【正文】 第一篇：英語短文TOWN CRIER:How do you 39。get39。39。 the news?Do you watch it on TV or listen to it on the radio?Do you read online newspapers or news blogs?Or do you get a pod cast delivered to your inbox?News has never before been available to so many people in so many different forms and so convenient, so do you 39。get39。 the news? Do you watch it on TV or listen to it on the radio? Do you read online newspapers or news blogs? Or do you get a pod cast delivered to your inbox? News has never before been available to so many people in so many different forms and so convenient, so CRIER:However, getting the news didn39。t always use to be so !However, getting the news didn39。t always use to be so !NEWSCASTER:In medieval times, many governments and town councils relied on a man with a loud voice to deliver news to the general person was called the 39。Town Crier39。.The English Town Crier would call out,39。OyezOyez39。39。Which doesn39。t actually mean 39。Oh yes39。, but derives from the Anglo Norman word for 39。listen39。.Of course, this method of delivering the news had its medieval times, many governments and town councils relied on a man with a loud voice to deliver news to the general person was called the 39。Town Crier39。.The English Town Crier would call out, 39。Oyez!Oyez!39。 Which doesn39。t actually mean 39。Oh yes39。, but derives from the Anglo Norman word for 39。listen39。.Of course, this method of delivering the news had its :The main thing it was lacking was a wide , the information delivered was strictly controlled by the local council or all changed with the advent of the the beginning of the seventeenth century, the first mass printednewspapers appeared in northern European countries such as Germany and were in many ways main thing it was lacking was a wide , the information delivered was strictly controlled by the local council or all changed with the advent of the thebeginning of the seventeenth century, the first mass printed newspapers appeared in northern European countries such as Germany and were in many ways :They could reach a huge could be written and printed by anyone, as long as they had access to a printing press and enough money to fund the what they didn39。t necessarily have to do was reflect the government opinion of the other words, to some extent, newspapers and freedom of thought, opinion and expression went hand in forward to the twentieth century, and newspaper sales have fallen could reach a huge could be written and printed by anyone, as long as they had access to a printing press and enough money to fund the what they didn39。t necessarily have to do was reflect the government opinion of the other words, to some extent, newspapers and freedom of thought, opinion and expression went hand in forward to the twentieth century, and newspaper sales have fallen :The reason? some ways, television has much more in mon with the Town Crier than it does with reports are shorter, more visual, and delivered orally rather than via the printed , in most countries, television news channels are controlled by a small number of powerful reason? some ways, television has much more in mon with the Town Crier than it does with reports are shorter, more visual, and delivered orally rather than via the printed , in most countries, television news channels are controlled by a small number of powerful :In a sense, they tell us what to about many people have the money and influence to be able to buy all the necessary equipment and start their own television news channel?Unless you39。re a millionaire with the right contacts, it39。s almost course, the Internet has changed all a sense, they tell us what to about many people have the money and influence to be able to buy all the necessary equipment and start their own television news channel? Unless you39。re a millionairewith the right contacts, it39。s almost course, the Internet has changed all :In this new era of instant information, anyone with a puter and online access can write a news report and publish it online to a potential audience of , you can even video yourself and broadcast your own news report by posting it on a video sharing website!Like never before, ordinary people are now able to report what39。s really going on in their area, and enter into discussion and debate about the Town Crier, to the printed newspaper, to TV broadcast news, and now the Internet, the history of news has swung full circle a number of now, though, perhaps we39。re witnessing the beginning of a new age: the age of news written by the people, for the this new era of instant information, anyone with a puter and online access can write a news report and publish it online to a potential audience of , you can even video yourself and broadcast your own news report by posting it on a video sharing website!Like never before, ordinary people are now able to report what39。s really going on in their area, and enter into discussion and debate about ，到電視廣播，再到當(dāng)今的互聯(lián)網(wǎng)，新聞的歷史已經(jīng)發(fā)生了數(shù)次巨變。Right now, though, perhaps we39。re witnessing the beginning of a new age: the age of news written by the people, for the people.第二篇：英語短文A Wolf in sheep39。s clothing（披著羊皮的狼）A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilantshepherd and his day the wolf found the skin of a put it on and walked among the lamb thought that thewolf was its mother because his skin looked like itfollowed the after they had left the dogs, the wolf cameat the lamb and ate it some time he succeeded in deceivingthe sheep, and enjoying hearty 狼想吃羊，但是他害怕警惕的牧羊人和牧羊犬。有一天狼發(fā)現(xiàn)了一塊羊皮，便披著它混入羊群。一只小羊羔把這只披著羊皮的狼誤認(rèn)為自己的媽媽，被領(lǐng)出了羊群。狼成功地欺騙了羊群，吃掉了小羊羔。寓意：事物的外表有時候會掩蓋它的本質(zhì)，所以我們不能只憑表面現(xiàn)象就作判斷。good boy(好孩子)Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.“What did you dowith the money I gave you yesterday?”“I gave it to a poor old woman,” he answered.“You39。re a good boy,” said the mother proudly.“Here are two cents why are you so interested in theold woman?”“