有關(guān)英語(yǔ)的小短文篇一：英語(yǔ)小短文

What a Firefighter’s Job Is Like

The damage that a fire can cause is obvious and

this is why the firefighters’ jobs are so important. Firefighters are usually the first ones responding to any type of emergency and perform many tasks, which include putting out burning buildings, helping out with medical emergencies, vehicle accidents and many other incidents. They must make sure their equipment is clean and all the items they use are in proper working order. Keeping their skills up to date is necessary. Therefore, they will be continually trained with new equipment and techniques. Because of the extreme conditions and also the stress associated with the emergency situations that arise, the firefighters definitely need to stay in shape for the work they must do. They will stay in the fire station while on duty. Unless the need to work on the trunks or respond to a call, they can eat, sleep, shower and watch TV at the fire station, just like at home.(160 words)

有關(guān)英語(yǔ)的小短文篇二：英語(yǔ)哲理小短文

英語(yǔ)哲理小短文(帶翻譯)線話英語(yǔ)|2013-08-05 11:33:53

1. Feeling in Snow

As soon as I walked outside, I was greeted with the shimmering white blanket of cold. Despite the chill overwhelming my skin, inside I was warm. I felt as though I could be giving off heat; I had the desire to stay out in this freeze for hours. It was the type of day that speaks to you through its elements; I took a deep breath to hear more snow was coming.

As I walked I looked up, trying to realize what made this day so beautiful, so serene. It was as if time had been put temporarily on hold and I along with it. Or maybe I was the only one unpaused?Either way, the solitude was comforting, and I sensed myself floating away. I sat down on the edge of a curb and listened. All there was to hear was the wind rushing over the top of my head and circling some old, cracking leaves some yards away. To me it was the reassuring sound of nature, trying not to be forgotten.

It did start to snow. None of those little flurries, but big, fat flakes which clung immediately to their surface.

The

n it was time to go and my reverie had to end. As I began walking again, I drifted back into this time frame, calm and cleared.Now if only I could remember where I was going.

中文翻譯：

剛出門，便撲面而來(lái)一大片晶瑩雪白的冰涼。冷氣襲來(lái)，肌膚陣陣戰(zhàn)栗，而內(nèi)心卻溫暖如初。覺(jué)得自己似乎能發(fā)熱，因而渴望在這寒冷中長(zhǎng)時(shí)間駐足。這是一個(gè)大自然與你交流的日子。我深深地吸了一口氣，靜聽(tīng)雪花飄落，源源不絕。

漫步雪中，舉目四顧，我努力思索是什么竟然能夠把這一天變得如此美麗和寧?kù)o。那一刻，時(shí)間仿佛靜止了，而我也定在其中�；蛘撸�只有我一個(gè)人在前行??

無(wú)論如何，這種孤寂卻令人欣慰。我仿佛脫離了塵世。坐在路邊，仔細(xì)聆聽(tīng)。只有風(fēng)從頭頂掠過(guò)，卷走幾碼遠(yuǎn)的干枯樹(shù)葉。在我心中，這是大自然給人安慰、令人難忘的聲音。

真的下雪了!不是零星小雪，而是鵝毛大雪，一落地就凝結(jié)在一起了。

該結(jié)束沉思離開(kāi)了!我舉步前行時(shí)，思緒又轉(zhuǎn)回到現(xiàn)實(shí)中來(lái)，而此時(shí)感覺(jué)如此平靜，如此清新。

我實(shí)在記不得我要往何處去了!

2.生活的樂(lè)趣

Joy in living comes from having fine emotions, trusting them, giving them the freedom of a bird in the open. Joy in living can never be assumed as a pose, or put on from the outside as a mask. People who have this joy don not need to talk about it; they radiate it. They just live out their joy and let it splash its sunlight and glow into other lives as

naturally as bird sings.

We can never get it by working for it directly. It comes, like happiness, to those who are aiming at something higher. It is a byproduct of great, simple living. The joy of living comes from what we put into living, not from what we seek to get from it.

中文翻譯：

生活之樂(lè)趣來(lái)源于良好的情緒，信賴這些情緒，并任由它們?nèi)缤�鳥(niǎo)兒高翔于天空般地自由自在。生活的樂(lè)趣是無(wú)法靠姿態(tài)擺出來(lái)的，也無(wú)法用戴上一張面具來(lái)偽裝。 擁有這種樂(lè)趣的人們無(wú)需掛在嘴邊，他們自然會(huì)煥發(fā)出快樂(lè)的氣息。他們自己生活在快樂(lè)當(dāng)中，也將這樣的快樂(lè)自然而然地感染著他人，猶如是鳥(niǎo)兒就必將歌唱。

直接追求生活的樂(lè)趣卻只會(huì)使樂(lè)趣遠(yuǎn)離我們，它與幸福一樣青睞胸有大志的人們。生活過(guò)得高雅、簡(jiǎn)單便會(huì)產(chǎn)生出樂(lè)趣。它是我們對(duì)生活的投入，而非所求。

3.我命運(yùn)，我把握(不斷超越自己)

正如世界上沒(méi)有兩片相同的葉子，我們每個(gè)人都是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的。相信自己，命運(yùn)就掌握在我們的手中。

Consider? YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're better than one in a million, or a billion, or a

gazillion?

You are the only one like you in a sea of infinity!

You're amazing! You're awesome! And by the way, TAG, you're it. As amazing and awesome as you already are, you can be even more so. Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. But you don't become "beautiful" just by virtue of the aging process.

Real beauty comes from learning, growing, and loving in the ways of life. That is the Art of Life. You can learn slowly, and sometimes painfully, by just waiting for life to happen to you. Or you can choose to accelerate your growth and intentionally devour life and all it offers. You are the artist that paints your future with the brush of today.

Paint a Masterpiece.

God gives every bird its food, but he doesn't throw it into its nest. Wherever you want to go, whatever you want to do, it's truly up to you.

中文翻譯：

試想一下??你!一個(gè)空前絕后的你，不論是以往還是將來(lái)都不會(huì)有一個(gè)跟你一模一樣的人。你在歷史上和宇宙中都是獨(dú)一無(wú)二的。哇!想想吧，你是萬(wàn)里挑一、億里挑一、兆里挑一的。

在無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的宇宙中，你是舉世無(wú)雙的。

你是了不起的!你是卓越的!沒(méi)錯(cuò)，就是你。你已經(jīng)是了不起的，

是卓越的，你還可以更卓越更了不起。美麗的年輕人是大自然的奇想，而美麗的老人卻是藝術(shù)的杰作。但你不會(huì)因?yàn)槟挲g的漸長(zhǎng)就自然而然地變得“美麗”。

真正的美麗源于生命里的學(xué)習(xí)、成長(zhǎng)和熱愛(ài)。這就是生命的藝術(shù)。你可以只聽(tīng)天由命, 慢慢地學(xué)，有時(shí)候或許會(huì)很痛苦。又或許你可以選擇加速自己的成長(zhǎng)，故意地?fù)]霍生活及其提供的一切。你就是手握今日之刷描繪自己未來(lái)的藝術(shù)家。

畫出一幅杰作吧。

上帝給了鳥(niǎo)兒食物，但他沒(méi)有將食物扔到它們的巢里。不管你想要去哪里，不管你想要做什么，真正做決定的還是你自己。

4. 掌握未來(lái)：我們正在起跑點(diǎn)

"We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite---"

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

I want the future to be better than the past. I don't want it

有關(guān)英語(yǔ)的小短文篇三：有趣的小短文(英語(yǔ))

一

The easiest question in the world

one day , a rich man met Sam. the rich man asked , " I`ve heard you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you. Can you tell me why you are so clever."

Sam answered, "I`m not clever, but you are too silly." The rich man became very angry.

Sam said, "Sir, please don`t be angry, if you don`t believe what I said, let me ask you a question now. If you have a group of sheep, I give you another group. How groups of sheep do you have?"

"Why, that`s the easiest question in the world, one and one is two.Anybody knows that. I have two groups of sheep. "

Sam laughed and said," You are wrong, sir.two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That is easiest question in the world."

二

I`ll not go home tonight because of the rain

When a friend was visiting David, it began to rain. So David told him not to go home that night."You may stay here for the night," he said." Ok, " answered his friend. But a few minutes later, the friend went out. He didn`t tell David where he was going nor did he ask for an umbrella. When David was about to go to bed, his friend returned, he was all wet through.

"Where have you been?" asked David. "I have been home," answered the friend, " to tell my brother that I`ll not go home tonight because of the rain."

三

Why do I want to go to college?

Why do I want to go to college? No one asked me such a question. But many times I have asked myself.I have come up with a whole variety of reasons. The most important reason is that I want to be a better man.

Many things make human beings different is education. If i fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish. As I want to be a fully developed , I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to provide.

I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are among the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and be fit into society.

四

Children should not have to do heavy work

It is not a good idea for children to have to work hard. Children should study in school as hard as they can. They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies. When parents or others force children to work hard, the results are never good and may be very bad.

A farmer`s son who has to work hard like a man may early learn to hate farming. Children sometimes do too much work in gardens, in shops or even in their own own homes.

They soon begin to hate such kind of work with force that can destroy their happiness. But there may be a worse loss: a child`s love for his parents. The feeling may become something different. When that happens, the old kind of love never returns.

五

The effect of the blood group on personality

Your blood group hides no secrets, it shows the "real you." If you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well. Blood group A are the thinkers,while blood group B are highly creative, people belonging to blood group B might be good at painting and writing. And if you have problems, ask the ABs to solve them.

Your blood group could affect your work. So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.

六

Dogs

People 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，看護(hù) sheepdog 牧羊犬 flock 群 aid 幫助

disabled 殘疾人 century 世紀(jì)guide dog 導(dǎo)盲犬 dial 撥 majority 大多數(shù)

狗

人們總是說(shuō)狗是人類最好的朋友。幾千年來(lái)，除了看家外，人類還教會(huì)了狗去做許多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制數(shù)百只羊的羊群而出名。

狗用來(lái)幫助殘疾人已有好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)了。導(dǎo)盲犬可以為盲主人引路�，F(xiàn)在，人們還教狗為殘疾主人打開(kāi)電燈、開(kāi)冰箱和撥電話。然而，對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō)，狗只是家里老人和孩子們的寵物和朋友。

七

What is Time? （Nursery Rhyme）

Time is grain for peasants.

Time is wealth for workers.

Time is life for doctors.

Time is victory for soldiers.

Time is knowledge for students.

Time is speed for scientists.

Time is money for businessmen.

Time is everything for all of us.

Therefore, seize the time of today!

grain 糧食wealth 財(cái)富 victory 勝利 seize 抓住，把握

時(shí)間是什么（童謠一首）

對(duì)農(nóng)民來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是糧食。對(duì)工人來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是財(cái)富。對(duì)醫(yī)生來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是生命。

對(duì)士兵來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是勝利。對(duì)學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是知識(shí)。對(duì)科學(xué)家來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是速度。

對(duì)企業(yè)家來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是金錢。對(duì)我們大家來(lái)說(shuō)，時(shí)間就是一切。因此，把握今天!

八

Perfect Match

A rich woman is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same color as the vase. Several painters try to mix the color right, but none comes close enough to satisfy the woman.

Eventually, a painter comes. He is confident that he can mix the proper color. The woman is pleased with the result, and the painter becomes famous. Years later, he retires and turns the business over to his son. "Dad,"asks the son, "there's something I've got to know. How did you get those walls to match the vase so perfectly?" "Son,” the father replies, "I painted the vase."

proud of 自豪 valuable 值錢的antique vase 古董花瓶 paint 用油漆漆

satisfy 滿意 eventually 最終 confident 有信心的 retire 退休 match 和……相配

絕配

一個(gè)有錢的婦人感到非常驕傲，因?yàn)樗�有一只值錢的古董花瓶，她決定把她的臥室漆成和花瓶一樣的顏色。好幾個(gè)油漆匠試圖調(diào)出正確的顏色，但是沒(méi)有一個(gè)人調(diào)出的顏色能讓婦人滿意。

最后，來(lái)了一個(gè)油漆匠。他很有信心可以調(diào)出合適的顏色。果然婦人對(duì)最終的效果感到滿意，漆匠也因此成名。

幾年后，漆匠退休了，他把生意交給了兒子。“爸爸，”兒子問(wèn)，“有件事我想知道。你是如何調(diào)配出和花瓶一樣的顏色的？” “兒子，”父親回答，“我把花瓶也一起漆了�！�

九

A Joke— “I stand corrected”

I have this friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out. For years, he refused and told me I was crazy, but last week, he finally went. Sure enough, the doctor discovered his left leg was a quarter inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of surgery later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no longer leans. “So,”I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your leg. He just looked at me and said, "I stand corrected.

lean 傾斜 slightly 輕微地 check out 檢查 refuse 拒絕 quarter 四分之一

surgery 手術(shù) cure 治愈 fix 治愈 stand corrected 認(rèn)錯(cuò)

笑話——“我誠(chéng)懇認(rèn)錯(cuò)”

我有一個(gè)朋友，他似乎總是微微向左傾斜。這個(gè)問(wèn)題曾經(jīng)非常困擾我，所以我建議他去看醫(yī)生，檢查一下他的腿。幾年來(lái)，他總是不聽(tīng)我的建議，還說(shuō)我不正常，但是上星期，他終于去看了醫(yī)生。果真，醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸。一個(gè)很快的小手術(shù)后，他康復(fù)了，現(xiàn)在他的兩條腿完全一樣長(zhǎng)了，他也不再傾斜了�！澳憧矗�”我說(shuō)，“那時(shí)我告訴你醫(yī)生可以治好你的腿時(shí)你還不相信我呢�！彼�看著我說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)錯(cuò)了�！�

十

A Friend

When you read an English book, you often come across new words. You might try to guess what the words mean from the words you know, but when you cannot guess the meanings of new words at all, what should you do?

You have a good friend then. From him you can learn what a word means, how to pronounce a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with you, and you can always ask him to help you. Do you know who this friend is? It is a dictionary. You can learn some important things about words from it, so you must know how to use it.

come across 碰到 guess 猜測(cè)

朋 友

當(dāng)你讀英語(yǔ)書時(shí)，你經(jīng)常會(huì)碰到新單詞。你可能試著從你知道的詞中猜這些詞的意思，但是當(dāng)你無(wú)法猜出這些詞的意思時(shí)，你該怎么辦呢？

這時(shí)你有一個(gè)好朋友。從他那里你可以學(xué)到單詞的意思、發(fā)音及用法等。這個(gè)朋友可以經(jīng)常伴你左右，你可以經(jīng)常請(qǐng)他幫忙。你知道這個(gè)朋友是誰(shuí)嗎？

他就是字典。你可以從他那里學(xué)習(xí)有關(guān)詞匯的眾多重要知識(shí)，所以你必須學(xué)會(huì)如何使用字典。

十一

The Hare and the Tortoise

One day a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. "I can beat anyone!"cried he. "Will one of you try a race with me?"

"I will,?said the tortoise.

"You!?laughed the hare. "Oh, oh, how funny!?

"Save your laughing for the end of the race,?said the tortoise.

So a starting line was made, and away they went. The hare ran fast and was soon far ahead, so he sat down to rest. By the time the tortoise came up, the hare was sleeping.

On and on went the tortoise, and when the hare looked up at last, it was too late.

There sat the tortoise by the sign that said: The End.

hare 野兔 tortoise 龜，烏龜 beat 打敗 race 比賽

兔子和烏龜

一天，兔子正在向其他動(dòng)物炫耀他能跑得很快。“我能跑過(guò)任何人。”他喊道。 “你們有誰(shuí)想和我比一比嗎？” “我�！睘觚斦f(shuō)。 “你！”兔子笑道，“哦，哦，太滑稽了！” “留著到比賽結(jié)束后笑吧。”烏龜說(shuō)。

他們劃了條起跑線，出發(fā)了。兔子跑得飛快，很快就跑到了前面，所以他坐下來(lái)休息。等到烏龜趕上來(lái)時(shí)，他睡著了。

烏龜一直往前走，當(dāng)兔子最后醒來(lái)時(shí)，已經(jīng)太晚了。 烏龜坐在一塊牌子旁，上面寫著： 終點(diǎn)。

十二

The Eagle and the Raven

An eagle was trying to break open a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him. The raven eyed the nut hopefully, "You'll never break it like that,"he said. "If I were you I would fly up in the sky as high as I

could, then drop the nut onto the rocks. It's the only way you'll get at the kernel."

The eagle flew up into the sky, then let the nut fall down, down, down to the

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