英语经典短文

Don't Open the Wrong Window
A girl was leaning over the windowsill of her own bedroom when she saw her neighbor burying a puppy,which was so lovely that the little girl usually played with it.Seeing the puppy dead,the little girl couldn't help bursting into tears from her broken heart.When her grandfather witnessed this, he led the little girl to another room and opened another window.
Looking out of this window,she found it was a sunshiny rose garden with the birds singing and the air permeated with the fragrance of flowers. Instantly the little girl became cheerful without any anxiety on her face.
The old man told his granddaughter kindly,My dear, you just opened a wrong window.
On our journey to life,don't we often open a wrong window?

关于英语短文

In the Air Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy(吝啬) and hated spending money. One day a fair(集市) came to the nearby town. “Let’s go to the fair, Matt,” his wife said, “We haven’t been anywhere for a long time.” Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I’m not going to spend much money. We’ll look at things, but we won’t buy anything.” they went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy ,but he would not let her spend any money. then , in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane. “Fun flight!” the notice said, “$10 for 10 minutes.” Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn’t want to have to pay for his wife, as well. “I’ve only got $10,” he told the pilot. ( 飞行员). “Can my wife come with me for free?” The pilot wasn’t selling many tickets, so he said , “I’ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn’t scream or shout, she can have a free flight.” Matt aGREed, and got into the small airplane with his wife. the pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down. When the plane landed , the pilot said, “O.K. your wife didn’t make a sound . She can have her ride free.” “Thank you,” Matt said. “it wasn’t easy for her, you know , especially (尤其 ) when she fell out.”