本书编辑精短英语故事55篇，词汇量及故事内容难度相当于高中英语水平。目的在于通过故事英语训练学生听说读写能力，由于精短且通俗易懂，先易后难，先听说后读写，循序渐进，结构合理，便于开展教学，教学效果事半功倍。每篇故事的训练按以下程序进行，一是熟读单词及词组；二听英语故事(教师朗读或播放原版录音)；三是根据所听英语故事回答问题；四是再听英语故事并写下来；五是反复朗读英语故事；六是背诵英语故事；七是改写英语故事；八是复述英语故事。

韦启卫，男，布依族，贵州荔波人，1970年12月生，中共党员，教授，博士，硕士生导师。历任黔南民族师范学院外语系副主任、副书记、主任．现任黔南民族师范学院对外交流合作处处长。研究方向为语言教学和语言对比研究。贵州省社会科学院特聘研究员，贵州省外语学会副会长，贵州省研究生外语教学研究会副会长，黔南州中小学外语教学研究会理事长．黔南民族师范学院留联会首任会长．国培计划授课专家，贵州省省级教学名师工作室指导专家。曾获全国高师外语专业教学学术年会精品教学课评比一等奖，贵州省基础教育科学研究暨教育教学实验优秀成果二等奖，贵州省第八届高等教育省级教学成果奖二等奖，黔南州优秀科教人才奖，黔南州首届优秀青年人才奖等。主持省级课题8项．州级课题5项，院级课题6项；主编教材和专著7部，发表论文50余篇。

Story 1 Paul Hider
Story 2 Welcome Professor Smith to Give a Speech
Story 3 Helen Keller
Story 4 Getting Engaged
Story 5 Business Executive
Story 6 A Car Pool
Story 7 Scuba Diver
Story 8 Doctor Candice Ward
Story 9 My Grandfather
Story 10 At a Conference
Story 11 Guess Who
Story 12 Late for Class
Story 13 Jerry Thorne
Story 14 Getting a Taxi
Story 15 Tony Miller
Story 16 Saving Energy
Story 17 Arm Wrestling
Story 18 Circus Clown
Story 19 Caught in the Rain
Story 20 Car Accident
Story 21 Lion Tamer
Story 22 The Counselor
Story 23 Dictionary
Story 24 Balloons
Story 25 American Family Life
Story 26 Capitol Hill
Story 27 Types of Music
Story 28 Guizhou's Location
Story 29 Chinese Dream
Story 30 Xi Jinping's Expectations for Guizhou
Story 31 New Year's Day
Story 32 Women's Day
Story 33 May Day
Story 34 Spring Festival
Story 35 Lantern Festival
Story 36 Tomb-Sweeping Day
Story 37 The Dragon Boat Festival
Story 38 Mid-Autumn Day
Story 39 April Fools' Day
Story 40 Having Classes Online
Story 41 Schools Reopen
Story 42 Double Festivals
Story 43 Different Students, Different Dreams
Story 44 Can Money Buy Happiness?
Story 45 What Makes a Good Teacher
Story 46 A Bad Day for Mrs. Carter
Story 47 A Journey in the Forest
Story 48 Time to Take Action
Story 49 Revenge
Story 50 I Like City Life
Story 51 The Giant Pandas in the Zoo
Story 52 Father's Love
Story 53 The Value of Time
Story 54 Don't Stop Halfway
Story 55 About “Diligence”
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