适合八年级的英语阅读短文【精品20篇】

Everyone wants to know their future, but nobody knows it. I hope my future

will like that. I think I will be an excellent lawyer in the future. I help many

people who is in difficulty. I will help the people are in need, no matter they

are rich or poor. Then I think I will have a good reputation among the society.

In order to have a good body, I will do some exercise every week. My family will

be proud of me and always stand behind me. I will work hard to reach my future.

Ok, this is the future in my dream. What’ yours?

Shanghai is my favourite city in China. Its the biggest cities in China with an area of 6,340square kilometers and a population of 23.48 million.

Moreover, Shanghai is the central city of our country.

Its the center of economy, technology, industry, finance and trade centre. Shanghai is also an emerging tourist city, with profound modern urban culture and many historical monuments. It has successfully held the 20xx World Expo.

It has become an international city with its high reputation in the world. In my opinion, it looks like a highly motivated youth with courage, strong willpower and ambition.

I look forward to working in such an energetic city in the future.

The drawing portrays a classroom scene in which a teacher is telling a student to read a piece of literary works. Undoubtedly, the picture aims at highlighting the magnitude of reading classics for young students, which is worth discussing among general public for the time being. As we all know, the classical literature is the representation of the outstanding art of our nation.

Some familiar characters such as Monkey King express the good wishes of our common people. There is no doubt that young people will benefit a lot from reading classics. For one thing, classics will help broaden their horizons from them.

While observing characters in classic novels going through ups and downs in their life, youngsters also can definitely learn essential life ethics. For another, with condensed beauty of arts, they will enhance readers aesthetic taste.

Therefore, we should start reading the treasuries our ancestors left and absorbing the essence of them. We should also advocate to the public the importance so that more general people can enjoy the pleasure of reading

这幅图描绘了一个教室的场景:森林中,一老师告诉学生阅读文学作品。毫无疑问,这幅漫画的目的在于强调阅读经典的大小对年轻的学生来说,这是值得讨论的公众之间。我们都知道,古典文学是我们国家的优秀艺术的代表。

一些熟悉的人物,如孙悟空表达我们共同的人民的良好祝愿。毫无疑问,年轻人将受益很多从阅读经典。首先,经典将有助于开阔他们的视野。作文

同时观察古典小说中的人物经历跌宕起伏的生活,年轻人也可以学习基本生命伦理。另一方面,与浓缩的艺术之美,他们将加强读者的审美情趣。

因此,我们应该开始阅读我们的祖先留下的,吸收他们的精华。我们还应该倡导公众的重要性,这样更一般的人们可以享受阅读的乐趣

I liked playing computer games,but my daddy was not happy because he

thought it was not good for my study.

Sometimes I felt I was not a free boy when my daddy was so

strict with me,so I tried to talk to my daddy,and he said he was happy

because I talked to him,and now he let me play games if I study well.From this,I

understand a

friendly talk can help people get along well.

As we know ，Books can tell us a reason ,Reading in the summer, enthusiasm, no one would deny that summer hot and passion, read you, will you read a passionate summer. Book is not only knowledge of treasure, but our mentor, it can teach us how to composition and how to do it. In the us alone, it like a great friend as comfort you. A difficulty, it will give us the answers, Encounter difficulties, it will help us and give us strength. Reading water, is the source of life, Reading flower, life is the emotions, Reading is a kind of comprehension, reading is soil, is cultivated flowers resources.

书可以告诉我们道理，书不仅是知识的宝库，而且是我们的良师益友，它能教我们怎样作文，怎样做 人。在我们孤单时，它像大朋友一样安慰你。有疑难时，它会给我们解答;遇到困难 时，它会帮助我们，给我们力量。读书，在绚烂的春天。没有人会否认春天的温暖和浪漫。读你，就像读一个五彩的春天。读书如水，是生命的源泉;读书如花，是生命的情怀;读书是一种感悟，读书是土，是栽培花朵的资源。

导读：哲理小故事能够引起小朋友们的兴趣，在看故事的同时也能从中学习到一些人生哲理，在外国也有许多的哲理小故事，下面小编为大家整理了一些短篇英语哲理小故事，希望大家能够喜欢。

一、THRIFT 节俭

There is not a (no) thrifty man but becomes a rich man sooner or later. Why? Because he will not spend such money as is unnecessary. Little by little his money will accumulate. Ten to one, he is bound to make a fortune.

I do not like such men as spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know extravagance is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. In short, thrift makes poor men rich and extravagance makes rich men poor.

一个没有一个节俭的人迟早不成为一个富翁。为什么？因为他决不花像那种不必要的钱。渐渐他的钱就会聚积起来。十之八九，他一定会发财的。

我不喜欢那种乱花钱的人。他们不知道奢侈是一件坏事。它只能够使他们暂时快乐而已。总而言之，节俭使穷人变富，奢侈使富人变穷。

二、PERSEVERANCE 毅力／坚忍

Needless to say, nothing but perseverance can lead a man to the way of success. In other words, a persevering man never does his work without succeeding in it. This is indeed unchangeable truth.

Our National Father, Dr.  , is the most ideal example. He was devoted to the revolution about forty years. He met with many failures, but he was anything but discouraged. As a result, he won. The Republic of China was born.

不需说，只有毅力才能引导人迈向成功之途。换句话说，一个具有毅力的人做工作终是(never...without)会把它做成功的。这真是不易之定理也。

我们国父是一个最理想的例了.致力国民革命凡四十年。他遭遇到许多次的失败，但是他决不灰心。结果，他赢了。诞生了。

三、WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY 有志者事竟成

The secret of success (The key to success) is not so much money as a strong will. A great man is one who has a strong will and an indomitable spirit. In other words, if a man does not have a strong will to win (get) the final victory, he will never succeed in his life. He is no more than a failure.

It is quite obvious that there is no difficult thing (nothing difficult) in the world. if you make up your mind to do it, you will certainly accomplish your end. That stands to reason.

成功的要诀不是金钱而是一个坚强的意志（用not so mush... as）。一个大人物是一个具有坚强意志和不屈不挠精神的人。换句话说，如果一个人没有坚强意志去获得最后胜利的人，他终其一生永远不会成功。他只不过是（用no more than）一个失败者。

很显明的世界上并没有难事。如果你下定决心去做它，你一定会达到目的。那是显而易见的。

四、Whale 鲸鱼

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that a whale swallowed Jonah.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said,“When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah.”

The teacher asked,“What if Jonah went to hell?”

The little girl replied,“Then you ask him.”

一个小女孩和她的老师正在谈论有关鲸鱼的事情。

她的老师说：“一头鲸鱼从身体构造的角度看，是不可能吞掉一个人的。因为尽管鲸鱼是一种非常巨大的哺乳动物，可它的嗓子非常小。”

那个小女孩说：“约拿(一位西伯来先知)就是被鲸鱼吞掉的。”

她的老师非常生气，她再次告诉小女孩说：“从身体构造角度来讲，鲸鱼是不可能吞掉一个人的。”

那个小女孩说：“那等我到了天堂，就去问问约拿。”

她的老师问：“那么，假如约拿下了地狱怎么办?”

那个小女孩回答：“如果是那样的话，你就去问他。”

Dear LI Ming

My parents and I are going on vacation tomorrow.I went to your house,but

you weren’t in,I need your help.

Could you please feed my dog?The dog food is in the kitchen.Also,could you

please check the dog’s water bowl?The bowl is next to his food dish.And please

take him for a walk and clean his bed every day.

Please water the plants three times a week.Could you please take out the

trash on Thursday?They come for the trash then .Please check my mail box every

day,too.

If you feel boring,you can play computer games,watch TV and play with my

dog.And if you’re hungry,have some cake.It’s on the table .You can help yourself

to the juice there,too.

Please don’t forget to lock the door when you leave.Thanks again for your

help.

Today is the May 1st Labour Day holiday, in the morning, my mood is very good, because mom and dad promised to go the moon island I play, I ate moms delicious breakfast, three to the moon island, on the way to see a lot of father, mother took her children also went to the moon island, unknowingly went to the moon island, saw many birds chattering in, as if to say to me: "welcome you to the moon island," I saw was also the moon in the flowers and plants trees dressed in colorful island, as if into the "flower of the world," dancing with the wind flowers in "the wonderful dancing", and there are many butterflies flying on the trees and flowers.

My father and I play a lot of games, "hide and seek, play, etc." the time to go home in a twinkling of an eye, we reluctantly left the moon island, on the way home dad told me the origin of the May 1st Labour Day holiday, has taught me the May 1st Labour Day holiday is hard-won, we should cherish the happy life of today, to learn by heart, this years May Day is my most memorable day!

今天是五一劳动节，早晨起床，我的心情非常好，因为爸爸妈妈答应我一起去月亮岛玩儿，我吃过妈妈做的香喷喷的早饭，一家三口向月亮岛出发，一路上看到很多的爸爸，妈妈领着自己的孩子也去月亮岛玩儿，不知不觉来到了月亮岛，看见许多小鸟在叽叽喳喳地叫，好像对我说：“欢迎你来到月亮岛，”我还看见了被花草树木装扮成五彩缤纷的月亮岛，好像进入了“花的世界”，随风舞动的花在“跳着美妙的舞蹈”，还有很多的蝴蝶在花草树木上飞来飞去。

我和爸爸玩了很多游戏，“捉迷藏，踢球，等等”转眼间到了回家的时候了，我们依依不舍地离开了月亮岛，回家的路上爸爸还给我讲了五一劳动节的由来，使我懂得了五一劳动节是来之不易，我们要珍惜今天的幸福生活，要用心学习，今年的五一劳动节是我最难忘的日子!

1. why to read original edition novel

要想真正提高外语水平,阅读原版小说是必经之路,正如不是每个人都能成为外语高手一样, 不是每个人都能够有毅力读完N本原版小说的.(我特佩服门卫,能够把一本都上N遍,如果我有这种毅力的话,早就成为高手了…)

2. fundamental conditions

语法:系统准确的掌握语法. 基本上,如果是E,高中毕业以后这一点都达到了

词汇: 熟练词汇>2.5k, 认知词汇>5k

工具书:一本C-E,

一本E-E,或者用文曲星代替,但我偏好字典----词汇认知学指出,词汇的记忆效果与词汇的检索时间正相关(我现在读法文,由3本D, F-C,F-E,F-F)

3. 选材,仁者见仁,就我个人而言, 我偏好当代中篇作品(我现在选了一本Marcel Pagnol 写于1957年的, 280pages)

4. 前期工作:

查找百科全书或相应的工具书,了解到作者的生平,作品,世人的评价.

5. 阅读中的词汇学习:

每天阅读6 pages(6X225=1350字),在阅读过程中碰到new words先做标记,读完后再查D, 把生词记载在本子上,并及时背诵(我现在最怕的就是这一点,会不会半途而废???)

6. how to read

我准备默读, 这是我的习惯,朗读太费尽了,泛读也没有意义,介于精泛之间

7. read what

我主要研究其词汇搭配.词汇的用法是语言中最难的,比如,法语中最简单的一个介词à,用法不计其数,在大型D上有好几页,为什么同样的词汇在名家手下就生龙活虎,到了我的手下就一潭死水呢?我认为这应该是读原版小说的最根本目的.

记得AS以前告诫我,要多学词法,少背词汇, 可惜一直没有好好的实行, 现在,我就以法语作为实验品吧…再次谢谢AS!!!

我准备把注意力集中在届词,练词,动词上面,因为名词和形容词的用法太简单了,不知这样是否OK?

8. how to digest

每读完一章写一篇读后感,相当于开卷考试,经常并及时背诵本子上的new words

9. 结语

方法人人都有,上面只是我个人的对策,真诚的希望大家对阅读原版小说提出意见和建议.

“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite…”

I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just as a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone.

We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.

I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the remainder of our lives.

The past is gone and static. Nothing we can do will change it. The future is before us and dynamic. Everything we do will affect it. Each day brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our business, if we only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field of human endeavor.

翻译：一切刚刚开始

“我们正在读一本书的第一章第一行，这本书的页数是无限的……”

我不知道是谁写的，可我很喜欢这句话，它提醒我们未来是由自己创造的。我们可以把神秘、不可知的未来塑造成我们想象中的任何模样，犹如雕刻家将未成形的石头刻成雕像。英语励志短文

我们每个人都像是农夫。洒下良种将有丰收，播下劣种或生满野草便将毁去收成。没有耕耘则会一无所获。

我希望未来比过去更加美好，希望未来不会沾染历史的错误与过失。我们都应举目向前，因我们的余生要用未来书写。

往昔已逝，静如止水;我们无法再作改变。而前方的未来正生机勃勃;我们所做的每一件事都将会影响着它。只要我们认识到这些，无论是在家中还是在工作上，每天我们的面前都会展现出新的天地。在人类致力开拓的每一片领域上，我们正站在进步的起跑点。

ou have a choice I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important.

My job is to choose what kind of day I am going to have.

Today I can complain because the weather is rainy or I can be thankful that the grass is getting watered for free.

Today I can fell sad that I don’t have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can grumble about my health or I can rejoice that I am alive.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn’t give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can cry because roses have thorns or I can celebrate that thorns have roses.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

[英语作文阅读

"Book of medicine also, good reading can cure." Yes, now the society, newspapers, books and periodicals are all used to convey information, if a person is not reading, dont know the world, to keep up with the pace of the world, will be abandoned by the world.

Now, many encyclopedias, such as: "hundred thousand whys", the mystery of the world "and so on a wide variety, all kinds of books can give us many benefits, our world is so vast, some things in the world, and books have, encyclopedia like" dumb teachers diligently teach us knowledge. Visible, how useful book! Also, we learn knowledge also want to use in our daily life, to be accurate and determine whether to do so, the right to enrich our knowledge, the outside is good for our healthy growth. You said, a lot of the benefits of reading?

Nowadays, more and more of the books in the library, we should also learn to read and appreciate books, should put the book back on the in situ after the play, not just throw the place. Also, we must find a give us the knowledge of books to read, dont look at those who are not good for our growth.

In short, the benefits of reading. Come on! Let us to soar in the sky of knowledge fully!

“书犹药也，善读之可以医愈。”是啊，现在的社会，全都是用报纸、书刊来传达信息的，如果一个人不读书，就不会了解世界，跟不上世界的步伐，就会被世界所抛弃。

现在，许许多多的百科全书，如：《十万个为什么》、《世界未解之谜》等等五花八门、各种各样的书籍都能给我们许许多多的好处，我们的世界那么广阔，世界上有的东西，书本上也会有，百科全书就像“哑巴老师”一样孜孜不倦地教我们知识。可见，书多么有用啊!而且，我们学到的知识也要在日常生活中运用，要准确无误地判断这样做是否合适，从而丰富我们的课外知识，有利于我们健康的成长。你们说，读书的好处是不是很多呢?

如今，图书馆里的书越来越多，我们也要学会阅读和珍惜书本，看完后应该把书放回原位，而不是随便乱扔乱放。还有，我们一定要找给予我们知识的书阅读，不要看那些不益于我们成长的书。

总而言之，读书的好处数不胜数。来吧!让我们在知识的天空尽情地翱翔吧!

When I was a child, every time I see someone in rollerblading, envy them very much, my mother found also give I bought a pair of dark blue ice skates. I am very excited, also began to learn skating.

Sunday, see the children in the park are put on roller skates in slide to slide to the cement floor, very fun. Strange, the eight wheels boss would not listen to them on my feet, stand instability, slipped, not to mention it. At first, my mother holding me slip a few steps, but a let go easily fall down. Originally, this seemingly simple skate, it is so difficult to learn. A few more steps, and had a fall and hurt me crying, tears cant help flow down, but on the edge of the children laughed. Is really very frustrated, dont want to learn. "Even kindergarten children are skating, you as a senior person should not slip!" Mom accused me of said. Then stand up and I both hands to hold the fitness equipment, like a baby just learning to walk, a toddler, a missed let me fell a dogs face.

Everything comes to him who waits, however, in my practice day by day, I can finally free sliding. Slowly I learned to skate, successfully overcome the difficulties.

Tell me a truth - so long as has the perseverance, perseverance, nothing can stop us forward steps, as long as you dare to face the difficulty is not terrible!!!!!

小时候，每次看到别人在溜旱冰，就非常羡慕他们，妈妈发现了也给我买了一双深蓝色的溜冰鞋。我兴奋极了，也开始了学溜冰之旅。

星期天，看到公园里小朋友都穿上了旱冰鞋在水泥地上滑来滑去，非常好玩。奇怪，这八个轮子在我脚上却不听使唤，站都站不稳，更别说滑了，简直寸步难行。起初，妈妈扶着我滑几步，但一松手就容易摔倒。原来，这看似简单的溜冰，确是那么难学。再走几步，又摔了个四脚朝天，疼的我哇哇大叫，眼泪情不自禁的流了下来，可是边上的小朋友却哈哈大笑。真的很灰心，不想学了。“连幼儿园的小朋友都会溜冰，你作为四年级的人竟然不会溜!”妈妈指责我说。再站起来，我双手扶着健身器材，像刚学走路的婴儿一样，蹒跚学步，一个没站稳还是让我摔了一个狗啃泥。

不过功夫不负有心人，在我一天一天的练习下，我终于可以自由自在的滑行了。慢慢的我成功学会了溜冰，战胜了困难。

这件事告诉我一个道理——只要有恒心，有毅力，没有什么事能阻挡我们前进的脚步，只要你敢于面对，困难并不可怕!!

Learning english can be a very difficult task for most people, this is because we dont live in a environment where we are forced to speak or write english. so i think the best way to learn english is by communicating with others using the lagnguage itself and not just learn from the book. Im sure if you live in an environment such as a foreign country and were forced to speak and write english everyday then your english will imprve dramatically.

学习英语对大多数人来说都可能是一个非常困难的任务，这是因为我们不是生活在一个环境里，我们被迫说或写英文。所以我认为学习英语最好的方法是通过使用lagnguage本身而不是别人沟通从书中学习。我相信如果你生活在一个环境如国外，被迫说，写英语你的英语将成绩显着。

Although we must agree that we need to read and write english from the book in order to get the foundations that we need for basic communication, this is essential but as i said, this is only a foundation, what you develop afterwards all depends on your ability to adapt to an environment and your courage.

虽然我们必须承认，我们需要阅读和书写英语从书中以得到我们所需要的基本通信的基础，这是必要的但正如我所说，这只是一个基础，你的发展之后，一切都取决于你适应环境的能力和你的决心。

We all know it is becoming more and more important to protect our

environment well.We should stop cutting down trees ,dropping litter everywhere

and throwing waste before it is processed. It has caused lots of problems such

as much rich land becomes desert;Rivers become dirty ;

The air is becoming worse

and worse ;The temperature is becoming hotter and hotter.So we must do something

to change the situation.Wed better walk or ride bikes to work or go to school

instead of driving a car,We mustnt use plastic bags.Our government must take

some measures to prevent factories producing smoking etc.

I have a sister. She is daughter of my uncle, a good friend of my father. I

have a good relationship with my sister.

She is six months older than me. We are in the same grade. We dont meet

each other often, but we often make telephone calls or chat in the Internet.

She works very hard in her study and she does well in all her subjects.

Besides, she is tall and looks beautiful. Her classmates and friends like

to be with her. I am so happy to have such a great sister.

Dear Jean，

I am sorry to argue with you several days ago。 We haven t talked with each

other these days。 You are my best friend， aren t you?

Few days ago when I heard you lost my lovely book， I was really mad， so I

argued with you， and said that I could not be your friend from then on。 Later， I

didn t sleep well those days。 I always remembered a lot of fun we had。 So I

decided to write a letter to say sorry to you。 I also think you should be

careful and take good care of your things。 Let s be best friends again， OK?

Yours ever，

Julia

My mother is a teacher, so she pays special attention to my education. Before I went to primary school, she bought me a lot of novel books. I remembered that when the hot movie Harry Porter came out, she bought me the novel the other day. I was so surprised and read these books quickly. Thanks to my mother, she cultivated my interest to read successfully. I keep reading books every day, even though I was busy with my homework, I would take out the books to read some chapters before I went to sleep. Reading these books helps me a lot. I am good at writing and it broadens my vision. I can give my own opinion and other students admire me. Now I start to read the classic novel. Reading makes me happy and find my world.

我妈妈是一名教师，所以她特别重视对我的教育。在我上小学之前，她给我买了很多小说。我记得，当热门电影《哈里波特》出来的时候，第二天她就给我买了这本小说。我很惊讶，同时也很快看完了。感谢我的妈妈，她成功地培养了我对阅读的兴趣。我坚持每天读书的习惯，即使作业任务很繁重，我都会在睡觉之前拿书出来看一会。看这些书给我的帮助很大。我擅长写作，而且视野也拓宽了。我可以给出自己的见解，其他同学也佩服我。现在我开始看古典小说，阅读使我快乐，我找到了属于自己的世界。

[良好的阅读习惯高中英语作文

During the summerVacation, I think I should do something interesting and

meaningful rather than touring. So I found a job at a fast food restaurant and

worked there as a cleaner. I worked eight hours a day for three weeks. This job

was boring and seemed endless, which made me so tired that I nearly stopped it

half way. But, I stuck to it with determination. Every day I started to work

early in the morning and got home late in the evening. Finally, I finished the

job before the new school term. Now, I realize what labor means. I think it is

really a successful experience, which is worth remembering forever.

Reading Selectively or Extensively？

（有选择地阅读还是广泛地阅读？）

1.有人认为读书要有选择。

2.有人认为应当博览群书。

3.我的看法。

从作文题目及中文提示来看，此文应为议论文。第一段，有人认为读书要有选择。首先，现代科学技术发展得很快，每天都有大量的书籍出版，不可能全看；其次，不是所有的书都是好书，所以要有所选择。第二段，有人认为应当博览群书。现代社会各门学科知识相互渗透，一个人要想成功，既要精通本领域的学科知识，又要涉猎其它相关领域的学科知识，因此要博览群书。第三段，要拿出自己的观点，既要博览群书又要有所选择。

参考范文：

How should we read? Should we read selectively or extensively? Answers to the question may vary from person to person.

Some people think we should read selectively. They argue that with the development of modern science and technology, more and more books are published every day. It is impossible for us to read all the books. What’s more, there are many bad books that are poisonous to our mind, and that we shouldn’t read. Since we can’t read all the books, and we shouldn’t read bad books, we must read selectively.

But others may not agree. They emphasize that the present society is not what it used to be. If you want to be successful, you must read widely and acquire knowledge in both natural sciences and humanities. If you are learned in one field but ignorant in others, you may not amount to much. Since we must have many kinds of knowledge, we must read extensively.

Who’s right? There is a lot to be said for both sides of the argument. However, I think we should read extensively first and then learn deeply about the subject we are interested in.

[英语作文：有选择地阅读还是广泛地阅读

A School Trip to the Zoo Yesterday was a fine day.Our school took a trip to

the zoo.We went there by bus.We got there at 8:30 in the morning.There were many

people in the zoo.Some of my classmates watched the monkeys,some watched the

elephants,some watched the tigers.We took manmy photes.We all had a great

time.