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经典英语短文故事 英语短文故事 短文一: The science teacher lecturing his class in biology said, Now Ill show you this frog in my pocket. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a chicken sandwich. He looked puzzled for a second, thought deeply, and said, Thats funny. I distinctly remember eating my lunch. 短文二： During the heat of the space race in the 1960s, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity confines of its space capsules. After considerable research and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost of approximately $1million U.S. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest success as a novelty item back here on earth. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil. 短文三： Mr.and Mrs.Taylor had a seven year old boy named Pat.Now Mrs.Taylor was expecting another child. Pat had seen babies in other peoples houses and had not liked them very much，so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too. One evening Mr.and Mrs.Taylor were making plans for the babys arrival.“This house wont be big enough for us all when the baby comes，”said Mr.Taylor. Pat came into the room just then and said，“What are you talking about?”“We were saying that well have to move to an other house now，because the new babys coming，”his mother answered. “ Its no use，”said Pat hopelessly.“ Hell follow us there.” 短文四： An old man lived alone in Northern Ireland. His only son was in prison. The old man wanted to plant some potatoes in his garden but he didnt know anyone who would help him plow up the garden. He wrote to his son about it, and received this reply, For HEAVENS SAKE, dont dig up that garden, thats where I buried the GUNS! At 4 AM the next morning, a dozen British soldiers showed up and dug up the entire garden, but didnt find any guns. Confused, the man wrote to his son telling h