40篇短文搞定3500詞匯1-5(內(nèi)有mp3)

1、.下載可編輯.1.01FallinLovewithEnglish愛(ài)上英語(yǔ)Hidingbehindtheloosedustycurtain,ateenagerpackeduphisovercoatintothesuitcase.Heplannedtoleavehomeatduskthoughtherewasthunderandlightningoutdoors.HehadgottodothisbecausehewastiredofhisparentsnaggingabouthisEnglishstudyanddidnotwanttogothroughitanylonger.Hecouldntge

2、talongwellwithEnglishanddislikedjoininginEnglishclassesbecausehethoughthisteacherignoredhimonpurpose.Asaresult,hisscoreineachexamneveraddeduptoover60.Hispartnerwasconcernedabouthimverymuch.Sheunderstoodexactlywhathewassufferingfrom,butentirelydisagreedwithhisidea.Inordertocalmhimdownandsettlehisprob

3、lem,shetalkedwithhimfacetofaceandswappedaseriesoflearningtipswithhim.TheitemsshesetdownhelpedhimfindthehighwaytostudyingEnglishwell.Theteenagerwasgratefulandgotgreatpowerfromhisfriendswords.Now,hehasrecoveredfrombeingupsetandhasfalleninlovewithEnglish.有個(gè)少年躲在積滿灰塵的松散窗簾后把大衣裝入手提箱。盡管外面正打雷閃電，他仍計(jì)劃在黃昏時(shí)分離家出走

4、。他丕得丕這樣做是因?yàn)閰捑肓烁改笇?duì)他英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的嘮叨，不想再忍受下去了。他的英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)總是無(wú)法取得進(jìn)展，而且不喜歡參加英語(yǔ)課的學(xué)習(xí),因?yàn)樗詾槔蠋熡幸夂鲆曀?。結(jié)果，他每次考試的分?jǐn)?shù)合計(jì)從未超過(guò)60。他的搭檔很關(guān)心他，也確切地理解他遭受的折磨，但卻完全不同意他的想法。為了使他冷靜下來(lái)好好解決問(wèn)題，她和他面對(duì)面地交談，并交換了一系列的學(xué)習(xí)心得技巧。她寫(xiě)下來(lái)的條款幫助他找到了學(xué)好英語(yǔ)的最佳捷徑。這個(gè)少年非常很感激，并從朋友的話里獲得極大的動(dòng)力。現(xiàn)在，他已經(jīng)從沮喪中恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái),真正愛(ài)上了英語(yǔ)。2.DifferentCountriesHaveDifferentKindsofEnglishes不同的國(guó)家有不同的

5、英語(yǔ)VoyagesofpeoplefromEnglandplayanimportantpartinspreadingtheEnglishlanguage.Atpresent,Englishisfreauentlyspokenasanofficialorcommonlanguageinmanycountries,suchasAmerica,Singapore,MalaysiaandsomeAfricancountries.AllbasedonBritishEnglish,theEnglishspokeninthesecountriescanbewellunderstoodbynativeEngl

6、ishspeakers.Butactually,theseEnglisheshavebeengraduallychanginginaccents,spellings,expressionsandtheusageofvocabulary.Becauseofthisfact,youcanmakeuseofthedifferencestotellwhichcountrytheforeignersofyourblockarefrom.Forexample,ifabossfluentlycommandshisdriver,“Comeupstraighttomyapartmentbyelevatorand

7、takesomegasformytrucksandcabs.insteadofrequesting,“Pleasecometomyflatbyliftandtakesomepetrolformylorriesandtaxis,youcanrecognizehisAmericanidentity,whilethelattersuggeststhatheisBritish.英國(guó)人的航海在英語(yǔ)的傳播中扮演了重要的角色。目前，英語(yǔ)在許多國(guó)家被作為官方語(yǔ)言或通用語(yǔ)言頻繁地使用，例如美國(guó)、新加波、馬來(lái)西亞和一些非洲的國(guó)家。這些國(guó)家的英語(yǔ)都以英式英語(yǔ)為基礎(chǔ)，能很好地為以英語(yǔ)為本族語(yǔ)的人所理解。但是實(shí)際上,這

8、些英語(yǔ)在口音、拼寫(xiě)、表達(dá)和詞匯的使用方面都在逐漸變化。因?yàn)檫@一情況的存在，你就可以利用這些英語(yǔ)之間的區(qū)別說(shuō)出你們街區(qū)的外國(guó)人是哪個(gè)國(guó)家來(lái)的了。例如，如果有個(gè)老板流利地命令他的司機(jī):“Comeupstraighttomyapartmentbyelevatorandtakesomegasformytrucksandcabs（直接搭電梯到我公寓上來(lái)拿卡車和出租車的汽油），而不是要求說(shuō)，“Pleasecometomyflatbyliftandtakesomepetrolformylorriesandtaxis（請(qǐng)直接搭電梯到我公寓上來(lái)拿卡車和出租車的汽油）”，你就可以輕易地辨認(rèn)出他的美國(guó)人身份，而后者

9、卻暗示著那是一位英國(guó)人。3.03AHardTrip一次辛苦的旅行Mysisterwasfondoftraveling.Eversincegraduating,shehadbeendeterminedtoorganizeatriptoanoldtemple.Sincetransportingfarewasexpensive,shedecidedtouseabicycletocycletherenotcaringaboutthedisadvantages.Herstubbornattitudewasalwayshershortcoming.Onceshemadeuphermindtodosomet

10、hing,noonecouldpersuadehertochangehermind.Finally,wegaveinasusualthoughwepreferredtotakeatrain.Afterwepreparedeverything,includingtheschedule,reliableweatherforecastandtheinsurance,webeganourtrip.Ourjourneywasalongariverflowingfromahighaltitude.Ourpacewasslowbecausetheriverfrequentlyhadmanysharpbend

11、sthroughdeepvalleys,wherethewaterseemedtoboil.JustasIrecordedinmyjournal,itwasreallyahardjourney.Butwealsoenjoyedgreatviews.Onenight,Iputmyheadonmypillow-aparcelofwoolcoats,andlaybeneaththestars.Whentheflameinfrontofourcavewentoutatmidnight,Ifoundtheskysobeautiful!我的妹妹很喜歡旅行。自從畢業(yè)以來(lái)，她就下定決心要組織一次往一座古廟的旅

12、行。因?yàn)榻煌ㄙM(fèi)用昂貴，她決定騎自行車去，毫不擔(dān)心其中的不利情況。頑固的態(tài)度一直都是她的缺點(diǎn)，一旦她下定決心要做的事，就沒(méi)有人能說(shuō)服她改變主意。最后，我們像往常一樣讓步，盡管我們更喜歡乘火車去。我們準(zhǔn)備好了所有東西，包括時(shí)間表、可靠的天氣預(yù)報(bào)，還有保險(xiǎn)，就開(kāi)始了旅程。我們的旅程沿著一條從高海拔處流下來(lái)的河流前行。但我們的步伐很慢,因?yàn)楫?dāng)流經(jīng)深深的峽谷時(shí),這條河流急轉(zhuǎn)彎很多,急湍的河水都似乎沸騰起來(lái)。正如我在旅行日志里記錄的那樣，這真是一次艱苦的旅行。但是我們也欣賞到了美麗的景色。一天晚上，我把頭枕在二包羊毛衣服做的枕頭上,躺在星空下,當(dāng)巖洞前的火焰在午夜熄滅時(shí),我發(fā)現(xiàn)夜空是如此的美麗！AHorr

13、ibleEarthquake可怕的地震Dirtywaterroseinwellsandcanalsbeforetheearthauake.Butnoonejudgedthatanearthquakewascoming.Suddenly,everythingshook.Itseemedasiftheworldwasatanend.Millionsofbrickhousesandanumberofdamsweredestroyed.Railwaytracksbecameuselessbars.Pipesinminesburstandletoutsmellysteam.Hugecrackstrapp

14、edcyclistseverywhere.Thenextday,thiseventwastheheadlineormaintitleofallnewspapers.Withthereportersgivinganoutlineofthedisaster,thewholenationwasshockedbythedamageandthevictimsextremesuffering.Peopleweremovedwhentheyreadthatthesurvivorscomfortedeachotherbysaying“Congratulations!Yousurvived!.Sotheynot

15、onlyexpressedtheirsympathysincerely,butalsoorganizedtogethertohelpthevictimsrightaway.Theinjuredwererescuedandthedeadwereburied.Thefrightenedsurvivorsweredugoutfromundertheruinsandwereofferedshelter,freshwaterandelectrieity.Thankstopeopleshelp,thelosswasminimized.地震前，水井和運(yùn)河里的污水都漲涌起來(lái)。但是卻沒(méi)人判斷出地震即將來(lái)臨。霎那

16、間，一切都在搖晃，似乎整個(gè)世界就要結(jié)束。數(shù)以百萬(wàn)的磚房和許多水壩遭到破壞：鐵路軌道都變成無(wú)用的鐵條;煤礦管道紛紛爆裂，發(fā)出有臭味的蒸汽：到處都有騎車的人被巨大的裂縫陷住。第二天，所有報(bào)紙都紛紛以大字標(biāo)題或主要標(biāo)題報(bào)道了這一事件。記者們描述了災(zāi)難的大概情況,全國(guó)都被地震的破壞和災(zāi)民們極度的苦難所震驚。當(dāng)人們讀到幸存者以“恭喜啊,你還活著。來(lái)互相安慰時(shí)，都被感動(dòng)了。人們不僅衷心地表達(dá)了他們的同情，而且還立刻組織起來(lái)幫助災(zāi)民。傷員被救助了，死者被埋葬了，嚇壞的幸存者被從廢墟中挖出來(lái)了,棲身處、凈水和電力也很快得到提供。多虧了人們的幫助，災(zāi)區(qū)的損失被減到了最小。05TheGreatPresident偉

17、大的總統(tǒng)Asthefounderoftherepublic,thepresidenthadmanygoodqualities.Beforecomingtopower,hewasagenerouslawyer.Hewaswillingtoselflesslyhelpeveryonewhoturnedtohim.Heacceptednofeetoofferlegalguidanceandopinionstothosewhowereoutofworkoruneducated.Later,believingallmankindtobeequal.hedevotedhimselftostoppingth

18、eunfairanti-blacklaws.HesetuptheBlackYouthLeagueandwasvotedtobetheleader.However,thoughhekeptpeacefulprincipleswithoutviolenceandterror,hismeanenemiesstillblewuphishouseandattackedhisrelatives,andhehimselfcouldntescapebeingsentencedto30yearsinprison.Notfearingoftheprisonguardscruelty,hekeptactiveandbeggednomercyfromthem.Asamatteroffacthewasalwayshopefulandneverlostheartduringthestageeventhoughhewasintrouble.Finally,peoplerewardedhimwiththeleaderspositionandagoldblanke