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 first time. It’s much more beautiful than the 故事12 聪明的农民
山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨,阳光明媚,山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时,一个农民手拿地图向他走来。
农民:请问,大叔,去医院的路怎么走? field. Is that right?
Farmer: Yes, uncle. But it is built on the field. Uncle Sam’s face turns red.
Story 13 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.
Story 14 Two dogs
山姆大叔:你躺在街当中,很快就会在医院的。
农民:请你做一个示范。
山姆大叔:我想你是第一次进城吧,城市比你那块地漂亮多了,是吧?
农民:是的,大叔,但城市是建在地之上的。 山姆大叔脸红了。
故事13 帽子在哪里?
杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子,他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时,他的帽子总是戴着头上。
它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时,事情就不是那样了。
它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里?杰克仔细想。
它上下看了看,到处找了找,还是没有找到它的帽子。
这时,它的母亲走进来,当她看到杰克就喊道:“啊!亲爱的,你真笨,帽子在你的头上。” 杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。
6
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
故事14 两只狗
有一个人养了两条狗:一条是猎犬,一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎,教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后,总要分给看家狗一些肉,猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道:“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦,而你在家什么都不做,但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道:“不要责怪我,我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎,却只教我分享别人的食物。”
不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。
Story 15 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 there, 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 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!
故事 15 森林运动会 森林里有很多动物。
今天天气晴朗,小动物要举行运动会。小猴子,狐狸,兔子和小熊在赛跑。看!小兔子得了第一,狐狸和猴子得了第二,小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊:“小熊,加油!小熊,加油!”看那儿,小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了,成绩不太理想,所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里!小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树,小猫生病了,没能拿冠军,但它全力以赴了。
运动会可真棒,小动物们多开心啊!
Story 16 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
7
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 every quarter of an hour.
Story 17 The Bathing Boy
One day, Tom is bathing in a river. He doesn’t swim well and will be drown. He calls out loud for help. A man is just passing by. He doesn’t help the boy, but stands by and says to him. “How imprudent you are! It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.”
Counsel without help is useless.
故事17 洗澡的男孩
有一天,汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼
Story 18 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
故事16 大本钟
大本钟不是一个人的名字,它是钟的名字,它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大本钟有四个面,因此无论站在什么方面,你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约4米长。
如果你去伦敦,你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大,“叮咚,叮咚”,每15分钟敲一次。
看就要被淹死,他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过,他没有帮助小男孩,却是站在旁边对小孩子说道:“ 你怎么这么草率!在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦,先生,”小男孩喊叫:“ 请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。”
只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。
office?”
“Because the teacher asks us a question in class 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?’”
8
故事18 谁把墨水倒在我椅子了?
唐尼是个7岁孩子,每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。
因为,他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。
他的母亲问他:“你为什么去校长的办公室?”
“因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题,没有人能回答他,而我能。” “回答老师的问题是好事。”
“但那个问题 ‘谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了?’”
故事19 聪明的机器人
瞧!这个机器人在搬盒子搭积木呢?索尼公司新设计的这个聪明的机器人有60里面7.5千克重。它额头上有一只相机“眼睛”,能够辨认颜色和人脸。
Story19 Smart Robot
Look, this robot carries boxes to build blocks! The new smart robot, Sorry, is 60 centimeters high. It weighs 7.5 kilogram. It has a camera “eye” on its head. It can recognize colors and human faces.
Story 20
Bananas for Lunch
故事20 香蕉午餐
一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐,他剥一个香蕉,用力地吃着,吃着,吃着,吃了1个香蕉,2个香蕉,3个香蕉,4个…… 他不停地吃, 但是他还想要更多!他边吃,边剥,5个香蕉,6个香蕉,7个香蕉,8个……他又剥了两个,继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。
A fat monkey likes eating bananas very much. He had bananas for lunch. He peeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate whole bunch of bananas and can’t sleep.
Story 21 I Will Not Take a Bath
I will not take a bath, I won’t get in tub, I has bath last week. I don’t need another scrub. I would need my rubber ducky, a bucket and a boat,
my toy whale, a submarine, a rubber ball. No, I can not take a bath. The tub is too small. It’s all filled up with toy. There’s no room for me.
9
故事21 我不能愿意洗澡
我不愿意洗澡,我不愿意进到浴缸里。上个星期我洗澡了,我不需要再洗澡。我想要我的橡皮鸭子,一个水桶和一只船,我的玩具鲸鱼,
Story 22 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?
Story 23 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
一艘潜水艇,一个橡皮球。现在我不能洗澡了。浴缸太小了,它被玩具塞满了,没有我的地方了。
故事22 户外运动
户外运动有许多,跑步、溜冰、赛马、射击、放风筝、竞走。当然,足球也是一种户外运动,篮球、羽毛球等也是户外运动。一些人喜欢户外运动,而另外一些人喜欢室内运动。他们喜欢打台球、下象棋、打牌、打乒乓球…….. 户外运动包括更多和更快的运动,有些人喜欢户外运动;室内运动比较安静、运动量较小。你喜欢户外运动还是室内运动呢?
saved himself.
故事23 两只猴子
猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。
一天, 他们正在森林里玩的时候,一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了,单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。 过些时候,狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝宝已经死了,因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间,她才想起去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里,他救了自己。
Story 24 The King and His Stories
Once there was a king. He likes to write stories,
10