中英小短文篇一：初中英語小短文30篇

1 Dogs

People often say that a dog is man's best friend. Over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.

Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries. A guide dog can lead its blind owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.

guard 看守，看護(hù) sheepdog 牧羊犬 flock 群 aid 幫助

disabled 殘疾人 century 世紀(jì)guide dog 導(dǎo)盲犬 dial 撥 majority 大多數(shù)

狗

人們總是說狗是人類最好的朋友。幾千年來，除了看家外，人類還教會(huì)了狗去做許多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制數(shù)百只羊的羊群而出名。

狗用來幫助殘疾人已有好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)了。導(dǎo)盲犬可以為盲主人引路�，F(xiàn)在，人們還教狗為殘疾主人打開電燈、開冰箱和撥電話。然而，對(duì)于

大多數(shù)人來說，狗只是家里老人和孩子們的寵物和朋

友。

2 Detective Work

A bank robber stole a lot of money. He was caught and sent to prison, but the money was never found. When he came out of prison, they watched him to see what he would do. Here is the detective, reporting to the inspector. "Yes, sir, I found Johnny . I followed him all around the town, but frankly, I couldn't make anything out of what he bought. Here's the list."

shirt , heavy crowbar, box of chocolates , shovel, heavy hammer, bunch of flowers .The inspector said, "Good. That helps me a lot. Do you remember how we watched him helping his neighbour, old Mrs. Judson to cover her backyard with cement?

detective 偵探的偵探 robber 強(qiáng)盜，盜賊 prison 監(jiān)獄

inspector 檢察官 frankly 坦白地，真誠地 crowbar 鐵撬，撬棒

shovel 鏟，鐵鏟 hammer 鐵錘，錘子 backyard 后院 cement 水泥

偵探工作

一個(gè)盜賊從銀行偷了很多錢。他被抓住送到監(jiān)獄，但是錢沒找到。 當(dāng)他從監(jiān)獄出來時(shí)，他被監(jiān)視，看他會(huì)做什么。這不，偵探正向檢察官報(bào)告：“是的，先生，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了強(qiáng)尼•阿米塔基，我跟著他轉(zhuǎn)遍了全鎮(zhèn)，但坦白說，我不能從他買的東西中推斷出什么。這里是清單�！� 襯衫、大鐵撬、一盒巧克力鐵鏟、大鐵錘、一束花 。

檢察官說：“好，這對(duì)我很有幫助。你還記得我們看到他是怎么幫他的鄰居，賈德森老太太用水泥鋪院子的嗎？”

3 What is Time? （Nursery Rhyme）

Time is grain for peasants.

Time is wealth for workers.

Time is life for doctors.

Time is victory for soldiers.

Time is knowledge for students.

Time is speed for scientists.

Time is money for businessmen.

Time is everything for all of us.

Therefore, seize the time of today!

grain 糧食wealth 財(cái)富 victory 勝利 seize 抓住，把握

時(shí)間是什么（童謠一首）

對(duì)農(nóng)民來說，時(shí)間就是糧食。對(duì)工人來說，時(shí)間就是財(cái)富。對(duì)醫(yī)生來說，時(shí)間就是生命。

對(duì)士兵來說，時(shí)間就是勝利。對(duì)學(xué)生來說，時(shí)間就是知識(shí)。對(duì)科學(xué)家來說，時(shí)間就是速度。

對(duì)企業(yè)家來說，時(shí)間就是金錢。對(duì)我們大家來說，時(shí)間就是一切。因此，把握今天!

4 Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. Several painters try to mix the colour right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.

Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper colour. The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes famous. Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son. "Dad,"asks the son, "there's something I've got to know. How did you get

those walls to match the vase so perfectly?"

"Son,” the father replies, "I painted the vase."

proud of 自豪 valuable 值錢的antique vase 古董花瓶 paint 用油漆漆

satisfy 滿意 eventually 最終 confident 有信心的 retire 退休

match 和??相配

絕配

一個(gè)有錢的婦人感到非常驕傲，因?yàn)樗幸恢恢靛X的古董花瓶，她決定把她的臥室漆成和花瓶一樣的顏色。好幾個(gè)油漆匠試圖調(diào)出正確的顏色，但是沒有一個(gè)人調(diào)出的顏色能讓婦人滿意。

最后，來了一個(gè)油漆匠。他很有信心可以調(diào)出合適的顏色。果然婦人對(duì)最終的效果感到滿意，漆匠也因此成名。

幾年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子�！鞍职�，”兒子問，“有件事我想知道。你是如何調(diào)配出和花瓶一樣的顏色的？” “兒子，”父親回答，“我把花瓶也一起漆了。”

5 A Barbecue

中英小短文篇二：優(yōu)美的英語小短文

1

English Language

I m interested in English. English is a very important language. It is widely used all over the world. If you travel around the world, you’ll find English everywhere. It is widely used for business between different countries. If you know English, you can enjoy many books. It s really a bridge to much knowledge.

I have learned many English words. I hope I can talk with foreigners in English and let them know our country better. Some people say the world is smaller than before.

2

An Unforgettable Challenge

When I was ten years old, I began to chat with foreigners. But I was very shy. Gradually, I became more and more confident with foreigners’ help. The following year, I went to Yangzhou with two foreigners. I became their guide. First, we came into the Shouxi River. They wanted to look around the river by boat. I told them the price. Then we got into the boat. When we looked out at the sight, we all felt very beautiful. After that, they went to buy souvenirs. The sellers couldn’t speak English. Though it was very hard, I tried my best to listen to their words carefully and translate the sentences. They bought some souvenirs with my help. Next, we went to a small zoo, and we took some photos. There were not many animals. When we felt hungry, we went out and had lunch. After lunch, we visited some old houses. They learned more about Chinese history.

This wasn’t only a big challenge but also an unforgettable challenge. This opportunity made me confident and brave.I hope I can catch many opportunities in the future, then I can speak English, because I think practice makes perfect.

3

My Dreams

I want to be a teacher when I listen to my teacher carefully. I think I can be a teacher when I grow up. I can help many students learn things well. I can play with my students, too. So we are good friends. I want to be a doctor when I see many doctors save their patients. To be a doctor is really great. I think I can be a doctor when I grow up. Then I can help many people out of danger. I will be the happiest girl in the world. I want to be a reporter when I watch TV every evening. We can get lots of important information from them. They make the world smaller and also make us happy. I would like to be a reporter when I

grow up. And I can learn a lot about China and the other countries around the world. I can meet many superstars as well.I have lots of dreams. I think my dreams can come true one day, because there’s an old saying “where there is a will, there is a way.”

4

My school day

Hi, I’m xxx. I'm 14 years old and I study in Laoshan School. My school is not very big. Every morning I get up at seven and have breakfast. And then I go to school at half past seven. At eight twenty, we begin our morning reading. Lessons begin at nine o’clock. We have four lessons in the morning and Chinese is my favourite lesson. We usually have 10 minute's break between two lessons and at about 12:30 we finish our morning lessons. I have lunch at school at twelve thirty, too. I like school lunch and I always have rice with meat and vegetables. After lunch I often talk with my friends or play basketball with them. In the afternoon lessons start at half past one and finish at four thirty. I play games after school with my friends and then go home at five. In the evening I do my homework and then watch TV. At ten o’clock I go to bed. It’s really a busy day but I like it.

5

Healthy eating

My name is xxx. I am 14 years old. I want to be a doctor when I grow up. To be a doctor, I must be healthy. It is important for a doctor to be healthy.

Before, I seldom ate vegetables. Because I disliked vegetables. I liked sweet snacks. They taste delicious but they are not good for me. They give me energy but they are not healthy. So I must change my diet. Now, I eat a bowl of rice for breakfast, and I often eat an egg. For lunch, I usually eat a bowl of soup, vegetables and a bowl of rice. I eat meat and vegetables for dinner. If I want to be healthier, I must exercise. So I changed my lifestyle. Now, I often exercise once a week. I do not eat snacks or fast food any more. So I think I am healthy.And I am very happy. I hope everybody is healthy and happy.

6

Eating taste

People in different parts of our country have very different ideas about what is good to eat. In our country, for example, people from the south like to eat rice, however, people living in the north prefer bread or noodles. The people of Hunan or Sichuan enjoy hot food. But people of Shanghai or Suzhou will choose sweet dish.

Even if people live in the same part of the country, their tastes may be very

different. Old people and young ones have different tastes; men and women also have their different preferences. In a restaurant, some customers order soups that is thick and heavy, while others drink soup that is thin and clear. A few people only eat vegetables. They don’t like fish or chicken.

Therefore, it is not easy for restaurants to satisfy the needs of all the customers. To increase their business, the restaurants in the cities try their best to make foods in different kinds and different styles. They sometimes add new names of dishes with different tastes to their menus for customers.

7

Protect our environment

As we all know, the environment around us is getting worse and worse .In some places we can’t see fish swimming in the river or trees on the hills. Some people even have no clean water to drink. So I think we must do something to

. .But what can we do? How to protect our environment? In fact, there are many things we can do. Firstly, we can go to school on foot or by bike and don’t throw rubbish everywhere. Secondly, we can use shopping baskets but not plastic bags when we go shopping. Last but not least, we can use both sides of the paper when we write. In a word, if everyone pays more attention to our environment, there will be less pollution and our life will be better.

“There is only one earth”, we should act at once. I hope everyone will protect our environment well.

8

Water

Water is very important for living things. Without water there can be no life on earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water.

Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the world

there is some water in the air.

As we all have found out, water may be a solid, or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as stone, When it’s a liquid, you can pour it out of a container. When it is a gas, you cannot see or feel it.

Although about 70 percent of the earth’s surface is covered with water, there are many places in the world still running out of water. So we should make good use of water on earth.

9

Be brave to the earthquake

Everyone has some unforgettable experiences. An earthquake

happened in Sichuan Province on Monday, May 12, 2008. It is the most

dangerous earthquake in Chinese history. Many people were killed. A large number of houses fell down. I was shocked. When I see theses picture on TV, my eyes were filled with tears.

Now, more and more people and volunteers go to disaster area to help people who are in trouble. I was moved. I wanted to do something for people in the disaster areas, too. I thought although I couldn’t go to Sichuan like the soldiers and the doctors, I still wanted to try my best to help them. I took out all my pocket money and threw it into the donation box.

I hope they can rebuild their homeland early. I believe that if every-one makes a contribution for our country, we can overcome any difficulties.

10

Freedom and Peace

Almost everyday we can see there are always a huge number of pigeons enjoying the sunbath in some large squares, but do you often care what a white pigeon stands for? That is peace.

For hundreds of years, people always regard pigeons as a represent of freedom and peace. That is because of not only its lovely pure figure, but also its great passion to the outside world. Till now, I still can't help thinking of such a picture: In Iraq, a boy was watching a white pigeon over his head. The background was full of wounded solders and guns. Thus, this lovely white pigeon was contrastive to this iced background and gave people a deep consideration. Suddenly, a thought comes into my mind: Why there have been so many wars in the world just for someone's own interest? Why can't people live like as mall pigeon with freedom? I hope there will not be wars,

FOREVER!

中英小短文篇三：精美英語小短文(英漢對(duì)照)

英語短文：擁抱生態(tài)旅游

Aremote Patagonian town that's just beginning to prosper by guiding tourists through the virgin forests nearby is being shaken by the realization that it's sitting on a gold mine. Literally. More than 3,000 worried Esquel residents recently took to the streets in protests aimed at assuring that their neat community of 28,000 beco mes an ecotourism center, not a gold-rush town.

巴塔哥尼亞一處偏遠(yuǎn)的小鎮(zhèn)因?yàn)榘l(fā)展附近一處原始林的觀光業(yè)正漸趨繁榮，在這個(gè)節(jié)骨眼，卻如晴天霹靂般得知，當(dāng)?shù)卦瓉硖N(yùn)含金礦。沒錯(cuò)。三千多位憂心如焚的艾斯圭爾居民最近走上街頭抗議，要求將這處擁有兩萬八千居民的凈地作為生態(tài)旅游中心，不要淪為淘金城。Esquel's plight is winning attention from international conservation and environmental groups such as Greenpeace. In Argentina, the town has become a national symbol in the debate over exploitation vs. preservation of the country's vast natural resources.

艾斯圭爾的窘境正獲得"綠色和平"等國際保育及環(huán)保團(tuán)體的高度關(guān)切。在爭(zhēng)論阿根廷豐富的自然資源究竟該開發(fā)或保育的議題上，該鎮(zhèn)儼然成為全國的象征。

About 3.2 million acres already are under contract for mineral exploration in poor and sparsely settled Chubut Province, where Esquel is, near the southern tip of South America. Whether Meridian Gold Corp. gets its open-pit gold mine outside Esquel could determine the fate of mining in Patagonia, a pristine region spanning southern Argentina and Chile.

艾斯圭爾位于接近南美洲大陸極南點(diǎn)、貧窮而人煙稀少的丘布省內(nèi)，礦物探勘合約涵蓋了該省近三百二十萬畝的土地。巴塔哥尼亞高原是橫跨阿根廷與智利兩國南部的化外之地，而該地采礦業(yè)的命運(yùn)，將取決于MDG公司能否取得艾斯圭爾外圍露天金礦的開采權(quán)。

Meridian's project, about 5 miles outside Esquel at a higher elevation, is about 20 miles from a national park that preserves rate trees known as alerces, a southern relative of California's giant sequoia. Some of them have been growing serenely in the temperate rain forest for more than 3,000 years.

MDG公司計(jì)劃開采的地點(diǎn)約在艾斯圭爾五里外海拔高一點(diǎn)的地方，跟一座國家公園約二十里，這座國家公園保育著稀有的落葉柏科樹木，一種美國加州紅木的南方品種。有些柏樹已在這片溫帶雨林安然度過三千多年了。

The greatest fear is that cyanide, which is used to leach gold from ore, will drain downhill and poison Esquel's and possibly the park's water supplies. The mine will use 180 tons of the deadly chemical each month. Although many townspeople and some geologists disagree, the company says any excess cyanide would drain away from Esquel.

最嚴(yán)重的威脅是，在礦砂濾取黃金的過程中使用的氰化物將會(huì)向下排放，污染艾斯圭爾、甚至國家公園的水源。開礦過程每個(gè)月會(huì)使用一百八十噸的這種致命化學(xué)物質(zhì)。盡管許多鎮(zhèn)民和部分地質(zhì)學(xué)家不同意，該公司表示，所有過量的氰化物將全數(shù)排出艾斯?fàn)柟纭?/p>

"We won't allow them to tear things up and leave us with the toxic aftermath," said Felix Aguilar, 28, as he piloted a boatload of tourists through a lake in the Alerces National Park. "We take care of things here, so that the entire world can hear and see nature in its pure state. The world must help us prevent this."

二十八歲的菲力克司亞奇拉在帶領(lǐng)一船旅客瀏覽落葉林國家公園一座湖泊時(shí)說："我們不會(huì)允許他們把事情搞砸，把毒害留給我們。有我們悉心呵護(hù)這里的一切，全世界才得以欣賞飽覽此地純樸的自然之美。世界應(yīng)該和我們一起守護(hù)這里。"

American Douglas Tomkins, the founder of the Esprit clothing line and a prominent global conservationist, has bought more than 800,000 wilderness acres in Chile to preserve alerces and protect what's left of the temperate rain forest. Ted Turner, the communications magnate, also has bought land in Argentine Patagonia with an eye to conservation.

美國服飾品牌Esprit的創(chuàng)始人，也是國際知名自然保育人士的杜格拉斯，湯姆金斯，為保育落葉林及溫帶雨林內(nèi)僅存的生物，買下智利八十多萬畝的土地。媒體巨子泰德·透納著眼于環(huán)境保育，也買下阿根廷巴

塔哥尼亞土地。

A young English botanist named Charles Darwin, the author of the theory of evolution, was the first European to see alerces, with trunks that had a circumference of 130 feet. He gave the tree its generic name, Fitzroya cupressoides, for the captain of his ship, Robert Fitzroy.

進(jìn)化論的發(fā)表人-年輕的英國植物學(xué)家查爾斯·達(dá)爾文，是第一位見識(shí)落葉柏樹干圓周長(zhǎng)達(dá)一百三十尺的歐洲人。他似他船長(zhǎng)的名字羅伯費(fèi)茲·洛伊，為這種樹取了學(xué)名"費(fèi)茲洛柏"（即：智利柏）。

Argentina, pressed by the United States, Canada, the World Bank and other global lenders, rewrote its mining laws in the 1990s to encourage foreign investment. Mining companies received incentives such as 30 years without new taxes and duty-free imports of earth-moving equipment.

受到美國、加拿大、世界銀行及全球其他債權(quán)者頻頻施壓的阿根廷，為了促進(jìn)外商投資，在九○年代修訂了礦業(yè)法令。給予礦采業(yè)的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)措施包括三十年免征新稅與免稅進(jìn)口礦業(yè)開采設(shè)備等等。

Argentina took in more than ＄1 billion over the past decade by granting exploration contracts for precious metals to more than 70 foreign and domestic companies. If the country were to turn away a major investor, the message to its mining sector would be chilling.

阿根廷過去十年內(nèi)與國內(nèi)外七十多家業(yè)者簽訂貴重礦物開采合約，獲得十億美元以上的利潤(rùn)。如果拒絕主要投資客戶，阿根廷的采礦業(yè)將面臨蕭條的景況。

Residents also complain that Argentina hasn't given nature-based tourism a chance."If the government invested in us a tenth of the effort they put into mining, things would be a lot different here," grumbled Randal Williams, 73, who rents tourist cabins in Esquel.

當(dāng)?shù)鼐用褚脖г拱⒏⒄豢辖o自然觀光業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。在艾斯圭爾經(jīng)營(yíng)觀光小屋出租，現(xiàn)年七十三歲的藍(lán)道·威廉斯抱怨："當(dāng)初如果政府肯花他們投資采礦業(yè)資金的十分之一在我們身上的話，事情就會(huì)改觀了。"

Forest ecologist Paul Alaback, a University of Montana professor who studies the alerces, said Argentine authorities could gain from Alaska's successful nature-based tourism. "Nature-based tourism would mean less jobs immediately but would be sustainable. You'd be building on something that is going to grow, not going to go away," he said.

蒙大拿大學(xué)教授，也是研究落葉植物的森林生態(tài)學(xué)者保羅，雅勒貝克表示，阿根廷當(dāng)局可以仿效阿拉斯加自然旅游業(yè)的成功之道。"在當(dāng)下，發(fā)展自然旅游業(yè)的確意味著工作機(jī)會(huì)立即減少，但它卻能永續(xù)經(jīng)營(yíng)。你應(yīng)該要去建設(shè)會(huì)茁壯成長(zhǎng)的東西，而非日漸消逝的事物。"

關(guān) 鍵 詞

ecotourism // n. 生態(tài)旅行

We should protect our natural environment and support ecotourism.我們應(yīng)該保護(hù)自然環(huán)境，支持生態(tài)旅游。

pristine // adj. 原始的

The forests on the Alps are still in pristine region, unspoiled by industrialization.

阿爾卑斯山的森林仍是原始林區(qū)，未遭工業(yè)破壞。

span // v. 橫跨，跨越

The government spent two years building a red bridge spanning the gorge.

政府花了兩年的時(shí)間建造一座橫跨那座峽谷的紅橋。

elevation // n. 海拔

The lake on the mountain at an elevation of about 350 meters is our first stop.

山里那座海拔三百五十公尺左右的湖泊是我們的第一站。

leach // v. 過濾

Nitrogen is easily leached from soil because it is more easily dissolved.氮因?yàn)檩^容易溶解，所以很容易就可以從土壤中過濾出來。

toxic // adj. 有毒的

People in Nazi concentration camps were slaughtered using toxic gas.納粹集中營(yíng)里的人們慘遭毒氣殺害。

prominent // adj. 著名的，重要的

Lili played a prominent part in the case.

莉莉在這件案子里扮演舉足輕重的角色。

magnate // n.（實(shí)業(yè)界）巨頭，巨子

The press magnate decided on a merger with another company to expand his empire.

那位報(bào)巨子決定與另一家公司合并，以擴(kuò)展他的企業(yè)王國。

英語短文：Of Studies

STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ;but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best, from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning, by study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience......

讀書足以怡情，足以傅彩，足以長(zhǎng)才。其怡情也，最見于獨(dú)處幽居之時(shí)；其傅彩也，最見于高談闊論之中；其長(zhǎng)才也，最見于處世判事之際。練達(dá)之士雖能分別處理細(xì)事或一一判別枝節(jié)，然縱觀統(tǒng)籌、全局策劃，則舍好學(xué)深思者莫屬。讀書費(fèi)時(shí)過多易惰，文采藻飾太盛則矯，全憑條文斷事乃學(xué)究故態(tài)。讀書補(bǔ)天然之不足，經(jīng)驗(yàn)又補(bǔ)讀書之不足，蓋天生才干猶如自然花草，讀書然后知如何修剪移接；而書中所示，如不

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