初中英語小短文30篇

1、1 dogspeople often say that a dog is mans 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 centu

2、ries. 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)

3、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。 現(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 worka bank robber stole a lot of money. he was ca

4、ught 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 couldnt make anything out of what he bought.

5、heres 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

6、檢察官 frankly 坦白地，真誠(chéng)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? ( n

7、ursery 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 vi

8、ctory 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 matcha rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same colour as the vase. severa

9、l 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 so

10、n. dad,asks the son, theres something ive got to know. how did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly? son, ” the father replies, i painted the ud 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

11、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。 “爸爸， ”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 barbecuewhen i was a child, i once went camping with my family in the summer. we decided to make a b

12、arbecue in the valley. so we collected some tree sticks to make a fire. my father asked me if i could try to make a fire. i was glad to take the job. then i tried to set fire to the wood with a match, but produced only smoke. then my father said, thats not the right way. ill show you how to do it. f

13、irst use the small pieces of wood becausethey catch fire easily. then put the larger ones on top of them.my father helped me make a big fire.barbecue 燒烤 valley 山谷 stick 枝條 make a fire 生火燒烤當(dāng)我還是小孩子的時(shí)候， 一年夏天我們?nèi)胰ヒ盃I(yíng)。 我們決定在山谷中燒烤， 所以我們撿來了一些樹枝生火。 父親問我愿不愿意嘗試著生火， 我很高興地承擔(dān)了這項(xiàng)任務(wù)。我試著用火柴把木頭點(diǎn)燃，但結(jié)果都是煙。父親說： “這樣做不對(duì)。我

14、來教你如何生火。先用小片的木頭，因?yàn)樗鼈內(nèi)菀c(diǎn)燃，然后把大些的放在它們上面。 ”父親幫我點(diǎn)起了旺旺的火。6 a joke“ i stand corrected ”i have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. it used to bother me, so i suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. for years, he refused and told me i was crazy, but las

15、t week, he finally went. sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. a quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “ so, ” i said, you didnt believe me when i told you a doctor could f

16、ix your leg. he just looked at me and said, i stand corrected.lean 傾斜 slightly 輕微地check out 檢查 refuse 拒絕 quarter 四分之一surgery 手術(shù) cure 治愈 fix 治愈 stand corrected 認(rèn)錯(cuò)笑話“我誠(chéng)懇認(rèn)錯(cuò)”我有一個(gè)朋友， 他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。 這個(gè)問題曾經(jīng)非常困擾我， 所以我建議他去看醫(yī)生， 檢查一下他的腿。 幾年來， 他總是不聽我的建議， 還說我不正常，但是上星期， 他終于去看了醫(yī)生。 果真， 醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個(gè)很快的小手術(shù)后，他康

17、復(fù)了，現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣長(zhǎng)了，他也不再傾斜了。 “你看， ” 我說， “那時(shí)我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時(shí)你還不相信我呢。 ”他看著我說： “我認(rèn)錯(cuò)了。 ”7 making a kiteone day, paula and richard decided to make a kite. first they went out and found two straight sticks of the same length. they brought them back home and tied them with a piece of string into the shape of a

18、cross. then they took some string and used it to tie the four ends of the sticks together. then, they spread some brightly coloured paper over the frame and glued it around the string. they stuck a tail made of paper to one of the corners, and tied a long string to the centre of the kite. on the nex

19、t windy day, they took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.straight stick 直木棍tie 系 string 繩子 shape 形狀 cross 十字spread 傳開 frame 框架 stick 粘 tail 尾巴 windy 有風(fēng)的做一個(gè)風(fēng)箏一天， 保羅和理查德決定做一個(gè)風(fēng)箏。 首先， 他們出門找了兩根一樣長(zhǎng)的直木棍。他們把木棍帶回家， 用一根繩子把它們綁成十字形。 然后他們又拿了些繩子， 把 木棍的四個(gè)頂端連在一起。 然后， 他們把一些顏色鮮艷的紙涂上膠水， 粘在風(fēng)箏的框架上。 他們將紙做的尾

20、巴粘在一角， 在風(fēng)箏中間系上一根長(zhǎng)繩。 在接下來的 一個(gè)有風(fēng)的日子里，他們就在家附近的小山上放風(fēng)箏了。8 animals in dangersome of the animals and birds in the rainforest, such as monkeys and woodpeckers, live in the treetops. they are always swinging and flying from one tree to another looking for food among the leaves and branches. they even sleep i

21、n the treetops so they do not have to come down to the ground.have you heard that such animals and birds in the rainforests are in danger? because people are cutting down so many trees in the forests, the animals are losing their homes. do you know the reasons for it? yes, people want wood, paper an

22、d land. as a result many animals and plants are dying. some forests are so badly damaged that they become deserts.rainforest 雨林 woodpecker 啄木鳥 treetop 樹頂 swing 搖蕩 leaves 樹葉（ leaf 的復(fù)數(shù)形式） branch 樹枝 desert 沙漠瀕危動(dòng)物一些雨林中的動(dòng)物和鳥類生活在樹頂上， 例如猴子和啄木鳥。 它們總是從一棵樹蕩到或飛到另一棵樹上， 在樹葉和樹枝間尋找食物。 它們甚至在樹頂睡覺， 所以 它們不用到地面上來。你知道嗎？

23、雨林中的這些動(dòng)物正處于危險(xiǎn)中。因?yàn)槿藗兛撤チ松种械脑S多樹，動(dòng)物們失去了家園。 你知道人們砍樹的原因嗎？是的， 人們需要木材、 紙和土地。 所以，許多動(dòng)物和植物正在消亡。一些森林遭到了嚴(yán)重的破壞，變成了沙漠。9 english in the worldsome people say that the english language no longer belongs to the english, and it belongs to the world. it is estimated that the number of people who use english exceeds 750

24、 million. among these, about 350 million are native speakers, while the rest use it as an official language. if we add to this number the people who have acquired the language to some extent, the total is close to one billion.english plays an increasingly important role in the world as a medium for

25、conducting international business and diplomacy, as well as in science and medicine, the internet, air and sea communications, international sports events, radio and tv programs, pop songs and movies.estimate 估計(jì) exceed 超過 native 本族的，本國(guó)的 official 官方的 acquire 掌握 to some extent 達(dá)到某種程度billion 千萬increasi

26、ngly 越來越多地medium 工具，手段conduct 實(shí)行，執(zhí)行international 國(guó)際的 diplomacy 外交 medicine 醫(yī)藥 communication 通信 event 事件世界上的英語有人說英語已不再屬于英國(guó)人了， 它屬于全世界。 據(jù)估計(jì)， 使用英語的人超過七億五千萬， 其中大約有三億五千萬是以英語為母語的人， 而其余的人將英語作為官方語言使用。 如果我們?cè)偌由弦呀?jīng)掌握英語到一定程度的人， 這個(gè)總數(shù)將接近 十億。英語， 作為進(jìn)行國(guó)際業(yè)務(wù)和外交的工具， 在世界上起著越來越重要的作用。 它還在科學(xué)、醫(yī)藥、互聯(lián)網(wǎng)、空中及海洋通信、國(guó)際體育賽事、電臺(tái)電視節(jié)目、流行 歌

27、曲及電影中發(fā)揮著越來越重要的作用。10 a friendwhen you read an english book, you often come across new words. you might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?you have a good friend then. from him you can learn what a wo

28、rd means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. this friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. do you know who this friend is? it is a dictionary. you can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how to use e across 碰到 gues

29、s 猜測(cè)朋友當(dāng)你讀英語書時(shí)， 你經(jīng)常會(huì)碰到新單詞。 你可能試著從你知道的詞中猜這些詞的意思，但是當(dāng)你無法猜出這些詞的意思時(shí)，你該怎么辦呢？這時(shí)你有一個(gè)好朋友。 從他那里你可以學(xué)到單詞的意思、 發(fā)音及用法等。 這個(gè)朋 友可以經(jīng)常伴你左右，你可以經(jīng)常請(qǐng)他幫忙。你知道這個(gè)朋友是誰嗎？他就是字典。 你可以從他那里學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)詞匯的眾多重要知識(shí)， 所以你必須學(xué)會(huì)如 何使用字典。11 “ i have never heard you in carmen ”mark twain was once invited by a friend to go to the opera. the friend was ver

30、y rich. he and his wife had their own box at the theatre. during the opera the friends wife talked all the time. she also talked rather loudly. she talked so much that it was often difficult for mark twain to listen to the opera. toward the end of the opera she turned to mark twain and said, oh, my

31、dear mark twain, i do want you to be with us again next friday night. im sure you will like it the opera will be carmen.thank you very much,said mark twain. that will be fine. i have never heard you in carmen.carmen 卡門 （歌劇名） invite 邀請(qǐng) opera 歌劇 box 包廂 theatre 劇場(chǎng)，戲院“我還從未聽過你唱卡門”有一次，一個(gè)朋友邀請(qǐng)馬克?吐溫去看歌劇。這個(gè)朋友

32、很有錢。他和他的妻子在劇院有自己的包廂?？锤鑴r(shí)，朋友的妻子一直在說話。她說話的聲音還挺大。她的話那么多，馬克?吐溫根本聽不清歌劇。歌劇臨近結(jié)束時(shí)，她轉(zhuǎn)而對(duì)馬克?吐溫說：“噢，我親愛的馬克?吐溫，我真的想讓你再和我們一起度過下周五。我保證你會(huì)喜歡的下周的歌劇是卡門 。 ” “非常感謝， ”馬克?吐溫說。 “想來會(huì)很好。我還從未聽過你唱卡門 ?！?2 learning english in englandi came to england last summer. i have been in england for eleven months. i am going to finish my

33、studies in england soon, and will leave for china next month.at first it was very difficult for me to communicate with other people in english. now i can speak english much better, and even understand english television, because i have studied hard and my teachers and classmates have helped me a lot

34、.i have lots of english friends now. some of them have even invited me for dinner at their houses. they are interested to learn about china and chinese people. every time they ask me a lot of questions, i realize how little i know about my own country. communicate 交流在英國(guó)學(xué)英語去年夏天， 我來到英國(guó)。 現(xiàn)在我在英國(guó)已經(jīng)待了十一個(gè)月

35、了。 我將很快結(jié)束在英 國(guó)的學(xué)習(xí)，下個(gè)月我就將回中國(guó)了。一開始， 我覺得很難用英語和別人交流。 現(xiàn)在我英語說得好多了， 甚至可以看懂 英語電視， 這是因?yàn)槲覍W(xué)習(xí)很努力， 老師和同學(xué)對(duì)我的幫助也很大。 現(xiàn)在我有許 多英國(guó)朋友。 一些朋友甚至邀請(qǐng)我去他們家吃飯。 他們對(duì)中國(guó)和中國(guó)人很感興趣。每當(dāng)他們問我許多問題時(shí)，我才意識(shí)到自己對(duì)祖國(guó)的了解是如此之少。13 the hare and the tortoiseone day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. i can beat anyone!cried he. w

36、ill one of you try a race with me? i will,?said the tortoise.you!?laughed the hare. oh, oh, how funny!?save your laughing for the end of the race,?said the tortoise.so a starting line was made, and away they went. the hare ran fast and was soon far ahead, so he sat down to rest. by the time the tort

37、oise came up, the hare was sleeping.on and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was too late.there sat the tortoise by the sign that said: the end.hare 野兔 tortoise 龜，烏龜beat 打敗 race 比賽 兔子和烏龜一天，兔子正在向其他動(dòng)物炫耀他能跑得很快。 “我能跑過任何人。 ”他喊道?！澳銈冇姓l想和我比一比嗎？” “我。 ”烏龜說。 “你！ ”兔子笑道， “哦，哦，太滑稽了！ ”

38、“留著到比賽結(jié)束后笑吧。 ”烏龜說。他們劃了條起跑線，出發(fā)了。兔子跑得飛快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下來休息。等到烏龜趕上來時(shí)，他睡著了。烏龜一直往前走，當(dāng)兔子最后醒來時(shí)，已經(jīng)太晚了。 烏龜坐在一塊牌子旁，上面寫著： 終點(diǎn)。14 helping parentsparents often get angry because of their trouble in their lives. lets say that your mother is not happy about her boss. if she doesnt have other ways of expressing her e

39、motions, she might come home and yell at you, scream at your dad, kick at the dog, or even say something mean to you.heres how to handle it when an adult in your life has trouble controlling his or her anger: dont make it worse. angry people can have trouble thinking clearly, so try not to do or say

40、 anything to make things worse. wait till your parent cools off, then talk to him or her in a calm tone, and try to explain how the anger is affecting you.yell 大叫，呼喊scream 尖聲喊叫 handle 處理 adult 成年人cool off 平靜下來tone 語氣 affect 影響幫助父母父母常常因?yàn)樗麄兩钪械臒蓝鷼狻?我們舉個(gè)例子， 比如你媽媽對(duì)她的上司不滿。 假如她沒有其他方法發(fā)泄她的情緒， 她就可能回到家沖你大聲嚷

41、嚷， 對(duì)你 爸爸大喊大叫，踢家里的狗，或者甚至對(duì)你說一些難聽的話。當(dāng)你身邊的大人控制不住他們的怒火時(shí)， 你應(yīng)付的方法是： 別讓情況變得更糟糕。生氣的人很難保持思維清晰， 所以不要做， 也不要說任何會(huì)使事情變得更糟的事或話。 先等你的父母平靜下來， 然后再心平氣和地和他們談， 并想辦法說明他們 的怒火是如何影響你的。15humour what is a teenager?a teenager is . someone who can hear his favourite singer three blocks away but not his mother calling from the ne

42、xt room. a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but cant make a bed. a connoisseur of two kinds of fine musicloud and very loud. an enthusiast who has the energy to bike for miles but is usually too tired to dry the dishes. a romantic who never falls in love more than once a wee

43、k. a boy who can sleep till noon on any saturday and suspects the room needs cleaning. an original thinker who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.block 街區(qū) whiz 天才，能手operate 操作 connoisseur 內(nèi)行，鑒賞家enthusiast熱心的人，熱情的人energy精力 romantic浪漫主義者suspect 懷疑 original 新穎的，獨(dú)創(chuàng)的 positive 肯定的幽默少年是什么樣的人？

44、少年是一個(gè)隔著三個(gè)街區(qū)也能聽到他最喜歡的歌手的聲音但卻聽不到隔壁房間母 親叫聲的人。一個(gè)不用上一節(jié)課就可以操作最新電腦的能手，但卻不會(huì)鋪床。兩種音樂的鑒賞家一一吵鬧的和非常吵鬧的音樂。一個(gè)充滿熱情，精力充沛的人，他可以騎車騎幾英里，但卻經(jīng)常因?yàn)橛X得太 累而擦不干碟子。一個(gè)浪漫主義者，他不經(jīng)常戀愛，一周絕對(duì)少于一次。一個(gè)每星期六都要睡到中午，卻總是懷疑房間需要打掃的人。是一個(gè)有獨(dú)創(chuàng)精神的思想家，他斷定他的母親不是從少年時(shí)期走過來的16 charles chaplinone day a small boy called charles chaplin was walking along the s

45、treet in london. it was a cold winters day in 1900. he wanted to buy some bread, but he didnt have any money. his father had died when he was very young. he and his brother, sid, had to work to help their sick mother.although charles was small, his dream was very big. he wanted to be a great man in

46、the world of films, so he worked very hard to become a good dancer and singer.thirty years later, this same boy was among the most famous people in the world.even if you do not understand english, you can enjoy his films, because no words are used in his films.dream 夢(mèng)想 dancer 舞蹈家查爾斯?卓別林一天，一個(gè)叫卓別林的小男孩

47、在倫敦的大街上走著。那是1900 年寒冬的一天。卓別林想買一些面包， 但他沒有錢。 他的父親在他還很小時(shí)就去世了。 他和他的兄弟西德必須工作以幫助生病的母親。卓別林年紀(jì)雖小但他有很大的理想。 他想成為電影世界的偉大人物， 所以他努力工作，希望成為有名的舞蹈家和歌唱家。三十年后，這個(gè)小男孩成為了世界上最著名的人之一。即使你不懂英語，你也可以欣賞他的電影，因?yàn)樗碾娪笆菬o聲的。17 a seaside picnicone morning last april, joan was lying in bed when the telephone rang. it was her friend, dav

48、e, who invited her out for a picnic at the seaside.later that day she left her flat and walked to the bus stop to catch the bus.joan was wearing a t-shirt and skirt as it was quite hot. as she sat on the bus she looked out of the window. the sun was shining. she saw a plane going over a forest and s

49、ome horses in the fields.before long she arrived at the seaside and met dave. they went down to the beach and had their picnic next to a rock. they had sandwiches and crisps, and dave painted a picture. they had a lovely day.flat 公寓 （英國(guó)英語） forest 森林 crisp 油炸馬鈴薯片海灘野餐去年四月的一天早上， 當(dāng)瓊還躺在床上時(shí)， 電話鈴響了。 電話是她的朋

50、友戴夫打 來的，她想邀請(qǐng)瓊?cè)ズ┮安?。那天晚些時(shí)候，瓊離開了公寓，去公共汽車站乘車。因?yàn)樘鞖夂軣?，瓊穿著t恤 衫和裙子。當(dāng)她坐在車上時(shí)，她看著窗外。陽光明媚。她看到一架飛機(jī)飛過一片森林，看到田野里的馬。一會(huì)功夫，她就到了海邊，碰到了戴夫。他們走下海灘，在一塊巖石邊野餐。他們一起吃三明治和馬鈴薯片，戴夫還畫了一幅畫。他們度過了開心的一天。18 a dish washersome people have dogs or cats as pets. one woman in new york keeps a monkey as her pet. this monkey can wash dishes

51、. he washes the dishes for the woman every day. he likes to wash dishes and never breaks a dish. sometimes he washes the same dishes over and over. if the woman tries to stop him, he then gets angry. he begins to throw the dishes in all directions. but this does not happen very often.the womans husb

52、and is very happy with the monkey. the husband never needs to help his wife wash the dishes. the monkey does all this work. the husband says that he cannot understand how anybody, a person or a monkey, can like to wash dishes so much.direction 方向洗碗工有些人的寵物是貓或狗。紐約的一位婦女養(yǎng)了只猴子當(dāng)寵物。這只猴子會(huì)洗碗。他每天為這個(gè)婦女洗碗。 他喜歡洗

53、并且從未打破過一個(gè)碗碟。 有時(shí)他會(huì)一遍遍地清洗同一個(gè)碗。 如果這個(gè)婦女試圖阻止， 猴子就會(huì)發(fā)脾氣， 并開始朝四面八方扔碗碟。但這種情況不常發(fā)生。女人的丈夫非常滿意這只猴子。 他從不需要幫自己的妻子洗碗。 猴子包辦了這些活。這個(gè)丈夫說他無法理解，不管是誰，人還是猴子，怎么會(huì)如此喜歡洗碗呢19 a young pioneerlong ago, when the western part of the united states was still a wilderness, a young boy, called kit, not yet twenty years old, went from h

54、is home in the east to learn about the new country. he wanted to know what lay beyond the rocky mountains.kits father had taught him to shoot straight, but he learned more about hunting and trapping in the country of the indians.kit was always calm in times of danger. he was strong and brave. most o

55、f the indians liked and respected him for his honesty.for many years, kit lived in the west. he taught other white men many things. probably the most important thing he taught them was how to get along with the indians.wilderness 荒野 pioneer 先鋒，先驅(qū)hunting 打獵 trapping 誘捕respect 尊敬 honesty 誠(chéng)實(shí)， 正直 get al

56、ong with 與相處年輕的先驅(qū)很久以前， 美國(guó)西部還是一片荒野， 一個(gè)年輕的男孩， 名叫基特， 還不滿二十歲，從東部的家鄉(xiāng)來到這里， 要了解這個(gè)新的國(guó)家。 他想知道在落基山脈那邊有什么?；氐母赣H教會(huì)他瞄準(zhǔn)射擊， 但他在印第安人的村莊里學(xué)到了更多的打獵和狩獵的本領(lǐng)。基特在危險(xiǎn)的時(shí)刻總是很沉著。 他強(qiáng)壯勇敢。 大多數(shù)印第安人因?yàn)樗恼\(chéng)實(shí)而喜歡并尊敬他。基特在西部生活了很多年。 他教會(huì)其他白人很多東西。 也許他教會(huì)他們的最重要 的東西就是如何與印第安人相處。20 a robot babysitterin 2005 japan made a new robot. it can take care

57、 of a child. the new robot is called ipapero. it weighs 13.2 pounds, and has a body of 15.2 by 10.3 and by 9.8 inches.ipapero is a small robot, but it has many special skills. it can recognize and remember up to ten faces and use its eight separate electronic ears to understand human voices even in noisy situations. it also plays games with children when they are unhappy, or sing songs or ask quizzes to entertain the child. if the child is bored, ipapero will change new songs and quizzes so that it doesnt repeat itself. the robot babysitter even has a cell phone to call a parent when the chi