小学生英语趣味阅读文章

　　对于小学生来说，经常阅读一些趣味性的英语阅读对提高英语水平有较大的帮助。下面为大家送上两篇小学生英语趣味阅读文章。

小学生英语趣味阅读文章

　　小学生英语趣味阅读文章1

　　the ugly duckling

　　a mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. a flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. but one egg remained unbroken. "it is strange. why has this egg not broken?"

　　the mother duck continued her brooding. at last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born. however that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.

　　the mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim. the ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly. "it is lucky though. that baby swims well." still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.

　　"how hideous this baby duck is. we don't want to see you. go to a cat." his brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling. "stop it, don't do that!" the mother duck sighed and said, "ah! i wish that this baby could live happily at another place."

　　the baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, "mom, i will leave. good-bye." the ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.

　　when he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away. "why do they run away? is it because i am so awful?" the baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.

　　near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around. "yah, what is that ugly duck? let's make fun of him." the two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.

　　"bang! bang!" at that time, a hunter shot his gun. the two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground. "uh? what is this small bird?" the hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.

　　"dad, what is this poor-looking bird?" "i took it with me in order to give it to you, my son. it was trembling with fear in the water." the children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.

　　"that hurts! ow!" the baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children. the dishes on the table were also broken. the angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick. and so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.

　　finally spring came. the baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously. "uh! i am flying!"

　　upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming. "they are indeed pretty birds." the baby duck became sad. "those birds may not like me as i am so ugly."

　　the baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans. "hi! where are you going? come and play around with us!" the baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly. at that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the lake. there was one more beautiful swan gliding gracefully across the water.

　　the ugly duckling who overcame all suffering had finally become a beautiful swan. and so he lived happily ever after.

　　小学生英语趣味阅读文章2

　　nightingale

　　a long time ago in china there lived an emperor. the emperor loved to read books. one day, in the book he was reading, it wrote, "the most beautiful precious treasure is the bird nightingale."

　　the emperor had never seen or heard of nightingale. "what is nightingale?" no one has ever seen or heard of it.

　　the emperor was very curious as to what nightingale was. "bring nightingale to me at once". the servants were worried by the emperor's command. they looked here and there.

　　one day a little girl said that she knew of nightingale. she said that the bird she had was nightingale. it was a small cute bird. at once nightingale was brought to the emperor.

　　the emperor was very happy. "ah ~ is this bird called nightingale?" for the first time in his life, he heard the beautiful voice and was impressed and deeply moved.

　　"please give me nightingale and i will reward you handsomely." so nightingale came to live in the palace. everyday nightingale sang for the emperor.

　　emperor was happy every time he heard nightingale sing. he was so proud of nightingale that he allowed the servants to hear it too. however, nightingale was not happy. nightingale felt trapped and had no freedom.

　　one day the neighboring country sent a gift to the emperor. it was a nightingale doll made of jewels and gold. every time the doll was wound up it sang beautifully. furthermore, the emperor if wanted could hear it everyday.

　　"it's really amazing. it's beauty is the finest in the world." the real nightingale was sad. the real nightingale decided to leave. it flew off into the forest of freedom.

　　the nightingale doll kept on singing. one day the doll broke. no body was able to fix it. the emperor was heart broken.

　　the emperor became ill. he just laid there waiting to die. just then, from the window, a beautiful song came flowing in. everyone looked.

　　sitting by the window, nightingale began singing. shortly after, the emperor became better. nightingale was happy. soon, the emperor's face was filled with happiness once again.

　　小学生英语趣味阅读文章3

　　Five grains of green peas were growing together side by side in a shell. The green pea grains grew little by little with warm sunshine. Because of the green shell, they thought the whole world also would be green.

　　"Make some room for me. Why do we feel this shell is much smaller than before?" As they grew up, they felt cramped in the shell. Autumn was just around the corner, and the green shell turned yellowish.

　　One boy came close and picked the green pea shell. "The shell will be opened!" "Which one of us will go the farthest?" The green pea grains murmured together nervously, and looked forward to the shell being opened.

　　The boy grasped the shell tightly and spread his hand out. Then, the shell was opened, and the grains jumped and popped out of the shell.

　　The first green pea fell down on a roof and became food for a pigeon. The second green pea did too. The third green pea fell into a sewer and lived in the mud. The fourth green pea remained in the boy's hand and was locked in the boy's treasure box.

　　The youngest green pea jumped out as hard as he could and went the farthest. It landed in the corner of a windowsill of a house in a street. It was full of dust and moss.

　　An ill girl and her mother lived in the house. They were so poor that her mother had to work all day. The ill girl had to stay in her bed all the time by herself.

　　Small leaves and dust from here and there covered the youngest pea. In spring, a small bud began to come out of his body. One day, the ill girl saw the new bud on the windowsill of her attic. "Mom, look at this. There's small buds on the windowsill." Her mother came close to the window and looked at it carefully.

　　"You're right. The small green pea pushed out new buds!" Her mother was also surprised at the new buds, and the girl's eyes were glittering with joy. "Mom, would you move my bed close to the window? I want to watch it growing and stretching out." "Sure, I will. Cheer up!"

　　Her mother put some soil on the windowsill and she made a stick stand for the green pea. She helped the green pea stretch its roots and vines. The girl stretched her body to look out at the green pea's vines. She kept stretching her back, and in the end, she can get out of her bed and stand. Her cheeks became full of fresh red color.

　　Then, one morning, the girl shouted out with joy. "Oh! The white flowers began to come out. Mom, come and look at this green pea flower." Her mother ran to her and embraced her daughter who was standing by herself. "That little grain of green pea helped my daughter to stand up and walk." Tears were standing in the mother's eyes. The two were standing with happy smiles next to the window of bright and warm sunshine.

　　单词注释：cramped adj. 狭窄的；难解的；受限制的

　　pigeon n. 鸽子

　　windowsill n. [建] 窗台；[建] 窗沿

　　Narcissus, on the windowsill.

　　窗台上的水仙花。

　　bud n. 芽，萌芽；蓓蕾

　　glitter vi. 闪烁；闪光

　　例句：The morning dews glitter in the sun.

　　晨露在阳光下闪烁。

　　stretch vt. 伸展，张开；vi. 伸展；adj. 可伸缩的'；n. 伸展，延伸

　　例句：To his amazement the girl did kiss her hand and stretch it out.

　　使他惊奇的是，那姑娘果真吻了吻自己的手，把它伸了出来。

　　小学生英语趣味阅读文章4

　　A church bell tolled and its echo reached the streets. The sound of the bell seemed to be from a forest.

　　The people thought the bell sounded strange and went into the forest to find the bell. One day, the king said to his people, "Anyone who finds out where the sound of the bell comes from, I will give a high position."

　　A lot of people went into the forest. No one could find out where it came from. Then, one man found where the sound came from. It came when a giant owl hit its body against a tree. But he didn't know which tree it was.

　　He got a prize from the king, but nothing had changed. One day, a group of children went into the forest. They all wanted to find the sound of the bell.

　　All the children went into the forest, but three children didn't. After a short while, some of them were exhausted. Many of them went back to the town. The rest of the children in the forest said, "We've been searching everywhere, but there is no 'bell'."

　　At that moment, a bell sound came from deep in the forest. They went deeper into the woods. Then, they heard water flowing. "Hey! What do you think is that sound?

　　The boys were all curious about the sound. "No, this is not the sound we heard." One of the boys answered. He was a prince. The rest of them all went back to town. The prince started to go into the forest all by himself from then on.

　　But one day, a poor boy came up in front of him. "I'll go with you. But I can't walk as fast as you, because of my wooden shoes." The poor boy walked toward the forest. The prince walked as fast as the poor boy did. "I will find the bell in the end!"

　　Around sunset, the forest became peaceful and quiet. The prince went deeper in to the woods. He climbed up a cliff. He got to the top of it before sunset. He looked down at the broad sea. It was very beautiful.

　　Then, the tune of the forest came from somewhere. He also could hear the tune of the sea. He stretched his arms toward the sky, sea and forest. As soon as the poor boy held the prince's hand, the holy sound of the bell echoed all around.

　　单词注释：

　　giant adj. 巨大的;巨人般的

　　例句：If this continues, then there will be no giant pandas in the world.

　　如果这些继续的话，世界上很快就将没有大熊猫了。

　　owl n. [动]猫头鹰

　　stretch vt. 伸展，张开;vi. 伸展

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