适合八年级的英语阅读短文精品20篇

又是周一啦，每个周一的早晨我们都会有班会课，班会课讲了什么呢?陈老师说可以讲班级的事情也可以讲国家大事。今天我们班会的主题是【班级里的行为规范】，我有时行为规范有点不好，但是请老师相信我我一定会慢慢努力做个行为规范好的学生。

今天英语课的9月悦读故事我非常喜欢，回家妈妈帮我下载之后我听了很多遍，真的很好听哦!

意外的惊喜：妈妈下班回家送了一盆我期待已久的含羞草给我，我会好好养护它的，每天帮它浇水，仔细观察它的生长情况，我还可以用显微镜来观察它的叶子哦。

Bills of exchange, also referred to as bills, are essentially a short term credit instrument that can be used by a company either for financing or investment. Bills can be issued for any term up to a year and are generally issued for periods of less than 6 months. Companies issue bills because they are a convenient form of borrowing. The difference between bills and a standard loan is that bills held by the bank can sold to investors. Bills with terms of 30 days to 90 days are the easiest to trade? Bills are usually an ideal loan because a company generally will not run into any problems within 3 to 6 months.

汇票，也叫票据，主要指一种可用作公司筹资或投资的短期信用票据。汇票的使用期限可以是一年以内的任何期限，但通常在六个月以内。公司签发汇票是因为它们是借款的捷径之一。汇票与正常贷款之间的差异在于银行可将持有的汇票卖给投资者。期限为30到90天的汇票最容易出手。汇票通常是最理想的贷款，因为公司一般在3到6个月的时间内出问题的几率很低。

[关于描写汇票的英语阅读作文

Great changes have taken place in peoples life in the past 20 years .In the past ,people kept in touch with relatives or friends mainly by sending. Letters ,they would listen to the radio for news and other information.Children used to go to school by bicycle .Big families had to share small rooms .

Now people can talk to others by telephone or on the Internet at home .When they are free ,they watch the news and other programmes on Tv .Some families are rich enough to send their children to school in their own cars . More and more people lives in big and bright apear ments with several rooms .

In a word ,people clveletter than before.

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在人们的生活发生了巨大的变化在过去的20年。在过去,人们与亲戚朋友保持联系主要是通过发送。信,他们会听广播新闻和其他信息。孩子们过去骑自行车去上学。大家庭有分享小房间。

现在人们可以在互联网上和他人交谈通过电话或在家里。当他们是免费的,他们在电视上看新闻和其他节目。一些家庭足够富裕,在自己的车送他们的孩子去学校。越来越多的人住在大而明亮的闪光的天际和几个房间。

总之,人们比以前好。

As we all know, reading has a lot of benefit. It can open up our eyes because books are full of knowledge, and it makes us wiser and richer in life. I like readiry; newspapers and magazines, from which I get lots of fun and learn about whats going on around the world. I also read story books and novels in my spare time which make me relaxed and happy. I seldom read e-books because theyre bad for eyes. On weekends, I usually spend a whole afternoon reading in the library. And I also read for about half an hour before going to bed every night.

我们都知道，阅读有很多好处。它可以打开我们的眼睛因为书满是知识，它使我们更聪明和更丰富的生活。我喜欢readiry;报纸和杂志，我从中得到许多乐趣和了解世界各地正在发生什么。我也在我的业余时间，让我轻松愉快的阅读故事书和小说。我很少看电子书，因为他们对眼睛有害。在周末，我通常在图书馆度过一整个下午的时间阅读。我也读过了大约半个小时每天晚上睡觉前。

Summer vacation is coming. I plan to do more reading I am going to read more classics and more English books to improve my language skills. Im sure reading can make a difference to my life.

暑假就要来了。我计划做更多的阅读，我要多读名著和更多的英语书来提高我的语言技能。我相信阅读能使我的生命不同。

英语原版小说的阅读技巧与策略说实话,在原版小说的阅读方面,我不是高手,虽然有很多恩师淳淳教导,自己也买了借了很多原版小说,在我印象中,没有一本好好读完的,唯一的一本大16开的600多pages的原版教材,到是花了3个月的时间啃完了.

近来由于2外的需要,本人再次向原版小说进军.我把自己的一些3角猫的阅读技巧与策略祥述如下,希望各位高人指点在下…

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,朗读太费劲了,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介词,连词,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.

my mother is the person who has influenced me most。She is in her forties。 She always listens to my problems patiently。 And she advises me how to solve them。 As a doctor， she often says she can’t be too careful。 She often works extra hours。 She has devoted most of her time to her work。 So I think she is not only a good mother but also a good doctor。I hope I can be a person like her。 I also hope she will pay more attention to her own health。 She’d better have more time to relax herself。

今天是大年三十，除夕夜。家家户户都是一家人坐在一起吃年夜饭。

Today is thirty of the year, new years Eve. Every family is a family sitting together to eat a years dinner.

没吃一会儿门外就响起了“噌……碰”或者“啪啪啪……”的声响，我们一家人放下碗、筷，跑到门口看，这是哥哥说了一句话：不如我们也拿几个烟火出来放吧！我们所有人点头表示同意。我们将烟火放在门前，哥哥走到烟火旁用打火机点燃，便马上跑了回来。我听见“噌……”的一声就回过头来看，只见一朵花，无颜六色：红的象征着喜庆，蓝的象征着智慧、绿的象征着生机、黄的象征着温暖、紫的象征着浪漫……一会天女散花，一会枪林弹雨，七色的小球一颗颗落下，犹如一道彩虹。这是几乎所有的人家都开始放烟花了，一瞬间天空变成了烟花的海洋，各种色彩，各种样子，都在天空中绽开。快乐的寒假作文200字

Rang "bass didnt have a door...... Touch "or" popping......" The sound of the sound, our family put down the bowl, chopsticks, run to the door to see, this is the brother said a word: it is not as good as we also take a few fireworks out to put it! All of us nodded to express consent. We put the fireworks in front of the door, and the brother came to the fire and lit it with a lighter, and then he ran back. I hear the bass......" With a look back, I saw a flower without color. Red symbolizes joy. Blue symbolizes intelligence and green, which symbolizes vitality. Yellow symbolizes warmth and purple, symbolizing romance. A moment later seven a hail of bullets, The heavenly maids scatter blossoms., a ball down, like a rainbow. Almost all the people began to put off fireworks, and in a moment the sky turned into a sea of fireworks. All kinds of colors and appearances were blooming in the sky. 200 words of happy winter vacation

深夜伴随着十秒钟声倒计时的响起，又是一阵“噼里啪啦……”的声响，人们好像在庆祝这新的一年的到来的确，在这值得高兴的日子里，唯有烟花，才能吐出我们那喜悦的心情；唯有烟花，才能烘托这喜庆的气氛。除夕的烟花异常的美丽，人们脸上的笑容异常灿烂，鞭炮声异常的响……

The night with the sound sounded ten seconds countdown, it is a "crackling......" The sound of people seems to be celebrating this new year. Indeed, in this happy day, only fireworks can spit out our joyful mood. Only fireworks can foil this festive atmosphere. The unusual beauty of the fireworks on the eve of the new years Eve, the smiling face of the peoples face, the abnormal sound of the sound of the firecrackers...

1. The father loves the song, and the listening is the tired of the heart. The father loves the umbrella and feels the warmth of protection; Father loves a mountain and gives it incomparably majesty; Father love like light, light up every moment. Praise your father.

2. Fathers love is crutch, let us fall off in life.

3When you are afraid, your fathers love is a stepping stone. In darkness, a fathers love is a lamp of illumination; When it is exhausted, father love is the water of life. Fatherly love is a pillar of spirit when it is aroused; When it comes to success, fatherhood encourages and alarms.

4. Father love is a sea of ocean, rich and profound.

5The father loves the same selflessness, he does not ask for the return; Fathers love is a kind of quiet, in the invisible, only the heart of the person can understand. - qiong precious jade

6. My parents would like to be a person, I follow them; My parents repeat, I am thick. "The maxim"

7, the fathers virtue, sons legacy. Yan, word

8Father love is a big umbrella, even on the road of rain and rain, do not let a drop of water drop on me.

9To all the young people, how strict the father is!

10The family is the fathers kingdom, the mothers world, the childrens paradise. -- -- -- -- -- Emerson

英语说明文阅读答题技巧

说明文是以“说明”为主要表达方式，用来介绍或解释事物的状态、性质、构造、功用、制作方法、发展过程以及内在事理的一种实用文体。接下来小编告诉你英语说明文阅读答题技巧。

题型一：分析说明文的句子作用

这种题型的特点是：在文中抽出一个句子或一个文段，要求分析这个句子或文段在全文结构上的作用。这种题型解法很简单：首先判断句子或文段是在文首、文中、还是文末;然后再按如下规律答题即可。一般情况下，句子或文段在文中不同的位置有不同的作用：在文首，作用多是统领全文、总起全文或引出下文;在文中，作用多是承上启下;在文末，作用多是总结全文。

题型二：提出说明文说明的问题的解决办法

这种题型的特点是：开放性强，要求针对文中所说明的某种现象或某个问题，提出合理的解决办法或应对措施。命题的形式通常有：

①应如何正确看待或防范“……”？请你略作分析。

②从上文对“……”的说明中，你能得到什么启示？

③针对文中所提到的“……”问题，请你提出几条合理的建议。

题型三：引用古籍或名言的目的。

先要理解所引古籍或名言的含义，现联系说明的内容，看看这两者间有何内在联系，就能领悟其引用的目的了。在说明的开头文段或中间叙述有关的故事，究竟起何作用：

在文章开头叙述故事，其目的往往是为了引起读者阅读的兴趣，或者是为了引出说明对象。

在文章或段落中间叙述故事，往往是为了增强说明文的可读性，同时也为了说明事物的来源或作用。

怎样快速做好英语阅读理解

先看题目后看文章。一般大多数人做阅读时都是先看文章再做题，这也是考试的最一般方法。这种方法的缺点是往往在做题目的时候由于印象不深需要重新看文章寻找答案。而先看问题，带着问题去看文章，那么看到与问题相关的语句就仔细看，无关的可以粗略的看，这样既准确的找到了问题的答案又节省了时间。

每段的首尾句要认真的看。阅读理解的题目中都会出现主旨题。例如：what is the main idea of the first paragraph?对于这类题目的答案一般都在段落的首句，有的时候也会出现在尾句中。所以一定要认真看首尾句。

运用猜测法。在做阅读理解题时，猜测也是一种能力。同样一篇文章，有些人简直不知道该如何下手，而另一些人能运用自己平时在生活中的经验积累，根据上下文进行逻辑推理，排除错误的选项，找出最有可能的选项。当然，这也是建立在一定的知识积累上的，所以平时要多注意知识的积累。

细节题用快速阅读法。有些细节题，比如which of the following sentence is nou true?对于这类题则快速跳阅文章，找到相关语句，仔细核对比较，直到找到正确答案。

最后要注意平时词汇的积累。词汇的积累是每一个学习者必须面临的巨大工程。记单词最好的方法是多读些自己感兴趣的英语原著，先去猜词的意思，实在猜不出的时候再查字典，这样对单词的印象就极为深刻，不容易忘记。这比拿着单词本背单词效果要好的多。

英语阅读理解学习方法

资料的选择

首先，历年考试真题是必备的资料，真题是一个标准，做真题可以把握试题难度，出题角度，了解命题重点。其次，考研阅读辅导书，这种资料贵精不在多。做完后，我们应该反复的研读真题，思考不同类型文章的出题风格，从中摸索规律以提高阅读水平与做题技巧。

积累词语

要提高阅读水平，词汇量与短语量非常重要，打个比方：造房子要砖瓦材料，词汇就是阅读英语的砖瓦材料，没有相当量的英语词汇，阅读英语是无法进行的。所以要提高阅读水平，我们就得学会积累词语。我们不妨这么做：在通读全文后看第二遍，遇到生词尽可能根据上下文来猜，仍猜不出意思的，就把这些生字查好词典，然后抄写在一本可随身携带的小本子上。每天有空时，就拿出这小本子背诵记忆，这样做不费时，效果却很好，因不断接触，反复记忆，词汇量增加得很快。

阅读能力的提高

阅读能力的测试包括阅读速度，理解程度以及记忆能力等。要想获得满意的英语成绩，最根本的方法就是提高词汇量，加强阅读训练，同时熟悉一些阅读技巧和做题方法也是至关重要的。每个人都有自己习惯的做题方法，不能说哪种方法更高明，要大家纷纷仿效。一种方法是先快速浏览问题，然后带着问题通读全文，了解文章的大概内容，这一遍要快，不理解的地方跳过，然后做题。这时我们心中已大概知道答案的分布，跳过无关部分，快速找到答案所在处，仔细阅读，反复推敲，直到选出正确答案。可以用直接法和排除法相结合选择答案，排除法是四个选项都看，逐一排除选项，选出正确答案。这种方法可提高正确率，但花费的时间较长。

另一种方法是先浏览文章后面的问题， 然后带着问题去读文章。

读完文章后我们常有这样的情况：句子都能看懂，但读完文章印象却不深，这就牵涉到对文章框架结构的整体理解。如何学会对文章的整体理解呢?首先，要重视文章的题目和文章的首句。因为文章的题目就是文章的主题，文章的内容就是环绕主题展开。首句很关键是因为首句是文章的导入，点明作者写文章的意图，背景等。接着的每一段的第一句也很重要，因为每段的第一句实际上多半是每段的主题句，然后进行陈述或论述，逐步展开，给予例证，最后把该段内容用一句话来小结，所以每段的最后一个句子常常是该段的结论句，而整篇文章的最后一句就往往是这篇文章的结论或作者写这篇文章的用意所在。

英语阅读理解实用解题技巧

一、事实细节题

对于事实细节题，剖析一下不难看出，事实细节的内容不会单独出现，它总会与前前后后的段落内容相呼应。考生只要抓住整体大纲，看懂主题，利用内容间的因果关系，通过时间空间的关系转换，并对细节进行深入的剖析了理解，确定主题，将零碎的细节组成一个有机整体，就能深刻理解材料的内容，从而轻松解决问题。

二、词句理解题

词句理解题主要讲究的是理解题意，通过短文的词、短语或句子的理解来充分理解题意，，碰到不熟悉的词语要避过，先略读再通读，仔细推敲，尤其是对语境的理解要准确。

三、推理判断题

推理判断题最主要的就是注重文章结构的逻辑关系，抓住关键词，结合有关的生活和社会常识，理清文章的结构层次、文章内容和文章的中心思想，推断作者的写作意图和写作目的，进行推断。

四、归纳概括题

适合这类题型的阅读理解通常具体反映在文章的题目或一段短文的小标题上;很多文章从一开头就直接说出观点，表达中心思想。所以对于这类题型，一定要提示学生注意主题句和主题段，绝大多数的短文类似于语文的老三段，注意段与段之间的联系，注意隐藏的中心思想，准确了解文章结构，把握句与句之间的关系，注重逻辑关系，把握住文章的脉络即可。

五、图表理解题

图表题一般最简单，主要考察的就是学生的思维模式，注意逻辑关系，分析其中的细节，找出符合图示所要求的必要条件。

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。

The visit to the Great Wall

My name is Xiaoming and I like traveling very much. Last summar， I went to

the Great Wall with my family.

It was fine that day. We went there by bus early in the morning. When we

got there， there were many other visitors there. When my family and I went onto

the Great Wall， we saw beautiful scenery(风景). We all were amazed(惊讶的) by how

beautiful it was. We took quite a few photos there.

We had a good time there. The time flew by， and soon we had to go back. I

was tired after traveling， but I really enjoyed visiting the Great Wall!

Books are so familiar with, opened the book and it is so common fonts, but contains the new knowledge, for us to explore.

Book is the key to open the heart, no matter what setbacks and difficulties, it will teach us how to do, to solve every thing, and improve our courage.

Book is also with the friends I grew up, of course, it also grew up in day by day, a grow up will have new knowledge, and I will learn it.

We can keep learning as a meaningful, you are interested, danger, there are exciting adventures, observe good each place, each place the difficulties, perseverance, courage leaned down, no matter how difficult and dangerous, walk to the end, is the winner, to get the happiness, happy to get the interest, with interest will naturally want to continue to explore, gain confidence, confidence inspires you to move forward.

In the book, the hidden profound knowledge, make you curious to know, to understand and satisfy your curiosity, so you can discover more secrets, explore constantly, constantly thinking, continuous deep, increasing knowledge, constantly find, let confidence unceasingly, in the end...

书是那么的熟悉，翻开书又是那么常见的字体，但却包含着全新的知识，都要我们去探索。

书是打开心灵的钥匙，不管遇到什么挫折和困难，它都会教导我们该怎样去做，解决好每一件事，并提高我们的勇气。

当然，书也是陪伴我长大的朋友，其实它也在一天天长大，一长大就有了新的知识，而我却要学习它的知识。

我们可以把学习当做一个有意义， 有兴趣， 有危险， 有刺激的探险旅程，观察好每一处，每一处带来的困难，坚持不懈，勇往直前的探下去，不管有多么困难和危险，走到最后，就是胜利者，顺利获得了快乐，快乐获得了兴趣，有了兴趣就自然想继续探索，获得信心，信心激发你前进。

在书里，隐藏着深奥的知识，让你充满好奇的去认识，去领悟，满足你的好奇心，因此你会发现更多的秘密，不断探究，不断思考，不断深索，不断增长知识，不断发觉，不断让信心增强，到最后……

There were three of them. There were four of us, and April lay on the campsite and on the river, a mixture of dawn at a damp extreme and the sun in the leaves at cajole. This was Deer Lodge on the Pine River in Ossipee, New Hampshire, though the lodge was naught but a foundation remnant in the earth. Brother Bentleys father, Oren, had found this place sometime after the First World War, a foreign affair that had seriously done him no good but he found solitude abounding here. Now we were here, post World War II, post Korean War, Vietnam War on the brink. So much learned, so much yet to learn.

Peace then was everywhere about us, in the riot of young leaves, in the spree of bird confusion and chatter, in the struggle of pre-dawn animals for the start of a new day, a Cooper Hawk that had smashed down through trees for a squealing rabbit, yap of a fox at a youngster, a skunk at rooting.

We had pitched camp in the near darkness, Ed LeBlanc, Brother Bentley, Walter Ruszkowski, myself. A dozen or more years we had been here, and seen no one. Now, into our campsite deep in the forest, so deep that at times we had to rebuild sections of narrow road (more a loggers path) flushed out by earlier rains, deep enough where we thought wed again have no traffic, came a growling engine, an old solid body van, a Chevy, the kind I had driven for Frankie Pike and the Lobster Pound in Lynn delivering lobsters throughout the Merrimack Valley. It had pre-WW II high fenders, a faded black paint on a body youd swear had been hammered out of corrugated steel, and an engine that made sounds too angry and too early for the start of day. Two elderly men, we supposed in their seventies, sat the front seat; felt hats at the slouch and decorated with an assortment of tied flies like a miniature bandoleer of ammunition on the band. They could have been conscripts for Emilano Zappata, so loaded their hats and their vests as they climbed out of the truck.

"Mornin, been yet?" one of them said as he pulled his boots up from the folds at his knees, the tops of them as wide as a big mouth bass coming up from the bottom for a frog sitting on a lily pad. His hands were large, the fingers long and I could picture them in a shop barn working a primal plane across the face of a maple board. Custom-made, old elegance, those hands said.

"Barely had coffee," Ed LeBlanc said, the most vocal of the four of us, quickest at friendship, at shaking hands. "Weve got a whole pot almost. Have what you want." The pot was pointed out sitting on a hunk of grill across the stones of our fire, flames licking lightly at its sides. The pot appeared as if it had been at war, a number of dents scarred it, the handle had evidently been replaced, and if not adjusted against a small rock it would have fallen over for sure. Once, a half-hour on the road heading north, noting it missing, wed gone back to get it. When we fished the Pine River, coffee was the glue, the morning glue, the late evening glue, even though wed often unearth our beer from a natural cooler in early evening. Coffee, camp coffee, has a ritual. It is thick, it is dark, it is potboiled over a squaw-pine fire, it is strong, it is enough to wake the demon in you, stoke last evenings cheese and pepperoni. First man up makes the fire, second man the coffee; but into that pot has to go fresh eggshells to hold the grounds down, give coffee a taste of history, a sense of place. That means at least one egg be cracked open for its shells, usually in the shadows and glimmers of false dawn. I suspect thats where "scrambled eggs" originated, from some camp like ours, settlers rushing west, lumberjacks hungry, hoboes lobbying for breakfast. So, camp coffee has made its way into poems, gatherings, memories, a time and thing not letting go, not being manhandled, not being cast aside.

英语作文阅读：AnEmptyBox

Once upon a time, a man punished his 5-year-old daughter for using up the familys only roll of expensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight, and he became even more upset when on Christmas Eve, he saw that the child had pasted the gold paper so as to decorate a shoebox to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the next morning the little girl, filled with excitement, brought the gift box to her father and said, "This is for you, Daddy!"

As he opened the box, the father was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction.

But when he opened it, he found it was empty and again his anger flared. "Dont you know, young lady, " he said harshly, "when you give someone a present theres supposed to be something inside the package!"

The little girl looked up at him with tears rolling from her eyes and said: "Daddy, its not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was all full."

The father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his arms around his precious little girl. He begged her to forgive him for his unnecessary anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later. It is told that the father kept that little gold box by his bed for all the years of his life. Whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult problems he would open the box, take out an imaginary kiss, and remember the love of this beautiful child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us as human beings have been given an invisible golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends and God.

There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

英语作文阅读：HappinessEquateswithFun

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such a glamorous, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more abiding emotion.

Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful inpiduals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells "happiness".

But in memoir after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, profound loneliness.

The way people cling to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually diminishes their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, civic or charitable work, and self-improvement.

英语作文阅读：TodayisaGift

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room‘s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.

They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. Grand old trees graced the landscape, and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene.

One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn‘t hear the band - he could see it in his mind‘s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.

Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.

As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the joy of seeing it for himself. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall.

The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."

英语作文阅读：IsPackingImportanttoYou

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealers showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box. Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young mans name embossed in gold.

Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" He then stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but realizing his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make the arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his fathers house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his fathers important papers and saw the still new Bible, just as he had left it years ago.

With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealers name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words… "PAID IN FULL".

How many times do we miss blessings because they are not packaged as we expected? I trust you enjoyed this. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Sometimes we dont realize the good fortune we have or we could have because we expect "the packaging" to be different. What may appear as bad fortune may in fact be the door that is just waiting to be opened.

英语作文阅读：TheBabyEagle

Once upon a time there was a baby eagle living in a nest perched on a cliff overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals, scurrying about enjoying their lives.

The baby eagle liked the nest. It was the only world he had ever known. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view, and even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. Many times each day the mother would swoop down from the sky and land in the nest and feed the baby eagle delicious morsels of food. She was like a god to him, he had no idea where she came from or how she worked her magic.

The baby eagle was hungry all the time, but the mother eagle would always come just in time with the food and love and attention he craved. The baby eagle grew strong. His vision grew very sharp. He felt good all the time.

Until one day, the mother stopped coming to the nest.

The baby eagle was hungry. "Im sure to die," said the baby eagle, all the time.

"Very soon, death is coming," he cried, with tears streaming down his face. Over and over. But there was no one there to hear him.

Then one day the mother eagle appeared at the top of the mountain cliff, with a big bowl of delicious food and she looked down at her baby. The baby looked up at the mother and cried "Why did you abandon me? Im going to die any minute. How could you do this to me?"

The mother said, "Here is some very tasty and nourishing food, all you have to do is come get it."

"Come get it!" said the baby, with much anger. "How?"

The mother flew away.

The baby cried and cried and cried.

A few days later, "Im going to end it all," he said. "I give up. It is time for me to die."

He didnt know his mother was nearby. She swooped down to the nest with his last meal.

"Eat this, its your last meal," she said.

The baby cried, but he ate and whined and whined about what a bad mother she was.

"Youre a terrible mother," he said. Then she pushed him out of the nest.

He fell.

Head first.

Picked up speed.

Faster and faster.

He screamed. "Im dying Im dying," he cried. He picked up more speed.

He looked up at his mother. "How could you do this to me?"

He looked down.

The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. He could visualize his own death so clearly, coming so soon, and cried and whined and complained. "This isnt fair!" he screamed.

Something strange happens.

The air caught behind his arms and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasnt moving towards the ground anymore, his eyes were pointed up at the sun.

"Huh?" he said. "What is going on here!"

"Youre flying," his mother said.

"This is fun!" laughed the baby eagle, as he soared and ped and swooped.

"Yes it is!" said the mother.

[英语作文阅读：The Three Fishermen

Still the weather is too hot to kick, I go out, right away by this sinister

sun, be a hot, hurriedly seek a tree, hide in here, cant, have to brother home,

thought, I walked down this cool and then continue, but by the roadside scenery

is pretty good, a piece of green, likeable, also from time to time the wind kept

blowing, I tired heart slowly calm.

英语很重要，不只是在初试中，在复试中，对于名校来说，往往就是一个筛选的关卡，对于同等学力同学来说更是如此，而英语中，作文最能体现你的综合素质了，所以大家要提高自己的作文修养，趁着还有时间要多多努力，下面就从两个方面来谈谈这个问题。

我们对待英语作文的基本态度是：背诵成品，准确记忆，归结模板，适当练手。

首先，学习语言，没有比背诵更好的方法了

作文一出生就是用来背的，背完后默写，修改，然后再接着背，接着默写，修改。我们学汉语学得这么溜的原因就是我们的脑子里有大量的文字性的片段和短语词汇之类的积累，想想你小时候语文老师教你背下来那些好词好段的用意，套用在英语上也能奏效，学习语言，没有比背诵更好的方法了。请16级备考的的童鞋们背完作文后务必要默写，然后对着原文一丝不苟的修改。另外，有一种“记住”叫做“你觉得你记住了”，别以为你背出来的就是原文，真写一遍你就知道你照葫芦画出来的究竟是瓢还是葫芦。

其次，模板很重要，不会作诗也会吟

目前来说，时间还很充裕，你有时间在背诵的同时总结自己独特的模板，虽然说起来很多阅卷老师很反感模板，但他们反感的其实是你们都是用一样的模板，如果你的模板老师压根就没有见过，那不就约等于你是原创了吗?这个模板的原创依赖于你一直以来的积累，根据作文题型的分类，总结出自己的模板，这个很重要。模板和背诵只是为你正式的书写打基础，大概每两个星期还试着自己写几篇作文练习一下，避免在考场上因为不熟悉而产生任何的使结果差强人意的因素。

另外，对于图片的描述，以及作文中为了亮眼想要使用的高级句型，小编建议大家早作准备，最起码在从句中你要有自己可以熟练掌握的一种，考研英语作文中没有从句的话，再好的开头和结尾只会凸显你内容叙述的简陋和苍白。

[如何提升考研英语作文的自我修养短文

Reading is good I used to think of not be good, but, after this time, I know how much the place.

Thing is this: once, when I sitting at home reading, I read the tasteless, read for a long time I think read book is very interesting, I also learned a lot of knowledge. As I think of a once in a composition of the book in a word, this word make the article more vivid, also let my article received high praise, I am very happy, so I must read more in the future. Let their writing level is higher.

In fact, reading a lot of benefits, like can greatly extend our imagination, still can make our life more colorful, and so on. The benefits of reading have so many, we must read more books!

读书的好我以前都认为读书没什么好处，可是，经过这一次，我知道了处有多少了。

事情是这样的：有一次，我坐在家里读书，我无味的读着，读了很久我就觉的读书很有意思，我也学到了很多的知识。就在一次作文中我想到了一句曾经书中的一句话，这一句话让文章变得更生动了，也让我的文章得到了好评，我很高兴，所以我以后一定要多看书。让自己的写作水平更高。

其实，读书还有很多的好处，像可以大大扩展我们的想象力，还可以让我们的生活更精彩，等等等等。读书的好处有这么多，我们一定要多读书呀!

In recent years, I find it easier to our resources dried up. All of these, because we have recently a lot of collection resources, leading to our mothers are dwindling.

What is the mother of all resources less and less? Is, of course, we humans excessive spoiling dont cherish, would cause such a serious result. Our earth forest area has reached 600 million hectares, the figure is due to our human previously has important sense to protect the environment, know that if you dont have a good environment, we wont be able to breathe to the light wind gently brushed the grass surface sweet taste. And now? Us that the earths forest area is still not arrived 6 hectares, this kind of situation, it is because we humans cut down trees and destroying forest without restraint, make almost fell by 1% in each of the forest area in the world, now our protection in the nature of the important consciousness is more and more shallow, dont take care of the objects around, as the forest is less, the first bite of the air we breathe is less and less fresh...

Is not destruction of forest resources, and our mineral resources. It is limited, now our production technology constantly improve, the accelerating speed and shortage of some minerals occurred, even dried up. Until then, we will always stay in the desolate landscape.

In the face of these, can see there are so many resources in we lost too much! We rely on resources too much! All around us, little drops of the resources are in decline, if lost it all, we will how to live! So, let us sincerely treat our mother earth, try to cherish, to cherish. If only use a small plastic bag, it should not be too!

Let us act, to defend the earth!

近几年来，我发现我们的资源越来越容易枯竭了。这些，都是因为我们最近大量的采集资源，才导致我们的母亲日渐枯竭。

是什么让我们这位母亲的资源越来越少了呢?当然是我们人类过度的糟蹋不珍惜，才会造成这样严重的结果的。我们的地球森林面积曾经达到了6亿公顷，这笔惊人的数字是由于我们人类以前有着保护环境的重要意识，深知如果没有了良好的环境，我们也就无法呼吸到微风轻拂过草面的甜美味道。而现在呢?我们地球的森林面积还不到了6公顷，这种状况，就是因为我们人类不加节制地砍伐树木和毁林开荒而造成的，使世界上的森林面积几乎每年减少了1%，现在我们的保护在自然的重要意识越来越浅，不爱护身边的一草一木，由于森林逐渐变少，我们呼吸的第一口空气也就越来越不清新……

还不止森林资源被破坏，还有我们的矿产资源。它是有限的，现在我们的开采技术不断提高，速度不断加快，使某些矿种发生短缺，甚至面临枯竭。到那时，我们将永远呆在荒凉的大地上。

面对这些，可以看出来我们失去的资源真是太多太多了!我们的依赖的资源也太多了!在我们身边，点点滴滴的资源都在减少，如果失去了这一切，我们将如何生活!所以，让我们真心地善待我们的地球母亲，努力去珍惜，去爱惜。哪怕只是多用一个小小的塑料袋，这也是不应该的!

让我们行动起来，保卫地球吧!

To the Spring Festival, the streets were like tide, hard work of people a year, are out of their homes, enjoy the holiday leisure, men and women, old and young in the Spring Festival, on each face streets stream of people like tide, hard work of people a year, are out of their homes, enjoy the holiday leisure, men, women and children are on each face is permeated with cheerful smile, the color of the street is also much more colorful than usual. See every, all kinds of business signs and unfurled a banner. Store the door hang red lanterns, each glance at let a person heart warm. Blue sky, the hidden colorful balloons in the sun is gorgeous and dazzing. A breeze through, the size of balloon wind dance, as if to greet passers-by nodded again. Mall happy frolic scene through bright glass doors and Windows, into the eyes of passers-by, make the person involuntarily with the color of people, into one of them. The Spring Festival is the festival of adult, it is the childrens festival, childrens toys, books, stationery counter is unusually busy, the children to the wave and wave, and collect the beloved toys, leaving laughter, the home of the Spring Festival are also different on weekdays, the doors to paste "blessing" word, have a meal to set off firecrackers and fireworks tonight to, also look at the Spring Festival party. Meals are also much more than usual, mom and dad, uncle aunt, grandma and grandpa together. The food on the table also fengshun fuxing more than ever, serve fish or fowl, delicacies. Eat good food, everybody together chat say ground, chat, drink tea, to talk to. The Spring Festival is really busy ah, I really want to celebrate the Spring Festival every day. But think about it, usually is also as the Spring Festival. Is permeated with cheerful smile, the color of the street is also much more colorful than usual. See every, all kinds of business signs and unfurled a banner. Store the door hang red lanterns, each glance at let a person heart warm. Blue sky, the hidden colorful balloons in the sun is gorgeous and dazzing. A breeze through, the size of balloon wind dance, as if to greet passers-by nodded again. Mall happy frolic scene through bright glass doors and Windows, into the eyes of passers-by, make the person involuntarily with the color of people, into one of them.

The Spring Festival is the festival of adult, it is the childrens festival, childrens toys, books, stationery counter is unusually busy, the children to the wave and wave, and collect the beloved toys, leaving laughter, the home of the Spring Festival are also different on weekdays, the doors to paste "blessing" word, have a meal to set off firecrackers and fireworks tonight to, also look at the Spring Festival party. Meals are also much more than usual, mom and dad, uncle aunt, grandma and grandpa together. The food on the table also fengshun fuxing more than ever, serve fish or fowl, delicacies.

Eat good food, everybody together chat say ground, chat, drink tea, to talk to. The Spring Festival is really busy ah, I really want to celebrate the Spring Festival every day. But think about it, usually is also as the Spring Festival.

春节到了，大街小巷人流如潮，辛勤劳动一年的人们，纷纷走出家门，享受节日的闲暇，男女老少个个脸上春节到了，大街小巷人流如潮，辛勤劳动一年的人们，纷纷走出家门，享受节日的闲暇，男女老少个个脸上都洋溢着欢快的笑容，大街上的颜色也比平时鲜艳多了。只见彩旗飘扬，各色商家标语、条幅迎风招展。商场门口挂着一只只大红灯笼，看一眼就让人心里暖和。湛蓝的天空中，一只只彩色气球在阳光的照耀下艳丽夺目。微风拂过，大小气球迎风起舞，又仿佛在向路人点头致意。商场里欢快嬉闹的场面透过明亮的玻璃门窗，射入路人的眼里，使人不由自主地随着彩色的人流，汇入其中。春节是大人的节日，更是小朋友们的节日，儿童玩具、书籍、文具柜台更是异常热闹，孩子们来了一拨又一拨，领走心爱的玩具，留下欢声笑语，春节的家中也不同平日，门上要贴“福”字，吃饭要放鞭炮，晚上要放焰火，还要看春节晚会。吃饭的人也比平日多了，爸爸妈妈、叔叔阿姨、爷爷奶奶都聚在一起。桌上的菜也比以前丰顺多了，鸡鸭鱼肉、山珍海味都有。吃好了饭，大家在一起谈天说地，聊聊天，喝喝茶，说说话。春节真热闹呀，我真想天天过春节。不过想一想，平常也不比春节差。都洋溢着欢快的笑容，大街上的颜色也比平时鲜艳多了。只见彩旗飘扬，各色商家标语、条幅迎风招展。商场门口挂着一只只大红灯笼，看一眼就让人心里暖和。湛蓝的天空中，一只只彩色气球在阳光的照耀下艳丽夺目。微风拂过，大小气球迎风起舞，又仿佛在向路人点头致意。商场里欢快嬉闹的场面透过明亮的玻璃门窗，射入路人的眼里，使人不由自主地随着彩色的人流，汇入其中。

春节是大人的节日，更是小朋友们的节日，儿童玩具、书籍、文具柜台更是异常热闹，孩子们来了一拨又一拨，领走心爱的玩具，留下欢声笑语，春节的家中也不同平日，门上要贴“福”字，吃饭要放鞭炮，晚上要放焰火，还要看春节晚会。吃饭的人也比平日多了，爸爸妈妈、叔叔阿姨、爷爷奶奶都聚在一起。桌上的菜也比以前丰顺多了，鸡鸭鱼肉、山珍海味都有。

吃好了饭，大家在一起谈天说地，聊聊天，喝喝茶，说说话。春节真热闹呀，我真想天天过春节。不过想一想，平常也不比春节差。

As the winterVacationhas come, my families decide to do something

different. We spend the time in foreign country, which is a very warm place for

me. We fly to Thailand and it is the summer weather all the time. I feel so

comfortable and enjoy the sunshine there. It is the best winter holiday for

me.

Youth Day (青年节) in the Peoples Republic of China is on May 4. It was established in December 1949 by the Government Administration Council to commemorate the beginning of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. This day is known as …

May Fourth Movement

Chinese intellectual revolution and sociopolitical reform movement (1917 – 21)。 In 1915 young intellectuals inspired by Chen Duxiu began agitating for the reform and strengthening of Chinese society through acceptance of Western science, democracy, and schools of thought, one objective being to make China strong enough to resist Western imperialism. On May 4, 1919, reformist zeal found focus in a protest by Beijings students against the Versailles Peace Conferences decision to transfer former German concessions in China to Japan. After more than a month of demonstrations, strikes, and boycotts of Japanese goods, the government gave way and refused to sign the peace treaty with Germany. The movement spurred the successful reorganization of the Nationalist Party and gave birth to the Chinese Communist Party. See also Treaty of Versailles.

Take good care of the environment is everyones responsibility, everyone has the duty to care for the environment. The cries of the earth, is made by human; The formation of natural disasters and human themselves. We cant let such things happen again, because of this our home will face disappear.

With the continuous destruction of forest, make the air fresh, no longer in life make people breathing "not smooth". So, we should protect trees, protect the nature. Let our the earth mother to restore the original appearance.

You every good care environment of small action, will be your memories. Bent down to pick up a piece of waste paper, a word to stop people damage the environment. Will be a thing of the past.

We now do dribs and drabs, not just for the sake of our own, also is a important foundation for our future generations. Let them no longer face the disaster, let they no longer lose family. Take good care of the environment, starts from me!

爱护环境是每个人的职责，每个人有爱护环境的责任。地球的哭泣，是人类所为;自然灾害的形成，也是人类自己造成的。我们不能再让这样的事再发生，因为这样我们的家园即将面临消失。

随着森林的不断毁灭，使生活中的空气不再新鲜，使人们的呼吸“不再顺畅”。所以，我们应该保护树木，保护大自然。让我们的地球妈妈恢复原来的模样。

你每一个爱护环境的小举动，都将成为你美好的回忆。弯下腰捡起一片废纸、一句话阻止人们破坏环境。都将成为历史。

我们现在做的点点滴滴，不仅仅是为了我们自己，也是为我们的子孙后代打下重要的基础。让他们不再面临灾难，让他们不再失去家人。爱护环境，从我做起!