我要10篇英语小短文，越少越好！

我要10篇英语小短文，越少越好！

The Importance of Confidence

Whatever one does, one should do it with confidence. If one has no confidence, there is little possibility that one can achieve anything when faced with hardships. This truth seems to be self-evident. In reality, however, we do see a lot of people who always complain that they lack the ability to do something or that their difficulties are too great to overcome. For some, this might be true. But for many others, this only shows that they have lost heart. Why do some people often feel frustrated even though they are capable of doing something? In the first place, these people don’t have a correct estimate of themselves. Secondly, there is another possibility that they exaggerate the difficulties.

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Smoking

It is almost known to all that smoking is bad for people's health.The World Health Organization says diseases linked to smoking kill at least two million five-hundred-thousand persons each year.It is difficult to stop smoking.It usually becomes a habitual behaviour,are not easy to be given up.

Measures have been taken to help people keep away from the harm of smoking.The World "No Tobacco Day" is observed every year as the biggest compaign against smoking.
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Advantages of Five-Day week

A five-day week has been put into practice in China, which is welcomed by every-one.Families have benefited from it very much. Children are able to learn usefully skills, women have enough time to take care of the house or relax.

society has also benefited from it.Then the shops and travel agency will have more customers.What's more, individuals can make full use of a weekend for a good rest. Adequate rest will enable him to work more efficiently.
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Global Shortage of Fresh Water

People often think that water will never be used up. It seems as if water is always available around us .

In fact water is rather limited on the earth. With the rapid increase of population and fast development of industries, water is more needed than before. some big cities in China are facing the problem of water shorage already.

The people should be made aware of the real situation about the water We have to protect the existing water resources and develop new ones.

1.how time flies ,it has past half an month since beginning of the summer holiday . as the weather getting hotter and hotter ,my parent and me go to the seaside .last week we are go to the xiamen.it's a beautiful city , bule sky and bule sea .the xiamen is an island neal the taiwan .from top of the riguan rock we can see jinmen island . we spent a happy day in xiamen 2.one day the wind said to the sun, “look at that man walking along the road. i can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.” “we will see about that,” said the sun. “i will let you try first.” so the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. he blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself. “i give up,” said the wind at last. “i cannot get his cloak off.” then the sun tried. he shone as hard as he could. the man soon became hot and took off his cloak. 3.nowadays the newspaper possesses considerable value everybody should read it. it supplies us with a variety of news every day. it tells us the political situation of the world. if we form the habit of reading the newspaper, we shall (will) get enough knowledge to cope with our circumstances. 4.though my daily life is extremely monotonous, i try hard to adapt myself to it. why? because i intend to be a good student. i wish to render service to my country. i get up at six o’clock every day. after i wash my face and brush my teeth, i begin to review my lessons. i go to school at seven o’clock. after school is over, i return home. we usually have supper at seven o’clock. then i begin to do my homework. i want to finish it before i go to bed. 5.an english proverb says that time is money. i consider it (this) wrong. why? because we all know that we can earn money be work but can not in any way get back time (in anyway). for this reason, we may (can) say that time is more valuable than money. many people do not know the value of time. it (this) is indeed a great pity. we must bear (keep) in mind that wasting time is equal to wasting your life.