在孩子有一些单词和基础的时候，家长如果想提升孩子的英语能力，让孩子阅读英语短文故事，再适合不过了。孩子在阅读过程中，可以积累更多的单词和词汇，大量的英语短文阅读，可以提升孩子的阅读和理解能力，培养孩子的英语语感，促使孩子形成英语思维。一旦形成英语思维，这将对孩子以后的英语学习之路有非常大的帮助。因此家长千万不要忽视孩子的英语阅读能力的培养。下面小编分享三则儿童英语阅读小短文，来协助家长提升孩子的阅读能力，家长可以先收藏，再让孩子阅读。

1. 《A poor old woman》——一个可怜的老太婆

Little Robert asked his mother for two cents.

小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。

"What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"

“昨天给你的钱干什么了？”

"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.

“我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。

"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly.

“你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。

"Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"

“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？”

"She is the one who sells the candy."

“她是个卖糖果的。”

难点单词解析：

answered vt.回答v.答复；

Proudly adv.得意地;自豪地;

sells v.卖，售，销

2. 《Look at an Enemy as a Friend》——把敌人当朋友

One day, a farmer works in his fields.

一天，农夫去田地里干活。

The wind blows hard. He feels very cold, so he goes home.

风很大，他感觉很冷，所以就回家了。

On his way home, he saw a frozen snake.

在路上，他看到一条冻僵的蛇，

He picked it up and put it in his chest. He tried to warm it.

他把它捡起来，放进了自己的胸口，他想让蛇暖和暖和。

Some time late, the snake was warm and active.

过了一段时间，蛇暖和过来了，并且活动起来，

It bit the farmer in the chest.

它在农夫的胸口咬了一口。 

The snake was poisonous. The farmer was dead.

蛇的牙齿是有毒的，农夫就死了。

Before he died, the farmer said, “I’m so silly. I look at an enemy as a friend.”

在死之前，农夫说：“我真傻啊，我把敌人当朋友。”  

难点单词解析：

frozen adj. 冻僵的 

chest n. 胸口 

warm v.使温暖 adj. 温暖的，暖和的 

active adj. 活动的 

poisonous adj. 有毒的 

silly adj. 傻的 

look at…as… 把……当作…… 

enemy n. 敌人  

3. 《My Family Is Very Poor》——我家很穷

Mr White is very rich.

怀特先生非常有钱。

One day, the Whites’ move to a new town.

一天，怀特先生一家搬到了一个城镇。

Beth, his daughter, is also going to a new school in the town.

他的女儿贝思也将要到城里的新学校读书。

On the first day,

上学第一天，

Mr White says to Beth, “Beth, don’t say we are rich. You must be modest. You must be kind to others.”

怀特先生对贝思说：“贝思，不要说们很富有，你必须谦虚，你必须对别人友好。”

Beth says, “I see, Dad.”

贝思说：“我明白了。爸爸。”

Then Beth goes to school.

于是贝思上学去了。

Her teacher introduces her to other classmates,

她的老师将她介绍给其他的同学；

“This is Beth. She’s our new classmate.”

“这是贝思，她是我们的新同学。”

The classmates clap their hands, “Welcome to our class!”

别的同学鼓掌欢迎：“欢迎你到我们班上来！”

Beth say happily, “Thank you. I have just moved to town with my parents. My family is very poor. My father is very poor. My mother is very poor. The gardener is very poor. The cook is poor and all the other servants are poor, too.”

贝思愉快地说：“谢谢你们。我刚和父母搬到这个城镇。我家很穷，我的爸爸很穷，我的妈妈很穷，园丁很穷，厨师很穷，其他所有的佣人也很穷。” 

难点单词解析：

the Whites’ 怀特全家 

modest adj. 谦虚的 

be kind to… 对…友好 

clap one’s hands 鼓掌 

gardener n. 园丁 

servant n. 佣人  

孩子通过读这些英语短文故事，能够丰富自身的见识，提升英语能力。随着孩子阅读数量的增加，对英语知识的积累也会多，家长要抓住孩子阅读的关键时期，为孩子打下坚实的英语阅读能力做铺垫。