初中英语小故事

初中英语阅读训练

第6单元

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1. Two dogs

A 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 parent

2. 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 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 Ben

Big 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 Candies

Mother 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 Morning

It’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 Hom e

Tom 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 in

初中英语阅读训练

the 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 Ride

One 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.