichever of them adored him most would get the best part.The deceitful flattery of the two elder greedy and cunning daughters won his trust.But the honest youngest daughter, though her father prayed that she would say something, responded that she had nothing special to say.Suspecting whether she really cared for him, the emperor redrew boundaries on the map and distributed nothing to her.Then, he drove his innocent little daughter to France, where she luckily met her bridegroom.Forecasting that the emperor was causing friction between him and his daughters, a loyal duke spoke out his opinion to oppose the decision.The emperor demanded that he leave and did not hear out his contradictions.After the emperor gave away the majesty, his two daughters and their staff became disrespectful to him.They insulted him and scolded that his troops were corrupt and filled with drunken soldiers, which was not true.Finally, the youngest daughter came back and defeated her two sisters on the frontier.She put the old emperor back on his throne.And the loyal duke’s sacrifice was rewarded.This story was adapted to so wonderful a film that it is, beyond question , worth rewinding to see a second time.(316words/65new)

在银行代表卖方确认了签名并兑现了支票，扶手椅就属于怀特先生了。他非常喜欢这件歌剧用的古老道具，它是在一位老地主空荡荡的储藏室里发现的。带着通过把扶手椅上雕刻的古拉丁文译成现代（化）文而成名的希望，他立刻收拾行李，缩短行程，现在，他的新终点站是回家。尽管对灰尘过敏，他还是亲自刮去满是灰尘的表层，接着，他一边不住地打喷嚏，一边读到了一篇古老的故事，作者是一位著名的戏剧作家：

很久以前，有位年老的国王想要移交责任的重担，决定将他的王国分给三个亲爱的女儿，哪个最爱他，哪个就获得最好的一份。两个贪婪而狡猾的大姐用不诚实的恭维骗得了他的信任。但是诚实的小女儿在父亲的恳求下却回答说她说不出什么特别的话。因为怀疑她是否真的关心自己，国王重新在地图上画边界，没有分给她任何东西，然后把自己无辜的小女儿赶到法国。幸运的是，她在法国遇见了后来成为她新郎的人。由于预见到国王在自己和女儿之间引发了矛盾，一位忠心耿耿的公爵大胆说出了反对意见。国王没有听完他反驳的话就命令把他赶出了自己的国界。

在国王把王权送出之后，他的两个女儿和手下却开始不尊敬他了。他们侮辱他，责骂他的军队既腐败，又整天喝得醉熏熏，但这其实都不是真的。

最后，小女儿回来打败了她的两个姐姐，把年迈的国王又扶上了王位，公爵的牺牲也获得了回报。

这个故事后来被改编成了电影，如此精彩的电影是毫无疑问值得倒回来再看第二遍的。

48、Fighting Against Racial Discrimination(与种族歧视做斗争)

Without the liberty to register to vote, blacks used to be dominated by whites.Even the almighty God seemed to lose sight of their prayers, so they resolved to fight against racial discrimination themselves.One day, a black woman was arrested for having committed offence to white people when she was unwilling to submit the unjust separation tradition, which prohibited blacks from sitting in the white people’s seats on trolleybuses.This event was seized on by blacks to carry out a nationwide boycott against the trolleybus company.Johnson, who was hopeful to transform his town into an oasis of equality and happiness, put on his sandals and hurried out.He was going to negotiate with the company.“Being punctual” was the creed he always lived out.Saluting the pedestrians marching on the pavement, he ignored the evident hostility, or even abuse, from some white people to avoid collision.His philosophy was that, one day, whites and blacks would play a beautiful symphony of brotherhood together.By coincident, he met Tom, who was skimming the latest newspaper.He quoted the newspaper to tell Johnson that the Supreme Court had declared that the separation was not constitutional.Just like a bomb, his words caused a brief chaos, then a great cheer in the crowds.They knew they had won a fundamental victory in the battle for civil rights.(219words/49new)

因为没有登记选举的自由，黑人曾经处于被白人统治支配的地位，就连万能的上帝似乎也无视他们的祈祷，因此，他们决心靠自己和种族歧视做斗争。

有一天，一位黑人妇女因为不愿服从在无轨电车上禁止黑人坐白人位子的不公平隔离惯例而冒犯了白人，受到逮捕。黑人们抓住这一事件开展了针对电车公司的全国抵制运动。

满怀希望把小镇改变成平等、幸福乐土的约翰逊穿上他的凉鞋，匆忙赶了出去，他要去和电车公司谈判，守时一向是他坚持的信条。他一边向人行道上前进的步行者致敬，一边不理会一些白人明显的敌意，甚至是辱骂，以避免引起冲突。他的人生观告诉他，白人和黑人总有一天会一起演奏一曲美妙的手足之歌（交响乐）。

很巧，他遇见了汤姆，他正在浏览最新的报纸。他告诉约翰逊，最高法院已经宣布隔离是不符合宪法的。他的话就象一颗炸弹，在人群中引起一阵短暂的混乱，然后是大声的欢呼。他们知道，他们赢得了公民权斗争的基本胜利。

49、Don’t Assess one by His Appearance（不要以貌取人）

It’s frequent that we tend to assess one by his appearance, which is not always accurate.Once, in spite of our great endeavour, the technology adopted by my brewery couldn’t efficiently prevent the beer component from going bad when the temperature was beneath degrees centigrade.So I went to attend a seminar in New Zealand to find someone to consult.I previewed the seminar manual in detail, and decided that, among all the names listed underneath the caption, Dr.Smith, a famous technician and educator, was the competent one.Learning that I didn’t prepare local currency at the airport, a blind man asked me to share a cab with him to the Lotus Hotel.He was in shabby clothes.And his vague oral English confused me a lot.His bag was in such a messy situation inside—recipes for cuisine, tickets for ballet shows, albums, cassettes and so on, all were mixed up.Luckily, resembling other blind people, his auditory and tactile senses were acute.However, later at the seminar, I learned that he was that famous Dr.Smith.The speeches were tiresome except Dr.Smith’s.After the seminar, he presented me a booklet with a picture of bent rainbow on the cover, and said that it was up to me to digest the advanced technology and carry it out.Finally, we succeeded.Besides the concrete technology, my acquisition of the knowledge about how to judge people was a bonus from Dr.Smith.(244words/45new)

我们时常会倾向于根据外来来评定一个人，这并不总是准确的。

有一回，尽管做了极大的努力，我的啤酒厂采用的技术总不能在温度低于10摄氏度时有效地防止啤酒成分变质。因此，我去新西兰参加了一场研讨会，想找个人请教。我事先详细查看了研讨会手册并决定，在标题下开列的名字中，史密斯博士，著名的技术师和教育家，就是能胜任的人。

在机场，有位盲人得知我没有准备当地的货币后，邀请我和他坐同一辆出租车到莲花洒店。他身穿破旧的衣服，含糊的口头英语让我总是听不清楚，而且他的包里也杂乱得很——烹饪菜谱、芭蕾表演的门票、相册、磁带等等，都混杂在一起。所幸的是，他和别的盲人一样，有敏锐的听觉和触觉。然而，后来在研讨会上，我却得知，他就是那位著名的史密斯博士。

除了史密斯博士，其他人的演说都令人厌倦。会后，他送给我一本封面上有道弯弯彩虹的小册子，说，接下来由我自己好好理解消化这先进的技术并付诸实施。我们最终成功地解决了啤酒厂的问题。

除了有形的技术，获得如何判断人的知识是史密斯博士赠送的又一件特别奖励。

50、Betty was not the Burglar（贝蒂不是窃贼）

Betty, the black heroine of this book, was sensible, generous, outspoken and was never hopeless.Because her growth in a bungalow with a semicircle roof was a miserable experience, she had determined to struggle against prejudice and injustice since childhood.She got round all obstacles and did everything in her power to stand out, though black people were thought ill of and so many limitations were in force at that time.34

Her initial job was keeping goods in sequence in a warehouse for storing bargains, which was possessed by an arrogant and eccentric merchant.He was so skeptical and sensitive that any try to win his trust was in vain.He always said he could see through any deception.One morning, while inspecting, the merchant found some goods were lost.When enquired, Betty denied straight away that she was the burglar.But he discounted her words and insulted her with ironic words.The fact was twisted.Betty declined to make any concession against her will.Her explicit contradiction helped her win other staffs’ approval.At length, they reached a consensus that the merchant should admit his fault.When giving his ambiguous apology, suddenly, the merchant heard something squeaking, and felt a claw in his collar.He fell down on a bench with terror.When he hastily pulled himself up, everyone present saw a squirrel dangling on the chain connecting the warehouse with a pine tree.That was the burglar.The revelation of this event led to Betty’s becoming a famous writer and critic.In her early works of different literary genres under the name of Betty, she recounted this experience as vividly as a romance.She rejoiced to be the premier sponsor of “the Movement for Equality”.Wherever she went, her appearance always signalled the crowd to hail her achievement.(305words/73new)

贝蒂，本书的女主角，是一位明智、慷慨、坦言，而从不感到绝 望的黑人。她成长在一间有半圆形屋顶的平房里，那是一段痛苦的经历。正因如此，她自童年起就下定决心与对黑人的偏见和不公平做斗争。尽管当时对黑人的评价 不好，也存在那么多的限制，她还是克服了所有的障碍，竭尽全力出类拔萃。

她的第一份工作是在一间储存便宜货的仓库负责将货物按顺序摆放整齐，这间仓库由一位傲慢古怪的商人拥有。他是如此地多疑和敏感，任何想争取他信任的努力都是徒劳的。他总是说他能看穿任何诡计。

一天早晨，在视察的时候，商人发现有些货物丢失了。当询问到贝蒂时，她立即否认她是窃贼。但是她不相信她的话，还有讽刺的语言侮辱她。事实被扭曲了。贝蒂拒绝做聘书任何违心的让步，她清楚明确的反驳帮助她赢得了其他同事的支持，最后，他们达成了共识：商人应该承认错误。

当商人含糊其词地道歉时，突然，他听到什么东西吱吱地叫着，并且感觉到一只爪子伸进他的衣领。他吓得倒在长凳上。当他惊慌失措地站起来时，在场的人都看见一只松鼠正悬挂在连接仓库和一棵松树的锁链上。那才是窃贼呢！

3.10篇英语小短文 篇三

命》教案 新人教版必修4

教学目标：

知识目标：

1、了解文章丰富的文化内涵，提高文化素养。

2、把握论著的主要观点和基本倾向，要在阅读过程注重反思，提出自己的见解，与人交流，共同提高。

能力目标：

1、反复朗读，相互质疑，整体把握文章。

2．研讨探究法，深入文章，探讨课本中体现出来的哲理思想。

情感目标：

1、增加生命的责任意识和价值思考，培养学生敬畏生命、热爱生命的理念。

2、了解思考在现实生活中对于自己的意义。

3、思考应该如何去生活，正确认识自己在社会中的价值以及地位。

教学重点：认识生命的本质、生命的意义。

教学难点：领悟品味哲理性语言。

教学方法：讨论法 教学课时：2课时

第 一 课 时

教学过程：

一、自读检测，初读课文。

1、作者简介

（1）蒙田（1533—1592），法国文艺复兴后重要的人文主义作家。在16世纪的作家中，很少有人像蒙田那样受到现代人的崇敬和接受。他是启蒙运动以前法国的一位知识权威和批评家，是一位人类感情的冷峻的观察家，亦是对各民族文化，特别是西方文化进行冷静研究的学者。从他的思想和感情来看，人们似乎可以把他看成是在他那个时代出现的一位现代人。

蒙田出身贵族，祖上是波尔多人，他早年学习拉丁文，在波尔多市念完中学后，在相当长的时期内深居简出，闭门读书思考。后来，他在政府部门任职，成为波尔多市议员，并两度被选为波尔多市市长。1562年他皈依天主教；1572年在他父亲死后才开始撰写《随笔集》。

（2）帕斯卡尔（1623—1662），法国著名的数学家、物理学家、哲学家和散文家。主要贡献是在物理学上，发现了帕斯卡定律，并以其名字命名压强单位。主要著作《思想录》。

（3）罗伯特•富尔格姆，美国当代作家、哲学家。在他的经历中，他当过干活的牛仔、民歌手、IBM公司推销员、专业画家、教区牧师、酒吧调酒师、绘画教师和父亲。他和他的妻子住在西雅图的一座船屋里。主要著作《我一躺倒，身下就起火》，《我需要知道的一切》。

2．文体常识

随笔是散文中特殊的一种，写随笔就像与邻家谈心般轻松，没有任何的负担，没有华丽的辞藻，严密的结构。随笔的形式可以不受体裁的限制灵活多样，不拘一格；随笔也不受字数的限制，篇幅长短皆由内容而定。写随笔最重要的是要表达出写作的意图，或是一种快乐 1 的心情，或者是一点小感悟，或是一个新观点。散文与随笔的区别：随笔主“理”，是说理的，重“讲谈”色彩，较为冷静；而散文主“情”，是抒情的，重“自白”色彩，较为热烈。随笔面向人生，咀嚼人生况味，重哲理感悟；而散文面向内心，剖露人性奥秘，重生命体验。随笔讲求“文化”品位，读之能增人智慧，令人玩味不尽；而散文崇尚“人性”深度，读之能开启性灵，使人净化灵魂。

随笔与杂文都重说理、讲个性、富理趣，但是也有区别：首先表现在取材上，杂文取材多为抨击时政、针砭时弊，往往“小中见大”；随笔在取材上比杂文要“软”“淡”一些（多为二、三流题材），往往是“小中见趣”。其次表现在笔调上的区别，杂文“犀利”，往往寸铁杀人，“当头一击”即制强敌于死地，诚所谓“嬉笑怒骂，皆成文章”；随笔较为“闲适”，常常从容道来，温文尔雅，总不失“绅士”风度。另外还表现在语言色彩上，杂文多用“讽刺”，比较辛辣；随笔推崇“幽默”，较为惬意。作者简介（1）蒙田（1533—1592），欧洲文艺复兴后重要的人文主义作家。代表作《随笔录》开创了随笔式文学的先河，对法国文学产生了深远的影响。

（2）帕斯特尔（1623—1662），法国思想家、数理科学家，主要著作《外省通信》和《思想录》。

（3）罗伯特•富尔格姆，美国当代作家、哲学家。主要著作 《我需要知道的一切》、我一躺倒，身下就起火》。

2、给下列加点字注音或根据拼音补充汉字。

培养皿（）

忖度（）（）

畜牧（）

囊括（）

Xiāo（）逝

xiāo（）毁

xiāo（）烟

xuē（）弱

wǎn（）惜

wǎn委()

wān（）蜒

zào 枯()

zào 焦（）

二、研读课文，品味鉴赏

1、文中说“糊涂人的一生枯燥无味，躁动不安，却将全部希望寄托于来世”，这种做法显然不可取，你认为应该怎么做才是“聪明人”的做法？

2、作者在文章中说“我比别人多享受到一倍的生活，因为生活乐趣的大小是随我们对生活的关心程度而定的”，你如何理解作者比别人多享受到生活的？你同意作者的“生活乐趣大小是由对生活关心程度决定的”这个观点吗？

明确：观点一：这句话是作者对生命的一种深刻体悟。其意是说我们只有关心生活，深入生活，才能深刻地感受生活，更好地品味生活。人生并不在于生的“时光”有多少，而在于我们对生的关注有多少。

观点二：这里的“乐趣”指的不仅是“乐”之情绪，更是“趣”之回味，所以“乐趣”是对生活真谛的一种深刻感悟，个中滋味漠视生活的人是体会不到的。

3、既然文章的题目是“热爱生命”，作者却说“准备随时告别人生，毫不惋惜”，“由于生之本质在于死”，“乐于生的人才能真正不感到死之苦恼”，这里的“生存和死亡”和“热爱生命”有什么联系？ 明确：“生之本质在于死”这句话富有哲理。可以这样理解：有生就有死，没有死也就没有生。死亡是生命的终点，又是最终衡量生命价值的起点，正如俗话所说的“盖棺论定”，死 2 是一面镜子，可以映照并定格生命的价值和意义。正因为如此，对每一个想活得精彩、有意义的生命来说，死亡的等待是不断向前行进、不断超越自己的根本原动力。从这个意义上说，死亡是生命的另一种形式。

4、作者将要如何去热爱自己的生命？

明确：时光无多，增加生命的分量。抓紧时间，留住稍纵即逝的日子。有效利用时间，弥补流逝的光阴。生命短暂，过得丰盈饱满。

三、、拓展训练

生命是一个沉重的话题。史怀哲说：“无论何时以何种方式选择伤害或毁灭生命都如同恶魔般有罪，这是道德需要考虑的原则。”

1）你如何理解“这是道德需要考虑的原则”？

2）对于“生命”这个话题，你如何看待？如果是“死亡”的伤痛，你准备怎么面对？

板书设计：

热 爱 生 命

蒙 田

坏日子 消磨

面对生 好日子

赏玩

态度

“哲人”：打发 消磨

热爱生命

“我”：

称颂 乐趣

抓紧时间增加生命的分量

面对死

方法

利用时间使生命丰盈饱满

第 二 课 时

教学过程：

一、整体感知

1、关于《人是一根能思想的苇草》，这是作者在瞬间进发出的思想火花。读完整篇文章，作者认为人的特点是什么？

2、人能够思想，价值体现在哪些方面？

3、关于《信条》，找出文章主旨。

二、研读课文，品味鉴赏

1、关于《人是一根能思想的苇草》的文本研读

思考：文章中说，“思想形成人的伟大”，“我们的全部尊严就在于思想”，结合整篇课文，来谈谈你对这几个观点的看法。

2、关于《信条》的文本研读

（1）这是一篇具有很强哲理性的文章，请大家谈谈初读以后的感受。

3（2）文章中说，“想想这样一个世界，它将许愿给我们大家——整个的世界——每天下午三点钟都有小甜饼和牛奶„„”，作者在这里说到“许愿”，也就是人们还没有过上这样一种生活，没有拥有这样的世界，请结合文中的信条，来理解我们不能过上如此简单的生活的原因是什么。

（3）通过这篇课文的学习，结合自身，来谈谈你的人生信条是什么？

三、拓展训练

下面是从课文中选出的关键词，请选择一至两个写一句带有警示意义的句子或一段话，来表达你对人生、对生活等的感悟。

关键词：生命附录

板书设计：

怎样生活 怎样做事 怎样为人

教学反思：

生活

死亡

思想

为人

做事

信 条 吃——热甜饼，冷牛奶 睡——每天睡个午觉

行——手拉手

学会平衡——学一些东西，干点事，想一些东西，会娱乐 收拾好自己的一摊子

记住一个“看”字

每天学一些东西，干点活 有东西大家分享 公平游戏

不打人

交还捡到的东西

4.英语演讲小短文 篇四

我所追求的生活

威廉.萨姆塞特.毛姆/William Somerset Maugham

That must be the story of innumerable couples, and the pattern of life of life it offers has a homely grace.It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vastly sea;but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness.Perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that I felt in such an existence, the share of the great majority, something amiss.I recognized its social value.I saw its ordered happiness, but a fever in my blood asked for a wilder course.There seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights.In my heart was desire to live more dangerously.I was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous, shoals it I could only have change-change and the excitement of unforeseen.这一定是世间无数对夫妻的生活写照，这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美。它使人想起一条平静的溪流，蜿蜒畅游过绿茵的草场，浓荫遮蔽，最后注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但是大海太过平静，太过沉默，太过不动声色，你会突然感到莫名的不安。也许这只是我自己的一种怪诞想法，在那样的时代，这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活，似乎欠缺了一点儿什么。我承认这种生活有社会价值，我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福，但我血液里的冲动却渴望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程．这样的安逸中好像有一种叫我惊惧不安的东西．我的心渴望一种更加惊险的生活。只要生活中还能有变迁———以及不可知的刺激，我愿意踏上怪石嶙峋的山崖，奔赴暗礁满布的海滩

Just a Little Bit More(再努力一点点)Lots of people lose hope at the so-called 11th hour1.In sports terms, we say that they lose hope just before the finishing line.xiaogushi8.com They don’t think that they can be winners in life, but the truth is they can.很多人在“最后关头”丧失了希望。在体育领域这个词是指人们在靠近终点线的前一刻放弃了希望。他们认为自己无法赢得生活的精彩,但事实上,他们可以。

The 11th hour is the point when most people feel the pain.It is an important moment that decides whether you succeed or not.Champions always put in extra effort to become winners and succeed.Those who don’t put in extra effort leave the race with nothing.All they need to win the race is a little extra effort at that last point.This is the difference between winners and losers.大多数人往往在“最后关头”会感到痛苦。但这是一个决定你能否成功的关键时刻。成为冠军的人往往会再加一把劲儿从而最终成为胜利者。而那些没有坚持到最后的人却一无所获地离开赛场。其实他们获得成功只需要在最后时刻再付出那么一点点努力。这就是胜者与败者的区别。

I know you have the ability to be a champion.The race will not be easy, but it can be won.You need to put in extra effort when trying to achieve your goal.Just do a little bit more.This is what will separate you from others who seek to be where you are.When you want to give up or slow down because you feel tired, try to keep on going until you reach the finishing line.You can do it because you still have strength within you.我相信你有能力成为冠军。比赛是不轻松,但你同样可以赢得胜利。为了达成目标你需要不懈努力。再多付出一点点。而这将把你与其他人区分开,这将决定你是否能成为冠军。当你因为疲惫而想到放弃或减速慢行的时候,试着再努力一次,努力坚持到终点线。你可以做到,因为你自身拥有强大的力量。

It’s a new day今天又是新的一天

Yes, it’s a new day, it’s a different day, and it’s a bright day!In your mind, you can see clearly the things you want to have, the places you intend to go, the relationships1 you desire to develop and the positions you aspire to reach.是的,今天是新的一天,今天是与众不同的一天,今天是阳光明媚的一天。在你心里,你梦寐以求的东西,你渴望到达的地方,你想要发展的关系,你渴望得到的职位,都清晰可见。

You know all this is real as long as you are confident, passionate and committed!And you are confident;you are passionate;you are committed!你知道,只要你有信心、有激情,肯下决心,所有这些都能实现。此刻你充满信心,满怀激情,跃跃欲试吗？永远都不要放弃对美好的追求。

You will never waver in your pursuit.After all, you are the best, and you deserve the best!As your friend, duanwenw.com I can assure you the door to all the best things in the world will be open to you, but the key to that door is in your hand.You must do your part, you must follow the plans you make and take action as you plan, you must never stop, and you must never fear.因为你是最棒的,而且你应该是最棒的！作为你的朋友,我敢肯定,通向所有美好事物的门都会向你打开,然而开启这扇门的钥匙却把握在你的手中。你必须尽职尽责,忠实履行自己的计划,并将它们付诸行动。不要退缩,不要恐惧。

I know you must do it, you can do it, you will do it and you will succeed!Now stand firm and tall, get excited and shout it out: “I must do it!I can do it!I will do it!I will succeed!” 我知道你必须、应该,也一定会这样做而且你一定会成功！坚定而自信地站起来,用激扬的声音告诉所有人:“我必须成功！我能成功！我一定会成功！” 我是我自己的阳光I Am My Sunshine It’s all right to believe that someone brings sunshine into your life.That someone might have enough to spread around.But, if you really have to wait for someone else to be your sunshine, your good feelings, then you might wait for a long time.Now is the time to be of good cheer, this very moment.Don’t wait for anyone else to determine your mood.You have completely control4 of your own disposition5.You have the choice.There is no other way.Your present moment of good cheer will carry you to the next, and you will be in control of that moment also.You are worth6 having good.Go for it!

相信会有一个人把阳光带进你的生活中是可以的。那个人也许会有足够的东西去四处传播。但是,如果你真的要等别人带给你阳光,带给你美好的感受,那你也许要等上很长的时间。

现在是时候欢呼了,就在这一刻。不要等待别人来左右你的情绪。你可以完全控制你的性情。你有这个选择。没有其他别的办法。

你这一刻的欢呼会带你走到下一刻,你也将会把握住那一刻。你值得拥有美好的事物。去争取吧！

追随你的梦想 follow your dream

Catch the star that holds your destiny, the one that forever twinkles within your heart.Take advantage of precious opportunities while they still sparkle before you.Always believe that your ultimate goal is attainable as long as you commit yourself to it.Though barriers may sometimes stand in the way of your dreams, remember that your destiny is hiding behind them.Accept the fact that not everyone is going to approve of the choices you’ve made, have faith in your judgment, catch the star that twinkles in your heart, and it will lead you to your destiny’s duanwenw.com path.Follow that pathway and uncover the sweet sunrises that await you.Take pride in your accomplishments, as they are stepping stones to your dreams.Understand that you may make mistakes, but don’t let them discourage you.Value your capabilities and talents for they are what make you truly unique.The greatest gifts in life are not purchased, but acquired through hard work and determination.追随能够改变你命运的那颗星，那颗永远在你心中闪烁的明星。当它在你面前闪耀时，抓住这宝贵的机会。请谨记，只要你坚持不懈，最终的目标总能实现。

尽管实现梦想的途中有时会遇到障碍，要知道这是命运对你的挑战。不是每个人都会赞成你的选择，接受这个现实，并相信自我的判断，追随那颗在你心中闪烁的明星，它会引领你踏上命运的征途。坚持不懈，你就能享受那些幸福时刻。