英语经典短文.docx

英语经典短文

第一篇：英语经典短文中小学课外辅导专家英语经典短文一、HowtouseanEnglish-Chinesedictionary?WhenyouarereadingsomethinginEnglish,youmayoftencomeacrossanewword.What’sthebestwaytoknowit?YoumaylookitupinanEnglish-Chinesedictionary.Itwilltellyoualotabouttheword:thepronunciation,theChinesemeaningandalsohowtousethisword.ButhowcanyouknowwherethewordisinthousandsofEnglishwords?Howtofinditinthedictionarybothquicklyandcorrectly?First,alltheEnglishwordsarearrangedinthealphabeticalorder.InthedictionaryyoucanfirstseethewordsbeginningwiththeIetterA,thenB,C,D,E…Thatmeansiftherearetwowords“desert”and“pull”,”“desert”willbecertainlybefore“pull”.Thenifthere,aretwowordsbothbeginningwiththesameletter,youmaylookatthesecondletter.Thenthethird,thefourth…Forexample,“pardon”isbefore“plough”,“judge”isbefore“just”,etc.Doyouunderstandhowtolookupawordinadictionary?Thedictionarywillbeyourgoodfriend,Ihopeyou’lluseitasoftenaspossibleinyourEnglishlearning.二、TravelbybikeIfyougotovisitLondon,you’llseealotofbusesandcarsontheroad.You’llalsoseealotofbikesbecausemorepeopletravelbybike.Therearealotofreasonsforthis.First,itisverycheaptobuyabike,anditisquick,too.Youoftenhavetowaitforabusforhalfanhour.Whenthebuscomes,therearesomanyotherbusesandcarsontheroadsthatthebusmovesveryslowly.Itraveledtoworkbybusforaboutfouryears.Ioftenarrivedatworklateandtired.Thenoneday,abouttwoyearsago,afriendofminesaid,“Igotoworkbybike.Whydon’twetraveltogether?”“Becausemybikeisold.”Ianswered,“Andtherearesomanybusesandcarsontheroads.I’llfeelfrightened“Youneedn’tfeelfrightened!”saidmyfriend.“Ifyoufollowmeandwerideslowly,you’llbefine.”ThenextdayIbroughtmyselfanewbike.Althoughwewentslowly,wearrivedaiworkquickly.Ittook40minutestogotoworkbybus,butonlyhalfanhourbybike!NowIdon’tfeelafraid.Ilovegoinggoworkbybike.Itakeadifferentroadeveryday.Iarrivedatworkveryquickly.I’vegotalittlemoremoneynow,andmoreimportant,Ifeelhealthy.ManypeoplethinkinthesamewayasIdo.That’swhyyouseealotofbikesontheroad.Nextyearyou’llseemore,Iamsure.Perhapsinthefuturewewillhaveroadsforbikesonl