初中英语小故事

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He thinks:“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.” 1 3 Spring in the Green Season Spring is coming. Spring is the first season of the year. In China, spring comes in February. It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer. The days get longer and longer. The leaves on the trees begin to turn green. Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground. Spring is also sowing time season. 4 Look for a Friend Sam is a little fish. He lives in the sea. He is very lonely. He wants to have a friend. The friend looks like him. Sam sees an ink fish. The ink fish has eight legs. He doesn?t look like Sam. So Sam goes away. Sam meets a shark. He wants to say hello to the shark. The shark opens his big mouth. Sam runs away quickly. Sam is tired and hungry. He wants to have a rest. Then he sees a round fish. She says to him. “Hello! Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course! But you are round. I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.” Sam thinks and says, “You are right. Let?s be friends.” They become good friends. 5 The Hippo(河马) and I A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. He often thinks of me, too. Today is Sunday. It is fine day. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. He is as quite as a rabbit. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me. My mum tells him to go home. He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo. My mum lets me see him every week. 6 Naughty Monkey It?s very hot.. An old man is asleep on the chair. A fly comes and sits on the end of the man?s nose. The old man has a naughty monkey. He chases(赶) the fly. The fly comes back again and sits on the old man?s nose again. The monkey chases it away again and again. This happens five or six times. The monkey is very angry. He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone. When the fly sits on the old man?s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone. He kills the fly and breaks the old man?s nose. 7 The Panda in China A panda looks like a little bear. It has black and white fur. It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law. We all see panda on TV or in the zoo. They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them. A panda is lucky animal. We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too. Now there are China?s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA… A pa nda isn?t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship. 8 A Clever Farmer 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 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?ll soon be at a hospital. Farmer: Please set an example to me. Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the fi rst 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. 9 Where Is the Hat? Jack is a little goose. He has a lovely hat. He likes wearing it very much. But when he sits, his hat can?t stay on his head. He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat. When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same. He can?t find his hat. Where is it? Jack thinks hard. He looks up and down, and walks here and there. He can?t find his hat yet. At this time, his mother comes in. As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear! Don?t be foolish. Your hat is on your head.” Jack feels very foolish. He doesn?t want to wear his hat on his head. 10 Two dogs A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day?s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don?t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn?t teach me to hurt, but to share other?s food,” the housedog answers. Don?t blame children for the mistakes of their parent 11 The Sports Meeting in the Forest There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting. Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look t here, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can?t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel(松鼠) are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best. This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy! 12 Big Ben Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about four meter long. If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament. In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament. The big clock makes a very loud noise. “Ding dong. Ding dong”- the clock strikes(敲打)every quarter of an hour. 13 Who Pours Ink on My Chair? Donny is a seven year old boy. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time. But today, he is late. His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster?s office?” “Because the teacher asks us a question in cla ss and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It?s good to answer the teacher?s question.” “But the question is …Who pours ink on my chair??” 14 Outside Games There are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races. Of course, football is an out game. Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game. Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games. They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis.. Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement. Some active people like them. Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement. Do you like outside games or indoor game? 15 Two Little Monkeys The monkey mother has two little monkeys. She likes the younger, not the other. One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them. The monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone. She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms. After some time, the wolf went away slowly. The monkey took the baby out of her arms. She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly. Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby. The older baby was hiding in a wood. So he saved himself. 16 The King and His Stories Once there was a king. He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good. One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer. He waited the writer to praise these stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire. The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison. After some time, the king set him free. Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the s oldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.” 17 Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas. When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn?t do it. Today, she will go to a friend?s birthday party. She is now choosing skirt to wear. She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one. She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.” Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out. 18 Three Foxes Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a happy life. Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too. Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled. The eldest fox opened a new hill again. The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon. The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. At last, it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up. 19 Naughty Brother Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy. On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top?s of the dog?s house. Then Donny threw a stone at it. Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong. He said, “I?ve broken sister?s plate. She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.” Such was my naught brother. 20 Mike and the Pot(锅) One day, Mike?s mother needed a pot. She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend. So Mike went to the friend?s house. She gave him a big pot. On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it. It was made of clay and had three legs. Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two. You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot. But the pot didn?t move. Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot home. His mother was angry. “You are stupid.” She said. But Mike thought, “I?m not stupid. Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.” 21 Sun the Ice Once a simpleton?s wife told him to buy some ice. Two hours later, he didn?t come back. She wanted to know why he didn?t come back and went out to have a look. She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting. “What?s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don?t you bring it in?” “I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold(责备) me so I?m running it dry.” The simpleton(傻子)answered. 22 A Silly Man Fred was going to school. When he passed a park, he saw a man sawing a big branch from a tree. The man was on a ladder and the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted. “After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn?t believe him, and said angrily, “Go away, you little thing. It?s none of your business.” Fred could do nothing, so he left. He didn?t go far before he heard something crashed. He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground. Fred asked some men for help. They carried the man to the hospital. 23 Be careful what you wish for A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy(仙女) appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 years, she would give them one wish each. The wife wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her hand, and boom! She had the tickets in her hand. Next, it was the husband's turn. He paused for a moment, and then said shyly, "well, I’d like to have a woman 30 years younger than me." The fairy picked up her wand, and boom! he was ninety. 24 The change for a reward A lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills." The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward." 25 You're Right Once Mr. Henry went to a small town with high mountains all around it. It was a quiet and cool place and some rich people liked to go there for their holidays. A week later, before Mr. Henry left the town, he paid thirty pounds for a parrot. When he came back, he began to teach the bird to speak. He tried his best, but it learned only one sentence, “You're right.”He was disappointed and said to the bird angrily,“How foolish you are!” “You're right,”said the parrot. The next day Mr. Henry took the bird to the market and wanted to sell it for eighty pounds. Before long a fat man came and looked at the parrot carefully. Then he asked, “How much is it, sir?” Mr. Henry didn't hurry to answer and said, “It's a clever bird, you know. It can speak and sing.”Then he said to the bird, “Are you really worth eighty pounds, my dear? “You're right,”said the parrot. The fat man liked it at once and bought it. When he took it home he asked it a lot of questions, but it could only say, “You are right.” He felt very sorry for it and said to himself angrily, “Why did I spend eighty pounds on such a foolish bird? What a fool I am! “You're right, answered the parrot. Hearing this, the man couldn't help laughing and set it free. 26 A Funny Way to Make Friends “What?s the matter, Bob?” asks Mrs. White, “Why do you look so sad?” “Mum, I wish we can stay in New York. I have many friends there .We are new here, and I have no friend now.” Bob says. “You will soon make friends here,” says Mrs. White, “Wait and see!” At this time, someone is knocking at the door. Mrs. White opens it .A woman with a nice smile stands there. “Hello,” she says, “I?m Mrs. Green, I live next door.” “Come in, please,” says Mrs. White, “Bob and I are so glad to see you. Do you want any help?? “Yes, I come here to ask for two eggs,” says Mrs. Green, “I want to make a cake.” “You may have the eggs,” says Mrs. White, “But please sit down. Let?s have coffee a nd talk a little, OK?” In the afternoon, someone knocks at the door again. Mrs. White opens it. There stands a boy with a nice smile. “My name is Tom,” he says, “Mother gives you this cake and these two eggs.” “Well, thank you, Tom.” Says Mrs. White, “Come in and meet my son, Bob.” Tom and Bob are about the same age. Soon they are having the cake and milk. “Can you stay and play with me?” asks Bob. “Yes, I can stay an hour.” Tom says. “Let?s play football, OK?” says Bob, “I hav e a little dog. It will play with us. ” Tom doesn?t have a dog. He finds it is fun to play with Bob and the little dog. “I?m glad you live next door,” says Bob, “Now I have someone to play together.” “Mother says we will soon be good friends,” Tom answers. “I?m glad you mother wants two eggs, “says Bob. “She doesn?t really want the eggs,” Tom laughs, “She just wants to make friends with your mother!” Then Bob laughs, too. “That?s a funny way to make friends,” he says, “but it?s a nice way.”funny adj.有趣的sad adj. 忧愁的wish v.希望soon adv.不久 wait v.等knock v.敲,击 smile n.微笑f un adj.(口语)有趣的really adv.真正地 27 The Poor Frog There is a big, fat frog living in a small pond. He knows every plant and stone in the pond very well, and he can swim across it easily. He is the biggest creature in the pond. The other small creatures always swim behind him. So he thinks he is too great, and very happy to live there. One day, when he is catching flies for breakfast, a beautiful dr agonfly passes by. “You?re a very fine frog.” she says, “Why don?t you live in a bigger pond? Come to my pond. You?ll find a lot of frogs there. You?ll meet some nice fish, and you?ll see many beautiful flowers. Living in a big pond is wonderful!” “Now I find living in this small pond is dull,” the frog thinks. So he says to the dragonfly, “OK, I?ll go with you.” But when he begins to live in the big pond, he finds he doesn?t like it at all. It is full of strange plants. The fish don?t like him, and he is the smallest frog there…He is lonely and unhappy. He sits on a stone and says sadly to himself, “I don?t like living here. I think I?ll go home tomorrow.” But a hungry heron(鹭) flies down and catches him. The frog becomes the heron’s supper. What a poor frog! poor adj.可怜的beautiful adj.美丽的frog n.青蛙wonderful adj.奇妙的 pond n.池塘dull adj.单调的 plant n.植物strange adj. 陌生的 stone n.石头lonely adj.孤单的 across prep.穿过heron n.苍鹭 live v.生活dragonfly n.蜻蜓 fly n.苍蝇pass v.经过 28 A Telephone Call One Sunday morning, Mrs. Green is waiting for an important telephone call, but she remembers she has no bread in the house, so she leaves her baby Kate at home and says to her five-year-old son, Jim, “I am going to the supermarket, Jim, and I will come back in a few minutes.” But when she?s out, the telephone rings and Jim answers. “Hello!” says a man “Is your mother there?” “No,” answers Jim. “Well, when she comes back, please say to her, …Mr. Wilson telephoned.” “What?” “Mr. Wilson. Write it down, W-I-L-S-O-N.” “How to write a W?” “How to write…? Listen, little boy, is there anyone else with you? Any br others or sisters?” “My sister Kate is here.” “OK, I want to talk to her, please.” “All right,” Jim takes the telephone to the baby?s bed and gives it to Kate. When their mother comes back, she asks, “Did anyone telephone?” “Yes,” says Jim, “A man .But he onl y wants to talk to Kate.” important adj. 重要的 remember v.记起ring v.(使)鸣,(使)响 29 Unity Is Strength One day, a little lamb is drinking water from the river near his house. A wolf sees him and wants to eat him. So the wolf comes to the lamb and shouts: “How dare you drink from my river? I?m going to eat you ton ight!” The lamb is very afraid and begins to cry. “Why are you crying?” ask the lamb?s friends. “The wolf is going to eat me tonight,” says the lamb. “Don?t worry, we will help you,” the friends say. At night, the little cat hides behind the tree near the lamb?s house. The little dog hides behind the door. The little horse and the little elephant stand behind the house. At eight o?clock, the wolf comes to the lamb?s house. “It?s so dark. I can?t see anything,” says the wolf, “Well, I?ll light my candle.” The wolf walks to the tree; he wants to light the candle behind the tree. At this time, the little cat jumps out and scratches the wolf?s face. The wolf wants to run away. The little dog runs out from the house and bites the wolf?s leg. Then the little horse kicks the wolf. Finally, the little elephant throws the wolf into the river with his long nose. The little lamb, the little cat, the little dog, the little horse and the little elephant all laugh. They know: Unity is strength. They will be good friends forever. unity n.团结 strength n.力量 lamb n.羔羊 wolf n.狼 shout v.大叫 dare v.敢 tonight n.今晚afraid adj.恐惧的 hide v.隐藏horse n.马 elephant n.象candle n.蜡烛 scratch v.抓bite v.咬 kick v.踢finally adv.终于,最后laugh v.大笑forever adv.永远地 30 The Cat and the Tiger A cat and a tiger are good friends; they usually talk to each other and play together. They look the same .But the cat is very small, and the tiger is very big. They hunt food in the same way. The cat is a good hunter, but the tiger isn?t .Every day the cat can find something to eat, but the tiger can?t .Some days the tiger can?t find any food at all. One day, the tiger goes to see the cat. He says, “Friend Cat, I want your help. I am bigger than you, but I can?t hunt as well as you. Can you teach me?” The cat thinks for a long time. At last he says, “Well, Friend Tiger, I will teach you to be a good hunter.” Day after day he teaches the tiger. He teaches him how to hide in a tree. He teaches him how to walk very, very quietly. He teaches him how to jump ahead. He teaches him how to run very fast. The cat is a god teacher, and the tiger learns fast. At last the cat says, “Friend Tiger, I do not have any more tricks.” The tiger begins to think. He says to himself, “The cat can not teach me anything else. I may as well eat him up.” Fast as he can, the tiger jumps at the cat. But just as fast, the cat climbs up the tree! The tiger lands on his face! The tiger is mad! “You don?t teach me that,” says the tiger,” I do not know how to climb up a tree!” The cat laughs. “Do you think I will teach you all my tricks? I am small, but I?m not silly!” And the cat doesn?t teach the tiger anything else. tiger n. 老虎together adv.一起 way n.方法hunt v.猎取 hunter n.猎人bigger adj.更大的 than conj.比 quietly adv.安静地 ahead adv.在前面fast adj.快的 last n.最终trick n.技巧,恶作剧 land v.到达mad adj.疯狂的 silly adj.愚蠢的. 31 How Much Is One Apple? Bill is seven years old. He is a clever boy and a good student. He can work out all the problems in his books quickly. And his favorite subject is math. One day, on his way to school, Bill passes a fruit shop. There is a small blackboard at the door of t he shop, and it says, “Apples-six for five dollars.” An idea comes to Bill. He goes into the shop. “How much are the apples?” he asks the shop assistant. “Six for five dollars.” “But I don?t want six apples.” “How many apples do you want?” “It?s not a question of how many apples I want. It is a problem about math.” “W hat do you mean? Asks the shop assistant. “Well , if six apples are five dollars, then five apples are worth four dollars, four apples are worth three dollars, three apples are worth two dollars, two apples are worth one dollar, and one apple is worth nothing. It?s not necessary for me to pay you.” Bill picks out a good apple, and begins to eat and walks happily out of the shop. The shop assistant looks at the young boy with such surprise that he cannot say a word. clever adj.聪明的problem n.问题subject n.学科idea n.想法 surprise v.惊讶mean v.意指 worth adj.值得的necessary adj.必需的 dollar n.元(美元或加拿大元) 32 The Soldier and the Witch One day, a soldier meets a witch. The witch says to the soldier, “Could you help me, young man? Climb up that big tree. When you reach the top of the tree, you will find a lot of money there. You ca n take as much as you want.” “But what shall I give you?” asks the soldier, “Surely you are not doing this for nothing.” “I only want a small red box,” answers the witch, “My grandmother put it there last time. With the help of the witch, the soldier gets lots of money. He also gets the red box. “What do you want do with the box?” asks the soldier. “It?s none of your business,” answers the witch, “You have your money. Give me my red box.” The soldier doesn?t give her the box. Instead, he kills the witch. Then the soldier goes back to his hometown, and becomes a rich man. But soon he spends all his money and becomes a poor man. The soldier thinks of the red box and opens it .There is nothing in it .But soon a big dog appears. It stands before him and says, “What can I do for you?” The soldier asks for a lot of things and becomes rich again. One day, the soldier sees the Princess, She is very beautiful. The soldier loves her. He asks his dog to steal her at night. The next morning, someone hears the Princess crying in the soldier?s house. The King knows this, so he kills the soldier angrily that day. witch n.巫婆r each v.到达 top n.顶部shall v.将要 surely adv.无疑地princess n.公主matter n.事情instead adv.代替 kill v.杀死hometown n.家乡 become v.变成rich adj.有钱的 steal v.偷hear v.听 king n.国王angry adj.生气的 33 The Businessman and His Sons There is a very successful businessman. One day, after he does all the work, he suddenly feels very tired. He finds he is old. He thinks for a long time, and decides to give all his business to one of his sons. Then he may have a good rest. But the son must be the cleverest one. The businessman has three sons. He calls three sons to him when he comes back home. “I will give my business to one of you, but I want to test you. This is an empty room in our home. You must buy something to fill it. The one who use the least money will take my business,” he says. “It?s a big room.” Says the eldest son. “I will spend at least one hundred Yuan.” says the second son. The youngest son says nothing. He thinks for a moment and says, “Come on, brothers, let?s go to the market.” The eldest son buys a lot of sand to fill up the room. He spends two hundred Yuan. The second son buys straw back home. He spends one hundred Yuan. The youngest son buys a candle and brings it home. He spends only one Yuan. His brothers ask hi m, “What good is a candle?” “Wait and see,” says the youngest brother. He lights the candle and the room is “full” right now, from wall to wall, form ceiling to floor, fills with light. The old businessman says happily, “My youngest son is indeed t he cleverest of all!” At last, the businessman leaves all his business to the youngest son. successful adj.成功的suddenly adv.突然地 feel v.感觉tired adj.疲倦的 decide v.决定test v.检验 fill v.充满least adj.最少的 eldest adj.最年长的spend v.花费second adj.第二的straw n.稻草moment n.时刻,时候sand n.沙ceiling n.天花板 34 Whose Dog? Two beggars are walking on a quiet road. A sad-looking dog is following them. “What a bad day, Joe,” one beggar says, “Today we don?t have any money and we can?t have anything to eat.” “We will find something.” The other beggar says cheerfully. At the moment, a car is coming to them very quickly, the two beggars move away quickly, but the dog still stays in the middle of the road. The driver tries to stop the car, but it is too late. The car hits the dog and kills it. The driver gets out of the car and goes to the two beggars. “Poor little dog.” one of the beggars says sadly. “I?m sorry,” the driver says, “I try to avoid your dog but it is too late.” Then he takes his wallet and gives twenty dollars to the beggars. “Is that all right?” the driver asks. “Yes, thank you, sir.” the first beggar says. The driver gets into the car and drives away. “Poor little dog.” the first beggar puts the money into his pocket. “Whose dog is it?” the other beggar asks. “I don?t know.” the first beggar says. beggar n.乞丐road n.路 cheerfully adv.兴高采烈地move v.移动 away adv.离开try v.尝试 sadly adv.伤心地h it v.撞,击中 avoid v.避开w allet n.钱包 pocket n.口袋 35 The Stolen Smells There is a poor student who lives in a small town. He has very little money and has to live in a small room near a restaurant. His room is near the kitchen. The restaurant owner is a very selfish man. No one likes him. But he is a good cook and many people come to his restaurant. One day, when the owner is walking quietly in his kitchen, he hears the poor student talking to his friend. “You aren?t very happy, I think. Because you are living in a poor ro om like this,”his friend says. “Oh, no,” says the student, “I am busy with my studies and I pay little attention to my room.” “But you have no money to buy nice things to eat.” “Yes, it?s true. I eat only rice. But the smells from the kitchen m ake the rice nice indeed,” says the student. The restaurant owner is angry. The student is stealing the smells from the kitchen! He decides to take him to court. After the selfish owner telling his thing, the judge says, “the student is wrong.” Th e restaurant owner is happy and the poor student is very afraid. What can he do? He has only a little money. The judge asks the student if he has money. They student takes five coins and gives them to the judge. “Let the coins fall into your left hand,” says the judge. The court is very quiet and everyone hears the sound of the coins when they fall into the student?s left hand. “Well,” says the judge to the restaurant owner, “do you hear his money? That?s the pay for your smells.” stolen v.偷(steal的过去分词) smell n.味道o wner n.拥有者interested adj.感兴趣的selfish adj.自私的 court n.法庭,法院judge n.法官 coin n.硬币left adj.左边的 sound n.声音pay n.报酬 36 The Blind Dog Mr. Blank works in an office in London, but he lives in the country and comes to work by train every day. The station is not very far from his office, and he likes walking. So he always walks from his office to the station in the evening. He always walks on the same road. Every evening he passes a poor man near a bridge. The man sits at the side of the road and sells oranges, and there is an old dog near him. A piece of wood is round the dog?s neck, it says, “I?m blind.” Mr. Blank is a kind man. He always stops and says good words top the poor man, and gives him a little money. But he doesn?t take any of his oranges. One day, Mr. Blank has a lot of work to do in his office. When he comes out of his office, it?s dark. He thinks, “My train always leaves at five minutes past six, and it is ten minutes to six now. I?m not going to talk with the poor man today, and I?m not going to give him anything. I have given him a lot of money, and I haven?t taken any of his oranges.” He comes to the man and his dog, but he doesn?t stop, and he doesn?t say anything. He walks quickly to the station. But the poor man stands up quickly, runs after him and says, “You doesn?t give me anything today. You?re always very kind to me. Give me a little money t oday, too. I?m a poor man.” Mr. Blank stops and looks at the man. Then he says, “You?re a blind man. How can you follow me?” The poor man says, “No, I?m not blind. My poor dog is.” Country n.乡下station n.车站 Side n.边,侧面 kind adj.友好的,善良的 37 The Clever Boy Jim is twelve years old. He lives in a small town. One day there is an earthquake. Nothing is destroyed and no one is hurt. But a big rock falls down from the hill near the town and stops in the middle of the road. When the earthquake stops, many people come to the road and see the big rock. Some of the strongest men try to lift the rock out of the road. But the rock is too heavy, they can?t move it. Then they try to push it and pull it with ropes. They use all kinds of methods to move the rock, but they can?t. “Well,” they say, “there?s nothing we can do about is. We?ll have to change the road.” At the moment, Jim says, “I think I can help you move the rock.” “You?” the men all laugh at the little boy, “What are you talking about?” The next morning, some people come to the road. One of them shouts, “The rock isn?t here!” A lot of people run to look. It is true. The rock isn?t on the road any more. And they even can?t see the rock. “This is impossible,” they say, “Where is the Jim stands on the road, smiling. He walks to where the rock has been and says, “You see, I dig a deep hole next to the rock and a small incline up to the rock. The rock rolls down into the hole by itself. Then I cover it with dirt. So the rock can?t be seen.” The people shout, “Clever boy! Clever boy!” And some of them say, “Why can?t we think of this good method?” earthquake n.地震destroy v.破坏 hurt v.损害rock n.大石头 push v.推rope n.绳子 method n.方法dirt n.泥土 shout v.大叫 even adv.甚至 impossible adj.不可能的dig v.挖 incline n.斜坡roll v.滚 38 The Stupid Farmer One day a farmer is working in the fields, soon he is tired. At this time, he sees a big fat hare. It is running fast. The farmer stops working to watch the hare. Suddenly, the hare runs into a tree. It falls to the ground. The man goes over, and finds the hare is dead. He picks up the hare and takes it back home. Then he cooks it and has a great meal. “How lucky I am!” the man says to himself, “To pick up a hare as certainly easier than working on a farm.” From that day on, the man doesn?t work any more. All day long, he waits under that tree for a hare to appear. Many days pass, but no more hares appear. The farmer is the story is silly. But in real life some people are just as silly as him. stupid adj.愚蠢的hare n.野兔 lucky adj.幸运的,有运气的 real adj.现实的 pick 捡,寻找appear v.出现 life n.生活just adv.刚好 39 A Free Lunch Tom works in a restaurant. One day at lunch time, when he is busy cleaning the tables, a middle-aged man comes into the restaurant with a little boy after him. The man says to Tom, “We want to have lunch here.” “What can I do for you?” Tom asks. “We?d like two hamburgers with potato chips,