经典英语短文

36篇经典英语短文！楼主作者：lapoleon 发表时间：2010-04-29 15:11:54

The Ball-point Pen (圆珠笔)

One day a young mother was playing with her five-year-old son. Suddenly he grabbed her ball-point pen and swallowed it.

"Oh, no !" cried the woman. "We must find a doctor."

She took her son, ran out of the house, ran out of the house, put him in their car, and drove quickly to the nearest doctor's office. Taking her son by the hand, she rushed into the waiting room and shouted to the nurse, "I must see the doctor immediately."

"I'm sorry, " said the nurse calmly, "but the doctor is busy." "but the doctor is busy." "But nurse," she said, "please! My son just swallowed my ball---point pen!"

"Well, " said the nurse. "I'm terribly sorry, but you'll just have to use a pencil."

George Whshing and the Horse (乔治.华盛顿和马)

once a neighbour stole once of Washington's horse. Washington went a police to the neighbour's farm to get the horse, but the neighbour refused to the neighbour's farm to get the horse, but the neghbour refused to give the horse up; he claimed that it was his horse.

Whshington placed both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbour. "If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye he is blind."

"In the right eye!" the neighbour said.

Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind tn the right eye.

"Oh, I have made a mistake, " said the neighbour."he is blind in the lift eye."

Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the lift eye either.

"I have made another mistske," said the neighbour.

"Yes, "said the police officer, "and you have also proven that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr. Washington."

2楼作者：lapoleon 发表时间：2010-04-29 15:12:11

He Understood (他懂了！)

Two Americans were travelling in spain.One moring they came into a little restaurant for lunch. They did not know Spanish, and their waiter did not know English. They wanted him to understand that they wanted some milk and sandwiches.

At first they pronouced the word "milk" many times. times. Then they spelled it. But the waiter could not understand them.

At last one of them took a piece of paper and began to draw a cow. He was finishing his drawing, when the waiter looked at it and ran out of the restaurant. "Do you see," said one of the travellers, "what a pencil can do for a man who has difficulties in a foreign country?"

The waiter was back again some time after, but he brought no milk.

He put down in front of the two men tickcts for a bullfight.

3楼作者：lapoleon 发表时间：2010-04-29 15:12:18

An Advertisement for modern bicycle (一则新式自行车广告)