乔治与恶龙

Once upon a time,there was a brave 1)knight called George.George travelled by horse across many lands. One day,he came to a small village and met a man who lived in a cave.The man told the knight about the awful things about the village.A terrible dragon had come to live in the lake and attacked the village every day.     

好脾气先生

There was a man,who lived in the mountain village,and he was known for never arguing with anyone.One day,a 1)correspondent,who wished to write about this man in Guinness World Records,came to him.They had the following conversation: "Please tell me,is it true,that you have lived more than 90 years and never argued with anyone?"     

Emily and Her Friend

Emily lived in the country with her parents. There was a family of deer living in the woods near their house. Emily named the baby deer Angel and oftenplayed with it.But one day, the mother deer came to Emily’s home and stood there looking a Emily sadly.     

爱、财富和成功

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with white beards sitting in her front yard.She did not recognize them.She said,"I don’t think I know you,but you must be hungry.Please come in and have something to eat."一个女人从家里出来,看到三位白胡子的老人坐在她的前院,她不认识他们。她说:“我想我不认识你们,不过你们一定饿了,请进来吃点东西吧。”"Is the man of the house home?"they asked.“男主人在家吗?”三个老人问道。     

A fever or a fire？

There lived an old man and an old woman in a small village. They were farmers. One day, they were working in the fields（田地） when it rained heavily. They got wet through.     

I don''''t like tins

A pair of lions lived in the prairie three months ago. One day when they were walking,they were caught by some people. And they were carried to a zoo. They began to live in a big iron cage from then on.They couldn't walk about. They couldn't eat fresh meat.They couldn't run and jump. They were not happy. They were shy when people came to see them at first. Then they became very angry. They lay down and went to sleep in the day time.The feeder was angry with them. He fed them less and less …     

READINGS

Good luck Xiao Ming lived in a town. He worked in a big factory. There was a big park in the middle of the town. He often went to the park on Sundays. Xiao Ming went to the park on his bike yesterday. He was unhappy because his licence was taken back by the policeman the day before yesterday. He was thinking about it while he was riding. Suddenly a bike hit him. He and the other man fell off their bikes. The man hurt his face and Xiao Ming hurt his hands. He got up quickly and came over t…     

HUMOROUS STORIES

Mr and Mrs Brown lived in a small house with their child. Sometimes Mr Brown came back from work very late,when his wife and the child were asleep,he opened the front door of his house with his key and came in very quietly. But one night when he was coming home late,he lost his key,so when he reached his house,he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again,and nothing happened-nobody moved inside the house. Mr Brown knocked at the bedroom window,he spoke to his wife,he shout- ed,but she did not wake up. At last,he stopped and thought for a few     

A Brave and Noble Teacher

One warm spring day,a number of little boys and girls wereout with their teacher.They walked two by two,singing happily. They came to a bridge ___1 a river, and tried to cross it.They____2 the middle of the bridge when there arose a great shout     

Two Lies

Once there lived an old man. He liked listening to lies. He said, ＂Any man who can tell me two lies can marry my only daughter.＂ So a lot of young men in the country came to his house. But he said to all of them, ＂I＇m not pleased with your lies. I wouldn＇t give my daughter to any of you.＂ One day, a young man said, ＂It will be hot in the summer, so you should go out now and dig a big hole under the street. When the hot summer weather comes, you Will sell the cool air from the hole and get a lot of money.＂ ＂Oh, what a wonderful lie!＂ answered the old man.     

触摸生命

When I was 11 years old, we lived in Albany, N. Y. , wheremy parents rented the top floor of a three-story house. The owners, an older Italian couple, lived in the basement, one of their sons had recently married, and he and his wife lived in the middle…     

The Secret of Happiness

A shopkeeper sent his son to learn about the secret of happiness from the wisest man in the world. The boy wandered across the desert for 40 days, and finally came to a beautiful castle, high on a mountain. It was there that the wise man lived.     

A Rude Girl

Helen lived in a small village two months ago.Her fa-ther had a small farm and worked hard on it with his wife.They didn't have enough food for their family.So they couldnot take the little girl to school.     

FUNNY STORIES

A Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人) .Both of them loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught the servant who was just doing that.     

English Abstracts

On the Family Restrictive Factors in the Spatial Structures of Shui Minority Village -- A Case Study of Diyuan Village
Abstract： Diyuanshi family consists of three branches and had to itself locate in a relatively disadvantageous position because of its weak strength. In this internal outlying village, the three branches have their own residential buildings sepa- rately. The basic layout and arrangement of village is decided by the branch. But the whole family plays decisive role in con- struction and usage of public facilities such as tombs, stone Buddha, ponds and etc.     

Jack’s Composition（初二适用）

A little boy came to a new town.His name was Jack Smith.He lived withhis parents.His family was very rich.They had a beautiful house with a biggarden.They had a gardener and a cook,and also some other servants(佣人). Jack was going to a new school.On the first day his mother said to him,“Jack,be modest(谦逊的).Don’t show off that MY FAMILY     

Where are the lost stamps?

1. The Browns liked to collect stamps. They had a lot of valuable stamps. Recently, they paid a lot of money for six world-class rare stamps.2.They lived in Room902in ahigh building.They would take a walkout after dinner every day.3.One day when they returned from awalk and opened the door,they found astranger in their flat.They locked the doorinside,sothe stranger couldn’t run away.4.Mr.Brown called up the police atonce.The detective Jerry came in a shorttime.The stranger said that he ha…     

Why don''''t you buy a watch

John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him, so he bought a smaller one in the next street .There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to carry his furniture to the new house , John     

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf

Once upon a time there were three little pigs who lived with their mother and father on a farm．One day the youngest pig thought that he would go and build himself a home．When he had only gone one kilome－ter he found a pile of straw（稻草）．It took him a whole day to build the house，but when it was finished it didn't look like a house，so he fixed it up．About a week later，the other pigs decided that they would go and build houses too．The second oldest pig made his house of sticks（树     

我们院儿里的小事儿

Invisible Racial Disparities 隐形的种族差异 One aftemoon when I was going out to do some errands (差事),I sew three young men,about 15 to 17 years of age,standing in front of a house in my neighborhood,chatting and laughing.I took a notice of them because they looked different and kind of out of place:They were not white.I continued on to run my errands without thinking too much of it.When I came back about an hour later,there was a police car parked in front of the house where these young folks were.After I drove around the comer,I saw a second police car,and one of the three youths was in the back seat of the car,handcuffed (带着手铐),with two officers questioning him.A thought shot across my mind:Are these young people members of a local youth gang,or are they just in a wrong neighborhood?