英语小短文（优美的，简短的）
中文：时间很重要
时间很重要。人人每天有二十四小时，每年有三百六十五天，一旦我们生命中的一天消逝，就再也不会回来。我们要是热爱生命，就不应该浪费时间。我们应该掌握时间。使用时间的最好办法就是好好计划时间。
在制定学习计划时，我们应该记住两件事。第一，应该现实一些，不要企图干太多的事情。第二，好的计划要灵活一点。我们可以每周做些小的变动，但总的模式不变。
让我们当时间的主人，今天就开始我们的计划。
English:
Time is important. Everyone has 24 hours in a day. There are 365 days in a year. Once a day runs out in our life, it will never come back again. If we love our lives, we shouldn’t waste time. We must control time. The best way to use time is to plan it well.
When making the study plan, we should remember two things. First, be realistic. Don’t try to do too many things. Second, a good study plan should be flexible. We may make some small changes on a weekly basis but follow the same pattern.
Let’s be the master of time, start out plan now.
中文：安徒生本人的童话故事（一）
汉斯·安徒生生于一个鞋匠的家庭。他很小的时候想成为一个作家，他想写剧本、演戏。好多人说这孩子不明智，但他深信他的梦想一定会实现。他十四岁的时候就到哥本哈根去闯天下。在那里他去找了戏剧界的人士，但没人向他伸出援助之手。很快他就没有多少钱了。有几个人给他点钱去买点吃的，买点衣服，但这孩子把大部分钱用来买书，去看戏。
English:
Andersen put his own experience into his fairy tales which he told the children of his friends. Because he had the genius of telling stories, so he told the stories vividly and the children liked to listen to him. After his first book of fairy tales was published, it was liked by children and their parents. It was very successful. The tales were full of everyday truth. Then his second book of fairy tales came out, later the third one. Altogether he produced 37 books. At that time Andersen was regarded as the Prince of Fairy tales and he was one of the greatest writers in his time.
中文：这种生活
悉尼·波蒂埃是美国著名黑人演员和导演。十八岁时，他想当演员，就去找了一位导演并把他的愿望告诉了他。导演叫他在舞台上读剧本中的一个角色。由于有许多不认识的字，悉尼没念好。导演觉得这个年轻人不行，就把他撵下台去。后来，悉尼想了很多。他认识到他阅读能力太差，并下决心要好好学。在此后的六个月当中，他拿出尽可能多的时间进行阅读。
English:
Sidney Poitier was a famous American black actor and director. When he was eighteen, he wanted to become an actor, so he went to see a director and told him his wish. The director asked him to read a part of a character on the stage. Because there were many words he did not know, Sidney didn’t read well. The director didn’t regard this young man as an actor and let him get off the stage. Later Sidney thought a lot of things. He realized that his reading was too poor and he was determined to study well. During the following six months, he spent as much time as possible reading.
At the Seaside
另外一篇:This summer,I went to the seaside nearby.When I was down beside the sea. Awooden spade they gave to me.I dig the sandy shore.My holes were empty like a cup,in every hole the sea came up,till it could come no more.Some people had a good time that day by the fun of swimming.Girls and boys played in the water.I came back with a lot of memory there.