中考英语短文40篇（中考英语阅读100篇）

初中英语美文欣赏：爱的传递。本文摘自中考英语真题，添加翻译，重点词汇讲解。

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One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he going to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.

一个男人看见一位老太太站在她那辆昂贵的汽车旁，显然需要帮助。于是他停下他的旧卡车，下了车。尽管他在微笑，老太太还是很担心。他会伤害她吗？他看起来不安全。

[重点词汇]:in need of； 需要；truck: 货车，卡车；worried: 担心的，be worried about sth/sb； 担心某事/某人；

The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.”

男人看出她很害怕，于是用他最友好的声音说：“我是来帮你的，夫人。你为什么不在车里暖和的地方等着呢？顺便说一句，我叫布莱恩·安德森。”

[重点词汇]: frightened：害怕的，受惊吓的；be frightended at: 受…惊吓；见…大吃一惊；frightending: 吓人的，可怕的；

Friendly:友好的，friendliest；(最高级)最友好的；be friendly to sb: 对某人非常的友善；why don’t you…:为什么不…，表示建议；

by the way: 顺便说一下，顺便问一下；

Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him. But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him.

布莱恩很快修好了车，这位女士向他表示感谢。然后她问她应该付他多少钱。但是布莱恩不想要钱。他只是在帮助有麻烦的人。这对他来说很正常。

[重点词汇]: fix:修理； 固定，安装； 组织，安排；fix up: 修理，解决；fix sth up for sb: 为某人安排某事；give a hand to sb: 帮助某人；in trouble: 处于困境中；

He said, “If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me.” After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat.

他说：“如果你真的想报答我，下次当你看到有需要的人时，帮他们想想我。”告别后，这位女士继续沿着这条路走，直到她来到一家小咖啡馆，她决定停下来吃点东西。

[重点词汇]: want to do sth: 想要做某事；repay: 偿还，偿付；报答，回报； in need:有需要，在困境之中；think of: 想起，想到；decide to do sth: 决定做某事；

As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant. Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.

当这位漂亮的女服务员点菜时，这位女士注意到她怀孕将近八个月。尽管女服务员看上去很累，但她很和蔼。当这位女士准备支付10美元的账单时，她想起了布赖恩的话。

[重点词汇]: waitress ：女服务员；order: 订单；pregnant：怀孕的；pay: 支付，偿还；pay off；还清；pay back:偿还；报答；pay for:为…付款；

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There were tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

她用一百万美元付账。但是当女服务员拿着零钱回来时，这位女士不见了。她在桌上看到一张小纸条。当她读到这封信时，眼里含着泪水：“曾经有人以我帮助你的方式帮助过我。如果你想回报我，就继续善待他人。”这封信下面还有9张100美元的钞票。

[重点词汇]: change：<n>零钱，找零；change sth into sth: 将…变成…; pay sb back: 报答某人；be kind to sb: 对某人友善；

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan Anderson my dear…you’re not going to believe what just happened…”

老太太是天使吗？女服务员非常激动，她打电话给丈夫告诉他这个消息。“布莱恩·安德森，亲爱的……你不会相信刚刚发生的事……”