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1、英文小故事The City Mouse and the Cou ntry MouseOnce there were two mice. They were frie nds. One mouse lived in the coun try; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the coun try." So the City mouse we
2、nt. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."The Co
3、untry mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they bega n to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out. Wh
4、en they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, tha n to be rich and afraid."【译文】城里老鼠和乡下老鼠从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年 以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上
5、它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找 出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：快跑！快跑!猫来了！ ”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”While proudly
6、show ing off his new apartme nt to frie nds, a college stude nt led the way into the den. "What is the big brass gong and hammer for?" one of his friends asked. "That is the talk ing clock," the man replied. "How's it work?""Watch," the man said and procee
7、ded to give the gong an ear shatteri ng pound with the hammer. Sudde nly, some one screamed from the other side of the wall, "Knock it off, you idiot! It's two o'clock in the morni ng!"一个学生带他朋友们参观他的新公寓，甚是得意。“那个大铜锣和锤子是干什 么用的？ ”他的一个朋友问他。“那玩意儿厉害了，那是一个会说话的钟”， 学生回答。“这钟怎么工作的”，他的朋友问。“看着，别
8、眨眼了”，那学生 走上前一把操起铜锣和锤子，拼命地敲了一下，声音震耳欲聋。突然，他们听 到隔壁墙那边有人狂叫，“别敲了，你这白痴！现在是凌晨两点钟了！”God Got An AThe bright young man thought he could talk his way out of anything. Stumped by a hard paper midyear, he wrote this excuse across the cover: " Only God knows the answers. Merry Christmas!"He got his pape
9、r back, marked " God got an A. You got an F. Happy New Year!"上帝得了 A一名聪明的年轻人以为花言巧语可解一切难题。一次他被年中考题难住了，于 是在卷子首页上写下一条理由：“只有上帝知道答案。圣诞节快乐！”他拿回的考卷上判到：“上帝得了A,你得了 F。新年快乐！”Second Ian guageA mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies whe n she spotted a cat crouched behi nd a bush. She watched
10、 the cat, and the cat watched the mice. Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.Mother mouse tur ned to her babies and said, "Now, do you un dersta nd the value of a sec ond Ian guage?"一只母老鼠带着孩子出来散步，突然她看见一只猫正在灌木丛中虎视
11、耽耽。母老鼠向着猫叫道： 汪，汪，汪”，猫听了非常害怕，拼命跑走了。母老鼠回过头洋洋自得的对孩子说：现在你知道外语的重要性了吧。”I'm Trying to Stop It "Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?" "No, sir, but you said yesterday that everythi ng you told me went in one ear and outthe other , so I am try ing to stop it."
12、;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 youngste
13、r yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out ofthe office .”对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”“ 2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 caueseit to con tract. Now ， can anyone give me a good example?Joh n : Well ，in th
14、e summer the days are long ， and in the win ter 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。A boy cried to his mother, "All the children make fun of me. They sayI have a big head.""Don't liste n to them," his mother said, "You have a beautifulhead.
15、Now stop crying and go to the store to buy twenty pounds of patotoes.""Where is the shopp ing bag?""I have n't got on e-use your hatNotes:(1) make fun of取笑；嘲弄(2) shoppi ng bag 购物袋一个小男孩向他母亲哭诉道：“他们都取笑我，说我 脑袋大。”“别听他们的，”他母亲安慰道，“你有一个很漂亮的脑袋。好啦，别哭了，去商店买十 斤土豆来。”“购物袋在哪儿？”“没购物袋了 -就用你的帽
16、子吧。”One day, a father and his little son were going home. At this age, the boy was in terested in all kinds of thi ngs and was always ask ing questi ons. Now, he asked, "What's the meaning of the word 'Dr un k', dad?" "Well, my son，” his father replied, "look, there a
17、re standing two policemen. If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drun k.""But, dad," the boy said, " there's only ONE policema n!"醉酒一天，父亲与小儿子一道回家。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
18、，那儿只有一个警察呀！ ”Good BoyLittle 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 woma n," he an swered."You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so in terested in the old woma n?""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？ ”再给你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。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。”