名师归纳总结 精品word资料 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 第 9 页，共 37 页 - - - - - - - - -目 录 Contents英语故事 Stories in English英语故事 Stories in English 1I. A French Traveler 22. A Smart Boy 33. But I Missed Again 44. Getting Lost 45. A Clever Boy 56. Who Deserves Help. 67. Be Medically Examined 68 .A Horse Thief 79. Mark Twain Was Fooled 810 .The General's Teeth 811. Balzac's Handwriting 912. Einstein and Chauffeur 1013. Florence Nightingale 1114. An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle 1215. A Clever Interpreter 1316. Who Pushed Me In 1317. A Clever Man 1418. Do I Have to Give the Watch Back. 1519. Minding His T's and 2's 1620. A Bet 1721 .The Man Who Had No Friends 1822. Uncle Podgerat Work 1923. An Attempted Murder 1924 .The Lost Ring 2125. The Perfect Pearl 2226. A Funny Thing Happened to Me. . 2327. Like Clockwork 2428 .The Ugly Duckling 2529. The Nightingale 2630 .A Faithful Dog 2731.The Fox and the Grape 2832. The Hare and the Tortoise 29 33 .The Wolf and the Lamb 2934.The Milkmaid 3035. The Lion and the Mouse 3136. April Fools' Day 3237. Valentine's Day 3338 .The Three Wishes 3339. The Magic Kettle 34- 1 -40. Mencius's Mother 3541. The Thief and His Mother 3642. The Fisherman and the Gold Fish 37 43 .The Kind-hearted Mermaid 4044. Cinderella 4245. The Garden of Eden and the Serpent 4546. The Tower of Babel 4647. The Flood 4748. Echo 4949. Narcissus 5050. How Troubles Came into the World 511. A French TravelerA Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called. The waiter told him that she was called a hen.The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called. The waiter told him that they were chickens.The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born. The waiter told him they were called eggs."Fine." said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee."l.perfectly 娴熟地2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量 〔集合名词，单数概念 .〕3. rooster 公鸡 〔美国英语，同 cock.〕4.bird 此处泛指禽类；点评 这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维 ;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服；2. A Smart BoyWilliam Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid."It's a funny things," William's mother said to him one day, "I know that you are a smart boy, butsometimes you let people think you are not so smart. I wonder why."The people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy who they thought was so stupid."Here, William," one of them would say. "Here is a nickel, and here is a dime. Which one do you want."William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, William, why do you always choose the nickel- 2 -instead of the dime. Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel.""Certainly I know it," William answered slowly, "but if I choose the dime, then people won't play the trick on me any more. Then I won't get any more nickels."注释1. It's a funny thing. 这真逗；2.play tricks on 跟 开玩笑，戏弄3.nickel 五美分硬币4.dime 十美分硬币5.not...any more 不再点评 有的成年人常以为儿童年幼无知，喜爱作弄他们，殊不知自己被小孩作弄了仍蒙在鼓里；3. But I Missed AgainPeter Judd joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practisingtheir shootings, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, "You're quite hopeless. Peter. Don't waste your last bullet too. Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it."Peter felt ashamed.. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other youngsoldiers heard the sound of a shot."Heavens." the officer said, "Has that silly man really shot himself."He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all right. "I'm sorry, sir." he said, "but I missed again."注释l.were practising their shooting 正在练习射击2.shot at 瞄准 〔shot 的原形动词是 shoot，shot 是过去分词 .〕 3.felt ashamed 感到惭愧4.missed again 又没打中点评 前九次他均未射小靶子，幸亏其射击技术差到极点，第十次才没有射中自己；这次唯恐教官不会埋怨他了吧；4. Getting LostA couple from another country was once visiting Miami. They wanted to take a walk and to see the。