励志故事 点击: 2013-07-18
英语小故事
The Fox and the Tiger
T---Tiger F---Fox R---Rabbit B---Bird
Fr---Frog
B----Bear
Tiger: I‟m a great tiger. I‟m very strong. I‟m very brave. I‟m the king of the forest.But now I‟m very hungry. I must find sth. to eat at once, or I‟ll die immediately. Oh, there‟s nothing here. And here is nothing, either. Oh, I want to have a rest. (Sleep soundly)
Fox: I‟m a fox. You can see, I‟m pretty and lovely. I‟m good at cheating 0and telling lies. Just now I cheated a crew out of a piece of meat. Mm, Mm, Mm. How delicious it is!
Tiger: Ah, a fox. A good meal. Ah, a good meal.
Fox: Oh, my God! What should I do? Yes, I have a good idea. Yes, a good idea. Hello! Tiger sister! How are you?
Tiger: Not so good. I‟m very hungry now. I want to eat you.
Fox: Oh, my dear! How dare you say that! I‟m the king of the forest! I‟m the king of the forest! If you want to eat me, I will let you die right now.
Tiger: She is the king. She is cheating me. I can‟t belive her. I‟m the king of the forest here. Fox: If you don‟t believe me, just follow me and see who is the king of the forest.
Tiger: Ok. Let‟s go.
Rabbit: I‟m a rabbit. I like to eat a turnip. Ah, a big turnip. Oh! It‟s too hard. I can‟t pull it out. Bird: I‟m a bird. Rabbit: Hi! Bird: Hi! What are doing here, Miss Rabbit? Can I help you?
Rabbit: Yes, please.
Frog: I‟m a frog. Hello! What are you doing here? What can I do for you?
R&B: Yes, come on!
Frog : Ok! I‟m coming!
Bear: I‟m a big brown bear. Hello, everyone! What are you doing here?
R,B&F: Come on! Come on! Mr. Bear! You are so strong. Please come here. There is a big turnip. We are all puling it out. Please come and help us.
Bear: Ok! I‟m coming.
Fox: Hello, Bear!
Bear: Hi, Fox. Oh, a tiger! (run away)
Fox: Hello, Frog!
Frog: Hi, Fox. Oh, a tiger! (run away)
Fox: Hello, Bird!
Bird: Hi, Fox. Oh, a tiger! (run away)
Fox: Hello, Rabbit!
Rabbit: Hi, Fox. Oh, a tiger! (run away)
Fox: Tiger, Now, you see. They are so frightened! They all run away!
Tiger: Yes, you are right. It‟s true. I‟m very sorry. You are the king of the forest. That‟s all right. I will run away. He is the king. He is the king.
Fox: Wa! There is a big turnip. Now, the turnip belongs to me.
小学英语寓言故事:Donkeys and his shadow
一个旅客雇了一头驴,骑着它到远处去。
A tourist hired a donkey, to Jizhaota to distant.
那天天气很热,赤日炎炎。 That weather is very hot, Chiri hothead.
他停下来休息,躲避在驴子的影子下,求个荫凉,避免暴晒。
He stopped to rest, refuge in the shadow of the donkey, and a shade to avoid exposure.
驴子的影子仅够遮蔽一个人,于是旅客和驴子的主人为了遮荫激烈地争起来,谁都认为自己才有这个权利。
Donkeys barely enough to cover the shadow of a person, then the owner of passengers and donkeys to shade fierce fighting, no one think they have this right.
驴子的主人坚持说他仅出租驴子本身,不出租驴子的影子。
Donkey owner insisted that he only letting donkeys themselves, not the shadow of letting donkeys. 那旅客说他雇的驴子包括驴子本身和影子。
The visitors said that he employed the donkeys themselves, including donkeys and shadow.
他们争论不休,以至互相打了起来。
They debate, and even fight each other up.
当他们打架时,驴子逃跑了。
When they fight, donkeys away.
这是说,人们往往为小事争吵不休,从而失去了最重要的东西。
It is said that people often trivial bickering, thus losing the most important things.
小学生英语寓言故事:The Lion and the Mouse
A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, 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 and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:
"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."
狮子睡着了,有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来,把他抓住,准备吃掉。老鼠请 求饶命,并说如果保住性命,必将报恩,狮子轻蔑地笑了笑,便把他放走了。不久,狮子真 的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获,并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎,走过去咬断绳索,放走了狮子,并说:
“你当时嘲笑我,不相信能得到我的报答, 现在可清楚了,老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明,时运交替变更,强者也会有需要弱者的时候。
英语短篇幽默故事
Matt and his wife lived in the country. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. One day a fair came to the nearby town.
“Let‟s go to the fair, Matt,” his wife said, “We haven‟t been anywhere for a long time.”
Matt thought about this for a while. He knew he would have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I‟m not going to spend much money. We‟ll look at things, but we won‟t buy anything.”
they went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matt‟s wife wanted to buy ,but he would not let her spend any money.
then , in a nearby field, they saw a small airplane.
“Fun flight!” the notice said, “$10 for 10 minutes.”
Matt had never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However, he didn‟t want to have to pay for his wife, as well.
“I‟ve only got $10,” he told the pilot. “Can my wife come with me for free?” The pilot wasn‟t selling many tickets, so he said , “I‟ll make a bargain with you. If your wife doesn‟t scream or shout, she can have a free flight.”
Matt aGREed, and got into the small airplane with his wife.
the pilot took off and made his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside down.
When the plane landed , the pilot said, “O.K. your wife didn‟t make a sound . She can have her ride free.”
“Thank you,” Matt said. “it wasn‟t easy for her, you know , especially when she fell out.”
英语幽默小故事
I'm Trying to Stop It "Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?" "No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it." “孩子,你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵?它感染了吗?” “没有,老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进,一个耳朵里出,所以我要把它堵在里面。”
“I'm sorry ,Madam ,but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ,I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes ,but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” “对不起,夫人,为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。” “20美元!为什么?不是说好只要4美元。” “是的,但是你的孩子大喊大叫,把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
TWO: Teacher:We all know that beat causes an object to expand an cold cauese it to contract. Now,can anyone give me a good example? John:Well ,in the summer the days are long,and in the winter the days are short. 老师:我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在,谁给我举个例子? 约翰:嗯,在夏天天都长,在冬天天都短。
The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours. then he started again, and said he:"Let me ask the evolutionist a question --- if we had tails like a baboon, where are they?" "I'll venture an answer, " said an old lady. "We have worn them off sitting here so long.". 教进化论的老师已经滔滔不绝地讲了快两个小时,他的话题又来了:“让我向进化论者提个问题——如果我们曾经像狒狒那样长着尾巴,那么现在尾巴到哪里去了?” “我来试试看,”一位老太太说。 “该是我们在这里坐这么久把它们磨掉了吧。”
英语幽默小故事中英文对照
Plagiarism
A friend of mine who teachs European history at Washington University in St. Louis tell about the time he spotted a plagiarized term paper. He summoned the student to his office. "This isn't your work." he said. "Someone typed it for you straight out of the encyclopedia.
"You cann't prove that!" the student sputtered.
My friend amiled and show him the paper. Circled in red was: "Also see article on communism." 抄 袭
我有个朋友在圣路易斯的华盛顿大学教欧洲历史,他说有一次他发现了一篇抄袭的学期论文。他把那个学生叫到了办公室。“这不是你写的,”他说,“有人帮你从百科全书上原封不动地打印了下来。” “你没有证据。”那学生气急败坏地说。
我朋友笑了,他把论文拿给他看。用红笔圈出来的是:“也可参阅共产主义一文。”
Virtue
Many years after receiving my graduate degree, I returned to the State University of New York at Binghamton as a faculty member. One day in a crowded elevator, someone remarked on its inefficiency. I said the elevators had not changed in the 20 years since I began there as a student.
When the door finally opened, I felt a compassionate pat on my back, and turned to see an elderly nun smiling at me. "You'll get that degree, dear," she whispered. "Perseverance is a virtue."
美 德
获取研究生学位多年以后,我回到位于宾翰顿的纽约州立大学当教员。一天,电梯里很拥挤,有人抱怨电梯效率太低。我说自我在那里当学生起,20年来电梯一直没有换过。
最后当电梯门打开时,我感到有人在我的背上同情地拍了一下,回过头来我看到一位年长的修女正在朝我微笑。“你会拿到学位的,亲爱的,”她低声说道:“坚持不懈是一种美德。”
Difference
"I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. "When I say, 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'Good afternoon." But the graduate students just write it down."
区 别
“研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来,”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说。“我说„下午好‟,本科生们回答说„下午好‟。研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上。” Big Head
“All the kids make fun of me”the boy cried to his mother.“They say I have a big head”
“Don't listen to them.”his mother comforted him.“You have a beautiful head .Now stop crying and go to the store for ten pounds of potatoes”
“Where's the shopping bag?”
“I haven't got one,use your hat.”
大脑袋
“所有的孩子都拿我开玩笑,”小男孩哭着跟妈妈说:“他们说我长了一个大脑袋。”
“别听他们的,”他妈妈安慰说:“你的脑袋长得很漂亮。好了,别哭了,去商店买10磅土豆来。” “购物袋在哪?”
“我没有购物袋,就用你的帽子吧。”
Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。
“昨天给你的钱干什么了?”
“我给了一个可怜的老太婆,”他回答说。 “你真是个好孩子,”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢?”
“她是个卖糖果的。”
Where is the father?
Two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.
"Look," said the elder brother. "How nice these paintings are!"
"Yes," said the younger, "but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. Where is the father?"
The elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, "Obviously he was painting the pictures." 父亲在哪儿?
兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。
“看,”哥哥说,“这些画多漂亮呀!”
“是啊,”弟弟说道,“可是在所有这些画中,只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢?”
哥哥想了会儿,然后解释道:“很明显,他当时正在画这些画呗。”
The wolf and the sheep
A wolf had been badly wounded by dogs. He lay sick and maimed in his lair.
He felt very hungry and thirsty. When a sheep passed by, he asked him to fetch some water from the stream.
"If you bring me the water," he said, "I will find means to get some food."
"Yes," said the sheep, "if I bring you the water, you would undoubtedly make me your food." 一只狼被狗所咬,伤势很严重,痛苦地躺在巢穴里,不能外出觅食。他感到又饿又渴,这时,他看见一只羊,便请求他到附近的小河里为他取一点水来。“你给我一点水解渴”,他说,“我就能自己去寻找食物了。”“是呀”,羊回答说,“如果我给你送水喝,那么我就会成为你的食物。”
英语小故事短文:狐狸和乌鸦
The Fox and the Crow
A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree. „That‟s for me, as I am a Fox,‟ said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of the tree. „Good-day, Mistress Crow,‟ he cried. „How well you are looking to-day: how glossy your feathers; how bright your eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that of other birds, just as your figure does; let me hear but one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.‟ The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. „That will do,‟ said he. „That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .‟Do not trust flatterers.‟
英语故事短文:小马过河
How a Colt Crossed the River
One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He asked, “Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.
The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop! You‟ll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mum.
He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child, don‟t always listen to others. You‟d better go and try yourself. Then you‟ll know what to do.” Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, it‟s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt. Then
he
B4u3 答案
Part 1 Compound Dictation
(每小题: 分)
Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
There is something you must know when going abroad. If a person moves from one culture to another, he must adjust to the 1.
problem for which 2.{Ifwill编故事}.
problem 3.
In his own country, he is 4.
prepared in the way of his people. He is also used to the times of day in which they are 5.
find himself having to eat foods he never heard of or seen before. For instance, many times people from the east are feeling 6.
7.
You might not know all of the ways food can be cooked. 8.
important, but simple to understand. 9.
roasted foods are cooked by dry heat in an oven. 10.
烤的) foods are cooked by direct fire
or heat.
Part 2 Multiple Choice
(每小题: 分)
Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. 1.
This diploma (毕业文凭) ________ that you have completed high school. A. entitles
B. certifies
C. secures
D. approves 2.
If the rain doesn't stop, people will be faced ________ serious flooding. A. to
B. about
C. with
D. by 3.
The giant corporation was making a take-over ________ for a{Ifwill编故事}.
fertilizer plant. A. control
B. bid
C. effort
D. proposal 4.
Yet in a ________ democracy, such a declaration cannot easily be
made; indeed the opposite must be proclaimed. A. liberal
B. liable
C. liberated
D. reliable 5.
The article ________ China's educational achievements during the past 20 years and outlined its development plans for the new{Ifwill编故事}.
century. A. predicted
B. witnessed
C. highlighted
D. intensified 6.
The manager promised to have my complaint ________. A. looked through
C. looked over
D. looked after 7.
B. supposed
C. regarded
D. considered 8.
I recognized him at once, but his name ________ me for the
moment. A. escaped
B. missed
C. failed
D. ignored 9.
I have already commented that colours will not show up unless the
________ of the light is sufficiently great. A. intensity
B. density
C. intention
D. temperature
10. It is well-known that the retired workers in our country are
__________ free medical care.
He is watching TV? He's _______ to be cleaning his room. A. known
B. associated with
C. entitled to
D. assigned to
11.
The room is dark; Mr. Smith ________ to bed.
A. should go
B. should have gone
C. must go
D. must have gone
12. The famous actress did not show up at the party, _______ is
disappointing. A. that
B. which
C. what
D. it
13. _________ I admit there are problems, I don't agree that they can not
be solved. A. As
B. While
C. For
D. Despite
14. He is not ________ to recover from the shock in one day or two.
英文短文故事
我最喜欢的水果 My Favorite Fruit
When I was small, my mother told me that apple was good for my health, because it contained so many vitamins. Since then, I almost eat an apple a day, I fall in love with apple. The apple not only tastes sweet, but also makes my skin look good, there is a saying that once an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. It really happens to me.
明天会更好 Tomorrow Will Be Better
There is a song Tomorrow Will be Better, I like to hear it so much, every time when I listen to it, I can feel the hope, even though I don’t feel happy, I will be positive to life. We will meet all kinds of difficulties, if we can hold on and keep move on, all the hard time will pass, the bright future will come sooner or later.
我的房间 My Room
In my house, I have my room, my room is my private place, I don’t have to listen to my parents’ babbling. I like to stay at my room when I finish my dinner, I will stay silent and think about the question without other people’s interfere. My room can keep me safe and leave me the space to think. I love my room, I want to decorate it someday, making it more comfortable.
如果我有一双翅膀 If I Have the Wing
如果我有一双翅膀 If I Have the Wing
I always imagine how nice if I can fly, I am so free, I can fly to the place I want to go to. If I have the wing, I will fly to my hometown and see its beautiful scenery, the trees must be so green and the water must be so clean. I also want to fly to the Great Wall, I have heard about it long time ago, I want to appreciate its beauty.
周星驰电影中的美女 The Beauty in Zhou Xingchi’s Film
周星驰电影中的美女 The Beauty in Zhou Xingchi’s Film
I love to see Zhou Xingchi’s movie so much, it is so funny, every time I see, I will laugh loudly and forget about all the unhappiness. I am so impressed by the beauties in Zhou’s films, but the role called Ru Hua impresses me most, he is a man who pretends to be a beauty, all the people recognize him now, he becomes the symbol of Zhou’s film.
如花本来只是一个普通的女性名字,此名闻名因源自李碧华小说及其同名电影《胭脂扣》的妓女角色“如花”,但在周星驰的电影《九品芝麻官》却是一个丑女的名字。从此,“如花”这名字就成为“丑女”的代名词,并且不断在周星驰的电影
及广告中重复。而“如花
”这个角色在后续的出现里,更刻意的被加上各种丑化的动作,例如当众挖鼻孔,以加强其“丑女”的形象。
李健仁(Lee Kin-yan,1961年-)是一名香港男演员,专门参与周星驰电影之演出,亦为星辉公司的执行制作人之一,属班底人物之一,且为周星驰的中学同学。较出名的扮相是饰演丑妇人“如花”一角,而“如花”一角也成为周星驰电影中丑妇人的代名词。
失去的机会 The Missing Chance
I am very shy, when my teacher asks me to answer his question, I will be very nervous and don’t know what to say. One day, my teacher asks if I want to join the Christmas performance, I hesitate, because I am very afraid of losing face. My teacher tells me I should be brave, or I will miss the chance. I don’t want to miss it, finally I join, I am so happy for myself.
我的新学期计划 My Plan for New Term
The new term is coming. I am so excited because in the new term, I will be a Grade 8 student. In the new term, I will have some new teachers. As for me, I want to make a difference in the new term, so I have made a plan for it.First, my Chinese and English are the best and I will work hard to keep them good as usual. But my math and physics are not as good as Chinese and English.
Therefore, I have to try my best to improve them. Except preview and finishing homework, I have to review regularly to strengthen knowledge. Second, I will pay more attention to news, so that I will read more newspapers and watch news program. I don't want to be a student who just study only. Last, I will do exercise twice a week. Badminton and table tennis are my favorites. All in all, I look forward to my life in Grade 8.
英语短篇故事