趣味的英语文章

The Policeman and the Thief Once, a new policeman caught a thief in a small town, and decided to bring him back to the police station in the city. On their way they came to a shop where bread was sold. “ We have no food, and we must be hungry after a while. Let me go into the shop and buy some bread for us. Wait here for me.” The thief said.The policeman agreed with him and waited in the street for a long time , but thief didn’t come out of the shop. The policeman began to be worried ,and ran into the shop, he couldn’t see the thief but the back door of the shop.The policeman had to go back to the police station alone, and he was very unhappy.Luckily, the policeman caught the thief at the same place the next day. When.they walked though the same street and the same shop, “ Wait here,” said the policeman “ Last time you ran away from the shop. This time , I’ll go into the shop and buy the bread , and you must wait here for me.” 警察与小偷一次， 一个新上任的警察在小镇上抓住了一个小偷，他决定把这小偷押送到城里警察局去。在路上，他们路过了一家面包店。“我们没带吃的，呆会儿肯定会饿的，让我去给咱们买点面包。你在这等等我啊。”小偷说道。警察同意了，并在街上等了很长一段时间，但是，小偷一直没有从商店出来。警察开始担心了，他跑进商店，除了一扇开着的后门，他什么也没看见。警察不得不很郁闷的独自回到了警察局。幸运的是第二天，他在同一地方又抓住了那小偷。当他们路过同一条街，同一家商店时，“在这等着我，”警察说道，“上次，你从这家商店溜了，这次，我去买面包，你必须在这等我！”

经典的中英文对照至理名言哦~~~1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. 我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是我在你面前可以是谁。 2. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry. 没有男人或女人是值得你为他流眼泪，值得的那一位，不会要你哭。 3. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 那人不是你所想般爱你，但不代表那人不是全心全意地爱你。 4. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. 一个真正的朋友是向着你伸手，触动你心灵的人。 5. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them. 挂念一个人最差的方式，就是你坐在他身旁，而知道你不能拥有他。 6. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. 就算你不快乐也不要皱眉，因为你永不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。 7. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world. 在世界里你可能只是某人，但对某人你可能是全世界。 8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you. 不要花时间在一个不会花时间在你身上的人。 9. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful. 可能神要我们在遇到那位对的人之前先遇上一些错的人，让我们遇到那位对先 生/对小姐时懂得珍惜。 10. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. 不要因为完结而哭，要为曾经发生而微笑。 11. Theres always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around. 这个世界永远也会有一些伤害你的人，你要做的就是继续去信人和小心你下次信的人。 12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you. 在你尝试了解其他人和盼望其他人明白你之前，先把你自己变成一个更好的人和了解你自己。 13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to. 不要太努力去找，最好的东西是在你最预计不到的时候出现。 这些在我看来比较经典，望采纳，谢谢！

阅读作为四项基本技能之一，对高中生英语语言综合能力的培养起到举足轻重的作用，因此高中英语阅读教学在英语语言学习中扮演着重要角色。我精心收集了有趣的英语小短文，供大家欣赏学习!

Half or Five Tenths?

Teacher: Would you rather have one half of an orange or five tenths?

Gerald: I'd much rather have the half.

Teacher: Think carefully, and tell me why.

Gerald: Because you lose too much juice when you cut the orange into five tenths.

半个还是十分之五

老师：你愿意要半个柑橘，还是十分之五个柑橘?

杰拉得：我宁可要半个。

老师：仔细想想，说出理由来。

杰拉得：因为你如果把柑橘切成十分之五，那柑橘汁就损失太多了。

Will and Bill were quarrelling about whose father was the stronger.

维尔和比尔在争吵，谁的爸爸是更强壮的一个。

Will said, "Well, you know the Pacific Ocean ? My father's the one who dug the hole for it."

维尔说：“你知道太平洋吗?那个坑是我爸爸挖的。”

Bill wasn't impressed, "Well, that's nothing. You know the Dead Sea ? My father's the one who killed it!"

比尔不屑地说：“那没什么。你知道死海吗? 那是我爸爸打死的。”

Improvement

One student to another: "How are your English lessons coming along?"

"Fine. I used to be one who couldn't understand the English men, and now it's the English men who can't understand me."

进步

一位学生对另一位说：“你的 英语 最近学的怎么样?”

“很好，我过去不懂英国人说话，可现在是英国人不懂我的话了。”

An old lady who was very deaf and who thought everything too dear, went into a shop and asked the shopman:' How much this stuff?'

'Seven dollars, Madam, it is very cheap.'

The lady said, 'It is too much, give it to me for fourteen.'

'I did not say seventeen dollars, but seven.'

'It is still too much,' replied the old lady, 'give it to me for five.'

一位耳聋并且总是嫌东西太贵的老太太走进一家商店。 她问店员：“这东西要多少钱?”

“七美元，太太，这是很便宜的。”

老太太说：“太贵了，十四美元差不多。”

店员忙说：“我没说十七美元，是七美元。”

“还是太贵，”老太太说：“五美元，我就买啦。”

(1)天气预报 Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. "This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken." 天气预报 一个电影摄制组在沙漠深处工作.一天,一个印度老人到导演跟前告诉导演说"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了. 一周后,印度人又来告诉导演说,"明天有风暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴. "印度人真神,"导演说.他告诉秘书雇佣该印度人来预报天气. 几次预报都很成功.然后,接下来的两周,印度人不见了.最后,导演派人去把他叫来了."我明天必须拍一个很大的场景,"导演说,"这得靠你了.明天天气如何啊?" 印度人耸了耸肩."我不知道,"印度人说,"收音机坏了." (2) Let me take it down An elephant said to a mouse ,"No doubt that you are the smallest and most useless thing that I have ever seen ." "Please ,say it again . Let me take it down ." the mouse said . " I will tell a flea what I know." 为我所用 一头大象对一只小老鼠说：“你无疑是我见过的最小、最没用的东西。” “请再说一遍，让我把它记下来。”老鼠说。“我要讲给我认识的一只跳蚤听