英文故事（1）

There are many animals in the Today is a fine Animals are having a sport

森林里有很多动物。今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。

Monkey, fox, panda, rabbit and bear are Look! Rabbit is the Fox and monkey are the Bear is the The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, duck and Pig are doing high Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very So duck is the Here! Cat and squirrel are climbing a Cat is So he is the last, but he does his

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。

This sports meeting is The animals are very happy!

运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊!

英文故事（2）

A young man asked Socrates the secret to success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him toward the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into the water. The boy struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until the boy started turning blue. 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 air. Socrates asked, “What did you want the most when you were there?” The boy replied, “Air.” Socrates said, “That is the secret to success. When you want success as badly as you wanted the air, then you will get it. There is no other secret.”

译：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最想要的是什么?”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。 ”

英文故事（3）

A GREedy dog went into a butcher’s shop and stole a big juicy He ran away so fast that the butcher could not catch He ran out into the fields with his He was going to eat it all by 一只贪心的狗跑到一家猪肉店偷了一根很大又有髓的骨头.他跑很快,所以那个卖猪肉的人追不到他.他咬著他的大骨头跑到空旷的地方,准备要好好地吃个痛快. the dog came to a There was a narrow bridge across The dog walked on to the bridge, and looked into the He could see another dog with a big bone in his 这只狗来到一条溪流.有一座窄窄的桥跨在上面.这只狗走到桥上,望水里面看.他看见另一只狗嘴里咬著一跟大骨头. the GREedy dog thought the bone in the water looked much bigger than the one he had stolen from the 这只贪心的狗认为在水里面的那根骨头看起来比他跟卖肉的偷来的这根骨头大多了. the GREedy dog dropped the bone from his It fell into the water and was He jumped into the water to snatch the bigger bone from the other 这只贪心的狗从嘴理丢了那根骨头.它掉到水里而且不见了.他跳进去水里面想从另一只狗那儿抓那跟更大的骨头. the GREedy dog jumped into the water with a big He looked everywhere but he could not see the other His shadow had 贪心的狗跳进水里溅起好多水花.他到处看,可是都找不到其他的狗.他的倒影不见了. the silly dog went home He lost his bone and got nothing because he had been too 这只笨狗饿著肚子回家.因为太贪心,他弄丢了他的骨头而且一点东西也没拿到.

英文故事（4）

It’s sunny day in Miss Cat is Suddenly the fishing rod “Great! Oh, it’s so heavy!” Miss Cat says

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。

The fish is plucked out of the “Oh, a big fish! How big the fish is!” She But she puts the fish into the river and goes on

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。

At the time Horse goes by and sees “Why do you set it free?” He “Because my pot is too small, I can’t cook it,” Miss Cat

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。

英文故事（5）

【英文】 One day, Mike's mother needed a She asked Mike to borrow one from her So Mike went to the friend's She gave him a big On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at It was made of clay and had three Then he said to the pot, "You have three legs and I have only You can carry me for a few " Then Mike sat down inside the But the pot didn't Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot His mother was "You are " She But Mike thought, "I'm not Only a stupid person carried something with three " 【中文】 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。"

英文故事（6）

Tommy is He has no daddy, no mummy and no

He is A bird She says: “I can Let’s fly!”

Tommy says: “ no,no, I can’t fly!”

A rabbit He says: “ I can Let’s jump!”

Tommy says: “no, I can’t jump!”

A monkey He says:“I can climb the Let’s climb the tree!”

Tommy says: “ no, I can’t climb the tree!”

A duck He says: “I can Let’s swim!”

Tommy smiles: “ we are friends!”

Tommy 是一只乌龟。他没有爸爸、妈妈和朋友。

他在哭。一只小鸟过来了。她说：“我会飞，让我们一起飞吧。”

Tommy 说：“不，不，我不会飞。”

一只兔子过来了。他说：“我会跳。让我们一起跳吧。”

Tommy说：“不，不。我不会跳。”

一只猴子过来了。他说：“我会爬树。让我们一起爬树吧。”

Tommy说：“不，不。我不会爬树。”

一只鸭子过来了。他说:“我会游泳，让我们一起游泳吧!”

Tommy笑了：“我们是朋友!”

英文故事（7）

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

英文故事（8）

A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a school

有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。

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 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 ” So the son asked, “How much does it cost?” And the father said, “I don’t know, I’m still ”

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!」

英文故事（9）

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。

英文故事（10）

An old woman had a The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the She began to hit the The cat said, "Do not hit your old I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were "

【译文】

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

英文故事（11）

黄鼠狼和人

A man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking1 about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, "Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death? Think how useful I have been in clearing your house of the mice and lizards2 which used to infest3 it, and show your gratitude4 by sparing my " "You have not been altogether useless, I grant you," said the Man: "but who killed the fowls5? Who stole the meat? No no! You do much more harm than good, and die you "

从前，有一个人抓住了一只黄鼠狼，它总是在房子里偷偷摸摸。这人正要用一盆水淹死它时，黄鼠狼苦苦哀求人饶了自己的性命，并且对人说：“你一定不忍心杀了我!想想我对你们家做的贡献吧，我可是一只在清理你家里的老鼠和蜥蜴，为了显示你对我的感激之情，就饶我一命吧。”“我也承认，你并非完全无用，” 男人说， “但是，是谁杀了鸡?是谁偷了肉?不不!你做了太多坏事，理应去死。”

英文故事（12）

A Little Ant

Once there was a little She wanted to get married, but she only wanted to marry the strongest

She wanted to marry the strongest creature, but she didn’t know who the strongest creature She saw the wind blow houses So she thought the wind was the strongest She wanted to marry the

But the wind told the little ant that ht wasn’t the strongest There was a tower in the He had stood there for a thousand years against his The tower was the strongest

“Why do you want to marry me?” the wind

“Because you are the strongest creature in the You are strongest than the ” said the

“You are I’m strongest than the But I’m not the strongest creature in the Look, how I’m damaged! Can’t you guess who has done this to me? It’s you, ”

At last, the little ant married her own Because they were the strongest

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。

英文故事（13）

Legends hold that Shu was the king of the south Hu was the king of the North Sea, and Hun Dun was the king of the

Shu and Hu often visited Hun Dun's kingdom, and Hun Dun always gave them a Shu and Hu decided1 to reciprocate(报答，互换) his They consulted with each other, saying, "Every person has seven apertures4 (eyes, nose, ears and mouth) to see, hear, eat, and breathe, but Hun Dun does not have Let's drill the seven apertures(孔径，开口) for "

Then they drilled an aperture3 each day, and on the seventh day, they completed the seven apertures but Hun Dun

传说故事中，南海的君王叫做“倏”，北海的君王叫做“忽”，中央的帝王叫做“浑沌”。

倏和忽经常在浑沌的国土上见面，浑沌总是很热情地款待它们。倏和忽准备报答浑沌，两人商量说：“人人都有七窍，用来听、吃饭、呼吸，唯独浑沌没有，我们试着给他凿出七窍来吧。”

于是它们一天凿出一个孔窍，到了第七天，七窍是凿成了，但浑沌也死了。

英文故事（14）

Story 1 Three Good Friends

One day， a monkey rides his bike near the This time he sees a lion under a The lion runs at He is afraid and falls into the He can’t He The rabbit hears He jumps into the The rabbit swims to the monkey， but he can’t help Luckily， an elephant comes He is very He helps the rabbit and Three friends are very They go to the elephant’s Then， three of them become good

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。

英文故事（15）

Story 5 The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the I like him very I often go to see He often thinks of me， Today is It is fine I go to see him After I leave the zoo， he follows me to my I give him lettuce， cabbages， bananas， apples and other He eats them When I sing songs， he stays in the He is as quite as a

In the evening， he jumps onto my bed with My mum tells him to go He has to pack his bag and go back to the My mum lets me see him every

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。

英文故事（16）

A great mountain大山

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and

People came from far and near to see what would

"A great river will be " said

"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come " said

"A god himself will spring form these " said a

Finally, after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the And out popped --- a

Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is

很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"

另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"

第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"

等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。

正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起。

英文故事（17）

Mike and the Pot

One day, Mike's mother needed a She asked Mike to borrow one from her So Mike went to the friend's She gave him a big On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at It was made of clay and had three

Then he said to the pot, "You have three legs and I have only You can carry me for a few " Then Mike sat down inside the But the pot didn't

Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot His mother was "You are " She But Mike thought, "I'm not Only a stupid person carried something with three "

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。"

英文故事（18）

Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell

掩耳盗铃

Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor's However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people's attention as long as he touched the So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever "idea". He plugged his ears with something, thinking that everything would go well when he stole the Unfortunately to his disappointment, the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a

从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个"妙极"，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住。

英文故事（19）

“Why need our care?’

“Because from then on the aunt cannot do what they liked to along with her She is very In her distress, making dinners and doing chores are also becoming so My dear, can you help Mother hit an idea to help the aunt in other ways?”

At her mother’s proposal, the girl thought for a long All of a sudden, she went to the neighbor and knocked at the

The neighbor with a look of haggardness and tiredness opened the

“What can I do for you?” asked the

“I heard my mother say you’re very distressed for losing your daughter…” The girl timidly handed the band-aid tightly held in her hand to the

The neighbor suddenly choked with sobs, her tears gushing from her She hugged the girl and said, “Thank This band-aid will cure my ”

“妈妈，您在忙什么呢?”还不到6岁的女孩，好奇的问妈妈。

“给邻居家的阿姨做饭。”

“为什么?”

“前几天阿姨失去了心爱的女儿，现在很伤心。我们这几天要好好照顾她。”

“为什么需要我们照顾呢?”

“阿姨以后不能和她女儿一起做他们喜欢做的事了，很可怜。人在极度悲伤时，做饭和料理家务也会变得很难。女儿，你能不能也帮妈妈想想其他能帮助阿姨做的事呢?”

女孩听到妈妈的提议，认真的思考了很久，突然走到邻居家敲响了门。

一脸憔悴和疲惫的邻居开了门。

“有什么事吗?”邻居问道。

“听妈妈说，您因为失去了女儿，非常痛苦……”女孩羞涩的把攥在手里的创可贴递给了邻居。

“阿姨，把这个贴在胸口吧，那样你的心就不会痛了。”

邻居突然哽咽起来，泪水夺眶而出。她抱住女孩说：“谢谢，这个创可贴会治好我的伤口的`。”

英文故事（20）

A Poor Man

一个穷人

Looking very unhappy, a poor man entered a doctor's

一个看起来很难受的穷人走进大夫的诊室。

"Doctor," he said, "you must help I swallowed a penny about a month "

"大夫!"他说，"帮帮我!一个月前我吞了一分硬币!"

"Good heavens, man!" said the "Why have you waited so long? Why don't you come to me on the day you swallowed it?"

"天哪，"大夫说，"早干嘛去了?你当时怎么不来看?"

"To tell you the truth, Doctor," the poor man replied, "I didn't need the money so badly "

"实话告诉您吧，大夫，"穷人说，"我当时还不缺钱!"