英语幽默故事比赛英语作文【汇总20篇】

细心地观察一下，会发现，禅者脚下，也大有意趣。禅师们夏天穿在脚上的鞋子，是用一条一条的灰布做的，鞋子上有六个大空隙。穿着这样的鞋，一定很凉爽。 我问：我可以穿这样的鞋子吗? 禅师深深地看啦我一眼，他笑啦，点啦点头。 他看出啦我的期望，坐在廊间的扶手上，脱下一只，让我试穿一下。 合脚，轻便，舒服。能够细腻地体会到脚踩在大地上的感觉。硬挺挺的皮鞋底，像是缺啦心眼，此刻，脚又有啦心眼，有啦细微的体会。 感觉很好。把鞋子脱下来，还给禅师。 我注意到禅师脚上的鞋，洁净。虽是一双灰色的布履，却很美。夏天的僧鞋，简单，大概是为啦省布。因为节俭是僧人的本分。 僧鞋为什么要有六个洞呢? 禅师说：僧鞋的六个洞，是要僧人能够“低头看得破”。

【哲理】低头是谦诚有礼，看得破是要看破眼耳鼻舌身意六根，是要看破色声香味触法六尘，以及参破六道轮回，勘破贪嗔痴慢疑邪六大烦恼。

不起眼的一双僧鞋，竟然有这么广阔的含意，让人不得不佩服佛法的精细与博大。

陽朱到宋国，投宿在一家客栈里。店主人热情地接待陽朱，并向他介绍自己的家人。陽朱发现主人有两位小妾，一位长得亭亭玉立，楚楚动人，而另一位却相貌丑陋。偏偏令人不理解的是，店主宠 爱丑陋而轻贱漂亮。

陽朱怀着好奇心，想打听个究竟，便询问缘由。

“那个漂亮的自恃美貌却轻视他人，傲气的不得了，我越看她，越觉得丑；这位看似丑陋的心地善良，待人谦和，知情达理，令我越看越觉漂亮，我一点也不认为她不漂亮。”说到这里，正好漂亮的那位小妾昂首挺胸地走过来。主人连看都不看她一眼，对陽朱说：“瞧这德性，这模样，实在叫人生厌，她哪里知道什么叫美，什么为丑！”

陽朱在店主人的一番启发下，很受教育。他认为，外形固然很重要，品行却是更重要的标准。一个人若貌美再加上品格高尚，那就一定会受到人们的爱戴。若相貌不理想而心灵美，也会获得尊重。

对美与丑从来有两条标准：追求外在美，是表面的肤浅的；崇尚内在美，是本质的富有内涵的。

炫耀表面美，踞美自傲是浅薄的丑陋；自尊自爱谦逊待人是美的境界。表面美是暂时的，内在美是永恒的。

一年一度的动物赛跑比赛开始了,参加这次赛跑的有德路犬波比、灰兔通瑞、波斯猫冬冬和小马达玲。

赛场上，到处都是观众，都快要挤到了跑道上。鸭子裁判宣布：“本次赛跑比赛的参赛的选手有：“波比、通瑞、冬冬和达玲。现在，比赛正式开始。”枪声刚响，波比就像风一样地冲出了起跑线，达玲紧追在其后，通瑞和冬冬并排跑。一会，达玲追不上了，落在了后面。通瑞和冬冬也追累了，速度越来越慢。波比扭头一看：“哈哈!一个也没追上，我休息一下再跑。”20分钟后，达玲追上来了，看见波比在睡大觉，就加快了速度，使劲向前奔去。波比还在睡，通瑞和冬冬也追上来了，见波比睡得香，也加快了速度。波比一觉醒来，看看后面:“咦?还没追上来，不管了，反正到终点我也是第一名。”他哪本文知道其实达玲、通瑞、冬冬已到终点了呀!波比到了终点一看，怎么他们已经到终点了?比赛结果出来了:“第一名达玲，并列第二名通瑞、冬冬，最后一名波比。”

比赛结束了，波比回到家，妈妈问他：“你拿了第几名?”“最后一名。”“最后一名?”狗妈妈简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。因为波比太骄傲了，所以拿了到数第一。

狗妈妈说：“谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。”

An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer. One day the dog arrogantly1 says: "How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…"

"Me? How about me ?" the ox says

"You can only plough or draw a cart," the dog slightly says. "Yes. Its true," the ox says. "But if I dont plough, what do you guard?"

一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。狗骄傲地说着：“我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”

“我?我怎么啦?”

牛反问。“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢?”

50年代初，有一次周总理在中南海勤政殿设宴招待外宾。这时，上来一道汤菜，汤里的各种汤菜都雕刻成不同的图案，真正的是色、香、味俱佳。然而，冬笋片却在汤里一翻身恰巧变成了法西斯的标志。外宾见此大惊失色，忙向总理请教这是何意？总理也感到十分突然，但他随即泰然自若地解释道：“这不是法西斯的标志！这是我们中国传统中的一种图案，念‘万’，象征‘福寿绵长’的意思，是对客人的良好祝愿！”接着他又风趣地说：“就算是法西斯标志也没有关系嘛！我们大家一起来消灭法西斯，把它吃掉！”话音未落，宾主哈哈大笑，气氛更加热烈，这道汤也被客人们喝得精光。

今年四月到六月，我参加了20xx年“希望之星”英语风采大赛。这可是全国性的比赛哦！必须要闯过海选、市赛和省赛三关，才能去北京参加中央电视台的总决赛。

参加市赛的早上，我和妈妈坐车到了目的地。当时，太阳特别大，天特别热，而且人山人海。我们到了之后赶紧报到，接着就排队去比赛了。因为我是最后一个，等了好久才轮到我，裁判先让我抽图，准备看图说话，再自我介绍。我觉得自己前两个环节表现得挺好的，最后是回答问题，这个环节有点难，四个题中我只答出两个。紧接着裁判宣布结果，我心想：肯定有我！肯定有我！结果，真的有我！我拿了市赛一等奖，进入了省赛。

省赛的准备过程是非常艰难的，又是背台词，又是准备自我介绍，还有模拟考试。仅仅是看图说话环节，一训练就是一上午……

终于迎来了省赛。我怀着紧张的心情走进赛场，里面很安静，选手们都在努力地背词，我也不甘示弱。自我介绍环节，我们都做得非常好，看图说话环节就比较惨了，得知成绩后，我的心情非常低落，爸爸妈妈安慰我，要我别泄气，要我在下午最后一个环节加油，还特意给我复习了几遍演讲内容，我的心情又明朗起来。下午的比赛开始了，轮到我上场了，我站在台上，信心十足地完成了演讲，最后的分数还不错哦！

我的20xx年“希望之星”英语风采大赛结束了，虽然我没有踏上国赛舞台，但是我虽败犹荣！这个过程中，我见识到了那些高手们的厉害！我一定要好好学习英语！我一定会回来的！明年再战！

幽默的圣诞节小故事

故事一

又是一个圣诞节，汤姆向妈妈要一台电脑，但汤姆又淘气，又功课不好，妈妈不给他买，但又不能直接拒绝，只好说：“汤姆，你给上帝写封信，如果你在一年间做了好事，上帝是会给你一台电脑的。”

小汤姆开始给上帝写信：亲爱的上帝，我是您最可爱的小汤姆，这一年间我做了许多好事，圣诞节了，希望仁爱的您能给我一台电脑，爱您的汤姆。

但是，小汤姆写完之后觉得写得太不真实了，于是他又写了一封：上帝啊，我是汤姆，这一年虽然我做过几件不好的事，但我知道我错了，希望您能给我一台电脑，您的汤姆。

可是汤姆看了之后，仍然觉得不好，他就又写了第三封信：上帝，是我，汤姆。是的，我确实做过许多坏事，但还是希望你能给我一台电脑，小汤姆。

于是，小汤姆拿着第三封信去了教堂，他看到了圣母和耶稣的雕像，但他却写了第四封信，然后抱着圣母玛丽亚的雕象回到了家中，并把它放在了床下。 第二天，牧师在耶稣雕像下发现了一封信，只见上面写着：耶稣，你的妈妈在我手中，想再见到她的话，快给我一台电脑，你知道我是谁！

故事二

想要一匹小马驹

圣诞节的前一天,父亲问女儿想要什么礼物,女儿知道妈妈又要生小宝宝了,便说:“我想要个小弟弟。”果然,圣诞夜,母亲怀里抱着个男婴从医院回来了。 不久以后,父亲又问女儿:“孩子,明年圣诞节你想要什么礼物呢?”女儿想了一会儿,回答说:“如果妈妈不觉得太麻烦的话,我想要一匹小马驹。”

故事三

丢失的钱包

一位女士圣诞节大购物,在匆忙中丢失了钱包。有—个诚实的小男孩找到了钱包并还给她。

女士看着钱包,说:“嗯,真有趣。我丢失钱包的时候,里面有一张20元的钞票,但现在变成了20张1元的零钞。

小孩马上回答道:“一点没错,小姐。上次我捡到了一位女士的钱包,但是她钱包里居然没有零钱作酬金。”

故事四

某人圣诞节前夕买了一大桶好酒放在户外。

第二天他发现少了四分之一，便在酒桶上贴了“不许偷酒”四个字。

篇三：2010年关于圣诞节的故事大全

2010年关于圣诞节的故事大全

每年的12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日子，称为圣诞节。从12月24日至翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期。节日期间，各国基督教徒都举行隆重的纪念仪式。圣诞节本来是基督教徒的节日，由于人们格外重视，它便成为一个全民性的节日、国家一年中最盛大的节日，可以和新年相提并论，类似我国过春节。

西方人以红、绿、白三色为圣诞色。圣诞节来临时，家家户户都要用圣诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛。绿色的是圣诞树，它是圣诞节的主要装饰品，用砍伐来的杉、柏一类呈塔形的常青树装饰而成。上面悬挂着五颜六色的彩灯、礼物和纸花，还点燃着圣诞蜡烛。

红色与白色相映成趣的是圣诞老人，他是圣诞节活动中最受欢迎的人物。西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。在西方，扮演圣诞老人也是一种习俗。

“圣诞节”这个名称是“基督弥撒”的缩字。弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。耶诞节是一个宗教节日。人们把它当作耶苏的诞辰来庆祝，因而又名耶诞节。这一天，全世界所有的基督教会都举行特别的礼拜仪式。但是有很多圣诞节的欢庆活动和宗教并无半点关联。交换礼物、寄圣诞贺卡，这都使圣诞节成为一个普天同庆的日子。

耶稣的出生是有一段故事的，耶稣是因着圣灵成孕，由童女玛利亚所生的。神更派遣使者加伯列在梦中晓谕约瑟，叫他不要因为玛利亚未婚怀孕而不要她，反而要与她成亲，把那孩子起名为“耶稣”，意思是要他把百姓从罪恶中救出来。当玛利亚快要临盘的时候，罗马政府下了命令，全体人民到伯利恒务必申报户籍。约瑟和玛利亚只好遵命。他们到达伯利恒时，天色已晚。无奈两人未能找到旅馆渡宿，只有一个马棚可以暂住。就在这时，耶稣要出生了！於是玛利亚唯有在马槽上，生下耶稣。後人为纪念耶稣的诞生，便定十二月二十五为圣诞节，年年做弥撒，纪念耶稣的出世。

圣诞节便是於十二月二十五日纪念耶稣的诞生，但真实的诞生日就没有人知道了。十九世纪，圣诞卡的流行、圣诞老人的出现，圣诞节亦开始流行起来。

圣诞老公公的由来：

圣诞节是令人雀跃期待的日子，尤其是孩子们。相信大家对圣诞老公公的事都耳熟能详吧？从前有一个老人，名叫尼古拉斯，他一生最爱帮助贫穷的人家。其中有一次他帮助三个贫穷的少女，送给她们三袋金子以逃过被卖的不幸。当尼古拉斯偷偷把其中一袋金子送给其中一名女子时，他把金子从一个窗户扔进去，恰好掉进在壁炉上的一长袜中。于是，将礼物放在圣诞袜子里成了一种给孩子礼物的传统方式，孩子们可以拿着袜子埃家挨户地去要糖果哟！

The Fox and the Crow 狐狸和乌鸦

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞

[英语寓言趣味故事The Fox and the Crow

有一个叫陶邱的人住在平原郡，他娶了渤海郡墨台氏的女儿做妻子。这位女子不但容貌十分美丽，而且很有才华，为人温 柔贤慧，亲戚邻居没有不羡慕的。陶邱也感到心满意足，一家人过得十分幸福。

一年后，他们养了个儿子，家中更是充满了乐趣。一天，妻子对丈夫说：

“自从嫁到你家，这一年多我从没回过一次娘家，我很是想念母亲和娘家的人，我们是不是择个日子，回一趟娘家，顺便也把孩子带给他们瞧瞧？”

丈夫想了想，说：“也是，应该去见见岳母。”

于是一家三口人选了个日子，雇了车马一路上风尘仆仆到了渤海郡。到了墨台氏妻子家里，娘家人见了女儿、女婿和小外孙，都非常高兴，杀鸡宰羊招待。岳母丁氏已是70多岁的老妇人，自然行动迟缓，步履蹒跚，满脸皱纹交 错，说话也不灵巧了。岳母上前见过女婿便回房休息去了。

几天后，陶邱带着妻子和儿子回家。一回到家就把妻子休了。

妻子感到十分诧异，便问丈夫：

“不知我有什么过错，夫君要休我回家。”

丈夫陶邱说：

“前几天到你家去，见了你母亲真叫我伤心，她年龄老了，满脸老气横秋，德行礼节都不讲了，已不能与过去相比。我担心你老了以后也会变成这副模样，倒不如现在就把你休了。再也没有别的原因了。”

妻子听了，哭笑不得。后来，亲戚和邻居知道了这件事，都骂陶邱愚蠢至极。

这位丈夫实在是庸人自扰，为担心遥远的将来而放弃现实中的美好，这不是太愚蠢了吗？幽默励志寓言故事【9】

湍急的江水中，隐隐约约见到闪光发亮的夜明珠。有两个胆大的人，都想取得这颗珠子。虽然他们都有出色的潜水功夫，但他们潜入水中之后，却再也没有露出水面。

这两个人冒险入水的目的是大不一样的。一个这样打算：“我把夜明珠捞上来，送到博物馆，供大伙观赏，多美！”另一个这样筹谋：“得了夜明珠，卖个大价钱，别墅，小车都有了，嘿嘿，真是妙不可言。”

如今，他们全都被无情的江 水所吞没，让流水冲入了水底龙宫。老龙王对这两位不请自来的人说道：“你们的由来我一清二楚，你们为夜明珠付出了生命，我必须作出郑重的安排。俊俏的年轻人，我不能将夜明珠给你。”

“为什么？”一心想将珠子献给博物馆的人颇为吃惊。

“因为，我要把你送入天堂。而天堂里，夜明珠之类的奇珍异宝，多得数也数不清，你到那儿尽情欣赏去吧。”

“相貌丑陋的年轻人，”龙王停了停又唤道，“这颗夜明珠，就交 给你了。”

“大王英明，大王英明！”另一个人叩头如捣蒜，高声叫道。

“地狱里为了一颗这样的珠子，总争得头破血流，九死一生，”老龙王平静地说，“我就让你带上这颗珠子直奔地狱之门！”

一位老和尚，他身边聚拢着一帮虔诚的弟子。这一天，他嘱咐弟子每人去南山打一担柴回来。弟子们匆匆行至离山不远的河边，人人目瞪口呆。只见洪水从山上奔泻而下，无论如何也休想渡河打柴了。无功而返，弟子们都有些垂头丧气。唯独一个小和尚与师傅坦然相对。师傅问其故，小和尚从怀中掏出一个苹果，递给师傅说，过不了河，打不了柴，见河边有棵苹果树，我就顺手把树上唯一的一个苹果摘来了。后来，这位小和尚成了师傅的衣钵传人。

世上有走不完的路，也有过不了的河。过不了的河掉头而回，也是一种智慧。但真正的智慧还要在河边做一件事情：放飞思想的风筝，摘下一个“苹果”。历览古今，抱定这样一种生活信念的人，最终都实现了人生的突围和超越。

The Christmas Tree——圣诞树的故事

Although it is generally agreed that the Christmas tree in its current form came from Germany in the early 19th century, the tradition of decorating a tree to mark winter celebrations dates back hundreds of years to Roman times, when they used to decorate evergreen trees with small pieces of metal to celebrate Saturnalia.

In medieval times the Paradise Play was performed every year on 24 December. This depicted the creation of Man and the fall of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and always included an evergreen hung with apples which represented the apple tree of temptation.

There is a legend that St Boniface, an English monk, came upon a group of pagans gathered around an oak tree who were preparing to sacrifice a child to the God Thor. In order to stop the sacrifice, and save the childs life, St Boniface is said to have felled the tree with one blow of his fist. Later on, a fir tree grew in place of the oak and this, St Boniface told the pagans, was the Tree of Life and represented the Christ Child.

Legend also suggests that, in the late 16th century, Martin Luther (the founder of the Protestant religion) was the first to decorate an indoor tree with candles when he attempted to recreate the stars shining over a forest of evergreens.

The first mention of decorated trees being taken indoors came in 1605 in Germany - a country with a long Christmas tree history! The trees were initially decorated with fruit and sweets together with hand made objects such as quilled snowflakes and stars. German Christmas Markets began to sell shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments which people bought as souvenirs of the fair and took home to hang on their tree.

Tinsel was also invented in Germany in about 1610. Up until fairly recently real silver was used, which was pulled into wafer thin strips by special machines. This was durable but tarnished quickly and many experiments took place to try and find an alternative - including a mix of lead and tin, which was too heavy and kept breaking. It was only in the mid 20th century that a viable alternative was found.

Artificial trees were invented in the 1880s in a bid to try and stop some of the damage being caused to real trees due to people lopping the tip off large trees, thus preventing the trees from growing any further. It got so bad in Germany that laws had to be brought in to prevent people having more than one tree.

Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, is credited with being responsible for introducing the custom of the Christmas tree to the British public by decorating the first English Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841 using candles, sweets, fruit and gingerbread.

The popularity of the Christmas tree grew in Britain during the first half of the 20th century, with trees becoming bigger and more elaborately decorated with bells, baubles and tinsel. However, the onset of the Second World War resulted in a ban on cutting down trees for decoration and people resorted to having small, artificial tabletop trees bearing home made decorations. These were often taken down into the air raid shelters when the sirens sounded to provide a bit of Christmas cheer!

This all changed following the war, and large trees were erected in many public places to celebrate Christmas. The most famous of these is the tree in Trafalgar Square, London which is an annual gift from the Norwegian government to give thanks for the help they received from Britain during the war.

[关于圣诞树的故事的英语作文

一天，有一条小蛇让猎鹰抓住，小蛇求饶说："求您放过我吧！"

猎鹰对小蛇说："放过你，放过你我吃什么？"

小蛇对猎鹰说："我知道有一个蛇窝，里面住着很多的小蛇，可以供你食用，我会带您去，请您不要吃掉我。"

猎鹰答应了小蛇，小蛇一路带着猎鹰来到了一个蛇窝，里面果然有很多刚出生不久的小蛇。

猎鹰高兴的将所有的蛇吃掉，并抓住了带它来蛇窝的小蛇，小蛇害怕的说："你要干什么？"

猎鹰说："当然是把你吃掉了。"

小蛇大声的说："你不是说过只要我带你来蛇窝你就不吃掉我么！"

猎鹰大笑起来说："哪有鹰不吃蛇的。"

说完，便一口把小蛇吞了下去。

人应该心存善念，小蛇为了自保出卖同类，害死了更多的生命，害人终害己，最终自己也丢了性命。

昨天我和小伙伴们举行了一场精彩的足球比赛。我们分成两队，每队11个人。比赛开始后，我们两个队都踢得很积极。只见球迅速地从一个人脚下传到另一个人脚下，真是一场精彩的比赛。最后，我们踢平了。我们彼此向对手表示祝贺，真正体现了“友谊第一，比赛第二”的体育精神。

yesterday my companions and i held a football game in the playground. we were divided into two groups, with eleven players on each side. when the game started, both of us played actively. i could only see the ball passed quickly from one to another. it was really a wonderful game. at last, the game ended in a draw. we congratulated each other. the game really embodied the sports slogan of "friendship first, competition second".

Since I was small, I like to play basketball, because I was effected by my father, he likes to watch basketball game so much, I will watch the basketball game with him. So when I went to school, I joined the basketball team in my class, we made up of a basketball team. Last week, we had our first match.

I was asked to play in the first time, I felt so nervous, I am so afraid that I could not cooperate with my team well. When the match started, I watched the basketball and moved as the ball flied, I forgot my job, I was asked to cover the team leader. I recognized my mistake, I changed my move, at last, I covered our captain successfully, our team won the game.

I learned so much from this match, team work comes first.

从前有两个重病人，同住在一家大医院的小病房里。房间很小，只有一扇窗子可以看见外面的世界。其中一个人，在他的治疗中，被允许在下午坐在床上一个小时（有仪器从他的肺中抽取液体）。他的床靠着窗，但另外一个人终日都得平躺在床上。

每当下午睡在窗旁的那个人在那个小时内坐起的时候，他都会描绘窗外景致给另一个人听。从窗口向外看可以看到公园里的湖。湖内有鸭子和天鹅，孩子们在那儿撒面包片，放模型船，年轻的恋人在树下携手散步，在鲜花盛开、绿草如茵的地方人们玩球嬉戏，后头一排树顶上则是美丽的天空。

另一个人倾听着，享受每一分钟。他听见一个孩子差点跌到湖里，一个美丽的女孩穿着漂亮的夏装他朋友的述说几乎使他感觉自己亲眼目睹外面发生的一切。

然而，在一个天气晴朗的午后，他心想：为什么睡在窗边的人可以独享看外头的权利呢？为什么我没有这样的机会？他觉得不是滋味，他越这么想，就越想换位子。他一定得换才行！有天夜里他盯着天花板瞧，另一个人忽然惊醒了，拼命地咳嗽，一直想用手按铃叫护士来。但这个人只是旁观而没有帮忙——尽管他感觉同伴的呼吸已经停止了。第二天早上，护士来的时候那人已经死了，只能静静地抬走他的尸体。

过了一段时间后，这人开口问，他是否能换到靠窗户的那张床上。他们搬动了他，帮他换位子，使他觉得很舒服。他们走了以后，他企图用手肘撑起自己，吃力地往窗外望窗外只有一堵空白的墙。

生命操之在我，过去、未来皆然。

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don‘t get it! You can‘t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.‘ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it‘s not that easy," I protested.

"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It‘s your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I‘d be twins. Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.

"Weren‘t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, ‘He‘s a dead man. " I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. ‘Yes,‘ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Bullets!‘ Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

补鞋匠穷得绝望了，他不能靠手艺来维持生计，便跑到另一个城市去行医，因为那里没有一个人认识他。在那里，他靠吹牛，卖一种可治百病的假药，骗取了人们的信任和好名声。有一次，他自己得了重病。那城里的官老爷想试验一下他的医术究竟怎样，便拿来一只杯，倒满一杯水，谎称这水是补鞋匠治百病的药和毒汁混和起来的，命令他喝下，并允诺给一笔酬金。补鞋匠知道自己的药无解毒功效，害怕喝了毒汁死亡，便招出自己毫无医药知识，只是靠吹牛来卖假药，被人们盲目称赞而成名。官老爷召集市民大会，告诉大家说：“你们都愚笨至极，竟毫不怀疑地将自己的头托付给这样一个无用的人。在别的城市，大家连脚上穿的鞋都不愿意要他做。”

——个故事是说不要轻易相信那些江湖骗子。

这个暑假，对我来说，最有意义的一件事，就是参加第九届全国少儿故事大王比赛。比赛时间：8月12日，地点：沈阳军官学院。

这次比赛共有500多名选手参加，来自全国70多个城市。经过抽签，我抽中了258号，被安排在蓝队赛区，第六位上场。比赛开始了，当第一位选手走上台，我就开始紧张了。我不断地安慰自己：“放松，放松，别紧张……”可是，紧张的心态还没有调整过来，就已经轮到我了。我故作镇定，硬着头皮走上了舞台。弯身鞠躬，抬起头，正好遇到其中一位评委老师投来的目光。这目光，多么慈祥啊!一瞬间，我心里的紧张感“逃走”了，而沉着“溜了进来”。“大家好!我是258号选手。”我用响亮的声音介绍自己，紧接着，我开始讲故事《抓贼锁》。这个故事里有三个人物 分别是“小林”、“小偷”和“锁”，对话的时候语气、语调都不一样，为了把故事讲得更加深动，更加吸引人，还要很自然的配上动作和表情。排练的时候，我经常要犯些“错误”，比如忘记加表情或动作没做到位，而此时此刻，我不但没犯“错误”，而且表情做得很丰富，动作做得非常到位。总之，故事《抓贼锁》被我讲得精彩极了。

讲完故事，我急切地等待着评委给我打分。“9。0分、8。9分、9。01分”。“啪啪啪……”全场响起了雷鸣般的掌声。

“周闻哲，二等奖”，吕丹老师兴致勃勃地跑来告诉我。听到这个消息，我开心地跳了起来。吕丹老师对我这次比赛的成绩非常满意，她鼓励我要继续努力，争取在下一届全国少儿故事大王比赛中获得更好的成绩。

Bob Richards, the former pole-vault champion, shares a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart.

Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. At all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played.

This teenager lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. Even though the son was always On the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him but also made it very clear that he did not have to play football if he didn‘t want to.

But the young man loved football and decided to hang in there He was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he‘d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a bench-warmer all four years. His faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a "walk-on." Everyone was sure he could never make the cut, but he did.

The coach admitted that he kept him on the roster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice, and at the same time, provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.

The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but he never got to play in a game.

It was the end of his senior football season, and as he trotted onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became deathly silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, "My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?" The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, "Take the rest of the week off, son. And don‘t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday."

Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter,when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful teammate back so soon. "Coach, please let me play. I‘ve just got to play today," said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close playoff game. But the young man persisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. "All right," he said."You can go in." Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to triumph. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid intercepted a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. The fans broke loose. His teammates hoisted him onto their shoulders. Such cheering you never heard.

Finally, after the stands had emptied and the team had showered and left the locker room, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone The coach came to him and said, " Kid, I can‘t believe it. You were fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?"

He looked at the coach, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?" The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, "Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!"

Like the athlete‘s father, God is always there cheering for us. He‘s always reminding us to go on. He‘s even offering us His hand for He knows what is best, and is willing to give us what we need and not simply what we want. GOD has never missed a single game. What a joy to know that life is meaningful if lived for the Highest. Live for HIM for He‘s watching us in the game of life!

When we are chatting with our friends happily, suddenly if we are talking about the awkward topic, we need to do something to change this situation, what are we gonna do?

The answer is using your humor to make things seem easy, and then your friends won’t take your awkward topic seriously. Humor is very important, it can adjust the atmosphere, making things work easily.

Life needs humor, without humor, life would be boring. Foreign people like to make friends with humorous people, they can feel relax when they are chatting, while most Chinese people are always taking things too seriously.

I like to make friends with humorous guys, they make me feel life is easy, and we should positive about life.

当我们和朋友聊得很开心的时候，突然如果我们聊到很尴尬的话题，需要做一些事情来改变情形，我们该怎么做呢？答案是使用你的幽默来让事情看起来轻松些，然后你的朋友就不会把你尴尬的话题当真。幽默很重要，它可以调整氛围，让事情更好地运行。生活需要幽默，没有幽默，生活就会很无聊。外国人喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们聊天的时候可以感到很轻松自在，然而大部分中国人总是把事情看得很正式。我喜欢和幽默的人交朋友，他们让我觉得自由，对生活要积极。

[初中英语作文：生活需要幽默

一次音乐课上，大音乐家奥尔·布尔告诉学生——不要演奏任何失调的乐器，因为一旦这样做了，你就不会潜心区分音调的各种细微差异，就会很快地模仿和附和乐器发出的声音。这样，你的耳朵就很容易失灵。

说着，布尔拿过一把看似很普通的小提琴，提醒学生注意听他的演奏，然后判断一下是不是有一根弦松了。拉完一曲，布尔又拿起另一把做工非常精美的小提琴，告诉大家这是一把维也纳著名的制琴大师刚刚制做的好琴。他用它把刚才那支曲子又演奏了一遍。然后，他问学生：“仔细比较一下，是不是第一把小提琴有根弦松了，是不是音调有一丝的不和谐?”

一位学生站起来：“是的，第一把琴是有根弦松了。”

“没错。是松了一点点，仔细听就能听出来。”另一位学生补充道。

布尔走到教室后面的一位学生身旁，问他是否也听出来了有松弛的琴弦，这位学生肯定地点头附和。接着，他又问了其他学生，他们都说听出来了，第一把琴确实有根弦松了。还有的学生说，那音都因此有点儿粗糙了。

直到所有的学生都认为第一把琴有根弦松了，布尔才微笑着请大家再听他用这把琴把刚才那支曲子演奏一遍，看看是否能够听出究竟哪一根弦松了。作为对比，布尔还用那把漂亮的琴演奏了一遍。

学生们仿佛受了鼓励，都向前围了过来，紧紧地盯着布尔拉琴的手，竖起了耳朵，希望自己能够在名师面前辨别出那根松了的弦。

布尔刚一演奏完毕，学生们便指着桌上的第一把小提琴，七嘴八舌地争论开了。他们每个人都找到了自己认为松弛的琴弦，并为自己的判断找到了看似很充分的理由。布尔一直沉默地听着学生们的发言，未做任何评判。

过了好长一段时间，教室静了下来。学生们都把目光投向了布尔，等待大音乐家揭示答案，看看究竟是哪一根弦松了。

然而，布尔却举着学生们刚才评点的琴，郑重地告诉他们：“这可是一把精制的小提琴啊。i位著名调琴师刚刚把它调试好，根本就没有一根弦是松的。倒是这一把外表做工很精巧的琴，有两根弦都松了，你们看，就在这里。”顺着布尔的手，大家果然看到了他们没有留意的两根松弛的琴弦。

“啊。原来是这样!”学生们惊讶得一时呆住了。“你们都轻信了我刚才故意做的那些误导，轻信了那根不存在的虚幻的‘断弦’。其实，我真正的用意是要提醒大家记住了——今后，无论是拉琴，还是生活，都要学会倾听。不仅要学会用耳朵倾听。还要学会用心灵倾听。尤其是在那些需要聚精会神的时候，千万不能松弛了你们心灵的琴弦。”布尔语重心长地教诲道。

布尔以其新颖的授课方式，向人们揭示了一个深刻的道理——在人生旅途上，当你放弃了自我，轻易地盲从于他人，就很有可能失去正确的方向。