短小有趣的英语文章

短小有趣的英语文章

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 colleage?

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、many value (价值观) differences between the Chinese

and Americans.

Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value (价值观) differences between the Chinese and Americans.