一、英语阅读小故事(小学四年级)
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants. How could the plants grow faster? He tossed in bed during the night and could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, What a wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night! With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he had done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen. The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. People now use Ba Miao Zhu Zhang to describe the behavior of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom is a bit like the English proverb Haste makes waste ------to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm. 拨苗助长 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，发觉那些稻 苗长得非常慢。 他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快呢? 想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高几分。 经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了。 隔天早晨．一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。 哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
二、翻译英语阅读理解（小学）
1.这是圣诞节,在家里有个大party.客人有的来有的走,但是聚会继续进行.然后门铃响了,有人说进来,一个矮个男人打开前门走进来.没人认识他但主人接待他带他去喝点东西.那个男人很开心地坐在屋子喝酒一个半小时.突然他停下看着主人,我不认识你,我不认识你老婆,你的客人我一个也不认识.我老婆喝我想出去到车子里,但是你的一个客人的车在你的大门前,所以我进来找他.我老婆在外面车子等我回去呢.. 2.jane只有4岁,她还没有上学.但她十分聪明,从她当教师的奶奶那学到了很多东西.有一天,jane的妈妈,带她到一个聚会.客人都出问题考一个有钱女人的儿子.jane妈妈问那个男孩一些问题,但是他的答案都错了.jane开始嘲笑他.那个有钱女人很升旗.她叫她的一个做老师的朋友去问jane一些问题,但jane的答案都对了.然后那老师问,3只小鸟在树上.如果一只被杀了,剩下多少只? jane答一只 你错了那个有钱女人喊着,他们全部都跑了 你认为一只死了的小鸟会飞吗?jane说 客人门都开始笑了,那个有钱女人脸红了.
三、适合四年级学生阅读的英语小短文
Too Polite(礼貌过头了)
There are many people in the bus. Some have seats, but some have to(不得不) stand. At a bus stop, a woman gets on the bus. An old man hears the door and tries (试着) to stand up.
“Oh, no, thank you,” the woman forces (强迫) him back to the seat. “Please don't do that. I can stand.”
“But, madam(夫人), let me…,”says the man.
“I ask you to keep your seat(坐在你的座位上)，” the woman says. She puts(放) her hands on the old man's shoulder(肩膀).
But the man still(仍然) tries to stand up,“Madam, will you please let me…?”“Oh, no,”says the woman. She again(又) forces the man back.
At last(最后) the old man shouts(大声喊), “I wants to get off(下车) the bus!”
( )1.All the people have seats in the bus.
( )2.An old man gets on the bus at a bus stop.
( )3.The old man wants to give his seat to he woman.
( )4.The woman sits the old man's seat.
( )5.The old man wants to get off the bus.