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1、英語小故事一、The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat cou

2、ld not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember

3、what good work the old did when they were young." 【譯文】 老貓 一位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn)一只老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。 于是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經(jīng)為你服務(wù)了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。” 二、A man was going to the house of s

4、ome 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

5、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

6、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. 【譯文】 一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好蘋果，他說：“我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西?！比缓笏闷鹛O果，一把扔到土里去。 他繼續(xù)走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然后他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，

7、因為我不能渡過河?！?他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。 不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。 三、The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, &

8、quot;Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. 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 n

9、ice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country 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 began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is

10、 coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When 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, than to be rich and afraid." 【譯文】 城里老鼠和鄉(xiāng)下老鼠 從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好

11、朋友。一只老鼠居住在鄉(xiāng)村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它說：“你一定要來我鄉(xiāng)下的家看看?！庇谑牵抢锢鲜缶腿チ?。鄉(xiāng)下老鼠領(lǐng)著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠。城里老鼠說：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你應(yīng)該搬到城里去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳肴，你應(yīng)該到我城里的家看看?！?鄉(xiāng)下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了?？墒钦斔麄円_始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城里的老鼠叫喊起來：“快跑！快跑！貓來了！”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。 過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時

12、，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些?！彼?、One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around the country roads, see how the farms looked, and perhaps to see how farmers earned their living. The city man saw a farmer in his yard, holding a pig up i

13、n his hands, and lifting it so that the pig could eat apples from an apple tree. The city man said to the farmer," I see that your pig likes apples, but isn"t that quite a waste of time?" The farmer replied," What"s time to a pig?" 【譯文】一天，有一個城市里的游客來到一個小鄉(xiāng)村，在鄉(xiāng)間路上開著車，想看看農(nóng)莊

14、是什么樣子，也想看看農(nóng)夫怎樣種田過日子。這位城里人看見一位農(nóng)夫在宅后的草地上，手中抱著一頭豬，并把它舉得高高的，好讓它能夠吃到樹上的蘋果。城里人對農(nóng)夫說，"我看你的豬挺喜歡吃蘋果的，但是，這不是很浪費時間嗎?"那位農(nóng)夫回答說，"時間對豬有什么意義?" 五、A Useful Lesson In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed to drink in a public bar Mr Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite oft

15、en，but he never took his son，Tom，because he was too young Then when Tom had his eighteenth birthday， MrThompson took him to his usual bar for the first timeThey drank for half an hour， and then MrThompson said to his son，“Now， Tom，I want to teach you a useful lessonYou must always be careful not to

16、drink too much And how do you know when you've had enough？ Well， I'll tell youDo you see those two lights at the end of the bar？ When they seem to have become four，you've had enough and should go home” “But， Dad，” said Tom，“I can only see one light at the end of the bar” 【譯文】有益的教訓 在英國，十八

17、歲以下的人不準進酒吧喝酒。 湯普森先生以前常常去他家附近的一個酒吧喝酒，但他從來不帶他的兒子湯姆去，因為他年紀太小。后來，當湯姆年滿十八歲的時候，湯普森先生第一次帶他去他常去的那家酒吧。他們喝了半個小時，而后，湯普森先生對他兒子說：“湯姆，現(xiàn)在我要告訴你一個有益的教訓。你必須時時小心不要喝得太多。你怎么知道你喝夠了呢？好，我來告訴你。你看見酒吧那頭有兩盞燈嗎？當那兩盞燈看起來變成四盞的時候，你就喝夠了，應(yīng)該回家了。 “可是，爸爸?！睖氛f：“在酒吧那頭我只能看見一盞燈?！绷?、An Awkward SituationOne of the guests turned to a man by his

18、 side and criticized the woman who was singing."What a terrible vioce! Do you know she is?""Yes," was the answer,"she is my wife.""Oh,l beg your pardon. Of course her vioce isn't bad. I wonder who wrote the awful song.""l did," was the answer.【譯文

19、】尷尬的處境一位客人扭身對他旁邊的一個男人批評正在唱歌的那個女人?！岸嘣愀獾纳ぷ印Ｄ阒浪钦l么？”“知道，”那人回答，“她是我妻子?！薄班?，對不起。當然她的嗓子不壞，但歌曲寫的不好。也不知道是誰寫的這么蹩腳的歌曲?！薄笆俏??！蹦侨嘶卮鹫f。七、One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance

20、, making them reclusive and even suicidal. Authorities at the elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. "Now, a student doesn't even know who lives two doors away from him because

21、he is so busy on the Internet," said Prakash Gopalan, dean of student affairs. "The old hostel culture of camaraderie and socializing among students is gone. This is not healthy in our opinion." IIT-Mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven IITs across India which are conside

22、red to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. They are also a talent pool for global technology giants. But their exacting curriculum, tough competition and reclusive campus lifestyle have taken a toll on students. Depressive and dysfunctional lifestyles are known to be common among I

23、IT students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. Students have unlimited free Internet access in their hostel rooms to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming. Starting Monday, Internet access will be

24、 barred between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at IIT-Mumbai's 13 hostels to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their "shells," Gopalan said. "There has been a decline in academic performance and also participation in sporting, cultural and social activitie

25、s has gone down," he said. But the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. "Now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby to go to sleep," said Rajiv, an electronics student.【譯文】印度一家一流工科院校日前頒布了一項限制學生宿舍上網(wǎng)的規(guī)定，該學校稱，學生整日沉迷于上網(wǎng)、玩電腦游戲和寫博客，影

26、響了他們的學習成績，并助長了他們內(nèi)心的孤獨感和自殺傾向。這所位于孟買的印度工學院的官員們稱，學生們不愿參加社交活動，很多人要么早上上課遲到，要么干脆在課堂上睡覺。學生處處長普拉卡什·格帕蘭說：“現(xiàn)在，有的學生忙于上網(wǎng)，甚至不知道住在隔壁的同學是誰?！薄盎ブ褠鄣乃奚嵛幕呀?jīng)一去不復返了。我們認為，這是個不健康的趨勢?！睋碛?000名學生的印度孟買工學院是印度七大工學院之一，這七所工學院國際知名，同時也是全球頂尖科技集團的人才庫。但高難度的課程、激烈的競爭和“與世隔絕”式的校園生活嚴重影響了這些學生的身心健康。沉悶、不正常的生活方式在印度工學院是一種普遍現(xiàn)象，在過去五年中，印度工學院至

27、少有九名學生自殺。規(guī)定頒布之前，學生們可以在宿舍里無限制的免費上網(wǎng)，但除了學習外，很多學生都利用這一便利上網(wǎng)沖浪、聊天、下載電影和音樂、寫博客或玩游戲等。格帕蘭說，從（本）周一開始，學校在校內(nèi)的13個宿舍實施限制上網(wǎng)措施，每晚11點至12：30這一時段網(wǎng)絡(luò)將被關(guān)閉，以此來鼓勵學生早睡、并試圖用這種辦法促使他們走出宿舍。他說：“學生們的學習成績在下降，參加文體和社會活動的人也減少了。” 但這一舉措實施的并不順利，學生們說他們不喜歡自己的生活受管制。 電子系的學生拉吉維說：“現(xiàn)在我們得聽著搖籃曲入睡了?！監(jiān)ne day, a teacher took his pupils to a chicken

28、 farm to pay a visit. When they came near the incubator, chick just got out of its egg shell. 一天，老師帶學生到養(yǎng)雞場參觀，當他們走近孵化器時，剛好一只小雞破殼而出。 "It's wonderful to see a little thing come out from the egg shell, isn't it？" the teacher said. “看見一個小生命從蛋殼里出來，豈不是很奇妙的嗎？”老師說。 "Yes, sir." sai

29、d one of the boys, " but it would be more wonderful if we knew how a chick gets in to its eggs hell before hand." “是的，老師?！币粋€男學生說，“可是，如果我們知道它是怎樣事先鉆進蛋殼里的那就更奇妙了?！惫适露篏ood and evil 善與惡 Weak forces of good and evil was expelled to the sky. Asked Zeus is good at, how can we return to earth to. Z

30、eus told him that we should not and go, one by one of the world to visit it. Evil and people very close, so one after another to find them. Good because down from the sky, on the very slow to very slow.【譯文】力量弱小的善,被惡趕走到了天上。善于是問宙斯,怎樣才能回到人間去。宙斯告訴他,大家不要一起去,一個一個的去訪問人間吧。惡與人很相近,所以接連不斷地去找他們。善因為從天上下來,所以就來得很慢

31、很慢。故事三：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

32、 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

33、 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. 【譯文】 一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好貧飲，他說：“我不計劃吃那些貧飲，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我特別好吃的東西?！苯又闷鹭氾嫞话讶拥酵晾锶?。 他繼續(xù)走，來到河邊

34、，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，接著他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能度過河?！?他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到貧飲，特別開心地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。 不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有效果處。 故事四：Fox and cock One morning a fox sees a cock.He think,"This is my breakfast.'' He comes up to the cock and says,"I know you can sing very well.Can you si

35、ng for me?''The cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away. The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you underst

36、and?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opens his mouth ang says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree. 狐貍和公雞 一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一侄耀雞。他想：這是我的早餐。 他朝公雞走來，對他說：“我知道，你能唱得很好聽，你能唱

37、給我聽么？”公雞特別開心。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了?！惫u對狐貍說：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。” 狐貍張開她的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的?！本驮谀菚r，。公雞跑到了樹底下。 故事五：The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old.

38、One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "

39、;Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【譯文】 老貓 一位老婦有只貓，這只貓?zhí)貏e老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發(fā)現(xiàn)一只老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從

40、它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。 于是，老婦特別生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經(jīng)為你服務(wù)了特別多年，還而且愿意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情?！惫适铝篢he City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the

41、 Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. 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

42、 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 Country 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 began to eat they heard a great noise. The

43、City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When 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, than to be rich a

44、nd afraid." 【譯文】 城里老鼠和鄉(xiāng)下老鼠 從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好好友。一只老鼠居住在鄉(xiāng)村，另一只住在城里。特別多年以后，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它說：“你一定要來我鄉(xiāng)下的家瞧瞧?！庇谑牵抢锢鲜缶腿チ?。鄉(xiāng)下老鼠領(lǐng)著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里。它把全部最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠。城里老鼠說：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為啥住在田野的地洞里呢？你應(yīng)該搬到城里去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，而且會吃上美味佳肴，你應(yīng)該到我城里的家瞧瞧?！?鄉(xiāng)下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了?？墒钦斔麄円_始吃的時候，聽見特別大的一陣響聲，城里的老鼠叫

45、喊起來：“快跑！快跑！貓來了！”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。 過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。” 故事七：Isn't it funny how two people will often think of the same thing at the same time, and neither one know that the other is thinking of it? That is just what happened the day th

46、at Buster Bear first thought of going berrying. While he was walking around in the Green Forest, talking to himself about how hungry he was for some berries and how sure he was that there must be some up in the Old Pasture, some one else was thinking about berries and about the Old Pasture too. &quo

47、t;Will you make me a berry pie if I will get the berries to-morrow?" asked Farmer Brown's boy of his mother. Of course Mrs. Brown promised that she would, and so that night Farmer Brown's boy went to bed very early that he might get up early in the morning, and all night long he dreamed

48、 of berries and berry pies. He was awake even before jolly, round, red Mr. Sun thought it was time to get up, and he was all ready to start for the Old Pasture when the first Jolly Little Sunbeams came dancing across the Green Meadows. He carried a big tin pail, and in the bottom of it, wrapped up i

49、n a piece of paper, was a lunch, for he meant to stay until he filled that pail, if it took all day.【譯文】這不是很可笑的兩個人往往會認為同樣的事情在同一時間，任何一方都知道，另一個是它的思想呢？這是剛剛發(fā)生的事情的一天，熊先巴斯特去berrying思 想。當他走在綠森林，自言自語他是如何渴望一些漿果和如何確定他是必須有一些在舊牧場，另外一個人在想漿果和對太舊帕斯徹。 “你讓我一個漿果餡餅，如果我將得到漿果明天？”問農(nóng)民布朗對他母親的男孩。故事八： "Weddings are all about two individuals reunited as one. All over the world, there are different ceremonies and customs surrounding the way people are wed dependin