英语考试中有短文阅读，很多同学一碰到阅读就头疼，既浪费时间，又拿不到分。其实，学习英语关键还是在平时，多读一些英语短文，对提高阅读速度是有帮助的。下面沪江小编为大家整理了一篇经典英语短文，希望你喜欢。

A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.

He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river."

He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.

Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time.

【译文】

一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。

他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。”

他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。

不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

其实，小编觉得英语短文还是挺有意思的，你在阅读时可能会遇到这种情况，你理解的意思和翻译的不一样，可能就会对故事理解有误。不管怎么样，小编还是建议大家多读一些英语短文，长时间的积累，你的英语水平一定会提高。