(超经典)儿童英语故事、小学生双语故事

(超经典)儿童英语故事、小学生双语故事

儿童英语故事、小学生英语故事 寓言、成语故事（1-19 页） 幽默故事（19-25 页） 普通小故事（25-72 页） 通过阅读英语笑话、故事等趣味英语，可以激发小朋友们学英语的兴趣，提高 单词量，帮助他们提高成绩。最好每天背一篇，会有不错的效果的 O(∩_∩)O 儿童寓言故事 Story 1 Three Good Friends One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends. 故事一 三个好朋友 一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。 他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但 他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子 和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。 Story 2 A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 故事二 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再 给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” Story 3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season. 故事三 春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很 冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风 长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。 Story 4 Look for a Friend Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.” Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends. 故事四： 找朋友 塞姆是一条小鱼，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤独，想要找一个朋友，那个 朋友看起来要想他。 塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有 8 条腿，看上去不像塞姆。因 此塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问好。鲨鱼张开大嘴，塞姆有迅 速地逃走了。 塞姆又累又饿，他要休息一会儿。这时他看见一条圆鱼，圆鱼对他说：“你好！ 你愿意做我的朋友吗？” 塞姆回答：“好哇！可你是圆形的，我是扁的。”圆鱼说：“但是我们俩都是鱼 啊！” 塞姆思考后说：“你讲得对，让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。 Story 5 The Hippo and I A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week. 故事 5 我与河马 河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。 今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他 跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。 当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。 晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。 妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。 Story 6 What Animals are the sea? There are all kinds of animals in the sea. Look! They are coming. This is an octopus. The octopus is spraying ink. This is a shark. The shark has sharp teeth. This is a whale. The whale shoots water into the air. This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has a hard shell. These are starfishes. The starfishes have five legs. These are angelfishes. The angelfishes have beautiful colors. This is a lobster. The lobster has strong claws. This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a soft body. They are different. But all of them live in the sea. 故事 6 海里有什么动物 在海洋里有各种各样的动物。 看！他们过来了。 这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。 这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。 这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。 这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。 这些是海星，海星有五条腿。 这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。 这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。 这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。 他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。 Story 7 naughty Monkey It’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose. The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone. When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose. 故事 7 调皮的猴子 天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。 一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。 老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。 苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。 这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。 他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。 当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。 他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。 Story 8 A Beautiful Doll Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her. Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is！ Do you like it, too？ 故事 8 漂亮的洋娃娃 缇娜是一个可爱的女孩， 她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金 色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑 迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。 缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。 当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。 当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密 的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！ 你也喜欢它吗？ Story 9 It’s Good to Walk A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight. Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice. “Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much during winter. They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper. 故事 9 散步有益 在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的 15 只金企鹅媒体散步两 次，每次 500 米。 动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容 易发胖。” Story 10 The Panda in China A panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law. We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them. A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA… A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship. 故事 10 中国熊猫 熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。 它只居住在中国，因此，它 是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。 我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来 很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。 熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都 有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国…… 熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 11 My “Cock” Clock Hello! My name is Dongdong. Do you know I have a nice clock? It is a beautiful clock. It is in my bedroom. In mfact it is an alarm clock. The big and round body is made of plastics and the clock is set in it. There is a red comb on its head. When you want to adjust time, you just need to press the comb. Then “clock” will wake up on time. At that time the “clock” will say: “WO! WO! WO!” It’s time for you to get up! And its eyes can also give out light at the same time. It is a very beautiful and useful clock, so I like it very much. 故事 11 我的“公鸡”闹钟 你好！我的名字叫东东。我知道我有一台好看的闹钟。它是一台漂亮的钟。 钟的上部有红色的冠子。当你想要调整时间时，按下头上的红冠子就可以调节时 间。那时“钟”将按时醒来。到时候“公鸡”就会“喔、喔、喔”地叫，该起床了。而 且叫是眼睛还会发光。 它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。 Story12 A Clever Farmer Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm. One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him. Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please? Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital. Farmer Please set an example to me. Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right? Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field. Uncle Sam’s face turns red. 故事 12 聪明的农民 山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨， 阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。 农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？ 山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。 农民：请你做一个示范。 山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？ 农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。 山姆大叔脸红了。 Story 13 Where Is the Hat? Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head. He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same. He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet. At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.” Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head. 故事 13 帽子在哪里？ 杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的 帽子总是戴着头上。 它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。 它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。 它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。 这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在 你的头上。” 杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。 Story 14 Two dogs A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent 故事 14 两只狗 有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎， 教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很 生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么 都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应 该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。” 不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。 Story 15 The Sports Meeting in the Forest There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting. Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best. This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy! 故事 15 森林运动会 森林里有很多动物。 今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看！ 小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小 熊，加油！小熊，加油！”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩 不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里！小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了， 没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。 运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊！ Story 16 Big Ben Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about four meter long. If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes every quarter of an hour. 故事 16 大本钟 大本钟不是一个人的名字，它是钟的名字，它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大 本钟有四个面，因此无论站在什么方面，你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约 4 米长。 如果你去伦敦，你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议 会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大，“叮咚，叮咚”，每 15 分钟敲一次。 Story 17 The Bathing Boy One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’t swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says to him. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.” Counsel without help is useless. 故事 17 洗澡的男孩 有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救 命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道： “ 你怎么这么草率！在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：“ 请你还是 先把我救起来后再责备我吧。” 只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。 Story 18 Who Pours Ink on My Chair? Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?” “Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’” 故事 18 谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？ 唐尼是个 7 岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。 因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。 他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室？” “因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。” “回答老师的问题是好事。” “但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？’” Story19 Smart Robot Look, this robot carries boxes to build blocks! The new smart robot, Sorry, is 60 centimeters high. It weighs 7.5 kilogram. It has a camera “eye” on its head. It can recognize colors and human faces. 故事 19 聪明的机器人 瞧！这个机器人在搬盒子搭积木呢？索尼公司新设计的这个聪明的机器人有 60 里面 7.5 千克重。它额头上有一只相机“眼睛”，能够辨认颜色和人脸。 Story 20 Bananas for Lunch A fat monkey likes eating bananas very much. He had bananas for lunch. He peeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep. 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 故事 20 香蕉午餐 一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着， 吃着，吃着，吃了 1 个香蕉，2 个香蕉，3 个香蕉，4 个…… 他不停地吃， 但是 他还想要更多！他边吃，边剥，5 个香蕉，6 个香蕉，7 个香蕉，8 个……他又剥 了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。 Story 21 I Will Not Take a Bath I will not take a bath, I won’t get in tub, I has bath last week. I don’t need another scrub. I would need my rubber ducky, a bucket and a boat, my toy whale, a submarine, a rubber ball. No, I can not take a bath. The tub is too small. It’s all filled up with toy. There’s no room for me. 故事 21 我不能愿意洗澡 我不愿意洗澡，我不愿意进到浴缸里。上个星期我洗澡了，我不需要再洗澡。 我想要我的橡皮鸭子，一个水桶和一只船，我的玩具鲸鱼，一艘潜水艇，一个橡 皮球。现在我不能洗澡了。浴缸太小了，它被玩具塞满了，没有我的地方了。 Story 22 Outside Games There are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis.. Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement. Do you like outside games or indoor game? 故事 22 户外运动 户外运动有许多，跑步、溜冰、赛马、射击、放风筝、竞走。当然，足球也是 一种户外运动，篮球、羽毛球等也是户外运动。一些人喜欢户外运动，而另外一 些人喜欢室内运动。他们喜欢打台球、下象棋、打牌、打乒乓球…….. 户外运动包括更多和更快的运动，有些人喜欢户外运动；室内运动比较安静、 运动量较小。你喜欢户外运动还是室内运动呢？ Story 23 Two Little Monkeys The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other. One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms. After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself. 故事 23 两只猴子 猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。 一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小 猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。 过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝 宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去 寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。 Story 24 The King and His Stories Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good. One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison. After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.” 故事 24 国王和他的故事 从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他 的故事好。有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事， 而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。 过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问 他感觉怎么样。 作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着；“请把我送回监狱吧。“ Story 25 Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn’t do it. Today, she will go to a friend’s birthday party. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one. She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.” Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out. 故事 25 穿哪条裙子？ 缇娜 8 岁了， 她又自己的主意。当她的父母要她做事时，她总是不去做。 今天，她将去参加一位朋友的生日聚会。她在选择穿哪一条裙子. 她又三条裙 子：一条是蓝裙子，一条白裙子和一条黄裙子。 她问她的父亲：“哪条裙子是最 好的？”她的父亲说：“我认为蓝色是最好的。”她问她的母亲：“你认为哪条裙子 是最好的？”她的母亲回答：“当然是白色的了。”缇娜说：“谢谢。”她穿上黄色的 裙子出去了。 Story 26 Three Foxes Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up. 故事 26 三只狐狸 从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常 同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的 房子里享受着丰富的食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久 他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷 又饿连站也站不起来。 Story 27 Two Holes for the Dogs My uncle has two dogs. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much. One day, Mr. Smith came to visit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, “My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,” Mr. Smith asked. “But why are there two holes? One is enough!” “But how can the big dog go through the small hole?” my uncle said. Sometimes a clever man may make such mistakes. 故事 27 两个狗洞 我的叔叔有两条狗。一只是大的，另一只是小狗的。他很喜欢它们。 有一天，史密斯先生来看他。当这个朋友看见门口上有连个洞，一个是大洞 和一个小洞时，他感到吃惊并说，“我亲爱的朋友，为什么你的门上有连个洞？” 我的叔叔回答说：“当然是让我的两条狗进出了。 ” 史密斯先生问到：“ 为什么 门上要两个洞呢？一个就足够了。” 我叔叔说：“大狗怎能走小洞呢？” 有时聪明的人可能会犯这样的错误。 Story 28 Naughty Brother Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy. On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.” Such was my naught brother. 故事 28 顽皮的弟弟 东尼是我的小弟弟，他是个调皮的孩子。 星期天早晨，东尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鸟落在狗舍上，东尼就 用石头砸它。突然，这个小男孩哭了起来。妈妈跑过去问出了什么事。他哭着说： “我姐姐盘子摔碎了，她打了我！”“为什么？”“我拿石头砸一直小年，但是却打碎 了姐姐的盘子。” 哎，这是我淘气的弟弟。 Story29 A Boy and a Monkey Mike is a little boy. He is only five years old. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read and write. One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted to draw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out, then drew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture, he wasn’t happy. “Well,” he said at last to me, “I’ll put a tail on it and make it a monkey.” He began to add the tail. I began to laugh. 故事 29 男孩和猴子 迈克是一个小男孩，他只有 5 岁。他太小还没有上学，因此也不会读和写。 一天，他手里拿着一支铅笔站在我的桌子前。桌子上放着一张大纸，他要画自 画像。他画了几笔就擦掉了，再画几笔，有擦掉了。当我看一幅画时，他很不高 兴。 “好吧，”他最后和我说，“我就再加一条尾巴，把他画成一只猴子吧！” 他开始加上小尾巴，我大笑起来。 Story 30 Mike and the Pot One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friend’s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs. Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didn’t move. Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.” 故事 30 迈克和锅 一天，迈克的妈妈需要一口锅，她让迈克向她朋友借一口锅。于是，迈克去了 她的朋友家，她的朋友借个他一口大锅。在回家的路上，迈克把锅放在路上看了 看它，它是一口粘土制成的三条腿的锅。 然后他对锅说：“你有三条腿而我只有两条腿。 你应该背我一会儿。”然后， 迈克坐在锅里，但是锅一动也不动。 迈克很生气地把锅打破了，但后拿着破锅向家里走去。到家后他的妈妈很生气 地说：“你真笨。”但迈克认为：“我不笨，只有愚蠢的人才会带回三条腿的锅。” Story 31 The Broom Seller and the Barber A man who sold brooms went into a barber’s shop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms. “Two pence,” said the man. “No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you a penny, and if you don’t think that is enough, you may take your broom back!” The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave. “A penny,” said the barber. “I will give you a half penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on again.” 故事 31 卖扫帚的人和理发师 一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他 修面后，问一下他扫帚的价格。 买扫帚的人说：“两个便士。” “不，不。”理发师说：“ 我只出一个便士，如果你认为不狗的话，可以把扫帚 拿回去。” 卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚，随后问修面要付多少钱。 “一便士。”理发师说。 卖扫帚的人说：“我给你半个便士，如果不狗的话，请把我的胡子还给我。” Story 32 Sun the Ice Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice. Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting. “What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?” “I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton answered. 故事 32 晒冰 从前有一个笨人的妻子让她的丈夫买几块冰。 两个小时后，他还没回来。 她想知道他为什么没回来，就出去看了看，发现她的丈夫在门口站着，在太阳 下晒冰，看着冰融化。 她问他：“怎么啦？你为什么不把它拿进来？” “我看见冰是湿的，恐怕你会训斥我，因此，我正在把它晒干。”笨人回答道。 Story 33 Animals There are many kinds of animals in the world. People don’t know the exact numbers. In the zoo, people can see many kinds of animals. For example, lions, tigers, they are scary. Monkey, foxes are intelligent. People usually think pandas; koala bears are so cute and smart. Some animals live in the water, such as dolphins. They need a lot of water for their home. And elephants with long nose are very strange. They can sing and dance. The giraffes are quite tall because of their long necks. So they can reach the top of the trees. 故事 33 动物 世界上有许多钟动物，人们不知道它们确切的数目。在动物园里人们可以看到 很多种类的动物，如：狮子、老虎，它们都令人害怕；猴子和狐狸是狡猾的；人 们认为熊猫，考拉熊是如此伶俐和聪明。有些动物居住在水里，如海豚，它们的 家需要很多的水。大象长有奇特的长鼻子，它们会唱歌和跳舞。长颈鹿长着非常 长的脖子，因为他们可以够到数的顶部。 Story 34 A Silly Man Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.” Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground. Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital. 故事 34 一个愚蠢的人 弗雷德走在上学的路上。路过一个公园时，他看见一个人在锯一棵大树的树 枝。“嗨，你这么做很危险的。”费雷得喊道：“你锯了那树枝后，你会摔下来的。” 而那个人不相信他，愤怒地说：“快走开，小东西，没有你的事。” 费雷德没趣地离开了。他没有走多远就听见一声响，他急忙跑回去，发现那 个人躺在地上。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 英语幽默故事 There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot. There werethree parrots in the shop. One was $5,000; another one, $10,000; and the third one, $30,000. The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is $5,000? That’s so expensive for this kindof parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on. That’s why he’s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shopsaid, “I don’t know. Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all! But the other two call him ‘The Boss.’” 老板最大 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另 一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：「为什么这只要卖五千元？这 个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！」老板说：「因为我有训练他讲话。」顾客又问： 「那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「他除了会说话之外， 还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」顾客接着又问： 「那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「我不知道。我从 没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫 他：『老板！』」 Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word "egg"? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday. Teacher:Then where is the “egg"? Student:In the cake,Sir. 鸡蛋在哪里？ 老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？ 学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。 老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？ 学生：在蛋糕里，先生 Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old. Once he goes to a cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket. Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket. But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.” 汤姆是个小孩， 他才 7 岁。 当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张 票进去了。 但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。 几分钟 后他又出来买了第三张票。 接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。 一个女的问她，“你 为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？" "没有， 我里面没朋友， 但是每 当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了" Child:My uncle has 1000 men under him. Man:He is really somebody.What does do? Child:A maintenance man in a cemetery 他真是一个大人物 小孩：我叔叔下面有 1000 个人。 男人：他真是一个大人物。他是干什么的？ 小孩：墓地守墓人。 Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today? Student: Of course. He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years. 一名伟人 老师：如果莎士比亚还活着，他会是一名伟人吗？ 学生：当然。因为到目前为止，还没有人活到 400 多岁。 Mr. Smith: Waiter, there's a dead fly in my soup. Waiter: Yes, sir, I know---it's the heat that kills it. 史密斯先生：服务员，我的汤里有一只死苍蝇． 服务员：是的，先生，我知道了，它是被烫死的． Son: Dad, give me a dime. Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you're right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。 父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角地要钱了(该自立了)， 不是吗？ 儿子：爸爸，我想你是对的，那给我一块钱行吗？ A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a school mate. Sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have a crush on someone else in the class, when they’re eight or ten years old or something like that. So the eight-year-old kid came back home and asked his father, “Father, is it expensive to be married?” And the father said, “Yes, son, it is very expensive.” So the son asked, “How much does it cost?” And the father said, “I don’t know, son. I’m still paying.” 有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会 迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自己恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸： 「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗？」爸爸说：「是啊，儿子，非常花钱。」儿子又问：「要 花多少钱呢？」爸爸说：「我不知道，儿子，我到现在还一直在付钱啊！」 "Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?" "No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it." “孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？” “没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出， 所以我要把它堵在里面。” “I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” “对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取 20 美元。” “20 美元！为什么？不是说好只要 4 美元。” “是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。” TWO： Teacher：We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a good example? John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short. 老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？ 约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。 The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours. then he started again, and said he:"Let me ask the evolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, where are they?" "I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn them off sitting here so long.". 教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时，他的话题又来了：“让我向进 化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴，那么现在尾巴到哪里去 了？” “我来试试看，”一位老太太说。 “该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。” A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他 发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物， 他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。 他继续走，来到 河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我 去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就 开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。 不要把好 东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。 “昨天给你的钱干什么了？” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆，”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子，”妈妈骄傲地说。“再 给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢？” “她是个卖糖果的。” Drunk One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?" "Well, my son," his father replied, "look, there are standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk." "But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policeman!" 醉酒 一天，父亲与小儿子一块儿回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年 龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，‘醉’字是什么意思？” “唔， 孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么 我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸， ”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！” Sleeping Pills Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills. Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm. He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: "I didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning." "That's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you Monday and Tuesday?" 安眠药 鲍勃晚上失眠。他去看医生，医生给他开了一些强力安眠药。 星期天晚上鲍勃吃了药，睡得很好，在闹钟响之前就醒了过来。他到了办公室， 遛达进去，对老板说：“我今天早上起床一点麻烦都没有。” “好啊!”老板吼道，“那你星期一和星期二到哪儿去了？” 普通英语故事 Story 1 I Don’t Like Her Bob goes to a new school. One day he comes back, “Bob, do you like your new teacher?” his mother asks. “I don’t like her, Mother. Because first she says that three and three is six, and then she says that two and four is six, too.” 故事 1 我不喜欢她 鲍勃的去了所新学校。 一天，他回到家，他妈妈问他：“你喜欢你的新老师吗？” “不，我不喜欢她，妈妈。因为她先说 3 加 3 等于 6，然后她又说 2 加 4 等于 6.” Story 2 Ten Candies Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?” “Ten.” Jim says. “Then,” Mother asks. “Yes, Mum. Four candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t it right?” 故事 2 十块糖 妈妈问儿子：“吉姆， 如果你有 10 块糖，吃了 4 块，那你还有几块糖？” “10 块。”吉姆说。 “10 块？”妈妈问。 “是的，妈妈。因为 4 块在我的肚子里面，6 块在肚子外面，4 加 6 等于 10，不 对吗？” Story 3 Count Tomorrow Morning It’s a right. John is looking at the sky. Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?” John says, “I’m counting stars.” Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?” 故事 3 明天早上数 这是一个晚上。约翰抬头看着天空。 汤姆是约翰的弟弟。他问约翰：“你在干什么？” 约翰说：“我在数星星。” 汤姆笑着说：“现在天空太黑了。你为什么不等到明天早上再数呢？” Story 4 Are Flies Yummy? Tony and his father are eating dinner. Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, are flies yummy?” Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it’s yucky. Why do you ask me this question? It’s a silly question.” But Tony says, “ There was one fly in your plate.” 故事 4 苍蝇好吃吗？ 托尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。 突然，托尼问他的爸爸：“爸爸，苍蝇好吃吗？” 爸爸皱眉说：“我想不好吃。你怎么会问这个问题？这可是一个愚蠢的问题。” 可是托尼说：“刚才你盘子里有一只苍蝇。” Story 5 I Don’t Want to Walk Home Tom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven o’clock. But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Tom’s wife, “The old man couldn’t find his way in the street. He asked me to take him in the car.” After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night. But tonight you can’t find the way, what’s the matter?” The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn’t find my way? I didn’t want to walk home.” 故事 5 我不想走回家 汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在 7 点回来睡觉。 但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。 警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。” 警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了？” 这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。” Story 6 It Must Be Crowded A teacher is telling his students, “The moon is very large. Several millions people can live there.” And a boy laughs and says, “It must get crowded when it’s a crescent moon.” 故事 6 一定很拥挤 一位告诉学生：“月亮非常大，上面能住几百人。” 一个男孩笑着说：“当月亮变成月牙的时候，住在上面的人该多拥挤啊！” Story 7 It’s Good to Admit a Fault John is not a “good” student. He always sleeps in the class. Today he sleeps again. “John!” Teacher says angrily. “What? What’s wrong?” John is awaken. “Why do you make a face? It’s classroom. Look! Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says. “No one is laughing.” Teacher says. “No, it’s not me. I was not making a face. I was sleeping.” John fells upset. “Um. Not bad. You can admit your fault. You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it. 故事 7 认错 约翰并不是个“好”学生。他总是在上课的时候睡觉。今天他又睡着了。 “约翰！”老师生气地喊他。 “什么？出什么事了？”约翰醒了。 “你为什么要做鬼脸？这是教室！看看！同学们都在笑！”老师生气地说。 “没有人在笑呀。”其他同学笑声地嘀咕。 “不，不是我。我没有做鬼脸。刚才我睡着了。”约翰感到不安。 “嗯，还不错。你承认自己的错误，还是给好孩子”老师为此感到满意。 Story 8 Adding Feet to a Snake One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it. Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.” 故事 8 画蛇添足 一天，狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一 壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画 好，谁就喝这壶酒。 不一会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画 了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶 喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。” Story 9 Covering One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things. One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door. “Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea. “Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.” Then he does so. But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What ate you doing?” the owner says angrily. 故事 9 掩耳盗铃 王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。 一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊，真漂亮啊！我要把它 拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢？”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。 “啊哈！我有办法了！我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。” 于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说： “你在干什么？” Story 10 Adding Eyes to a Dragon Mr. Li is a good painter. One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes. Mr. Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes. It isn’t a good picture.” But Mr. Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.” Mr. Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting. I don’t believe you.” Mr. Li isn’t angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies. 故事 10 画龙点睛 李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但是这只龙没有眼睛。 周先生见了说：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。” 可是李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。” 周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。” 李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。 Story 11 Lord Ye’s Love of the Dragon There is a young man, Lord Ye. He likes dragons vey much. He draws many dragons in his house. The house becomes a world of dragon. A red dragon hears of Lord Ye, and is deeply moved. He wants to visit Lord Ye and makes a friend with him. “Hi, Mr. Ye! Nice to meet you,” the real dragon comes to visit Mr. Ye runs away as fast he can. “Oh, my God! Help! Help!” he runs and shouts.” 故事 11 叶公好龙 有个年轻人，姓叶，非常喜欢龙.他在屋里里面了许多许多龙。这屋子都快成了 龙的世界。 一龙真龙听说了叶公的事，很受感动，就想去拜访叶公，和他交个朋友。 “嘿。叶先生！很高兴见到你。”这条真龙拜访叶先生了。可是叶先生飞快地逃了。 忒边跑边喊：“啊，我的天啊！救命！救命！” Story 12 I Made Granny Glad A teacher is telling her students the importance of making others glad. “Now, children,” she says“Did you make someone else glad?” “Please, teacher,” says a small boy, “I made someone glad yesterday.” “Well done. Who was that?” The teacher says. “My granny.” The boy says. “Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.” The teacher says. “I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then I said to her, ‘Granny, I’m going home.’ And she said, “well. I’m glad!” 故事 12 我让奶奶高兴了 一位教师正在对学生将使人高兴的重要性。“听着，孩子们，”他说：“你们曾让别 人高兴过吗？” “我，老师，”一个男孩子说，“昨天我就使别人高兴过。” “做得好。是谁呢？”老师说。 “我奶奶。”小男孩说。 “好孩子。现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的？”老师问道。 “是这样的，老师。昨天我去看她，在她那儿呆了 3 个小时。然后我对她说：“奶奶， 我要回家了。”她说：“啊，我很高兴。” 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 13 Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well. One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let’s have a talk.” Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says. The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?” The crow says, “The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don’t know the world is big.” The frog says, “I don’t believe.” But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.” So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is! 故事 13 坐井观天 有一只青蛙住在井底，他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。 一天， 一只乌鸦飞到井边，看见青蛙，就对它说：“青蛙，咱们聊聊吧。”青蛙就问 他：“你从哪里来？”“我从天上上来。青蛙惊讶了，就说：“天空就只有这井 口这么大，你怎么会从天上飞老呢？” 乌鸦说：“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里，所有不知道世界很大。”青蛙说：“我 不相信。”乌鸦说：“你可以出来，自己看看嘛。” 于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶，原来世界这么大！ Story 14 I can’t Cook It It’s sunny day in spring. Miss Cat is fishing. Suddenly the fishing rod moves. “Great! Oh, it’s so heavy!” Miss Cat says happily. The fish is plucked out of the river. “Oh, a big fish! How big the fish is!” She cheers. But she puts the fish into the river and goes on fishing. At the time Mr. House goes by and sees it. “What do you set it free?” He asks. “Because my pot is too small. I can’t cook it,” Miss Cat says. 故事 14 我没法煮它 这是春天里一个阳光明媚的日子，猫小姐在河边钓鱼。突然鱼竿动了动。“太棒 了！哇，好重啊！”猫小姐高兴地喊着。 鱼被拉出来了。“啊！一条大鱼！这条大鱼可真大呀！”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼 放回河里，又继续钓鱼。 这时候马先生路过，看见这一切，就问她：“为什么你把鱼放了？” “因为我的锅太 小。我没办法烧这么大的鱼。”猫小姐回答说。 Story 15 That Is Not My Dog! A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?” The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does not bit.” The woman tries to pet the dog and the dog bites her. “Ouch!” She says, “I thought you said your dog does not bite!” The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog!” 故事 15 那不是我的狗 一个妇人走进一家宠物店，看见一只很可爱的小狗。她问店主：“你的狗咬人吗？” 店主说：“不，我的狗不咬人。” 于是这个妇人试着抚摸小狗，可是小狗却咬了她。 “哎哟！”妇人说，“我想你刚才还说你的狗不咬人。” 店主人回答说：“那不是我的狗。” Story Wrong Mark’s favorite cup is broken, and he feels unhappy. Susan sees and asks him, “ You look sad. What’s the matter?” Mark says, “There is something wrong with my cup.” Susan says, “Don’t worry. I can repair it.” Mark feels surprised and asks, “Repair? You can repair it? You?” “Yes. Believe me! Where is it?” Susan answers. “Here. My cup is broken. Are you sure you can repair it?” Mark takes out his cuo. 故事 16 误会 马克最喜欢的杯子了，他很不开心。苏珊看见了就问他：“你看上去不太开心。 怎么了？” 苏珊说：“别担心。我会补好它的。” 马克听了感到奇怪，就问她：“补？你会补？真的吗？” “没错。相信我。在哪里呢？”苏珊说。 “这儿。我的 cup 破了。你确信补好它吗？”马克拿出了杯子。 “cup？ 你以为是 cap.”苏珊说道。说完他俩都笑了。 Story 17 My “Clever” Dog Bobby is my dog. I love him. He can roll on the floor. He can play balls with me. He can look after my house when I am out. Bobby is very clever. But sometimes he isn’t. One day Bobby runs away. He is out for three days. After he comes back, I tie him to a tree and give him some food. Bobby begins to eat. But then he stops. He sees a fox. The fox is looking at his food. Bobby barks and barks. He wants to catch the fox. But he can’t. The fox runs round the tree. Bobby runs after the fox. So the rope goes ground the tree. Of course Bobby can’t run. The doc can eat the food. Quickly she eats up the food and runs away. 故事 17 我“聪明“的狗 巴比是我的狗。我很爱他。他会在地板上打滚。他会和我玩球。他能在外出的 时候帮我看家。巴比很聪明，可是有些时候他也不聪明。 一天，巴比跑了出去，3 天没回家。他回来后，我把他拴在一棵树上，给他一些 食物。巴比吃着食物，但是又停了下来。他看见一只狐狸。这只狐狸正盯着他的 食物。巴比朝狐狸一个劲地叫。他想抓住狐狸。但是他办不到。狐狸喀什绕着树 跑，巴比就追着它跑。于是绳子就绕在了数上。当然巴比就跑不开了。那只狐狸 跑去吃他的食物。很快就吃光了所有食物，而后跑走了。 Story 18 Snow White Snow White is born on a cold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big, her hair very long and her voice is sweet. She is very kind and beautiful. Everyone loves her. Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too. But she died. A new Queen comes. She is beautiful, but bad. She doesn’t like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world. “I will kill Snow White.” So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an honest man. “You are a good girl; I don’t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go. Snow White goes into a forest. She finds a house, and goes into the house. Seven dwarfs live there. They like Snow White, and ask Snow White to live with them. No sooner, the new Queen dies. Because she isn’t the most beautiful woman in the world. 故事 18 白雪公主 白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天，因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴， 有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈—— 皇后也爱她，但她死了。 一位新皇后来了，她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公主，因为白雪公主是世 界上最美丽的女孩。 “我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此，她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一 个诚实的人。 “你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。 白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在 房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。 不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界上最美丽的人。 Story 19 The Clever King Solomon Long, long ago, there was a king. Solomon was his name. He was very clever. In his country, there were two women. They lived in the same house and each had a child. One night, one of the babies died. The dead baby’s mother took the other woman’s baby, and put it in her own bed. The next morning , they had a quarrel. “No, this is my baby!” The dead is yours!” Each one wanted the living baby. So they went to see King Solomon. “Bring me a knife, cut the child into two and five each woman one half.” said the King. “Oh. Your Majesty! Give her my baby. Please don’t kill my baby!” Then King Solomon pointed to the woman in teas and said, “Give the baby to her. She is the mother.” 故事 19 聪明的国王所罗门 很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。 在他的国家里，有两位妇女，她们住在同一间房子里。各有一个婴儿。 一天夜里，其中一个婴儿死了。他的妈妈抱另一位妇女的小孩，把他放在自己 的床上。 第二天早上，他们发生了争吵。 “不，这是我的孩子！这个死的是你的！” 他们都想要这个活着的孩子，于是她们去见所罗门国王。 “给我拿把刀来，把这个孩子切成两半，没人一半。”国王判决道。 “哦，陛下，把我的孩子给她吧。请不要杀了我的孩子！”一位母亲哭喊道。 于是所罗门指着流泪的妇女说：“把孩子给她，她是真正的母亲。” Story 20 Catching a Thief Witty Hare can run very fast. One day when he gets home. He sees a rat. The rat is jumping down his window. “Oh. A thief!” Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat, “You can’t run faster then me.” Soon Witty Hare catches up with the rat, and the rat is left behind, “I must run away,’ the rat says and laughs, “He is so silly.” Witty Hare goes on running. A sheep sees him and asks him, “What a re you doing?” “I’m catching the thief.” Witty Hare says. “ Thief? Where’s the thief?” the sheep fells surprised. “He’s behind me ,”Witty Hare says proudly. 故事 20 追贼 机灵的肚子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老师正从它 家的窗户跳下去。“啊！ 贼！”机灵肚子喊着追过去。 “你跑不过我的！” 不一会 它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。” 机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问塔：“你在干什么？”“我在追贼。”机灵 兔子说。“贼？贼在哪里啊？”绵羊感到奇怪。 “它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地 说着。 Story 21 A Clever Panda A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. But the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home. Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her. She watches the bike. “I know! I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin. It’s like a wheel.” So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God! How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can’t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl! Use you heard to do something,” 故事 21 聪明的熊猫 一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办 法把这么大的南瓜带回家。 突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有 了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。 于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食 的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚 动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。” Story 22 The Ox and the Dog An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer. One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says “You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says. “Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?” 故事 22 牛和狗 一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。 一天， 狗骄傲地说着；‘我是多么重要啊！白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。 而你呢…..?” “我？我怎么啦？“ 牛反问。 “你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。 “是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢？” 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 23 Go to the Cinema A lorry driver, David is driving 200 penguins to London Zoo. But his lorry breaks down on the motorway, when another lorry driver, Robert stops in the front of him, David asks for help, and explains that he is taking the penguins to the zoo. Robert says, “Ok. I can help you.” Some hours later, Robert drivers back and passes David. David is still on the lorry, and look happy. “I thought I told you to take those penguins to the zoo.” David says. Robert replies, “I did, but I had some money left, so I’m going to the cinema now.” 故事 23 去电影院 一个叫戴维的货车司机载着 200 只企鹅去伦敦动物园。可是他的车在高速公路 上坏了。当一辆货车停在他面前的时候，戴维向司机罗珀特求救，并且解释自己 要送这些企鹅去伦敦动物园。罗珀特说：“行，我帮你。” 几个小时过后，罗珀特又回来了，并经过戴维生病，戴维还等在高速公路上。 那些企鹅也还在车上，特高兴的样子。 “我想我告诉过你吧这些企鹅送进动物园的。”戴维说。 罗珀特回答说：“是的，我去了。但是我的钱包丢在电影院了，所有我现在要回 那里去。” Story 24 Wolf Is Coming There is a naughty boy in a village. He likes telling lies. One day he wants to make fun of the farmers. So he shouts, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” The kind farmers are working in the field. They hear the shout, and hurry to help the boy. But when get there, the boy says: “There isn’t a wolf. I’m joking. The farers are angry and go back to their field. After a while the biy shouts again, “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” And the farmers come and are cheated again. The boy laughs and laughs. They say, “You tell lies. We will not believe you.” Later a wolf really comes. The boy is very scared. “Wolf! Wolf! Wolf is coming!” the boy shouts and shouts. “Help! Help!” But no one comes. And wolf eats the naughty boy. 故事 24 狼来了 村子里有个淘气的小男孩，他喜欢撒谎。一天，他想捉弄村名，就大喊：“狼 来了！狼来了！” 善良的村民们正在地里干活，听到喊声，赶快去救他。俄式他 们到了那里，男孩说：“没有狼。我跟你们开完先的。”村民很生气，回到田里。 不一会，那孩子大喊：狼来了！狼来了！”村民来了，却再次被欺骗。男孩开心地 大笑，村民们说：“你说谎。我们再也不会相信你了。” 后来狼真的来了。男孩十分害怕。 “狼来了！狼来了！”他大声呼喊，“救命啊！ 救命！”但是没人来。结果这个淘气的男孩被狼吃了。 Story 25 Change Name Tom is 16. he decides to leave home and joins a music company. His father hears that and angry, “Singer? My son? It’s disgrace!” he shouts, “What do they think of the neighbors know?” “I will change my name,” Tom says. He thinks he will become a singer in the future. “Change your name?” Tom’s father shouts angrily, “What if you’re successful? How will the neighbors know you are my son.?” 故事 25 改名字 汤姆 16 岁了。她决定离家参加一个唱片公司。他父亲听后很生气：“唱歌？ 我的儿子啊！真丢脸。”他大喊，“要是邻居们知道，他们会怎么想？” “我会改名字的。”汤姆说。他认为自己将来会成为一名歌手。 “改名字？”汤姆的父亲生气地说，“如果你成名了怎么？邻居们怎么知道你是 我的儿子？” Story 26 Three Little Pigs and a Big Wolf Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world. They needed to look after themselves. The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house with straw, and he built a fine house with straw. The second pig built a house with wood. The third pig built a house with stone. One day, a wolf came to straw house, he was hungry. “Little pig let me in! I’m your brother.” “No, no! You are a wolf.” Then the wolf blew down the straw house. The first pig ran to the wooden house. Then the wolf came to the wooden house, too. The two pigs ran to the stone house. The wolf came and blew the stone house. He blew and blew, but the house didn’t fall down. Then wolf was angry, he climbed to the roof and jumped down the chimney. The wolf fell into the pot! Ouch! He ran away. The three little pigs lived happily. 故事 26 从前，猪妈妈把她的三个小孩打发出去，因为他们需要学会照顾自己。 第一只小猪找到一些稻草，他盖了一座漂亮的草房子。 第一只小猪盖了一座木头房子。 第二只小猪了盖了一座石头房子。 一天，一只大灰狼来到草房前，他十分饥饿。 “小猪，让我进去，我是我你兄弟。” “不，不，你是大灰狼。” 然后大灰狼就把草屋吹倒了，第一只小猪逃到了木头屋子里。 然后狼来到木头前，他吹呀吹可是吹不倒石头房子。狼发怒了，他爬上了 屋顶并从烟囱往下跳。 在烟囱下面的火炉上有一锅水。三只小猪用大火把得很烫。 狼掉进了锅里！哎呀！他逃走了？ 三只小猪从此过着快乐的生活。 Story 27 The Wolf and the Crane There is a bad wolf in the forest. One day he is eating a lamb. Suddenly a bone sticks in his throat. “Oh, a bone is my throat.” He goes to see a doctor, “Please help me.” The doctor, Mr. Panda says, “Sorry, I can’t help you. The bone is inside.” “What can I do?” the wolf is sad. Then he meets a crane. “Oh, dear crane. Please help me. A bone is in my throat. I will pay for your help.” “Ok. Let me have a try,” the crane says. She pulls out the bone with her bill. “Now I will go. Remember your words. You should pay me,” she says. “Well. Pay you. I remember,” the wolf says. With the words, the wolf bites off the crane’s neck and eats her up. 故事 27 狼与鹤 森林里有一只很坏的狼。一天，他正在吃一只羊羔.突然一根骨头卡在他的喉 咙里了。 “哎呀，一根骨头卡在我的喉咙里了。”他赶忙去看医生， “请帮帮我吧。”医生 熊猫先生说：“很抱歉，我帮不了你。骨头卡在里面。” “我该怎么办啊？”狼伤心。后来他遇到一只鹤。“亲爱的鹤小姐，请救救我吧， 一根头卡在我的喉咙里了。我会给你报酬的。” “好吧。我试试看。”鹤小姐说。她用她的长嘴把骨头拉了出来。“现在我要走了。 记住你的话，你该给我报酬的。” “好的，给你报酬。”狼突然说，突然咬住鹤的长脖子，把她吃了。 Story 28 A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed Jack and Ben are good friends. One day, they explore a forest together. When they go deep into the forest, suddenly they hear a sound. “What’s that? The sound is so terrible.” Ben says. “Oh! Bear! Look! A bear!” Jack says and climbs quickly on a tall tree. Ben tries to climb on the tree. But he can’t. “What can I do? Help me please! “Ben says to Jack. But Jack does nothing. The bear is coming. Ben lies down quickly and pretends to die. The bear looks at Ben and walking around him. Ben holds his breath. The bear smells Ben and thinks he’s dying, and then the bear goes away. When Jack sees the bear going far, he slides down from the tree and wakes Ben. “What did the Bear whisper to you?” Jack asks Ben. “Why didn’t you help me? Have you not heard the sentence: A friend in need is a friend indeed?” Ben shouted. 故事 28 患难见真情 杰克和本是一对好朋友。一天，他俩结伴去森林探险。当他们深入森林时， 突然听到一个声音。 “那是什么？这声音真恐怖。”本说。 “啊！是熊！快看！熊！”杰克边说边迅速爬到身旁的颗大树上。 本试着爬在树上，可是他做不到。“我怎么办啊？快帮帮我？”本朝杰克喊道。可 是杰克什么也没有做。 熊来了。本赶快躺在地上装死。熊看看本。绕着他走了儿圈。本赶忙屏住呼吸。 熊又低下头闻了本，以为他死了，然后就走开了。 杰克看到熊走远了，他才滑下树来，叫醒本。“熊刚才跟你说什么了？“杰克好 奇地文本。 “你刚才为什么不帮我？难道你没有听对患难见真情这句话吗？”本大声喊道。 Story 29 A Clever Hare Billy hare is hungry and finds a radish. What he picks it up, Mr. Fox is behind him and wants to eat him. “I’m hungry, too. You’ve my dinner. I’m going to eat you,” ha says. Billy Hare is shocked, but he isn’t scared. He says, “Follow me. I have better food for you.” They go to a well. “Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water. “What’s that?” Mr. Fox asks surprisingly. “It’s a big and fat hen. Let’s get down and fetch it.” Billy Hare says and gets down with a pail. “Can you out the hen into the pail?” Mr. Fox shouts. “No. She’s too big,” Billy Hare says, “Come down, please. We can take her up together. Jump into the other pail.” Mr.Fox does so. When he gets down, Billy Hare gets up. “Good-bye!” Billy Hare gets down, Billy Hare gets out of the well and says. Mr. Fox can’t get out. 故事 29 聪明的野兔 野兔比利很饿，他找到了一只萝卜。当他捡起萝卜的时候，狐狸先生正在他的 生后，想吃了他。 “我也饿了。你是我的晚餐，我要吃了你。”狐狸说。 比利很吃惊，但是他并不害怕。他说：“跟我来，我有更好的食物给你。” 他们来来一口井边。 “朝这下面看，”比利说， “水里有东西。”“是什么呀？”狐狸先生好奇地问：“那 是一只有大又费肥的母亲。我们下去把她捉上来。”比利说着，乘一只水桶下去 了。 “你能把鸡放进桶里里。”狐狸问他：“不行，这只鸡太大了，”比利说，“下来吧。 我们可以一起把它捉上去。快掉到另一只水桶里吧。” 狐狸照做了。当他下去的时候，比利就上来了。“再见。”比利从井里出来时说。 而狐狸却出不来了。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 30 Father’s Things When Peter is 17, he is as tall as his father. So he begins to borrow his father’s clothes when he wants to go out with his father’s clothes when he wants to go out with his friends in the evening. Father doesn’t like this. And he always gets very angry when he finds his son wearing any of his things. One evening when Peter is about to go out; his father stops him in the living room. He looks at Peter’s clothes very carefully. Then he says angrily, “Isn’t that one of my ties, Peter?” “Yes, Father, it is,” answers Peter. “And that shirt is mine, too.” “Yes, that’s your, too.” answers Peter. “And you’re wearing my belt!” “Yes, I am, Father,” answers Peter, “You don’t want to your trousers to fall down, do you?” 故事 30 父母的东西 皮特 17 岁的时候，长得和父亲一样高了。于是，当他晚上和朋友一起出去时， 就开始借父亲的衣服穿。可是这位父亲可不喜欢这样，当他发现他的儿子穿他的 衣服时，总是非常生气。 一天晚上，皮特准备出去，父亲在客厅里拦住了他。父亲细细打量着皮特的穿 着。然后气呼呼的说着；“皮特，那不是我的领带吗？” 皮特回答说：“是的，父亲，是您的领带。” “还有那衬衫也是我的。” “是的，衬衫也是您的。”皮特回答说。 “还有呢，你连皮带也用我的。”父亲说。 “是的，父亲，”皮特回答说，“您不愿意让您的裤子掉下来吧？” Story 31 The Thirsty Dog A dog is very thirsty. But he only sees some empty pails. There is no water in them. The dog goes on looking for water. He comes to a small house. There is a girl in it. The girl goes out with a pail. “She goes to a well,” the dog thinks and follows her. The dog is right. The girl comes to a well and puts down the pail, and the pail is full of water, there the girl goes back to her house. “ Water! Great!” the dog says and runs to the well. He jumps into the well without thought.” The water is good. The dog is happy and drinks much. But he can’t jump out of the well. He waits and waits. But no one comes. “I’m hungry now. I must go out,” he thinks. At the time a thirsty goat comes to the well. He looks at the water and the dog. “Is the water good?” the goat asks. “ Of course. Come down,” the dog says. Then the goat jumps into the well, too. Then dog is happy. He jumps on the goat’s back and jumps out of the well. The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves. 故事 31 一只口渴的狗 有一只狗口很渴，他只找到一些空空的水桶，里面没有水。他继续找水。他来 到一座小房子前面。房子里住着一个小姑娘。小姑娘拎着只水桶出来了。 “她要 去打水。”狗想道，并跟在她后面。果然不错，小姑娘来到一口井边，把水桶放 入井里，水桶水满了。然后小姑娘回去了。 “水！太好了！”狗叫着跑过去。他想也没想就跳下井去了。 井水真的不错。狗可高兴了。喝了许多水，但是他没有办法跳出来了。他等了好 久，但是没有人来。 “我饿了，我得出去。”他想着。 这时候一只口渴的山羊到井边来了，他看了看井水和这只狗。“这水好和吗？” 山羊问狗：“当然了。快下来吧。“狗回答说。于是山羊也跳到井里了。狗高兴极 了。他跳上山羊的背，又跳出了水井。 狗看了一眼山羊说声：“再见。”就跑开了。 Story 32 A Smart Tortoise A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him. “Ha ha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog. Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail. “Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water. “Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog. But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!” “Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise. The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.” “Oh,no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly. “Thank you, Mr. Tiger. Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together. 故事 32 聪明的乌龟 一只老虎很饥饿，他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。 “哈哈！一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他补向青蛙。 在老虎的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。 “哎呦！”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音，他迅速跳进 水里。 “谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。 大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌！我要把你扔到天上去。” “谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。 老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。” “哦，不！我不会游泳，如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进 水了。 “谢谢你，老虎先生，再见！”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。 Story 33 The Rabbit and the Fox Once there was a naughty rabbit. He likes to play tricks, and it made other animals angry. But it was very different to catch him. One day, a wolf said to a fox, “I have an idea to catch the rabbit. You go back home and get into bed. I’ll go to the rabbit and tell him that you are dead. If he comes to see you, you’ll jump up and catch him.” “Good idea,” said the fox, “I’ll do that.” Then fox ran home and got into bed. The wolf went to the rabbit’s house and said, “Mr. Rabbit, have you heard Mr. Fox is dead?” The wolf stood at the door, and then he went away. “Really? I haven’t heard anything about it.” The rabbit said to himself, so he decided to go and see if it was true. He went to the fox’s house and looked in through the window. He saw the fox lying in bed. He opened the door and went in. he looked at the fox and said, “Mr. Wolf says Mr.Fox is dead, but he doesn’t look like a dead fox. A dead fox always open his mouth.” When the fox heard this, he thought, “I’ll show him that I am dead.” So he opened his mouth. The rabbit saw the fox open his mouth, and he knew the fox was not dead. He ran out of the house as fast as he could. 故事 33 兔子和狐狸 以前有一个淘气的兔子，他喜欢恶作剧，这使得其他动物很生气。但是想抓住 这是兔子可不容易。 一个，狼对狐狸说：“我想到一个办法可以抓住这只兔子，你回家睡在床上，我 去告诉告诉兔子你死了。如果他来看你，你就跳起来抓住它。” “好主意，”狐狸说，“我按你说的办。 “于是狐狸跑回家躺在床上。狼跑到兔子 家说： “兔子先生死了的事你听说了吗？”狼站在门口说，然后就走开了。 “真的吗？我怎么没有听说呢。”兔子自言自语地说。于是他决定去看看是不是 真的。她来到狐狸的房前并从窗口往里看，他看见狐狸躺在床上。于是，他打开 门并走了进去。他看着狐狸说着；“狼先生说狐狸死了，但他不像一只死狐狸， 因为死狐狸是张开嘴巴的。” 当狐狸听见这话，他想“我要让他知道我是死的。于是他张开了嘴巴。 兔子看见狐狸张开了嘴巴，他知道狐狸没有死，于是他飞快从房子里跑了出来。 Story 34 The Wolf and the Dog There is a wolf. He is very hungry and has no strength to find food. As he lies under a large tree, a dog sees him. The dog sees the wolf is so thin and hungry, and he feels sorry for him and says, “You are so terrible! Are you hungry?” “Yes,” says the wolf, “I’m hungry because you are guarding the sheep. Now I am so weak that I can’t find food. I think I will do.” “Why not help me?” Asks the dog, “I work regularly and I eat regularly. You could do the same. You can help me guard the sleep. In that way, I will not worry about your stealing the sleep, and you will not worry about going hungry. It’s good for us. The wolf thinks it over and thinks the dog is right. So they walk to the dog’s house. As they are walking, the wolf sees that only the hair of the dog’s neck is very thin. He is curious about this. So he asks the dog about it. “Oh, don’t worry about that,” says the dog, “It’s the place where the collar ties on the neck. My master chains me up at night,” “Chained up!” shouts the wolf, “Do you mean that you are chained up at night? If I come to live with you, will I be chained up at night, too?” “That’s night,” says the dog, “But, you’ll get used to it.” “But, if I am chained up, I won’t be free.” After saying this, the wolf turns round and runs away. The dog shouts, “Wait! Come back! I’m not free, but I’m healthy. I have good food, and a warm place to sleep. I like enjoying life. In fact, I’m freer than you are.” 故事 34 狼和狗 有一只狼，他非常饿，而且饿得没有力气去找吃的了。当他躺在一棵大树下时， 一只狗看见了他。看到狼又饿又瘦，狗挺可怜他的：“你看上去真可怕。你很饿 啊？“ “是的。”狼说，“我饿是因为你和你的伙伴看守着羊群。现在我弱得没法去找食 物。我想我就快要死了。” “为什么不帮我呢？”狗说，“我们按时工作，准时吃饭。你也行的。你可以帮我 看羊群。那样我就不用担心你会来偷羊，你也不用担心挨饿了。这对我们都有好 处。” 狼考虑了一下，觉得狗说的对，他们就一起朝狗的屋子走去了。正走着，狼看 见口脖子上的毛很少。他觉得好奇，就问狗怎么回事。 “啊，别担心，”狗说，“这是系狗项圈的地方，晚上主人会把我拴起来。” “拴起来？”狼叫起来，“你是说晚上你会拴起来？如果我去和你住，晚上也会 被拴起来？” “没错，”狗说，“但是你会习惯的。” “但是，如果被拴起来，我就不自由了。”说完，狼转身跑了。 狗大声喊道：“等等！回来！我是不自由，可是我很健康，我有好的食物，有个 温暖的地方睡觉。你太喜欢享受生活了。我其实比你还自由些。” Story 35 Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood is a lovely girl. She likes red hats. So her mother calls her little Red Riding Hood. Her grandma loves her very much. But now she is ill. Her mother is busy. So she asks little Riding Hood to see her grandma. In the forest, a wolf sees little Red Riding Hood, “Look, little Riding Hood. I have children for lunch, the path goes to her grandma’s house.” The wolf comes to grandma’s house and eats grandma. Then he wears grandma’s glasses and clothes, and in her bed. After a while, little Red Riding Hood comes to grandma’s bed. To her surprise, grandma’s mouth is very big. So she asks: “Grandma, why is your mouth so big?” “I eat little girls with this mouth.” And he rushed at little Red Riding Hood. “Help! Help!” The wolf runs after little Red Riding Hood. At this time, a hunter passes through the house. He shoots the wolf and saves little Red Riding Hood. Then he cuts the wolf and grandma comes out. 故事 35 小红帽 小红帽是一个可爱的女孩。她喜欢红帽子，于是她妈妈就叫她小红帽。 她的祖母很爱小红帽，但现在她生病了。小红帽的妈妈非常忙，所有她让小红 帽去看望祖母。在森林里，一只狼看见了小红帽。“瞧啊！小红帽。午餐有小孩 子可以吃啦！这是一条去她祖母家的路。” 狼来到了祖母家并吃掉了祖母。然后他戴上祖母的眼镜，并穿上祖母的衣服并 睡在祖母的床上。过了一段时间，小红帽来到了祖母的床前，使她吃惊的是祖母 的嘴巴非常大。于是她问：“祖母，为什么你的嘴巴这么大？”“用它来吃小女孩。” 狼说这就扑向小红帽。 “救命，救命！狼追着小红帽。正在此时，一个猎人路过这儿，他用枪打死了狼 并救出小红帽；然后他剥开狼的兔子，救出祖母。” Story 36 A Little Ant Once there was a little ant. She wanted to get married, but she only wanted to marry the strongest creature. She wanted to marry the strongest creature, but she didn’t know who the strongest creature is. She saw the wind blow houses down. So she thought the wind was the strongest creature. She wanted to marry the wind. But the wind told the little ant that ht wasn’t the strongest creature. There was a tower in the forest. He had stood there for a thousand years against his force. The tower was the strongest creature. “Why do you want to marry me?” the wind asked. “Because you are the strongest creature in the world. You are strongest than the wind.” said the ant. “You are right. I’m strongest than the wind. But I’m not the strongest creature in the world. Look, how I’m damaged! Can’t you guess who has done this to me? It’s you, ants.” At last, the little ant married her own kind. Because they were the strongest creatures. 故事 36 一只蚂蚁 从前，有一个小蚂蚁想结婚，但她只想嫁给世界上最强打者。 她想嫁给强大者，但她不知道谁才是最强大者。她看到风把房子吹倒了，于是 她认为风是最强大的，她要嫁给风。 可风告诉小蚂蚁，他不是最强大者，林中有一座它塔。他顶住风力耸立了一千 年，他才是最强大的。 “为什么你要嫁给我？”塔说。 “因为你是最强大的，你甚至比风还强大。”蚂蚁说。 “你说的对，我是比风强大。但我不是最强大的。瞧，我已被损坏成什么样子了。 难道你猜不出来是谁把我损坏成这个样子的吗？是你们蚂蚁啊。”塔说。 最后，小蚂蚁嫁给了她的同类，因为他们才是最强大者。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 37 Poor George George is a little monkey. He lives in a deep forest. He likes jumping and climbing trees. He is happy every day. But he has a shortcoming. He is curious. One day an old man goes by the forest. He carries a lot of straw hats. George sees the man, and the man sees George, too. The man says to himself, “What a lovely monkey! I will catch him. I will take him home.” The man sits down and thinks over. George sees and also sits down. The man has an idea. He puts a hat on his head, and puts other hats on the ground. Then he pretends to sleep. George is curious and looks at the hats. “I will be nice if I put a hat on my head.” George thinks. Then he climbs down from the tree, picks up a hat and puts it on. The hat is too big, and covers George’s eyes. George can’t see. And the man gets up at once, rushes out and catches him quickly. Poor George! 故事 37 可怜的乔治 乔治是一只小猴子。他住在大森林里。他喜欢在树上跳来跳去，爬上爬下。他 整天都乐呵呵的。但是他有个毛病，就是太好奇。 一天，一个老人路过大森林，他带着许多草帽。乔治看见了这个老人，老人也 看见他了。；老人自言自语道：“多可爱的猴子啊！我要捉住他，把他带 回家去。” 老人坐下来。想着办法。乔治看见了，也坐下来。 不一会老人有个办法，他戴上一顶帽子，又把其他帽子放在地上，然后假装睡 觉。 乔治很好奇，看看帽子，心想：“要是我戴上一顶，肯定好看。”于是爬下树， 捡起一顶帽子戴在头上。可是帽子太大了，遮住了他的眼睛了。那个老人一下 站起来，冲过去，迅速地捉住乔治。 可怜的乔治啊！ Story 38 The Ant and the Dove An ant is walking by the river. He looks at the river and says to himself, “How nice and cool this water looks! I must drink some of it.” But when he is drinking, he slips into the river. “Oh.Help!Help!” The ant cries, A dove is sitting in the tree. She hears him and throws him a leaf, “Climb up that leaf,” she says “and you will float bank.” The ant climbs uo onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved. “Thank you, Dove. You’re so kind,” The ant says and runs home, “You have saved my life, and I wish I could do something for you, Goodbye!” “Goodbye!” says the dove, “Be careful. Not to fall into the river again.” After a few days, the dove is building her nest. And a man is raising his gun to shoot her. The ant sees this, and runs quickly to bite the man’s leg. “Ouch! Ouch!” The man feels pained and drops his gun. The dove hears and flies away. So the man picks up his gun and leave. The dove comes to her nest. “Thank you, my little friend,” she says, “You have saved my life.” The little ant is so glad, because he can help the dove. 故事 38 蚂蚁和鸽子 一只蚂蚁在河边散步。他看见喝水自言自语道：“这河水看上去真清凉啊！我 要去喝点。”可是他在喝水的时候，一不小心滑进河里了。 “啊！救命！救命！’蚂蚁叫喊着。 一只鸽子正呆在树上，听见呼救声，就扔给他一片树叶。“快爬到树叶上去。 她说：“你会漂到岸上的。” “谢谢你，鸽子。你真善良。”蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑，“你就了我的命，我会奥 达你的。再见！” “再见！小心别掉进河里了。”鸽子说。 几天后，鸽子正在筑巢，一个人举着枪要打鸽子。蚂蚁看见了，迅速地跑过去， 在那个人的腿上咬了一口。“啊呀！哎呀！”那个人疼得扔掉枪。鸽子听见了， 连忙飞走了。那个人只好捡起枪，走了。 鸽子又飞回巢里。“谢谢你，我的小朋友。”鸽子说，“你就了我的命。” 小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子。 Story 39 The Fisherman and His Wife Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor. One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! I’ll reward you.” “Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Don’t worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water. The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry. “How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.” So the fisherman went down to the beach. “What’s the matter?” asked the fish. “My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherman. “Don’t worry, she will have it.” So the fisherman’s wife had her cottage. But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fisherman’s wife had her palace. But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.” This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away. The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didn’t come back. When he went home, he found his wife back in their old hut. 故事 39 渔夫和他的妻子 从前，有一位渔夫，他又一个很丑的妻子。他们家里很穷。 一天，渔夫捕到一条金鱼。但这条金鱼会说话：“请放我走吧！我会报答你的.” “啊，我的天啊！” 渔夫吃惊地叫道，“别担心，我不会吃一条会说话的鱼的。” 于是他把金鱼放进了水里。 渔夫回家并把这件事告诉了他的妻子。妻子非常愤怒。 “你多愚蠢啊！”她说：“看看这个破草屋，到海边去，向金鱼要一间小木屋。” 于是渔夫来到海边。 “怎么啦？”金鱼问。 “我的妻子想要一件小木屋。”渔夫说。 “别担心，她会有的。” 渔夫的妻子得到了一间小木屋。 但过了几天，她对此感到厌倦了：“告诉金鱼，让它给我一座宫殿。”渔夫又返 回海边。他的妻子得到了一座宫殿。 但她很快又对此感到厌倦：“去叫金鱼做我的仆人，我想当女王。” 这次，金鱼变得愤怒了，它一句话也没说就游走了。 渔夫等呀等，但金鱼没有回来。当他回家时，他看见他妻子又回到就茅屋。 Story 40 It’s Unfair Linda was a good girl, but she was often late for school. One day, she was late again. When she came in, Mr. Clark, her teacher said angrily, “I’ll tell you father if you are late again.” Linda didn’t want him to do that. Because her father was very strict with her. The next morning, Linda got up early. She hurried to school. At the school gate, she heard the first bell, “What shall I do?” she asked herself, “I’ll turn it in first.” She decided. And so she did. When she hurried into her classroom, Mr. Clack was already beginning his class. “Linda! Didn’t I tell you to be here on time?” Mr. Clack said as he as her. “I’m sorry, sir,” Linda tried to explain, “I’m late because I had to…?” “I don’t listen to any excuse,” Mr. Clack stopped her. “If you can’t get here on time, I have to tell your father.” “But Mr. Clack. It’s …it’s unfair!” “Unfair! How dare you say that?” Mr. Clack said angrily, “I’ll report you to the headmaster. “I was only trying to do a good idea,” Linda thought,“and now…” She couldn’t keep back her tears. When the bell rang for the break, the door opened and Mr. White, the headmaster came in. he was holding a wallet in his hand, “Excuse me, Mr. Clack. Is this your wallet?” “Oh,yes. It’s my wallet. Who found it? I must thank him.” “Linda found it and turned it in before school started.” Mr. Whitesaid. Mr. Clack face slowly turned red. He looked at Linda and said, “I’m very sorry. Linda. I take back what I said.” “And I’m sorry. Mr. Clack. I’ll try not to be late again.” Linda said. 故事 40 这是不公平 琳达是一个好女孩，但她经常迟到。 一天，琳达又迟到了。当她进来的时，她的老师克拉克先生生气说：“如果你在 迟到， 我就通知你爸爸。”琳达不想他那么做，因为她爸爸对她要求很 严格。 二天，琳达起床很早。她匆匆向学校走去，在学校大门口，她停下来了。因为 地上有一个钱夹。当她站在那儿是，她听见了第一遍铃声，“我该怎么办 呢？”她自言自语，“我要先把它交上去。”她下定决定，于是她就是这么 做了。 当她匆匆走进教室的时候，克拉克先生已经开始讲课了。 “琳达，我没有告诉你早点来吗？”克拉克先生一看到琳达就说， “对不起，先生。”琳达想解释，“我迟到是因为我不得不……” “我不想听任何借口，“克拉克阻止道, “如果你不能准时到这儿，我不得不告诉 你父亲。” “但是，克拉克先生，这是…..这是不公平的！” “不公平！你怎么敢那么说！”克拉克先生愤怒的说，“我要把你的事情汇报给校 长！” “我只想做一件好事，”琳达心想，“但是现在……”她的眼泪阻止不住流下来。 当下课铃声响起是，教室的门开了，校长怀特先生走了进来。他的手里拿着一 个钱夹：“打扰一下，克拉克先生，这是你的钱夹吗？” “哦，是我的。是谁找到的？我一定的谢谢她。” “琳达发现的，并在上课前把它交来了。”怀特先生说。 克拉克先生的脸渐渐红了，他看了看琳达，惭愧地说：“对不起，琳达，我收回 我说过的话。” “我也不对，克拉克先生，我下次尽量不再迟到了。”琳达说。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 四年级英语小故事 （前面的可以都看懂的话，这里也就不必要只有四年级的小朋友可以看了） Story 1 Three Good Friends One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends. 故事一 三个好朋友 一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。 他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但 他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子 和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。 Story 2 The Old Man and the Old Cat An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can’t eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away. The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.” 故事二 老人和老猫 一个年迈的老人养一只猫。这只猫也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齿很糟糕。 一天王还是那个，这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它却吃不了 它，因为它的牙齿不够锋利了。这只小老鼠逃跑了。 老人很生气，他打了小猫，并且对它说：“你这只蠢猫！我要惩罚你！”猫非 常伤心，它想：“在我还年轻的时候，我为你努力工作。现在你却因为我太老了 不能工作而不喜欢我。你应该知道你也老了。” Story 3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season. 故事三 春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很 冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风 长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。 Story 4 Look for a Friend Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn’t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.” Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let’s be friends.” They become good friends. 故事四： 找朋友 塞姆是一条小鱼，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤独，想要找一个朋友，那个 朋友看起来要想他。 塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有 8 条腿，看上去不像塞姆。因 此塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问好。鲨鱼张开大嘴，塞姆有迅 速地逃走了。 塞姆又累又饿，他要休息一会儿。这时他看见一条圆鱼，圆鱼对他说：“你好！ 你愿意做我的朋友吗？” 塞姆回答：“好哇！可你是圆形的，我是扁的。”圆鱼说：“但是我们俩都是鱼 啊！” 塞姆思考后说：“你讲得对，让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。 Story 5 The Hippo and I A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week. 故事 5 我与河马 河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。 今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他 跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。 当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。 晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。 妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。 Story 6 What Animals are the sea? There are all kinds of animals in the sea. Look! They are coming. This is an octopus. The octopus is spraying ink. This is a shark. The shark has sharp teeth. This is a whale. The whale shoots water into the air. This is a sea turtle. The sea turtle has a hard shell. These are starfishes. The starfishes have five legs. These are angelfishes. The angelfishes have beautiful colors. This is a lobster. The lobster has strong claws. This is a jellyfish. The jellyfish has a soft body. They are different. But all of them live in the sea. 故事 6 海里有什么动物 在海洋里有各种各样的动物。 看！他们过来了。 这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。 这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。 这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。 这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。 这些是海星，海星有五条腿。 这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。 这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。 这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。 他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。 Story 7 naughty Monkey It’s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man’s nose. The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man’s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone. When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose. 故事 7 调皮的猴子 天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。 一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。 老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。 苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。 这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。 他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。 当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。 他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。 Story 8 A Beautiful Doll Tina is a lovely girl. She has a lot of dolls. One of these dolls is very beautiful. She has long blond hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her “Sandy”. You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her. Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed. When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her. When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is！ Do you like it, too？ 故事 8 漂亮的洋娃娃 缇娜是一个可爱的女孩， 她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金 色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此， 小女孩叫她“桑 迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。 缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。 当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。 当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密 的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！ 你也喜欢它吗？ Story 9 It’s Good to Walk A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight. Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice. “Just like human, penguins don’t exercise much during winter. They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper. 故事 9 散步有益 在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的 15 只金企鹅媒体散步两 次，每次 500 米。 动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容 易发胖。” Story 10 The Panda in China A panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law. We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them. A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China’s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA… A panda isn’t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship. 故事 10 中国熊猫 熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。 它只居住在中国，因此，它 是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。 我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来 很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。 熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都 有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国…… 熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。 Story 11 My “Cock” Clock Hello! My name is Dongdong. Do you know I have a nice clock? It is a beautiful clock. It is in my bedroom. In mfact it is an alarm clock. The big and round body is made of plastics and the clock is set in it. There is a red comb on its head. When you want to adjust time, you just need to press the comb. Then “clock” will wake up on time. At that time the “clock” will say: “WO! WO! WO!” It’s time for you to get up! And its eyes can also give out light at the same time. It is a very beautiful and useful clock, so I like it very much. 故事 11 我的“公鸡”闹钟 你好！我的名字叫东东。我知道我有一台好看的闹钟。它是一台漂亮的钟。 钟的上部有红色的冠子。当你想要调整时间时，按下头上的红冠子就可以调节时 间。那时“钟”将按时醒来。到时候“公鸡”就会“喔、喔、喔”地叫，该起床了。而 且叫是眼睛还会发光。 它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。 Story12 A Clever Farmer Uncle Sam doesn’t like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm. One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him. Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please? Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you’ll soon be at a hospital. Farmer Please set an example to me. Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time. It’s much more beautiful than the field. Is that right? Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field. Uncle Sam’s face turns red. 故事 12 聪明的农民 山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨， 阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。 农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？ 山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。 农民：请你做一个示范。 山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？ 农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。 山姆大叔脸红了。 Story 13 Where Is the Hat? Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can’t stay on his head. He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same. He can’t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can’t find his hat yet. At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don’t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.” Jack feels very foolish. He doesn’t want to wear his hat on his head. 故事 13 帽子在哪里？ 杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的 帽子总是戴着头上。 它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。 它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。 它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。 这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在 你的头上。” 杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。 Story 14 Two dogs A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day’s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don’t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn’t teach me to hurt, but to share other’s food,” the housedog answers. Don’t blame children for the mistakes of their parent 故事 14 两只狗 有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎， 教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很 生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么 都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应 该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。” 不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。 Story 15 The Sports Meeting in the Forest There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting. Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best. This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy! 故事 15 森林运动会 森林里有很多动物。 今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看！ 小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小 熊，加油！小熊，加油！”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩 不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里！小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了， 没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。 运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊！ Story 16 Big Ben Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about four meter long. If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes every quarter of an hour. 故事 16 大本钟 大本钟不是一个人的名字，它是钟的名字，它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大 本钟有四个面，因此无论站在什么方面，你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约 4 米长。 如果你去伦敦，你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议 会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大，“叮咚，叮咚”，每 15 分钟敲一次。 Story 17 The Bathing Boy One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’t swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says to him. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.” Counsel without help is useless. 故事 17 洗澡的男孩 有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救 命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道： “ 你怎么这么草率！在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：“ 请你还是 先把我救起来后再责备我吧。” 只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。 Story 18 Who Pours Ink on My Chair? Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster’s office?” “Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It’s good to answer the teacher’s question.” “But the question is ‘Who pours ink on my chair?’” 故事 18 谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？ 唐尼是个 7 岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。 因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。 他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室？” “因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。” “回答老师的问题是好事。” “但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？’” 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story19 Smart Robot Look, this robot carries boxes to build blocks! The new smart robot, Sorry, is 60 centimeters high. It weighs 7.5 kilogram. It has a camera “eye” on its head. It can recognize colors and human faces. 故事 19 聪明的机器人 瞧！这个机器人在搬盒子搭积木呢？索尼公司新设计的这个聪明的机器人有 60 里面 7.5 千克重。它额头上有一只相机“眼睛”，能够辨认颜色和人脸。 Story 20 Bananas for Lunch A fat monkey likes eating bananas very much. He had bananas for lunch. He peeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep. 故事 20 香蕉午餐 一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着， 吃着，吃着，吃了 1 个香蕉，2 个香蕉，3 个香蕉，4 个…… 他不停地吃， 但是 他还想要更多！他边吃，边剥，5 个香蕉，6 个香蕉，7 个香蕉，8 个……他又剥 了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。 Story 21 I Will Not Take a Bath I will not take a bath, I won’t get in tub, I has bath last week. I don’t need another scrub. I would need my rubber ducky, a bucket and a boat, my toy whale, a submarine, a rubber ball. No, I can not take a bath. The tub is too small. It’s all filled up with toy. There’s no room for me. 故事 21 我不能愿意洗澡 我不愿意洗澡，我不愿意进到浴缸里。上个星期我洗澡了，我不需要再洗澡。 我想要我的橡皮鸭子，一个水桶和一只船，我的玩具鲸鱼，一艘潜水艇，一个橡 皮球。现在我不能洗澡了。浴缸太小了，它被玩具塞满了，没有我的地方了。 Story 22 Outside Games There are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis.. Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement. Do you like outside games or indoor game? 故事 22 户外运动 户外运动有许多，跑步、溜冰、赛马、射击、放风筝、竞走。当然，足球也是 一种户外运动，篮球、羽毛球等也是户外运动。一些人喜欢户外运动，而另外一 些人喜欢室内运动。他们喜欢打台球、下象棋、打牌、打乒乓球…….. 户外运动包括更多和更快的运动，有些人喜欢户外运动；室内运动比较安静、 运动量较小。你喜欢户外运动还是室内运动呢？ Story 23 Two Little Monkeys The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other. One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms. After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself. 故事 23 两只猴子 猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。 二天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小 猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。 过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝 宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去 寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。 Story 24 The King and His Stories Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good. One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison. After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.” 故事 24 国王和他的故事 从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他 的故事好。有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事， 而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。 过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问 他感觉怎么样。 作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着；“请把我送回监狱吧。“ Story 25 Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn’t do it. Today, she will go to a friend’s birthday party. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one. She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.” Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out. 故事 25 穿哪条裙子？ 缇娜 8 岁了， 她又自己的主意。当她的父母要她做事时，她总是不去做。 今天，她将去参加一位朋友的生日聚会。她在选择穿哪一条裙子. 她又三条裙 子：一条是蓝裙子，一条白裙子和一条黄裙子。 她问她的父亲：“哪条裙子是最 好的？”她的父亲说：“我认为蓝色是最好的。”她问她的母亲：“你认为哪条裙子 是最好的？”她的母亲回答：“当然是白色的了。”缇娜说：“谢谢。”她穿上黄色的 裙子出去了。 Story 26 Three Foxes Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up. 故事 26 三只狐狸 从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常 同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的 房子里享受着丰富的食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久 他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷 又饿连站也站不起来。 Story 27 Two Holes for the Dogs My uncle has two dogs. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much. One day, Mr. Smith came to visit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, “My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,” Mr. Smith asked. “But why are there two holes? One is enough!” “But how can the big dog go through the small hole?” my uncle said. Sometimes a clever man may make such mistakes. 故事 27 两个狗洞 我的叔叔有两条狗。一只是大的，另一只是小狗的。他很喜欢它们。 有一天，史密斯先生来看他。当这个朋友看见门口上有连个洞，一个是大洞 和一个小洞时，他感到吃惊并说，“我亲爱的朋友，为什么你的门上有连个洞？” 我的叔叔回答说：“当然是让我的两条狗进出了。 ” 史密斯先生问到：“ 为什么 门上要两个洞呢？一个就足够了。” 我叔叔说：“大狗怎能走小洞呢？” 有时聪明的人可能会犯这样的错误。 Story 28 Naughty Brother Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy. On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top’s of the dog’s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, “I’ve broken sister’s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.” Such was my naught brother. 故事 28 顽皮的弟弟 东尼是我的小弟弟，他是个调皮的孩子。 星期天早晨，东尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鸟落在狗舍上，东尼就 用石头砸它。突然，这个小男孩哭了起来。妈妈跑过去问出了什么事。他哭着说： “我姐姐盘子摔碎了，她打了我！”“为什么？”“我拿石头砸一直小年，但是却打碎 了姐姐的盘子。” 哎，这是我淘气的弟弟。 Story29 A Boy and a Monkey Mike is a little boy. He is only five years old. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read and write. One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted to draw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out, then drew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture, he wasn’t happy. “Well,” he said at last to me, “I’ll put a tail on it and make it a monkey.” He began to add the tail. I began to laugh. 故事 29 男孩和猴子 迈克是一个小男孩，他只有 5 岁。他太小还没有上学，因此也不会读和写。 一天，他手里拿着一支铅笔站在我的桌子前。桌子上放着一张大纸，他要画自 画像。他画了几笔就擦掉了，再画几笔，有擦掉了。当我看一幅画时，他很不高 兴。 “好吧，”他最后和我说，“我就再加一条尾巴，把他画成一只猴子吧！” 他开始加上小尾巴，我大笑起来。 Story 30 Mike and the Pot One day, Mike’s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friend’s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs. Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didn’t move. Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I’m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.” 故事 30 迈克和锅 一天，迈克的妈妈需要一口锅，她让迈克向她朋友借一口锅。于是，迈克去了 她的朋友家，她的朋友借个他一口大锅。在回家的路上，迈克把锅放在路上看了 看它，它是一口粘土制成的三条腿的锅。 然后他对锅说：“你有三条腿而我只有两条腿。 你应该背我一会儿。”然后， 迈克坐在锅里，但是锅一动也不动。 迈克很生气地把锅打破了，但后拿着破锅向家里走去。到家后他的妈妈很生气 地说：“你真笨。”但迈克认为：“我不笨，只有愚蠢的人才会带回三条腿的锅。” 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777 Story 31 The Broom Seller and the Barber A man who sold brooms went into a barber’s shop to get shaved. The barber brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms. “Two pence,” said the man. “No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you a penny, and if you don’t think that is enough, you may take your broom back!” The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave. “A penny,” said the barber. “I will give you a half penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on again.” 故事 31 卖扫帚的人和理发师 一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他 修面后，问一下他扫帚的价格。 买扫帚的人说：“两个便士。” “不，不。”理发师说：“ 我只出一个便士，如果你认为不够的话，可以把扫帚 拿回去。” 卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚，随后问修面要付多少钱。 “一便士。”理发师说。 卖扫帚的人说：“我给你半个便士，如果不够的话，请把我的胡子还给我。” Story 32 Sun the Ice Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice. Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wanted to know why he didn’t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting. “What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’t you bring it in?” “I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I’m running it dry.” The simpleton answered. 故事 32 晒冰 从前有一个笨人的妻子让她的丈夫买几块冰。 两个小时后，他还没回来。 她想知道他为什么没回来，就出去看了看，发现她的丈夫在门口站着，在太阳 下晒冰，看着冰融化。 她问他：“怎么啦？你为什么不把它拿进来？” “我看见冰是湿的，恐怕你会训斥我，因此，我正在把它晒干。”笨人回答道。 Story 33 Animals There are many kinds of animals in the world. People don’t know the exact numbers. In the zoo, people can see many kinds of animals. For example, lions, tigers, they are scary. Monkey, foxes are intelligent. People usually think pandas; koala bears are so cute and smart. Some animals live in the water, such as dolphins. They need a lot of water for their home. And elephants with long nose are very strange. They can sing and dance. The giraffes are quite tall because of their long necks. So they can reach the top of the trees. 故事 33 动物 世界上有许多钟动物，人们不知道它们确切的数目。在动物园里人们可以看到 很多种类的动物，如：狮子、老虎，它们都令人害怕；猴子和狐狸是狡猾的；人 们认为熊猫，考拉熊是如此伶俐和聪明。有些动物居住在水里，如海豚，它们的 家需要很多的水。大象长有奇特的长鼻子，它们会唱歌和跳舞。长颈鹿长着非常 长的脖子，因为他们可以够到数的顶部。 Story 34 A Silly Man Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It’s none of your business.” Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn’t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground. Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital. 故事 34 一个愚蠢的人 弗雷德走在上学的路上。路过一个公园时，他看见一个人在锯一棵大树的树 枝。“嗨，你这么做很危险的。”费雷得喊道：“你锯了那树枝后，你会摔下来的。” 而那个人不相信他，愤怒地说：“快走开，小东西，没有你的事。” 费雷德没趣地离开了。他没有走多远就听见一声响，他急忙跑回去，发现那 个人躺在地上。 爱乐奇，游世界，学英语，专为 5-12 岁儿童设计的英语学习网站， 欢迎访问：http://www.alo7.com/ 爱乐奇百度博客：http://space.baidu.com.cn/alo777