素材一:英语小故事
The House of 1000 Mirrors
千镜屋
Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit.
很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里,有一个以"千镜屋"而著名的地方。一个乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。
When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To hisgreat surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his.
当来到这个地方,他蹦蹦跳欢恰快的上了台阶,来到房门口,他高高竖起耳朵,欢快地摇着尾巴,从门口口往里张望,他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快的摇尾巴。
He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."
他灿烂地微笑着,回报他的是1000张热情,友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想:"这是一个精彩的地主,我一定要经常来参观。"
In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him.
在这个村里还有另一只想参观"千镜屋"的小狗,他不及第一只小狗乐观,他慢吞吞地爬上台阶,然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他,他便开始冲他们狂吠,镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠,把他给吓坏了,
As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."
他在离开时心想:"这是一个恐怖的地方,我再也不会来了。"
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
世界上所有的脸都是镜子,在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?
素材二:英语小短文
Spring up. The farmer came to the field in the kite. With strong wind, the kite flew up into the sky. It flew higher and higher, not far from the clouds.
Kite looked down and found the mountains, rivers, villages, fields are becoming smaller, looks like a map. The farmer turned into a black spot in its field of vision. This makes it feel very strange, it suddenly felt reborn into a very extraordinary spirit. This is how the scenery, how great. Thought of here, pride and achievement of a strong sense arise spontaneously. It was so excited.
The sparrow flew so high that I felt very envious.
Once, the kite was resting in the yard. The sparrow said to the kite: "can you lend me your wings, let me fly higher, to experience the wonderful feeling of flying in the sky."
The kite looked down upon the sparrows, and said, "my wings are so precious that I will never lend you. Everything with his own skills, do not think crooked ways."
At night, the farmer will kite hanging in the trees. The kite found a flock of sparrows chirp.
The kite is very upset. Think yourself with this group for nothing. It is really a shame. So, it is the sparrow says: "you have to shut up, you this group, spineless, muddle along without any aim no good guy. You'll never fly in the blue sky. Better to die than to die."
Sparrows are very unhappy. However, they do not care about the kite. They really feel very small, no debate emboldened. Furthermore, the simple, simple and honest, they are not willing to fight with the neighbors.
Spring began, farmers busy sowing, no time to fly a kite. The kite hanging on the tree is very worried. The farmer said, "why don't you put me in the blue sky up."
The farmer said: "you do not know what this guy, now is the season of spring plowing, where I have time to play with you."
Kite self-defeating.there. It is not quiet.
When a month later. The kite due to the wind and rain, become unrecognizable. Its wings and body look bare, without the past. Just from its bare skeleton, it can be seen that it used to be a kite. Now, it's been completely abandoned.
The sparrow is still in the tree on the fly, Dadanaonao, laughter.
People's ability to have the size, it is important to rely on their own skills to survive, rely on other people's approach is not long.