初中英语小短文带翻译 6页

1DogsPeopleoftensaythatadogisman'sbestfriend.Overthousandsofyears,manhastaughthisdogstodomanykindsofworkbesidesguardingthehome.Forexample,sheepdogsarefamousfortheirabilitytocontrolaflockofhundredsofsheep.Dogshavebeenusedtoaiddisabledpeopleforcenturies.Aguidedogcanleaditsblindowner.Nowadays,dogscanbetaughttoturnonlightswitches,openrefrigeratordoorsanddialthetelephonefortheirdisabledowners.Forthemajorityofpeople,however,dogsaresimplypetsandfriendsforbothyoungandoldmembersofthefamily.guard看守,看护sheepdog牧羊犬flock群aid帮助disabled残疾人century世纪guidedog导盲犬dial拨majority大多数狗人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友.几千年来,除了看家外,人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事,例如,牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而出名.狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了.导盲犬可以为盲主人引路.现在,人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨电话.然而,对于大多数人来说,狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友.2DetectiveWorkAbankrobberstolealotofmoney.Hewascaughtandsenttoprison,butthemoneywasneverfound.Whenhecameoutofprison,theywatchedhimtoseewhathewoulddo.Hereisthedetective,reportingtotheinspector."Yes,sir,IfoundJohnny.Ifollowedhimallaroundthetown,butfrankly,Icouldn'tmakeanythingoutofwhathebought.Here'sthelist."shirt,heavycrowbar,boxofchocolates,shovel,heavyhammer,bunchofflowers.Theinspectorsaid,"Good.Thathelpsmealot.Doyourememberhowwewatchedhimhelpinghisneighbor,oldMrs.Judsontocoverherbackyardwithcement?detective侦探的侦探robber强盗,盗贼prison监狱inspector检察官frankly坦白地,真诚地crowbar铁撬,撬棒shovel铲,铁铲hammer铁锤,锤子backyard后院cement水泥侦探工作一个盗贼从银行偷了很多钱.他被抓住送到监狱,但是钱没找到.当他从监狱出来时,他被监视,看他会做什么.这不,侦探正向检察官报告：“\n是的,先生,我发现了强尼•阿米塔基,我跟着他转遍了全镇,但坦白说,我不能从他买的东西中推断出什么.这里是清单.”衬衫、大铁撬、一盒巧克力铁铲、大铁锤、一束花.检察官说：“好,这对我很有帮助.你还记得我们看到他是怎么帮他的邻居,贾德森老太太用水泥铺院子的吗?”3WhatisTime?（NurseryRhyme）Timeisgrainforpeasants.Timeiswealthforworkers.Timeislifefordoctors.Timeisvictoryforsoldiers.Timeisknowledgeforstudents.Timeisspeedforscientists.Timeismoneyforbusinessmen.Timeiseverythingforallofus.Therefore,seizethetimeoftoday!grain粮食wealth财富victory胜利seize抓住,把握时间是什么（童谣一首）对农民来说,时间就是粮食.对工人来说,时间就是财富.对医生来说,时间就是生命.对士兵来说,时间就是胜利.对学生来说,时间就是知识.对科学家来说,时间就是速度.对企业家来说,时间就是金钱.对我们大家来说,时间就是一切.因此,把握今天!4PerfectMatchArichwomanissoproudofavaluableantiquevasethatshedecidestohaveherbedroompaintedthesamecolourasthevase.Severalpainterstrytomixthecolourright,butnonecomescloseenoughtosatisfythewoman.Eventually,apaintercomes.Heisconfidentthathecanmixthepropercolour.Thewomanispleasedwiththeresult,andthepainterbecomesfamous.Yearslater,heretiresandturnsthebusinessovertohisson."Dad,"askstheson,"there'ssomethingI'vegottoknow.Howdidyougetthosewallstomatchthevasesoperfectly?""Son,”thefatherreplies,"Ipaintedthevase."\nproudof自豪valuable值钱的antiquevase古董花瓶paint用油漆漆satisfy满意eventually最终confident有信心的retire退休match和……相配绝配一个有钱的妇人感到非常骄傲,因为她有一只值钱的古董花瓶,她决定把她的卧室漆成和花瓶一样的颜色.好几个油漆匠试图调出正确的颜色,但是没有一个人调出的颜色能让妇人满意.最后,来了一个油漆匠.他很有信心可以调出合适的颜色.果然妇人对最终的效果感到满意,漆匠也因此成名.几年后,漆匠退休了,他把生意交给了儿子.“爸爸,”儿子问,“有件事我想知道.你是如何调配出和花瓶一样的颜色的?”“儿子,”父亲回答,“我把花瓶也一起漆了.”5ABarbecueWhenIwasachild,Ioncewentcampingwithmyfamilyinthesummer.Wedecidedtomakeabarbecueinthevalley.Sowecollectedsometreestickstomakeafire.MyfatheraskedmeifIcouldtrytomakeafire.Iwasgladtotakethejob.ThenItriedtosetfiretothewoodwithamatch,butproducedonlysmoke.Thenmyfathersaid,"That'snottherightway.I'llshowyouhowtodoit.Firstusethesmallpiecesofwoodbecausetheycatchfireeasily.Thenputthelargeronesontopofthem."Myfatherhelpedmemakeabigfire.barbecue烧烤valley山谷stick枝条makeafire生火烧烤当我还是小孩子的时候,一年夏天我们全家去野营.我们决定在山谷中烧烤,所以我们捡来了一些树枝生火.父亲问我愿不愿意尝试着生火,我很高兴地承担了这项任务.我试着用火柴把木头点燃,但结果都是烟.父亲说：“这样做不对.我来教你如何生火.先用小片的木头,因为它们容易点燃,然后把大些的放在它们上面.”父亲帮我点起了旺旺的火.6AJoke—“Istandcorrected”Ihavethisfriendwhoalwaysseemedtoleanslightlytotheleftallthetime.Itusedtobotherme,soIsuggestedheseeadoctor,andhavehislegscheckedout.Foryears,herefusedandtoldmeIwascrazy,butlastweek,hefinallywent.Sureenough,thedoctordiscoveredhisleftlegwasaquarterinchshorterthanhisright.Aquickbitofsurgerylater,hewascured,andbothlegsare\nexactlythesamelengthnow,andhenolongerleans.“So,”Isaid,"Youdidn'tbelievemewhenItoldyouadoctorcouldfixyourleg.Hejustlookedatmeandsaid,"Istandcorrected.lean倾斜slightly轻微地checkout检查refuse拒绝quarter四分之一surgery手术cure治愈fix治愈standcorrected认错笑话——“我诚恳认错”我有一个朋友,他似乎总是微微向左倾斜.这个问题曾经非常困扰我,所以我建议他去看医生,检查一下他的腿.几年来,他总是不听我的建议,还说我不正常,但是上星期,他终于去看了医生.果真,医生发现他的左腿比右腿短四分之一英寸.一个很快的小手术后,他康复了,现在他的两条腿完全一样长了,他也不再倾斜了.“你看,”我说,“那时我告诉你医生可以治好你的腿时你还不相信我呢.”他看着我说：“我认错了.”7MakingaKiteOneday,PaulaandRicharddecidedtomakeakite.Firsttheywentoutandfoundtwostraightsticksofthesamelength.Theybroughtthembackhomeandtiedthemwithapieceofstringintotheshapeofacross.Thentheytooksomestringandusedittotiethefourendsofthestickstogether.Then,theyspreadsomebrightlycolouredpaperovertheframeandglueditaroundthestring.Theystuckatailmadeofpapertooneofthecorners,andtiedalongstringtothecentreofthekite.Onthenextwindyday,theytookthekitetoahillneartheirhouseandflewit.straightstick直木棍tie系string绳子shape形状cross十字spread传开frame框架stick粘tail尾巴windy有风的做一个风筝一天,保罗和理查德决定做一个风筝.首先,他们出门找了两根一样长的直木棍.他们把木棍带回家,用一根绳子把它们绑成十字形.然后他们又拿了些绳子,把木棍的四个顶端连在一起.然后,他们把一些颜色鲜艳的纸涂上胶水,粘在风筝的框架上.他们将纸做的尾巴粘在一角,在风筝中间系上一根长绳.在接下来的一个有风的日子里,他们就在家附近的小山上放风筝了.8AnimalsinDangerSomeoftheanimalsandbirdsintherainforest,suchasmonkeysandwoodpeckers,liveinthetreetops.Theyarealwaysswingingandflyingfromonetreetoanotherlookingforfoodamongtheleavesandbranches.Theyevensleepinthetreetopssotheydonothavetocomedowntothe\nground.Haveyouheardthatsuchanimalsandbirdsintherainforestsareindanger?Becausepeoplearecuttingdownsomanytreesintheforests,theanimalsarelosingtheirhomes.Doyouknowthereasonsforit?Yes,peoplewantwood,paperandland.Asaresultmanyanimalsandplantsaredying.Someforestsaresobadlydamagedthattheybecomedeserts.rainforest雨林woodpecker啄木鸟treetop树顶swing摇荡leaves树叶（leaf的复数形式）branch树枝desert沙漠濒危动物一些雨林中的动物和鸟类生活在树顶上,例如猴子和啄木鸟.它们总是从一棵树荡到或飞到另一棵树上,在树叶和树枝间寻找食物.它们甚至在树顶睡觉,所以它们不用到地面上来.你知道吗?雨林中的这些动物正处于危险中.因为人们砍伐了森林中的许多树,动物们失去了家园.你知道人们砍树的原因吗?是的,人们需要木材、纸和土地.所以,许多动物和植物正在消亡.一些森林遭到了严重的破坏,变成了沙漠.9EnglishintheWorldSomepeoplesaythattheEnglishlanguagenolongerbelongstotheEnglish,anditbelongstotheworld.ItisestimatedthatthenumberofpeoplewhouseEnglishexceeds750million.Amongthese,about350millionarenativespeakers,whiletherestuseitasanofficiallanguage.Ifweaddtothisnumberthepeoplewhohaveacquiredthelanguagetosomeextent,thetotalisclosetoonebillion.Englishplaysanincreasinglyimportantroleintheworldasamediumforconductinginternationalbusinessanddiplomacy,aswellasinscienceandmedicine,theInternet,airandseacommunications,internationalsportsevents,radioandTVprograms,popsongsandmovies.estimate估计exceed超过native本族的,本国的official官方的acquire掌握tosomeextent达到某种程度billion千万increasingly越来越多地medium工具,手段conduct实行,执行international国际的diplomacy外交medicine医药communication通信event事件世界上的英语有人说英语已不再属于英国人了,它属于全世界.据估计,使用英语的人超过七亿五千万,其中大约有三亿五千万是以英语为母语的人,而其余的人将英语作为官方语言使用.如果我们再加上已经掌握英语到一定程度的人,这个总数将接近十亿.\n英语,作为进行国际业务和外交的工具,在世界上起着越来越重要的作用.它还在科学、医药、互联网、空中及海洋通信、国际体育赛事、电台电视节目、流行歌曲及电影中发挥着越来越重要的作用.10AFriendWhenyoureadanEnglishbook,youoftencomeacrossnewwords.Youmighttrytoguesswhatthewordsmeanfromthewordsyouknow,butwhenyoucannotguessthemeaningsofnewwordsatall,whatshouldyoudo?Youhaveagoodfriendthen.Fromhimyoucanlearnwhatawordmeans,howtopronounceaword,howtouseaword,andsoon.Thisfriendcanalwaysbewithyou,andyoucanalwaysaskhimtohelpyou.Doyouknowwhothisfriendis?Itisadictionary.Youcanlearnsomeimportantthingsaboutwordsfromit,soyoumustknowhowtouseit.comeacross碰到guess猜测朋友当你读英语书时,你经常会碰到新单词.你可能试着从你知道的词中猜这些词的意思,但是当你无法猜出这些词的意思时,你该怎么办呢?这时你有一个好朋友.从他那里你可以学到单词的意思、发音及用法等.这个朋友可以经常伴你左右,你可以经常请他帮忙.你知道这个朋友是谁吗?他就是字典.你可以从他那里学习有关词汇的众多重要知识,所以你必须学会如何使用字典.