初中英语小故事

第6单元快速阅读1. Two dogsA man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hunt 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 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 hun t, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent2. 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 very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel 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!3. 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 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 every quarter of an hour.深入浅出1. Ten CandiesMother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candi es do you have?” “Ten.” Jim says. “Ten？” Mother asks. “Yes, Mum. Four cand ies are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and s ix is ten, isn’t it right?”2. Count Tomorrow MorningIt’s a n ight. John is looking at the sky. Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?” John says, “I’m counting stars.” Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?”3. Are Flies Yummy（美味的东西）Tony and his father are eating dinner. Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, are flies yummy?” Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it’s yucky（恶心的）. Why do you ask me this question? It’s a silly question.” But Tony says, “ There was one fly in your plate.”4. I Don’t Want to Walk HomeTom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock. But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man coul dn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him inthe car.”After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?” The old man smiles like a child and says,“I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.”智能提高1. A Bus RideOne day I was on a bus. I found an elderly woman standing in front of me. She had a big bag in her hand. "It's a virtue for a young person to help the old," I said to myself. When I was standing up to give my seat to the old lady, a young foreigner got up quickly saying, "Please sit down." The old lady thanked him and sat down. She looked very happy.I was a little embarrassed because I was sitting in the middle of the bus. Suddenly a pregnant woman got onto the bus. I quickly stood up to give up my seat to her. The foreigner smiled at me. He said that he was an Australian, and was a student studying Chinese culture in China.2. Buying Books on the InternetIt's easy to order books from the Internet. There are several companies that ship books to customers in China. Just decide which company you would like to use and type that company's name into the search engine. The company's homepage will appear within a few seconds. Next you can type the name of the author or the title of the book you want to buy in the space provided on the page. If you decide to buy one of the books you will need to give further information such as your address and your credit card number. You will also need to decide how you want to have the book shipped. Finally, all you have to do is waiting for the book to arrive in your mailbox.3.Percy Buttons 珀西·巴顿斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.4. The Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 'They will also be building new roads and a special railway-line. The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fine modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.。