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1、小学六年级英语小短文 有关六年级英语短文阅读随着经济全球化的开展，英语教学在小学素质教育中发挥着越来越重要的作用。本文是有关六年级英语短文，有帮助!有关六年级英语短文：Dont Take My Property“Eminent domain” is the power of the government to take private property and use it for the public good.Government officials simply notify a property owner that they want his property and offer h

2、im a fair price.The owner can accept or reject that offer.If he thinks the offer is too low, he can go to court.In court, a jury will decide the fair price, which the government must pay.Usually, the owner cannot prevent the government from taking his land for public use, which includes roads, schoo

3、ls, government buildings, and economic development.However, the US Supreme Court recently e_panded the meaning of “economic development” to include the construction of shopping centers, amusement parks, and even car washes.Property owners nationwide are now at greater risk of losing their property f

4、or the “private” good instead of the “public” good.They will see their land converted to Burger Kings and Chevy dealerships instead of post offices and parks.Just last week, the Ozark city council demanded that Johnny Miller sell all his land to the city.“It isnt right,” said Miller.“My family has o

5、wned this property for four generations.We grow crops and raise cattle.Were active in Ozarks social clubs and civic groups.Now the council wants to kick us out so that Walt Disney can build a new theme park here.Im not selling.Im going to fight this-since when is a mouse more important than an Ameri

6、can family?”有关六年级英语短文：Shut Your Mouth“Shut your mouth,” Ginger said as she looked at Errol.He was looking at a green parrotsquawking in a tree.“I didnt even say anything,” he objected.She knew that he hadnt said anything; she meantthat his mouth was hanging half open.“You do that all the time,” she

7、said.“You look silly.Sometimes I look around to see if people arelooking at you.They must think that Im your caregiver.”He apologized, saying hed try to keep his mouth closed when he was looking at parrots.“Notjust when youre looking at parrots.Whenever youre not using your mouth for talking, yousho

8、uld keep your mouth closed.Look at me,” she said.She demonstrated his “open mouth”position while looking at the parrot.“See how dumb I look?” she said.He laughed.“You look as smart and pretty with your mouth open as you do with your mouthclosed,” he said.Since theyd already been dating for four year

9、s, he asked, why hadnt she said anything beforenow? She said that she hadnt wanted to hurt his feelings before.But now that shed decidedthat they werent going to get married, and maybe they werent even going to continue dating,she felt it was okay to be pletely honest with him.He asked her if there

10、were other things she had not told him.“Your underarms smell,” she said, “even after you take a shower.” He told her that the muskysmell was actually attractive to some women.“Well, feel free to share it with them,” she said.He hoped she wasnt serious about that, but he decided against asking her.有关

11、六年级英语短文：The Chipped Teeth“Dont get your teeth veneered,” Elmers girlfriend said.“I know a girl who did that, and shehas had bad breath ever since.”Elmer had never heard of such a thing.“Thats ridiculous,” he said.“Veneers are made ofplastic.Plastic doesnt give you bad breath.”Hannah asked him if he

12、had ever used a public phone right after some stranger had talked on it.“The plastic phone stinks from their breath,” she said.“Why do you always have to argue withme?” He told her that he didnt argue with her-she was the one who always argued with him.Elmer saw his dentist a week later.He asked if

13、veneers could cause bad breath.The dentisttold him that it was possible, because plastic can retain odor.He said a more mon causeof bad breath from dental work was fillings.Several patients had e to him because theythought they had gotten bad breath from new fillings.He replaced the fillings with di

14、fferentmaterial, and their bad breath went away.“Well, should I get veneers for my two front teeth?” Elmer asked.“I used to have tiny chips ineach tooth.Now, those chips are bigger.” His dentist told him that applying veneers wouldrequire destroying too much enamel, which the two teeth were already

15、deficient in.“Ill bet youused to suck on lemons,” he said.Elmer nodded.His dentist suggested grinding down the chipped areas a little bit so that their edges wouldntbe so jagged.The grinding, acpanied by a burning odor, took only a couple of minutes.When Elmer ran his tongue over his “new” teeth, they felt nice and smooth.So he decided thatthe $100 dentist bill was probably worth it.More importantly, he wouldnt have to worry aboutlosing his girlfriend because of a couple of veneers.“有关六年级英语短文”END第 7 页 共 7 页