长沙英语翻译40篇短文搞定3500个英语单词

2021年1月21日发(作者：cider)
40
篇短文搞定
3500
个英语单词

1. Fall in Love with English

爱上英语

Hiding behind the
loose dusty curtain
, a
teenager pack
ed
up
his
overcoat
into the
suitcase
. He planned to leave home
at
dusk
though there
was
thunder
and
lightning

outdoors
. He
had got to do
this because he
was
tired
of

his parents’ nagging about his English study and did not want to
go
through
it any longer. He couldn’t
get along
well
with
English and
dislike
d
join
ing
in
English classes because he thought his teacher
ignore
d him
on
purpose
. As a result, his score in each exam never
add
ed
up

to
over 60.




His
partner was concerned about
him very much. She understood
exactly
what he was
suffer
ing
from
, but
entirely disagree
d
with
his idea.
In
order
to
calm
him
down
and
settle
his problem, she talked with him
face
to face
and
swap
ped
a series

of
learning
tip
s with him. The
item
s she
set
down
helped him find the
highway
to studying English well.




The teenager was
grateful
and got great
power

from his friend’s
words. Now, he has
recover
ed
from
being
upset
and has
fall
en
in
love
with

English.
必修一
Unit 2

2. Different Countries Have Different Kinds of Englishes

不同的国家有不同的英语


Voyage
s of people from England
play an
important
part in
spreading
the English language.
At present
, English is
frequently
spoken as an

official
or common language in many countries,
such
as
America,
Singapore
,

Malaysia
and some
African
countries. All
base
d
on
British English, the
English spoken in these countries can be well understood by
native
English
speakers. But
actually
, these Englishes have been
gradually
changing in
accent
s,
spelling
s, s and the
usage
of
vocabulary
.

Because of
this fact, you can
make use of
the differences to tell
which country the foreigners of your
block
are from. For example, if a
boss
fluently commands

his driver, “
Come
up
straight
to my
apartment
by
elevator
and tak
e
some
gas
for my trucks and
cab
s”, instead of
request
ing,
“Please come to my
flat
by
lift
and take some
petrol
for my
lorries
and
taxis”, you can
recognize
his American
identity
, while the
latter

suggest
s
that he is British.

必修一
Unit 3

3.A Hard Trip

一次辛苦的旅行


My sister
was fond of
traveling.
Ever since graduating
, she had been
determined
to
organize
a trip to an old
temple
. Since
transport
ing
fare

was expensive, she decided to use a bicycle to
cycle
there not
caring
about

the
disadvantage
s. Her
stubborn attitude
was always her
shortcoming
.
Once she
made
up
her
mind
to do something, no one could
persuade
her to
change
her
mind
.

Finally,
we
gave
in
as
usual
though we
prefer
red to take
a train. After we prepared everything, including the
schedule, reliable
weather
forecast
and the
insurance
, we began our trip.

Our
journey
was along a river
flow
ing from a high
altitude
. Our
pace

was slow because the river frequently had many sharp
bend
s through deep
valley
s, where the water seemed to
boil
. Just as I recorded in my
journal
,
it was really a hard journey. But we also enjoyed great
view
s. One night, I
put my head on my
pillow
--
a
parcel
of

wool
coats, and lay
beneath
the stars.
When the
flame
in front of our
cave
went out
at
midnight
, I found the sky
so beautiful!

必修一
Unit 4

4.A Horrible Earthquake

可怕的地震

Dirty
water rose in
well
s and
canal
s before the
earthquake
. But no one
judge
d that an earthquake was coming. Suddenly, everything shook. It
seemed
as if
the world was
at an end
.
Millions of

brick
houses and
a
number of dam
s were
destroy
ed. Railway
track
s became
useless bar
s.
Pipe
s in
mine
s
burst
and let out
smelly

steam
. Huge
crack
s
trap
ped
cyclist
s
everywhere.
The next day, this
event
was the
headline
or main
title
of all
newspapers. With the
reporter
s giving an
outline
of the
disaster
, the
whole
nation
was
shock
ed by the
damage

and the victim’s
extreme

suffering
. People were moved when they read that the
survivors

comforted each other by saying “
Congratulations
! You survived!”. So they
not only
express
ed their sympathy
sincerely
, but also organized together
to help the victims
right away
. The
injure
d were
rescue
d and the dead
were
buried
. The
frighten
ed survivors were
dug out
from under the
ruin
s
and were offered
shelter
, fresh water and
electricity
. Thanks to people
’s
help, the loss was minimized.
必修一
Unit 5

Great President

伟大的总统

As the
founder
of the
republic
, the
president
had many good
qualities
.
Before
coming to power
, he was a
generous lawyer
. He
was willing to

selflessly
help everyone who
turned to
him. He accepted no
fee
to offer
legal guidance
and
opinion
s to those who were
out of work
or un
educate
d.
Later, believing all

mankind
to be
equal
, he
devote
d himself to

stopping the
unfair
anti-
black laws. He
set
up
the Black
Youth
League
and was
vote
d to
be the leader. However, though he kept
peaceful principle
s without
violence
and
terror
, his

mean
enemies still

blew
up
his house and
attack
ed
his
relative
s, and he himself couldn’t
escape be
ing
sentenced to
30 years
in prison.
Not fearing of the prison guards’
cruelty
, he kept
active
and
beg
ged
no mercy from them.
As
a
matter
of
fact
, he was always
hopeful
and never
lost heart
during the
stage
even though he was
in trouble
.
Finally, people
reward
ed him with the leader’s position and a gold
blanket
.

必修二
Unit 1

6.A Brave Maid

勇敢的女仆

A
wooden vase
from the Ming
Dynasty
at the
entrance
of the
reception
hall
amaze
d everyone. The
artist
s
design
ed it in a
rare
style
and
select
ed
valuable
jewel
s to
decorate
it. People
thought
highly
of
its
fancy

colour of
honey
and the beautiful
painting
s on it.

The vase used to
belong
to
a
former
castle
. But when the country was
at war
, the enemy
troop
s
explode
d the castle.
Debate
s on how the vase
survive
d went on and on. In order to
remove

people’s
doubt
, a team of no
less than
20 people carried out an
informal
investigation. The
evidences

they found showed that a
maid took
the vase
apart
and asked a
sailor
to
sink
it in a
local
well. She never gave away the secret even under the cruel
trial
of the enemies who were
in search of
treasures.
It is
worth
giving this brave maid a fortune
in return
.
修二
Unit 2

7.A Fair Competition

公平的比赛


Swift
er, Higher and Stronger
stands for
the spirit of the Olympics.
But fairness is the
basis
of this
motto
. Only when you win fairly will you
and your
homeland deserve
the great
glory
. But
nowadays
, unlike the
ancient
honest
slave competitor
s, some
hopeless athlete
s who can’t bear
the
pain
of training cheat when
taking
part
in
games.
Medal
s seem to have
magical
power causing them to cheat, and the prize money has
replace
d
the motto as their only goal.


So, in the
gymnastics
event to be held in our city next month, one of
the
host
’s
responsibilities
is to keep competitions fair. They
advertise
d on
poster
s outside the
stadium
to promise that every competitor is to have a
regular
physical
examination in a
gymnasium
one
after
another
. No one can
bargain
on this. The

volunteer
s

in
charge
will be very strict. It is
foolish
to
cheat because they will not be
admit
ted to
compete
and will even be
fine
d
as well
.

必修二
Unit 3

ers

电脑


The
goal
of early
calculating
machines was to
simplify
difficult
sum
s.
But
with
the
help
of
new
technology
,
electronic
chip
s replaced
tube
s and a
revolution
of
artificial intelligence
has
arise
n.
From
then
on
, the
appearance
of computers
totally
changed our lives. They can not only
download
information from the
wet
when connected by the
network
or
mobile
phone
signal
s, but also
solve
different
type
s of
logical
problems.
With
operator
s as their
coach
es, they can even control
rocket
s to
explore
the moon and instruct
android
s with the
human race
’s
character
s to
mop
floors and
watch over
your
naughty niece
.
Anyhow
, computers are
so
helpful
that
they do bring
happiness
.


However, computers are easily attacked by
virus
es. This
reality
has
become a hard- to-
deal
with
-problem.
As
a
result
, computers are dangerous
in
a
way
. So,
personally
, I worry about their
universal
application
s in some
fields, such as
finance
.

必修二
Unit 4

9.
保护野生动植物


Wildlife Protection

Dinosaur
s
died out
because of an
unexpected incident
. But
wildlife
today
disappears or is
in
danger
just because humans do

harm
to it. For example,
tigers are
hunt
ed for
fur
to make
carpet
s
so that
they can only live in
secure reserve
s; grassland is destroyed without
mercy
so that
dust
storms
come into
being
affect
ing
distant
cities.

Last year, scientists saw some monkeys
rub
bing themselves with a
certain
kind of
insect
s to
protect
themselves
from fierce mosquito
es
biting
.
According to
the result of the
inspection
, they found that the
insect
contain
s a
powerful
drug, so local farmers were
employ
ed to catch
the insects. The
ending
was that the insects disappeared from the whole
zone
. When told that it was a
loss
to humans, the farmers
burst into
laughter
and
respond
ed, “Our real loss is our
decreasing

income
.”


We should
appreciate
the natural balance and
pay
more
attention to

the
importance
of wildlife
protection
. Not until we
succeed in
letting
wildlife live
in peace
, can we smile
in relief
.

必修二
Unit 5

First Band

我的第一支乐队


I was very
sensitiv
e to music. Just
dip
ping
into
the music books
briefly
,
I could sing or play well.
To be honest
, I always
dream
t
of
becoming a
famous
folk
actor
. I was so
confident
that I never decreased my
devotion
.

I
form
ed my first band called “
Roll
ing Frog”. At the beginning, we
relied on

perform
ing on
instrument
s in
pub
s or to
passer
s
–
by
to
earn
extra
money
in cash
. Then we wore false
beards
to
pretend
to be the
musician
s whom people
were familiar with
.
In addition
, we
attach
ed

humorous
acts to our
performances
and
play
ed
jokes
on
each other. Soon,
our “funny
jazz
” became famous and
invitation
s to perform for
broadcast
stations began to come.
Afterwards
, we
sort
ed
out

attractive
music and
made a record in a
studio
. A million
or so
copies were sold and we became
millionaire
s.

It was
painful
that the band
broke up
finally. But
above all
, I realized
my dream to be a musician.

必修三
Unit 1

Interesting Festival

有趣的节日

The
Agricultural

Feast

take
s
place
after the
Independence
Day. It is
not a
worldwide

celebration
. Only
Christian
s in
Mexico

look
forward
to
its
arrival
for its
religious

origin
:
Long ago, humans’
ancestor
s were bad. They
fool
ed and
play
ed
tricks
on
each other and never
kept
their
word
. So God
turn
ed
up
and
drown
ed all
their crops. Humans
starve
d
day
and
night
,
weep
ing. In order to
gain

God’s
forgiveness
, a woman
poet

set off
to see God. She
admire
d God and kept
apologizing
. God was moved. With his
permission
, humans finally had good
harvest
s again. So, to
wipe

sadness
and
remind
themselves

of
the
belief
in
God, people began the festival.
On the festival, people
gather
in open air, such as playgrounds or

parking lot
s, and
energetic
ally
have fun with
each other
all night long
,
as
though
they were never tired. When a
beauty
dress
ed
up
in lovely
clothing

reads poems
in memory of
the poet, everyone
hold
s
their breath
. Then, it
is the
custom
that the
bone
of a
rooster
head is given to her as an
award
.

Obvious
ly, the story is not true, but the festival is interesting.
必修三
Unit 2

ed Diet

平衡膳食


Wang Peng
earn
ed his
living
by running a
barbecue
restaurant, which
served delicious
bacon
,
fried
chicken
breast
and
mutton roast
ed with
pepper
and
garlic
. But his food and
discount
attracted fewer and fewer
customer
s. Finally, he was
in debt
. Yong Hui’s
slim
ming restaurant served
fresh
pea
s,
carrot
s,
eggplant
s, and
raw cucumber
s with
vinegar
. As the
hostess
, she said
fibre
s
benefit
ed customers'
digestion
the most. In
order not to let Yong Hui
get away with tell
ing
lies
, Wang Peng
spied on
Yong Hui despite her
glare
. But he was surprised
that she was losing her customers, too.

Curiosity
drove Wang Peng to
consult
an expert. The expert
sigh
ed and
said, “Both of your menus have
weakness
and
limited strength
. Your
customers
put
on
weight

too easily, while Yong Hui’s
lose
weight
too quickly.
So, Wang Peng,
cut
down
the fat of your food and increase vegetables and
fruits, like
nut
s,
bean
s,
mushroom
s,
peache
s and
lemon
s. You
ought to
combine
the two menus and provide a
balanced diet
.”


Before long
, Wang Peng won his customers back.
必修三
Unit 3

g Home

划船回家

This
novel
was about an
unbelievable
but
genuine

adventure
. Its
author
was a black
businessman
who was
brought up
in America. In 1956,
he visited Africa, his
birthplace
. One day, when he was
wander
ing on the
pavement
near the
bay
enjoying the sea
scene
s, he lost his money and
passport that he kept in an
envelope
. So he went to the
embassy
to
seek

help, but the ambassador with
rude

manner
s didn’t
permit
his staff to help
though he
bow
ed to him.
Staring
at
his
impatient
face, he understood that
it was the
fault
of his skin colour that
account
ed
for
their


refection. So
he decided to
take a chance
to sail on a small boat home.
He met
a large amount of
difficulty but was never stopped.
On the
contrary
, difficulty pushed him to
go ahead
harder. Three months later,
he was
spot
ted by a ship
by accident
. He was
in rags

indeed
. A maid even
scream
ed when bringing him a
steak
and
pineapple

dessert
. Aboard, he
earned his
passage
by working as a barber and got home finally.
As
for
the
nam
e of his novel, he couldn’t think of a better one than the
phrase

“Go
Ahead”.

必修三
Unit 4

e MKII

探测
MKII
行星

MKII, a planet
billion
s of kilometers away, is the origin of life in many
religion
s.
Physicist
s have proved the
theory
that its
gentle

climate
and the
pull
of its
gravity
are similar to the earth’s. And
astronomer
s have found
that
oxygen atom
s and
carbon dioxide
, which are
fundamental
to life,
exist in its
atmosphere
through
satellite
s.
Cheer
ed
up
by this news,
biologist
s, in their turn, began to do some research to remove people’s
puzzle
s
—
Now that
there are some suitable conditions, does life really
exist
on this
globe
? Do they
multiply
by
lay
ing
eggs
or
giving birth to

babies?
Last month, a
spaceship

was sent there. It’s a pity that this mission
failed.
Unlike
the earth, MKII is a much younger planet.
Thus, mass
es of
harmful acid
clouds
float
everywhere causing
violent chain reactions
to
break out
. These clouds not only
block
ed
out
the pilots’ sight but also
damaged the engine
system
. Luckily, the pilots
watch
ed
out
carefully and
prevent
ed the spaceship from
crash
ing
in time
.

必修三
Unit 5



15.A Journey across Canada

横穿加拿大的旅行


After a
quiz
last autumn, Kuang crossed the
continent eastward
to
Toronto to visit his
schoolmate
, the
distance measuring approximately

5,000 kilometers,

His train started from Vancouver, a city
surround
ed by mountains.
After
confirm
ing his
baggage
was
aboard
the train, Kuang
settle
d
down
in
his seat.
Having a gift for
communication, he started
chat
ting with
another passenger
within
5 minutes. Their
topic
s included the
Canadian
tradition
s, the
Prime Minister
, the
mixture
of races, and the
terrifying

Great Fall. After a nice
buffet
at noon, he was
pleased
to find that the
scenery
was
impressive
. He saw beautiful
harbour
s
in the distance
,

wealthy
urban
areas and
maple
forest that covered thousands of
acre
s. He
even
manage
d
to catch sight of
an
eagle
flying
upward
over
bush
es.

Kuang reached Toronto which lies
slightly
near the
border
at a
misty
dawn
. There was
frost
and the
broad downtown
streets were very quiet.
Though it was early, Kuang phoned his schoolmate in a
booth nearby
at
once
rather than
waiting for him to come. They had a good time together.
必修四
Unit 1

16.A Woman Doctor- Lina

女医生丽娜


Born in a pigs’
nest
, Lina
led
a
poor
life
in her
childhood
. She was
look
ed
down
upon
by the children of her
generation
. But she
intend
ed to become a
doctor after she
came across
Lin Qiaozhi
by chance
, who was
deliver
ing
medical courses to an
audience

crowd
ing around her. Before
moving
off
, Lin
inspire
d her to
carry on

her study. With Lin’s
support
, Lina entered an
institute
and studied hard sparing no time for
entertainment
. Her being
outspoken
and
modest
won
respect
for her. Her excellent
arguing
skills
and
observation
ability
put
others
into the shade
.

Now, Lina has become a
specialist
in
human
being
s’
emergency

sickness
.
Her
kindness
and
considerate

behavior
to the poor were well known. The
organization
she founded carried out
campaign
s and
welfare project
s to
help cut the death
rate
for the poor. Her job was hard but
worthwhile
.
She often
refer
s
to
the
connection
between her
achievement
and Lin
Qiaozhi, and says that her poor childhood is the
bond
between her and the
poor.
必修四
Unit 2

17A New Farming Way

新的耕种方式

Tuan was a farmer in
Vietnam
. For
decade
s, he had been
struggling
to
rid
his family of
hunger
. However, it always
confuse
d him how to
expand
the
output
of his
crop
s. This
disturbing
problem
led
to
his
regret
ting being
a farmer. He
would rather
have chosen another job.

One day, when
skim
ming through a newspaper, Tuan read a
comment
on
Yuan Longpin. He
underline
d Yuan’s
nationality
and
occupation
, and then
focus
ed
on
his
discovery
and the
statistic
s of his research. He found the
knowledge Yuan
circulate
d very practical.
Therefore
, he made a
summary

and began to
build
up
a new farming method. He planted
super
grain
of rich
nutrition
and
equip
ped himself to keep his crops
root
s free from
bacteria

and
pest
s. He also enriched
mineral
s in the
soil
while
reducing chemical
fertilizer
s. Though it cost him more time and
freedom
, he was full of hope.

The next year, Tuan was
sunburnt
but
satisfied with
his
production

very much.
Thanks to
Yuan Longpin, he not only won the
battle
against
hunger, but he could also
export
his crops abroad.
必修四
Unit 3

n-A Great Master of Humour

幽默大师卓别林


Chaplin was an
extraordinary

performer
who
star
red
in
and
direct
ed
many
outstanding

comedies
. Few were
bored
watching his
moustache
, his
gesture
s or his
entertaining

react
ions when chased by
detective
s. Being
drunk
,
sliding
on a banana skin or
whisper
ing his own
failure
s to nobody, he
made us
feel
more
content
with
our life without any
verbal
explanation. His
particular
sense of
humor
has
astonish
ed everybody
throughout
the world
up to now
.


In a small
budget
film, he played a
badly-off
and
homeless
person
wearing
worn- out
shoes and
messy
clothes. On one
occasion
, he was
trapped by a
snowstorm
in a vast
mountainous
area. Though he
overcame

many difficulties, he wasn’t
fortunate
enough. With all the
porridge
eaten
up, he
pick
ed
out
a shoe and boiled it to eat. He
cut
off
the
leather
bottom
and
chew
ed it like a
pancake
. According to an
actress
, his acting was so
convincing
and
amusing
that everybody
couldn’t
help
bursting into laughter.


必修四
Unit 4

19.A Misunderstanding

一场误会

In general
,
spoken statement
s are the
major
way of communication,
but body language and
facial
s also have such kinds of
function
. For
example,
yawn
ing means being not interested and
turn
ing
one’s back

to

someone or swinging your
fist
shows your
anger
. But what those gestures
really mean is
subjective
in different cultures. Thus,
misunderstand
ings
happen now and then in today’s world of cultural
crossroads
.
Once,
represent
ing the
Adult
s’ Education
Association
, I went to the
airport to meet an official of high
rank
from
Columbia
and take him to his
dormitory
and then to the
canteen
. After the
flight
arrived, I saw a man
looking around
curious
ly. So I
approach
ed to
greet
him. He suddenly
dash
ed to
hug
me and kissed me on both
cheek
s. As a young girl, I felt
truly
embarrassed and put up my hands to
defend
myself. His
false
smile
told me that he had
lost face
.
Later, I received a
cassette
from him, in which he recorded his
apology. On hearing that Columbians
were
more
likely
to
kiss others, I soon
felt
at ease
.
必修四
Unit 5

20.A Unique Theme Park

独一无二的主题公园

As soon as our
shuttle got close to
the
theme
park by the
freeway
,
everyone
came to life
and put on
cloth sneaker
s
in advance
for an
outing
.
Our
translator
paid for the
admission
, and we started enjoying the
various
attraction
s in the
sunlight
.
According to the travel
brochure
, this
unique
park
is famous for
its
well
preserve
d
minority
culture. We experienced many
deed
s of the early
settler
s, such as
swing
ing across rivers, hunting
creature
s in the
jungle
, or
taking part in
sword
s fighting
tournament
s.


This park is also famous for its wooden
souvenir
s.
Whichever
we
bought in the
central
shop was made of wood, and
wherever
we went we
could see minority
carpenter
s working. They made wooden tools, wooden
cartoon
figures, wooden
athletic
products and so on. They even built a
huge wooden
engine
with a
length
of 20 metres, which
was modeled after

a real one.

This theme park is really a
fantasy
amusement
park.
No
wonder
it has
become the
brand
of local
tourism
.

必修五
Unit 1

21.A Strange Disease

奇怪的疾病

When the
construction
of the
firework
factory came to the stage of
painting, a
pump
was put in. Then, all the
painter
s in the
neighbourhood

were
defeat
ed by a
severe
disease whose
characteristic
was
alike
to that
of a bad burn.
An
expert physician
was
instruct
ed to
attend
to the
victim
s and
handle
this case. He was
enthusiastic
, but he didn’t
foresee
that it was a
hard
challenge
. After simple
enquiry
, he
announce
d that the
pollute
d paint
was to
blame
. But without
positive
evidence, people
suspect
ed and
reject
ed his view, saying the theory he
put forward made no sense
. Being
much more
strict with
himself, he
contribute
d himself to the case.
Apart
from
making enquiries, he made detailed
chart
s and
analyse
d the data
cautiously
. Finally, he
drew a scientific conclusion
,
link
ing the disease to

the
radium
in the pump.
Expose
d
to
radium, a kind of radioactive material
in the
universe
, people
absorb
ed radiation and got sick immediately.

Spin
ning the pump
backward
, he took away the radium. This simple
movement cure
d all the victims.

必修五
Unit 2

eeing in the United Kingdom

观光联合王国

After the
wedding
, my cousin and his wife went to the
United
Kingdom

for
nationwide

sightseeing
. He
fax
ed a letter to me in English yesterday.
To my
delight
, he no longer made any
tense error
. And his
description

roughly

clarified
my questions about the UK--its
currency
, its
administration
, the
institution
which
divide
s it
into
four
province
s, and the
historical
conflict
s and
quarrel
s when Southern Ireland
broke away from

the UK.
Unwilling
to
leave
out
any attraction, my cousin
arrange
d his
enjoyable

journey carefully. One
attractive
place he visited was a castle in the
countryside
of Scotland, which lies near a
port
. It used to be the
headqua rters
（请注意：音频里面是
headquarter
，没有加
s
，是不对的。）
of
the
Communism
Union
but
broke
down
during the war. Finding nothing could