利用小故事让儿童学习英语的方法被很多老师或家长所采用，它因其生动、形象、亲切等特征很容易吸引学生与孩子，有很强的实践意义，同时也蕴含着一定的语言知识。

下面是小编整理的一篇英语故事，一起来看看吧：

Helen stepped outside her front door to see what the weather was like. It was sunny and warm. That was nice, because for the past two weeks it had been cold and rainy. It had been so cold that she had had to turn her heater on. She was lucky, because her heater worked and she could pay her heating bills.

Some people in Los Angeles were not so lucky. Unable to use their home heater, they placed charcoal into a barbecue grill and lit it. The heat kept them warm, but the carbon monoxide killed them.

This happens almost every winter in Los Angeles. People shut all the windows tight to keep the cold out, then light the charcoal. Soon enough, the oxygen in their home is consumed by the open flames. The family suffocates to death.

Everyone knows that smoke detectors are required in Los Angeles. But many people don't know about, or don't think they need, carbon monoxide detectors. They're not expensive. A $25 investment can save a family from death.

People always think that nothing bad will happen to them; it always happens to "the other guy." So they forget to put fresh batteries into their smoke detectors annually, and they don't bother to buy carbon monoxide detectors.

词汇学习：

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看完以上的故事后是不是又学到了一点知识呢？在日常的学习与生活中可以通过阅读大量有趣的故事，来快速理解和掌握单词，不仅能提高听和读的熟练度，也能培养说和写的流利度，更能很好的激发学习的潜能。另外，如果喜欢这个故事的朋友不妨将这个故事分享给更多的人哦。最后，小编希望大家在日常的学习中大家养成阅读的习惯。