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1、高中有趣的英语故事短文有趣的英语短文讲故事几乎是世界上最古老的一门艺术,既是一种和人类生存开展攸关的文化娱乐活动,又是一种鲜活的即兴创作教育。本文是高中有趣的英语故事短文，有帮助!高中有趣的英语故事短文：The Chipped Teeth“Dont get your teeth veneered,” Elmers girlfriend said.“I know a girl who did that, and she has had bad breath ever since.”Elmer had never heard of such a thing.“Thats ridiculous,”

2、he said.“Veneers are made of plastic.Plastic doesnt give you bad breath.”Hannah asked him if he 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 with me?” He told her that he didnt argue wi

3、th her-she was the one who always argued with him.Elmer saw his dentist a week later.He asked if veneers could cause bad breath.The dentist told him that it was possible, because plastic can retain odor.He said a more mon cause of bad breath from dental work was fillings.Several patients had e to hi

4、m because they thought they had gotten bad breath from new fillings.He replaced the fillings with different material, and their bad breath went away.“Well, should I get veneers for my two front teeth?” Elmer asked.“I used to have tiny chips in each tooth.Now, those chips are bigger.” His dentist tol

5、d him that applying veneers would require destroying too much enamel, which the two teeth were already deficient in.“Ill bet you used to suck on lemons,” he said.Elmer nodded.His dentist suggested grinding down the chipped areas a little bit so that their edges wouldnt be so jagged.The grinding, acp

6、anied 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 that the $100 dentist bill was probably worth it.More importantly, he wouldnt have to worry about losing his girlfriend because of a couple of veneers.高中有趣的英

7、语故事短文：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 him a fair price.The owner can accept or reject that offer.If he thinks the off

8、er 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, schools, government buildings, and economic development.However, the US SupremeCour

9、t 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 for the “private” good instead of the “public” good.They will see their land con

10、verted 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 owned this property for four generations.We grow crops and raise cattle.Were act

11、ive 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 American family?”高中有趣的英语故事短文：School Bus CrashesAn elementary school bus driver pulle

12、d into a gas station in Ohio because he had to use the bathroom.Instead of turning off the engine and taking the key with him, the driver left the bus running.“It was cold outside, and I didnt want the kids to get chilly while I was using the bathroom,” he told a police officer.There were 20 kids on

13、 the bus.The driver forgot to set the emergency brake because he was in a hurry, he said.The bus slowly started rolling away from the gas station.As the bus picked up speed, the kids began yelling and screaming.Ten-year-old Jake had the posure to run forward to the drivers seat and grab the steering

14、 wheel.He pressed hard on the brake pedal and managed to stop the bus as it approached a guard rail overlooking a creek bed.Jake turned off the ignition.After the cops arrived at the scene, they congratulated Jake on his heroic effort.“That is one cool kid,” said the police sergeant.“I told him he w

15、ould make a great police officer when he grows up.”Jake wasnt impressed with what he had done.“Stopping the bus,” he said, “was easy pared to playing Grand Theft Auto III,” his favorite action video game.The bus driver, walking along the highway when arrested by the police, was initially charged wit

16、h “leaving a child unattended while motor vehicle is running.” While that is only a minor driving violation, the county district attorney said he hoped to upgrade the charge to a felony because of the number of children involved.“Whatever he is charged with,” the DA said, “I will see that he never drives a bus in this county again.”“高中有趣的英语故事短文”END第 6 页 共 6 页