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The three wishes三个愿望
A couple wishes for good luck. A fairy comes to them and says,”You may have three wishes.” The wife is very happy. She doesn’t think much and says, “I wish I had a delicious sausage.” So she has it.“Silly!” shouts the husband. “How can you just wish for a sausage” I wish it were on your nose!” After that, the sausage grows on the wife’s nose.
“How stupid you are! What can we do now” cries the wife. “We have only one wish.” The husband is also very sad, and says, “We must wish this sausage off.” So the sausage goes away. They have three wishes, but they get nothing in the end.
Stir/美[st/ the grass and startle the snake打草惊蛇
Long long ago, a county magistrate named Wang Lu worked in present Anhui Province , east China . Wang Lu was very greedy and took many bribes. One of his secretaries was equally corrupt, and often schemed for Wang Lu's deeds.
One day a man went to the magistrate to lodge a complaint against the secretary. The secretary's crimes were almost the same as the crimes the magistrate himself committed. Wang Lu was so frightened that he forgot his proper role in handling the case. Instead of issuing a judgment, he couldn't help writing these words concerning
the complaint: "By stirring the grass, you have startled me who am like a snake under the grass!"
The above story provided the idiom "Stir the grass and startle the snake". The original meaning is that punishment for someone can serve as a warning to others. But people now use the idiom to indicate that premature actions which put the enemy on guard.
月亮和妈妈The moon and her mother
The Moon once begged her Mother to make her a gown. "How can I" replied she; "there's no fitting your figure. At one time you're a New Moon, and at another you're a Full Moon; and between whiles
you're neither one nor the other."
The shy turtle/[t:rtl]/害羞的乌龟
Tilly is a shy trutle. She hao no friends. If anyone came by to talk or play, she would duck in her shell and wait until they went away. Then one day,Freddy the frog came swimming by.
"Tilly,don't hide in your shell. I just want to play. But Tilly was too shy."
"No. No. Just go away."
Freddy the frog had many knew all the fish,he liked the joked with the ladybugs,and he hung out with the bees,but his best friend was Betty the Butterfly.
"Hi,Betty. How are you"
"Hi,Freddy,I'm fine. How are you"
"I don't think Tilly the turtle likes me. Whenever I ask her to come out and play, she hides in her shell and won't come out until I go away."
Betty says," I think Tilly likes you,but she is very shy. and she is very lonely. I think you should keep asking her to come out and play. One day she will come out of her shell."
Freddy liked Betty best because Betty was smart, and Freddy kept asking Tilly to come out and play.
One day when he was just swimming by,he said to Tilly,
"You can't have any friends if you hide in your think you should come on out and give it a try."
She had no friends because she always hid in her shell.
So,Tilly poked her head out and looked all around, and she was amazed at how many new friends she found.
THE NORTH WIND AND THE SUN北风与太阳
A dispute arose between the North Wind and the Sun, each claiming
that he was stronger than the other. At last they agreed to try
their powers upon a traveller, to see which could soonest strip him
of his
cloak. The North Wind had the first try; and, gathering up all his force for the attack, he came whirling furiously down upon the man, and caught up his cloak as though he would wrest it from him by one single effort: but the harder he blew, the more closely the man wrapped it round himself. Then came the turn of the Sun. At first he beamed gently upon the traveller, who soon unclasped his cloak and walked on with it hanging loosely about his shoulders: then he shone forth in his full strength, and the man, before he had gone many steps, was glad to throw his cloak right off and complete his
journey
more lightly clad.
我爱你,儿子love you, son
As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter with a wife and
two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal (肠道) disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously . But the boy died suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized
the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving
him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of
the two situations were more than Al could stand, and he turned to alcohol for help. In time Al became an alcoholic.
As the alcoholism progressed, AL began to lose everything he possessed---his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al’s death, I thought, “What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure! ”
As time went by , I began to re-value my earlier rough judgement . I knew Al’s now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, mos t
caring , most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to
come from somewhere .
I hadn’t heard Ernie talked much about his father. One day, I
worked up my courage to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, “As a
child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night,
gave me a kiss and said, “love you, son.”
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what I had been a fool to judge
Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind.
But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.
Five Peas五颗豌豆
There are five peas in a bean pod. When they are mature, a small boy picks it and opens it.
The small boy puts the first one into an air gun.
"Ping" …the pea is shot out. It says happily: I will fly to the sky! The small boy asks the second one: where do you want to go
The second pea says: I want to fly to the Sun.
So, the second one is shot out, who says: I will fly to the sun!
The third one and the forth one are afraid to be put into the air gun. They scoot away.
The small boy gets out the fifth one and asks it: where do you want
to go
The fifth one says: I want to go to a place where I can bring happiness to others.
The small boy puts it into the air gun and says: you are considerate! He pulls the trigger and the pea flies into a flower pot. The flower pot's owner is poor. The mother has a sick daughter, who has been
ill for years. The girl is very weak and looks miserable.
One day, Mum goes out to work. The little girl lies by the flowers pots on the balcony in the sun. The bud stretches out its leaves, which seem to dance and it tells the little girl: you will get
better!
When Mum comes back, the little girl says: mum, I found a little shoot. Mum says: oh, it is a little pea shoot. How do you feel today I feel mush better! In the sun, I feel warm and comfortable. I will
soon be well. Mum says happily: I hope my daughter will grow up as
this little pea shoot! So, mum puts a bamboo stick there and ties a string so that the shoot can grow along it.
From then on, the little girl lies beside the little pea plant,
talks with it and sings songs for it. The pea plant grows day by day. Little by little the girl also recovers.
Finally, the pea plant blooms. It has a brilliant pink flower. The little girl kisses it. She smiles healthily and happily; her eyes shine; she thanks God for sending her the beautiful angel—the pea flower. Mum says: thank you, pea flower! You made my daughter happy and help her fight the sickness and get well!
Then, the little boy passes by the window. The pea flower waves its branches, and seems to say: Look! I fulfilled my promise. I am such
a happy flower!
The Real Princess真正的公主
There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess；but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady；but there was always something wrong.
Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real Princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned
to his palace quite cast down，because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.
One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King，he Prince's father, went out himself to open it.
It was a Princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the wind，she was in a sad condition: the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real Princess.
"Ah! we shall soon see that!" thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the three peas, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses. Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.
The next morning she was asked how she had slept. "Oh, very badly indeed!" she replied. "I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something
hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!"
Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the three little peas through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.
The Prince accordingly made her his wife；being now convinced that he had found a real Princess. The three peas were however put into the cabinet of curiosities, where they are still to be seen, provided they are not lost.
The Loyal Dog 忠诚的小狗
"What shall I do," said a very little dog one day to his mother, "to show my gratitude to our good master, and make myself of some value to him I cannot draw or carry burdens like the horse; nor give him milk like the cow; nor lend him my covering for his clothing like the sheep; nor produce him eggs like the poultry; nor catch mice and rats so well as the cat. I cannot divert him with singing like the canaries and linnets; nor can I defend him against robbers like our relation, Towzer; I should not be of use to him even if I were dead, a s the hogs are. I am a poor insignificant creature, not worth the cost of keeping; and I don't see that I can do a single thing to
entitle me to his regard." So saying, the poor little dog hung down his head in silent despondency.
"My dear child," replied his mother, "though your abilities are but small, yet a hearty good-will is sufficient to supply all defects. Do but love him dearly, and prove your love by all the means in your power, and you will not fail to please him."
The little dog was comforted by this assurance; and, on his master's approach, ran to him, licked his feet, gambolled before him, and every now and then stopped, wagging his tail, and looking up to his master with expressions of the most humble and affectionate attachment. The master observed him. "Ah! little Fido," said he, "you are an honest, good-natured little fellow!" and stooped down to pat his head . Poor Fido was ready to go out of his wits for joy.
The Lion and the Mouse狮子和老鼠
Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.
Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.
The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."
Little friends may prove great friends.
THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGGS下金蛋的鹅
A Man and his Wife had the good fortune to possess a Goose which laid a Golden Egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the whole store of precious metal at once. But when they cut it open they found it was just like any other goose. Thus, they neither got rich all at once, as they had hoped, nor enjoyed any longer the daily addition to their wealth.
Much wants more and loses all.
The clever rabbit聪明的兔子
The wolf and the fox want to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.
One day the wolf says to the fox, "You go home and lie in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him." That's a good idea," says the fox.
The fox goes home at once. The wolf goes to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who is it" asks the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf goes away.
The rabbit goes to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and sees the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. 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 him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox hears this, he thinks, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.
The rabbit knows that the fox isn't dead, and he rans away quickly.
Let’s Speak English让我们说英语
It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Iraq. Because Tara looked Iraqi, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Iraq. Tara replied, “No, I’m not.” Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. To each question, Tara responded with a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, “She's not from anywhere!” The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Arabic.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each
other. A student in Tara’s group asked her, “Where are you from” Tara answered that she was from Iraq. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara’s respo nse.
“Aha!” they both exclaimed. “You ARE from Iraq!” Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized to both of them for lying the day before. She explained that she had not wanted to get into an Arabic conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their native language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Arabic. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.
“I agree,” said Rose.
“You’re 100 percent right,” agreed Jennifer. “Rose and I must stop speaking Arabic to each other. Right, Rose” Rose nodded, and then said something in Arabic. All three women laughed.
Over the next four months, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Arabic to them during class or break.
Bad Dreams噩梦
“I had another bad dream,” she told her fiancé. “It was about you again. You and your ex-girlfriend were kissing. I yelled at you to stop it. You looked right at me, and then you laughed at me! She
laughed, too. Then you both went back to kissing. I tried not to watch, but when I covered my eyes, something pulled my hands away. I tried to leave, but my feet were glued to the ground. Finally, I woke up. Of course, it was very difficult to get back to sleep.
“I had to drive home from Las Vegas this morning. It’s a wonder I didn’t crash 50 times. Instead of seeing traffic in front of me,
all I saw was you and her. I can’t take any more dreams like this. We’re going to have to break up. We can be friends, but just
frie nds. That way, I won’t be jealous anymore, and I won’t have these bad dreams anymore.”
“Why didn’t you call me up and tell me about your dream” he asked. “They say that the more you talk about bad dreams, the sooner you’ll stop having them.”
She disagreed. She thought that the only solution was to break up and be just friends. She loved him, but these dreams had become so frequent that she was actually afraid to go to sleep. She was losing weight and having stomachaches from the stress.
He didn’t know what to do. He wanted her to have pleasant dreams. He wanted her to have a life without stress. He wanted her to be his wife. This was it, she repeated; if she had just one more bad dream, they were through. He squeezed her hand, but said nothing.
A Clever Farmer聪明的农名
Uncle Sam doesn't like farmer. He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.
One winter morning, the sun is shining. Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house. At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.
Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle. Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please
Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you will soon be at a hospital.
Farmer Please set an example to me.
Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time. It's much more beautiful than the field. Is that right
Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field.
Uncle Sam's face turns red.
Two birds两只鸟
Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow.
Three Good Friends三个好朋友
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
The frog and the ox，青蛙与牛
An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs, and crushed nearly the whole brood to
death .One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news."and ,oh ,mother !"said he ,"it was a beast -such a big four footed beast!-that did it .""Big" quoth the old frog , "How big Was it as big" -- and she puffed herself out to a great degree-"as big as this ""oh!"said the little one ,"a great deal bigger than
that .""well, was it so big "and she swelled herself out yet
mere ."Indeed ,mother ,but it was ,and of you were to burst yourself you would never reach half its size."provoked at such a disparagement of her powers, the old frog made one more trial ,and burst herself indeed.
So men are ruined by attempting greatness to which they have no claim.
I’m Pregnant我怀孕了
He was a senior in high school, and she was a junior. They had met in algebra class at the beginning of the school year. He was a math whiz; she wanted to be an English teacher. They helped each other with their homework. He helped her solve “x + 4y = 8,” and she helped him write 250-word essays.
They loved going to the beach on weekends. When it was cold and windy, they dressed warmly and walked for miles. When it was hot, they wore their swimsuits and spent hours in the water and on the sand. They talked about everything under the sun. She had fallen in love with him. He wasn’t in love with her, but he sometimes told her that he was. He really enjoyed her company, but he figured that when he started college, he would find new girlfriends. There were plenty of fish in the sea.
One day at the beach, howe ver, she told him she was pregnant. “Are you sure” he asked, after a moment of silence. She was. “Well, what are you going to do” he asked. She said she was hoping that they would get married. “You can’t be serious,” he said. “We’re both way too young to g et married. We haven’t even graduated high school yet.”
Besides, he said, without jobs they couldn’t begin to afford a baby. He had a friend who knew someone who could solve this problem—for a fee. Don't worry, he said, he’d pay the fee.
“I think we ought to keep our baby,” she said. He told her not to worry about it—they would start a family after college.
Impolite to His Brother他的弟弟不礼貌
“Why were you so rude to your brother” Gladys asked. “He drove
all the way over here to deliver that package to you. But you
didn’t invite him inside your apartment. You didn’t offer him anything to drink or eat. Then, when he was talking to me, you kept telling him to speak faster. He was speaking slowly because he knows my English isn’t that good—he was just being polite. Finally, when he and I sat down in the living room, you just went to your computer and started typing away.”
William tried to explain to Gladys that what she saw between him and his brother was their normal interaction. Roland was simply
delivering a package; there was nothing for the two of them to chat about. Further, Roland felt that William's apartment had an odor; he usually didn’t even come inside the apartment when he visited. In addition, Roland was very picky about what he drank and ate—he wasn’t interested in eating William’s “junk food.”
Finally, William argued, he had told Roland many times not to “talk down” to Gladys. “He talks to you like you’re a two-year-old,” William said.
She said she didn’t mind; Roland was just trying to communicate.
S he just wished that William would be more polite to him. “When my sister visits me,” she said, “I hug her, I invite her inside, we eat and drink and talk, and we just have a good time with each other.”
Well, William told her, he and his brother were differ ent. “No,” she corrected him, “maybe you and I are different.”
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 农村鼠和城市鼠
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, "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 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