英语简短阅读与翻译

1. 英语小短文15篇加翻译,20~30词

1. Beijing---Capital of China
Beijing is the capital of China.It's a large modern city with a long hostory.Beijing is also a city of tourism.
Do you like Beijing?
翻译： 北京是中国的首都。它是一个历史悠久的现代化城市。北京也是一个旅游胜地。你喜欢北京么？

2.I like the Chinese new year better than any other festival. This is a time especially for rest and joy. I need not study. I wear good clothes and eat good food. I have a good time from morning till night. I am as happy as a king.
我喜欢中国新年比喜欢其它任何节日更甚。这是一个专为休息和欢乐的时间。我不需要读书。我穿好衣服，吃好东西。我每天从早到晚日子过得轻松愉快。我和上帝一样快乐。

3.No sooner had the witer vacation begun than I returned to my native town. Of course I
must make good use of it;.In the morning I reviewed my lessons and read newspapers or magazines. In the afternoon I played ball games with my friends or went fishing in the river. At night I watched television with my family. hardly had the clock on the wall struck ten when I went to bed.
寒假刚一开始，我就回故乡了。自然我须好好利用它。 早晨我复习功课并阅读报纸或杂志。下午我和朋友打球，或去河中钓鱼。晚上我就和家人看看电视。墙上的钟刚敲十下，我就去睡觉了。

4.I live very happily today! In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb the mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful. Coming back home in the evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and eating the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!
今天我过得非常开心！早上，天气非常好！于是我和家人一起去登山，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。晚上回到家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还一边聊天一边吃着水果，全家其乐融融！

5.Yesterday was my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents. Mother prepared a tea party for me. I invited all of them to come and take part in it.The tea party began at half past six. There were cold drinks and refreshments. We ate, talked and laughed. We felt that we were the happest men in the world
昨天是我生日，所以有几位我的同班同学送我礼。母亲给我准备一个茶会。我邀请他们都前来参加。茶会下午六点半开始。有冷饮和点心。我们又吃又谈又笑。我们觉得是世界上最快乐的人。。

6.Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.
无论是60岁还是16岁，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事业成功的欢乐与热情。在你我的心底，有一座无线电台，它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就会年轻多长时间。

7.An indivial human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Graally the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their indivial being.
人的生命应当像河流，开始是涓涓细流，受两岸的限制而十分狭窄，尔后奔腾咆哮，翻过危岩，飞越瀑布，河面渐渐开阔，河岸也随之向两边隐去，最后水流平缓，森森无际，汇入大海之中，个人就这样毫无痛苦地消失了。

8.Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.
青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。

9.Most people think writing and reading are more important in English learning, but in my opinion, speaking is even more important. So the key point of how to improve your English is "don't be shy". Try to open your mouse and be confident and English corner will be the best place for you When you can do this, you have been moved a large step on the way of your English learning. After this, you can try to watch more English drama and movies and singing English songs. Even reading English novels is a pretty good choice which not only memories grammars.

许多人认为在学习英语的过程中写和看是最重要的，但我认为，说英语更为重要。所以提高你英语的方式就是‘不要害羞’。试着打开你的嘴和变得有自信，英语中心是你最好的学习英语的地方。当你这样做的时候，在你学习英语的过程中，你已经跨出了一大步。之后，你可以试着去多看一些英语戏剧，电影，和唱英文歌。不仅只记英语语法的话，读英文小说也是一个不错的选择

10.Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to st.
光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬

11.The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unk
ind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

12.My Teacher-我的老师
My favourite teacher is Miss Huang. She is a beautiful lady. She has two big eyes, a high nose and a little red mouth. There is always a smile on her face.
Miss Huang likes singing and collecting posters. She is good at playing the piano. In the evening, she always sits in front of the piano and plays nice music. She is good at dancing, too. Sometimes she teaches us dancing.
Miss Huang likes dogs very much because the dog is very friendly and cute. Her favourite color is blue. Because blue is the color of the sky and the sea.
This is my favourite teacher. Our classmates all like her very much.
我最喜欢的老师是黄老师。她是一位漂亮的女性。她有两只大大的眼睛，一个高高的鼻子和一张小小的红唇。她的脸上总带着笑容。
黄老师喜欢唱歌和收集海报。她钢琴弹得很好。晚上，她常常坐在钢琴前弹奏优美的乐曲。黄老师跳舞也很棒。有时她也会教我们跳舞。
黄老师非常喜欢狗，因为狗很友好也很可爱。黄老师最喜欢的颜色是蓝色，因为蓝色是天空和大海的颜色。
这就是我最喜欢的老师。我们班的同学都非常喜欢她。

13.There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there. 我家附近有一个公园。哪里有很多美丽的树、花和小鸟。所以很多人都喜欢到那里去度周末。他们喜欢在公园里散步或是野餐.但是我喜欢和我姐姐在那里放风筝。

14. I have a small bedroom.There are only a small bed,a small desk and a small chair in the room.And there is a beautiful doll on my blue bed.Everyday I do my homework,read books and play games with the doll in my bedroom.It is small,but it gives me much happiness. 我有一间小小的卧室。那里有一张小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且还有一个漂亮的娃娃在我那张蓝色的小床上。我每天都在房间里写作业，看书和与我的娃娃玩。虽然房间很小，但是他给了我很多欢乐。

15.Today I had a good time. It was my grandpa's birthday. Our family went back to his home to celebrate his birthday. My mother cooked many delicious food and we brought a big birthday cake. We got together to have a big family dinner. We gave grandpa some presents and said, "Happy birthday to you!"
In the afternoon we went boating in the park. We enjoyed ourselves, and my grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.

今天我玩得很愉快。今天是爷爷的生日，我们全家去爷爷家为他庆祝生日。妈妈做了许多好吃的，我们买了一个大蛋糕。我们举行了一个大型家庭聚会。我们送给爷爷一些礼物，并说：“祝您生日快乐。”
下午我们去公园划船。我们玩得很开心，爷爷过了一个愉快的生日。

2. 翻译英语短篇阅读

Sharon Suaree一直期待她不需要用车把杂货店搬回房子的那一天。这一天到来了。越来越多的专人在网上购物。
“我以前从来没属做过,但是听起来很不错,”苏亚雷斯小姐说,“在夏天这里很热，冬天也真的很冷。我愿意呆在室内让杂货来超市。一个美国人访问超市平均一个星期2.2次。

一个问题的是,许多顾客希望看到他们买的食物。虽然他们可能没有看到就会购买ACD或者一本书,大多数人不想也以这种方式买食物。他们担心食物变质和迟交。但这一切正在慢慢改变。人们开始发现它需要更少的交付。但这一切正在慢慢改变。人们开始发现他们花费更少的时间在互联网上买食物。他们发现,交货快,便宜,并且质量优质。

3. 英语阅读答案和翻译

问题在哪儿呢？
全文翻译：
在中国许多城市中，雾霾是个严重的问题。专似乎我们很少有人属知道，除了戴口罩之外，应该如何与雾霾做斗争，以及产生雾霾的原因。中央电视台前任新闻主持人柴静，在她的纪录片《苍穹之下》里探讨了这个话题。
这部长达103分钟的纪录片于2月28日在中国一个主要的视频网站上公布。影片中，柴静走访了多处受污染地区，并和当地政府和科学人员谈话。她最后总结说，过量的煤炭和油品燃烧，是导致PM2.5以及雾霾的元凶。

更糟糕的是，柴静认为，我们正在使用的这些煤炭和油品质量很低劣，根本达不到环保标准要求。因此它们释放了更多的悬浮颗粒，污染空气。
为了解决这个问题，柴静建议，我们应当净化煤炭和油品，或者用清洁能源，例如天然气，来代替煤炭和石油。

4. 英语短文阅读带翻译（90字以内，10篇）

Lesson 1 A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat.? The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it.? A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily.? ‘It’s none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'.

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? ?It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said. 'What are you doing?' she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,' I repeated. 'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one o'clock!''
Lesson 3 Please send me a card Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of?Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
Lesson 4 An exciting trip I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 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.
Lesson 7 Too late The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened? the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!
Lesson 8 The best and the worst Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
Lesson 9 A cold welcome On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.
Lesson 10 Not for jazz We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord(翼琴). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
1私人谈话上 星期我去看戏。我有一个很好的座位。这出戏是非常有趣。我不喜欢它。？一位年轻的男子和一名年轻女子坐在我的身后。他们大声地说着话。我非常生气。我听不见演员。我转过身。我看着愤怒的男人和女人。他们没有支付任何注意。在最后，我实在忍不住了。我再次转身。“我不能听到一个字！” 我气愤地说。“这是你的事，”年轻人毫不客气地说。“这是私人间的谈话！”
第2课早餐或午餐吗？它是星期天。我从来没有早起星期日。有时，我留在床上，直到午餐时间。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我看着窗外。外面一片漆黑。“一天！” 我想。“下雨了。” 就在这时，电话铃响了。这是我姑母露西打来的。“ 我刚下火车，“她说。“我来看看你。” “但我还在吃早饭，”我说。“你在做什么？” 她问。“我正在吃早饭，”我重复了一遍。“亲爱的我，”她说。“你总是起得这么晚？这是1点钟了！“
第3课，请给我卡明信片总搅得我假日。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆和坐公共花园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句话吗？意大利。“然后，他借给我一本书。我读了几行，但我不明白一个字。我每天都想着明信片。我的假期很快就过去了，但我没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。在最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买了35张明信片。在我的房间里，我花了整整一天，但我没有写在一张卡！
第4课我刚收到信从我的兄弟，添一个令人兴奋的旅行。他是在澳大利亚。他已经有六个月。蒂姆是个工程师。他正在为一家大公司，他已经访问了澳大利亚大量不同的地方。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，已经到爱丽丝泉，澳大利亚中部的一个小镇。他不久将访问达尔文。从那里，他将飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国之前，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。
第5课没有错号詹姆斯·斯科特先生在修理部，修理部，现在他刚买在Pinhurst另一个车库。pinhurst从修理部只有五英里，但斯科特先生不能得到一个电话，为他的新车库，所以他买了只鸽子。昨天，一只鸽子进行的第一条消息从Pinhurst锡尔伯里。鸟用了3分钟的距离。到现在为止，斯科特先生从一个车库，备件的信件和其他紧急派出了大量索取。在这种方式中，他已经开始自己的私人电话服务。
第6课珀西我刚刚搬进了大桥街的房子。昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门。他问我吃一顿饭和一杯啤酒。作为回报，那乞丐站在他的头，唱着歌。我给了他一顿饭。他吃的食物和喝啤酒。然后，他把一块奶酪在他的口袋里，就走了。后来，一位邻居告诉了我他。大家都知道他。他的名字叫珀西。他呼吁在每月一次在街上的每一个房子，总是问一顿饭和一杯啤酒。
第7课，为时已晚，飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等候了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非钻石的贵重包裹。几个小时前，有人曾告诉警方说，盗贼会尝试窃取钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，而其他人则守候在停机坪上。两名男子在飞机起飞包裹进海关大楼。虽然两个侦探把住门口的警卫，两个人开的呢？包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！
第8课的最佳和最差的乔·桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。几乎每个人都参加每年的“最佳花园竞赛”，但每次都是乔获胜。弗里斯的花园比乔的是较大的。条例草案的工作难度比乔和生长的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但乔的花园更富有情趣。他整洁的小路，并已建立了超过一池的木桥。我也喜欢花园，但我不喜欢努力工作。每年的花园竞赛我进入过，我总是赢在全镇最差花园的小奖！
第9课一个星期三的晚上寒冷的欢迎，我们去了市政厅。这是一年的最后一天，和一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟。它会在20分钟的时间，取得十二。15分钟过去了，然后在11点55分时，大钟停了。大分针不动了。我们等待着，等待着，但什么也没有发生。突然有人喊道：“这是十二时二！时钟已经停止！“ 我看着我的手表。这是真的。大钟不愿意迎接新年。在那一刻，大家开始笑和唱歌。
第10课，爵士乐，我们有一个旧的乐器。它被称作古钢琴（翼琴）。它是由德国于1681年。我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室。它属于我们的家庭很长一段时间。很多年前，该仪器是由我的祖父买。它最近被一个客人弄坏了。她试图发挥它的爵士乐！她在击琴键时用力过猛，两个字符串被打破。我父亲大为吃惊。现在，我们不允许触摸它。它正在修复了我父亲的朋友。

5. 英语短篇阅读~~~（请全文翻译~~误用网上的翻译软件~~谢谢）

最初的奥林匹克运动会，是作为祭奠希腊诸神的宗教节日其中的一部分，由其是宙斯。他们每四年在奥林匹亚的一个山谷中举行，由来自所有希腊城邦的男人参加，女人不会在比赛中出现，甚至都不会参加。第一份奥林匹克运动会记录诞生于公元前776年，但它可能在之前的几百年间就已经建立了。起初，只有220米徒步跑一个竞争项目，这个距离是根据神话中英雄赫克里斯一口气跑了这些路程得出的。之后，其他的项目引入了奥林匹克运动会，包括365米跑和五项全能项目（跳跃，跑步，标枪，铁饼和摔跤），运动员来到奥林匹亚进行为期10个月的全程训练。当他们被允许参赛时，将由一个10人组成的委员会检验他们是否有好的素质和体格。在五天的运动会期间，所有城市之间的战争必须停止，胜利者的奖赏是带上一个由橄榄枝编成的王冠，而橄榄枝是用一把以黄金做成手柄的刀从一颗神圣的树上砍下来的，并且被认为能够给予运动员强健的体魄和健康的身体。胜利者当众感谢宙斯和自己所在的地区和城市，并且被认为受到了神的恩宠

6. 英语简短翻译

Keep your mind in your job other than gossip.

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8. 10篇英语经典短文带翻译（越短越好）

又要经典又要带翻译还要10篇，还不给分，你好贪心哟！
《别让蜡烛熄灭》
A man had a little daughter— only and much-loved child. He lived for her—she was his life. So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health。
一个男人有一个很小的女儿，那是他唯一的孩子，他深深地爱着她，为她而活，她就是他的生命。所以，当女儿生病时，他像疯了一般竭尽全力想让她恢复健康。

His best efforts, however, proved unavailing and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream。
然而，他所有的努力都无济于事，女儿还是死了。父亲变得痛苦遁世，避开了许多朋友，拒绝参加一切能使他恢复平静，回到自我的活动。但有一天夜里，他做了一个梦。

He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child carried a candle. He noticed that one child's candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, "How is it, darling, that your candle alone is unlighted?" "Daddy, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out."
他到了天堂，看到所有的小天使都身穿白色天使衣，手里拿着一根蜡烛。他注意到有一个小天使的蜡烛没有点亮。随后，他看到那个拿着没有点亮的蜡烛的小天使是自己的女儿。他奔过去，一把将女儿抱在怀里，温柔地抱着她，然后问道：“宝贝儿，为什么只有你的蜡烛没有点亮呢？”“爸爸，他们经常重新点亮蜡烛，可是你的眼泪总是把它熄灭。”

Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his darling's candle be extinguished by his useless tears。
就在这时，他从梦中醒来。梦给他上的一课很明显，而且立竿见影。从那个时候起，他不再消极遁世，而是自由自在，兴高采烈的回到从前的朋友和同事们中间。宝贝女儿的蜡烛再也没有被他无用的眼泪熄灭过。

9. 急需10篇英语阅读翻译。（越短越好）

A polite request

彬彬有礼的要求
If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on my car: 'sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!

一旦你把汽车停错了地方，交通警很快就会发现。如果他没给你罚单就放你走了，算你走运。然而，情况并不都是这样，交通警有时也很客气。有一次在瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条：“先生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。此处是‘禁止停车’区。如果您对我们街上的标牌稍加注意，您在此会过得很愉快的。谨此提请注意。”如果你收到这样的恳求，你是不会不遵照执行的！

Always young

青春常驻

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”

He often does this!

他经常干这种事！

After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.

'Did you have a good meal?" he asked.

'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.'
The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
'I'm very sorry,' he said. 'My dog had taken in into the garden. He often does this!'

我在一家乡村小酒店吃过午饭后，就找我的提包。我曾把它放在门边的椅子上，可这会儿不见了！当我正在寻找时，酒店老板走了进来。

“您吃得好吗？”他问。
“很好，谢谢。”我回答，“但我付不了帐，我的提包没有了。”
酒店老板笑了笑，马上走了出去。一会儿工夫他拿着我的提包回来了，把它还给了我。
“实在抱歉，”他说，“我的狗把它弄到花园里去了，他常干这种事！”

Sold out

票已售完

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
I went back to the ticket office at once.
'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?'
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

“剧马上就要开演了，”我说。
“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。
我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗？”
“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。
“真可惜！”苏珊大声说。
正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。
“我可以退掉这两张票吗？”他问。
“当然可以，”那姑娘说。
我马上又回到售票处。
我可以买那两张票吗？”我问。
“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢？”
“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。

One man in a boat

独坐孤舟
Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything -- not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!

钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运动。我经常一钓数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。有些垂钓者就是不走运，他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。我的运气甚至还不及他们。我什么东西也未钓到过 -- 就连旧靴子也没有。我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空着袋子回家。“你可别再钓鱼了！”我的朋友们说，“这是浪费时间。”然而他们没有认识到重要的一点，我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，我感兴趣的只是独坐孤舟，无所事事！