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1、关于英语故事精选篇五篇 英语故事是现代人学习英语的最好的方式,学习英语单词之外还可以学到很多道理。希望可以帮到大家以下是给大家的20XX关于英语故事精选篇,希望可以帮到大家 “Why were you so rude to your brother?” Gladys asked. “He drove all the way over here to deliver that package to you. But you didnt invite him inside your apartment. You didnt offer him anything to drink or eat. T
2、hen, when he was talking to me, you kept _ing him to speak faster. He was speaking slowly because he knows my English isnt that goodhe was just being polite. Finally, when he and I sat down in the living room, you just went to your puter and started typing away.” William tried to explain to Gladys t
3、hat what she saw between him and his brother was their normal interaction. Roland was simply delivering a package; there was nothing for the two of them to chat about. Further, Roland felt that Williams apartment had an odor; he usually didnt even e inside the apartment when he visited. In addition,
4、 Roland was very picky about what he drank and atehe wasnt interested in eating Williams “junk food.” Finally, William argued, he had told Roland many times not to “talk down” to Gladys. “He talks to you like youre a two-year-old,” William said. She said she didnt mind; Roland was just trying to mun
5、icate. She just wished that William would be more polite to him. “When my sister visits me,” she said, “I hug her, I invite her inside, we eat and drink and talk, and we just have a good time with each other.” Well, William told her, he and his brother were different. “No,” she corrected him, “maybe
6、 you and I are different.” The California state assembly recently approved the so-called Paris Hilton bill, which bars dogs from oupying the drivers seat in a moving vehicle. The bill passed because Democrats wanted to make an example of Miss Hilton. They think she is a “little rich girl” who always
7、 gets her way; plus, her daddy is a big contributor to the Republican party. “The judge should have put her in jail for four months,” said one Democrat when Paris got only a four-day jail sentence for driving while intoxicated. Driving around town with her little dog Lovey hanging out the drivers wi
8、ndow, Paris is a familiar sight throughout Los Angeles. Pictures of her and Lovey are mon in newspapers and magazines. “That dog is a deadly menace to everyone on the streets and the sidewalks,” said assembly leader Fabian Nunez. “We wrote this bill to protect the public. Theres no _ing when the dog
9、 might cause her to drive into a crowd of pedestrians. If Paris wants to be with her dog, let her chauffeur do the driving. The state assembly is responsible for protecting people, and we take that responsibility seriously.” The assembly bill passed by a vote of 44 to 11. The state senate is expecte
10、d to approve the bill, and Governor Schwarzenegger has promised to sign it. “I love dogs,” he said, “but when it es to protecting the people of California, dogs will have to take a back seat.” The eleven assembly members who objected to the bill were all Republicans. “While Californians,” said Repub
11、lican Tom Ridge, “are being attacked daily by murderers, rapists, and muggers, who do the Democrats protect citizens froma spoiled little girl and her dog!” To protect celebrities from the photographers who hound them, the mayor of Malibu has made a decision. “All professional photographers who want
12、 to take photos of celebrities in Malibu must be licensed. The license will cost $2,000 a year,” said Mayor Eddie Arnold. “I know that sounds like a lot, but these people can make a lot of money off one photo.” Stalking can be dangerous to the public, too. Recently, paparazzi in nine different cars
13、chased after Britney Spears as she left a friends house to go to a nearby restaurant. The driver of one car, intent on beating his petitors, struck a man in a crosswalk. The man was taken to the hospital with two broken legs. Nobody took his photo. That aident prompted the mayors decision. The very
14、cost of the license, he said, would reduce the number of photographers who hang around in Malibu. “Good riddance,” said one restaurant owner. “Some of them hang around my restaurant every Saturday. They never buy lunch or dinner. They just use my rest room all day long.” The paparazzi, of course, we
15、re angry. “Were just little people trying to make a buck,” said Ansel Adams. “Most of us never have big paydays. Malibu should collect the $2,000 only if we actually sell a photo.” The first report was that hundreds in the delta had died. But by the third day, estimates were that 40,000 people could
16、 be dead or missing, and perhaps one million might be left homeless. Bodies were floating in rivers that were mixed with ocean water. There was little fresh water and little food. For unknown reasons, the government was refusing most offers of international aid. The cyclone had hit the capital of Myanmar with winds of 120 mph. It was as powerful as Hurricane Katrina, which in