然后他对锅说“你有三条腿而我只有两条腿。 你应该背我一会儿。”然后
迈克坐在锅里但是锅一动也不动。
迈克很生气地把锅打破了但后拿着破锅向家里走去。到家后他的妈妈很生气地说“你真笨。”但迈克认为“我不笨只有愚蠢的人才会带回三条腿的锅。”
Story 31 The Broom Seller and the Barber
A man who sold brooms went into a barber’s shopto get shaved. The barber
brought one of his brooms. After he had shaved him,he asked for the price of thebrooms.
“Two pence,” said the man.
“No, no,” said the barber. “I will give you apenny, and if you don’t think that isenough, you may take your broom back!”
The man took it and asked what he had to pay hisshave.
“A penny,” said the barber.
“I will give you a half penny, and if that is notenough, you may put my beard on
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again.”
故事31 卖扫帚的人和理发师
一个卖扫帚的人去理发店修面。理发师从他那里买了一把扫帚。当理发师给他
修面后问一下他扫帚的价格。 买扫帚的人说“两个便士。”
“不不。”理发师说“ 我只出一个便士如果你认为不狗的话可以把扫帚拿回去。”
卖扫帚的人拿回了扫帚随后问修面要付多少钱。 “一便士。”理发师说。
卖扫帚的人说“我给你半个便士如果不狗的话请把我的胡子还给我。”
Story 32 Sun the Ice
Once a simpleton’s wife told him to buy some ice. Two hours later, he didn’t come back. She wantedto know why he didn’t come
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back and went out to have a look. She saw he wasstanding in the sun at the gate andwatching the ice melting.
“What’s the matter?” She asked him. “Why don’tyou bring it in?”
“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that youwould scold me so I’m running itdry.” The simpleton answered.故事32 晒冰
从前有一个笨人的妻子让她的丈夫买几块冰。 两个小时后他还没回来。
她想知道他为什么没回来就出去看了看发现她的丈夫在门口站着在太阳下晒冰看着冰融化。
她问他“怎么啦你为什么不把它拿进来”
“我看见冰是湿的恐怕你会训斥我因此我正在把它晒干。”笨人回答道。
Story 33 Animals
There are many kinds of animals in the world.People don’t know the exact
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numbers. In the zoo, people can see many kinds ofanimals. For example, lions, tigers,
they are scary. Monkey, foxes are intelligent.People usually think pandas; koala bearsare so cute and smart. Some animals live in thewater, such as dolphins. They need a
lot of water for their home. And elephants with longnose are very strange. They can
sing and dance. The giraffes are quite tall becauseof their long necks. So they canreach the top of the trees.
故事 33 动物
世界上有许多钟动物人们不知道它们确切的数目。在动物园里人们可以看到
很多种类的动物如狮子、老虎它们都令人害怕猴子和狐狸是狡猾的人
们认为熊猫考拉熊是如此伶俐和聪明。有些动物居住在水里如海豚它们的
家需要很多的水。大象长有奇特的长鼻子它们会唱歌和跳舞。长颈鹿长着非常
长的脖子因为他们可以够到数的顶部。
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Story 34 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 theladder was against the big
branch he was sawing. “Hi, it is dangerous.” Fredshouted. “After you cut off the
branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn’tbelieve 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 gofar before he heard something crashed. He rushedback and found the man lying on the ground.
Fred asked some men for help. They carried the manto the hospital.
故事34 一个愚蠢的人
弗雷德走在上学的路上。路过一个公园时他看见一个人在锯一棵大树的树
枝。“嗨你这么做很危险的。”费雷得喊道“你锯了那树枝后你会摔下来的。”
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