第一篇：法律英文小短文

If you find that you will be unable to pay your taxes on time, you may first ask for an extension which can give you several weeks to obtain the money owed.If the amount is too substantial to obtain in this amount of time, you might consider taking out a bank loan to pay your taxes.If neither method is an option, you may then request a payment plan from the I.R.S.Depending on your situation, payment may be divided into smaller, separate sums spanning months or years.However, you will be responsible for any interest that is applied to your taxes as a result of such a plan.Regardless of your situation, it is important to file your tax return on time and to notify the I.R.S.as soon as possible of any difficulties you may have in paying your taxes.Failure to do so may result in criminal charges and penalties.For more information on I.R.S.payment plans and deferred payment options, contact a tax specialist or attorney, or your local I.R.S.representative.如果你發現自己將不能按時交稅,你可要求幾周的延長期來償還所欠的稅款。如果所欠數額太大以至于不能在寬限期內得到這筆錢,你可以考慮用銀行貸款來償還稅款。如果以上方法都不是好的解決辦法,你也可與稅務局協商（制定一個）償還計劃,根據你自身的實際情況,需償還的稅款可以分成每筆數目很小的資金,每筆償還金之間可以間隔幾個月或者是幾年。然而,這個償還計劃導致的結果就是你必須根據所欠稅額支付利息。不管你個人處于何種情況,按時填寫納稅申報單并在你支付稅款時遇到的困難及時告知稅務局是非常重要的。沒有這樣做的結果可能導致刑事訴訟和罰款。想了解有關I.R.S.還款計劃和選擇延期付稅方式,可向稅務專家、稅務律師或者是當地I.R.S.代理人聯系。

1、substantial 來自拉丁語 substantialis adj（1）結實的；牢固的（2）充實的；豐富的（3）實質上的；大體上的 substantial compliance with the law實際上遵守法律（4）富有的

2、span 來自中古英語 spanne <古英語 sponu n（1）間距；時距（2）（事件繼續或進展 的）一段時間,期間（3）（橋、拱門等支撐物之間的）跨度,礅距,全長（4）一指距

3、defer vi.推遲, 延期, 聽從, 服從vt.使推遲, 使延期

The law protects citizens who are wrongfully deprived of their liberty by another.If you have been the subject of an arrest by the police or other state or federal official which took place without probable cause, in bad faith or if someone deprived you of your liberty, you may be able to make a claim and recover damages, including attorney’s fees and costs.Your rights are safeguarded by both the United States Constitution and state common law.False imprisonment is frequently alleged by a person who feels that he or she was unlawfully arrested.If the police did not have “probable cause” to arrest you, you can sue for false imprisonment.“False arrest” is really just a type of false imprisonment.The police have probable cause when there are enough facts to lead a reasonable person to conclude that you are committing or have committed a crime.This is a considerably higher standard than the mere “suspicion” an officer needs in order to stop you briefly to investigate possible criminal activity.If you feel that you have been the victim of a false imprisonment or false arrest you may wish to contact an attorney.Time is of the essence in many of these cases.In some instances, claims may be barred if they are not brought within a short time after the date of the occurrence.For more information, talk with an attorney.法律保護市民不被錯誤的剝奪自由的權利。如果警察或其他州或聯邦官員無合理原因、違反規定對你實行逮捕，或者有人非法剝奪你的自由，你可以提起訴訟，要求賠償損失（包括要求對方支付律師費和其他費用）。你的權利受美國憲法以及州普通法的保護。認為自己被錯誤逮捕的人通常會抗議這種錯誤關押。如果警察沒有正當理由逮捕了你，你可以以錯誤關押為由提起訴訟。錯誤逮捕屬于錯誤關押的一種，當有足夠證據表明行為人正在犯罪或者已經實施了犯罪行為時，警察就有了合理逮捕行為人的理由。為了迅速將案犯逮捕以便對犯罪活動進行調查，這個結論必須證據充分而非僅僅是懷疑，如果認為自己被錯誤關押或錯誤逮捕時，你也許希望能和律師聯系。時間在許多案例中會成為至關重要的因素，一些發生過的案例表明，如果在案情發生后較短時間內沒有提出訴求，法庭將會拒絕審理。需了解更多信息可向律師咨詢。

注解:

1、deprive vt deprived, depriving（常與of 連用）（1）剝奪；奪去（2）免去

2、allege 來自拉丁語allegare發出，提及（1）斷言；宣稱（2）〈法〉指控

The police allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.警方聲稱這男子是被人謀殺的,但未提出任何證據。

3、mere(源自拉丁語 merus 未混合的，純的)adj僅僅的；只不過的, A mere child cannot do the work of a man.僅僅是個孩子是不能做成人工作的。

It’s mere conjecture.這純屬猜測。The cost is a mere fleabite.這點費用算不了什么。

4、suspicion中古英語 suspecion <古法語 sospecon <拉丁語 suspicere 懷疑 n（1）懷疑，猜疑；被懷疑Suspicion crept into his mind.不由得他不產生懷疑。（2）少量，微量

above suspicion無可置疑

under suspicion受到懷疑

第二篇：英文小短文

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今天Peter和Jane，還有媽媽一起坐上汽車去看望爺爺奶奶。

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?

陽光下

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陽光明媚的時候，你喜歡和小伙伴在外面一起玩耍嗎？Peter和Jane喜歡。他們在玩什么呢？一起來看看吧！

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.()

鑿石匠

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一位鑿石匠在鑿石，他看到一位富人經過，就說自己想變成富人。結果他真變成了富人。后來他又變成了皇帝、太陽、云。但是最終他會變成什么呢？

1.A poor stone cutter chips(鑿)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

可愛的夜鷹寶寶

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Lyla和Reggie是兩只可愛的夜鷹寶寶。它們的媽媽叫Brown,爸爸叫Grey。一天，爸爸媽媽出門找食物

了。兩個小寶貝在家閑來無事。它們會做點什么呢？

1.As darkness falls, two tawny frogmouths(褐色的蛙嘴夜鷹)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(貓頭鷹).They catch insects(昆蟲)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

(危險), they will close their eyes and raise(抬起)their heads.They do this to look like branches(樹枝).猜單詞

1.Birds use them for flying.___________

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

星期二的午餐 故事簡介

當午餐不是你喜歡的，你會怎么辦？小狐和他的朋友會直接把午餐扔掉。但是當下午肚子餓得咕咕叫的時候，他們卻想找回扔掉的午餐。可是，還能找回來嗎？

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(金槍魚)!”

“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 請用英語回答下面的問題。

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

字母a發音/?/ Zac is a rat.Zac sat on a can(罐頭).The ants ran to the jam.Zac had a pan(平底鍋).Zac had a fan(風扇).The ants ran and ran.Zac had a nap(打盹).Have a go 判斷每組單詞劃線部分的讀音是(T)否(F)相同。□1.sad father □2.make had □3.run f u n □4.car star

第三篇：英文小短文

英文小短文

第一則：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.第二則：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.初中英語幽默小短文 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.

第四篇：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.

第五篇：英文小短文

A strategic and welfare theoretic analysis of free trade areas Abstract Weconstructathree-countrymodeltodeterminehowtheformationoffreetradeareas(FTAs)affectsoptimaltariffsandwelfare.Wefindthat,atconstantrestoftheworld(ROW)tariffs,theadoptionofinternalfreetradeinducesunionmemberstoreducetheirexternaltariffsbelowtheKemp–Wan[J.Int.Econom.6(1976)95–97]level,andcausesROW’stermsoftradetoimproveanditswelfaretorise.WhenROWalsobehavesoptimally,itspolicyresponsetotheformationoftheFTAistoraisetariffs.Generally,FTAmembersprefertoliberalizeinternaltradepartiallyandfindregionalintegrationappealingonlyiftheircollectivesizeissufficientlylarge.WealsodemonstratehowFTAsmayunderminetheattainmentofglobalfreetrade.我們構建了一個三個國家的模型來判斷如何形成自由貿易區（FTA）的關稅政策以及對于福利的影響。我們發現，在世界不斷的休息（行）關稅，內部自由貿易導致聯盟成員減少對外關稅低于肯普–灣[ J.國際經濟的采用。6（1976）95–97 ]的水平，并導致貿易行的條件改善和提高其福利。當排也表現最佳，其政策反應的自由貿易區的形成，提高關稅。一般來說，自貿區成員傾向于部分內部貿易自由化和區域一體化的吸引力，只有找到他們的集體的大小是足夠大的。我們也證明自由貿易協定可能削弱全球自由貿易的實現。