故事类英文小短文

第一篇：故事类英文小短文

Covering the Eye with a Leaf

In the State of Chu, there was a man whose family was very poor.Even at night the often dreamt of striking it rich, but the never worked hard.One day, when he was leafing through the book Huainan Zi, he came across a line saying:” When the mantis preys on the cicada, it relies entirely upon a leaf to conceal its body.” He thought that if one could get such a leaf, one could become invisible。

Thereupon, he ran into the woods, looking for just such a leaf among the branches.He had searched a long time before he discovered a mantis hiding itself behind a leaf and waiting to catch a cicada.He climbed up the tree at once, and plucked the leaf.But he was in such a big hurry that, out of carelessness.The leaf dropped to the ground.There were many, many fallen leaves on the ground.How could he identify the leaf he had plucked？ So he had to put all the leaves into a bamboo basket and carry them home.As soon as he got home, he held up one leaf after another in turn to cover his eye, and kept asking his wife:“Can you see me?”In the beginning, his wife always answered:” Yes, I can.”After a long time, she began to feel weird: what was the matter with her husband today? Why did he keep holding up a leaf and asking her the same question?。” He did this over and over again for one whole day.In the end, his wife got impatient and humoured him by saying:” No, I can’t.”

Hearing this, he became wild with joy.He turned and ran out to the street.Holding the leaf in one hand, he grabbed with the other hand the goods in a shop.But before he could withdraw his hand, he was caught on the spot and handed over to the local yamen.Sighing over one’s Insignificance be

When autumn came, all the water in the large and small rivers rose higher and flowed into the Yellow River.The surface of the River at once appeared much wider, On one side of the bank, one couldn’t see the cattle and sheep on the opposite side.The River deity Hebo was therefore immensely proud and considered himself the greatest in the world.Hero followed the Yellow River to the North Sea.Then he looked at himself and felt he could not see the bounds of the sea.Then he looked at himself and felt he was so tiny and insignificant.He sighed and said to Hairuo, the deity of the North Sea.“Asa the saying goes, a person who has gained a little learning tends to regard himself as the wiset person under the sky.I am just that kind of person.Seeing how broad and great you are today, I have come to realize how insignificant and ignorant I am.If I didn’t meet you , I’m afraid I would I would always be laughed at by people with knowledge.” Hairou said: “We cannot talk about the sea with a frog at the bottom of a well, for the frog is restricted by its dwelling place;we cannot talk about ice with a small insect is restricted by the seasons;we cabbit talk about profound learning with superficial persons, for they have too little knowledge.Now you have come out of a small river to the North Sea, seen the greatness of it and realized your own insignificance.Since you have taken such a modest attitude, I can then talk with you about profound learning.”

The King of Chu Beats the Drum

One day, King Li of the State of Chu announced to the people: If any emergency occurs in our country, the drum will be beaten as a signal.The moment the people hear the drum, they must assemble outside the palace gate at once.One day, King Li out drunk, when he passed by the drum stand, he started to beat the drum at random.When the people heard the drum, they ran from all directions to the palace gate, thinking that some emergency had occurred in the country.They stood all around in a dense mass.King Li sent someone to tell them:”Just now the King beat the drum, but nothing urgent had happened, it was only because the King got drunk and when he passed by the drum stand, he beat the drum just for fun.”

All the people returned to their homes , feeling angry.A few months later, some emergency really occurred in the State of Chu.The drum outside the palace gate sounded from early morning until night.Though the people heard the drum, they no longer cared about it and didn’t rush to the palace gate.An old horse knows the way

One spring, Guan Zhong and xi peng followed Huan Gong, King of the State of Qi, in an expedition against the State of Gu back.They lost their way, Guan Zhong said:

“Old horses are wise animals who know their way.Let them lead the way for us!”

Thereupon, they let several old horses lead in front and the army followed behind.Finally they found their way home.When the army entered the hills, they ran out of water.Then Xi Peng said:” In winter, the ants stay on the south side of a hill, and in summer, on the north side.There is sure to be water source under their nest.”

Thereupon, the soldiers exerted strenuous efforts to dig the ground.Sure enough, they found water under the ants’ nest.Men of great learning like Guan Zhong and Xi Peng, when coming across difficulties, would also seek help from horses and ants of lower intelligence than human beings to find a way out.Startling the world with a Single Cry

It had been three years since King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, but he had neither issued a decree nor dealt with any state affairs.Furthermore, there no deeds worth mentioning.All the civil and military officials of the court couldn’t understand what was the matter.One day, a military official quietly asked King of Chu in the carriage.“Your Majesty, I heard that in the south, there was a big bird dwelling in the hills.Three years passed, it neither flew nor cried.Could Your Majesty tell me the reason.”

King Zhuang of Chu smiled and answered: ”It didn’t spread its wings to fly for three years in order to grow full-fledged.It didn’t cry for three years in order to carefully observe the conditions of the people in the world.This bird, once it flies, will soar high into the sky;once it cries, it will startle the world with a single cry.”

Another half a year passed before King Zhuang of Chu began to personally administer state affairs.He abolished ten outmoded rules and regulations, issued nine new policies, sentenced five ministers to death for their evil deeds and promoted six persons with real talents.From then on, the State of Chu became stronger and stronger.Striving to Be the First and Fearing to Lag Behind

Wang yuqi was a well-known expert in driving carriages in the State of Zhao.When Xiang Zi of Zhao heard of this, he asked Wang to teach him to drive a carriage.Not long after, xiang Zi of Zhao thought he had already mastered the skills, and suggested a race against Wang.He didn’t expect that after he had changed horses three times in succession, he still lost the race to Wang.Xiang Zi of zhao was flustered and exasperated.He said to Wang:“in teaching me to drive, have you held anything back and not taught me all your skills?” ”

Hearing this, Wang smiled and said:“You ought to believe that I have taught you all the skills in driving a carriage.But, when your Highness was racing against me, you always tried to keep in front of me.Once you lagged behind, you strove to overtake me;but after you overtook me, you were afraid that I would catch up with you.You focused all your attention on me.You forgot that in driving a carriage, the most important thing is to take of the horses wholeheartedly and pay attention to the handlebars of the carriage and the harness to see whether they fit of not.Only then can you give the rein to the horses and let them gallop for 1000 li.But during the race, you not only strove to be the first but also feared to lag behind.How could you concentrate your mind on driving the carriage? ”

Hearing this, Xiang Zi of Zhao was enlightened.He gave a deep sigh and said: ”Your words certainly hit the nail on the head.That is the very reason why I lagged behind.”

第二篇：英语小短文故事 —纯英文

一

Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country;the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse;he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City mouse went.The City mouse said, “This food is not good, and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city.”

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried, “ Run!Run!The cat is coming!” They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out.When they came out, the Country mouse said, “I do not like living in the city.I like living in my hole in the field.For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”

曾经有两只老鼠，他们是朋友。一直老鼠住在乡下，另一直住在城里。许多年后乡下的老鼠遇见了城里的老鼠，他说：“请来看看我在乡下的房子。”城里的老鼠就去了。城里的老鼠说：“吃的不好，住的也不好，为什么你住在田里的一个洞里？你应该吃的好点，有必须过来看看我在城里的房子。”乡下的老鼠就去了城里老鼠的家。是一个非常好的房子。好吃的食物也为他们准备好了。但是就在他们打算去吃的时候，他们听到一个大的声音，城里的老鼠哭着喊：“跑！跑！猫来了。他们迅速的跑掉和藏起来了。一段时间后他们跑出来了，当他们跑出来后，乡下的老鼠的说:“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田里的洞了，穷点开心点，比富裕确害怕好点。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,“This is my breakfast.''

He came up to the cock and said,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,“Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''

The cock said to the fox,”Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''

The fox opened his mouth and said,“The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.一天早上一只狐狸看见一只(公鸡)。他想:“这是我的早餐”他走到公鸡面前说：“我知道你唱歌非常好听，你能为我唱一首吗？”公鸡很高兴，闭上眼睛开始唱。狐狸看到这种情况，用嘴叼起他开始跑。在田里的人们看到这只狐狸，他们喊：“快看，快看，狐狸把乌鸦叼跑了”公鸡对狐狸时候：“狐狸先生，你明白吗？人们说你叼走了他们的公鸡，告诉他们他是你的不是你的。”狐狸张口他的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的”，然后乌鸦从狐狸面前跑到了树底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion.So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture.As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain.There was no sign of the lion.”What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?“ asked the chief.”Forget the damn lion!“ he howled.”Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?“

伟大的猎狮手Jonesie.有一个小村装一直被一个吃人的狮子困扰着。所以他们的领导人就传信给最伟大的猎人，Jonesie，来到村庄杀掉（）。连续几个晚上，猎人躺在床上等候狮子，但是狮子一直没出现。

四

Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow rain.“ The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow storm.“ The next day there was a hailstorm.”This Indian is incredible,“ said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.”I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,“ said the director, ”and I'm depending on you.What will the weather be like?“ The Indian shrugged his shoulders.”Don't know,“ he said.”Radio is broken.“

五

It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,”What's in it for me?“

All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.六

A man was going to the house of some rich person.As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road.He said, ”I do not want to eat those apples;for the rich man will give me much food;he will give me very nice food to eat.“ Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.He went on and came to a river.The river had become very big;so he could not go over it.He waited for some time;then he said, ”I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.“

He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.Do not throw good things away;you may be glad to have them at some other time.七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄榄树）orchard（果园）.He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care.But he knew that his three sons despised（轻视，看不起）the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, ”My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“ The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden;but he would tell them nothing more.After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold;since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them.But no pot of gold was to be found.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，闲逛）in his wits.The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given;when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, ”There is gold hidden in the orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“

八

A young shoemaker left his village.Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蚁冢，人群密集的地方）.The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants.The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫）.The young man decided to rescue her.But the witch locked him up in a stinking（发恶臭的，非常讨厌的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罂粟）seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.The young man thought about his death.But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test.The witch was astounded.Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess.The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on...the sweetest one, the true princess.When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（乌鸦）.The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.One day, her son stole his friend's bag.”Mom, what do you think of this bag?“ His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.”It looks great!“

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.”How beautiful!“ This time, she did not scold her son again.Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.”Ouch!What's the matter with you?“ She finally scolded him.Her son answered.”If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.“

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.”If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

第三篇：英文小短文

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今天Peter和Jane，还有妈妈一起坐上汽车去看望爷爷奶奶。

1.It is a hot day again.Peter and Jane are on the top of a big red bus.They are going to see their grandmother and grandfather.2.Father is at work today.Mother and Pat are with them.Pat is a good dog on the bus and on the train.3.The two children love their grandmother and grandfather.4.Grandmother and Grandfather live in an old house.They have a big garden with trees and flowers.Grandfather likes to work in the garden and Grandmother likes to walk in her garden.5.Here are Mother and the children at the house.Grandmother comes out.“It is good to see you,” she says.“Come in.Let us all have some tea.” Have a go 1.What’s the color of their bus?

____________________________________________ 2.What do Grandfather and Grandmother like to do in the garden?

阳光下

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阳光明媚的时候，你喜欢和小伙伴在外面一起玩耍吗？Peter和Jane喜欢。他们在玩什么呢？一起来看看吧！

1.Peter and Jane are out playing with some other children.Some of the boys and girls are playing a game with a red ball.2.Then one of the other children throws the ball into the water.3.“We must have a boat to get the ball,” says Peter.“Let’s ask the man with the boats to help us.” 4.They go to the man with the boats and ask him to help.He says that he will help.5.As the boat comes to the ball, the man asks Peter to get it.6.Peter gets the ball and gives it to the other children.They thank Peter as they go away with the ball.Have a go True or False 1.Peter throws a red ball into the water.()2.A man helps the children get the ball.()3.Peter gets the ball and gives it to Jane.()

凿石匠

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一位凿石匠在凿石，他看到一位富人经过，就说自己想变成富人。结果他真变成了富人。后来他又变成了皇帝、太阳、云。但是最终他会变成什么呢？

1.A poor stone cutter chips(凿)at a rock.Then a rich man walks past.“I’m just a poor stone cutter,” he says.“I’d rather be a rich man instead

(代替).” Suddenly he becomes a rich man.2.Then the emperor rides past.“I’m just a rich man,” the stone cutter says.“I’d rather be the emperor instead.” Suddenly he becomes the emperor.3.Then the sun comes out.It is grander and more powerful than any emperor.“I’m just an emperor,” the stone cutter says.“I’d rather be the sun instead.” Suddenly he becomes the sun.4.Then a big cloud passes.It blocks out all the sun’s light.“I’m just the sun,” the stone cutter says.“I’d rather be a cloud instead.” Suddenly he becomes a cloud.5.Then a wild wind blows the cloud away across the sky.“I’m just a cloud,” the stone cutter says.“I’d rather be the wind instead.” Suddenly he becomes the wind.6.The wind blows until it smacks(猛吹)into a huge rock.“I’m just the wind,” the stone cutter says.“I’d rather be a rock instead.” Suddenly he becomes a rock.7.Then he feels a stone cutter chipping at his side.“I’m just a rock,” the stonecutter says.“I’d rather be a stonecutter instead.” Suddenly he becomes a poor stone cutter – again.Have a go How does the stone cutter change? stone cutter sun cloud wind rich man emperor rock

可爱的夜鹰宝宝

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Lyla和Reggie是两只可爱的夜鹰宝宝。它们的妈妈叫Brown,爸爸叫Grey。一天，爸爸妈妈出门找食物

了。两个小宝贝在家闲来无事。它们会做点什么呢？

1.As darkness falls, two tawny frogmouths(褐色的蛙嘴夜鹰)fly into the forest to find food.2.Lyla and Reggie are alone.“Come on, Reggie.Let’s fly,” says Lyla.“I can’t,” says Reggie.“It’s too hard.”

3.Lyla starts flapping her wings.“Look, Reggie.I can do it!” “Mmmm,” says Reggie.4.When Mommy Brown and Daddy Grey return, the babies are asleep in the nest.5.The next night, Lyla says: “Come on, Reggie.Let’s fly.” Reggie lifts his wings up and down, faster and faster, and then he flies.6.“Surprise!We can fly now!” call Reggie and Lyla.They circle round and round and arrive…just in time for breakfast.Did you know? Tawny frogmouths are Australian birds.They’re not owls(猫头鹰).They catch insects(昆虫)at night.The color of baby Tawny frogmouth is white.They change color like their parents when they grow up.When they feel in dangers

(危险), they will close their eyes and raise(抬起)their heads.They do this to look like branches(树枝).猜单词

1.Birds use them for flying.___________

2.There are a lot of trees on a large area land.___________

星期二的午餐 故事简介

当午餐不是你喜欢的，你会怎么办？小狐和他的朋友会直接把午餐扔掉。但是当下午肚子饿得咕咕叫的时候，他们却想找回扔掉的午餐。可是，还能找回来吗？

1.Tuesday is sunny and hot.“You may eat lunch outside,” says Miss Moon.“Let’s go!” says the class.And they all go outside 2.Fox, Carmen and Dexter sit down and open their lunches.“Ugh!” says Carmen.“Tuna fish(金枪鱼)!”

“Ugh!” says Fox.“Tuna fish!”

“Oh, no!” says Dexter.“Tuna fish!”

3.“Let’s throw our lunches away,” says Fox.“Let’s do!” say the others.They are so proud of themselves.4.But soon they are very hungry.“Whose idea was this anyway?” says Fox.“Guess(猜一猜)!” say his friends.After school they run to look for their sandwiches.5.On the other side of the wall they meet a poor old cat.“I’m so happy,” says the old cat.“A nice lunch fell from the sky!” “Three tuna sandwiches?” says Fox.“Gosh,” says the old cat.“Kids are really smart these days.” Have a go 请用英语回答下面的问题。

Do you have lunch at school? What do you have? If you go home for lunch, what do you usually have? 开心拼读

字母a发音/æ/ Zac is a rat.Zac sat on a can(罐头).The ants ran to the jam.Zac had a pan(平底锅).Zac had a fan(风扇).The ants ran and ran.Zac had a nap(打盹).Have a go 判断每组单词划线部分的读音是(T)否(F)相同。□1.sad father □2.make had □3.run f u n □4.car star

第四篇：英文小短文

英文小短文

第一则：There is no doubt that happiness is the most precious thing in the world.Without it, life will be empty and meaningless.If you wish to know how to get happiness, you must pay attention to the following two points.First, health is the secret of happiness(the key to happiness).Only a strong man can enjoy the pleasure of life.Secondly, happiness consists in contentment.A man who is dissatisfied with his present condition is always in distress.第二则：As is well known, books teach us to learn life, truth, science and many other useful things.They increase our knowledge, broaden our minds and strengthen our character.In other words, they are our good teachers and wise friends.This is the reason why our parents always encourage us to read more books.Reading is a good thing, but we must pay great attention to the choice of books.It is true that we can derive benefits from good books.However, bad books will do us more harm than good.初中英语幽默小短文 Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,“This is my breakfast.''

He comes up to the cock and says,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?'' The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.The people in the field see the fox.They cry,“Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,”Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''

The fox opens his mouth ang says,“The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.The World's Greatest Swordsman

At an exhibition of the world's best swordsman, the third-place fencer took the stage.A fly was released, and with an arc of his sword he cut the fly in half.The crowd cheered.Then the second-place man sliced a fly into quarters.A hush fell in anticipation of the world's greatest swordsman.His blade came down in a mighty arcbut he will never be a father.”

A Mistake

An American, a Scot and a Canadian were killed in a car accident.They arrived at the gates of heaven, where a flustered St.Peter explained that there had been a mistake.“Give me $500 each,” he said, “and I'll return you to earth as if the whole thing never happened.”

“Done!” said the American.Instantly, he found himself standing unhurt near the scene.“Where are the others?” asked a medic.“Last I knew,” said the American, “the Scot was haggling price, and the Canadian was arguing that his government should pay.”

Pig or Witch

A man is driving up a steep, narrow mountain road.A woman is driving down the same road.As they pass each other, the woman leans out of the window and yells “PIG！” The man immediately leans out of his window and replies, “WITCH(女巫)！” They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he crashes into a pig in the middle of the road.If only men would listen.Response Ability

An Ogden, Iowa, minister was matching coins with a member of his congregation for a cup of coffee.When asked if that didn't constitute gambling, the minister replied, “It's merely a scientific method of determining just who is going to commit an act of charity.”

Philosopher Bertrand Russell, asked if he was willing to die for his beliers, replied: “Of course not.After all, I may be wrong.”

A newspaper organized a contest for the best answer to the question: “If a fire broke out in the Louvre, and if you could only save one painting, which one would you carry out?”

The winning reply was: “The one nearest the exit.”

Weather Predict

A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, “Tomorrow rain.” The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, “Tomorrow storm.” The next day there was a hailstorm.“This Indian is incredible,” said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.“I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,” said the director, “and I'm depending on you.What will the weather be like?”

The Indian shrugged his shoulders.“Don't know,” he said.“Radio is broken.”

A Soldier's Brilliant Idea

Mr.Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air.He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so when he got on to the plane, he looked for a window seat.He found all of them had already had been taken except for one.There was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one, and Mr.Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window;but, anyhow, he at once went towards it.When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it.It was written in ink and said, “This seat is preserved for proper load balance, thank you.” Mr Robinson had never seen such an unusual notice in a plane before, but he thought that the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in it, so he walked on and found another empty seat, not beside a window, to sit in.Two or three people tried to sit in the window seat beside the soldier, but they too read the notice and went on, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl hurried into the plane.The soldier, who was watching the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside himself and in this way succeededin having the company of the girl during the whole trip.

第五篇：英文小短文

Edward

Different and meaningful lunch Every time when I came home, I always invite my best friends to have a special lunch.This time I came home, we held a different lunch and I think it’s meaningful to our lives.Before this, we usually find a restaurant, but we thought if we could prepare something to eat by ourselves, that was wonderful.I noticed my friends, we would hold a different lunch and asked for some delicious food that we all like.My friends liked it too, they positive to prepare some fruit and vegetables.Even though, we wanted to some barbecue.We took a lot of fruit to cook, obviously we took more and we couldn’t eat them.Then, we tried to cook them, put some salt, gourmet powder and various spices.The specific process was funny, we always forget some process, often have wrong order.The last, we found a regular, we were not suitable for cooking.But we all enjoy it.When we finish it, we still did a few more delicious meal, it’s noodles, and we had a same idea: it just like instant noodles!Now I’m think if we want to do something best, we just practicing, a simple thing that we think is not easy.Edward

Exciting video games Before Spring Festival, my friends and I went to a video games city.The video games city has all kinds of games, no matter what you want to play and you can find it.In my first sight was a racing game just like kart race.It seemed that easy to control, but when I drove it and play it, I found it very hard and difficult to control.The steering wheel was hard to control, it’s very big to me.And the brake system or speed of the system were difficult to grasp.Soon the time out.If I wanted to play it again, I should put more coin into this game machine.My friends found an exciting game, just like gambling.Maybe it is real gambling.In the first place, you should put some game coin into the game, and then you choose a right picture that you think.Later the game begins and last the system would find a right picture.If you right you can get more game coin, and you wrong you would the coin, of course put more coin into it and finally you can get more or lose more coin.Time passed quickly, we were very happy and feel excited in it.But we cost a lot of money.I don’t want to usually go to there, and just sometimes is better.Edward

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Tom Cruise is a famous movie super star in the world, especially the movie Mission Impossible.Fortunately the movie theater release in the winter vocation.So my friends and I went to watch it.Before watch the exciting movie, we must prepare something to eat or drink, we bought some popcorn and drinks.Then an exciting and justice movie had begun.In my memory the story told about some terrorists made nuclear and wanted use it to make the world war, agent got the information and took action to prevent them.Specific plot were not attract me but in some strange and cut breathtaking scene attracted me.Such as in the Kremlin they use an amazing way to hide themselves.In Dubai the tallest building Cruise’s action made me without breath.It’s so excited.I am sure if you had watched it, you would have same feeling.But we had a little pity that we can’t watch the English dubbing just Chinese, and I guessed it maybe let us easy to understand the speaking, pay more attention to the plot not word.I like watch movie in the theatre, because I like the big screen, good voice and comfortable visual feast.Edward

Bad weather As we know, in the winter, the weather is very cold, we don’t want to move, just want to stay at the warm home.But as a teenager, without sport like body without blood.So I design…

I picked a sunny day and with my friends take the basketball to play.We started warming up, but later we felt so cold, then we running and playing.To our surprised that was couldn’t make our hands become warm, on the opposite turn cold, and still our hands became ice and we couldn’t touch the ball.What a bad weather that we played!

We still wanted to play basketball, we began to run.Our body became warm slowly, it was felt well, and then we started to play basketball.At this moment, we found we were tired and almost can’t breathe, so we couldn’t play…

Finally, we just ride the bike go home.This evening, my friends tell me running seemed a good way to sport, I agree.Next day, we run in the morning, bodies were warm but breathe is very cold and bad, I couldn’t hold on, neither did my friends…

My god, please give me some sunshine, give me some warm, I don’t want to sport in the cold winter again.Edward

Hometown Every year, my father will take my mom and me to go back hometown and look after grandparents, I like it.Because I like my grandparents, they always tell some different things to me.I like play with my brothers, such as playing billiards or computer games together.My hometown is a village in Shandong province.Though it’s a village, there are very rich, people like labor.So very rich, and now I can’t image what a big change my hometown have.It almost every year is another village.I still remember or in my deep memory, when I was young, I liked to play with mud and play beside pond, always shuttle between the fields and home.At the moment I remember an interesting memory about my little brother.One day, brother and me went to a pond in the winter, on the surface has a layer of ice but the deep is very low, maybe a half meter.Because of my brother had little fat, he felt in but just a feet, then he was crying, I didn’t go to help him, later he thought, he couldn’t get drowned and turned to smile.It was a little funny, isn’t it? I like my hometown, and I would arrive at hometown soon or later.I am very excited and full of expectations.Edward

Great changes in my hometown When I came hometown, my uncle and little brother came to pick us.To my surprised my brother so tall, over me a head…and the car is very beautiful and big.This is my first impression of changes in my hometown.My uncle drove car in Weifang city, in my sight were a lot of tall buildings, supermarkets and cars.Half an hour we arrived at my hometown, a different village.Why because it different, because it became an industrialization village and very rich.Many modern factories and a lot of advanced technology and equipment made me see the dazzling.In my hometown, for me the deepest impression is the mountain behind the village.Before this time I always climb it.Though it usually makes me tired, when I reached the top of the hill, my sight would very broad and mood also becomes good.I would shout loudly to express my love of home.I known about my hometown would build some tall department buildings beside the mountain, I thought it would comfortable to my family.In the next few days, my big family had lunch together, kept in the relatives.I was very tired but in my heart, I felt very sweet.Edward

One of my friends Before the Spring Festival, my friends Kong got a serious disease.I felt very sorry to him and my other friends with me would go to see him.Best wishes to him.In all we bought a box of milk, a box of egg rolls and a lot of apples.Totally, if we wanted to visit patient, we must take the apple.Because apple in the Chinese pronunciation, means safe.Just like sheep same as sleep.Then we went to his home, but to our surprised, he was playing games with music.So comfortable he had, we may cancel our concerns.He was good enough and he was very happy to enjoy his winter holiday.The whole afternoon we were playing mahjong.I would not as long as mahjong, I learned and found it simple, so easy.Then we played it, we couldn’t win and lost all the chips, of course chips just poker card.I could make sure that in the mahjong game contains a lot of skills that I couldn’t control.In the evening, his parents prepared a big dinner, we all liked it, and then we said goodbye each other.Edward

Warm journey In China, each region of temperature is difference.Hainan is a good place to travel in the winter, because in there the season like spring even summer, you can wear shorts and short sleeve, play in the beach and enjoy the sunshine.My uncle took me go to Hainan.Before boarding the plane, I wore quilted jacket and when I came here I sweat, so unbelievable.In those days of Hainan, we played on the beach, walked along the beach, and I always pick up some stone threw in the sea.In the evening on the beach had another atmosphere, a little mystery and a little beautiful.We also eat some food beside the beach, all kinds of seafood let many of people mouth water include me.In Hainan also has a lot of Russian, I guessed in the Russia winter is quite cold, lots of people can’t tolerate this kind of weather.So they had a vocation in Hainan.The special deep impression to me is Hainan’s fruit.Durian smelt bad, tasted bad too.But jackfruit tasted good, I liked it very much.Hainan seafood had a different flavour, which was a special style in the south of China.It was very delicious.But short enjoy time, we would go back to the cold north, wear the cotton-padded clothes again.