20篇初中英語小短文帶翻譯

1、1 DogsPeopleoftensaythatadogisman'sbestfriend.Overthousandsofyears,manhastaughthisdogstodomanykindsofworkbesidesguardingthehome.Forexample,sheepdogsarefamousfortheirabilitytocontrolaflockofhundredsofsheep.Dogshavebeenusedtoaiddisabledpeopleforcenturies.Aguidedogcanleaditsblindowner.Nowadays,dogs

2、canbetaughttoturnonlightswitches,openrefrigeratordoorsanddialthetelephonefortheirdisabledowners.Forthemajorityofpeople,however,dogsaresimplypetsandfriendsforbothyoungandoldmembersofthefamily.guard看守,看護sheepdog牧羊犬flock群aid幫助disabled殘疾人century世紀guidedog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

3、教會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世紀了.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 DetectiveWorkAbankrobberstolealotofmoney.Hewascaughtandsenttoprison,butthemoneywasneverfound.Whenhecameoutofprison,theywatchedhimtoseewhathewoulddo.Hereisthedetective,reportingt

4、otheinspector."Yes,sir,IfoundJohnny.Ifollowedhimallaroundthetown,butfrankly,Icouldn'tmakeanythingoutofwhathebought.Here'sthelist."shirt,heavycrowbar,boxofchocolates,shovel,heavyhammer,bunchofflowers.Theinspectorsaid,"Good.Thathelpsmealot.Doyourememberhowwewatchedhimhelpinghisn

5、eighbor,oldMrs.Judsontocoverherbackyardwithcement?detective偵探的偵探robber強盜,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., 他被監(jiān)視 , 看他會做什么.這不 ,偵探正向檢察官報告：是的 ,先生 ,我發(fā)現(xiàn)了. 這里是清強尼?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單.”襯衫、大鐵撬、一盒巧克力鐵鏟、大鐵錘

6、、一束花.檢察官說：“好,這對我很有幫助.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 WhatisTime?(NurseryRhyme)Timeisgrainforpeasants.Timeiswealthforworkers.Timeislifefordoctors.Timeisvictoryforsoldiers.Timeisknowledgeforstudents.Timeisspeedforscientists.Timeismoneyforbusinessmen.Timeiseverythingforallofus.Therefore,seizethetim

7、eoftoday!grain糧食wealth財富victory勝利seize抓住,把握時間是什么(童謠一首)對農(nóng)民來說,時間就是糧食.對工人來說,時間就是財富.對醫(yī)生來說,時間就是生命.對士兵來說,時間就是勝利.對學生來說,時間就是知識.對科學家來說,時間就是速度.對企業(yè)家來說,時間就是金錢.對我們大家來說,時間就是一切.因此,把握今天!4 PerfectMatchArichwomanissoproudofavaluableantiquevasethatshedecidestohaveherbedroompaintedthesamecolourasthevase.Severalpainters

8、trytomixthecolourright,butnonecomescloseenoughtosatisfythewoman.Eventually,apaintercomes.Heisconfidentthathecanmixthepropercolour.Thewomanispleasedwiththeresult,andthepainterbecomesfamous.Yearslater,heretiresandturnsthebusinessovertohisson."Dad,"askstheson,"there'ssomethingI'v

9、egottoknow.Howdidyougetthosewallstomatchthevasesoperfectly?""Son,”fatherreplies,"Ipaintedthevase."proudof自豪valuable值錢的antiquevase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,相配絕配一個有錢的婦人感到非常驕傲,因為她有一只值錢的古董花瓶,她決定把她的臥室漆成和花瓶一樣的顏色.好幾個油漆匠試圖調(diào)出正確的顏色,但是沒有一個人調(diào)出的顏色能讓婦人滿意最后,來

10、了一個油漆匠.他很有信心可以調(diào)出合適的顏色.果然婦人對最終的效果感到滿意匠也因此成名.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 ABarbecueWhenIwasachild,Ioncewentcampingwithmyfamilyinthesummer.Wedecidedtomakeabarbecueinthevalley.Sowecollectedsometreestickstomakeafire.MyfatheraskedmeifIcouldtrytomakeafire.

11、Iwasgladtotakethejob.ThenItriedtosetfiretothewoodwithamatch,butproducedonlysmoke.Thenmyfathersaid,"That'snottherightway.I'llshowyouhowtodoit.Firstusethesmallpiecesofwoodbecausetheycatchfireeasily.Thenputthelargeronesontopofthem."Myfatherhelpedmemakeabigfire.barbecue燒烤valley山谷stick枝

12、條makeafire生火燒烤當我還是小孩子的時候,一年夏天我們?nèi)胰ヒ盃I.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,我很高興地承擔了這項任務(wù).我試著用火柴把木頭點燃,但結(jié)果都是煙.父親說：“這樣做不對.我來教你如何生火.先用小片的木頭,因為它們?nèi)菀c燃,然后把大些的放在它們上面.”父親幫我點起了旺旺的火.6 AJoke“IstandcorrectedIhavethisfriendwhoalwaysseemedtoleanslightlytotheleftallthetime.Itusedtobotherme,soIsuggestedheseeadoctor,

13、andhavehislegscheckedout.Foryears,herefusedandtoldmeIwascrazy,butlastweek,hefinallywent.Sureenough,thedoctordiscoveredhisleftlegwasaquarterinchshorterthanhisright.Aquickbitofsurgerylater,hewascured,andbothlegsareexactlythesamelengthnow,andhenolongerleans.“So,”Isaid,believe"Youmedidn'twhenIt

14、oldyouadoctorcouldfixyourleg.Hejustlookedatmeandsaid,"Istandcorrected.lean傾斜slightly輕微地checkout檢查refuse拒絕quarter四分之一surgery手術(shù)cure治愈fix治愈standcorrected認錯笑話“我誠懇認錯”我有一個朋友,他似乎總是微微向左傾斜.這個問題曾經(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.一個很快的小手術(shù)后,他康復(fù)了,現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣

15、長了,他也不再傾斜了.“你看,”我說,“那時我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時你還不相信我呢.”他看著我說：“我認錯了.”7 MakingaKiteOneday,PaulaandRicharddecidedtomakeakite.Firsttheywentoutandfoundtwostraightsticksofthesamelength.Theybroughtthembackhomeandtiedthemwithapieceofstringintotheshapeofacross.Thentheytooksomestringandusedittotiethefourendsofthesticks

16、together.Then,theyspreadsomebrightlycolouredpaperovertheframeandglueditaroundthestring.Theystuckatailmadeofpapertooneofthecorners,andtiedalongstringtothecentreofthekite.Onthenextwindyday,theytookthekitetoahillneartheirhouseandflewit.straightstick直木棍tie系string繩子shape形狀cross十字spread傳開frame框架stick粘tail

17、尾巴windy有風的做一個風箏,保羅和理查德決定做一個風箏,用一根繩子把它們綁成十字形.首先,他們出門找了兩根一樣長的直木棍.他們把木棍帶.然后他們又拿了些繩子,把木棍的四個頂端連在一起后 , 他們把一些顏色鮮艷的紙涂上膠水, 粘在風箏的框架上 .他們將紙做的尾巴粘在一角,在風箏中間系上一根長繩.在接下來的一個有風的日子里,他們就在家附近的小山上放風箏了8 AnimalsinDangerSomeoftheanimalsandbirdsintherainforest,suchasmonkeysandwoodpeckers,liveinthetreetops.Theyarealwaysswingi

18、ngandflyingfromonetreetoanotherlookingforfoodamongtheleavesandbranches.Theyevensleepinthetreetopssotheydonothavetocomedowntotheground.Haveyouheardthatsuchanimalsandbirdsintherainforestsareindanger?Becausepeoplearecuttingdownsomanytreesintheforests,theanimalsarelosingtheirhomes.Doyouknowthereasonsfor

19、it?Yes,peoplewantwood,paperandland.Asaresultmanyanimalsandplantsaredying.Someforestsaresobadlydamagedthattheybecomedeserts.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沙漠瀕危動物一些雨林中的動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?雨林中的這些動物正處于危

20、險中.因為人們砍伐了森林中的許多樹,動物們失去了家園.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,許多動物和植物正在消亡.一些森林遭到了嚴重的破壞,變成了沙漠.9 EnglishintheWorldSomepeoplesaythattheEnglishlanguagenolongerbelongstotheEnglish,anditbelongstotheworld.ItisestimatedthatthenumberofpeoplewhouseEnglishexceeds750million.Amongthese,about350millionarenativespeaker

21、s,whiletherestuseitasanofficiallanguage.Ifweaddtothisnumberthepeoplewhohaveacquiredthelanguagetosomeextent,thetotalisclosetoonebillion.Englishplaysanincreasinglyimportantroleintheworldasamediumforconductinginternationalbusinessanddiplomacy,aswellasinscienceandmedicine,theInternet,airandseacommunicat

22、ions,internationalsportsevents,radioandTVprograms,popsongsandmovies.estimate估計exceed超過native本族的,本國的official官方的acquire掌握tosomeextent達到某種程度billion千萬increasingly越來越多地medium工具,手段conduct實行,執(zhí)行international國際的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人了,它屬于全世界.據(jù)估計,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.如果我們再加上已經(jīng)掌握英語到一定程度