背誦為王第一冊英文美文五篇

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

"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

一隻狗叼著肉打算回家去吃。在回家的路上他遇到一條河。他朝河裡望去，看見水中自己的影子。

“看吶！”他自言自語道。“下面那條狗也銜著肉呢。如果我把他的搶走，今晚上一定可以美餐一頓了！”

這麼想著，他就衝那隻影子狗咬去，這時候他自己的肉掉進了水裡。當然他什麼也沒有得到。

然後，他看到另一隻狗的'肉也沒了。“活該！”他想，“因為我看到他想從我這裡搶走我的肉。”

什麼都想要，卻失去了原來所擁有的！

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 糧食

wealth 財富

victory 勝利

seize 抓住，把握

時間是什麼（童謠一首）

對農民來說，時間就是糧食。

對工人來說，時間就是財富。

對醫生來說，時間就是生命。

對士兵來說，時間就是勝利。

對學生來說，時間就是知識。

對科學家來說，時間就是速度。

對企業家來說，時間就是金錢。

對我們大家來說，時間就是一切。

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，看護

sheepdog 牧羊犬

flock 群

aid 幫助

disabled 殘疾人

century 世紀

guide dog 導盲犬

dial 撥

majority 大多數

狗

人們總是說狗是人類最好的朋友。幾千年來，除了看家外，人類還教會了狗去做許多其他的事，例如，牧羊犬就因其可以控制數百隻羊的羊群而出名。

狗用來幫助殘疾人已有好幾個世紀了。導盲犬可以為盲主人引路。現在，人們還教狗為殘疾主人開啟電燈、開冰箱和撥電話。然而，對於大多數人來說，狗只是家裡老人和孩子們的寵物和朋友

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 展覽會

nervous 神經緊張的，不安的

excited 興奮的

show off 炫耀

volcano 火山

project 設計，計劃

create 創作，創造

solar system 太陽系

embarrassed 覺得難堪的

一次令人難堪的展覽

學校的科學展覽日終於到來了，麗莎既緊張又興奮。她等不及要在展覽會上炫耀她的火山模型。她甚至有可能贏得第一名！

正當麗莎組裝她的火山時，她注意到旁邊桌子上她朋友亞歷克斯的設計。幾星期前，亞歷克斯曾請她幫助他創作一個太陽系的模型，麗莎很樂意地幫助了他。可他從沒告訴過她他打算拿它參加科學展覽！他的模型色彩鮮豔。最終亞歷克斯獲得了第一名，麗莎覺得很難堪！

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 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 餃子

partner 夥伴

waitress 女服務員

pack 包

doggy bag （飯店裡客人將吃剩食物打包帶走時用的）紙包

兩個餃子

一個年輕人做了點小生意。他工作很努力，所以他賺到了許多錢。一天，他和一個商人吃飯。他希望那個人成為他的生意夥伴。當他們吃完飯後，還剩下兩個餃子。

年輕人告訴服務員小姐：“請把這兩個餃子打包，我要帶回家去。”很快，這個商人就決定和這個年輕人一起做生意了。他說：“這個年輕人很好。他有很多錢但他不浪費。”