《人教版四年级英语阅读文章》

多看多读英文文章可以增强我们的语感，在英语的理解和表达中都会又不一样的效果。小编为大家整理归纳了人教版的四年级英语阅读文章，希望能对大家有帮助。

人教版四年级英语阅读1

In a country home， a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily. Alittle girl came to visit the country home， but was very bored. One night， thegirl went into the chicken house. As soon as she went in， there was disorder.Here and there cries of the chickens could be heard. The father， who was inside，woke up.

“What‘s going on? Why are you bothering the chickens?” “Because I’m bored.”“You have to sleep now， go inside.”

The girl went into the chicken house， again， the next day. There was a racketagain， as the chickens were frightened. The moon in the night sky was worried.This time， the little girl‘s father will not be forgiving.

Finally， the sleeping father woke up. “Why are the chickens crying? Bychance” The father was angry and came out to the yard. “What’s wrong with you?Is it okay to bother animals that can‘t talk? You need to be punished.” When thelittle girl saw her father’s angry face， she began to cry.

“It is true that I bothered the chickens， but I was bored yesterday. Buttoday I went in to apologize to the chickens. I was going to hug thechickens.”

When the father heard what his daughter said， a smile quickly appeared on hisface. “You are truly my daughter.” The father praised his daughter. He was proudof his daughter that knew how to apologize. The moon in the sky gave a biglaugh， too.

人教版四年级英语阅读2

In the deep， sea palace， there lived a mermaid princess. Whenever she sang asong with her beautiful voice， everyone envied her. However， the mermaidprincess wanted to go to the outside world.

“I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds. “The king promised her.“When you turn 15 years old， you can go and see the life above the sea.” “Oh， Ican‘t wait!

Finally， it was the mermaid princess’ 15th birthday. She went up to the sea.The princess saw a great ship. And she saw a handsome prince standing on theship. The princess fell in love with him at first sight.

However， as thunder and lightning struck， the ship sank on its side. Theprince lost his consciousness and fell deep into the sea. “Oh， no! The princefell into the water. Let me hurry and save him.”

The princess saved the prince and laid him on the sand. The princess tookcare of him all night. When the prince opened his eyes， the mermaid princess hidfrom him. She thought he might get scared by her tail. Just then， a princessfrom a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.

The princess watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea atnight. The princess was very sad. She wanted to become a human so that she couldbe with the prince.

She asked the witch. “Okay， I will make you into a human， but you must giveme your beautiful voice. If the prince marries someone else， you will become awater bubble. You must marry the prince.”

On the sand， she drank the medicine that the witch had given her. With thebig sudden pain， she turned into a human. Just then， the prince who came out tothe sea saw the princess.

The prince took the princess who could not speak， to his palace. Although shecould not speak， she was happy to be living near the prince. The prince wasgoing to be married to a princess from a neighbor land.

“I will be marrying the princess that saved my life.” ‘I am the one thatsaved your life.’ But， her voice could not be heard.

At night， the mermaid princess‘ older sisters came up to the sea. They gavethe mermaid princess a knife and said， “If you stab the prince with this knife，you can be a mermaid again. If you don’t， you will become a water bubble.”

On the night of the wedding， the mermaid princess was going to stab thesleeping prince with the knife. But， she could not kill the loving prince. “It‘sbest that I just turn into a water bubble. “When morning came， the mermaidturned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.

人教版四年级英语阅读3

Long， long time ago， there lived a very fancy king. The king changed hisclothes 12 times a day. He really liked to show off to his subjects. “My clothesare the best in the world.”

One day， two tailors planned a trick. “Why don‘t we teach that stupid andextravagant king a lesson. He doesn’t even worry about his starving people.”“That‘s right! He thinks he’s the best.”

The two men went to see the king. “Oh， the world‘s most marvelous king! Wehave brought the most beautiful cloth in the whole world.” “However， noteveryone is able to see the cloth. Those that tell lies and have bad hearts arenot able to see this fine cloth.”

After the king heard those words， he became very interested. “Could therereally be such a cloth? If I can make clothes out of those cloths， my clotheswill be the best in the whole world. Hurry and show me the cloth.” The kingbegan to get more and more greedy.

The tailors pretended that the cloth was real， as they showed it to the king.The king and the fine-spoken subjects could not see anything before them. But，none of them could show that they could not see it.

The king and his fine-spoken subjects just looked at each other. Then， thetailor quickly spoke in a arrogant manner. “Well， is there no honest man here?How can you look at this beautiful cloth and not praise it.”

Among the subjects， one of them made a flattering comment out loud. “Wow!This is the first time that I have seen such a wonderful cloth.” All thesubjects tried to be the first to praise the cloth. Then， the king was amazedwith the beauty of the cloth， too.

The king gave the money and ordered them to make his clothes. For severaldays， the tailors pretended to be making the clothes. The king became worriedand told one of his subjects to go and see how the clothes was coming along.

The subject could not say how much the clothes had been completed. As hard ashe looked， he could not see it. But， he could not say that he was unable to seeit. Instead， he pretended to be amazed at how beautiful it was coming along.

A few days later， the tailors came back with the King’s clothes. “Here youare， try on this clothes.” The king was not able to honestly say that he couldnot see the clothes. He， too， pretended to look over it.

One man said， “Your majesty， lets go and show off this finest clothes in theworld.” The subjects all agreed at the same time. “Yes， that is a goodidea.”

The king walked out to the street very proudly and walked with pride. All thepeople in the land came out to see the king‘s new clothes. They were allsurprised， though.

Just then， a little girl shouted out， “Our king is naked!” Then everyonesaid，“He’s naked， he‘s naked!”

The king now realized the truth. However， with only his undergarments on， hestill walked in a dignified manner. Even though he was embarrassed， he could notstop walking. Why not? Because he was the king.

人教版四年级英语阅读4

A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock oflovely baby ducks was soon born， making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs werebroken. But one egg remained unbroken. “It is strange. Why has this egg notbroken?”

The mother duck continued her brooding. At last， the egg was broken and ababy duck was born. However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the otherbaby ducks.

The mother duck was worried， but still she took the baby ducks near the waterand taught them how to swim. The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers andsisters， moving his legs eagerly. “It is lucky though. That baby swims well.”Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.

“How hideous this baby duck is. We don‘t want to see you. Go to a cat.” Hisbrothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling. “Stop it， don’t do that!”The mother duck sighed and said， “Ah! I wish that this baby could live happilyat another place.”

The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying，“Mom， I will leave. Good-bye.” The ugly duckling left his nest beyond thepond.

When he entered the forest， other birds were frightened by the baby duck andran away. “Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?” The baby duckbecame sadder and plodded along the field.

Near the water beside the field， two wild ducks were playing around. “Yah，what is that ugly duck? Let‘s make fun of him.” The two wild ducks flew up inthe air and threw stones at the baby duck.

人教版四年级英语阅读5

Once upon a time in a kingdom far away， there were eleven Princes and asingle Princess， by the name of Elisa. One day， their mother died of adisease.

Eventually the King married again. The new Queen hated the twelvechildren.

She said craftily， “Elisa is weak， and it would be good for her to go to thecountry for recuperation.” The King was grateful to the Queen， as she seemed tocare for the health of his daughter. Therefore， the Princess was sent off to theremotest corner of the country.

The Queen then changed the eleven Princes into swans through her magic power，and sent them away from the royal palace. The Princes flew away crying sadly.“Oh! I feel good. It is my world now.”

After some time， the King missed Princess Elisa and sent for her. The Queenhad Princess Elisa wear a dirty and worn-out dress. The King was very surprisedto see the dirty Princess Elisa. “Elisa， how do you dress yourself?” Then theQueen said quickly，

“Dear Lord， it seems that Princess Elisa has gone mad.” The King was furiousand sent the Princess away from him.

“Ah! Where are my brothers?” The Princess asked a man passing by， “Have youever seen eleven Princes?” The man said， “I have not seen eleven Princes but Ihave seen eleven swans. Strangely the swans wore golden crowns. You may findthem near the river.”

Princess Elisa waited for her brothers near the river hoping to find them. Atnight， eleven swans swooped down to the ground and were turned into the form ofPrinces. “My brothers!” “Elisa!” They cried and embraced each other.

The brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked Queen， and wereforced to become swans and fly around to look for something to eat during theday. Elisa prayed earnestly， “Dear God， please release the magic curse from mybrothers.” In her dreams that night， a fairy appeared and said， “Make mantlesfor your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles. However， you shouldnot speak at all until those mantles are made completely.”

The Princes thought that Elisa， who did not speak and merely kept knitting，had become strange. One day， a Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw theknitting Princess when he was out hunting. The Prince took Elisa to his palacesaying to himself， “She is a really beautiful lady. I am going to make herhappy.”

But Elisa did not say anything， and only kept knitting eagerly. At nightfallof the next day， the hemp was all used up. Elisa picked some more hemp near agrave but was caught by the Prince. The Prince said， “You dared to go to a graveat night? You must be a witch. Take this witch and burn her at the stake!”

Princess Elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned. Princess Elisacontinued knitting without taking rest even in the prison. Princess Elisa wasfinally knitting the eleventh mantle， while being carried on a cart going to theburning place. The villagers threw stones at her while shouting， “That witch isstill knitting. Burn her at the stake!”

At that precise moment， the eleven swans flew in. Princess Elisa threw thefinished mantles to the swans. Only then， Princess Elisa opened her mouth. “Inow can speak. I am not a witch.”

They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes. ThePrincess told the Prince what had happened up to that time. Thereafter， thePrince and Princess Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.

人教版四年级英语阅读文章相关文章：