初中英语小故事
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.
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“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 brothers 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 only wants
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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 tonight!”
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.
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“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
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candle behind the tree.
At this time, the little cat jumps out and scratches the wolf’s
shout v.大叫 dare v.敢
tonight n.今晚
face. The wolf wants to run away. The afraid adj.恐惧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
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
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