阅读一些英语故事短文，不仅可以提高自己的英语阅读水平并且可以丰富自身的英语词汇量，更重要的是可以培养对学习英文的兴趣，通常这些英文短文故事都蕴含着丰富的哲理和一些动人的故事情节，可以让我们在阅读的过程中，学到一些英文知识，使学习变得不那么枯燥无味。下面和大家分享一篇有趣的英文短文故事，希望大家可以喜欢。      

      First Flight （第一次坐飞机）
      Mr. Johnson had never been up in an aerophane before and he had read a lot about air accidents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small phane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane. （ 第一次坐飞机 约翰逊先生从前未乘过飞机，他读过许多关于飞行事故的报道。所以，有一天一位朋友邀请他乘自己的小飞机飞行时，约翰逊先生非常担心，不敢接受。不过，由于朋友不断保证说飞行是很安全的，约翰逊先生终于被说服了，登上了飞机。 ）
      His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes. （他的朋友启动引擎开始在机场跑道上滑行。约翰逊先生听说飞行中最危险的是起飞与降落，所以他吓得紧闭双眼。 ）
      After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don't they?" "Those are ants," answered his friend. "We're still on the ground." （过了一两分钟，他睁开双眼朝窗外望去，接着对朋友说道：“看下面那些人，他们看起来就象蚂蚁一样小，是不是？” “那些就是蚂蚁，”他的朋友答道，“我们还在地面上。” ）        

      以上是First Flight （第一次坐飞机）的中英文互译版本，英语故事阅读对丰富语言知识和提高语言素养有着积极的意义,同时也是大家进行英文学习的一个非常适合的方法，希望大家可以从英文故事中学习，提高英文水平。