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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上 A Clever HareBilly hare is hungry and finds a radish. What he picks it up, Mr. Fox is behind him and wants to eat him. “Im hungry, too. Youre my dinner. Im going to eat you,” he says. Billy Hare is shocked, but he isnt scared. He says, “Follow me. I have better food for you.” They go t

2、o a well.“Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water. “Whats that?” Mr. Fox asks surprisingly. “Its a big and fat hen. Lets 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. Shes too big,” Billy Hare sa

3、ys, “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 out of the well and says. Mr. Fox cant get out. 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，狐狸先生正在他的身后，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。

4、他说：“跟我来，我有更好的食物给你。”他们来到一口井边。“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鸡。我们下去把她捉上来。”比利说着，乘一只水桶下去了。 “你能把鸡放进桶里吗？”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。快跳到另一只水桶里吧。”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。 A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed Jack and Ben are good friends. One day, they explor

5、e a forest together. When they go deep into the forest, suddenly they hear a sound. “Whats 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 cant. “What can I do? Help me please! “Ben says to Jack.

6、 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 hes dying, and then the bear goes away. When Jack sees the bear going far, he slides down from the tree and wakes

7、Ben. “What did the Bear whisper to you?” Jack asks Ben.“Why didnt you help me? Have you not heard the sentence: A friend in need is a friend indeed?” Ben shouted. 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

8、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。 Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a WellThere 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 we

9、ll.One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, “Frog, lets 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, “

10、The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you dont know the world is big.” The frog says, “I dont 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! 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

11、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，你怎么会从天上飞来呢？”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！ Snow WhiteSnow White is born on a cold winter day. She is as white as snow. Her eyes are very big, her hair is very long

12、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 doesnt like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world. “I will kill Snow White.” So she orders

13、 a hunter to kill Snow White. The hunter is an honest man. “You are a good girl; I dont 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 soon

14、er, the new Queen dies, because she isnt the most beautiful woman in the world. 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

15、，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。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

16、to help the boy. But when get there, the boy says: “There isnt a wolf. Im joking. The farmers are angry and go back to their field. After a while the boy 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 wi

17、ll 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. 狼来了 村子里有个淘气的小男孩，他喜欢撒谎。一天，他想捉弄村民，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。可是他们到了那里，男孩说：“没有狼。我跟你们开玩笑的。”村民很生气，回到田

18、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。 Three Little Pigs and a Big WolfOnce, 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

19、 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! Im your brother.”“No, no! You are a wolf.”Then the wolf blew down the straw house. The first pig ran to the wooden ho

20、use.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 didnt 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 thr

21、ee little pigs lived happily. 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。The Thirsty

22、 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 we

23、ll 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 cant jump out of the well. He waits and waits. But

24、no one comes. “Im 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 goats back an

25、d jumps out of the well. The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves. 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

26、，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。 Skill comes from practiceDuring the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer. One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground. He shot so accurat

27、ely that the on-lookers cheered with excitement. He became very proud of his skill. But among the crowd an old oil peddler only nodded his head indifferently. This hurt his Pride.“Can you do this?” he asked the old oil peddler.“No, I cant.”“What do you think of my skill?”“Just OK, but nothing specia

28、l. Youve gained your accuracy from persistent practice. Thats all.”“What can you do, then?” the old man said nothing. He put a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a copper coin. He then scooped out a ladle of oil from his big jar, held it high and began to fill the bottle.Now, a th

29、read of oil came down from the ladle into the bottle just through the hole of the coin. Everybody looking on watched with amazement. But the old man said, “This is nothing special, I can do this because I have practiced it a lot.” And with these words, he left.Later, people use this phrase to mean “

30、Practice makes perfect”.北宋时期，有个技艺高超的射手。有一天，他在训练场上练习射箭，引来了一大群人观看，大家都称赞他的技艺，他感到非常骄傲。但他发现人群中有个卖油翁只是淡淡的点点头，这使得他很不高兴。他就问那老头：“你会射箭吗？”“不会。”“你认为我的技术如何？”“一般。没什么特别的，你只能对付固定的东西，仅此而已。”“你会干什么？”这个老头没有回答。他把一个葫芦放在地上，接着把一枚铜钱放在瓶口。然后从他的大油壶里舀起一勺油。从高处往放在地上的葫芦里倒。只见那油就像线一样从铜钱中间的小洞里滴下去，一滴都没有漏出来。围观者都惊呆了。而这个卖油翁却说：“其实没什么大不了的，

31、只不过是天天练的结果。”说完，他就离开了。后来，人们用“熟能生巧”这个成语来表示熟练了就能作得好。 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 i

32、s 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 onto the leaf, and the wind blows the leaf to the bank. And the ant is saved. “Thank you, Dove. Youre so kind,” The ant says and runs home, “You have saved my life, an

33、d 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 mans leg. “Ouch! Ouch!” The man feels p

34、ained 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. 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

35、，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，“你救了我的命，我会报答你的。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，“你救了我的命。”小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子。 The Fisherman and His

36、 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! Ill reward you.” “Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Dont worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water. The

37、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.“Whats the matter?” asked the fish.“My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherma

38、n.“Dont worry, she will have it.”So the fishermans 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 fishermans wife had her palace. But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fi

39、sh 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 didnt come back. When he went home, he found his wife back in their old hut. 渔夫和他的妻子从前，有一位渔夫，他有一个很丑的妻子。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

40、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

41、，他看见他妻子又回到就茅屋。 The happy shoemakerOnce there lived a rich merchant and a poor shoemaker in the same house. The merchant occupied in the same house. The merchant occupied the second floor, but the shoemaker lived and worked in a small room on the first floor. The shoemaker was one of the happiest per

42、sons on earth. He worked from morning till night, singing merrily. His heart was filled with joy, whenever he looked at the boots and shoes to be repaired. Now the merchant upstairs was so rich that he hardly knew how much wealth he had. He was always counting over his gold and silver coins far into

43、 the night. Even in bed his uneasiness about his riches kept him awake when at last he had been asleep for an hour or two, up came the song of the happy shoemaker, who was an early riser.It continued all day and was a trouble to the merchant day by day the merchant grew more and more tired through w

44、ant of sleep he asked a wise friend of his how he could put an end to the shoemakers song. “Well, if I were you, I would give the shoemaker a hundred pounds,” answered his friend. “You are rich enough to do that, I suppose. Ask for nothing in return. Simply give the money. ”The merchant readily followed the advice.赞同专心-专注-专业