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English Short Story for Beginners: A Tale About Brothers and Daily Life

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    This article is suitable for beginners. Through a short story about a brother's daily life, it helps improve English reading and listening skills. One story per day makes learning English easy and fun.

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    I have a brother. His name is Tom. He is 10 years old, two years older than me. Tom is tall and strong.

    He has short black hair and wears glasses. He is very smart and loves to read books.

    We play games together. Tom is good at soccer.

    He helps me with my homework. I like my brother very much. He is my best friend.

    This is the beginner English reading practice content collected by qicai editor Xiao Wu. We hope you gain some benefits after listening!

Vocabulary Guide

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  • smart

    noun

    1. a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

    Synonym: smartingsmartness

  • best

    noun

    1. the supreme effort one can make

    e.g. they did their best

    2. the person who is most outstanding or excellent
    someone who tops all others

    e.g. he could beat the best of them

    Synonym: topper

  • brother

    noun

    1. a male with the same parents as someone else

    e.g. my brother still lives with our parents

    Synonym: blood brother

    2. a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)

    e.g. none of his brothers would betray him

    3. used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement

    e.g. Greetings, comrade!

    Synonym: comrade

    4. a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

    Synonym: buddychumcronypalsidekick

  • homework

    noun

    1. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

    Synonym: preppreparation

  • soccer

    noun

    1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

    Synonym: association football

  • strong
  • glasses

    noun

    1. optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

    Synonym: spectaclesspecseyeglasses

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