初中英语美文欣赏之欧阳数创编
初中英语全部课文之欧阳术创编
初一上册Unit 1 My name’s Gina.Language Goals: Introduce yourself；Greet people； Ask for and give telephone number1. My name is Jenny Green. My phone number is 281-9176.My friend is Gina Smith. Her phone number is 232-4672.2. I’m Dale Miller and my friend is Eric Brown. His telephone number is 357-5689.My telephone number is 358-6344.3. My name is Mary Brown. My friend is in China. Her name is Zhang Mingming. My phone number is257-8900 and her number is 929-3155.Unit 2 This is my sister. Language Goals: Introduce people; Identify peopleMy FamilyHi, I’m Jenny, Here are two nice photos of my family. My grandfather and grandmother are in the first photo. These are my parents, Alan and Mary. In the next picture are my brothers, Bob and Eric. These two girls are my sister Cindy and cousin Helen. Coco is in my family too。
人教版九年级英语课文原文word版之欧阳文创编
Unit1 How can we become goodlearners?How I Learned to Learn EnglishLast year, I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacherspoke too quickly. But I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciation wasvery bad. So I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story. I fell in love with thisexciting and funny movie! So then I began to watch欧阳文创编other English movies as well.Although I could not understand everything the characters said, their body languageand the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I couldget the meaning bylistening for just the key words. My pronunciation also improvedby listening to the interesting conversations in English movies. I discovered that listeningto something you are interested in is the secret to language learning. I also learned usefulsentences like “It’s a piece of cake” or “It serves you right.” I didnot understand these sen tences at first. But because I wanted tounderstand the story, I looked up the words in a dictionary.Now I really enjoy my English class. I want to learn new wordsand欧阳文创编more grammar. Then I can have a better understanding of English movies.P6 2bHow Can You Become a Successful Learner?Everyone is born with the ability to learn.But whether or not you can do this well depends on your learning habits. Researchshows that successful learners have some good habits in common.Creating an interest in what they learnStudies show that if you are interested in something, your brainis more active andit is also easier for you to pay attention to it for a long time. Good learners oftenconnect what they need to learn with something they are interested in. For example,if they need to learn English and they like music or sports, they can listen to Englishsongs欧阳文创编or watch sports programs in English. This way they will not get bored.Practicing and learning from mistakesGood learners think about what they are good at and what they need to practicemore. Remember, “use it or lose it”! Even if you learn something well, you willforget it unless you use it. Practice makes perfect. Good learners are also not afraidof making mistakes.Alexander Graham Bell did not invent the telephone overnight.He succeeded by trying many times and learning from his mistakes.Developing their study skillsIt is not enough to just study hard. You have to know how to study. Good learnersfind out the best ways to learn well. For example, they may take notes by writingdown key words or by drawing mind maps. Good欧阳文创编learners also look for ways toreview what they have learned. They may do this by reading their notes every day orby explaining the information to another student.Asking questionsGood learners oft en ask questions during or after class.They even ask each other and try to find out the answers.Knowledge comes from questioning.Learning is a life-long journey because every day bringssomething new. Everything that you learn becomes apart of you and changes you, so learn wisely and learnwell.P8 self check 1欧阳文创编beif you_______smart study skills. Remember to________ notes in class and review them on your own or with friends after class. Thenwhat you learned by doing_____. Try to study and________ information bit by bit instead of waiting__________ the lastminute to study_________ at once. If you________ well for a test, then there’s nothing to_________ about!Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!P133aFull Moon, Full FeelingsChinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoyingmooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on欧阳文创编mid-autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most peoplethink that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautifulwife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicineto thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drinkit with Chang’e. However, abad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine whenHou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She becamevery light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her nameto the moon every night. One night, he found that themoon was so bright and round that he could see欧阳文创编his wifethere. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and dessertsin the garden. How he wished tha t Chang’e could comeback!After this, people started the tradition of admiring themoon and sharing mooncakes with their families.P12 4bDear Xia Yu,Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America? One isMother’s Day on the second Sunda y of May and the other is Father’s Day onthe third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children oft en give giftsto their parents or take them out for lunchor dinner. Common gifts are flowersand cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. I heard that it is becomingmore and more popular to欧阳文创编celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in China. Iwonder ifchildren over there also give similar gift s to their parents. I believe thatthere are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don’t have to spend a lot ofmoney. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.JuneP14 2bThe Spirit of ChristmasMany would agreethat when we think ofChristmas, we probably think of gift s,Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behindall these things lies the true meaning ofChristmas: the importance of sharing andis perhapsthe best example of this.欧阳文创编A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an oldman named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks abo uthimself, and doesn’t treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can makemore money. And he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghostof Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley used to be just like Scrooge, sohe was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge to change his ways if he doesn’twant to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takeshim back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge of his happier days as a child.Then the second spirit, the Ghost of欧阳文创编Christmas Present, takes him to see howothers are spending Christmas this year. Everyone ishappy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost ofChristmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Hesees that he is dead but nobody cares. Scrooge is soscared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it isalready the nextmorning on Christmas Day!He decides to change his life and promises to be abetter person. He happily celebrates Christmas withhis relatives. He also gives gift s to people in need.He now treats everyone with kindness andwarmth,spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And thatis the true spirit of Christmas!P16 self check 1欧阳文创编Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always ona Sunday__________March 22nd and April 25th. It celebrates the birth of new life. Hens________eggs, giving birth to life. So an eggis a symbol of new life. A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggsaround your home or_________for friends or________ to find.These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Notonly do people________them around in different hiding places foran egg hunt, but they also give out these_________as gifts. So justlike Christmas, Easter creates good________for supermarkets andchocolate stores.Unit3Could you please tell mewhere the restrooms are?欧阳文创编UNIT 3P193aFunTimesPark — Always a Fun Time![Alice and He Wei are in Space World]Alice: I wonder where we should go next.He Wei: How about that new ride over there?Alice: Oh ... it looks pretty scary.He Wei: Come on! I promise it’ll be fun! If you’re afraid, just shout or hold my hand.[After the ride]Alice: You were right, that was fun! I was scared at first, but shouting really didhelp.欧阳文创编He Wei: See, that wasn’t so bad, right? You never know until you try something.Alice: Yes, I’m so glad I tried it. Now I know I can do it and it’s actually fun!He Wei: Do you want to go to Water World now?Alice: Sure, but I’m really hungry. Do y ou know where we can get some goodfood quickly?He Wei: Of course! I suggest Water City Restaurant in Water World. It’s a fastfood place. It serves delicious hamburgers and hot dogs.Alice: That sounds perfect![On their way to Water City Restaurant, Alice and He Wei pass by Uncle Bob’s.]欧阳文创编Alice: Oh, look! This restaurant looks interesting. It seems a rock band playsthere every evening.He Wei: Maybe we can come here for dinner later. Let’s ask what time the bandstarts.[Alice and He Wei walk up to a staff person at the door.]He Wei: Excuse me, could you tell us when the band starts playing this evening?Staff: Eight o’clock. It’salways busy, so come a little earlierto get a table.He Wei: OK, thanks!P22 2bCould You Please ...?欧阳文创编When you visit a foreign country, it isimportant to know how to ask for helppolitely. For example, “Where are therestrooms?” or “Could you please tell mewhere the restrooms are?” are similar requests for directions to a place. Both arecorrect English, but the first one sounds less polite. That isbecause it is a verydirect question. It is not enough to just ask a question correctly. We also needto learn how to be polite by being less direct — or more indirect — when weask for help.In English, as in Chinese, we change the way we speak when we talk with differentpeople. The expressions you use might depend on whom you are speaking to orhow well you know them. If you say to your teacher, “When is the school trip.’’, this might sound impolite. But if you欧阳文创编say, “Excuse me, Mr. West. Do you k nowwhen the school trip is?’’, this will sound much more polite. However, it is all rightto askdirect questions in some situations, like with your classmates.Usually polite questions are longer and include more language such as “Could youplease ...?” or “Can I ask ...?” It sounds morepolite to say, “Peter, could you pleasetell me your e-mail address?” than “Peter, tell me your e-mail address.” Sometimeswe even need to spend time leading in to a request. For example, with a strangeron the street, we might fi rst say, “Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me” or “I’msorry to trouble you, but ...” before asking for help.It might seem more difficult to speak politely than be direct. However, it is importantto learn how to use proper language. This will欧阳文创编also help you become better at English,or any other language you wish to speak.Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.P273aFrom Shy Girl to Pop Star1 For this month’s Young World magazine, I interviewed 19-year-old Asian popstar Candy Wang. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singingto deal with her shyness. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class,and then for the whole school. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing infront of crowds.2 I asked Candy how life was different after she became famous. She explainedthat there are many good things, like being able to欧阳文创编travel and meet new peopleall the time. “I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of att entioneverywhere I go.” However, too much attention ca n also be a bad thing. “Ialways have to worry about how I appear to others and I have to be very carefulabout what I say or do. And I don’t have muchprivate time anymore. Hangingout with friends is almost impossible for me now becausethere are always guards around me.”3 What does Candy have to say to all those young peoplewho want to become famous? “Well,” she begins slowly,“you have to be prepared to give up your normal life. Youcan never imagine how difficult the road to success is.Many times I thought about giving up, but I fought on.You really require a lot of talent and hard work to succeed.Only a欧阳文创编very small number of people make it to the top.”P30 2bHe Used to Cause a Lot of TroubleLi Wen is a normal 15-year-old boy whoworks hard in school and gets good grades.It is hard to believe that he used to be a “problem child” until a conversation with his parents influenced his way of thinking. Li Wen lives in the Sichuan countryside.As a small child, he seldom gave his parents any problems, and they were proud ofhim. However, _________, the boy’s life became more difficult. He had to movein with his grandmother.Li Wen began to cause problems for himself and his family. He was no longer interestedin studying. He was oft en absent from classes,欧阳文创编and he failed his examinations.Finally, his parents made a decision to send him to a boarding school. Li Wen nolonger lived with his grandmother. He studied, ate and slept at the school, and hehated it. There were so many rules, and he used to keep breaking them. Oneday,he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. __________ The head teacher advised his parents to talk with their son in person. His parentstook a 40-hour train ride and a five-hour bus ride to go back to their hometown.To Li Wen’s surprise, their co nversation changed his life. “It was exactly what Ineeded,” he said. “My parents helped me to understand how much they had givenme. They also told me that even though they couldn’t be there to take care ofme,they were always thinking of me and would take pride in everything欧阳文创编good that Idid.___________. I realized that since my parents moved away, I’ve been afraid ofbeing alone, and have tried to make myparents pay more att ention to me.”____________. He has been working hard and isnow one of the best studen ts in his class. Hisparents’ love has made him feel good abouthimself. “It’s very important for parents to bethere for their children,” Li Wen says.P31 2ecause alot of trouble for his parents. When his parents moved to work in another欧阳文创编city, they could not be at home to____________ him. So hewas___________ interested in studying and missed classes. Then his parents________to send him to a boarding school and he________it. In the end, his teacher advised his parents to talk with their son and thisconversation____________ his life. He realized that his parents would__________everything good that he did. Now he is one of the beststudents in his class.Unit5What are the shirts made of?P353aThe Difficult Search forAmerican Goods in the USIf you go to another country, what kinds of thingswould you buy? Would you buy a camera in Japan, some beautiful clothes in France,or a欧阳文创编watch in Switzerland? No matter what you may buy, you might probably thinkthose products were made in those countries. However, you couldbe wrong. KangJian is a 17-year-old student from Shanghai. Last yearhe went to visit his aunt anduncle in San Francisco. He found it interesting that so many products in the local shopswere made in China. “I wanted to buy a toy car for my cousin, but even though mostof the toys had American brands,they were made in China.”Toys are not the only things made in China. “I wanted to buy apair of basketballshoes,” he explains. “But I had to visit five orsix stores before finding a pair madein America!” He realized that Americans can hardly avoid buying products madein China. “In fact,”he continues, “there are so many things made in China —footballs,欧阳文创编handbags, pet food, mobile phones. Even American flags are made inChina!” Kang Jian thinks it’s great that China is so good at making these everydaythings. However, he wishes that in the future China will also get better at makinghigh-technologyproducts that people can buy in all parts of the world.P38 2bBeauty in Common ThingsEach different part of China has itsown special forms oftraditional art.These usually try to show the things that areimportant in life such as love, beautyand family. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turnedinto objects of beauty.According to Chinese history, sky lanterns were first used byZhuge欧阳文创编Kongming. He sent them out to ask for help when introuble. Today, sky lanterns are used at festivals and othercelebrations. They are made of bamboo and covered withpaper. When the lanterns are lit, they slowly rise into the airlike small hot-air balloons for all to see. They are seen as brightsymbols of happiness and good wishes.Paper cutting has been around for over1,500 years. Paper cutting sounds very easy but it can be difficultto do. The paper, usually red, is folded before it is cut with scissors.The most common pictures are flowers, fish, animals, andthings about Chinese history. During the Spring Festival, theyare put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of wishes forgood luck and a happy new year.Chinese clay art is famous becausethe clay pieces are so small but欧阳文创编they look very real. Thepieces are usually cute children or lively characters froma Chinese fairy tale or historical story. The pieces arecarefully shaped by hand from a very special kind ofclay and then allowed toair-dry. Afterdrying, they arefired at a very high heat. They are then polished and painted. Finally, materialssuch as wood or paper areadded to make different things. It takes several weeks tocomplete everything. These small pieces of clay art show the love that all Chinesepeople have for life and beauty.P39 2d1. People used to sky lanterns when they were introuble. But today,欧阳文创编people light the lanterns and watch them_______the sky with their wishes.2. The art of paper cutting_______ a simple thing like a pieceof paper________ a beautiful piece of art. People often_________these art pieces_____ the doors, windowsand walls of their homes to celebrate the Spring Festival.3. To make Chinese clay art, the clay is shaped by hand into things__________cute children or characters from Chinese fairy talesand stories. They are then______ paint.Unit 6 When was it invented?P433aAn Accidental Invention欧阳文创编Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), wasinvented by accident? Many people believe that tea wasfirst drunk nearly 5,000years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong first discovered tea asa drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Someleaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. Itproduced a nice smell so he tasted the brownwater anyway. It was quitedelicious.In this way, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.More than 4,000 years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”,mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The bookdescribes how tea plants were grown and used to maketea. It also discusses where the finest tea欧阳文创编leaves wereproduced and what kinds of water were used.It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japanduring the6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’tappear until around 1660, but less than 100 years later,it had become the national drink. Thetea trade fromChina to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spreadthe popularity of tea and the tea plantto more places around the world. Eventhough many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubtthe ones who best understand the nature of tea.P444cThe telephone (invent) by Alexander Graham Bell. He_______(born)in 1847. Alexander_____ (work) on the invention of thetelephone with欧阳文创编Thomas Watson. In 1875, Alexander______ (learn) tosend musical notes through an instrument similar to a telephone. Finally,thetelephone________(invent) in 1876. The first sentence that_______ (say)on the telephone by Alexander was “Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you.”Today thetelephone____________ (use) around the world.P451dThe History of Potato ChipsDid you know that potato chips were invented by mistake? Potato chips____________by a cook called George Crum. They were inventedin________. George Crum cut the potatoes really, really__________and then cooked them for a long time until they were__________ . And he put lots of salt on them so they were____________ .欧阳文创编p46 2bDo You Know When BasketballWas Invented?Basketball is a much-loved and active sportmore than 100 million people in over 200 countries. In China, you can sometimessee people playing basketball in parks, schools and even in factories.Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor named James Naismith, who wasborn in 1861. When he was at college, his teacher asked the class to think of a gamethat can be played in the winter. Dr. Naismith created a game to be played inside ona hard floor. Dr. Naismith divided the men in his class into two teams and taughtthem to play his new game. The purpose of the game is for players to get a ball intothe欧阳文创编“basket”. Players on the same team must work together to help each other getthe ba ll in the other team’s basket. At the same time, they need to stop the competingteam from getting the ball into their own basket.It is believed that on December 21, 1891, the first basketball game in history was played.Then in 1936 inBerlin, it became an event at the Olympics. Today, the popularity ofbasketball has risen around the world, with many young people dreaming ofbecoming famous players. Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play,it has also become a more popular sport to watch.Althou gh America’s NBA games are the most famous,the CBA games are becoming popular in China. The number of foreign players,欧阳文创编including Chinese players,in the NBA has increased. And there are also more andmore foreign players in the CBA. Many young peoplelook up to these basketball heroes and want to becomelike them. These stars encourage young people to workhard to achieve their dreams.P48 Self Check 1It is often difficult to decide on the inventor of certain inventions. This is because sometimes a few people may_______things which are_______the same. Opinions are then_______ about who came up with the idea first. Some inventions can also all of a_______lead to other inventions. So some people_______whether the inventor came up with the idea himself or herself. They think that the inventor used欧阳文创编someone else’s idea to create his or her invention. That is why books or websites usually ________more than one inventor when givinginformation about inventions.Unit7 Teenagers should be allowedto choose their own clothes.P51 3aMom Knows BestWhen I was a tiny baby crying all night, my mom sang to me and stayed by my sideWhen I was tired and hungry, she gave me food and warm arms to sleep inWhen I was two running through the field, she made sure I was safe and kept me fromdanger欧阳文创编When I fell and hurt myself, she gave me a hug and lifted me upWhen I was seven coughing badly, she said no ice-cream for meBut I talked back loudly, “I should be allowed to eat some! Give it to me now!”When I was nine watching scary movies, she said it’d give me awful dreamsBut I shouted back angrily, “I should be allowed to watch it!I’m not a baby!”When I was a teen going out with friends, she said, “Please beback by ten!”But I talked back again —“I should not be told what to do!I’m s eventeen now!”欧阳文创编Now I’m an adult, thinking back to those timesI coughed for days after eating that ice-creamAnd had scary dreams after watching that filmI was late for school from staying out past tenI regret talking back, not listening to MomMom knows best, and for me she wanted only the best!P52 4bShould teenagers _________(ask) to move out when they start working? In manyWestern countries, teenagers_______ (allow) to move out at sixteen orseventeen. Their parents believe that theyshould__________ (educate) to takecare of themselves from a young age. This way, when they_______ (start) workingthey can manage their own欧阳文创编lives. However, in most Asian societies, the family unitis especially strong. So it is not common forteenagers to_______ (move) out.Chinese parents believe that it is better for children to live with parents who can_______(take) care of them. But the young should then lookafter their parentsas they get older. That is why many Chinese adults ______(continue) to livewith their parents.P54 2bShould I Be Allowed to MakeMy Own Decisions?Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these can get in the way of theirschoolwork, and parents might worry about their success at school. Teenagersoften think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want.Do you agree?欧阳文创编Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shandong, isa running star. He is on his school team and hasalways wanted to be a professional runner whenhe grows up. However, his parents won’t allowhim to train so much. “Of course we want tosee him achieve his dreams,” says Mr. Liu. “Andwe know how much he loves running. My wifeand I have supported every one of his races. Wehave nothing against running! But we think ourson needs tothink about other possible jobs. He’s getting older now, so he needsto think about what will happen if he doesn’t end upa professional runner.”Liu Yu doesn’t really agree. “Well, I think I should be allowedto decide for myself,”he says. “My parents have always taught me how important it is to work hard atschool and enter university. I欧阳文创编understand this, but I’m serious about running. It’sthe only thingI’ve ever wanted to do.”His parents believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the eveningsso they don’tallow him to practice running at night. “Maybe hethinks it’s too strict or unfair,”says Mrs. Liu. “But we thinkwe’re doing the right thing. He needs to spend moretime on his homework because becoming a professional sports star is a difficultdream.”But Liu Yu still disagrees. “I know my parents care about me.They always talkabout what will happen if I don’t succeed. But I will! I’m a quick runner! I thinkI should be allowed to make this choice myself. Only then will I have a chance toachieve my dream.”欧阳文创编Unit8 It must belong to Carla.P593aWe live in a small town and almost everyone knows each other. It used to be veryquiet and nothing much ever happened around here. However, these days, somethingunusual is happening in our town. Victor, a teacher at my school, is reallynervous. When he was interviewed bythe town newspaper, he said, “Every nightwe hear strange noisesoutside our window. My wife thinks that it could be ananimal, but my friends and I think it must be teenagers having fun. My parentscalled the policemen, but they couldn’t find anything st range. They think it mightbe the wind. I don’t think so!”Victor’s next-door neighbor Helen is worried, too. “At first, I欧阳文创编thought that it mightbe a dog, but I couldn’t see a dog, or anything else, either. So I guess it can’t be adog. But then, what could i t be?” One woman in the area saw something runningaway, but it was dark so she is not sure. “I think it was toobig to be a dog,” she said. “Maybe it was a bear or a wolf.”Everyone in our town is feeling uneasy, and everyone hashis or her own ideas. There must be something visitingthe homes in our neighborhood, but what is it? We haveno idea. Most people hope that this animal or person willsimply go away, but I do not think that is going to happen.Thenoise-maker is having too much fun creating fear in theneighborhood.P62 2b欧阳文创编。
初中英语小短文30篇之欧阳术创编
1 DogsPeople 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，看护sheepdog 牧羊犬flock 群aid 帮助disabled 残疾人century 世纪guide dog 导盲犬dial 拨majority 大多数狗人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友。
几千年来，除了看家外，人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而出名。
狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了。
导盲犬可以为盲主人引路。
现在，人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨电话。
然而，对于大多数人来说，狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友。
初中英语小故事之欧阳文创编
1 Three GoodFriendsOne day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.2 The Old Man andthe Old CatAn old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry. He beats hiscat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks ：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m tooold to work. You should know youare old, too.”3 Spring in the Green SeasonSpring is coming. Spring is thefirst season of the year. In China,spring comes in February. It isstill cold, but it is gettingwarmer and warmer. The days getlonger and longer. The leaves onthe trees begin to turn green. Thenthey come up green leaves in thespring wind on the ground.Spring is also sowing time season.4 Look for a Friend Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired andhungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I amflat.” The round fish days: “Butwe are both fishes.”Sam thinks and says, “You areright. Let’s be friends.” Theybecome good friends.5 The Hippo(河马) and IA hippo lives in the zoo. I likehim very much. I often go to see him.He often thinks of me, too. Todayis Sunday. It is fine day. I go tosee him again. After I leave thezoo, he follows me to my house. Igive him lettuce, cabbages,bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week. 6Naughty Monkey It’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A flycomes and sits on the end of the man’s nose. The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases(赶) the fly. The fly comes back again andsits on the old man ’s nose again.The monkey chases it away again andagain.This happens five or six times. Themonkey is very angry. He jumps up,runs to the garden and picks up alarge stone.When the fly sits on the old man’snose again, the monkey hits it hardwith the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the oldman’s nose.7 The Panda in ChinaA panda looks like a little bear. It hasblack and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them. A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it,too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the U SA… A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.8 A Clever FarmerUncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. Hethinks they are very foolish andonly know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun isshining. Uncle Sam sits on the stepof his house. At that moment,a farmer with a map in his handcomes to him.Farmer ：Excuse me, Uncle. Can youtell me know to get to the hospital,please?Uncle Sam:Lie down in the middle ofthe street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer:Please set an example to me. Uncle Sam:I think you come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right? Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field. Uncle Sam’s face turns red. 9 Where Is the Hat? Jack is a littlegoose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head. He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same. He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet. At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.” Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear hi s hat on his head.10 Two dogsA man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where Iworkvery hard outside, you share myfood.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame childre n for the mistakes of their parent 11 The Sports Meeting in the Forest There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting. Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump veryhigh. So Duck is the champion. Here! Catand Squirrel(松鼠)are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best.This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy!12 Big BenBig Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand,you can read the face of the clock.The hands are about four meterlong.If you go to London, you may wantto visit the house of theParliament. In that place you willfind Big Ben sits at the top of theclock tower in the House of theParliament. The big clock makes avery loud noise. “Ding dong. Dingdong”- the clock strikes （敲打）every quarter of an hour.13 Who Pours Ink on My Chair?Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?” “Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’sgood to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”14 Outside GamesThere are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis..Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement.Do you like outside games or indoor game?15 Two LittleMonkeysThe monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. Sheclimbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding ina wood. So he saved himself.16 The King and His Stories Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.”17 Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn’t do it.Today, she will go to a friend’s birthday party. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.”Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out.18 Three Foxes Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with theother foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. At last, it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.19 Naughty BrotherDonny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy.On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.”Such was my naught brother.20 Mike and the Pot（锅）One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friend’s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs.Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carr y me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didn’t move.Mike got angry and broke it then carried thebroke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.”21 Sun the Ice Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice.Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gateand watching the ice melting.“What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?”“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold(责备) me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton（傻子） answered.22 A Silly ManFred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man did n’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.”Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital.23Be careful what youwish forA couple had been married for25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.During the celebration a fairy(仙女) appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each.The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and boom! She had the tickets in her hand.Next, it was the husband's turn. He paused for a moment, and then said shyly, "well, I’d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me."The fairy picked up her wand, and boom! he was ninety.24The change for a rewardA lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills."The boy quicklyreplied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."25 You're RightOnce Mr. Henry went to a small town with high mountains all around it. It was a quiet and cool place and some rich people liked to go there for their holidays. A week later, before Mr. Henry left the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot. When he came back, he began to teach the bird to speak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence, “You're right.” He was disappointed and said to the bird angrily，“How foolish you are!”“You're right,” said the parrot.The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked, “How much is it,sir?”Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said, “It's a clever bird, you know. Itcan speak and sing.” Then he said to the bird, “Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear?“You're right,” said the parrot.The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say, “You are right.”He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily, “Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am!“You're right, answered the parrot.Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free．26A Funny Way to Make Friends“What’s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?”“Mum, I wish we can stay in New York.I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says.“You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. White, “Wait and see!”At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs.White opens it .A woman with a nice smilestands there. “Hello,” she says, “I’m Mrs. Green, I live next door.”“Come in, please,” says Mrs.White, “Bob and I are so g lad tosee you. Do you want any help?’“Yes, I come here to ask fortwo eggs,” says Mrs. Green, “Iwant to make a cake.”“You may have the eggs,”says Mrs. White, “But please sitdown. Let’s have coffee and talka little, OK?”In the afternoon, someoneknocks at the door again. Mrs.White opens it. There stands a boywith a nice smile. “My name is Tom,” he says, “Mother gives you this cake and these two eggs.” “Well, thank you, Tom.” Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.”Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk. “Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob. “Yes, I can stayan hour.” Tom says.“Let’s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I have a little dog. It will play with us. ”Tom doesn’t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog.“I’m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.”“Mother says we will soon be good friends,” Tom answers.“I’m glad you mother want s two eggs, “says Bob.“She doesn’t really want the eggs,” Tom laughs, “She just wants to make friends with your mother!” Then Bob laughs, too. “That’s a funny way to make friends,” he says, “but it’s a nice way.”funny adj.有趣的sad adj. 忧愁的wish v.希望soon adv.不久wait v.等knock v.敲，击smile n.微笑fun adj.（口语）有趣的really adv.真正地27The Poor FrogThere is a big, fat frog living in asmall pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there.One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dragonfly passes by. “You’rea very f ine frog.” she says, “Why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some nice fish, and you’ll see many beautiful flowers. Living in a big pond is wonderful!”“Now I find living in this small pond i s dull,” the frog thinks. So he says to the dragonfly, “OK, I’ll go with you.”But when he begins to live in the big pond, he finds he doesn’t like it at all. It is full of strange plants. The fish don’t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He i s lonely and unhappy. He sitson a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don’t like living here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.”But a hungry heron(鹭) flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog!poor adj.可怜的beautiful adj.美丽的frog n.青蛙wonderful adj.奇妙的pond n.池塘 dull adj.单调的plant n.植物strange adj. 陌生的stone n.石头lonely adj.孤单的across prep.穿过heron n.苍鹭live v.生活dragonfly n.蜻蜓fly n.苍蝇pass v.经过28A Telephone Call One Sunday morning, Mrs. Green is waiting for an important telephone call, but she remembers she has no bread in the house, so she leaves her baby Kate at home and says to her five-year-old son,Jim, “I am going to the supermarket, Jim, and I will come back in a fe w minutes.”But when she’s out, the telephone rings and Jim answers.“Hello!” says a man “Is your mother there?”“No,” answers Jim.“Well, when she comes back, please say to her, ‘Mr. Wilson telephoned.”“What?”“Mr. Wilson. Write it down, W-I-L-S-O-N.”“How to write a W?”“How to write…? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”“My sister Kate is here.”“OK, I want to talk to her, please.”“All right,” Jim takes the telephone to the baby’s bed and gives it to Kate.When their mother comes back, she asks, “Did anyone telephone?”“Yes,” says Jim, “A man .But he only wantsto talk to Kate.”important adj. 重要的remember v.记起ring v.（使）鸣，（使）响29Unity Is StrengthOne day, a little lamb is drinking water from the river near his house. A wolf sees him and wants to eat him. So the wolf comes to the lamb and shouts:“How dare you drink from my river? I’m going to eat you tonight!”The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry.“Why are you crying?” ask the lamb’s friends.“The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” says the lamb.“Don’t worry, we will help you,” the friends say.At night, the little cat hides behind the tree near the lamb’s house. The little dog hides behind the door. The little horse and the little elephant stand behind the house.At eight o’clock, the wolf comes to the lamb’shouse. “It’s so dark. I can’t see anything,” says the wolf, “Well, I’ll light my candle.” The wolf walksto the tree; he wants to light the candle behind the tree.At this time, the little cat jumps out and scratches the wolf’s face. The wolf wants to run away. The little dog runs out from the house and bites the wolf’s leg. Then the little horse kicks the wolf. Finally, the little elephant throws the wolf into the river with his long nose.The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog, the little horse and the littleelephant all laugh. They know: Unity is strength. They will begoodfriendsforever. unity n.团结strength n.力量lamb n.羔羊 wolf n.狼 shout v.大叫 dare v.敢 tonight n.今晚 afraid adj.恐惧的hide v.隐藏 horse n.马elephant n.象 candle n.蜡烛scratch v.抓bite v.咬kick v.踢finally adv.终于，最后laugh v.大笑forever adv.永远地30The Cat and the TigerA cat and a tiger are good friends; they usually talk to each other and play together. They look the same .But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big. They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn’t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some days the tiger can’t find any food at all.One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.”Day after day heteaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast.The cat is a god teacher, and the tiger learns fast.At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.”The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can not teach me anything else. I may as well eat him up.”Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. Butjust as fast, the cat climbs up the tree! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad!“You don’t tea ch me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!”The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!” And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anything else. tiger n. 老虎together adv.一起way n.方法 hunt v.猎取hunter n.猎人 bigger adj.更大的than conj.比quietly adv.安静地ahead adv.在前面fast adj.快的last n.最终trick n.技巧，恶作剧land v.到达 mad adj.疯狂的silly adj.愚蠢的．31How Much Is One Apple?Bill is seven years old. He is a clever boy and a good student. He can work out all the problems in his books quickly. And his favorite subject is math. One day, on his way to school, Bill passes a fruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the door of the shop, and it says, “Apples-six for five dollars.”An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop.“How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant.“Six for five dollars.”“But I don’twant six apples.”“How many apples do you want?”“It’s not a q uestion of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth one dollar, and one apple is worth nothing. It’s not necessary for me to pay you.” Bill picks out a good apple, and begins to eat and walks happily out of the shop. The shop assistant looks at the young boy with such surprise that he cannot say a word. clever adj.聪明的 problem n.问题subject n.学科idea n.想法surprise v.惊讶mean v.意指worth adj.值得的necessary adj.必需的dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元)32The Soldier and theWitchOne day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch says to the soldier, “Could you help me, young man? Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top of the tree, you will find a lot of money there. You can take as much as you want.”“But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier, “Surely you are not doing this for nothing.”“I only want a small red box,” answers the witch, “My grandmother put it there last time.With the help of the witch, the soldier gets lots of money. He also gets the red box.“What do you want do with the box?” ask s the soldier.“It’s none of your business,” answers the witch, “You have your money. Give me my red box.” The soldier doesn’t give her the box. Instead, he kills the witch.Then the soldier goes back to his hometown, and becomes a rich man.But soon he spends all his money and becomes a poorman. The soldier thinks of the red box and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soon a big dog appears. It stands before him and says, “What can I do for you?”The soldier asks for a lot of things and becomes rich again.One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She is very beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks his dog to steal her at night.The next morning, someone hears the Princess crying in the soldier’s house. The King knows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day.witch n.巫婆reach v.到达top n.顶部 shall v.将要surely adv.无疑地 princess n.公主matter n.事情instead adv.代替kill v.杀死hometown n.家乡become v.变成rich adj.有钱的steal v.偷 hear v.听king n.国王angry adj.生气的33The Businessmanand His Sons There is a very successful businessman. One day, after he does all the work, he suddenly feels very tired. He finds he isold. He thinks for a long time, anddecides to give all his business toone of his sons. Then he may havea good rest. But the son must be thecleverest one.The businessman has three sons.He callsthree sons to him when he comesback home.“I will give my business toone of you, but I want to test you.This is an empty room in our home.You must buy something to fill it.The one who use theleast money will take my business,” he says.“It’s a big room.” Says the eldest son. “I will spend at least one hundred Yuan.” says the second son. The youngest son says nothing. He thinks for a moment and says, “Come on, brothers, let’s go to the market.” The eldest sonbuys a lot of sand to fill up the room. He spends two hundred Yuan. The second son buys straw back home. He spends one hundred Yuan. The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only one Yuan.His brothers ask him, “What good is a candle?”“Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light.The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed the cleverest of all!” At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son. successful adj.成功的suddenly adv.突然地feel v.感觉tired adj.疲倦的decide v.决定test v.检验fill v.充满least adj.最少的eldest adj.最年长的spend v.花费second adj.第二的straw n.稻草moment n.时刻，时候sand n.沙ceiling n.天花板34Whose Dog?Two beggars are walking on a quiet road. A sad-looking dog is following them.“What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don’t have any money and we can’t have anything to eat.”“We will find something.” The other beggar says cheerfully. At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver getsout of the car and goes to the two beggars.“Poor little dog.” one of the beggars says sadly.“I’m sorry,” the driver says, “I try to avoid your dog but it is too late.”Then he takes his wallet and gives twenty dollars to the beggars.“Is that all right?” the driver asks.“Yes, thank you, sir.” the first beggar says.The driver gets into the car and drives away.“Poor little dog.” the first beggar puts the money into his pocket.“Whose dog is it?” the other beggar asks.“I don’t know.” the first beggar says.beggar n.乞丐 road n.路cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地move v.移动away adv.离开 try v.尝试sadly adv.伤心地hit v.撞，击中avoid v.避开wallet n.钱包pocket n.口袋35The Stolen SmellsThere is a poor student who lives in a small town. He has very little money and has to live in a small room near a restaurant. His room is near the kitchen. The restaurant owner is a very selfish。
初中英语美文欣赏之欧阳歌谷创作
A Simple Gesture 只是举手之劳欧阳歌谷（2021.02.01）Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles.一天放学后，马克正走在回家的路上，突然看到前面的小男孩绊倒了，他带的东西撒了一地，其中有很多书、两件羊毛衫、一个棒球拍、一只手套，还有一个小型录音机。
看到这种场景，马克不禁蹲下身，帮助男孩捡拾起来。
Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.由于他们同路，马克便帮男孩拿着一些东西。
他们边走边聊。
马克了解到男孩名叫比尔，他喜欢玩电脑游戏，喜欢打棒球；他很喜欢历史课，但其他科目却学得一塌糊涂。
马克还了解到他刚跟女朋友分了手。
初中英语小故事之欧阳与创编
1 Three GoodFriendsOne day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends. 2 The Old Man and thOld CatAn old man has cat. The cat is very old too. He runs ver quickly. And his teet are bad. One evenin the old cat sees a litt mouse. He catches i but he can’t eat because his teeth are no strong enough. Th mouse runs away.The old man very angry. He beats h cat. He says: “You ar a fool cat. I will punis欧阳与创编you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”3 Spring in the Green SeasonSpring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season.4 Look for a FriendSam is a little fish He lives in the sea. He very lonely. He wants t have a friend. The frien looks like him. Sam see an ink fish. The ink fis has eight legs. H doesn’t look like Sam So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wan to say hello to the shark The shark opens his bi mouth. Sam runs awa quickly. Sam is tired an hungry. He wants t have a rest. Then he see a round fish. She says t欧阳与创编him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.”They become good friends.5 The Hippo(河马) and IA hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.In the evening, h jumps onto my bed wit me. My mum tells him to go home. He has t pack his bag and g back to the zoo. M mum lets me see him every week.6 Naughty MonkeyIt’s very hot.. A old man is asleep on th chair. A fly comes an sits on the end of th man’s nose.The old man has naughty monkey. H chases(赶) the fly.欧阳与创编The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.7 The Panda in ChinaA panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see pand on TV or in the zoo They look stupid an walk slowly, but the are lovely and everyon likes them.A panda is luck animal. We Chinese lik it, and people of th world like it, too. No there are China’s panda in many other countrie such as Japan and th USA…A panda isn’t common animal, it欧阳与创编bridge of friendship.8 A Clever FarmerUncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?Uncle Sam: Lie down in the midd le of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer: Please set an example to me.Uncle Sam: I thin you come to our city the first time. It’s muc more beautiful than th field. Is that right?Farmer:Yes, uncle. But is built on the field.Uncle Sam’s fac turns red.9 Where Is the Hat?Jack is a litt goose. He has a lovel hat. He likes wearing very much. But when h sits, his hat can’t stay o欧阳与创编his head.He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.”Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.10 Two dogsA man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He train the hound to help him hurt and teaches th housedog to watch th house. When he return home after a day’s hun he always gives th house-dog some mea The hound feels ver angry. He say unhappily to th housedog, “Where work very hard outsid you share my food “Don’t blame me, m friend. You shoul blame the master. H欧阳与创编doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent11 The Sports Meeting in the ForestThere are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump veryhigh. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel(松鼠are climbing a tree. C is ill. So he is the las but he does his best.This spor meeting is wonderfu The animals are ver happy!12 Big BenBig Ben is not th name of a man. It is name of the clock. It in London. London the capital city o England. The big cloc has four faces. So n matter where you stand欧阳与创编you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about four meter long.If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes（敲打）every quarter of an hour.13 Who Pours Ink on My Chair?Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”“Because th teacher asks us question in class an nobody can answer i but I can.” “It’s good t answer the teacher question.” “But th question is ‘Who pou ink on my chair?’”14 Outside GamesThere are man outside game lik running, skatin swimming, horse-racin hunting, flying kite walking-races. O欧阳与创编course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis..Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement.Do you like outside games or indoor game?15 Two Little MonkeysThe monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf cam running at them. Th monkey ran away wit the younger monkey in hurry and left the olde alone. She climbed up tree and held th younger in her arms.After some tim the wolf went awa slowly. The monke took the baby out of he arms. She was surprise to see that the baby ha died, for the baby wa held in arms too highl Very long time later, sh欧阳与创编remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.16 The King and His StoriesOnce there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and aske what he thought of them After readin them, the writer at onc turned to the soldie and said: “ Take m back to prison, please.”17 Which Skirt toWear?Time is 8 yea old, and follows he own ideas. When he parents tell her to d something, she alway doesn’t do it.Today, she will g to a friend’s birthda欧阳与创编party. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Th ank you.”Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out.18 Three FoxesOnce there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. Th eldest had to leave, an the second fox wa driven off, too. Lookin at the warm house wit a lot of good food in i the youngest fox smiled The eldest fox opened new hill again. Th second eldest fox dug pool. Two of them because rich soon. Th youngest fox ate up th food left by the othe two foxes. At last, it fe so cold and hungry th it could not stand up.欧阳与创编19 Naughty BrotherDonny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy.On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.”Such was my naught brother.20 Mike and the Pot（锅）One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike t borrow one from he friend. So Mike went t the friend’s house. Sh gave him a big pot. O the way home Mike pu it down on the road an looked at it. It was mad of clay and had thre legs.Then he said t the pot, “You have thre legs and I have only tw You can carry me for few minutes.” The Mike sat down insid the pot. But the po欧阳与创编didn’t move.Mike got angry and broke it then carried thebroke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.”21 Sun the IceOnce a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice.Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.“What’s th matter?” She asked him “Why don’t you bring in?”“I saw the ice wa wet and I was afraid th you would scold(责备me so I’m running dry.” The simpleton（傻子） answered.22 A Silly ManFred was going t school. When he passe a park, he saw a ma sawing a big branc from a tree. The ma was on a ladder and th欧阳与创编ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.”Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital.23 Be careful what you wish forA couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.During th celebration a fairy(仙女appeared and said th because they had bee such a loving couple fo all 25 years, she woul give them one wish eac The wife wanted t travel around the world The fairy waved he hand, and boom! Sh had the tickets in he hand.Next, it was th husband's turn. H paused for a momen and then said shyl欧阳与创编"well, I’d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me."The fairy picked up her wand, and boom! he was ninety.24 The change for a rewardA lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills."The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."25 You're RightOnce Mr. Henr went to a small tow with high mountains a around it. It was a qui and cool place and som rich people liked to g there for their holiday A week later, before M Henry left the town, h paid thirty pounds for parrot. When he cam back, he began to teac the bird to speak. H tried his best, but learned only on sentence, “You'r right.”He wa欧阳与创编disappointed and said to the bird angrily，“How foolish you are!”“You're right,” said the parrot.The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked, “How much is it,sir?”Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said, “It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and sing.” Then he said to the bird, “Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear?“You're right,” said the parrot.The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he too it home he asked it a lo of questions, but it coul only say, “You ar right.”He felt very sorr for it and said to himse angrily, “Why did spend eighty pounds o such a foolish bird What a fool I am!“You're righ answered the parrot. Hearing this, the ma couldn't help laughin and set it free．26 A Funny Way to欧阳与创编Make Friends“What’s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?”“Mum, I wish we can stay in New York. I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says.“You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. White, “Wait and see!”At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs. White opens it .A woman with a nice smile stands there.“Hello,” she says, “I’m Mrs. Green, I live next door.”“Come in, please,” says Mrs. White, “Bob and I are so glad to see you. Do you want any help?’“Yes, I come here t ask for two eggs,” say Mrs. Green, “I want t make a cake.”“You may have th eggs,” says Mrs. Whit “But please sit down Let’s have coffee an talk a little, OK?”In the afternoon someone knocks at th door again. Mrs. Whi opens it. There stands boy with a nice smile.“My name is Tom he says, “Mother give欧阳与创编you this cake and these two eggs.”“Well, thank you, Tom.” Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.”Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk.“Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob.“Yes, I can stay an hour.” Tom says. “Let’s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I have a little dog. It will play with us. ”Tom doesn’t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog.“I’m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.”“Mother says we wi soon be good friends Tom answers.“I’m glad you mothe wants two eggs, “say Bob.“She doesn’t reall want the eggs,” Tom laughs, “She just wan to make friends wit your mother!”Then Bob laughs, too “That’s a funny way t make friends,” he say “but it’s a nice way.”funny adj.有趣的sad adj. 忧愁的欧阳与创编wish v.希望soon adv.不久wait v.等knock v.敲，击smile n.微笑fun adj.（口语）有趣的really adv.真正地27 The Poor FrogThere is a big, fat frog living in a small pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there.One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dragonfly passes by. “You’re a very fine frog.” sh says, “Why don’t yo live in a bigger pond Come to my pond You’ll find a lot of frog there. You’ll meet som nice fish, and you’ll se many beautiful flower Living in a big pond wonderful!”“Now I find living i this small pond is dull the frog thinks. So h says to the dragonfl “OK,I’ll go with you.” But when he begins t live in the big pond, h欧阳与创编finds he doesn’t like it at all. It is full of strange plants. The fish don’t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He is lonely and unhappy. He sits on a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don’t like living here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.”But a hungry heron(鹭) flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog! poor adj.可怜的 beautiful adj.美丽的frog n.青蛙wonderful adj.奇妙的pond n.池塘dull adj.单调的plant n.植物strange adj. 陌生的stone n.石头lonely adj.孤单的across prep.穿过 heron n.苍鹭live v.生活dragonfly n.蜻蜓fly n.苍蝇pass v.经过28 A Telephone Call One Sunday morning Mrs. Green is waitin for an importan telephone call, but sh remembers she has n bread in the house, s she leaves her baby Ka at home and says to he five-year-old son, Jim “I am going to th欧阳与创编supermarket, Jim, and I will come back in a few minutes.”But when she’s out, the telephone rings and Jim answers.“Hello!” says a man “Is your mother there?”“No,” answers Jim.“Well, when she comes back, please say to her, ‘Mr. Wilson telephoned.”“What?”“Mr. Wilson. Write it down, W-I-L-S-O-N.”“How to write a W?”“How to write…? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”“My sister Kate is here.”“OK, I want to talk t her, please.”“All right,” Jim take the telephone to th baby’s bed and gives to Kate.When their mothe comes back, she ask “Did anyon telephone?” “Yes,” says Jim, “man .But he only wants to talk to Kate.”important adj. 重要的remember v.记起ring v.（使）鸣，（使）响欧阳与创编29 Unity Is StrengthOne day, a little lamb is drinking water from the river near his house. A wolf sees him and wants to eat him. So the wolf comes to the lamb and shouts:“How dare you drink from my river? I’m going to eat you tonight!”The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry.“Why are you crying?” ask the lamb’s friends.“The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” says the lamb.“Don’t worry, we will help you,” the friends say.At night, the little cat hides behind the tree near the lamb’s house. The little dog hides behind th door. The little hors and the little elephan stand behind the house. At eight o’clock, th wolf comes to th lamb’s house.“It’s so dark. I can see anything,” says th wolf, “Well, I’ll ligh my candle.” The wo walks to the tree; he wants t light the candle behin the tree.At this time, the litt cat jumps out an欧阳与创编scratches the wolf’s face. The wolf wants to run away. The little dog runs out from the house and bites the wolf’s leg. Then the little horse kicks the wolf. Finally, the little elephant throws the wolf into the river with his long nose.The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog, the little horse and the little elephant all laugh. They know: Unity is strength. They will be good friends forever.unity n.团结strength n.力量lamb n.羔羊wolf n.狼shout v.大叫dare v.敢tonight n.今晚afraid adj.恐惧的hide v.隐藏horse n.马elephant n.象candle n.蜡烛scratch v.抓bite v.咬kick v.踢 finally ad 终于，最后laugh v.大笑forever adv.永远地30 The Cat and the TigeA cat and a tiger ar good friends; the usually talk to eac other and play togethe They look the same .But th cat is very small, and th tiger is very big.They hunt food in th欧阳与创编same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn’t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some days the tiger can’t find any food at all.One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help.I am bi gger than you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.”Day after day he teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast.The cat is a go teacher, and the tige learns fast.At last the cat say “Friend Tiger, I do no have any more tricks.” The tiger begins t think. He says t himself, “The cat ca not teach me anythin else. I may as well e him up.”Fast as he can, th tiger jumps at the ca But just as fast, the c欧阳与创编climbs up the tree! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad!“You don’t teach me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!”The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!”And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anything else.tiger n. 老虎together adv.一起way n.方法hunt v.猎取hunter n.猎人bigger adj.更大的than conj.比quietly adv.安静地ahead adv.在前面fast adj.快的last n.最终trick n.技巧，恶作剧land v.到达mad adj.疯狂的silly adj.愚蠢的．31 How Much Is OneApple?Bill is seven years ol He is a clever boy and good student. He ca work out all th problems in his book quickly. And his favori subject is math.One day, on his wa to school, Bill passes fruit shop. There is small blackboard at th door of the shop, and欧阳与创编says, “Apples-six for five dollars.”An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop.“How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant.“Six for five dollars.”“But I don’t want six apples.”“How many apples do you want?”“It’s not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth on dollar, and one apple worth nothing. It’s no necessary for me to pa you.”Bill picks out a goo apple, and begins to e and walks happily out o the shop. The sho assistant looks at th young boy with suc surprise that he canno say a word.clever adj.聪明的problem n.问题subject n.学科idea n.想法欧阳与创编surprise v.惊讶mean v.意指worth adj.值得的necessary adj.必需的dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元)32 The Soldier and the WitchOne day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch says to the soldier, “Could you help me, young man? Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top of the tree, you will find a lot of money there. You can take as much as you want.”“But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier, “Surely you are not doing this for nothing.”“I only want a small red box,” answers the witch, “My grandmother put it there last time. With the help of th witch, the soldier ge lots of money. He als gets the red box.“What do you wan do with the box?” ask the soldier.“It’s none of you business,” answers th witch, “You have you money. Give me my re box.” The soldie doesn’t give her the box Instead, he kills th witch.Then the soldier goe back to his hometown欧阳与创编and becomes a rich man.But soon he spends all his money and becomes a poor man. The soldier thinks of the red box and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soon a big dog appears. It stands before him and says, “What can I do for you?”The soldier asks for a lot of things and becomes rich again.One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She is very beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks his dog to steal her at night. The next morning, someone hears the Princess crying in t he soldier’s house. The King knows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day.witch n.巫婆reach v.到达top n.顶部shall v.将要surely adv.无疑地princess n.公主matter n.事情instead adv.代替kill v.杀死hometown n.家乡become v.变成rich adj.有钱的steal v.偷 hear v.听king n.国王angry adj.生气的33 The Businessmanand His SonsThere is a ver欧阳与创编successful businessman. One day, after he does all the work, he suddenly feels very tired. He finds he is old. He thinks for a long time, and decides to give all his business to one of his sons. Then he may have a good rest. But the son must be the cleverest one.The businessman has three sons. He callsthree sons to him when he comes back home.“I will giv e my business to one of you, but I want to test you. This is an empty room in our home. You must buy something to fill it. The one who use the least money will take my business,” he says.“It’s a big room Says the eldest son.“I will spend at lea one hundred Yuan.” say the second son.The youngest so says nothing. He think for a moment and say “Come on, brother let’s go to the market.” The eldest son buys lot of sand to fill up th room. He spends tw hundred Yuan.The second son buy straw back home. H spends one hundre欧阳与创编Yuan.The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only one Yuan.His brothers ask him, “What good is a candle?”“Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light.The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed the cleverest of all!”At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son. successful adj.成功的s uddenly adv.突然地feel v.感觉tired adj.疲倦的decide v.决定test v.检验fill v.充满least adj.最少的eldest adj.最年长的spend v.花费second adj.第二的straw n.稻草moment n.时刻，时候sand n.沙ceiling n.天花板34 Whose Dog?Two beggars ar walking on a quiet road欧阳与创编A sad-looking dog is following them.“What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don’t have any money and we can’t have anything to eat.”“We will find something.” The other beggar says cheerfully.At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver getsout of the car and goes to the two beggars.“Poor little dog.” one of the beggars says sadly.“I’m sorry,” the drive says, “I try to avoid you dog but it is too late Then he takes his wall and gives twenty dolla to the beggars.“Is that all right?” th driver asks.“Yes, thank you, sir the first beggar says.The driver gets int the car and drives away “Poor little dog.” th first beggar puts th money into his pocket. “Whose dog is it? the other beggar asks.欧阳与创编欧阳与创编“I don’t know.” the first beggar says.beggar n.乞丐 road n.路 cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地 move v.移动away adv.离开 try v.尝试sadly adv.伤心地 hit v.撞， 击中avoid v.避开 wallet n.钱包pocket n.口袋35 The Stolen SmellsThere is a poor student who lives in asmall town. He has very little moneyand has to live in a small room near arestaurant. His room is near the kitchen.The restaurant owner is a very selfishman. No one likes him. But he is a goodcook and many people come to hisrestaurant. One day, when th owner is walking quietl in his kitchen, he hea the poor student talkin to his friend. “You aren’t ver happy, I think. Becaus you are living in a poo room like this,”h friend says. “Oh, no,” says th student, “I am busy wit my studies and I pa little attention to m room.” “But you have n。
初中英语美文背诵之欧阳学创编
学好英语，多背诵，多积累是最好的办法之一。
努力试试吧！第一天：THE NEWSPAPER 报纸Nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value .Everybody should read it. It supplies us with a variety of news every day. It tells us the political situation of the world. If we form the habit of reading thenewspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances.现今报纸拥有极大的价值，人人都应该看它。
它每天提供我们各种各样的消息。
它告诉我们世界政治局势。
如果我们养成看报的习惯，我们就能得到足够的知识来适应我们的环境。
第二天：MY DAILY LIFE 我的日常生活Though my daily life is extremely monotonous, I try hard to adapt myself to it. Why? Because I intend tobe a good student. I wish to render service to my country.I get up at six o’clock every day. After I wash my face and brush my teeth, I begin to review my lessons. Igo to school at seven o’clo ck.After school is over, I return home. We usually have supper at seven o’clock. Then I begin to do myhomework. I want to finish it before I go to bed.虽然，我的日常生活十分单调，但我却竭力设法去适应它。
初中英语小故事之欧阳索引创编
1 Three GoodFriends欧阳家百（2021.03.07）One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.2 The Old Man and the Old CatAn old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away.The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know欧阳索引创编you are old, t oo.”3 Spring in the Green SeasonSpring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season.4 Look for a FriendSam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends.5 The Hippo(河马)and IA hippo lives in the欧阳索引创编zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit.In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week.6Naughty MonkeyIt’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose.The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases(赶) the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nos e again. The monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone. When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose.欧阳索引创编7 The Panda in ChinaA panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.8 A Clever FarmerUncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment,a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him. Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?Uncle Sam:Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer:Please set an example to me.Uncle Sam:I think you欧阳索引创编come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right? Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field.Uncle Sam’s face turns red.9 Where Is the Hat?Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head.He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet.At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.”Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head.10 Two dogsA man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where欧阳索引创编I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers.Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent11 The Sports Meeting in the Forest There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel(松鼠) are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best.This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy!12 Big BenBig Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of欧阳索引创编the clock. The hands are about four meter long.If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes（敲打）every quarter of an hour.13 Who Pours Ink on My Chair? Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?”“Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’”14 Outside Games There are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others欧阳索引创编like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis.. Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement.Do you like outside games or indoor game?15 Two Little MonkeysThe monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other.One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself.16 The King and HisStoriesOnce there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not欧阳索引创编good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.After reading them, the writer at once tu rned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.”17 Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn’t do it.Today, she will go to a friend’s birthday pa rty. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think i s the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says,欧阳索引创编“Thank you.”Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out.18 Three FoxesOnce there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. At last, it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.19 Naughty Brother Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy.On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wro ng. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it欧阳索引创编went straight to the plate.”Such was my naught brother.20 Mike and the Pot（锅）One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friend’s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs.Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carry me f or a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didn’t move.Mike got angry and broke it then carried thebroke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.”21 Sun the Ice Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice. Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.“What’s the matter?” She欧阳索引创编asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?”“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold(责备) me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton（傻子）answered.22 A Silly ManFred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’tb elieve him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.”Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital.23Be careful what youwish forA couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day.During the celebration a fairy(仙女) appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for欧阳索引创编all 25 years, she would give them one wish each.The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and boom! She had the tickets in her hand.Next, it was the husband's turn. He paused for a moment, and then said shyly, "well, I’d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me."The fairy picked up her wand, and boom! he was ninety.24The change for a rewardA lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills."The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."25 You're RightOnce Mr. Henry went to a small town with high mountains all around it. It was a quiet and cool place and some rich people liked to go there for their holidays. A week later, before Mr. Henry left the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot. When he came欧阳索引创编back, he began to teach the bird to speak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence, “You're right.” He was disappointed and said to the bird angrily，“How foolish you are!”“You're right,” said the parrot.The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked, “How much is it,sir?”Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said, “It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and sing.” Then he said to the bird, “Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear?“You're right,” said the parrot.The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say, “You are right.”He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily, “Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am!“You're right, answered the parrot.Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free．26A Funny Way to Make欧阳索引创编Friends“What’s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?”“Mum, I wish we can stay in New York. I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says.“You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. Whi te, “Wait and see!”At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs. White opens it .A woman with a nice smilestands there.“Hello,” she says, “I’m Mrs. Green, I live next door.”“Come in, please,” says Mrs. White, “Bob and I are so glad to see you. Do you want any help?’“Yes, I come here to ask for two eggs,” says Mrs. Green, “I want to make a cake.”“You may have the eggs,” says Mrs. White, “But please sit down. Let’s have coffee and talk a little, OK?”In the afternoon, someone knocks at the door again. Mrs. White opens it. There stands a boy with a nice smile.“My name is Tom,” he says, “Mother gives you this cake and these two eggs.”欧阳索引创编“Well, thank you, Tom.” Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.”Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk.“Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob.“Yes, I can stay an hour.” Tom says.“Let’s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I have a little dog. It will play with us. ”Tom d oesn’t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog.“I’m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.”“Mother says we will soon be good friends,” Tom answers.“I’m glad you mother wants two eggs, “says Bob.“She doesn’t really want the eggs,” Tom laughs, “She just wants to make friends with your mother!”Then Bob laughs, too. “That’s a funny way to make friends,” he says, “but it’s a nice way.”funny adj.有趣的 sad adj. 忧愁的wish v.希望soon adv.不久wait v.等knock v.敲，击smile n.微笑fun adj.（口语）有趣的really adv.真正地欧阳索引创编27The Poor FrogThere is a big, fat frog living in a small pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there.One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dragonfly passes by. “You’rea very fine fr og.” she says, “Why don’t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You’ll find a lot of frogs there. You’ll meet some nice fish, and you’ll see many beautiful flowers. Living in a big pond is wonderful!”“Now I find living in this small pond is dull,” the frog thinks. So he says to the dragonfly, “OK, I’ll go with you.”But when he begins to live in the big pond, he finds he doesn’t like it at all. It is full of strange plants. The fish don’t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He is lonely and unhappy. He sits on a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don’t like living here. I think I’ll go home tomorrow.”But a hungry欧阳索引创编heron(鹭) flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog!poor adj.可怜的beautiful adj.美丽的frog n.青蛙wonderful adj.奇妙的pond n.池塘dull adj.单调的plant n.植物strange adj. 陌生的stone n.石头lonely adj.孤单的across prep.穿过heron n.苍鹭live v.生活d ragonfly n.蜻蜓fly n.苍蝇pass v.经过28A Telephone CallOne Sunday morning, Mrs. Green is waiting for an important telephone call, but she remembers she has no bread in the house, so she leaves her baby Kate at home and says to her five-year-old son, Jim, “I am going to the supermarket, Jim, and I will come back in a few minu tes.”But when she’s out, the telephone rings and Jim answers.“Hello!” says a man “Is your mother there?”“No,” answers Jim.“Well, when she comes back, please say to her, ‘Mr. Wilson telephoned.”“What?”“Mr. Wilson. Write it欧阳索引创编down, W-I-L-S-O-N.”“How to write a W?”“How to write…? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”“My sister Kate is here.”“OK, I want to talk to her, please.”“All right,” Jim takes the telephone to the baby’s bed and gives it to Kate.When their mother comes back, she asks, “Did anyone telephone?”“Yes,” says Jim, “A man .But he only wantsto talk to Kate.”important adj. 重要的 remember v.记起ring v.（使）鸣，（使）响29Unity Is StrengthOne day, a little lamb is drinking water from the river near his house. A wolf sees him and wants to eat him. So the wolf comes to the lamb and shouts:“How dare you drink from my river? I’m going to eat you tonight!”The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry.“Why are you crying?” ask the lamb’s friends.“The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” says the lamb.欧阳索引创编“Don’t worry, we will help you,” the friends say.At night, the little cat hides behind the tree near the lamb’s house. The little d og hides behind the door. The little horse and the little elephant stand behind the house.At eight o’clock, the wolf comes to the lamb’s house.“It’s so dark. I can’t see anything,” says the wolf, “Well, I’ll light my candle.” The wolf walksto the tree; he wants to light the candle behind the tree.At this time, the little cat jumps out and scratches the wolf’s face. The wolf wants to run away. The little dog runs out from the house and bites the wolf’s leg. Then the little horse kicks the wolf. Finally, the little elephant throws the wolf into the river with his long nose.The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog, the little horse and the little elephant all laugh. They know: Unity is strength. They will be good friends forever. unity n.团结strength n.力量lamb n.羔羊wolf n.狼shout v.大叫dare v.敢tonight n.今晚a fraid adj.恐惧的欧阳索引创编hide v.隐藏horse n.马elephant n.象candle n.蜡烛scratch v.抓bite v.咬kick v.踢finally adv.终于，最后laugh v.大笑forever adv.永远地30The Cat and the TigerA cat and a tiger are good friends; they usually talk to each other and play together. Theylook the same .But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big.They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn’t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can’t .Some days the tiger can’t find any food at all.One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but I can’t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?”The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.”Day after day he teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast.The cat is a god欧阳索引创编teacher, and the tiger learns fast.At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.”The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can not teach me anything else. I may as well eat him up.”Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. Butjust as fast, the cat climbs up the tree! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad!“You don’t teach me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!”The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I’m not silly!”And the cat doesn’t teach the tiger anything else.tiger n. 老虎together adv.一起way n.方法hunt v.猎取hunter n.猎人 bigger adj.更大的than conj.比quietly adv.安静地ahead adv.在前面fast adj.快的last n.最终t rick n.技巧，恶作剧land v.到达 madadj.疯狂的silly adj.愚蠢的．31How Much Is OneApple?Bill is seven years old.欧阳索引创编He is a clever boy and a good student. He can work out all the problems in his books quickly. And his favorite subject is math.One day, on his way to school, Bill passes a fruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the door of the shop, and it says, “Apples-six for five dollars.”An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop.“How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant.“Six for five dollars.”“But I don’t want six apples.”“How many apples do you want?”“It’s not a questio n of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.”“What do you mean? Asks the shop assistant.“Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth one dollar, and one apple is worth nothing. It’s not necessary for me to pay you.”Bill picks out a good apple, and begins to eat and walks happily out of the shop. The shop assistant looks at the young boy with such surprise that he cannot欧阳索引创编say a word.clever adj.聪明的problem n.问题subject n.学科i dea n.想法surprise v.惊讶 mean v.意指worth adj.值得的 necessary adj.必需的dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元)32The Soldier and the WitchOne day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch says to the soldier, “Could you help me, young man? Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top of the tree, you will find a lot of money there. You can take as much as you want.”“But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier, “Surely you are not do ing this for nothing.”“I only want a small red box,” answers the witch, “My grandmother put it there last time.With the help of the witch, the soldier gets lots of money. He also gets the red box.“What do you want do with the box?” asks the soldier.“It’s none of your business,” answers the witch, “You have your money. Give me my red box.” The soldier doesn’t give her the box. Instead, he kills the witch.欧阳索引创编Then the soldier goes back to his hometown, and becomes a rich man.But soon he spends all his money and becomes a poor man. The soldier thinks of the red box and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soon a big dog appears. It stands before him and says, “What can I do for you?”The soldier asks for a lot of things and becomes rich again.One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She is very beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks his dog to steal her at night.The next morning, someone hears the Princess crying in the soldier’s house. The King knows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day.witch n.巫婆reach v.到达top n.顶部 shall v.将要surely adv.无疑地princess n.公主matter n.事情 instead adv.代替kill v.杀死 hometown n.家乡become v.变成rich adj.有钱的steal v.偷hear v.听king n.国王angry adj.生气的33The Businessman andHis SonsThere is a very successful businessman.欧阳索引创编One day, after he does all the work, he suddenly feels very tired. He finds he is old. He thinks for a long time, and decides to give all his business to one of his sons. Then he may have a good rest. But the son must be the cleverest one.The businessman has three sons. He callsthree sons to him when he comes back home.“I will give my business to one of you, but I want to test you. This is an empty room in our home. You must buy something to fill it. The one who use the least money will take my business,” he says.“It’s a big room.” Says the eldest son.“I will spend at least one hundred Yuan.” says the second son.The youngest son says nothing. He thinks for a moment and says, “Come on, brothers, let’s go to the market.”The eldest son buys a lot of sand to fill up the room. He spends two hundred Yuan.The second son buys straw back home. He spends one hundred Yuan.The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only欧阳索引创编one Yuan.His brothers ask him, “What good is a candle?”“Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light.The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed the cleverest of all!”At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son. successful adj.成功的suddenly adv.突然地feel v.感觉t ired adj.疲倦的decide v.决定 test v.检验fill v.充满 least adj.最少的eldest adj.最年长的spend v.花费second adj.第二的straw n.稻草moment n.时刻，时候sand n.沙ceiling n.天花板34Whose Dog?Two beggars are walking on a quiet road.A sad-looking dog is following them.“What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don’t have any money and we can’t have anything to eat.”“We will find something.” The other欧阳索引创编beggar says cheerfully.At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver getsout of the car and goes to the two beggars.“Poor little dog.” one of the begga rs says sadly.“I’m sorry,” the driver says, “I try to avoid your dog but it is too late.” Then he takes his wallet and gives twenty dollars to the beggars.“Is that all right?” the driver asks.“Yes, thank you, sir.” the first beggar says.The driver gets into the car and drives away.“Poor little dog.” the first beggar puts the money into his pocket.“Whose dog is it?” the other beggar asks.“I don’t know.” the first beggar says. beggar n.乞丐 road n.路cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地move v.移动away adv.离开try v.尝试sadly adv.伤心地 hit v.撞，击中avoid v.避开wallet欧阳索引创编。
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A Simple Gesture 只是举手之劳Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed that the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles.一天放学后，马克正走在回家的路上，突然看到前面的小男孩绊倒了，他带的东西撒了一地，其中有很多书、两件羊毛衫、一个棒球拍、一只手套，还有一个小型录音机。
看到这种场景，马克不禁蹲下身，帮助男孩捡拾起来。
Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered that the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. 由于他们同路，马克便帮男孩拿着一些东西。
他们边走边聊。
马克了解到男孩名叫比尔，他喜欢玩电脑游戏，喜欢打棒球；他很喜欢历史课，但其他科目却学得一塌糊涂。
马克还了解到他刚跟女朋友分了手。
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came, and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.他们先是到了比尔的家里，比尔邀请马克喝可乐，并一起看电视。
那个下午过得非常愉快，他们交流看法，还时不时地开怀大笑。
然后，马克回家了。
从此以后，他们继续往来，在学校附近相见，一起吃过一两次午餐，并一起初中毕业。
后来，他们升入同一所高中，并始终保持着简短的接触。
最后，终于盼到中学快要结束了。
就在毕业前的第三周，比尔问马克，他们是否可以谈一谈。
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.“You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life.”比尔提到了多年前他们第一次相遇的那一天。
“你有没有想过为什么那天我会带着那么多东西回家？”比尔问道。
“事实是，那天我把自己的橱柜全部清理干净了，因为我不想给任何人制造乱七八糟的场面。
我存下了妈妈吃的很多安眠药，本想回家自杀。
但是当跟你呆在一起又说又笑的时候，我意识到如果我自杀了，我就会错过那些愉快的时光，也就欣赏不到以后随之而来的许多其他的美好时光了。
所以，马克，你看，那天你帮我捡书的时候，你不只是在帮我捡书，实际上还为我做了很多。
你拯救了我的生命。
”Every little hello, every little smile, every helping hand saves a hurting heart. There s a miracle called Friendship that dwells in the heart.Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their heart to us. Show your friends how much you care...每一句小小的问候，每一个浅浅的笑容，每一只援助之手，都会拯救一个伤痛的心灵。
友谊常驻心间会铸就奇迹，朋友确实是稀世珍宝。
他们带给你欢笑，鼓励你成功。
他们会倾听我们的心声，与我们分享每一个赞扬，总是与我们坦诚相待。
一定要让你的朋友知道你有多么在乎他们……阳光的声音老师破天荒布置了一篇自由作文。
The teacher delivered a free writing amazingly.孩子高兴极了，想：终于可以摆脱讨厌的命题作文，写写自己心里的东西了。
The child was so happy by thinking that he can finally write about his thought in his inner heart instead of the thesis writing.他躺在柔软的草地上，阳光暖暖地照着，想啊想，然后一跃而起，一篇很满意，甚至是很得意的文章便跃然纸上——《阳光的声音》。
Lying on the soft grass land with the sunshine sprinkling over his body warmly, he jumped up after thinking and composed a satisfactory article------The Sound of the Sun.孩子满怀信心地把作文交了上去，然后陷入了无尽的期待。
The boy handed in the composition with his fulfilled confidence, and then, he met the endless waiting.作文本发下来了。
At last, the paper was returned.春暖花开的日子里，孩子竟忍不住打了一个寒战。
After seeing the result, the boy was trembled in the bloomy spring days.老师在作文后面批了一个大大的“差”字。
The teacher gave him a “poor”in the last as the evaluation..老师说：“可笑！阳光怎么会有声音呢？！以后再也不能这样写了，要扣分的！”孩子觉得很委屈，也很难过。
The teacher said, “How amuse you are! How can the sun make any noise?! You are not allowed to writethe composition in this way any more.. The marks you get will be very low in this way.那个“差”字像一个张牙舞爪的魔鬼，时时出现在他的梦里。
The‘poor’evaluation is like a clewing devils, which will appear in his dreams sometimes.几年以后，老师还是老师，孩子还是学生。
只不过孩子长大了一些，成了老师家长眼中公认的好孩子，再也不会想一些不着边际的事，说一些莫名其妙的话了。
Several years passed, the teacher is still who he is, and the student is himself the same but grows older. Meanwhile, he has been regarded as a good boy who will not talk about the ill-advised things or say the strange words.一天的阅读欣赏课，老师讲解的一位著名作家的文章里有一句：我听见了阳光的声音。
老师滔滔不绝地分析着这句话多么的优美，多么的富有哲理，可孩子一句也听不进去。
But one day in an reading appreciation course, the teacher interpreted the sentence “I have heard the call of the sun” written by a famous author. His teacher spouted how graceful this sentence was, andhow sensible it was, but he can hardly focus himself on even a word of it.孩子望了一眼窗外刺眼的阳光，想：阳光怎么会有声音呢？想到这，他冷冷地笑了。