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1、英语故事Stories in English目 录 Contents英语故事Stories in English1I. A French Traveler22. A Smart Boy33. But I Missed Again44. Getting Lost45. A Clever Boy56. Who Deserves Help?67. Be Medically Examined68 .A Horse Thief79. Mark Twain Was Fooled810 .The Generals Teeth811. Balzacs Handwriting912. Einstein and
2、Chauffeur1013. Florence Nightingale1114. An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle1215. A Clever Interpreter1316. Who Pushed Me In1317. A Clever Man1418. Do I Have to Give the Watch Back?1519. Minding His Ts and 2s1620. A Bet1721 .The Man Who Had No Friends1822. Uncle Podgerat Work1923. An Attempted Murde
3、r1924 .The Lost Ring2125. The Perfect Pearl2226. A Funny Thing Happened to Me. .2327. Like Clockwork2428 .The Ugly Duckling2529. The Nightingale2630 .A Faithful Dog2731The Fox and the Grape2832. The Hare and the Tortoise2933 .The Wolf and the Lamb2934The Milkmaid3035. The Lion and the Mouse3136. Apr
4、il Fools Day3237. Valentines Day3338 .The Three Wishes3339. The Magic Kettle3440. Menciuss Mother3541. The Thief and His Mother3642. The Fisherman and the Gold Fish3743 .The Kind-hearted Mermaid4044. Cinderella4245.The Garden of Eden and the Serpent4546. The Tower of Babel4647. The Flood4748. Echo49
5、49. Narcissus5050. How Troubles Came into the World511. A French Traveler A 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.
6、 But he couldnt 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 roosters wife was called. The waite
7、r told him that she was called a hen. The Frenchman then asked what the hens 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 br
8、ing me two eggs and a cup of coffee.lperfectly 熟练地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.)4bird 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 Boy William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, h
9、e was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid. Its a funny things, Williams mother said to him one day, I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. I wonder why? The people of the town liked to play tricks on t
10、his 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
11、 nickel instead of the dime? Dont 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 wont play the trick on me any more. Then I wont get any more nickels.注释1. Its a funny thing. 这真逗。2play tricks on 跟开玩笑，戏弄3nickel 五美分硬
12、币4dime 十美分硬币5not.any more 不再点评 有的成年人常以为儿童年幼无知，喜欢作弄他们，殊不知自己被小孩作弄了还蒙在鼓里。3. But I Missed Again Peter 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 practising thei
13、r 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, Youre quite hopeless. Peter! Dont waste your last bullet too! Go behind that wall and shoot yours
14、elf with it! Peter felt ashamed?. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other young soldiers 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. Im sorry, sir. he said,
15、 but I missed again. 注释lwere practising their shooting 正在练习射击2shot at瞄准(shot的原形动词是shoot，shot是过去分词.)3.felt ashamed 感到羞愧4missed 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。这次恐怕教官不会埋怨他了吧。4. Getting Lost A couple from another country was once visiting Miami. They wanted to take a walk and to see the city, but they were afraid they might get lost. They did not speak any Englis
