原版英语小短文 57. Life Is Good

I am happy. I have many friends. I have a large family. I have four brothers and four sisters. I am in the middle. Four brothers are older than me. Four sisters are younger¹ than me. I go to school. I am in the sixth² grade. I like my teachers. My teachers like me. I have friends in every class. My favorite³ class is history. I like to read about history. History is a story about our past. Soon we will all be history. Then kids⁴ in school will read about us. I hope⁵ they like our stories. My best friend is Bobby. Bobby and I do many things together. We swim together. We play basketball together. We ride our bikes together. I have many other friends. We all go to the mall⁶ on weekends. We go to movies. We go to restaurants. We tell jokes⁷. We laugh. We have fun. Life⁸ is great.

1 younger   

adj.年轻的；n.年纪较小的人

参考例句：

• My younger brother hides behind the door. 我弟弟躲在门后。
• She is older than me but my other sisters are younger. 她比我大，其余都是我妹妹。

2 sixth   

num.第六

参考例句：

• He was the sixth to arrive.他是第六个到达的。
• The sixth boy in line is my brother.排第六的男孩是我的弟弟。

3 favorite   

n.特别喜爱的(人)物；adj.特别喜爱的

参考例句：

• Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.春秋是我喜欢的季节。
• Her most favorite fruit is orange.她最喜欢的水果是桔子。

4 kids   

n.小孩( kid的名词复数 )；年轻人；小山羊；小山羊皮

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。

5 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

6 mall   

n.（美）购物中心，大商场

参考例句：

• I am going to the mall the day after tomorrow.我后天去大型购物中心。
• Are you going to go to the mall?你要去大型购物中心吗？

7 jokes   

n.笑话，玩笑( joke的名词复数 )；可笑的人、事物、情形v.开玩笑( joke的第三人称单数 )；戏弄；闹着玩；说着玩

参考例句：

• They all guffawed at his jokes. 他们听了他的笑话都一阵狂笑。
• an inexhaustible supply of good jokes 讲不完的精彩笑话

8 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。