小学一年级英语阅读短文精选
阿尔伯塔大学-广西自然科学基金
小学一年级英语阅读短文精选
A Brother Like
That
A friend of mine named Paul
received an automobile from
his brother as a
Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when
Paul
came out of his office, a street urchin was
walking
around the shiny new car, admiring
it.
Paul nodded.
The
boy was astounded.
and it didn’t cost
you nothing? Boy, I wish . . .
hesitated.
Of course Paul knew what he was going to
wish for. He
was going to wish he had a
brother like that. But what the
lad said
jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.
the
boy went on,
Paul looked at the boy in
astonishment, then impulsively
he added,
After a short ride, the boy
turned with his eyes aglow,
said,
Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the
lad
wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors
that he could ride
home in a big automobile.
But Paul was wrong again.
stop where those two
steps are?
He ran up the steps.
Then in a little while Paul heard
him coming
back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying
his little crippled brother. He sat him down
on the bottom
step, then sort of squeezed up
against him and pointed to the
car.
brother gave it to him for Christmas and it
didn’t cost
him a cent. And some day Im
gonna give you one just like
it . . . then you
can see for yourself all the pretty things
in
the Christmas windows that Ive been trying to tell
you
about.
his car. The shining-eyed older
brother climbed in beside him
and the three of
them began a memorable holiday ride. That
Christmas Eve, Paul learned
what
Jesus meant when he said：
give . . .
哥哥的心愿
圣诞节时，保罗的哥哥送他一辆新车。圣诞节当天，保罗离开办
公
室时，一个男孩绕着那辆闪闪发亮的新车，十分赞叹地问： 先生，
这是你的车?
保罗点点头：这是我哥哥送给我的圣诞节礼物。男孩满脸惊讶，
支支吾吾地说：你是说这是你哥送的礼物
，没花你一分钱?天哪，我
真希望也能……
保
罗当然知道男孩他真想希望什么。他希望能有一个象那样的哥
哥。但是小男孩接下来说的话却完全出乎了
保罗的意料。
我希望自己能成为送车给弟弟的哥哥。男孩继续说。
保罗惊愕地看着那男孩，冲口而出地说：你要不要坐我的车去
兜风?哦，
当然好了，我太想坐了!
车开了一小段路后，那孩子转过头来，眼睛闪闪发亮，对我说
：
先生，你能不能把车子开到我家门前?
保罗微笑，他知道孩子想干什么。那
男孩必定是要向邻居炫耀，
让大家知道他坐了一部大轿车回家。但是这次保罗又猜错了。你能不
能把车子停在那两个台阶前?男孩要求道。 男孩跑上了阶梯，过了一
会儿保罗听到他回来了，但动作似
乎有些缓慢。原来把他跛脚的弟弟
带出来了，将他安置在第一个台阶上，紧紧地抱着他，指着那辆新车。
只听那男孩告诉弟弟：你看，这就是我刚才在楼上对你说的那
辆新车。这是保
罗他哥哥送给他的哦!将来我也会送给你一辆像这样的
车，到那时候你就能自己去看那些在圣诞节时，挂
窗口上的漂亮饰品
了，就象我告诉过你的那样。
保罗走下车子，把跛脚男孩抱
到车子的前座。兴奋得满眼放光的
哥哥也爬上车子，坐在弟弟的身旁。就这样他们三人开始一次令人难<
br>忘的假日兜风。
那个圣诞夜，保罗才真正体会主耶稣所说的施比受更有福的道
理。