A CROW WITH THIRST

A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it. He tried, and he tried, but at last had to give up in despair. Then a thought came to him, and he took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.     

短文改错5题

一 One of Nasreddin' s friends loved money very much, and never gave something to anybody. Soon he became very rich. One day he walking near the river while he slipped and fell in. His friends ran to help him, and one of them knelt on the ground, holding out his hand and said, "Give me your hand, and I will push you out ! " The rich man' s head went down the water and then went up again, but he did not take his friend his hand. Again other of his friends tried, but again the different thing …     

The Discussion of the Character of Santiago in“The Old Man and The Sea”

"The Old Man and The Sea"is Hemingway latter years’masterpiece,with which he was awarded the Nobel prize in1954.As the protagonist of the novel,Santiago plays a vital role to the novel’s motif.Hemingway expresses his attitudes toward the life through the image of Santiago.The paper intends to explore the character of Santiago from different facets and angles.In the end,we reach a conclusion that Santiago is a strong-willed man with a young,indestructible soul,he is kind,sensitive as well as hardworking.In a ward,he is a perfect Hemingway hero.     

A STUDY ON MARK TWAIN'S THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN——AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEANING OF HUCK'S ADVENTURES

Huck,the hero of this novel,is a“bad boy”as Twain says.Indeed,he is good,warm-hearted,active and brave.He also has a native shrewdness,a cheerfulness that is hard toputdown compassionate tolerance,and an instinctive tendency to reach the right decisionsabout important matters.Twain moreover,gives huck's adventre,which means escape.Huck notonly adventures to help Jim to escape from the lavery,but also helps himself toescape from the aristocratic“civilizing”society.It shows his brave to fi…     

A Bad Impression

Six people were travelling in a compartment on a train. Five of them were quiet and well behaved, but the sixth was a rude young man who was causing a lot of trouble to the other passengers. At last this young man got off at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers helped him, but one of them waited until the rude young man was very far away and then opened the window and shouted to him, "You left something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window again. Th…     

幽默与笑话(英文)

Buying the TicketsThe woman in a theatre box-office was surprised one evening just be-fore the show at the behaviour of a boy.He bought a ticket,went away,and then returned a few minutes later to buy another one,he went awayagain,returned and bought a third ticket.Then he went away yet again,returned yet again and bought a fourth ticket.By this time the show hadstarted,so the woman in the box-office said,“I hope you donHt mind myasking,boy,but why do you keep coming back and buying more tic…     

常用英文标志

When ceordon was young he played a lot of sports games,and he was thin and strong,but when he was about 45,he began to get fat and slow,he couldn‘t breathe as before and when he walked fast,his heart beat painfully,he didn‘t do anything about this for a long time,but finally he became,afraid and went to see a doctor,and the doctor took him to a hospital.     

一千零一夜

There was once a King of Persia who had a beautiful wife. He loved her very much, but she was a wicked woman. When the King discovered her wickedness, he killed her. He decided that all women were wicked and that he would punish them. He gave orders that he was to be given a new wife every day. After one day's marriage he would cut off her head and marry again. This went on for some time and all the people of the country were unhappy.     

阅读理解

(一)Mr Lewis was a dance teacher.He was a nice man and always had a lot ofstudents.One year he moved to a new town,and was soon teaching a lot of students inthe dance school there,but he decided(决定)to move again to a big city.     

FUNNY STORIES

A One morning Wood left his house with six donkeys (驴) for the market.After a time,he got tired and got on to one of them.He counted the donkeys,and there were only five,so he got off and looked for the sixth.However,he did not find it,so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again.This time there were six,so he got on to one of them again and went on forward.