背诵为王第一册英文美文五篇

背诵为王第一册英文美文五篇

　　Unit36The Dog and His Shadow

　　It happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. On his way home he met a river. As he looked down, he saw his shadow in the water.xiao84.com

　　"Just look!"said he to himself. "That dog down there has some meat, too. If I could get it away from him, I would really eat well tonight!"

　　With this thought, he made a snap at the other dog's meat. And as he did, his own meat fell into the water. So then he had nothing at all.

　　Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat, too.

　　"That is as it should be!?thought he. "For I saw him trying to take my meat away from me."

　　By wanting to have everything, he has lost everything he had!

　　狗和他的影子

　　一只狗叼着肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一条河。他朝河里望去，看见水中自己的影子。

　　“看呐！”他自言自语道。“下面那条狗也衔着肉呢。如果我把他的抢走，今晚上一定可以美餐一顿了！”

　　这么想着，他就冲那只影子狗咬去，这时候他自己的肉掉进了水里。当然他什么也没有得到。

　　然后，他看到另一只狗的'肉也没了。“活该！”他想，“因为我看到他想从我这里抢走我的肉。”

　　什么都想要，却失去了原来所拥有的！

　　Unit15:What is Time

　　Time is grain for peasants.

　　Time is wealth for workers.

　　Time is life for doctors.

　　Time is victory for soldiers.

　　Time is knowledge for students.

　　Time is speed for scientists.

　　Time is money for businessmen.

　　Time is everything for all of us.

　　Therefore, seize the time of today!

　　grain 粮食

　　wealth 财富

　　victory 胜利

　　seize 抓住，把握

　　时间是什么（童谣一首）

　　对农民来说，时间就是粮食。

　　对工人来说，时间就是财富。

　　对医生来说，时间就是生命。

　　对士兵来说，时间就是胜利。

　　对学生来说，时间就是知识。

　　对科学家来说，时间就是速度。

　　对企业家来说，时间就是金钱。

　　对我们大家来说，时间就是一切。

　　因此，把握今天!

　　Unit13:Dogs

　　People often say that a dog is man's best friend. Over thousands of years, man has taught his dogs to do many kinds of work besides guarding the home. For example, sheepdogs are famous for their ability to control a flock of hundreds of sheep.

　　Dogs have been used to aid disabled people for centuries. A guide dog can lead its blind owner. Nowadays, dogs can be taught to turn on light switches, open refrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disabled owners. For the majority of people, however, dogs are simply pets and friends for both young and old members of the family.

　　guard 看守，看护

　　sheepdog 牧羊犬

　　flock 群

　　aid 帮助

　　disabled 残疾人

　　century 世纪

　　guide dog 导盲犬

　　dial 拨

　　majority 大多数

　　狗

　　人们总是说狗是人类最好的朋友。几千年来，除了看家外，人类还教会了狗去做许多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制数百只羊的羊群而出名。

　　狗用来帮助残疾人已有好几个世纪了。导盲犬可以为盲主人引路。现在，人们还教狗为残疾主人打开电灯、开冰箱和拨电话。然而，对于大多数人来说，狗只是家里老人和孩子们的宠物和朋友

　　Unit11:An Embarrassing Show

　　The day of the school science fair had finally arrived, and Lisa was both nervous and excited. She couldn't wait to show off her volcano model at the fair. She might even win the first prize!

　　As Lisa was setting up her volcano, she noticed her friend Alex's project on the table next to hers. Weeks ago, Alex had asked her for help in creating a model of the solar system, and Lisa was glad to help. He never told her he as going to enter it in the Science Fair! His model was painted beautifully in different colours. Finally Alex got the first place and Lisa felt very embarrassed.

　　fair 展览会

　　nervous 神经紧张的，不安的

　　excited 兴奋的

　　show off 炫耀

　　volcano 火山

　　project 设计，计划

　　create 创作，创造

　　solar system 太阳系

　　embarrassed 觉得难堪的

　　一次令人难堪的展览

　　学校的科学展览日终于到来了，丽莎既紧张又兴奋。她等不及要在展览会上炫耀她的火山模型。她甚至有可能赢得第一名！

　　正当丽莎组装她的火山时，她注意到旁边桌子上她朋友亚历克斯的设计。几星期前，亚历克斯曾请她帮助他创作一个太阳系的模型，丽莎很乐意地帮助了他。可他从没告诉过她他打算拿它参加科学展览！他的模型色彩鲜艳。最终亚历克斯获得了第一名，丽莎觉得很难堪！

　　Unit08:Two Dumplings

　　A young man had a small business. He worked very hard, and he made a lot of money. One day, he had dinner with a businessman. He wanted the man to become his business partner. When they finished the dinner, there were two dumplings left.

　　The young man told the waitress: "Please pack them in a doggy bag and I'd like to take them home.Soon the businessman decided to work together with the young man. He said, "The young man is great. He has lots of money but he won't waste it.

　　dumpling 饺子

　　partner 伙伴

　　waitress 女服务员

　　pack 包

　　doggy bag （饭店里客人将吃剩食物打包带走时用的）纸包

　　两个饺子

　　一个年轻人做了点小生意。他工作很努力，所以他赚到了许多钱。一天，他和一个商人吃饭。他希望那个人成为他的生意伙伴。当他们吃完饭后，还剩下两个饺子。

　　年轻人告诉服务员小姐：“请把这两个饺子打包，我要带回家去。”很快，这个商人就决定和这个年轻人一起做生意了。他说：“这个年轻人很好。他有很多钱但他不浪费。”