故事英文（1）

乌鸦的羽毛

A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful

Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and

But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he

乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。

他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。

他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。

词汇学习：

Swan 天鹅

plumage[ˈpluːmɪdʒ]鸟类羽毛,翅膀

故事英文（2）

My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors assured us that with treatment he would be able to walk normally — but would never run very well. The first three years of his life were spent in surgery, casts and braces. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he had a problem when you saw him walk .

The children in our neighborhood ran around as most children do during play, and Joey would jump right in and run and play, too. We never told him that he probably wouldn't be able to run as well as the other children. So he didn't know.

In seventh grade he decided to go out for the cross—country team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more than any of the others — perhaps he sensed that the abilities that seemed to come naturally to so many others did not come naturally to him. Although the entire team runs, only the top seven runners have the potential to score points for the school. We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

He continued to run four to five miles a day, every day — even the day he had a 103—degree fever. I was worried, so I went to look for him after school. I found him running all alone. I asked him how he felt. "Okay," he said. He had two more miles to go. The sweat ran down his face and his eyes were glassy from his fever. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept running. We never told him he couldn't run four miles with a 103—degree fever. So he didn't know.

Two weeks later, the names of the team runners were called. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had made the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth—graders. We never told him he shouldn't expect to make the team. We never told him he couldn't do it. We never told him he couldn't do it...so he didn't know. He just did it.

译：我的儿子琼尼降生时，他的双脚向上弯弯着，医生向我们保证说经过治疗，小琼尼可以像常人一样走路，但像常人一样跑步的可能性则微乎其微。琼尼3岁之前一直在接受治疗，和支架、石膏模子打交道。七八岁的时候，他走路的样子已让人看不出他的腿有过毛病。

邻居的小孩子们做游戏的时候总是跑过来跑过去。毫无疑问小琼尼看到他们玩就会马上加进去跑啊闹的。我们从不告诉他不能像别的孩子那样跑，我们从不说他和别的孩子不一样。因为我们不对他说，所以他不知道。

七年级的时候，琼尼决定参加跑步横穿全美的比赛。每天他和大伙一块训练。也许是意识到自己先天不如别人，他训练得比任何人都刻苦。训练队的前7名选手可以参加最后比赛，为学校拿分。我们没有告诉琼尼;也许会落空，所以他不知道。

他坚持每天跑4~5英里。我永远不会忘记有一次，他发着高烧，但仍坚持训练。我为他担心，于是去学校看他，发现他正在一个人沿着长长的林荫道跑步呢。我问他感觉怎么样，"很好。"他说。还剩下最后两英里。他满脸是汗，眼睛因为发烧失去了光彩。然而他目不斜视，坚持着跑下来。我们从没有告诉他不能发着高烧去跑4英里的路，我们从没有这样对他说，所以他不知道。

两个星期后，在决赛前的3天，长跑队的名次被确定下来。琼尼是第六名，他成功了。他才是个七年级生，而其余的人都是八年级生。我们从没有告诉他不要去期望入选，我们从没有对他说他不会成功。是的，从没说起过……所以他不知道，但他却做到了!

故事英文（3）

A young man asked Socrates the secret to Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next They Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “” Socrates said, “That is the secret to When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get There is no other ” 一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你ZUI想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ” .

故事英文（4）

A boy found an eagle's egg and he put it in the nest of a prairie chicken. The eagle hatched and thought he was a chicken. He grew up doing what prairie chicken do-scratching at the dirt for food and flying short distances with a noisy fluttering of wings. It was a dreary life. Gradually the eagle grew older and bitter. One day he and his prairie chicken friend saw a beautiful bird soaring on the currents of air, high above the mountains. "Oh, I wish I could fly like that!" said the eagle. The chicken replied, "Don't give it another thought. That's the mighty eagle, the king of all birds-you could never be like him!" And the eagle didn't give it another thought. He went on cackling and complaining about life. He died thinking he was a prairie chicken. My friends, you too were born an eagle. The Creator intended you to be an eagle, so don’t listen to the prairie chickens!

译：一位小男孩发现了一只老鹰下的蛋，把它放进了一只山鸡的窝里。鹰被孵出来了，但他以为自己是一只山鸡。渐渐的他长大了，却做着山鸡所做的事---从泥土里寻找食物，做短距离的飞翔，翅膀还啪啪作响。生活非常沉闷，渐渐地鹰长大了，也越来越苦恼。有一天，他和他的山鸡朋友看见一只美丽的鸟在天空翱翔，飞的比山还高。 “哦，我要能飞的那么高该多好啊!”鹰说。山鸡回答说，“不要想了，那是凶猛无比的鹰，鸟中之王---你不可能像他一样!”于是鹰放弃了那个念头。他继续咯咯地叫，不停的抱怨生活。最后他死了，依然认为自己是一只山鸡。朋友们，你们天生就是雄鹰。造物主有意把你造就成一只雄鹰，所以不要听信山鸡的话!

故事英文（5）

我的家 I am in desperate need of help -- or Ill go Were living in a single room -- my wife, my children and my So our nerves are on edge, we yell and scream at one The room is a Do you promise to do whatever I tell you?; said the Master I swear I shall do Very How many animals do you have? A cow, a goat and six Take them all into the room with Then come back after a The disciple was But he had promised to obey! So he took the animals A week later he came back, a pitiable figure, moaning, Im a nervous The dirt! The stench! The noise! Were all on the verge of madness! Go back,said the Master, and put the animals The man ran all the way And came back the following day, his eyes sparkling with How sweet life is! The animals are The home is a Paradise, so quiet and clean and roomy! 我非常需要帮助——或者我会疯的。我们生活在一个房间里——我的妻子，我的孩子和我的法律。我们整天神经兮兮，我们互相大喊大叫。房间是地狱。 你答应按我说的去做吗?大师一本正经地说。 我发誓我会做任何事。 好的，你有多少动物吗? 一头奶牛，一头山羊和六只鸡。 把它们全带到你的房间。一个星期之后再回来。 门徒大吃一惊。但他已经承诺服从!所以他把动物。一个星期后他回来了，可怜的人物，呻吟着，我很紧张。污垢!恶臭!噪声!我们就要发疯了! 回去吧，大师说，把动物放了。 这个男人跑回家。第二天回来时，他的眼里闪烁着喜悦的光芒。生活是多么美好!动物们都离开了。家是一个天堂，那么安静，干净和宽敞的!

故事英文（6）

A young man asked Socrates the secret to Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next They Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “” Socrates said, “That is the secret to When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get There is no other ” 一个年轻人向苏格拉底询问成功的秘诀，苏格拉底让年轻人第二天早晨到河边 见他。他们见面后，苏格拉底叫年轻人和他一起走向河里，当河水淹至他们的 脖子时，苏格拉底出其不意地抓住年轻人并把其压入水中，那人想要挣出水面， 而强壮有力的苏格拉底将他摁在水中直到他变得无力抗争，脸色发青。苏格拉 底将他的头拖出水面，这个年轻人所做的第一件事就是大口喘息后，深吸一口 气。苏格拉底问： “当你闷在水里的时候你ZUI想要的是什么?”年轻人回答说： “空气。 ”苏格拉底说： “那就是成功的秘诀。当你像渴望空气一样渴望成功， 你就能够获得它!没有其他的秘密了。 ” .

故事英文（7）

The wolf and the fox want to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch

One day the wolf says to the fox, "You go home and lie in I'll tell the rabbit that you are When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch " That's a good idea," says the

The fox goes home at The wolf goes to the rabbit's house and knocked at the "Who is it?" asks the "It's the I come to tell you that the fox is " Then the wolf goes

The rabbit goes to the fox's He looked in through the window and sees the fox lying in bed with his eyes He thinks, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near " so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is But he doesn't look like a dead The mouth of a dead fox is always " When the fox hears this, he thinks, "I'll show him that I'm " So he opened his

The rabbit knows that the fox isn't dead, and he rans away

狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了。

一天，狼对狐狸说：“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意!”狐狸说。

于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊?”兔子问道。“狼，我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。

兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢?如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他说：“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸听到这些话就想：我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。

这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦。

故事英文（8）

During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), prince Zhou Xu of the State of Wei killed his brother and became the new Zhou Xu was a He oppressed his people and indulged in wars of By launching wars, he tried to divert the people's attention and reduce their discontent with him in order to consolidate his The Duke of the State of Lu leant about Zhou Xu's usurpation of state power and his ambitious plan, he asked a senior official, "What do you think about Zhou Xu's move? "The official answered, "He indulges in wars , bringing his people much He won't get their And he's capricious, so few of his close friends follow He can never achieve his In addition, war is like If one launches wars endlessly without restraint, he'll eventually burn " Sure enough, the people of Wei with the help of the State of Chen overthrew Zhou Xu and killed him in less than a Later, people use it to mean that those who do evil will finally ruin

故事英文（9）

A tiger is hungry, he is looking for He sees a frog in front of

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。“Haha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the

“哈哈!一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦!”于是，他扑向青蛙。

Behind the tiger, there is a The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s

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。

“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks The frog hears the voice and jumps into

“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。

“Thank you, little ” says the

“谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。

But the tiger is very “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”

大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌!我要把你扔到天上去。”

“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the

“谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。

The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the ”

老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”

“Oh, no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the ” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water

“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。

“Thank you, ” The tortoise and the frog swim away

“谢谢你，老虎先生，再见!”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。

词汇学习：：饥饿的

：青蛙

：乌龟

：尾巴

：声音

：迅速地

故事英文（10）

When my wife，Diana, and I met a new couple at church one Sunday, we stopped to introduce ourselves and to exchange

一个星期天，我和妻子戴安娜去教堂时，碰到了一对新婚的夫妇。于是，我们停下车，向他们做了自我介绍，我们之间还表达了相互认识的喜悦之情。

We described the friendly neighborhood we lived in，and listened sympathetically as they lamented that theirs was just the

我们的话题开始谈到了邻居，我们说我们的邓居如何如何的好。当他们说到他们的邻居恰恰相反时，我们表示了对他们的同情。

Saying our good-byes, we got in our cars and drove

后来，我们向他们道了别，开车回到了家。

As we approached our house，we were horrified to see that our new-found friends were pulling into the driveway next to

当我们把车子开到家门口时，我们惊奇地发现我们的新结识的那对新婚夫妇把车停在了隔璧的停车道上。

词汇学习：

neighborhood ['neib?hud]邻居，近邻;附近;邻里情谊

church[t???t?]教堂;礼拜;教派;教会;教徒

故事英文（11）

Time is Everyone has 24 hours in a There are 365 days in a Once a day runs out in our life, it will never come back If we love our lives, we shouldn’t waste We must control The best way to use time is to plan it

When making the study plan, we should remember two First, be Don’t try to do too many Second, a good study plan should be We may make some small changes on a weekly basis but follow the same

Let’s be the master of time, start out plan

时间很重要。人人每天有二十四小时，每年有三百六十五天，一旦我们生命中的一天消逝，就再也不会回来。我们要是热爱生命，就不应该浪费时间。我们应该掌握时间。使用时间的办法就是好好计划时间。

在制定学习计划时，我们应该记住两件事。第一，应该现实一些，不要企图干太多的事情。第二，好的计划要灵活一点。我们可以每周做些小的变动，但总的模式不变。

让我们当时间的主人，今天就开始我们的计划。

故事英文（12）

The Wind And The Sun

One day the wind said to the sun, “Look at that man walking along the I can get his cloak off more quickly than you ” “We will see about that,” said the “I will let you try ” So the wind tried to make the man take off his He blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around “I give up,” said the wind at “I cannot get his cloak ” Then the sun He shone as hard as he The man soon became hot and took off his

风和太阳

有一天风跟太阳说：“看看那个沿着路上走的人。我可以比你快让他把披风脱下来。“我们等着看吧，”太阳说，“我让你先试。因此风尝试让那个人把披风脱下来。他用力地吹，可是那个人把披风拉得更紧。“我放弃了，”风最后说，“我无法让他把披风脱下来。”然后由太阳试试看。他尽可能地晒他。不久，那个人很热就把披风脱下来了。

故事英文（13）

laugh out of the other side of your mouth

乐极生悲

Chunyu Kun (淳于髡) lived in the state of Qi (齐国) during the Warring States Period (战国,475-221 BC).He was wise, humorous and He skillfully advised the king on many occasions and successfully went to many states as an

战国时期，齐国有个叫淳于髡的人。他幽默机智，能说会道，给齐威王出过许多好主意，并且成功出使了许多其他的国家。

In the year 349 BC, the State of Chu (楚国) dispatched a large force to attack

公元349年，楚国派出大批军队攻打齐国。

The king of Qi sent Chunyu Kun to the state of Zhao (赵国) to ask for help, with a lot of valuable

齐王派淳于髡去赵国寻求帮助，于是他带着许多贵重的礼品去了赵国。

The king of Zhao accpeted the gifts gladly and sent a hundred thousand troops to help

赵王见了礼物十分高兴，派了十万士兵去援助齐国。

The king of Chu withdrew his army that very night as soon as he got the

那天晚上，楚王得到这消息，马上撤回了自己的军队。

The king of Qi was released and pleased with Chunyu He set a banquet for

齐威王松了一口气，十分满意淳于髡的表现，并决定设宴为他庆功。

During the meal, the king asked Chunyu Kun, "How much wine can you drink before you're drunk, Sir?"

在宴会上，齐威王问淳于髡：“先生你喝多少酒会醉?”

Knowing the king had a bad habit of drinking all night, Chunyu Kun decided to take this chance to admonish the So he replied, "I get drunk when I drink ten litres or "

他幽默地回答说：“我有时喝一升酒就会醉，有时喝一百升酒才会醉。”

Puzzled, the king asked, "Since you are drunk after ten litres, how can you finish another ninty litres?"

齐威王听了很奇怪。他问：“你喝一升已经醉了，怎么还会有喝一百升的道理呢?”

Chunyu Kun then explained that he could drink different amounts of wine under different He said, "This occurs to me that when you drink to your limit, you get so drunk that you lose your sense; once joy reaches its height, then it's sorrow's This is the rule for Whatever you do, you are bound to end up in the opposite direction when you exceed the "

故事英文（14）

诺巴斯的葡萄园

Once upon a time, there was a man named Naboth, who had a very nice He inherited1 the vineyard from his father, he got a lot of money from

One day the king passed by the vineyard, he found the yard was so beautiful that he wanted to have So he went to Naboth and asked, "Would you sell the whole vineyard to me? I can pay you some " "I'm very It is a heritage2 of my family, I can't give it to you at any price," said The king told her the The queen said, "You forget you are the king! Let me teach you how get You can make Naboth an office, then find an excuse and sentence him to " The king did what the queen said, Naboth died and the king got the

When God learned3 about this, he was very angry and said, "The king must be eaten by dogs, and the queen must be eaten by big They are not good people, they take the things which are not " At last, people found the king and the queen were dead when they went out for a

从前，有一个人，名叫诺巴斯。他从父亲那里继承了葡葡园，并且靠葡葡园挣了很多钱。

一天，国王从葡萄园经过，他看见了这个非常標亮的葡萄园，很想得到它。于是，他去问同诺巴斯，“能把这个葡萄园全部卖给我吗?我可以给你钱。”“很遗憾。这个葡萄园是我的'亲人传给我的遗产，无论多少钱，我都不能卖。”国王回去了，他很不高兴。王后同他，“出了什么事?”国王把这件事告诉了她。王后说，“你忘了你是国王!让我来教你怎么办。你可以给诺巴斯一个官当，然后找一个借口判他死刑。”国王照着王后的话做了，诺巴斯死了以后，国王得到了葡萄园。

后来，神知道了这件事，他非常生气地说，“国王必须被狗吃掉，王后必须被大鸟吃掉。因为他们不是好人，他们拿了本不属于自己的东西。”后来，人们发现了国王和王后的尸体，他们是在郊游的时时候死去的。

故事英文（15）

自食其果

A self-important lion in the jungle tried to make his mastery clear to

He was so confident that he paid no attention to the smaller animals and went right up to a He asked the bear, "Who is the king of the jungle?" The bear replied, "Of course you "

Then the lion asked a tiger the same The tiger replied with some reluctance1, "Of course you " And then he went to ask an But the elephant would not allow the lion to do He suddenly took hold of the lion with his long nose and bounced2 the lion against a tree, leaving him bleeding3 and badly shaken

When the lion finally got up, he blamed the elephant and said: "Even if you couldn't answer my question, it's not necessary for you to act so "

热带丛林里的`一个妄自菲薄的狮子试图使所有的动物都明白它的统治地位。

它非常自信，对较小的动物不屑一顾，而是直接去问一只黑熊：“谁是丛林里的大王呀?” 黑熊回答说：“当然是你呀。”

于是它又去问一个老虎同样的问题。老虎有点勉强地回答说：“当然是你呀!”然后他又去问一头大象。可是大象不买它的账，突然用它的长鼻子把狮子抓起来向一棵树扔过去，让它鲜血淋漓和浑身发抖。

狮子终于爬起来时，它责怪大象说：“即使你回答不了我的问题，也用不着这么粗鲁嘛。”

故事英文（16）

The Miser

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of "

守财奴

有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”

故事英文（17）

Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower

"There’s my supper," he "I will find some excuse to catch " Then he called out to the lamb, "How dare you muddle the water?" "No, master," said the "I cannot muddle your water because it runs down from you to "

"Well, then," said the "Why did you call me bad names this time last year?" "It was impossible," said the "I am only six months "

"I don’t care," shouted the "If it was not you, it must be your " After that he rushed at the poor little lamb and ate it

从前，一只狼在溪流喝水，看到一只小羊在下游喝水。

“那是我的晚餐，”狼想，“我要找一个借口吃掉他。”于是，他恶狠狠地对小羊说：“你怎么敢搅浑浊了我的水?”“我没有，先生，”小羊回答说，“我在下游喝水，怎么能搅浑浊你喝的水呢?”

“那么，”狼见此计不成，又说道，“你去年的今天为什么说我的坏话?”“不可能，”小羊说，“我现在才只有六个月大。”

“我不管，”狼说，“如果不是你，就是你的爸爸。”说完，他就冲向小山羊，把他吃掉了。

故事英文（18）

Big Ben

大本钟

Big Ben is not the name of a It is a name of the It is in London is the capital city of

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。

The big clock has four So no matter where you stand, you can see the face of the The hands are about four meters

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。

If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the The big clock makes a very loud “Ding Ding dong”- the clock strikes every quarter of an

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。