第一篇：英語短文3篇

Love grows in heart 愛在心里成長

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one

so that when we finally meet the right person,we will know how to be grateful for that gift.When the door of happiness closes, another opens,but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back!

Don't expect love in return;just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours.It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.Don't go for looks;they can deceive.Don't go for wealth;even that fades away.Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.Find the one that makes your heart smile.或許是上帝的安排，在最終找到知音之前，我們總要遇到一些不盡如意的人，只有這樣，我們才能對知音這份禮物充滿感激之情。

一道幸福之門關閉時，另一扇就會打開。我們經常太多太多地只看見關閉的門，而對開啟的門卻熟視無睹。

也許最好的朋友就是那些你坐在門廊下，看到的來回過往的行人。你與他們一言未語，走開時卻感到好像有過最好的交談。

無疑，一件東西只有失去時，我們才會懂得其真正的價值。同樣，一件東西在得到之前，我們并沒有意識到它的缺少。

將愛全部付出，并不能確保一定會得到回報。別指望愛有什么回報，耐心地等待它在你所愛的人的心里生根發芽，成長壯大。即使不會那樣，也要感到滿足，相信愛在自己心里成長。迷戀一個人只需要一分鐘，喜歡一個人需要一個小時，愛上一個人需要一天，而忘記一個人則需要一輩子的時間。不要追求華麗的外表，外表常常具有欺騙性。不要追求萬貫家產，財富也會散盡。尋找那個可以使你微笑的人，只有微笑才能使黑暗的日子變得光明。尋找那個能夠使你的心靈微笑的人。

A lesson of life 生活的一課

“everything happens for the best,”my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.“If you can carry on, one day something good will happen.And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”

Mother was right, as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932.I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer.I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned down every time.In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't risk hiring inexperienced person-“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that'll give you a chance,”she said.I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois.While them was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father sad Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports

department.Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I applied.The job sounded just right for me.But I wasn't hired.My disappointment must have shown.”Everything happens for the best,“ Mom reminded me.Dad offered me the car to job hunt.I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa.The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.As I left his office, my frustration boiled over.I asked aloud ”How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?“

I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling, ”What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?“Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: ”if you carry on, one day something good will happen.Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment“ I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.生活的一課

每當我遇到挫折時,母親就會說:”一切都會好的。如果你堅持下去,總有一天會有好事發生。你會認識到,如果沒有以前的挫折就不會有現在的一切。“

母親是對的,發現這個是在1932年,我剛從大學畢業。我已決定試著在電臺找個事兒做,然后爭取做體育節目的播音員。我搭便車到了芝加哥,挨個電臺地敲門推銷自己——但每次都被拒絕了。

在一個播音室里,一位好心的女士告訴我,大的廣播電臺是不會冒險雇用沒經驗的新手的。”去鄉下找一家給你機會的小電臺吧,“她說。

我搭車來到我的家鄉,那是伊利諾斯州的迪克森。在迪克森當時還沒有電臺播音員這樣的工作,父親說,蒙哥馬利?沃德開了一家新商店,想雇請一個本地的運動員管理店里的體育部。我中學時曾在迪克森打過橄欖球,出于這個原因我去申請了這份工作。工作聽起來挺適合我的,但是我沒被聘用。

我的沮喪心情一定表現出來了。”一切總會好的,“母親提醒我說。爸爸給我買了一輛汽車找工作用。我試著到愛荷華州達文波特的woc電臺去求職。那里的電臺節目總監是一個很棒的蘇格蘭人,名叫彼得?麥克阿瑟,他告訴我他們已經雇到播音員了。

離開他辦公室時,我的挫折感達到了極點。我大聲地說:”一個連在電臺都找不到工作的家伙又怎么能成為體育節目的播映員呢？

等電梯時，我聽到麥克阿瑟喊道：“你說什么體育？你懂橄欖球嗎？”接著他讓我站到麥克風前面，請我解說一場想象中的比賽。

在回家的路上——以后也有很多次的，我思考著母親的那句話：“如果你堅持下去，總要一天會有好事發生。如果沒有以前的挫折，就不會有現在的一切。”我常想，如果當年我得到蒙哥馬利?沃德的那份工作，我的人生之路又會怎樣走呢？

A psalm of life

Tell me not in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers

And things are not what they seem.Life is real!Life is earnest!

And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined and our way;

But to act,That much tomorrow

Find us farther than today.Art is long, and time is fleeting,And our hearts, though stout and brave.Still, like muffled drums, are beating

Funeral marches to the grave.In the world's broad field of battle,In the bivouac of Life,Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Act, act in the living Present!

Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,And departing leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time.Footprints that perhaps another,Sailing o'er life solemn main,A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,Seeing, shall take heart again.Let us, then, be up and doing,With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing

Learn to labour and to wait.

第二篇：十二篇英語短文

1.THE NEWSPAPER 報 紙

Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value Everybody should read it.It

supplies us with a variety of news every day.It tells us the political situation of the world.If we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall(will)get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances.現今報紙擁有極大的價值，人人都應該看它。它每天提供我們各種類類的消息。它告訴我們世界政治局勢。如果我們養成看報的習慣，我們就能得到足夠的知識來因應我們的環境。學生雖然每天須做功課，但他們至少應該勻出一兩個小時來看報。哪些，他們不但能增加知識而且也能趕上時代。總而言之，看報對學生很有益處。

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2.MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活

Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it.Why? Because I intend to be a good student.I wish to render service to my country.I get up at six o’clock every day.After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons.I go to school at seven o’clock.After school is over, I return home.We usually have supper at seven o’clock.Then I begin to do my homework.I want to finish it before I go to bed.雖然我的日常生活十分單調，但我卻竭力設法去適應它。為什么？因為我打算做一個好學生，希望將來為國家服務。

我每天六點起床、洗臉刷牙后，就開始復習功課，七點鐘我就去上學。

放學后，我就回家了。我們通常在七點鐘吃晚餐，之后我就開始做家庭作業，希望在睡覺前把它做完。

3.A MODEL STUDENT 模范學生

Do you mind being called a bad student? Of course not.So far as I know, everybody intends to be(become)a model student.However, to be a model student is by no means an easy thing.First, he must do his best to obtain knowledge.A man without sufficient knowledge will not succeed.Secondly, he must remember to improve his health.Only a strong man can do great tasks.Thirdly, he should receive moral education.If his conduct is not good, no one will consider making friends with him.你價意被稱為壞學生嗎？當然不。就我所知，每個人都打算做模范學生。

然而，做模范學生卻不容易。第一，他必須盡力獲得知識（求知）。一個沒有足夠知識的人是不會成功的。第二，他必須記住促進健康。只有強壯的人才能做大事。第三，他應該接受道德教育。如果他品行不好，沒有人會考慮和他交朋友的。

4.HOW TO GET HAPPINESS 如何獲得快樂

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.無疑的快樂是世界上最寶貴的東西。沒有它，人生將是空虛的而且毫無意義的。如果你希望知道如何獲得快樂，你須注意下面兩點。

健康是快樂的要訣。唯有身體強壯的人才能享受人生的樂趣。

快樂在于知足。一個不滿于現狀的人終是處在痛苦之中。

5.BOOKS 書籍

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.如眾所周知，書籍教我們學習人生，真理，科學以及其它許多有用的東西。它們增加我們的知識，擴大我們的心胸并加強我們的品格。換句話說，它們是我們的良師益友。這是為什么我們的父母終是鼓勵我們要多讀書的理由。

讀書是一好事，但我們必須多加注意書的選擇。不錯，我們能從好書中獲得益處。然而，壞書卻對我們有害無益。

6.：A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY 鄉村游記

One Sunday my mother(Mother)had(made)me take my little young brother to the a trip to the country.She bade me take good care of him.While we were walking along the road, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently.We saw the beautiful flowers smile(smiling)at us and heard the birds sing(singing)their sweet songs on the trees.The scenery was indeed very pretty(beautiful).When we felt tired, we returned home.We saw Mother(our mother)wait(waiting)for us at the door.7.有一個星期日，我母親叫我帶小弟弟去鄉村游歷。她吩咐我要好好照料他。

當我們沿著道路行走的時候，太陽燦爛地照耀著，微風輕輕地吹著。我們看見美麗的花兒對我們微笑著，并聽見鳥兒在樹上唱著悅耳的歌曲，風景實十分美麗。

當我們感覺到疲倦的時候，我們就回家了。我們看見母樣正在門口等候我們 One day an old man siselling a big elephant.A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly.The old man goes up to him and says inhis ear,“Don't say

anything about the elephant before I sell it,then i'll give you some money.”“All right,”says the young man.After the old man slles the elephant,he gives the young man some money and says,“Now,can you tell me how you find the bad ears of theelephant?”“I don't find the bad ears,”says the young man.“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?”asks the old man.The young man answers,“Because I never see an elephant before,and I want to know what it looks like.”

一天，一個老的男人正在賣一頭大象。一個年輕的男人走向大象然后開始慢慢看著它（大象），這個老的男人走向他對著他的耳朵說，“不要在我賣出它（大象）之前說關于它（大

象）的事，然后我會給你一些錢。”“好的”，這個年輕的男人說。在這個老的男人賣出大象后，他給了年輕的男人一些錢并且說，“現在，你可以告訴我你是怎樣知道大象的壞的耳朵了吧？”“我不知道壞的耳朵”，這個年輕的男人說。“然后為什么你慢慢的看著大象？”這個老的男人問。這個年輕的男人回答，“因為我在這之前從來沒有見過大象，還有我想知道它（大象）是什么樣子 8.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 and says, “The cock is mine, not yours.” Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.狐貍和公雞

一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。

他朝公雞走來，對他說：“我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對狐貍說：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。”二天，狐貍張開她的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的。”就在那時。公雞跑

到了樹底下。

9.Back to School

It’s the first day of school.Mike wants to go back to school.He wants to see his friends.He wants to meet his new teacher.Mike gets up early in the morning.He washes and eats his breakfast.Then he rides his bike to school.He sees his friends on the playground.He plays hide-and-seek with them.In the classroom, Mike meets his new maths teacher.Her name is Mrs.Green.Mike likes Mrs Green.She can speak English very well.He thinks she is a nice teacher.10.One day,a monkey drove his car near a lake.Sudden,he saw a tiger under a tree.The tiger saw him,too.The tiger ran very fast at the monkey.The monkey was very afraid and he and his car fell into the lake.The monkey couldn't swim and he shouted.A rabbit came and he jumped into the lake.The rabbit swam to the monkey but did not help him.Both of them shouted for help.Luckily,a giraffe came along.He was very tall.He helped the rabbit and the monkey.11.Mike’s Family

Mike comes from America.He is twelve.His father Mr.Brown works in a big shop in Beijing.Mike has a sister.Her name is Kate.She is only four.It is Saturday today.Mike’s family is all at home.Mr.Brown is sitting in a chair and

reading today’s newspaper.Mrs.Brown is out of the house;she is watering the flowers.Is Mike with his mother? No, he is cleaning his new bike.Where is Kate? She is in her room.She is playing with her cat.What a happy family!

12．Time

Lost time is never found again.This is something which I learned very clearly last semester.I spent so much time fooling around that my grades began to suffer.I finally realized that something had to be done.It was time for a change.Now I have a new plan for using my time wisely.I have set my alarm clock ahead half an hour.This will give me a head start on the day.I have also decided to keep a log of what I do and when I do it.Looking back on what I’ve done will give me some ideas on how to reorganize my time.時光一去不復返，這是我上學期清楚學到的教訓。我浪費很多時間四處游蕩，以致于我的成績開始退步。最后我終于了解到我必須有所作為；該是痛改前非的時候了。

現在我有一個明智運用時間的新方法。我已將鬧鐘早撥半小時，這將使我這一天的作息提前開始。我也決定將我所做的一切及做這些事的時間記錄下來。回顧我所做的事情會啟發我如何重新安排我的時間

第三篇：英語小短文經濟篇

英語小短文

1經濟篇

The US Commerce Departmen（t 商務部）reports in its first estimate of economic performance for the January to March quarter, that the US economy contracted at a bigger than forecasted annual rate—6.1 percent.This is the second three month period in which the economy shrank at a more than six percent annual rate.The rate of decline was more than financial markets had expected.But despite that, stock prices rallied（恢復）Wednesday as analysts found positive elements to the otherwise grim（糟糕的）report.These included a slight increase in consumer spending and a replenishment（補充）of business inventories.The International Monetary Fund（國際貨幣基金組織）last week forecast that the US economy would contract by 2.8 percent this year, after expanding by about one percent last year.The US recession, which began in December 2007, is the most severe since the Second World War.背景導讀

美國商務部2009 年4 月29 日表示，美國第一季度GDP 季度調整后年降6.1%，經濟學家預期值為下降4.6%。美國第一季度經濟下滑幾乎沒有改善，企業削減開支和庫存，表明衰退并未如預期那樣放緩。

Indications that unemployment continues to rise is grim news for leaders heading to the G-20 summit（20 國集團峰會）in the United States next week.The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development（經濟合作與發展組織）reports unemployment reached its highest level among industrialized nations of 8.5 percent in July.OECD unemployment division chief Stephan Scarpetta says the number of jobless among the OECD’s 30 member countries is expected to climb even higher next year, to nearly 10 percent.That translates into 57 million people out of work.The United States, Spain and Ireland are among those countries with the fastest rising unemployment.All three were affected by the collapse of high housing prices.The damage spread to other sectors of the economy.Scarpetta says young people are among the hardest hit.In Spain, for example, more than one in three young workers are unemployed.背景導讀

經濟合作與發展組織2009 年9 月份報告說，工業化國家的失業率仍在增加，而且有可能在明年達到近10%的歷史最高水平，盡管不斷有報道說，很多工業化國家正在走出幾十年來最嚴重的經濟危機。各國政府雖然擴大和延長了失業補貼的發放，并且提供了更多的就業咨詢和培訓，但是這些措施并沒有緩解失業人口的增加。

第四篇：英語短文

A Wolf in sheep's clothing

（披著羊皮的狼）

A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant

shepherd and his dogs.One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep.He put it on and walked among the sheep.A lamb thought that the

wolf was its mother because his skin looked like hers.So it

followed the wolf.Soon after they had left the dogs, the wolf came

at the lamb and ate it up.For some time he succeeded in deceiving

the sheep, and enjoying hearty meals.披著羊皮的狼

狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼發現了一塊羊皮，便披著它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把這只披著羊皮的狼誤認為自己的媽媽，被領出了羊群。狼成功地欺騙了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。

寓意：事物的外表有時候會掩蓋它的本質，所以我們不能只憑表面現象就作判斷。

good boy(好孩子)

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.“What did you do

with the money I gave you yesterday?”

“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.“You're a good boy,” said the mother proudly.“Here are two cents more.But why are you so interested in the

old woman?”

“She is the one who sells the candy.”

小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。“昨天給你的錢干什么了？”

“我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。

“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。

“再給你兩分錢。可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢？” “她是個賣糖果的。” Naughty monkey(調皮的猴子)

It’s very hot.An old man is asleep on the chair.A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again.The

monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He

jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it

hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.天氣很熱。一位老人在椅子上睡著了。一只蒼蠅飛來落在老人的鼻子上。老人有一只頑皮的猴子。猴子在追打蒼蠅。蒼蠅再次飛落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打蒼蠅。這樣往返了五六次，猴子很生氣。他跳著跑到花園，撿起一塊大石頭。當蒼蠅再次落在老人的鼻子上時，猴子用石頭擊中老人的鼻子上的蒼蠅。他砸死了蒼蠅也打破了老人的鼻子.

第五篇：英語經典短文

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一、How to use an English-Chinese dictionary? When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word.What’s the best way to know it? You may look it up in an English-Chinese dictionary.It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word.But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly? First, all the English words are arranged in the alphabetical order.In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the Ietter A, then B,C,D,E…That means if there are two words “desert”and “pull”,” “desert”will be certainly before“pull”.Then if there,are two words both beginning with the same letter,you may look at the second letter.Then the third, the fourth…For example, “pardon”is before “plough”, “judge”is before “just”,etc.Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary? The dictionary will be your good friend,I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.二、Travel by bike

If you go to visit London, you’ll see a lot of buses and cars on the road.You’ll also see a lot of bikes because more people travel by bike.There are a lot of reasons for this.First, it is very cheap to buy a bike, and it is quick, too.You often have to wait for a bus for half an hour.When the bus comes, there are so many other buses and cars on the roads that the bus moves very slowly.I traveled to work by bus for about four years.I often arrived at work late and tired.Then one day, about two years ago, a friend of mine said, “ I go to work by bike.Why don’t we travel together?”

“Because my bike is old.” I answered, “And there are so many buses and cars on the roads.I’ll feel frightened

“You needn’t feel frightened!” said my friend.“If you follow me and we ride slowly, you’ll be fine.”

The next day I brought myself a new bike.Although we went slowly, we arrived ai work quickly.It took 40 minutes to go to work by bus, but only half an hour by bike!Now I don’t feel afraid.I love going go work by bike.I take a different road every day.I arrived at work very quickly.I’ve got a little more money now, and more important, I feel healthy.Many people think in the same way as I do.That’s why you see a lot of bikes on the road.Next year you’ll see more, I am sure.Perhaps in the future we will have roads for bikes only.I hope so.三、American food habits

Generally speaking, American food is rather bland and inspired.Salads are popular and are served all the year round.Many American people are “calorie” conscious.This is evident in menus offering “low calorie” or “weight watchers” meals.In markets one can find “No Cal” drinks(meaning without calories)such as ginger ale or cola.“Diet” foods without sugar or salt are also available in food stores.Waiters in American restaurants tend to assume that everyone drinks coffee.If a waiter suddenly asks “Now or later?” what he means is “Do you want coffee with your meal now or later?” Many American drinks

Coffee with their meal.When dining out in the US we can ask for tea, milk,coke,bear and so on, if we prefer these to coffee, American restaurants cannot serve beer, wine, or liquor unless they are licensed to do so.The main course in American meals is usually meat, fowl, or fish, but rarely is more than one of these

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七、Insects We often think of insects as being harmful.This is not quite true.Many insects are harmful.For example, flies carry disease.Other insects carry disease, too.Farmers are at war with insects most of the time.Hungry insects kill plants in the fields.Farmers spray the fields to get rid of these insects.Does this mean that all insects are harmful? No.Many are of great help to man.Bees make honey.Without bees and other insects, many trees would have no fruit.Silkworms make silk.Some insects eat other insects that kill fruit trees.Have you ever seen a praying mantis? People who do not know about the praying mantis sometimes kill it.They think it is harmful.But this insect is of great help to farmers and gardeners.It eats insects that kill plants.Long ago, many people thought of most insects as enemies.Today, we know the difference between harmful insects and those that help us.八、Special language Can you see the rabbit’s tail? When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away.Its tail is white and moves up and down as it runs.Other rabbits see the tail moving, and they run, too.They know that there is something danger.The rabbit has told them something without making a sound.It has given them a signal.Many other animals use this kind of language.When a cobra is angry, it raises its hood and makes itself look fierce.This warns other animals.When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home.It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air.This tells the others where the food is.Some animals say things by making sounds.Sometimes we humans speak in the same way.But we have something that no animal has-a large number of words.No animal has the wonderful power of language.People living in different countries make different kinds of words.Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world.The words you know are called your vocabulary.You should try to make your vocabulary bigger.Read as many books as you can.When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary.Your dictionary is your most useful book.九、A good idea Mike and Tom had studied in the same class.After they had finished middle school, Mike went to college but Tom found work in a factory.The young man likes smoking very much and it’s bad for his health.Now he coughs day and night and he’s too weak to work.So he was sent away.He spent all money on smoking and sometimes he has little food to eat.Once Tom met Mike in the street.Mike finished college and began to work in a post office and was paid much.When Tom knew about it, he asked Mike to lend two hundred dollars to him.Mike found it was difficult to refuse and agreed.A year later Mike was going go marry and needed a lot of money.He told Tom about it.Tom said he would pay off the debt the next month.But three months passed and Tom did not pay off his debt.And one day Mike went to his house again and said, “Haven’t you found any ideas to pay off your debt?”

“Yes, I have.” Answered Tom.“ If you help me, I’ll pay off my debt at once.” “what’s it?”

“Please lend me five hundred dollars again.” Said the man.“I shall pay you back two hundred dollars, and I’ll pay Mr.White back two hundred dollars, and I’ll spend one hundred dollars on some bread and a newer coat.上海寶茁教育濟南學習中心