英语演讲稿及译文百篇

第一篇：英语演讲稿及译文百篇

How to Be Popular

Most people would like to be popular with others, but not everyone can achieve this goal.What is the secret to popularity? In fact, it is very simple.The first step is to improve our appearance.We should always make sure that we stay in good shape and dress well.When we are healthy and well-groomed, we will not only look better but also feel better.In addition, we should smile and appear friendly.After all, our facial expression is an important part of our appearance.If we can do this, people will be attracted to our good looks and impressed by our confidence.Another important step is developing more consideration for others.We should always put others first and place their interests before our own.It's also important to be good listeners;in this way people will feel comfortable enough to confide in us.However, no matter what we do, we must not gossip.Above all, we must remember to be ourselves, not phonies.Only by being sincere and respectful of others can we earn their respect.If we can do all of the above, I am sure popularity will come our way.如何才能受人欢迎

大部分的人都想受人欢迎，但是并非每个人都能达到目标。受欢迎的秘诀何在?事实上是很简单的。步骤一，先改善我们的外表。我们得确保自己很健康，并且穿着体面。当我们既健康又穿戴整齐时，不仅看起来更有精神，自己也会觉得好多了。此外，我们要保持微笑并表现得很友善。毕竟，脸部表情是外观很重要的一环。如果我们能做到这一点，别人会被我们的美好外表所吸引，并对我们的自信印象深刻。另一个重要步骤，就是培养对别人的体贴。永远以他人为重，并把别人的利益放在自己的利益之前。当个好听众也是很重要的;如此一来，别人才能很自在地对我们吐露心事。然而，不管我们做什么事，绝对不要说闲言闲语。最重要的是，要做自己，不要当虚伪的人。只有对人真诚又尊重时，才能赢得他人的尊敬。如果我们能做到以上几点，我相信受人欢迎是指日可待的事。

Learn How to Say No

We've all been taught that we should help people.It is the right thing to do and will make us popular with others.It may even win us favors in return.However, we must be realistic.We can't say yes to every request.If we did, we would fail or go crazy for sure.Sometimes we simply don't have the time to help.In this case, we must know how to say no politely.When we need to say no, here is one method we can try.First, we should tell the truth.If we really can't do something, we should just say so.Second, we should remember to refuse requests politely.We must communicate clearly, but must also be sincere and sympathetic.A true friend will understand.Finally, we must not feel guilty about saying no.Sometimes refusing others is the right thing to do.It can save ourselves, and them, a lot of trouble.In short, we cannot please everyone all the time.Refusing favors is a part of life.学习如何说不

我们都被教导说，我们应该要帮助别人。这是应该做的事，而且这样做会使我们受人欢迎。它甚至会为我们赢得一些回报。但是，我们必须要实际一点。我们不能答应每一个要求。如果我们这么做，我们就一定会失败或发疯。有时候我们确实没有时间去帮忙。既然如此，我们就必须知道如何有礼貌地说不。

当我们需要说不的时候，有个办法我们可以试试。首先，我们应该要说实话。假如我们真的办不到某件事，我们就应该说不。第二，我们应该记得要客气地拒绝对方的要求。我们必须清楚地表达，但态度也必须真诚并且表示同情。一个真正的朋友会谅解的。最后，我们不必为了说不而觉得有罪恶感。有时候拒绝别人才是我们应该做的事。它可以替我们自己和别人，都省下许多麻烦。总而言之，我们无法一直取悦每个人。拒绝请求是人生的一部分。

How to Sell Yourself

In this competitive society it is essential to know how to sell yourself in order to get the job you want.That means you must be able to market

your best features and present yourself in the best light.After all, you never get a second chance to make a first impression.There are several things you can do to project a good image in an interview.First of all, look like a winner.Dress conservatively and well, and you'll look like you're going to the top.Second, communicate clearly.Consider each question carefully and respond with total honesty.Remember to make eye contact and maintain good posture.You need to look attentive but also at ease.Third, have a positive and assertive attitude.It's important to appear confident of your ability and optimistic about your future.Finally, be prepared.Present a professional resume and be ready to explain everything in detail.By following the advice above, you are bound to make a good impression on potential employers.Then you will be able to choose the best opportunity for you and take that first step towards success.如何自我推销

在这个竞争激烈的社会中，为了得到你想要的工作，知道如何自我推销是很重要的。也就是说，你必须能够销售你最好的特点，并把你最好的一面呈现出来。毕竟，第一印象定江山。

要在面试时表现出好的一面，你可以做几件事情。首先，要看起来像个赢家。穿着保守而体面，会使你看起来像是就要成功了。第二，要能清楚地表达。仔细地考虑每个问题，并据实回答。记得要和对方有目光接触，并保持良好的姿势。你必须看起来专注而自在。第三，态度要积极而有自信。对你的能力有信心，并对你的未来感到乐观是很重要的。最后，要充分准备。递上一份专业的简历，并准备好详细解释每件事。

遵照以上的建议，你就一定会给可能成为你老板的那些人，留下好的印象。然后你就可以选择对你而言最好的机会。并踏出迈向成功的第一步。

Responsibility is a Badge of Honour for Youth

Facing this audience on the stage, I have the exciting feeling of participating in the march of history, for what we are facing today is more

than a mere competition or contest.It is an assembly of some of China's most talented and motivated people, representatives of a younger generation that are preparing themselves for the coming of a new century.I'm grateful that I've been given this opportunity, at such a historic moment, to stand here as a spokesman of my generation and to take a serious look back at the past 15 years, a crucial period for every one of us and for this nation as well.Though it is only within my power to tell about my personal experience, and only a tiny fragment of it at that, it still represents, I believe, the root of a spirit which has been essential to me and to all the people bred by the past 15 years.In my elementary years, there was a little girl in the class who worked very hard but somehow could never do satisfactorily in her lessons.The teacher asked me to help her, and it was obvious that she expected a lot from me.but as a young boy, restless, thoughtless, I always tried to evade her so as to get more time to enjoy myself.One day before the final exam, she came up to me and said, “Could you please explain this to me? I want very much to do better this time.” I started explaining, and finished in a hurry.Pretending not to notice her still confused eyes, I ran off quickly.Nat surprisingly, she again did very badly in the exam.And two months later, at the beginning of the new

semester, word came of her death of blood cancer.No one ever knew about the little task I failed to fulfill, but I couldn't forgive myself.I simply couldn't forget her eyes, which seem to be asking, “Why didn't you do a little more to help me, when it was so easy for you? Why didn't you understand a little better the trust placed in you, so that I would not have to leave this world in such pain and regret?”

I was about eight or nine years old at that time, but in a way it was the very starting point of my life, for I began to understand the word “responsibility” and to learn to always do my duties faithfully and devotedly, for the implications of that sacred word has dawned on me: the mutual need and trust of people, the co-operation and inter-reliance which are the very foundation of human society.Later in my life, I continued to experience many failures.But never again did I feel that regret which struck me at the death of the girl, for it makes my heart satisfied to think that I have always done everything in my power to fulfill my responsibilities as best I can.As I grew up, changed and improved by this incident and many other similar ones, I began to perceive the changes taking place around me and to find that society, in a way, was in its formative years like myself.New buildings, new commodities and new fashions appear every day.New ideas, new information, new technologies.People can talk with

each other from any corner of the earth in a matter of seconds.Society is becoming more competitive.Words like individuality and creativity are getting more emphasis and more people are rewarded for their hard work and efforts.Such is the era in which this generation ,grows and matures.Such is the era in which this generation will take over the nation from our fathers and learn to run it.Yet in the meantime, many problems still exist.We learn that crimes take place in broad daylight with crowds of people looking on and not assisting.We hear that there are still about 1 million children in this country who can't even afford to go to elementary schools while enormous sums of money are being squandered away on dinner parties and luxury cars.We buy shoddy medicines, or merely worthless junk in the name of medicines, that aggravate, rather than alleviate our diseases since money, many people believe, is the most important thing in the world that must be made, even at the expense of morality and responsibility.Such an era, therefore, determines that we are a generation with a keener sense of competition and efficiency and a greater readiness to think critically and act creatively.Such an era, furthermore, demands, that we are a generation with a clear perception of our historical responsibility and an aggressive will to

take action and solve the problems.History has long been preparing these qualities in this generation and it is now calling us forward to give testimony to our patriotism and heroism towards this nation and all humanity.Standing here now, I think of the past 15 years of my life as an ordinary student.Probably I'll be an ordinary man for the rest of my life.But this doesn't discourage me any, for I know that with my sense of responsibility and devoted efforts to always strive, for the best, it's going to be a meaningful and worthwhile life that I will be living.Standing here now, I think of the past 15 years of this nation, which has achieved greatness that inspired millions of people of my age, most of whom will not attain fame or prestige and only a few of whom will be remembered by posterity.But that doesn't discourage us any, because we know that the world watches, the world listens, the world is waiting to see where this nation will be heading in a time of rich opportunities and fierce competition.I can't ever forget that little girl in my class who couldn't had the same opportunities as any of us here to enjoy a wonderful life today and a hopeful world tomorrow.It is the sacred responsibility of this generation to face up to the challenges of the new century and to devote our sweat and blood, our wisdom and passion, to the historic cause of making this nation a greater

and happier land for every one of us.We are not going to evade that responsibility.We are going to let people down.And people, far and near, will hear of us.Frost will be brought to their backbones and tears to their eyes when our stories are told and retold, So let us go forth, my fellow members of this luckily chosen generation, and meet the new century in victory and glory.责任感——青年人荣誉的标志

站在台上面对大家，我心情十分激动。好像是在参加一次历史性的长征。我们今天面对的远不只一场竞赛或角逐。这是才华出众，生气勃勃的中国青年的一次聚会。我们是青年一代的代表。为迎接新世纪的到来，我们正在从各方面作好准备。

在这一历史时刻，能有机会代表同龄人在此认真地回顾于国于己都至关重要的过去的15年，我感激万分。

尽管只能谈谈个人经历，而且只涉及其中一个小小的片段，但我相信，它仍然折射出对我和在过去15年间一同成长起来的青年人都不可缺少的一种思想基础。

我上小学时，班上有位小姑娘，学习非常刻苦而成绩却不尽人意。

老师要我帮助她。看得出，她也寄厚望于我。但我那时还是个小男孩，坐不住，不懂事。我老是ME避她。以便有更多时间自己玩。

期末考试前一天，她来求我说“请你给我讲解一下行吗?这次我很想考得好一点。”我开始给她讲解，不一会儿便草草收场，假装没有察觉她迷茫的眼神，一溜烟儿地跑开了。不出所料，这次她又考砸了。两个月后，新学期依始，传来她死于血癌的消息。我没有完成那项小小的任务，无人知晓。但我却不能原谅自己。她的眼睛令我难以忘怀，仿佛在责问我，“你为什么不愿多帮助我呢?这对于你来说，并不费事。你为什么不能理解我对你的信赖，而让我带着痛苦和遗憾离开这个世界?”

我当时才八九岁。但从某种意义上讲，这件事成了我生活的新起点。因为我开始体会到“责任”二字的意义，并尽心尽力地学着完成自己的义务。我也逐渐领会了这个神圣字眼的深刻内含:人与人之间的彼此需要和信任、合作和依赖正是人类社会存在的基础。

之后，我在生活中又经受过多次失败，但那小姑娘之死所引起的懊悔，心里却不曾再现。想到自己做每一件事都能尽职尽责，一种满足之感便油然而生。

此事及类似的多起事件改变了我，完善了我。当我长大成人，我开始领悟周围发生的一切变化。我发现，从某种意义上说，社会跟我一样，正处在一个自我完善的时期。新建筑、新商品、新款式一天一个样。新思维、新信息、新技术层出不穷。即便万里相隔，人们在转瞬之间即可相互交谈。社会竞争越演越烈。

人们越来越强调个性和创造性。越来越多的人因工作努力而受到奖赏。这就是当今的时代，一代新人由成长迈入成熟的时代。这是我们这一代人接替父辈治国安邦的时代。然而，我们也面临很多间题。

据悉，坏人在光天化日之下作恶，周围的群众居然袖手旁观，无动于衷。我还听说，目前我国尚有100万儿童连小学也上不起，而巨额资金却拿去举办奢侈的宴会和购置豪华的轿车。

我们常常买的是劣质药品，或名曰药品实为一文不值的废物，非但不能除病去痛，反而会使病情加重。在某些人看来，世上金钱最宝贵，只要能赚钱，不惜牺牲道德和责任。

因而，这个时代赋予我们的是更强烈的竞争和效率意识，使我们更善于批判性地思考和创造性地行动。

此外，这个时代要求我们这一代人必须认清自己肩负的历史重任，下定决心，采取行动，解决上述问题。

长期以来，历史一直在我们这一代人身上培养着这些品质。现在，历史呼唤我们挺身而出，以实际行动向全民族及全人类证实我们的拳拳爱国之心和大无畏的英雄主义。

此刻，我站在讲台上回顾15年来的学生生活。今后的岁月，我很可能平平淡淡地度过。但这丝毫不会让我心灰意冷。因为我知道，凭借强烈的责任感和精益求精的不懈奋斗，我将追求一种有意义的生活，一种不枉此生的生活。

此刻，我站在讲台上回顾过去，15年来祖国取得的巨大成就激励着千千万万的同龄人。我们之中大多数人将与名利和权力无缘。只有极少数人或许会后世留芳。对此我们丝毫也不会在意。因为我们知道，世界在观望，世界在倾听。在这个大量机遇和激烈竟争并存的时代，我们国家究竟去向何方，整个世界都在关注。

我永远不会忘记班上那位小姑娘。她本应该却没能和在座各位一样享受今天美好的人生和明日充满希望的世界。

接受新世纪的挑战，把我们的血汗、智慧和热情奉献给建设祖国、造福人民的伟大历史事业。这就是我们这一代人的神圣职责。

我们决不逃避责任，决不辜负人民的期望。我们的业绩将四海传扬。我们的故事将被反复讲述，定会令人惊叹不已，以至热泪盈眶。

有幸与时代为伍的朋友们，让我们勇往直前，以胜利的姿态迎接光辉灿烂的新世纪的来临!Knowing the Consequences of Choice

Over the past Spring Festival, I got involved in a family dispute.Right before I got home, four satellite channels of CCTV were added to the 14 channels we had already had.In prime time at night, they all had interesting shows.Therefore, the five of us-my parents, my sisters and I-had to argue over what to watch.Finally, we agreed that we should watch the “most interesting” programme...If we could agree what that was.However, all of us there remember that for a long time after we had TV, there were only one or two channels available.The increase in options reveals an important change in our life: the abundance of choice.Fifteen years ago we all dressed in one style and in one colour.Today, we select from a wide variety of designs and shades.Fifteen years ago, we read few newspapers.Today, we read English

newspapers like the China Daily and the 21st Century, as well as various Chinese newspapers.Fifteen years ago, English majors took only courses in language and literature.Today, we also study Western culture, journalism, business communications, international relations, and computer science.The emergence of choices marks the beginning of a new era in China's history;an era of diversity, of material and cultural richness, and an era of the rebirth of the Chinese nation.We enjoy the abundance of choice.But this has not come easily.About 150 years ago, China was forced to open up its door by Western canons and gunboats.It has been through the struggle and sacrifice of generations that we finally have gained the opportunity to choose for ourselves.The policy of reform and openness is the choice that has made all the difference.Like others of my age, I'm too young to have experienced the time when the Chinese people had no right to choose.However, as the next century draws near, it is time to ask: What does choice really mean to us young people?

Is choice a game that relies on chance or luck? Is choice an empty promise that never materializes? Or is choice a puzzle so difficult that we have to avoid it?

First, I would like to say: To choose means to claim opportunities.I am a third-year English major.An important choice for me, of course, is what to do upon graduation.I can go to graduate school, at home or abroad.I can go to work as a teacher, a translator, a journalist, an editor and a diplomat.Actually, the system of mutual selection has allowed me to approach almost every career opportunity in China.Indeed, this is not going to be an easy choice.I would love to work in such big cities as Beijing or Shanghai or Shenzhen.I would also love to return to my hometown, which is intimate, though slightly lagging in development.I would love to stay in the coastal area where life is exciting and fast-paced.I would also love to put down roots in central and western China, which is underdeveloped, but holds great potential.All of these sound good.But they are only possibilities.To those of us who are bewildered at the abundance of opportunities, I would like to say: To choose means to accept challenge.To us young people, challenge often emerges in the form of competition.In the next century, competition will not only come from other college graduates, but also from people of all ages and of all origins.With increasing international exchanges, we have to face growing competition from the whole outside world.This is calling for a higher level of our personal development.Fifteen years ago, the knowledge of a foreign language or of computer operation was considered merely an advantage.But today, with wider educational opportunities, this same knowledge has become essential to everyone.Given this situation, even our smallest choices will require great wisdom and personal determination.As we gain more initiative in choice making, the consequence of each choice also becomes more important.As we gain more initiative in choice making, the consequence of each choice also becomes more important.Nuclear power, for instance, may improve our quality of life.But it can also be used to damage the lives and possessions of millions.Economic development has enriched our lives but brought with it serious harm to our air, water and health.To those of us who are blind to the consequences of their choices, I would like to say, To choose means to take responsibility.When we are making choices for ourselves, we cannot casually say: “It's just my own business.” As policy makers of the next century, we cannot fail to see our responsibility to those who share the earth with us.The traditional Chinese culture teaches us to study hard and work hard so as to honor our family.To me, however, this family is not just the five of us who quarreled over television programmes.Rather, it is the

whole of the human family.As I am making my choices, I will not forget the smile of my teacher when I correctly spelled out the word “China” for the first time, I will not forget the happy faces of the boys and girls we helped to send back to school in the mountains of Jiangxi Province.I will not forget the tearful eyes of women and children in Bosnia, Chechnya and Somali, where millions are suffering from war, famine or poverty.All these people, known and unknown, make up our big human family.At different points, they came into my life and broaden my perspective.Now as I am to make choices for myself, it is time to make efforts to improve their lives, because a world will benefit us all only if every one in it can lead a peaceful and prosperous life.选择的重要性

去年春节期间，我陷入过一场家庭纷争。在我回家之前，我们家的电视除了已有的14个频道外又增加了四个卫星频道。晚上的黄金时间，每个频道的节目都很精彩.结果，我们一家五口(父母，两个姐姐和我)为了选台而争执起来。最后，我们决定应当看“最有意思”的节目——如果我们在什么是“最有意思”上可以认同的话。

不过我们全都清楚地记得，买了电视后的好长一段时间里，只有一两个频道可供选择。电视频道的增多反映出我们生活中的一个重大变化:选择余地的扩大。

15年前，我们身着同样的款式，单一的色调。而如今，纷繁的花色和众多的式样让我们挑得眼花缭乱。

15年前，我们几乎无报可读。而如今，除了大大小小的中文报纸，我们还读上了《中国日报》、《21世纪报》这样的英文报纸。

15年前，英语专业的学生只能选语言与文学课程。而如今，我们还学习西方文化，新闻，商务，国际关系，甚至还有计算机课程。

选择的涌现标志着中国进入了一个崭新的时代，一个充满多样化的时代，一个物质与精神都愈加丰富的时代，一个中华民族获得新生的时代。

我们为选择之多而欢呼雀跃，同时也深深地感到这一切来之不易。

一个半世纪之前，在西方大炮、战舰的威通下，中国被迫打开了国门。经过祖祖辈辈的抗争与牺牲，我们才最终赢得了当家作主的机会。改革开放这个正确的抉择使一切发生了翻天覆地的变化。

我和其他同龄人一样，太年轻了、没有经历过中国人丧失选择权的岁月。但是，随着下个世纪的脚步越走越近，我们是该们心自间了:选择，对于我们青年一代，到底意味着什么?

选择，是场靠侥幸来获胜的游戏吗?是句不用兑现的空话吗?抑或是种让人知难而退的困境?

首先，我认为，选择意味着抓住机遇。

我是英语专业三年级学生，我所面临的一个重大选择当然是毕业后的去向。我可以攻读硕士学位，或

在国内，或在国外。我可以走上工作岗位，做名教师，翻译，记者，编辑或外交家.实际上，双向选择的体制在我面前铺开了通向各行各业的大道。

说真的，这个选择并不好做。我愿意在像北京、上海、深圳这样的大都市里工作，我也盼着能回到虽不那么发达却使我倍感亲切的故乡。我希望可以留在生活节奏快，令人兴奋的沿海地带，我也愿意扎根于广炭的中西部地区，那里虽然条件艰苦，却有极大的发展潜力。

所有这一切听上去令人振奋，但它们毕竟只是可能性。有些人面对五花八门的选择挑得眼花缭乱，我要告诉他们:选择就意味着接受挑战。

对于我们青年一代，挑战常以竟争的形式出现。到下个世纪，竞争者将不仅只是其他大学毕业生，更有各行各业不同年龄层的人们。

随着国际交流的不断增多，我们得面对来自整个外部世界日益激烈的竞争，这就对我们个/、的发展提出了更高的要求。

15年前，懂门外语或会用计算机是个优越条件。但今天，随着受教育面的拓宽，以上的知识也成了每个人必备的条件。

在这种形势下，即便最细小的选择也要求我们具有极大的智慧和自主精神。

当我们面对选择不断增强自己的主动性时，每一次选择的结果也同样变得愈加重要。比方说，核能可以提高人民的生活水平，可它同样也能毁灭千百万人的生命财产。

经济的发展使我们富裕起来，却也给我们的空气、水、健康带来了严重危害。有些人对选择的后果毫不在乎，我要对他们说:选择还意味着承担责任。我们替自己做选择时，不能随口一句“这不关别人的事”。作为下个世纪的决策者，我们必须承担对和我们共同拥有这个地球的人们所负的责任。

传统的中华文化教育我们，要勃奋学习，努力工作，以荣耀家门。然而我认为，这个家门并不只指诸如我的那个争看电视的五口小家。更确切地说，它指的是整个人类这个大家庭。当我为自己的未来做出选择时，我不会忘记自己第一次正确读出“China“这个单词时老师脸上的笑容。我也不会忘记在我们的帮助下重返校园的江西山区的孩子们兴奋的脸庞。我更不会忘记饱受战火、饥荒、贫困蹂蹦的波斯尼亚、车臣、索马里，不会忘记那里成千上万的妇女儿童泪水模糊的双眼。

所有这些我认识或不认识的人们组成了人类这个大家庭。他们从不同的时空中走进了我的生活，开拓了我的视野。现在，我将为自己做出抉择，该是为使他们的生活变得美好而奋斗的时候了。因为只有当每个人都过上和平、富足的生活，世界才能成为大家的乐园.I Regain Confidence

I received a devastating blow to my self-confidence in the first interview of my college years.I applied to be a host in our Student Acting Troupe and felt confident that I would be accepted.But one of the panel members told me: ”You seem inadequate and you are a little vertically-challenged.“ My life has never been the same since.I used bigger heels to complement my height and psychological maneuvers and tricks to hide my lack of confidence.But no matter how hard I tried to look the part, there was still something missing.As president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal of Snow White for an English party.Unfortunately, we could not find an actor to be the last dwarf.It had to be someone who was humorous by nature and fluent in English.Suddenly, all eyes turned to me, and I knew I would have to be the dwarf.To my great surprise and delight, once on stage, I was totally absorbed in the performance and my humorous nature was put to full use.As the dwarf, I was a big hit.Yes, each of us is only one among millions of others, but each of us is an individual and each of us is unique.Cultivating our individuality will transform our lives, making of them a kaleidoscope of new colors and textures.A world deprived of diversity would be a bland and boring place.The real tragedy is not being short or shy or ugly, but having your identity lost in a world in which everyone is a clone of a model cool boy or a flawless charming girl.Given a choice, I would rather be ugly than live in such a world.I'd rather be a genuine dwarf accompanying a Snow White than be a Snow White among nothing but Snow Whites.I would rather be myself.I would contribute my individual and unique colors to create a more diverse universe.Please, be yourself.译文:我重树信心

大学生活的几年里，当我参加第一次面试时，我的自信心受到了沉重的打击。我向“学生剧团”申请出演一个主角，而且我十分自信地认为我会被录用。但是,其中有个剧团成员告诉我:“你似乎不太合适出演这个角色，因为你的身高有点问题。”我从未遇到过这种情况。我穿着高跟鞋来弥补我的身高，采用心理策

略和技巧来掩盖自己信心的缺乏。但是，不论我怎样努力进入角色，感觉还是缺少些什么。

作为英语俱乐部的主席，我为英语晚会组织排演了《白雪公主》短剧。不幸的是，我们找不到合适的人选出演最后一个小矮人。这个角色必须生性幽默，英语流利。突然，所有人的目光都转向了我，我知道那个小矮人就是我了。让我极度奇怪而又高兴的是，一上台，我完全投入到演出中，而且我那幽默的天性被发挥得淋漓尽致。作为一个‘’小矮人”，我取得了巨大的成功。的确，我们中的任何一个人都是千百万中的一员，但我们中的每个人都是一个与众不同的个体。发挥我们自己的个性会改变我们的生活，使它们成为美丽的万花筒。

失去了多样性的世界是个冷漠、乏味的地方。真正的悲剧不是个矮、害羞或丑陋，而是将自己的个性迷失在一个克隆的世界里，那里到处都是典型的酷男孩或无瑕、迷人的好姑娘。

如果让我选择，我宁可面貌五陋，也不愿生活在这样一个世界里。我宁可做一个伴随“白雪公主”的真实的小矮人，也不愿做“白雪公主”世界里的一个白雪公主，而随波逐流。我宁可作为一个真实的自我而出现。我愿将自己独特的、与众不同的色彩奉献给多姿多彩的世界。“走自己的路，让别人去说吧!”

Enjoy Yourself While Fulfilling Responsibility

In my 18 years of life, there have been many things.University days are the best part of them.I can never forget the days when I stepped into my university.I was impressed by its garden-like campus, its enthusiastic students and especially its learning atmosphere.I at once fell in love with it.After the arduous military training, I get absolutely absorbed in my studies.The classes given by the teachers are excellent.They provide us with information not only from our textbooks but from many other sources as well.They easily arouse my insatiable desire to take in as much as I can.Frankly speaking, at first I had some difficulty following the teachers.However, through my own efforts and thanks to my teachers' guidance, I made remarkable progress.Now I've benefited a lot from lectures and many other academic reports.Learning is a long process;I'll keep exploring in the treasure house

of knowledge to enrich myself.This summer I got out of the ivory tower and entered the real world.A publishing house offered me a part-time job in compilation and revision.At the beginning I was belittled by my colleagues.But they were really surprised when I translated seven English articles over 5,000 words on only one day.Gradually, they began to look at me with respectful eyes.In their opinion I turned out to be a useful and trustworthy colleague.I also realize that only those who bring happiness for others can be truly happy.So I often take part in activities concerning public welfare.I once went to a barren mountain village with my classmates.We taught the kids there who could not afford school.While showing them how broad and how civilized the outer world is, I was deeply touched by their eagerness to learn, their honesty and their purity.I couldn't control my tears on the day when we left.The precious experience with the poor kids made me aware of the responsibility on the shoulders of us, future teachers.Besides study and social practice, there are entertainments as well.I do body building every day, hoping to keep healthy and energetic.We also write a play and put it on in our spare time.Campus life is the most splendid time.But different people have different choices.The majority of students cherish their beautiful season and cherish the hope that one day they'll become outstanding.But there

are indeed some students still under ignorance.They gather together for eating, drinking or playing cards.They're busy in searching for a girlfriend or a boyfriend.They forget completely about their mission as college students and the hope of their motherland.Finally, I do hope everybody can try their best to become a worthy citizen of the country.I do hope everybody can become the backbone of our nation and make great contributions to society!译文:享受生活、牢记使命

在我这18年的生命中，有着许多美好的经历，而大学生活则是其中最难忘的一段。我永远不会忘记刚刚跨进大学校园的那几天:花园一样的校园，热情活跃的学生，特别是那里的学习气氛，给我留下了深刻的印象。

经过了一段艰辛的军事训练后，我完全融入到了学习中。老师的讲课真是棒极了。他们传授给我们的不仅是课本上的知识，还包括其他各种各样的信息。我渴望获得尽可能多的知识，是老师激发起了我这个不能满足的欲望。

坦率地说，一开始我还不能跟上老师的讲课。但是，通过我自己的努力以及老师的指导，我取得了巨大的进步。我从老师的授课和其他许多学术报告中获益匪浅。

学习是个循序渐进、长期的过程，我会在知识的宝库中不断探索，丰富自我。今年暑假，我跨出象牙塔，进入并接触到了真正的社会。一个出版社给了我编辑和校对的兼职工作。

工作初期，同事们都礁不起我。但是，当我在一天之内翻译完7篇(总字数超过5000字)的英语文章后，他们真的是

大吃一惊。渐渐地，他们开始用尊敬的眼光看待我。他们认为，我变成了一个有用并值得信赖的好同事。

我也同样意识到，只有那些为别人带来幸福的人才能真正的幸福。因而，我经常参加有关公众福利享业的活动。有一次，我和同学去了一个贫痔的山区村庄。在那里，我们教那些没钱上学的孩子。我向他们展示了一幅宽广、文明的外部世界的画面，但同时我也被那些孩子学习的渴望、他们的真诚和纯洁深深打动了。在我们离开的那一天，我那不争气的眼泪禁不住流了下来。这次珍贵的经历让我们这些未来的教师意识到了自己肩上的责任重大。

除了学习和社会实践，我还经常参加娱乐活动。我每天都锻炼身体，希望保持健康和充满活力。我们还在业余时间写剧本并排练演出。

园生活是最丰富多彩的。但是，不同的人有着不同的选择。大多数的学生珍惜他们的美好时光，并殷切希望将来能出类拔萃。可是，的确有学生无动于衷。他们聚在一起吃喝玩乐;他们忙于追求异性朋友;他们完全忘记了自己作为大学生的使命和祖国对他们的厚望。

最后，我希望每个人都能尽最大努力成为国家的有用人才。我也希望每个人都能成为我们民族的脊梁，为社会做出巨大的贡献!Nature Is Our Mother

Let me begin my speech with a replay of scenes familiar to most, if not

all, of those present here today.”Mum, I'm sorry, but I need 3,000 yuan for my tuition this year.“

”Mum, it is my friend's birthday tomorrow, I must buy her a present.“

”Mum, this jacket was out of fashion long ago, would you do me a favor? “ Take.Take.Take.The relationship between a mother and a child always seems to follow such a pattern.I know my mother is always there for me, providing me with everything I need;from food to clothing, from tuition to pocket money.I never thought twice about all she did until one day she said, ”Will there be a time that you'll say you have taken enough from me? “

Like a child endlessly asking, we humans, throughout history, have been continually demanding what we desire from nature.We enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation.We take it for granted that we must warm ourselves in winter times, yet we seldom realize the burning away of precious natural resources.We appreciate all the prosperity from the development of modern industry, yet few would give the slightest consideration to the global air and water pollution caused by industrial wastes.Our ruthless exploitation has permanently impaired our mother earth.As we tragically learned from last summer's floods.we cannot continue our carelessness.Finally, standing here at the threshold of the 21st century, we cannot help thinking of our posterity.Nature is not only the mother of the present generation, but also the mother of the generations to come.How severely our descendents will criticize us if we leave them a barren and lifeless mother? How much more they will appreciate us if we give them a world of harmony to inherit? Let us start respecting and caring for nature from now on.Let us start the campaign of creating a mutually beneficial relationship between people and nature right from this moment.With this new start, I firmly believe, that our children, and our children's children will live in a brand new age of green trees, clean air, crystal water, blue sky and an even more promising world!自然是我们的母亲

请允许我用一个我们今天在座的大部分人，就算不是全部，都很熟悉的场景来展开我的演讲。

“妈妈，不好意思，今年的学费要三千元。”

“妈妈，明天是我朋友的生日，我要给她买份礼物。”

“妈妈，这件衣服早过时了，帮我买件新的，好吗?”

索取，索取，再索取。母亲和孩子的关系似乎永远都是这一种形式。我知道母亲总是我的靠山，给我一切需要的东西，从食物到衣服，从学费到零用钱。我觉得她所做的一切都是理所当然的，直到有一天，她说:“会不会有这么一天你对我说我已经索取够了?’’

就像孩子无止境的要求一样，我们人类，从古到今，也一直在向自然索求以满足欲望。我们享受家具的美丽与舒适，但我们从来就不愿去想一想由于采伐树林而引起的严重的土壤侵蚀问题。我们认为冬天要取暖是理所当然的事情，却未曾意识到宝贵的自然资源就这样被烧掉。我们高兴地看到现代工业发展带来了繁荣，但很少人会对由于工业废物导致的全球空气和水质污染问题稍加考虑。我们无情的剥削已经永远地伤害了地球母亲。我们从去年夏天的洪灾悲剧中已经认识到，我们不能再继续漠不关心下去了。

最后，站在21世纪的门槛上，我们不禁展望着繁荣昌盛。自然不仅是现在这一代人的母亲，更是未来一代人的母亲。如果我们留给他们的是一位贫瘩、毫无生气的母亲，那么我们会受到子孙们何等严厉的批评?如果我们留给他们的遗产是一个和谐的世界，他们会对我们作出何等的称赞?让我们从现在开始尊重、关爱自然。让我们立刻开展一场建立人类与自然互惠互利关系的运动。我坚信，有了这个新的开始，我们的孩子、孩子的孩子必将生活在一个绿树青葱、空气清新、水碧天蓝的崭新世纪，一个前景更加灿烂的世界!We Are a Normal Member of the Big Family of Nature

Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen.Today，we are gathering here

to discuss a very hot issue.how to find harmony in a new age between man and nature? Where modern science and technology are concerned I am only a layman I have to say.However, living in this ”new age“ , seeing my dear ones suffering from respiratory diseases from time to time, finding the beautiful colors of green and blue are being replaced by that of gray and pale, and realizing that our mother planet is getting more and more unhealthy;I can't help trying to offer my idea and my trivial efforts to look for the answer of the question.As the ancient Greek oracle goes: know thyself.I think in answering this above-mentioned question, this precondition is also very important.Who are we? This is a question, which should be answered not only by those specialists, but also by every one of human beings.Some people may proudly say: we are the masters of nature.It is true that the idea of ”man can conquer nature“ has dominated people's mind for years, and it is true, man has kept acting like a master and doing whatever things he wants for thousands of years.However, as the consequence of this kind of ”leadership“ , now the ”master“ seems to be confronted with problems that are far beyond his control.Facts are really very ample.The green house effect leaves islands and cities along the coast, such as this oriental pearl-Shanghai, in danger of the disaster of being drowned;the holes of the ozone layer make the earth less suitable to live for some

creatures including human beings;the phenomena of EL Nino and La Nina leave the land with serious flood and drought, and the diseases, caused by pollution, are increasing at an incredible speed...Seeing all these facts, can we still ignore the counterattack of nature? We are not the masters of nature.Facing all the disasters made by ourselves, we, mankind as a whole should realize that we are just a normal member of the big family of nature.Any mistreatment towards nature will meet only with the revenge from her.By saying so, I do not mean we should give a sudden stop to any development.Because that will result in a threat to the existence of human society.I mean we should treat nature equally, leaving the chance of existence and development to nature as we are obtaining the same thing, and thus we will get the situation of win-win.I am very pleased to find that now more and more people, from every corner of the planet, have come to realize that harmony with nature is the only way to universal and continuous progress and prosperity.And I think that is why we come here from all over the country to discuss this topic today.I want to end my speech by quoting from Mr.Nixon.”Our destiny offers, not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.“ The future is not ours to see of course.However, by seizing firmly the opportunities, by knowing clearly about ourselves, we, human beings, can doubtlessly

achieve the real harmony with nature!Thank you.译文:我们只是自然大家庭中普通的一员

尊敬的评委，女士们、先生们。今天我们聚在一起讨论一个热门的话题:如何在新时代找到人与自然的和谐?谈到科学技术，我必须承认，我是个门外汉。但是，生活在这个“新时代”，看着自己亲爱的人时刻遭受呼吸疾病的折磨，看着美丽的蓝色和绿色被灰色和苍白所代替，意识到我们的地球母亲正越来越不健康，我忍不住要提出自己的主张，奉献微薄的力量，去寻找这一问题的答案。

古希腊有这样一个神谕:了解自己。我想在回答上述的问题时，这一先决条件是很重要的。我们是谁?这是一个间题，不仅应由专家来回答，而且应该由每一个人来回答。

也许有人会自豪地说:我们是自然的主人。许多年来，“人定胜天”这一观念已在许多人心中根深蒂固，这是事实。长期以来，人类以主人的姿态随心所欲、为所欲为，这也是事实。不过，这种“主导”的后果是，今天所谓的“主人”面临着自己无法控制的问题。证据是充足的。温室效应使岛屿和沿海城市，比如上海这颗东方明珠等，处于被海水侵吞的灾难危机之中;臭氧层的空洞使得地球不再适宜于居住，对其他动物如此，对人类也一样;厄尔尼诺现象和拉尼那现象使地球早涝成灾;污染所导致的疾病正以惊人的速度传播着„„看到这些现象，我们还能无视这自然的反击吗?我们不是自然的主人。面对着自己造成的灾难，我们，整个人类，应该意识到我们只是自然大家族中普通的一员。任何对自然的虐待只能遭到来自自然的报复。

我这样说，并不是指我们应该马上停止发展。因为这会导致对人类社会生存的威胁。我指的是我们应该平等地对待自然，给自然以生存和发展的机会，就像我们自身所寻求的一样。只有这样，我们才会有一个皆大欢喜的境况。

我很高兴地发现来自地球各个地方的越来越多的人，正逐步意识到与自然的和谐是不断繁荣进步的出路。这就是今天我们从全国吝地汇集在此讨论这一话题的原因。

我想引用尼克松先生的话来结束我的发言:“我们的命运给予的不是失望之杯，是机遇之博。”当然，未来不是我们能够预测的。不过，紧紧抓住机遇，清楚地了解自己，我们人类，就一定能达成与自然的和楷，谢谢。

My Definition of Success

It is easy to describe success in terms of money, fame and reputation.But I believe that success is not external.I believe that success comes from within.My definition of success is to be true to yourself, and be true to others.That means, that you must cherish your personal ideal even in the face of adversity.I also believe that success is not discriminatory.Success is not restricted to such a class of people, in fact, it may be achieved by any person irrespective of his race, creed, gender and economic background.A good example of success is that of Beethoven.He is one of the world's most famous composers, yet he was deaf.He could not hear the majestic pieces of music that he created.Yet, in the face of this adversity, he was able to maintain his ideals--that of composing music.To exemplify what success means to me, I pose a question to all of you.What brings us together here today? I believe that it is the beauty of the spoken word.The effect of pause and the sound of rhetoric are unique to the spoken word.I believe the beauty of the spoken word is even stronger for those who have difficulty in expressing themselves.These people are reclusive and had their emotions hidden within them.I once went to Australia and I saw two pictures, Once was drawn by a normal child, the other was drawn by a child with social inhibitions.The picture drawn by the normal child was simple and plain.The other was life-like, full of details and imagination.What this shows is that these are ideas, emotions and feelings that are locked internally in these children.My ideal is to be the key, spreading the beauty of the spoken words to these children.These children have been neglected, but I feel that I can and should help these children to find themselves and be able to express themselves.I realize that this is a difficult task, and there are many obstacles on the way.But I believe in my ideals and I will stick to them--even in the

face of adversity.We should never have a premature abortion of ideals--let the child, let our ideals, stand the challenge.For a life without ideals is not living.Thank you!译文:成功之我见

用金钱、名誉和声望来描述成功，这很简单。但我相信成功不是外在的，我相信成功来源于自身。我对成功的定义是对已诚实，待人真诚。这就意味着即使面临困境厄运，你都必须坚守自己的理想。我同样相信成功没有偏见，成功不属于某一类人，事实上，不论种族、宗教信仰、性别和经济背景，任何人都能够获得。贝多芬的成功就是个很好的例子。他是世界上最著名的作曲家之一，而他却双耳失聪。他无法听到自己创作出的美妙乐章。然而，身

处如此逆境，他仍然能够坚持自己的理想——作曲。

为了举例说明我对成功的理解，我想给在座的诸位提一个问题。是什么让我们大家今天在此相会?我想是语言世界的美丽让我们走到了一起。停顿的效果和修辞之声是话语世界所独一无二的。我相信那些说话表达困难的人们对话语世界中的美丽体会得更为深刻。这些人都隐遁世间，把自己的感情深藏于心。我曾经去过澳大利亚，在那里看到了两幅画。一幅是正常儿童画的，另一幅是一个社会生活受限制的孩子画的。正常的孩子画的画简单、朴素，而另一幅却贴近现实生活，充满了细节和想象。这表明这些孩子的思想、情绪和感受都封闭在他们的内心深处。

我的理想是成为向这些孩子传播话语世界美好的钥匙。这些孩子曾被我们忽视，但我觉得我能够也应该帮助他们发现和认识自己，并且能够表达自己的想法。

我知道这是个艰巨的任务，实现起来会遇到许多困难和障碍。但我笃信自己的理想，并将坚守下去——即使逆境重重。我们千万不能对一个理想作出不成熟的弃绝决定——让这些孩子，让我们的理想经受挑战。因为，没有理想的生活是没有生气的。谢谢!My Definition of Success

“Once upon a time，there was a king who had a daughter as beautiful as a blooming rose.To all the suitors who came to the king's palace to ask for the hand of the princess, the old king assigned three tasks to be accomplished, each next to impossible.One day, into the king's palace came a handsome young prince...” Well, you know the rest.The three tasks may be different in different versions, but the main plot is always the same, with the prince claiming the princess's hand

triumphantly.And the ending is always the same, finishing with the line “And they live happily every after.” Why aren't we tired of something so fanciful, so unrealistic, and, I would say, so unimaginative? How can a story like that endure generations of repetition`? Because, I think, it is a typical success story.It is highly philosophical and symbolic.By implication, we see a 4-step definition of success: 1)a goal to be set.as represented by the beautiful princess;2)challenges to be met, as represented by the three tasks;3)the process of surmounting difficulties, as represented by the ordeals the youth goes through;and 4)the reward of success, as represented by the happy marriage.The story not only caters to everyone's inward yearning for success, but also emphasizes the inseparability of the process and the result.The reward of success will be much amplified if the path leading towards it is treacherous, and vice versa.If a person inherits his father's millions and leads an easy life, he is not a successful person even in material terms, because there are no difficulties involved in his achieving affluence.The term “success”, to be sure.will not sit still for easy definition.But as I understand it, the true meaning of success entails a combination of both the process and the satisfactory result of an endeavor.To clarify my view, let me give another analogy.If we changed the rules of football, greatly enlarged the goal and sent away David Seaman or any other goal keeper, so that another David, namely David Beckham, could score easily, then scoring would not give him the thrill of accomplishment and the joy that it brings.If we further changed the rules by not allowing Arsenal's defenders to defend, so that Beckham needed only to lift a finger, actually a toe, to score, then there would be no game at all, because the meaning of winning would have disappeared.In accepting the challenge, in surmounting the difficulties and in enduring the hardship, success acquires its value.The sense of attainment varies in proportion to the degree of difficulties on overcomes.The concept of success is not constant but relative because the nature of difficulty is also relative.Something you do effortlessly might pose a great difficulty for a handicapped person.In acquiring the ability to do the same as you can, he or she achieve success.That's why we greatly admire Stephen Hawking, because, though confined to a wheel chair, he has contributed greatly to the field of science.I myself, a rather shy person by nature who easily suffer from stage fright, had to pluck up great courage to take part in a speech contest like this.I could have stayed away and had an easy time of it by not entering the university level contest.But I chose to accept the challenge and to face the difficulties.Now here I am.If I come out first, it will be a great success for me.If I come out last-I hope this will not be the case-but if I

come out last, I will not call my attempt a failure, but will also celebrate it as a true success, because part of my goal is my own character training-to do more assertive, to be brave in face of difficulties.For me, it is a meaningful step forward, small as it is, in the long journey toward the final success in my life, because I have truly gained by participating.Let us return to our handsome young prince and the 4-step definition of success.You my have noticed that the usual worldly criteria of wealth, position and fame were not mentioned as part of the story, but rather, it emphasized the process of overcoming difficulties.The ancient wisdom had already defined the meaning of success, and this is my definition, too.Thank you.译文:成功之我见

“很久以前，有个国王，他的女儿貌美如花。老国王向所有来求婚的男士提出了三个任务作为挑战，而每一项任务都异常艰巨，几乎不可能完成。一天，来了一位年轻英俊的王子„„”好了，下面的故事你们都知道了。三项任务在不同的版本中各不相同，但关键部分的情节都如出一辙:王子成功地过关，得到了公主的芳心。而故事的结局也都一样，最后一句都写道:“从此他们幸福地生活在一起。

为什么我们对如此美妙、如此不切实际,而我要说,如此缺乏想象力的东西这么乐此不疲呢?这样的故事又如何能够经历几代人的重复?我想，因为它是典型的成功的例子。故事的思想性很强，具有代表性。通过故事带给我们的启示，我们认识到了成功定义中的四个步骤;第一，目标的设定，有如故事里美丽的公主;第二，所遇到的困难和挑战，就像三大任务;第三，克服困难的过程，故事中青年经历重重难关可以作为象征;第四，就是成功的果实，如同幸福的婚姻。

这个故事不仅迎合了人们内心深处对成功的向往，也强调了过程和结果的不可分离。如果通往成功的道路崎岖曲折，那么成功的回报必然硕果累累，反之亦然。如果一个人继承了父辈的百万家产而生活得轻松富足，那么，即使在物质上，他也不能算是个成功人士，因为，他的财富并没有经过艰难困苦而获得。确切地说，“成功”这个词，不是个静态简单的定义。在我的理解中，真正意义上的成功是奋斗的过程和经历了奋斗之后赢得的满意的结果。请让我另举一例来阐明我的见解。

如果我们试着改变足球的比赛规则，将球门放得很大，换下大卫?希曼或其他任何的守门员，这样，随便哪个“大卫”，比如说，“大卫?贝克汉姆”，就可以轻松进球，然而这样进一球却不能给他带来成功的震颤与喜悦。如果我们再改一改比赛规则，不让阿森纳队的防守来守门，那么，贝克汉姆只要动动手，其实就是抬抬脚就能进一球，那样的话、，实际上也没有什么比赛可言了，因为赢球的意义已经不存在了。在接受挑战、克服困难和经历磨难的过程中，“成功”的价值才得以丰满。取得成果的意义和所克服的艰难的程

度成正比。所谓成功的概念不是一成不变的.而昙相对而言的,因为困难的性质也是相对意义上的。

正常人不费力气做成的事对于一个残疾人来说也许相当困难。获得了同正常人一样的能力，这个残疾人就获得了成功。这便是我们为什么崇敬史蒂芬?霍金的原因—虽然行动不便，受到了轮椅的限制，他依然为科学界作出了巨大的贡献。

就我自己而言，生性羞涩，容易怯场，不得不鼓起非常大的勇气来参加此次的演讲比赛。我完全可以待在一边，不参加大学级别的比赛，而落得轻松自在。可是，我还是选择了接受这一挑战来面对困难。现在我来了，如果我能够得第一的话.这对我来说就是巨大的成功。如果，我是最后一名—我希望情况不是这样—但如果我真的是最后一名，我也不会认为这次的尝试是一次失败，反而我要把它当作一次真正的成功来庆贺，因为我一部分的目标是对自己性格的锻炼—更加坚强、勇敢地面对困难。对我来说，这标志着我在通向成功人生的漫漫征途中又向前迈进了一步，尽管是很小的一步，但是我确实通过参与真正地获得了收益。

回到我们年轻英俊的王子和对“成功”的四步骤定义上吧，您也许已经注意到了财富、地位和名誉等这些世俗的标准在故事中并未提及，相反故事强调了克服重重困难的过程。古代的智慧已经对成功的意义下了定义，这也是我的定义。

谢谢!If There Were No After Life Whether there’s afterlife, the answer has never been the same.The atheists deny after life, believing that our life is no more than from the cradle to the grave.They may care about their illustrious names after death;they may feel attached to the affection of their offspring, but they never lay their hopes on their afterlife.They may also say that good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil, but they don’t really believe any retribution in their after life.However, in the religious world or among the superstitious people, the belief in afterlife is very popular.They do not only believe in afterlife, but thousands of reincarnations as well.In the mysterious world, there are the paradise and the hell, the celestial beings and the gods, the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas.Maybe they really believed it, or maybe they just wanted to make use of people’s veneration, the ancient emperors always declared that they were

the real dragons, the sons of God, while the royal ministers claimed to be the reincarnations of various constellations.But can the stars reincarnate?

Many people burn incense and kowtow, do good deeds and strive for virtues, not just for the present, but mainly to let God see their sincerity so as to be reborn into a better afterlife, or to achieve the highest enlightenment after several lives of practice.They do believe in afterlife.But I can’t help asking: Suppose there were no afterlife, would you still do good deeds and strive for virtues? And If God does not see what you are doing, would you still be so upright and selfless? If you work, not for serving the public and liberating the others, but just for a better afterlife of your own, isn’t it a little too selfish? Comparing with this kind of believers, those who don’t believe in afterlife, but still keep doing good deeds, are the most sincere and honest philanthropists, because they do them not for themselves but for other.You may wonder if I believe in afterlife.My answer is: I know nothing about my previous life, so I dare not make improper comments on afterlife.But I do hope there’s afterlife!Because our present life is so short that so many things slip away before our proper understanding.I have so many dreams, so many wishes, so many ambitions, as well as so many regrets and concerns.If there were no afterlife, all of them will remain unrealized!I’m not contented with the present commonplace life, I’m very much

attached to the affections that should have been mine but have been washed away by the hurrying time, and I yearn for the perfection and maturity if I could start all over again.So believe it or not, I’d rather there were afterlife.Translated by Zhang Baodan(Diana)May 1, 2004 假如没有来世

有没有来世，众说纷纭。无神论者，不相信来世。他们认为从生到死，仅此而已。他们可能在意身后的英名，他们可能留恋后代的亲情，但他们不寄希望于来世。他们也会说善有善报，恶有恶报，但并不相信下辈子报应什么。

在宗教领域、或在一些迷信的人群，来世之说比较盛行。不仅是来世，甚至会认为有千百次的轮回。在那未知而飘渺的世界，有天堂，有地狱，有神族，有仙界，有菩萨、有佛祖。

也许真的相信、也许是为了利用人们的敬畏心里，古代的帝王们总是宣称自己是真龙天子，大臣们则标榜为天上的什么文曲星、武曲星或太白金星转世。星星能转世吗？

许多人烧香、磕头，行善、修德，并不都是为了眼前，而是为了让上天看见自己的真诚，以便下辈子有个好的托生，或者几世之后能修成正果。这些人自然是相信来世的。但我不禁要问：如果没有来世，你们会不会一样行善、修德呢？如果神灵看不见，你们是否也会公正无私呢？如果不是为了解脱他人和服务大众才去修行，如果仅仅是为了自己将来托生好才去行善，是否有些自私呢？比较起来，那些不相信来世而又坚持行善的人，则应该是最真、最诚的大善。因为他们不是为自身，而是为公理。

也许有人会问作者，你相信来世吗？我的回答是：我不知道前生，因而也不敢妄谈后世。但我真的希望能有来世！因为这辈子时间太短，许多事情都是在还没弄明白的时候，就已经匆匆过去了。我有那么多的理想，我有那么多的心愿，我有那么多的奢望，我有那么多的遗憾，我有那么多的牵挂，我有那么多的雄心壮志，如果没有来世，那就一切皆空了。

我不甘心眼前的碌碌无为，我留恋被岁月冲走的本应属于我的亲情，更向往从头再来的完美和成熟。为此，信也好，不信也好，我宁愿有来世。

Tips for Making an Effective Speech

1、You must speak up and project your voice even if you are using a microphone.2、Your voice should be resonant and sustained when you speak.3、Pitch your voice slightly lower than normal.Listeners tend to associate credibility and authority with a relatively deep voice.4、Try to end declarative sentences on a low tone without, however, trailing off in volume.5、Slow down.1、即使是用麦克风，也要声音响亮并运气发声。

2、声音要有回声并能稍持续一阵儿。

3、音调要定得比正常讲话时低一些，听众往往把可信度和权威性与一个相对低沉的声音联系在一起。

4、尽量用降调结束陈述句，但不要减弱音量。

5、放慢语速。

己的所学准确生动的表达，运用到演讲里去？ 段津：学习也没有什么捷径可走。

1，慢慢积累，不要放弃。2，多看、多读、多模仿。

3，要记录。写有用的短语、词句，要把它记下来，而且要注意比较外国人和中国不同的表达法。举个例子，中国人讲话的时候，谢谢大家对我的热烈欢迎，很平实的。英语国家的人讲这么一句话，“Thank you for the warm hospitality that makes me feel so welcome。”意思就是“谢谢你们的好客，这个好客使我感觉到自己如此受欢迎”。假如你没有看过英文、听过英文，你绝对不能想到这么表达。.....要用英文来思维，越是觉得有点怪怪的，越是要学的。时间久而久之，你就不会讲中式英文。段津：....这演讲要素12项是Presenting Skills（演说技巧)1.Know your topic（知道你要讲什么题目）2.Know your audience（了解你的听众）

3.Know your start and stop times，as well as who else is on（知道你开始和停止的时间以及除你之外还有谁要讲话）

4.Know what you want people to do differently and tell them（对你所说的和人们所做的有什么不同，心中要有数，并让听众知道）

5.Make major points.（写下你的讲话要点）

6.Check all your equipment，sound，lighting and seating arrangements.（检查你的器材、音响、灯光和座位）7.Ask someone you trust and respect to constructively critique you.（请一个你所信任和尊敬的人对你的讲稿提出建设性的批评和意见）

8.Relax before you go on.（演讲前要放松）

9.Practise，practise，practise.（练习、练习，再练习）

10.Remember that even if you miss a bit or forget a couple of lines，nobody knows except you.（记住即或你漏掉一点或忘掉几行，除了你自己，别人是不会发现的）

11.Omit telling jokes unless you are already a good joke-teller or plan to get better.（收起你想讲的笑话，除非你已经擅长讲笑话或者计划在这方面有所提高）12.Have fun（要有趣味）

上述12项提示是国外人士从大量实践中总结出来的有用经验，可供我们借鉴。

段津：我们讲话，不管是对哪个国家的人士不要指手划脚。当我们谈自己的情况，不要谈的太满，应该留有余地，既谈成绩，也谈困难。另外，对人家的事情不要指指点点。还有一件事情要注意，作为一个使节，不要评论第三国的事情，最安全的就是我谈我自己的情况，我的体会，我的经验，然后是我们的共同点。

Is There a Short Cut？孙宁

Be yourself 顾秋蓓

无一不可入演讲 洪晔

平谈中透着哀伤 夏鹏

第二章 昨日重现（原声）

第一届 央视《环球了望》选段 刘欣

第二届 穿洋越海 梁励敏

第三届 东西方相聚 芮成钢

第四届 我们和黄河一道成长 蔡力

第六届 新北京，三色新奥运 戚悦

第七届 全球化：中国年轻一代所面临的挑战与机遇 孙宁

第八届 难忘的一幕 顾秋蓓

第九届 机会之门就在前方 洪晔

第十届 城墙与桥梁 夏鹏

第三章 明灯导航

“21世纪杯”英语演讲的艺术 史蒂芬?卢卡斯

第三只眼看演讲 吴杏莲

附录

“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛和流程简介

历届比赛一览

第三届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——梁励敏

Crossing the Sea Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.The title of my speech today is “Crossing the Sea”.An English poet by the name of Rudyard Kipling once wrote in his poem “We and They”: “All the people like us are We And everyone else is They We live over the sea While They live over the way We eat pork and beef with cowhorn-handled knives They who gobble their rice off a leaf Are horrified out of their lives.” When these lines first caught my eyes, I was shocked-how could two peoples remain so isolated and ignorant of each other in the past? Today's society, of course, is an entirely different picture.Those people who used to eat with cowhorn-handled knives might be very skillful in using chopsticks, and those people who used to gobble their rice might be as well have taken to fish and chips.Indeed, just take China as an example: Our modern life has been

influenced by Western style of living in so many ways that it's no longer surprising to see teenagers going crazy about rock-and-roll, whole families dining out at McDonald's and even rather elderly people dressed in Apple Jeans.However, these are only some expressions of the cultural changes taking place in our society today.What is really going on is a subtle but significant restructuring of the nation's mentality.Just look around.How many college graduates are ready to compete aggressively for every job opportunity, whereas not long ago they were asked just to sit idle and wait for whatever was to be assigned to them by the government? How many young people are now eager to seek for an independent life whereas only two decades ago they would rely totally on their parents to arrange for their future? Ask anyone who participates in today's speech contest.Who has not come with a will to fight and who has not come determined to achieve self-fulfillment in winning the game? And I'm quite certain that if Confucius had lived to see today's China, he would have been horrified to see young lovers kissing each other in public places in an unreserved expression of their passion.It is therefore evident that we as descendants of an ancient Eastern civilization are already living under strong inf1uence of the Western culture.But it is not only in China that we find the incorporation of the two cultures.Take the United States as an example: During the 1980s,in face of the overwhelming competition from Japan, many American companies such as the Ford began to adopt a teamwork management from their rivals, the essence of which, lay at the very core of Eastern culture.Take the Chinese acupuncture as another example: This traditional treatment of diseases is finally finding its way to the West and hence the underlying notion that illness is resulted from the imbalance between Yin and Yang within the body--an idea which would strike any Westerner as incredible in the past!Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in a great epoch when the global integration of economy and the information revolution have brought cultures of the world closer than ever before.We live in a particular era when countries, East and West, find themselves in need of readjusting their traditional values.We live, at the same time, at a critical juncture of our evolution because such problems as ethnic conflicts and regional unrest are increasingly posing a threat to the peace and happiness of the whole human race.To cope with such an era and to embrace an even brighter future, we need to learn to live more harmoniously in a world community which is becoming smaller and smaller.My dear fellow students, our command of the English language renders it possible for us to gain an insight into Western culture while retaining our own cultural identity.Therefore, it is our sacred responsibility to promote the cultural exchanges and hence the mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world.It is my happiest dream that the new generation of Chinese will not only grow up drinking Coca-Cola and watching Hollywood, but also be blessed with the far-reaching benefits of multiple cultures;benefits that our forefathers had never, ever dreamed of.To end my speech, I would like to quote Rudyard Kipling again: “All the people like us are We And everyone else is They But once you cross over the sea You will end by looking on We As only a sort of They” Thank you.译文:穿越海洋

女士们、先生们，晚上好。今天，我演讲的题目是:《穿越海洋》。英国诗人罗得雅德?吉卜林曾写过一首诗，名叫《我们与他们》，其中写道: 像我们的人是我们=其余的人是他们=我们生活在海这边=他们生活在路那边=我们用牛角柄的刀叉吃猪牛肉=吞吃粽叶包饭的他们吓得要死。=== 第一次读到这首诗，我很震惊——过去两个民族何以如此疏离、彼此陌生?当然今日的社会呈现出完全不同的情景:那些过去吃米饭的人们也开始喜欢吃鱼和薯条。的确如此，就拿中国来说，西方的生活方式已经广泛地影响了我们的现代生活，以致对于年轻人对摇滚乐着迷，全家去吃麦当劳，老年人穿苹果牌牛仔裤，大家都已习以为常。

然而，这不过是我们当今社会中所发生的文化变迁的表面现象而已，真正发生的却是我们的民族心理开始了微妙而又有重大意义的重建，大家只要看看周围就会清楚。

不久以前，大学生还只是束手空坐，等待政府给他们分配工作;如今，又有多少大学生正在做充分准备，为争取任何工作机会而激烈角逐?

20年前年轻人还完全依靠父母为他们安排未来，今天又有多少年轻人在急切地寻求一种独立的生活?试问今天参加演讲比赛的诸位，谁不是带着志在一搏的心情来到这里?谁不是铁下心来赢得这场比赛以实现自我?如今年轻人毫无顾忌地宣泄情感当众亲吻，我确信，倘若孔子在世，他必被吓坏。

很明显，我们这些东方古老文明的后裔们早已生活在西方文化的强烈影响之下，然而出现这种异质文化合流的现象不止是在中国。

以美国为例，20世纪80年代，面对来自日本的强大竞争压力，许多美国公司如福特公司开始采用对手的集体合作管理方式，而这种方式正是东方文化核心之精华。

再以中华针灸为例，这种传统的医疗方法以及这种疗法的依据——即人体阴阳失调导致疾病最终得到西方社会的承认，而在过去，西方人还认为这是无稽之谈。

女士们，先生们，我们恰逢一个伟大的时代:全球经济一体化、信息革命使得世界各种文化联系比以往更加紧密;我们恰逢一个特殊的年代:无论是东方国家还是西方国家都意识到自身急需调整传统价值。与此同时，我们正生活在发展的关键时刻:种族冲突，地区动荡正越来越威胁着整个人类的和平与幸福。如何对待这一时代，拥抱更加灿烂的未来，我们需要学会在越来越小的世界大家庭中更加和睦地生活。

亲爱的同学们，我们掌握英语，得以了解西方文化，与此同时，又不失本民族的文化特征。

因此，促进中国与世界的文化交流与相互理解是我们神圣的责任。

我有一个美好的梦想，我梦想中国的年轻一代不仅仅在喝可口可乐、看好莱坞影片中成长，而且还受益于我们的父辈所从未梦想过的多元文化所带来的深远影响。

最后，再次以罗得雅德?吉卜林的诗作为我此次演讲的结尾: 像我们的人是我们=其余的人是他们=然而一旦你们穿洋越海=就不会再把我们=看做仅仅是他们。谢谢。

第三届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛亚军——芮成钢

East and West have met 东西方相聚

runner-up: Rui Cheng gang, Foreign Affair College Honorable judges, ladies and gentlemen:

Kipling said:“ East is east, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet!” But now, a century later, they have met.They have met in business.They have met in education.They have met in the arts.Some would argue that these meetings leave us with a choice between East and West ,but I believe the best future lies in the creative combination of both worlds.We can make Western ideas, customs and technology our own, and adapt them to our own use.We can enjoy the best of all worlds, because our tradition is, above all, one of selecting the

best and making it our own.But, do Western styles and values threaten our identity? History makes it easy for us to think so-perhaps too easy.Some people seem to think that adopting Western customs, such as a bride wearing white-which has long been a color of mourning in China, instead of the traditional Chinese red for her wedding, is another submission to foreign intervention,--a betrayal of our heritage, they say.They fear that as we become “globalized”, we will no longer be Chinese.I do not agree.History teachers that a strong and confident nation is at ease in hearing from the outside world.The wedding of Eastern and Western cultures, whether in white gowns or red, brings us variety.It is a rich banquet of special foods from all over the world.As an amateur gourmet of Chinese cuisine, our superb flavours delight me.But my Chinese taste appreciates food from any land.I even allow the convenience of McDonald's a place in my life without giving up my good taste.My grandfather taught me to hum tunes of Beijing opera from the time I was very young;they are deep in my spirit, part of my soul.I love Beijing opera, because it always reminds me of who I am.But I am also a fan of modern pop music, the No.1 fan of Spice Girls on campus.of course, it goes far beyond food, music and dance.It goes into values and ways of thinking about the world.Once upon a time, or so my teacher told me, a Chinese boy and an American girl had a squabble.Both wanted to keep a bunny rabbit they had found in the garden.Surely you've seen a rabbit sunning himself in the grass.Nothing is more lovable, nothing more natural.No wonder they wanted him.The Chinese boy played his er-hu.Happiness and joy, longing and passion, filled the air.The little rabbit swayed gently and began to move his ears in the direction of the music.He liked what he heard.The girl then took out her violin and played it to produce beautiful melodies of her own.The rabbit began to bounce in her direction.So intent were the children on their own music that neither paid the other any attention.The competing melodies confused the little rabbit and he did not know which way to turn.Unable to attract the little creature, both children gave up;they walked away, in different directions, leaving the rabbit...alone.But, what if they listened ,what if they really heard each other's music，instead of always playing their own tunes?

When I hear the music of a violin ,rich with the joys of men and women who came together and sang and danced...I hear echoes of the music of the grass lands, of the hills, of the rivers...of my own native land.Is music mine and yours, or is it ours?

What I want to hear is the er-hu and the violin played together, in rhythm and

in

tune.Together, we can produce new and beautiful music, rich with textures and sounds that can only be made in harmony.The rabbit sits in the grass in the ever-warming sun.Waiting for us to play, waiting for the symphony to begin.Will he have to wait forever? The choice is ours.Thank you.尊敬的评委、女士们、先生们：吉卜林说过，“东方是东方，西方是西方，两者永不聚！”然而如今，在一个世纪之后，东西方相聚了。

它们在贸易中相聚，在教育中相聚，在艺术中相聚。

有人争论说这种东西方之聚,使得我们能够在东西方中作出选择.然而我相信最美好的未来在于东西方世界的创造性的结合，我们可以变西方的观念、习俗、技术为己所有，为己所用；我们可以享受两上不同世界之精华，总之，我们的传统之一就是择其精华，为己所用。

然而，西方的生活方式和价值会威胁到我们的民族特色吗？

历史让我们轻易相信——也许是太轻易地让我们相信此说了。

有人似乎认为彩西方习俗，比如新娘结婚穿白色婚纱，是对外国介入的屈服，是对传统遗产的背叛，因为按中国传统，结婚新娘要穿红色，而白色长期以来代表的是哀悼。

这些人担心一量我们变得全球化，我们也就不在是中国人了。

我不这样认为。

历史告诉我们：一个强大自信的民族学起外面的世界易如反掌。

无论是穿白衣还是黑衣，还是东西方异质文化的联姻，都给我们带来多姿多采的生活。

东西方异质文化的联姻是一席来自世界各地佳肴的盛宴。

身为中国菜的业余美食家，我喜欢民族的佳肴。

然而我的中国口味也欣赏异国的风味。

生活中我为简便吃麦当劳，却不会放弃自己的良好口味。

从小祖父就教我哼唱京剧，京剧深入我的精神之中，成为我灵魂的一部分。

我热爱京剧，因为京剧让我总想起自己是谁。

但是我也迷恋现代流行音乐，在学校里还是“辣味女孩”的头号歌迷。

当然，异质文化的交流远不止于食物、音乐和舞蹈，它深入到价值观和世界观。

有一次老师给我讲了一个中国男孩和一个美国女孩发生争执的故事。

在花园里他们俩发现了一只小兔，两人都想要。

你肯定见过草丛中晒太阳的小兔。

没什么东西比小兔子更可爱的，更富有自然情趣了，难怪他们两人都想要它。

男孩拉起了二胡，愉快喜悦的琴声，充满了渴望和激情，回荡在空中，小兔子听着这音乐轻轻摇摆，耳朵转向音乐，它喜爱男孩的琴声。

女孩也取出小提琴，拉出悠扬的旋律。

小兔子听了朝她跑去。

两人都全神贯注于自己的音乐，丝毫没注意对方演奏的音乐。

交杂在一块的音乐困惑了小兔子，它不知该朝哪走。男孩和女孩都不能将小兔子吸引过来，只好放弃，各自走开了，扔下小兔子独自一人。

然而倘若他们倾听对方的音乐，而不是各自为歌，那么结果会如何呢？

当我听到小提琴声响起，男男女女走道一起又唱又跳，乐声中充满了欢乐，此时我也听见了草原上、山谷间、小河旁传来得我们本民族的音乐的回声。

音乐分你我，还是属于我们大家？

我想听的是二胡与小提琴的合奏，旋律与节奏和谐一致。

大家一起才能创造出新颖动听音乐，只有在和谐中大家才能创造出富有神韵的乐声。

在温暖的阳光中，小兔子在等待着我们一起演奏，等待着交响乐开始。

他有必要再永远的等下去吗？决择在于我们自己。谢谢。

Liu Xin: Thank you, contestant number 10.Now you're going to compare street markets and supermarkets.Rui Cheng gang:

Well, thank you very much.Um as a man who suffered from male chauvinism, I used to think that shopping is a privilege of women.I seldom do shopping until I have to.But three years ago, something happened and it changed my view.I remember it was the first day I went to college.After I had put down my luggage, I went out of the school to have a look around.It was a romantic rainy day.And guess what, I found the street market, right beside the school.And I saw lots of middle-aged men and women talking with the sellers of fruit, clothes and soft drinks and it seems to me that they were intimate friends.And then I said to myself, why not have a try.So I walked to the seller of pineapple and talked to him.And then i bought a pineapple and bargain with him and then i will eat the pineapple while wandering around the street market and enjoy the simple things of life.Thank you.Judge: You mentioned in your first speech the importance of variety even though the east and west are converging.But many people think that one of the problems of modern life is the lack of variety.This hotel looks like every other hotel in the world and the whole world is becoming an airport.Hong Kong looks like Singapore and so on.Do you think that we may be in danger of losing the very variety that you think is so important? Rui Cheng gang:

The variety.Of course I do not think so.I don't think we are losing variety.Instead ,we are, I think we are getting more varieties.Well nowadays, as i had mentioned in my speech, we have a combination of eastern and western music, food and lifestyles.Actually I, I think I read an article in Vienna and many western critic and composers feel that a western music which has traditionally emphasized on the harmony between different instruments now is becoming increasingly, it increasingly reflects eastern music style.However, the eastern music style brought them a completely new sense of music.So I don't think we are losing variety.I think we are having more varieties.And also in our daily life, I think we have more choice.It's not actually a

choice between the east and west.Actually I think the choice is a combination of the two.And this doesn't necessarily mean we are losing our variety.We are updating what variety is.Thank you.Judge: In your second speech just now about street markets.You said that you enjoyed going to the street markets.It's a peaceful life and eating pineapples.Could you say something more comparing street markets and supermarkets as regards prices and quality and choice of products, things like that.Rui Cheng gang:

Yes.Of course I prefer street market to super market.And actually I think ,nowadays the prices in the supermarket are becoming lower and lower to meet the demands of the people.But somehow I think people, not only Chinese people, but people from all over the world, will enjoy street markets much better.Because even though going to the supermarket will help you to get rid of a lot of the trouble of bargaining ,but somehow you lose the fun of talking with people and communicating with each other, and i think the super market just reflects one of the problems of modern society.I mean the alienation of people and their fellow man.And so I think that street market is secure to these disease or illnesses in modern society.Thank you.刘欣：谢谢十号选手。现在请你对街市和超级市场做一个比较。芮成钢：

谢谢你。唔，以前由于深受男权主义影响，我向来把购物当作是女性的特权。不到万不得已决不得已决不上街购物。但在三年前发生的一件事改变了我的观点。记得那是我进大学的第一天，放置好行李后我走出学校四处看一看。那是个浪漫的雨天。你猜怎样？就在学校附近我发现了一条街市。

我看到许多中年男女正在与卖水果、服装、饮料的摊主议价，似乎是很熟的朋友。我对自己说，何不一试呢？

于是我走到一个卖菠萝的小贩前同他说起价来，最后买下一个菠萝。忽然间我意识到这十分有意思。回到学校后我想了一想，总结出这所以会钟情于街市的两点原因。首先，它带给了我乐趣。其次，我喜欢讲价。实际上我认为讲价是提高口才的极端有效的办法。没有这几年讲价经验的积累，我想我也不会有现在的机会站在这儿用流利的英语向你们做演讲。三年过去了，我一周还至少上街一次。我会去卖菠萝的小贩那儿和讲价，然后一边吃菠萝一边在街市上慢步，享受生命中一些小乐趣。谢 谢！评委：在你的第一个演讲中你提到，尽管东、西方文化存在共性，多样性仍有其重要性。可是许多人觉得现代生活中存在的问题之一就是缺少多样性。这家饭店看似世界上其他饭店，整个世界成了一个机场。香港看似新加坡，诸如此类。既然人认为多样性很重要，你是否认为我们正濒临丧失这种多样性的危机的边缘？

芮成钢：

说到多样性，我并不认为我们正濒临丧失这种多样性的危机，与此相反，我认为我们正取得越来越多的多样性。

正如我刚才说过的，在现代社会中，我们在音乐、饮食和生活方式方面都有东西方的结合。几年前，我曾在《中国日报》上看到一篇文章，说中国音乐在维也纳受到热烈的欢迎。许多西方评论家和作曲家认为，西方音乐传统上将重点放在各种乐器的配合上，现在刚更多地反映东方音乐的风格。东方音乐的风格给他们带了全新的意识。

因此，我认为我们并没有丧失多样性，而是在取得更多的多样性。在日常生活中，我们也拥有更多的选择。并不是说是选择东方还是选择西方，百是在东西方的结合中进行选择。这不一定就意味着我们正在丧失多样性。我们正在不断地高速这种多样性。谢谢。芮成钢：

好。我当然是喜欢街甚于超级市场。我认为，现在超级市场的物价为了迎合大众的需要在逐渐调低。但我总觉得不仅是中国人，所有的人都会喜欢街市更多一些。因为尽管上超市可以省去讲价的麻烦，你多少也损失了和人聊天和交往的乐趣。超市反映了现代生活的众多问题。在此我指的是人与人之间的疏离。而街市则可避免现代社会的这些毛病。谢谢。

第四届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——蔡力

WE AND OUR YELLOW RIVER: THRIVING TOGETHER Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.The issue of the Yellow River has become the biggest concern of members of the Chinese peoples Political Consultative Conference.My childhood, in fact, is closely associated with the river.My father is an engineering geologist, and he used to take me with him on his trips to the hydropower stations on the river.I enjoyed those trips, especially the trip to Longyang Xia reservoir.Although ten years have passed since my visit, I can still recall the scenery;I can still recall the water I saw at the reservoir.It was pure，clean and blue, not like the water I saw in the middle reaches of the river, which had turned brown and muddy after passing through the Loess Plateau.Once during our stay at the power station, we were caught in a thunderstorm.And when rain stopped, I could see trickles of water rolling down mountain slopes and flowing into the reservoir.It carried little mud or sand, because at that time, trees and grass still grew around the reservoir.And they protected the soil.At Longyang Xia I was struck by the beauty of nature, and as a child I wanted to stay there and to grow up with our Yellow River.Li Bai, the Tang Dynasty poet, said praises to the flowing water in the Yellow River.He saw it as coming down from heaven and nurturing the people along her way to the sea.However, in 1997,for 330days, not a single drop of water from the Yellow River went into the sea.And droughts are not the only punishment by nature.A friend of my father's, a university professor, is doing research on the Yellow River.According to this professor, the Yellow River will soon change its course if we allow this situation to continue.Because there is no longer enough water to carry away the silt and mud in the lower reaches of the river and the riverbed rises higher and higher each year.We have taken too much from nature, but given back too little in return.And this is the cost of the unbalanced growth.If we had taken care of the

vegetation in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River, we would still experience the river as Li Bai described it.While the developed countries are consuming proportionally more natural resources than the rest of the world, they've also taken some good measures in protecting nature.And as a developing country, China can learn from them in this aspect.Last year, when I was visiting Australia with a group of Chinese students who had won prizes in an English Skills Test, our Australian hosts invited us to join them for a horse-ride in the mountains.After two hours on horseback, we reached a valley, where there was a most beautiful meadow, with flowers in all colors dotted on a huge blanket of green.When I began to praise the beauty of nature, my friends told me that in this valley, there used to be a big mine and the wastewater from the mine turned everything brown.When the mine was abandoned, people made great efforts to restore the green vegetation.They also used the latest biological technology choosing the best grass seeds suitable for the local soil.So the beautiful meadow is a result of commitment, hard work, and new technology.What happened to this valley in Australia should also happen to our Yellow River and, in fact, it is happening.I have seen farmers planting trees on mountains along the Yellow River.I have seen them climb the mountain tops with seedlings on their shoulders because they had no

machinery.I have seen them pour on trees the water they had carried up in buckets from miles down the valley.These farmers are quietly nourishing our Yellow River, just as the river has nourished them.And these farmers, men and women I don't know, gave me the confidence that we and our Yellow River will grow together, and someday in the future, we will be able to drink the clean water from our Yellow River again, because she is our dearest mother.Thank you.第六届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——戚悦

New Beijing, the Three-colored New Olympics Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen: Bidding for the Olympic Games is, in a way, an image-creating undertaking.The first and foremost thing is to let people fall in love with the city at first sight, attracting them by its unique image.What image does Beijing intend to create for itself once it has the opportunity to host the 2008 Olympics? It’s known to all that the Beijing Municipal Government has already set the theme for the future games: New Beijing, Great Olympics.For me, the 2008 Olympics will be a great green Olympics illuminated with two more special colors, yellow and red.First, yellow is a meaningful color.The Yellow River is China’s mother river and the cradle of Chinese civilization.We are of the yellow race and descendants of the Yellow Emperor.This color has a special origin and great significance for the Chinese people.Beijing is the capital of New

China and previously the capital for nine dynasties in Chinese history.So, yellow will naturally add splendor to the 2008 Games.Secondly, the 2008 Olympics will be a red pageant.Red is another traditionally cherished color for the whole country.We adore red.On big occasions, we like to decorate our homes in red.It is the color of double happiness, representing joyous moments, 1)auspiciousness, enthusiasm and prosperity.Red is one of the most suitable colors to describe the future of Beijing.Beijing, together with the whole country, is becoming more and more prosperous in the process of modernization.Should the 2008 Olympics be held in Beijing, the whole city will be a sea of red: the red torch, red flags, red flowers, and the radiant faces of millions of joyful people.Above all, the 2008 Olympics will be a green Olympics.Adding the green 2)ingredient is essential in creating an appealing image, as we can’t deny the fact that Beijing, at the moment, is not as green a city as what we like it to be.Striving for an environmentally appealing city has become a central task for all the citizens of Beijing.Big efforts have been made in pollution control, replanting and beautification of the city.According to a project entitled “The Green Olympic Action Plan,” between 1998 and 2007, Beijing will have invested 100 billion RMB in preserving and protecting the environment.Some 12.5 million trees and over 1 million acres of grass will be planted along the Fourth Ring Road.By then, the city’s green area will make up 40% of its total.The city will also dredge its 3)reservoirs used as a water supply to Beijing residents, controlling industrial pollution and moving out the 200 factories presently located within the city proper.Certainly, all of this is no easy task.But I am sure that all of us have confidence that we will realize these “green” goals, for now we have the full support and participation of the environmentally conscious citizens.Each citizen is showing great concern for every one of the steps the city government takes.As the saying goes, “United, we stand”, and a green Beijing will be achieved.When our aspiration becomes a reality, it will be a unique Olympics.“New Beijing, Great Olympics” will be weaved of these three superb colors: yellow, red and green.Let us welcome it and look forward to it!Thank you!第七届“21世纪杯”全国英语演讲比赛冠军——孙宁

Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities for China's Younger Generation Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen: Today I'm very happy to be here to share with you some of my thoughts on the topic of Globalization.And first of all, I would like to mention an event in our recent history.Thirty years ago, American President Richard Nixon made an epoch-making visit to China, a country still isolated at that time.Premier

Zhou Enlai said to him, “Your handshake came over the vastest ocean in the world-twenty-five years of no communication.” Ever since then, China and America have exchanged many handshakes of various kinds.The fundamental implication of this example is that the need and desire to communicate across differences in culture and ideology is not only felt by the two countries but by many other nations as well.As we can see today, environmentalists from different countries are making joint efforts to address the issue of global warming, economists are seeking solutions to financial crises that rage in a particular region but nonetheless cripple the world's economy, and diplomats and politicians are getting together to discuss the issue of combating terrorism.Peace and prosperity has become a common goal that we are striving for all over the world.Underlying this mighty trend of globalization is the echo of E.M.Forster's words, “Only connect!” With the IT revolution taking place, traditional boundaries of human society fall away.Our culture, politics, society and commerce are being sloshed into a large melting pot of humanity.In this interlinked world, there are no outsiders, for a disturbance in one place is likely to impact other parts of the globe.We have begun to realize that a world divided cannot endure.China is now actively integrating into the world.Our recent entry to the WTO is a good example.For decades, we have taken pride in being

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《国富论》亚当·斯密

《居里夫人和她的姐妹们——荣获诺贝尔奖的女性》（德）C.克纳主编 马怀琪译 经济日报出版社

《美国人与中国人——两种生活方式比较》

《文化模式》

《嫉妒论》

《意大利文艺复兴时期的文化》

《文明的冲突与世界秩序的重建》 亨停顿

《宽容》房龙

《人生论》培根

《小爱大德》斯蓬

《美德的起源》里得雷

《漫步遐想录》卢梭

《千年智慧书》葛拉西安

《孔子传》钱穆

《中国文化史导论》 钱穆

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《信仰的力量》斯迈尔斯

《开放社会及其敌人》波普尔

《瓦尔登湖》梭罗

《罗马帝国兴衰史》 吉鹏

《艺术发展史》贡布里希

《圣经的故事》房龙

《复活》列夫·托尔斯泰

《罪与罚》陀思妥耶夫斯基

《草叶集》惠特曼

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《李政道传》

《读书四十年》

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《理想国》柏拉图

《论法的精神》、《罗马盛衰原因论》孟德斯鸠

《社会契约论》、《论人类不平等的起源和基础》 卢梭

《论自由》密尔

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《大分流：欧洲、中国及现代世界经济的发展》 彭慕兰等 《正义论》罗尔斯

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《教育的目的》（英）怀德海著生活·读书·新知三联书店 《爱弥尔》（法）卢梭著

《大教学论》（捷）夸美纽斯著

第三篇：英语译文

一．

从前在美国中心有一个小镇，那里的万物看上去都与其四周的环境融洽相处。小镇的四周是像棋盘交错的生意盎然的农庄，还有一块块的田地和一座座遍布山坡的果园。春天来了，白色的鲜花云彩般地漂浮在田野上；秋天到了，橡树、枫树和桦树色彩斑斓，在一片松树林间火焰般地燃烧与跳跃。小山上狐狸吠叫,田野间小鹿静静地跃过，所有的一切都在秋天清晨的薄雾中半隐半现。

在路的两旁，一年中许多时候，月桂树、荚莲、桤木、蕨类植物和各样的野花都能让过往的行人赏心悦目。即使是冬天，路边的景色依旧是美不胜收，那里无数的小鸟来觅取浆果莓和露在雪地上的枯枝上的种子。事实上，这乡村正是由于鸟类的数量和种类之繁多而出名的。在候鸟群潮涌而来的春秋季节，人们从大老远的地方慕名前来欣赏。还有的人来这里的小溪垂钓。清冽的溪水从山中流出，溪水中有许多鳟鱼藏身的背阴的水潭。所以，从许多年前开始，第一批居住者就在这里盖房挖井，搭起了自己的谷仓。后来，一种奇怪的摧毁力悄然袭击了这个地区，所有的一切都开始变了。某种邪恶的符咒笼罩了这个社区：神秘的疾病攻击了鸡群，牛、羊也纷纷病死，到处都有一层死亡的阴影。农夫们谈论着家中的许多疾病；镇上的医生也越来越因病人中出现的新的病症而感到迷惑。在成人和孩子中发生了好几起突发的不明其由的死亡，那些孩子在玩耍中突然病倒，几小时后就死去了。

这里是一派奇怪的寂静。就说鸟儿们吧---它们都去哪儿了？许多人说起鸟儿的时候都充满了迷惑与不安。他们后院的饲养站已经没有鸟儿光顾了。随处能见到的几只鸟都奄奄一息。他们猛烈地颤抖，却飞不起来。这是一个无声的春天。曾经是震动着画眉鸟、猫鸟、鸽子、樫鸟、欧鹪和许多鸟儿的黎明合唱声的清晨如今却寂然无声。田野间、树林中和沼泽地里也是一片寂静。

在农庄，母鸡下蛋却孵不出小鸡。农夫们抱怨无法养猪，因为刚生下的猪崽太小了，小猪也只能活几天的功夫。苹果树开花了，可是没有蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地采蜜，没有蜜蜂的授粉，也就没有任何果子。曾经是如此迷人的路旁如今却铺着黑黑的枯干的草木，仿佛是被一场大火烧过一般。那里也是一片寂静，因为所有的生物都遗弃了它。即使是溪流中也没有了生命。因为所有的鱼都已经死了，垂钓者也就不再来

了。

在屋檐下的天沟里，屋顶的木瓦之间仍旧可见几片白色的粒状的粉末。几个星期之前，它像白雪一样洒在了屋顶上、草地上、田野里和溪流里。

在这个遭受袭击的地球上，没有巫术，也没有敌自20世纪40年代中期起，人们制造了500多种基本的化学药品来杀死在现代语言中被称作“害虫”的昆虫、杂草、啮齿动物和其他的生物体，以几千种的品牌名称

来出售它们。

人的行动抑制了新生命的复苏；这一切都是人自身造成的。

这些液体喷剂、粉末和雾状喷剂现在几乎普遍使用于农庄、花园、森林和家庭。非选择性的化学药品能杀死每只昆虫（不管是“好”的还是“坏”的），能使鸟儿不再歌唱，溪流中的鱼儿不再跳跃，能在树叶上覆盖一层致命的薄膜，并能存留在土地中。而造成这一切的预定的目标可能仅仅是一些杂草和昆虫。难道真的有人认为，我们在地球的表面撒下如此多的毒药，同时还能使它继续成为一个任何生命都能存活的地方吗？ 这个小镇事实上并不存在，但是在美国或地球的别的地方我们能轻易地找到一千个与它对应的地方。我知道没有一个社区经历了我所描述的所有不幸，但是其中的每一个灾难都已经在某个地方发生了，许多社区已经遭受了相当多的灾难。一个冷酷的幽灵几乎是在不经意间已悄悄向我们走来了，而这个想像的悲剧也许很容易就成为一个我们都应该知道的严酷的事实。

三．

He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 A.M.Sunday morning.最终，他于星期天凌晨3点工作致死。

The obituary didn't say that, of course.当然，讣告上没有这样写。It said that he died of a coronary thrombosis--I think that was it--but everyone among his friends and acquaintances knew it instantly.讣告上写的是死于冠状动脉血栓证，但他的好友和熟识的人都心知肚明。He was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic, they said to each other and shook their heads--and thought for five or ten minutes about the way they lived.他们互相握着手，摇头叹息地说他是一个追求完美的A型血人，一个典型的工作狂，然后用几分钟时间来反思自己的生活方式。

This man who worked himself to death finally and precisely at 3:00 A.M.这个男人最终在星期天凌晨三点整工作致死。Sunday morning--on his day off--was fifty-one years old and a vice-president.星期天的早上，这天刚好是这个51岁的副总裁的休息日。He was, however, one of six vice-presidents, and one of three who might conceivably--if the president died or retired soon enough--have moved to the top spot.Phil knew that.他是公司六位副总裁之一，也是副总裁中三位最让人信任的人之一，如果总裁已经逝世或者退休的话，他已经成为了最高职位。菲尔清楚这一点。

He worked six days a week, five of them until eight or nine at night, during a time when his own company had begun the four-day week for everyone but the executives.他一周工作六天，其中五天工作到夜里八九点，他的公司里除了高级官员，其他人都已经开始四天工作制。He worked like the Important People.他工作起来像一个重要人物。He had no outside “extracurricular interests,” unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way.当然，就像你想象中那样，他每月打一次高尔夫球，他没有其他的爱好。To Phil, it was work.对菲尔而言，高尔夫是工作。He always ate egg salad sandwiches at his desk.He was, of course, overweight, by 20 or 25 pounds.他总是在他的桌前吃着吃鸡蛋沙拉三明治，他难免有点发福，超重了20-25磅。He thought it was okay, though, because he didn't smoke.他想这没什么关系，因为他从不抽烟。

On Saturdays, Phil wore a sports jacket to the office instead of a suit, because it was the weekend.星期六，菲尔换下西服，穿着运动衫去上班，因为这是周末。

He had a lot of people working for him, maybe sixty, and most of them liked him most of the time.他有大约60个人为他效力，大部分人在大部分时候觉得他很不错。Three of them will be seriously considered for his job.其中三位紧盯着他的职位。The obituary didn't mention that.讣告上没有提及这些。

But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately.但是讣告详细地介绍了他的遗孀。He is survived by his wife, Helen, forty-eight years old, a good woman of no particular marketable skills, who worked in an office before marrying and mothering.他的妻子，海伦，一个48岁的好女人，没有什么特别的市场能力，在结婚生子之前在一家公司上班。She had, according to her daughter, given up trying to compete with his work years ago, when the children were small.她说，在女儿的记忆里，她很多年前，当孩子们还很小的时候，就放弃了和他工作的抗争。A company friend said, “I know how much you will miss him.” And she answered, “I already have.” 一个工作伙伴说，“我知道你将对他有多思念”，她回答到，“我一直都很想他。”

“Missing him all these years,” she must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man.She would be “well taken care of.” “想了他这么多年了，”她如此在乎的这个男人，必须放弃她，以后她将会被“好好的照顾”。

His “dearly beloved” eldest of the “dearly beloved” children is a hard-working executive in a manufacturing firm down South.他的“最爱的”孩子们中“最爱的”长子是南方某制造公司努力工作的经理。In the day and a half before the funeral, he went around the neighborhood researching his father, asking the neighbors what he was like.They were embarrassed.在葬礼前的一天半里，他走访邻居询问邻居们询问邻居对他的印象。他们很尴尬。

His second child is a girl, who is twenty-four and newly married.他的第二个孩子是一个女孩，24岁了，刚刚结婚。She lives near her mother and they are close, but whenever she was alone with her father, in a car driving somewhere, they had nothing to say to each other.她和妈妈住的很近，很亲密，但是无论什么时候，当她和爸爸独处的时候，哪怕是在一辆车中，他们互相没有什么言语。

The youngest is twenty, a boy, a high-school graduate who has spent the last couple of years, like a lot of his friends, doing enough odd jobs to stay in grass and food.最小的是一个男孩，20岁，高中毕业生，像很多他的朋友一样，做一些零工，吃喝玩乐。He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home.他是唯一一个能够抓住父亲的人，尝试把父亲留到家里。He was his father's favorite.Over the last two years, Phil stayed up nights worrying about the boy.他是他父亲最喜欢的儿子，在生命的最后两年里，菲尔整夜担心这个孩子。

The boy once said, “My father and I only board here.” 他曾说过，“父亲和我只是在这里寄宿”

At the funeral, the sixty-year-old company president told the forty-eight-year-old widow that the fifty-one-year-old deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would be hard to replace.在葬礼上，60岁的总裁安慰48岁的遗孀说，这位51岁的死者对公司的贡献巨大，没有人可以替代他的位置。The widow didn't look him in the eye.这位遗孀不敢直视他眼睛。She was afraid he would read her bitterness and, after all, she would need him to straighten out the finances--the stock options and all that.她害怕他可以读出她的苦痛，毕竟，她需要他帮忙清理丈夫的财政—股票什么的。

Phil was overweight and nervous and worked too hard.菲尔超重、焦虑、工作强度太大。If he wasn't at the office he was worried about it.如果他不在公司，就会担心公司的工作。Phil was a Type A, heart-attack natural.You could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup.菲尔是一个A型血，先天易发心脏病。在人群中，你可以一眼就把他认出来。

So when he finally worked himself to death, at precisely 3:00 A.M.Sunday morning, no one was really surprised.所以当他最终因工作死于星期天凌晨三点整，没人感到意外。

By 5:00 P.M.the afternoon of the funeral, the company president had begun, discreetly of course, with care and taste, to make inquiries about his replacement.One of three men.He asked around: “Who's been working the hardest?” 葬礼过后的下午5点，公司总裁已经开始谨慎地，带着小心和鉴赏，审视着三位可以代替他职位的人。他问到“谁工作最努力？”

四．

爱尔伯特·爱因斯坦是世界上最伟大的科学家之一，但如果要我用一个词来概括他这个人的品质，那我会选“质朴”。也许一个小故事能让我们略知一二。有一次，天降大雨，爱因斯坦躲之不及，于是他摘下了帽子，把它夹在外衣下。当别人问他为什么要这么做时，他解释说，雨水会弄坏他的帽子，但是他的头发湿了不会有什么大碍。他的逻辑真是无懈可击。他这种本能地把握事物本质的能力正是他能够做出重大科学发现的秘诀所在，除此之外，还有他对美的那种非凡的感觉。我第一次见到爱因斯坦是在1935年，在位于新泽西的著名的普林斯顿大学高级研究中心。他是最早被邀请到该中心的科学家之一。薪水方面，研究中心让他自己全权决定。但让研究中心主任感到沮丧的是，爱因斯坦开出了一个让人无法接受的数目：他要的实在是太少了。中心主任不得不恳求他接受一份更高的工资。我对爱因斯坦充满了敬畏，因此当我想就一些我正在研究的问题与他探讨时，一直犹豫不决。最终我还是鼓起勇气我敲了门，里面传来了非常温和的声音：请进---他说这个词的时候声调上扬，听起来即像是欢迎又像是在提问。我进到他的办公室，发现他正坐在桌旁，抽着烟斗，演算一个问题。他的衣服很不合身，头发乱蓬蓬的。他朝我微笑，表示对我的热忱的欢迎。他的自然随意立刻让我放松了。当我开始向他解释我的想法时，他让我把方程写在黑板上，这样让他能看到每一步的推演。然后他提出了一个让我极其震惊同时又备感亲切的要求：“请讲得稍微慢一点，我理解问题的速度比较慢”。这种话出自爱因斯坦之口！他说这话时非常温和，我不由得笑了。从此，我对他的畏惧之心烟消云散。

和爱因斯坦的合作是让人终身难忘的经历。1937年，我和波兰物理学家列奥泼德·英费尔德问他是否可以和他合作，他欣然应允，因为他有一个重力方面的问题，有待仔细的研究。于是，我们有机会认识了爱因斯坦作为一个普通人和朋友的一面，我们还了解了他作为一个科学家的职业素养。

他极度的专注，全身心的投入，让人叹为观止。当他处理一个难题的时候，他努力思索，就像动物撕咬猎物。通常，当我们碰到一个似乎是无法逾越的难题时，他会站起来，把烟斗放在桌子上，用他那口音古怪的英语说：“我要稍微思考一下。”然后他在房间里来回踱步，食指捻弄着他那长而灰白的发卷。他脸上会有一种恍惚出神而又深邃的表情。没有专著的神情，也没有皱眉---只有宁静的内心的交流。时间一分一秒过去，突然他会停止自己的脚步，脸上浮现出温和的微笑。他已经找出了问题的答案。有的时候，答案非常简单，我和英费尔德都会自责我们怎么会想不到呢。爱因斯坦在他的脑海深处，施展了外人无法看见的魔法，这个高深的过程是我们无法理解的

爱因斯坦还是一位出色的业余音乐家。我们那时常进行二重奏，他拉小提琴，我弹钢琴。有一天他说莫扎特是所有作曲家中最伟大的一位，这让我吃惊不小。他认为贝多芬的音乐是“创造”出来的，而莫扎特的音乐是如此纯净和优美，让人感觉他只是在哪儿“发现”了它---它一直是宇宙内在的美的一部分，一直存在着，等待着我们去发现。

这种莫扎特式的淳朴正是大部分爱因斯坦理论的最显著特点。比如他1905年提出的相对论就是建立在两个简单的假说之上的。一个是所谓的相对原则，粗略的说，就是我们无法判断自己是否是静止还是在平稳的移动。另一个假定是：不管产生它的物体速度如何，光的速度是恒定的。如果你用一根木棍搅动湖水，你就会知道这个假定是多么的有道理。不管你是在一个静止的码头，还是在飞驰的高速游艇上搅动棍子，波浪一旦产生，就不受外界的影响，它的速度和木棍没有任何关系。

这两个假定，分开来看，都是合理的，而看上去又如此明显，自然，无须证明。但是如果把这两个假定放在一起，它们之间便有了强烈的矛盾，一个二流的物理学家会丢掉其中一个，落荒而逃。爱因斯坦很大胆，一个都没有放弃，从而使物理学发生了翻天覆地的变化。因为他证明如果我们放弃我们原先持有的关于时间性质的观念，这两个假设是可以和谐地共存的。

科学就好像是由很多扑克牌建成的房屋，时间和空间的概念是最底下的那两张。对时间的胡乱干预会让大半个房屋倒塌，正是这一点让爱因斯坦的工作显得举足轻重，同时也极具争议性。在普林斯顿举行的庆祝他70大寿的会议上，其中一位发言人，是诺贝尔奖获得者，当他试图表述爱因斯坦卓绝非凡的成就时，他找不到合适的词句，于是无助地耸了一下肩，指了指他的手表，说：“所有的一切都来自于此”。语气中充满了敬畏和惊异。他的语屈词穷恰恰是我听过的对爱因斯坦天才的最为深刻的褒奖。爱因斯坦身上有让人难以捉摸的古怪的一面。我最为喜欢的一个关于他的逸事很好的说明了这一点。据说这是他在普林斯顿的第一年，圣诞前夜，几个孩子在他的屋外唱起了圣诞节颂歌。唱完之后，他们敲门告诉他，他们在筹钱买圣诞礼物。爱因斯坦听了之后说：“等一下”。他穿上外套，从琴盒里取出小提琴。然后他和他们一起走家串户，他们唱“寂静的夜”，他用小提琴给他们伴奏。能够认识爱因斯坦这个人，了解他的工作，这对我来说意味着什么呢？我应该如何表述呢？和那个无助的指着自己手表的诺贝尔奖获得者一样，我找不到合适的词句。好像是一件伟大的艺术作品给人的启示，让你看到了原来看不到的东西。比如，当我走在一片人迹稀少的沙滩，想起他对简单宇宙的不懈追求，于是眼前的风景便具有了一种更为深沉的美。

第四篇：小学生百篇演讲英语故事文本

英语故事

Jack is a young boy.He lives with his mother.They live in asmall house.The family is poor.Their cow, Betsy, gives

them milk.杰克是一个年轻小伙子，他与妈妈相依为命。两人同住在一 间小屋子里，家里很穷。他们养了一只母牛，名叫贝琪，这 只牛供给他们牛奶喝。

One day, Betsy has no milk.Jack and his mother are hungry.“Jack, we need money,” says his mother.“Take Betsy to the market and sell her.” 有一天，贝琪没有奶水了。杰克和妈妈肚子饿坏了。

“杰克，我们需要钱。”妈妈说。“把贝琪带到市场去卖了吧。”

Jack isn't happy because he likes Betsy.Sadly, he walks her to the market.A man is standing on the road.He wants Betsy.He has five beans in his hand.He shows them to Jack.“These beans are special.They can grow very high,” he says.“Do you want them?”

杰克很不开心，因为他喜欢贝琪。他难过地带着贝琪走到市场。一名男子站在路上，他想要贝琪。他手中有五颗豆子，便把这些豆子拿给杰克看。

“这些豆子可是很特别的哟，它们会长得很高，”他说。“你想要吗？”

Jack likes the beans, so he gives Betsy to

the man.At home, his mother sees the beans.She is very angry.“Jack, we need money!” she says.“What can we buy with beans?”

杰克很喜欢这些豆子，于是就把贝琪给了这个男子。回到家，妈妈看到这些豆子非常生气。

“杰克，我们需要的是钱！”她说。“我们能用豆子买什么东西呢？”

Jack goes to bed.He is very sad.His mother throws the beans out the window.Soon, a beanstalk is growing.It grows and grows and grows and grows!Now, it is in the sky!

杰克伤心地睡觉去了。他的妈妈把豆子丢到窗外。很快地，一株豆茎长出来。它长呀长的，现在已经长到天上去了！

Jack wakes up early.He sees the beanstalk.Where does it go? Jack goes up the beanstalk.He goes up and up and up.Finally, he is at the top.杰克很早就醒了，他看见了豆茎。这株豆茎会通往哪里去呢？杰克沿着豆茎爬上去。他爬呀爬的，最后爬到了顶端。

A giant lives in the sky.He has a big house

and a lot of money, but he isn't nice.He eats people!Jack doesn't know the giant.He goes into the house.天上有一位巨人住在那里，他有一间好大好大的屋子和好多好多的钱，但是他却不是个好人，因为他会吃人！杰克并不认识这个巨人，所以走进了这间屋子。

Jack looks around the house.There are tables, chairs, rugs, and a fireplace.Everything is so big!Then, the giant's wife sees Jack.She is old and kind.“Who are you?” she asks Jack.“I am Jack,” he says.“Can you give me some food? I am hungry.”

杰克看了看屋子里的四周，有桌子、椅子、地毯，还有一个壁炉。每一样东西都好大！这时巨人的妻子看到了杰克，她年纪很大，但心地善良。“你是谁？”她问杰克。

“我是杰克，”他说。“你可以给我一点吃的东西吗？我饿了。”

The giant's wife feeds Jack.Her food is good.Just then, a door opens.The giant is coming into the house!

“Quick, Jack, get into the pot,” says the giant's wife.“The giant likes to eat boys!”

巨人的妻子煮东西给杰克吃，她煮的菜很好吃。就在这个时候，一扇门打开了，巨人就要

走到屋子里来！

“快点！杰克！快到锅子里去，”巨人的妻子说道。“巨人喜欢吃男孩！”

Jack gets into the pot.The giant comes into

the kitchen.He looks around.“I smell a boy,” he says with a loud voice.“Where is he? I want to eat him.”

“There are no boys here,” says his wife.“Sit down and eat your breakfast.”

杰克躲进锅子里去。巨人走进厨房，四处张望。

“我闻到男孩子的味道，”他大声说。“他在哪里？我要吃掉他。” “这里没有什么男孩子，”巨人的妻子回答道。“坐下来吃你的早餐。”

The giant has a goose.He puts it on the table.The goose lays an egg.It is made of gold!Jack sees the egg.“I want that goose,” he thinks.“I can sell the golden eggs.Then, Mother and I can buy food.”

巨人有一只鹅，他把这只鹅摆到餐桌上。鹅下了一颗蛋，这是一颗金蛋！杰克看到了这颗蛋。

“我想要那只鹅，”他心想。“我可以把金蛋卖掉，这样妈妈和我就可以拿钱买食物了。”

The giant goes out of the kitchen.Soon he comes back.He puts a golden harp on the table.“I don't feel happy,” he says.“Harp, sing me a song!”

The harp sings very well.The giant smiles, and eats his breakfast.Jack is also listening

to the harp.“The sound is really beautiful,” thinks Jack.“I can give the harp to Mother.Then, she won't be angry with me.”

巨人走出厨房，很快又回来了。他在桌上放了一把黄金打造的竖琴。“我不太开心，”他说。“竖琴！唱首歌给我听！”

竖琴唱得非常棒。巨人边吃着早餐边微笑。杰克也在聆听竖琴的歌声。“这声音真好听，”杰克心想。“我可以把竖琴送给妈妈，这样她就不会生我的气了。”

Now, the giant feels sleepy.He closes his

eyes.Soon he is sleeping.Jack walks to the table.He takes the goose and the harp.They are also sleeping.Quietly, he takes them to the beanstalk.Suddenly, the harp wakes up.“Help!Help!Somebody is taking me away!” it cries.巨人现在很困，就闭起双眼，很快便睡着了。杰克走向桌子，把鹅和竖琴抱走，它们也都睡着了。杰克静悄悄地把它们带到豆茎那里。突然间，竖琴醒了。

“救命啊！救命啊！有人要把我带走了！”它叫道。

The giant wakes up.He looks out the

window and sees Jack.Quickly, he runs after him.Jack goes down the beanstalk.He is very fast.Above him, the giant is going down the beanstalk.Will he catch Jack? 巨人醒了。他往窗外看，见到杰克，于是马上追着他跑。杰克沿着豆茎往下爬，速度非常快。

巨人正在他上面，也沿豆茎往下爬。他会抓到杰克吗？

Now, Jack is at the bottom.He takes an ax and cuts the beanstalk.Whack!Whack!Whack!Slowly, the beanstalk falls over.Far above, the giant cries out.He falls to the ground.Whoomp!The ground shakes.The giant lies there still.He is dead!

Jack and his mother now have food and money.They live happily ever after.杰克现在到了底端，他拿起一把斧头往豆茎砍。砍！砍！豆茎慢慢地倒了下来。巨人从天上大喊一声，便掉到地上。碰！地面震动了一下。巨人一动也不动地躺在那儿，他死掉了！

现在杰克和妈妈有东西吃也有钱了，从此过着幸福快乐的日子。儿童英语故事、小学生英语故事

寓言、成语故事（1-19页）

幽默故事（19-25页）

普通小故事（25-72页）通过阅读英语笑话、故事等趣味英语，可以激发小朋友们学英语的兴趣，提高单词量，帮助他们提高成绩。最好每天背一篇，会有不错的效果的 O(∩_∩)O

儿童寓言故事

Story 1

Three Good Friends

One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river.This time he sees a lion under a tree.The lion runs at him.He is afraid and falls into the river.He can‟t swim.He shouts.The rabbit hears him.He jumps into the river.The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can‟t help him.Luckily, an elephant comes along.He is very strong.He helps the rabbit and monkey.Three friends are very happy.They go to the elephant‟s home.Then, three of them become good friends.故事一

三个好朋友

一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他非常的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象非常强壮，救出了兔子

和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。

Story 2

A 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.”

故事二

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。”

Story 3 Spring in the Green Season

Spring is coming.Spring is the first season of the year.In China, spring comes in February.It is still cold, but it is getting warmer and warmer.The days get longer and longer.The leaves on the trees begin to turn green.Then they come up green leaves in the spring wind on the ground.Spring is also sowing time season.故事三

春天来了，春天是每年的第一个季节。在中国，春天二月来临，那时候还是很冷，但是会运来月暖和，白昼悦来越长。树上的叶子开始变绿，沐浴着大地春风长出了嫩芽。春天也播种的季节。

Story 4 Look for a Friend

Sam is a little fish.He lives in the sea.He is very lonely.He wants to have a friend.The friend looks like him.Sam sees an ink fish.The ink fish has eight legs.He doesn‟t look like Sam.So Sam goes away.Sam meets a shark.He wants to say hello to the shark.The shark opens his big mouth.Sam runs away quickly.Sam is tired and

hungry.He wants to have a rest.Then he sees a round fish.She says to him.“Hello!Would you like to be my friend?” Sam answers: “Of course!But you are round.I am flat.” The round fish days: “But we are both fishes.”

Sam thinks and says, “You are right.Let‟s be friends.” They become good friends.故事四： 找朋友

塞姆是一条小鱼，他在海里。他生在海里。他很孤独，想要找一个朋友，那个朋友看起来要想他。塞姆看见一条墨鱼。墨鱼有8条腿，看上去不像塞姆。因此塞姆游走了。塞姆遇见一条鲨鱼。他想跟鲨鱼问好。鲨鱼张开大嘴，塞姆有迅速地逃走了。

塞姆又累又饿，他要休息一会儿。这时他看见一条圆鱼，圆鱼对他说：“你好！你愿意做我的朋友吗？”

塞姆回答：“好哇！可你是圆形的，我是扁的。”圆鱼说：“但是我们俩都是鱼啊！”

塞姆思考后说：“你讲得对，让我们做朋友吧。”他们就成为好朋友了。

Story 5

The Hippo and I

A hippo lives in the zoo.I like him very much.I often go to see him.He often thinks of me, too.Today is Sunday.It is fine day.I go to see him again.After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house.I give him lettuce, cabbages, bananas, apples and other food.He eats them up.When I sing songs, he stays in the pool.He is as quite as a rabbit.In the evening, he jumps onto my bed with me.My mum tells him to go home.He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo.My mum lets me see him every week.故事5 我与河马

河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。他经常去看它，他也经常想我。

今天是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。我给他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。他都吃了。

当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。

晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一起睡。

妈妈要它回家。它不得不背起包回到动物园。妈妈允许我每周去看它。

Story 6 What Animals are the sea?

There are all kinds of animals in the sea.Look!

They are coming.This is an octopus.The octopus is spraying ink.This is a shark.The shark has sharp teeth.This is a whale.The whale shoots water into the air.This is a sea turtle.The sea turtle has a hard shell.These are starfishes.The starfishes have five legs.These are angelfishes.The angelfishes have beautiful colors.This is a lobster.The lobster has strong claws.This is a jellyfish.The jellyfish has a soft body.They are different.But all of them live in the sea.故事6

海里有什么动物

在海洋里有各种各样的动物。

看！他们过来了。

这时一条章鱼，章鱼在喷墨。

这是一条鲨鱼，鲨鱼有锐利的牙齿。

这是一只鲸鱼，鲸把水喷射到空中。

这时一直海龟，海龟有坚硬的壳。

这些是海星，海星有五条腿。

这些是扁蛟鱼，扁姣鱼有美丽的花纹。

这是一只龙虾，龙虾有强壮的爪子。

这是一个水母，水母有一个柔软的身体。

他们各不相同，但他们都居住在海洋里。

Story 7 naughty Monkey

It‟s very hot..An old man is asleep on the chair.A fly comes and sits on the end of the man‟s nose.The old man has a naughty monkey.He chases the fly.The fly comes back again and sits on the old man‟s nose again.The monkey chases it away again and again.This happens five or six times.The monkey is very angry.He jumps up, runs to the garden and picks up a large stone.When the fly sits on the old man‟s nose again, the monkey hits it hard with the stone.He kills the fly and breaks the old man‟s nose.故事7 调皮的猴子

天气很热。一位老人在椅子上睡着了。

一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。

老人有一只顽皮的猴子。猴子在追打苍蝇。

苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。

这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。

他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。

当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。

他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。

Story 8 A Beautiful Doll

Tina is a lovely girl.She has a lot of dolls.One of these dolls is very beautiful.She has long blond hair and wears a white dress.The little girl likes her very much.She called her “Sandy”.You would forget all the sad things and become happy when you see her.Tina tried to teach Sandy to speak, but she failed.When she is free, Tina always made clothed for her.When she is unhappy or met with some difficulties, Tina talked to her, because they are close friends.What a lovely girl she is！

Do you like it, too？

故事8 漂亮的洋娃娃

缇娜是一个可爱的女孩，她有许多洋娃娃。其中有个是很没得：她有着金色的长发，穿着一件白色的连衣裙。小女孩非常喜欢它，因此，小女孩叫她“桑迪”。当你看到它的时候就会高兴，会忘记所有不开心的事。

缇娜试着教桑迪说话，可她失败了。当缇娜空闲时，她时常会桑迪缝衣服。当她遇到不快乐的事或碰倒困难的时候，缇娜中哦你对它倾述，因为他们是亲密的朋友。多么可爱的一个女孩啊！

你也喜欢它吗？

Story 9

It‟s Good to Walk

A group of penguins at a zoo in Japan take a walk to lose weight.Every day, 15 king penguins there walk 500 meters twice.“Just like human, penguins don‟t exercise much during winter.They become fat easily,” says a zookeeper.故事9 散步有益

在日本的一个动物园里一群企鹅在散步减肥。哪里的15只金企鹅媒体散步两次，每次500米。动物园工作人员说：“和人类一样，企鹅冬天不怎么运动，容易发胖。”

Story 10 The Panda in China

A panda looks like a little bear.It has black and white fur.It lives only in China, so it is called the national treasure of China and protected by the law.We all see panda on TV or in the zoo.They look stupid and walk slowly, but they are lovely and everyone likes them.A panda is lucky animal.We Chinese like it, and people of the world like it, too.Now there are China‟s pandas in many other countries, such as Japan and the USA…

A panda isn‟t a common animal, it is bridge of friendship.故事10 中国熊猫

熊猫看起来好像一只小熊。它的皮毛是黑白相间。它只居住在中国，因此，它是中国的国宝，受到国家法律的保护。

我们在电视上或在动物园里能看到熊猫。他们看起来显得很笨的样子，走起来很缓慢，但很可爱，大家都很喜欢它们。

熊猫是个吉祥的动物。中国人民喜欢它，世界人民也喜欢它。现在许多国家都有中国的熊猫，如，日本、美国……

熊猫不是一种普通的动物，而是一座友谊的桥梁。

Story 11 My “Cock” Clock

Hello!My name is Dongdong.Do you know I have a nice clock? It is a beautiful clock.It is in my bedroom.In mfact it is an alarm clock.The big and round body is made of plastics and the clock is set in it.There is a red comb on its head.When you want to adjust time, you just need to press the comb.Then “clock” will wake up on time.At that time the “clock” will say: “WO!WO!WO!” It‟s time for you to get up!And its eyes can also give out light at the same time.It is a very beautiful and useful clock, so I like it very much.故事11 我的“公鸡”闹钟

你好！我的名字叫东东。我知道我有一台好看的闹钟。它是一台漂亮的钟。钟的上部有红色的冠子。当你想要调整时间时，按下头上的红冠子就可以调节时间。那时“钟”将按时醒来。到时候“公鸡”就会“喔、喔、喔”地叫，该起床了。而且叫是眼睛还会发光。

它是一只好看又有用的钟，我很喜欢它。

Story12 A Clever Farmer

Uncle Sam doesn‟t like farmer.He thinks they are very foolish and only know work on the farm.One winter morning, the sun is shining.Uncle Sam sits on the step of his house.At that moment, a farmer with a map in his hand comes to him.Farmer：Excuse me, Uncle.Can you tell me know to get to the hospital, please?

Uncle Sam: Lie down in the middle of the street and you‟ll soon be at a hospital.Farmer Please set an example to me.Uncle Sam: I think you come to our city at the first time.It‟s much more beautiful than the field.Is that right?

Farmer: Yes, uncle.But it is built on the field.Uncle Sam‟s face turns red.故事12 聪明的农民

山姆大叔不喜欢农民。他认为他们很愚蠢只会在农场干活。一个冬天的早晨，阳光明媚，山姆大叔坐在门前的石阶上。这时，一个农民手拿地图向他走来。

农民：请问，大叔，去医院的路怎么走？

山姆大叔:你躺在街当中，很快就会在医院的。

农民：请你做一个示范。

山姆大叔：我想你是第一次进城吧，城市比你那块地漂亮多了，是吧？ 农民：是的，大叔，但城市是建在地之上的。山姆大叔脸红了。

Story 13 Where Is the Hat? Jack is a little goose.He has a lovely hat.He likes wearing it very much.But when he sits, his hat can‟t stay on his head.He puts his hat down and begins to play game with the hat.When he gets tired of the game, things are not the same.He can‟t find his hat.Where is it? Jack thinks hard.He looks up and down, and walks here and there.He can‟t find his hat yet.At this time, his mother comes in.As soon as she sees Jack, she cries, “Oh, my dear!Don‟t be foolish.Your hat is on your head.”

Jack feels very foolish.He doesn‟t want to wear his hat on his head.故事13 帽子在哪里？

杰克是一只小鹅。它有一顶可爱的帽子，他非常喜欢戴它。当它坐着时，他的帽子总是戴着头上。

它脱下它的帽子并开始用帽子玩游戏。当它玩累时，事情就不是那样了。

它没有找到他的帽子。它在哪里？杰克仔细想。

它上下看了看，到处找了找，还是没有找到它的帽子。

这时，它的母亲走进来，当她看到杰克就喊道：“啊！亲爱的，你真笨，帽子在你的头上。”

杰克感到自己很愚蠢。它不像戴那顶帽子了。

Story 14

Two dogs A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog.He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house.When he returns home after a day‟s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat.The hound feels very angry.He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don‟t blame me, my friend.You should blame the master.He doesn‟t teach me to

hurt, but to share other‟s food,” the housedog answers.Don‟t blame children for the mistakes of their parent

故事14 两只狗

有一个人养了两条狗：一条是猎犬，一条是看家狗。他训练猎狗帮他打猎，教看家狗守家。当猎人打了一天猎回家后，总要分给看家狗一些肉，猎狗对此很生气。它不高兴地对看家狗说道：“我在外边追捕猎物十分辛苦，而你在家什么都不做，但你却分享我的食物。”看家狗回答道：“不要责怪我，我的朋友。你应该去责备主人。他不教我打猎，却只教我分享别人的食物。”

不要因为父母的错误而去责备孩子。

Story 15

The Sports Meeting in the Forest

There are many animals in the forest.Today is a fine day.Animals are having a sport meeting.Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running.Look!Rabbit is the first.Fox and Monkey are the second.Bear is the third.The other animals are shouting, “Bear!Come on!Bear!Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump.Pig is too fat, he can‟t jump very high.So Duck is the champion.Here!Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree.Cat is ill.So he is the last, but he does his best.This sports meeting is wonderful.The animals are very happy!

故事 15 森林运动会

森林里有很多动物。

今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看！小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油！小熊，加油！”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里！小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。

运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊！

Story 16 Big Ben

Big Ben is not the name of a man.It is a name of the clock.It is in London.London

is the capital city of England.The big clock has four faces.So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock.The hands are about four meter long.If you go to London, you may want to visit the house of the Parliament.In that place you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower in the House of the Parliament.The big clock makes a very loud noise.“Ding dong.Ding dong”-the clock strikes every quarter of an hour.故事16 大本钟

大本钟不是一个人的名字，它是钟的名字，它在伦敦。伦敦是英国的首都。大本钟有四个面，因此无论站在什么方面，你都能见到钟面。大本钟的指南针大约4米长。

如果你去伦敦，你可能想要参观以后大厦。在那个地方你会找到坐落在英国议会大厦钟楼的大本钟。大本钟的声音很大，“叮咚，叮咚”，每15分钟敲一次。

Story 17 The Bathing Boy One day, Tom is bathing in a river.He doesn‟t swim well and will be drown.He calls out loud for help.A man is just passing by.He doesn‟t help the boy, but stands by and says to him.“How imprudent you are!It is dangerous to bath in the river.” “Oh, yes sir,” cries the boy, “ Please help me out and scold me afterward.”

Counsel without help is useless.故事17 洗澡的男孩

有一天，汤姆在河里洗澡。他不太会游泳。眼看就要被淹死，他大声呼喊救命。有个人正好从旁边经过，他没有帮助小男孩，却是站在旁边对小孩子说道：“ 你怎么这么草率！在河里洗澡很危险。”“哦，先生，”小男孩喊叫：“ 请你还是先把我救起来后再责备我吧。”

只有忠告而不给予帮助是无济于事的。

Story 18 Who Pours Ink on My Chair?

Donny is a seven year old boy.He goes to school every day.The school is near his home.So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time.But today, he is late.His mother asks him, “Why do you go to the headmaster‟s office?”

“Because the teacher asks us a question in class and nobody can answer it, but I can.” “It‟s good to answer the teacher‟s question.” “But the question is „Who pours ink on my chair?‟”

故事18 谁把墨水倒在我椅子了？

唐尼是个7岁孩子，每天他都上学。学校在他的家附近。

因为，他不行去上学并按时回家。但是今天他回来迟了。

他的母亲问他：“你为什么去校长的办公室？”

“因为老师在上课时老师问我们一个问题，没有人能回答他，而我能。” “回答老师的问题是好事。”

“但那个问题 „谁把墨水倒在我的椅子上了？‟”

Story19 Smart Robot

Look, this robot carries boxes to build blocks!The new smart robot, Sorry, is 60 centimeters high.It weighs 7.5 kilogram.It has a camera “eye” on its head.It can recognize colors and human faces.故事19 聪明的机器人

瞧！这个机器人在搬盒子搭积木呢？索尼公司新设计的这个聪明的机器人有60里面7.5千克重。它额头上有一只相机“眼睛”，能够辨认颜色和人脸。

Story 20 Bananas for Lunch

A fat monkey likes eating bananas very much.He had bananas for lunch.He peeled one and ate one more and then, one more one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate, five bananas, six bananas, seven bananas, eight … He peeled two more and continued two more.He ate whole bunch of bananas and can‟t sleep.故事20

香蕉午餐

一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着，吃着，吃着，吃了1个香蕉，2个香蕉，3个香蕉，4个…… 他不停地吃，但是他还想要更多！他边吃，边剥，5个香蕉，6个香蕉，7个香蕉，8个……他又剥了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。

Story 21

I Will Not Take a Bath

I will not take a bath, I won‟t get in tub, I has bath last week.I don‟t need another scrub.I would need my rubber ducky, a bucket and a boat, my toy whale, a submarine, a rubber ball.No, I can not take a bath.The tub is too small.It‟s all filled up with toy.There‟s no room for me.故事21 我不能愿意洗澡

我不愿意洗澡，我不愿意进到浴缸里。上个星期我洗澡了，我不需要再洗澡。我想要我的橡皮鸭子，一个水桶和一只船，我的玩具鲸鱼，一艘潜水艇，一个橡皮球。现在我不能洗澡了。浴缸太小了，它被玩具塞满了，没有我的地方了。

Story 22

Outside Games

There are many outside game like running, skating, swimming, horse-racing, hunting, flying kites, walking-races.Of course, football is an out game.Basketball, badminton and so on are also outside game.Some people like outside games, but others like indoor games.They like playing billiard, chess, cards, table tennis..Outdoor games invoke more and faster movement.Some active people like them.Indoor games are quiet and involve less movement.Do you like outside games or indoor game?

故事22 户外运动

户外运动有许多，跑步、溜冰、赛马、射击、放风筝、竞走。当然，足球也是一种户外运动，篮球、羽毛球等也是户外运动。一些人喜欢户外运动，而另外一些人喜欢室内运动。他们喜欢打台球、下象棋、打牌、打乒乓球……..户外运动包括更多和更快的运动，有些人喜欢户外运动；室内运动比较安静、运动量较小。你喜欢户外运动还是室内运动呢？

Story 23

Two Little Monkeys

The monkey mother has two little monkeys.She likes the younger, not the other.One day, they were playing in a forest when a wolf came running at them.The

monkey ran away with the younger monkey in a hurry and left the older alone.She climbed up a tree and held the younger in her arms.After some time, the wolf went away slowly.The monkey took the baby out of her arms.She was surprised to see that the baby had died, for the baby was held in arms too highly.Very long time later, she remembered to look for the older baby.The older baby was hiding in a wood.So he saved himself.故事23 两只猴子

猴妈妈生了两个猴子。她喜欢小猴子而不喜欢打的。

一天，他们正在森林里玩的时候，一只狼来了并向他们扑去。猴子匆忙带着小猴子跑了，单独留下打猴子。她跑着小猴子爬到树上。

过些时候，狼慢慢地离开了。母猴从他的怀里放下小猴子。她吃惊的发现猴宝宝已经死了，因为小猴子在她的怀里被搂地太紧了。过了很长时间，她才想起去寻找那只大猴子。大猴子藏在一个大洞里，他救了自己。

Story 24 The King and His Stories

Once there was a king.He likes to write stories, but his stories were not good.As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were good.One day the king showed his stories to a famous writer.He waited the writer to praise these stories.But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into fire.The king got very angry with him and sent him to prison.After some time, the king set him free.Again he showed him some of his new stories and asked what he thought of them.After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said: “ Take me back to prison, please.”

故事24 国王和他的故事

从前有一个国王，他喜欢写故事，但是他写的故事很不好。人们怕他，都说他的故事好。有一天国王把他的故事给一名作家看，他想要作家赞扬他的这些故事，而作家说他的故事是如此的差以至于该扔进火里。国王很生气，把他送到监狱。

过了些日子，国王给了作家自由。国王重新将自己的一些新故事给作家看并问他感觉怎么样。

作家看了之后立刻转身对士兵说着；“请把我送回监狱吧。“

Story 25

Which Skirt to Wear? Time is 8 years old, and follows her own ideas.When her parents tell her to do something, she always doesn‟t do it.Today, she will go to a friend‟s birthday party.She is now choosing skirt to wear.She has three skirts: a blue skirt, a white one and a yellow one.She asks her father, “Which one is the best?” her father says, “I think the blue one is the best.” Then she asks her mother, “Which one do you think is the best?” Her mother answers, “ The white one , of course!” Tina says, “Thank you.”

Then she puts on the yellow shirt and goes out.故事25

穿哪条裙子？

缇娜8岁了，她又自己的主意。当她的父母要她做事时，她总是不去做。

今天，她将去参加一位朋友的生日聚会。她在选择穿哪一条裙子.她又三条裙子：一条是蓝裙子，一条白裙子和一条黄裙子。她问她的父亲：“哪条裙子是最好的？”她的父亲说：“我认为蓝色是最好的。”她问她的母亲：“你认为哪条裙子是最好的？”她的母亲回答：“当然是白色的了。”缇娜说：“谢谢。”她穿上黄色的裙子出去了。

Story 26

Three Foxes

Once there were three foxes, they worked together.They lived a happy life.Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes.The eldest had to leave, and the second fox was driven off, too.Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled.The eldest fox opened a new hill again.The second eldest fox dug a pool.Two of them because rich soon.The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes.In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.故事26

三只狐狸

从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久

他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷又饿连站也站不起来。

Story 27 Two Holes for the Dogs

My uncle has two dogs.One is big and the other is small.He likes them very much.One day, Mr.Smith came to visit him.When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, “My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?” “Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,” Mr.Smith asked.“But why are there two holes? One is enough!” “But how can the big dog go through the small hole?” my uncle said.Sometimes a clever man may make such mistakes.故事27

两个狗洞

我的叔叔有两条狗。一只是大的，另一只是小狗的。他很喜欢它们。

有一天，史密斯先生来看他。当这个朋友看见门口上有连个洞，一个是大洞和一个小洞时，他感到吃惊并说，“我亲爱的朋友，为什么你的门上有连个洞？”我的叔叔回答说：“当然是让我的两条狗进出了。” 史密斯先生问到：“ 为什么门上要两个洞呢？一个就足够了。” 我叔叔说：“大狗怎能走小洞呢？”

有时聪明的人可能会犯这样的错误。

Story 28 Naughty Brother

Donny is my little brother.He is a naughty boy.On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog.Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top‟s of the dog‟s house.Then Donny threw a stone at it.Suddenly the little boy began crying.Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong.He said, “I‟ve broken sister‟s plate.She has beaten me.” “Why?” “I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate.”

Such was my naught brother.故事28 顽皮的弟弟

东尼是我的小弟弟，他是个调皮的孩子。

星期天早晨，东尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一直小鸟落在狗舍上，东尼就用石头砸它。突然，这个小男孩哭了起来。妈妈跑过去问出了什么事。他哭着说：“我姐姐盘子摔碎了，她打了我！”“为什么？”“我拿石头砸一直小年，但是却打碎了姐姐的盘子。”

哎，这是我淘气的弟弟。

Story29 A Boy and a Monkey

Mike is a little boy.He is only five years old.He is too small to go to school.So he can not read and write.One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand.There was a big piece of paper on the desk.He wanted to draw a picture of himself.He drew lines and cleared them out, then drew more and cleared them out again.When I looked at the picture, he wasn‟t happy.“Well,” he said at last to me, “I‟ll put a tail on it and make it a monkey.”

He began to add the tail.I began to laugh.故事29 男孩和猴子

迈克是一个小男孩，他只有5岁。他太小还没有上学，因此也不会读和写。

一天，他手里拿着一支铅笔站在我的桌子前。桌子上放着一张大纸，他要画自画像。他画了几笔就擦掉了，再画几笔，有擦掉了。当我看一幅画时，他很不高兴。“好吧，”他最后和我说，“我就再加一条尾巴，把他画成一只猴子吧！”

他开始加上小尾巴，我大笑起来。

Story 30

Mike and the Pot

One day, Mike‟s mother needed a pot.She asked Mike to borrow one from her friend.So Mike went to the friend‟s house.She gave him a big pot.On the way home Mike put it down on the road and looked at it.It was made of clay and had three legs.Then he said to the pot, “You have three legs and I have only two.You can carry me for a few minutes.” Then Mike sat down inside the pot.But the pot didn‟t move.Mike got angry and broke it then carried the broke pot home.His mother was angry.“You are stupid.” She said.But Mike thought, “I‟m not stupid.Only a stupid person carried something with three legs.”

故事30 迈克和锅

一天，迈克的妈妈需要一口锅，她让迈克向她朋友借一口锅。于是，迈克去了她的朋友家，她的朋友借个他一口大锅。在回家的路上，迈克把锅放在路上看了看它，它是一口粘土制成的三条腿的锅。

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 shop to get shaved.The barber brought one of his brooms.After he had shaved him, he asked for the price of the brooms.“Two pence,” said the man.“No, no,” said the barber.“I will give you a penny, and if you don‟t think that is enough, you may take your broom back!”

The man took it and asked what he had to pay his shave.“A penny,” said the barber.“I will give you a half penny, and if that is not enough, you may put my beard on 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 wanted to know why he didn‟t come back and went out to have a look.She saw he was standing in the sun at the gate and watching the ice melting.“What‟s the matter?” She asked him.“Why don‟t you bring it in?”

“I saw the ice was wet and I was afraid that you would scold me so I‟m running it dry.” 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 numbers.In the zoo, people can see many kinds of animals.For example, lions, tigers, they are scary.Monkey, foxes are intelligent.People usually think pandas;koala bears are so cute and smart.Some animals live in the water, such as dolphins.They need a lot of water for their home.And elephants with long nose are very strange.They can sing and dance.The giraffes are quite tall because of their long necks.So they can reach 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。

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 the ladder was against the big branch he was sawing.“Hi, it is dangerous.” Fred shouted.“After you cut off the branch, you will fall, too.” But the man didn‟t believe 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 go far before he heard something crashed.He rushed back and found the man lying on the ground.Fred asked some men for help.They carried the man to 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。”而那个人不相信他，愤怒地说：“快走开，小东西，没有你的事。”

费雷德没趣地离开了。他没有走多远就听见一声响，他急忙跑回去，发现那个人躺在地上。

英语幽默故事

There was a guy who went into a shop to buy a parrot.There werethree parrots in the shop.One was $5,000;another one, $10,000;and the third one, $30,000.The customer asked the owner, “How come this guy is $5,000? That‟s so expensive for this kindof parrot.” The owner said, “Because I have trained him and he can talk.” So the customer asked him, “How about this guy? What can he do that makes him so expensive?” The owner said, “Well, apart from talking, he can also do some amusing actions,like dancing and so on.That‟s why he‟s so expensive.” Then the customer said, “How about the third one? What canhe do that makes him so expensive?” The owner of the shopsaid, “I don‟t know.Normally, I have never heard him talk, nor dance, nor whistle, nor sing, nothing at all!But the other two call him „The Boss.‟”

老板最大 有个人到一间商店买鹦鹉。店里有三只鹦鹉，其中一只卖五千元，另一只卖一万元，还有一只卖三万元。顾客问老板：「为什么这只要卖五千元？这个价钱对这种鹦鹉来说太贵了！」老板说：「因为我有训练他讲话。」顾客又问：「那这只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「他除了会说话之外，还会表演一些有趣的动作，好比说跳舞等等，所以才卖这么贵。」顾客接着又问：「那第三只呢？他会做什么？为什么要卖这么贵？」老板说：「我不知道。我从没听过他讲话、吹口哨或唱歌，也没看过他跳舞，什么都没有！不过另外两只叫他：『老板！』」

Where is the egg? Teacher:Can you make a sentence with the word “egg”? Student:Yes.I ate a piece of cake yesterday.Teacher:Then where is the “egg“? Student:In the cake,Sir.鸡蛋在哪里？

老师：你能用“鸡蛋”一词造句吗？ 学生：可以。我昨天吃了一块蛋糕。老师：“鸡蛋”在哪？ 学生：在蛋糕里，先生

Tom is a little boy, and he is only seven years old.Once he goes to a cinema.It is the first time for him to do that.He buys a ticket and goes in.But after two or three minutes he comes out, and buys the second ticket and goes in again.After a few minutes he comes out again and buys the third ticket.Two or three minutes after that he comes out and asks for another ticket.But a girl asks him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?” “No, I have no friends here, but a big woman always stops me at the door and cuts up my ticket.”

汤姆是个小孩，他才7岁。当他去电影院的时候。那时他第一次去。他买了张票进去了。但没过两三分钟他就出来了，然后买了第二张票又进去了。几分钟后他又出来买了第三张票。接着两三分钟后他又出来买票。一个女的问她，“你为什么要买那么多票啊? 你见到了几个朋友？” “没有，我里面没朋友，但是每当我进门的时候一位大的女人老把我的票给剪了”

Child:My uncle has 1000 men under him.Man:He is really somebody.What does do? Child:A maintenance man in a cemetery 他真是一个大人物

小孩：我叔叔下面有1000个人。

男人：他真是一个大人物。他是干什么的？ 小孩：墓地守墓人。

Teacher: Would Shakespeare be a great man if he were still alive today?

Student: Of course.He must be a great man, for so far nobody has lived to over 400 years.一名伟人

老师：如果莎士比亚还活着，他会是一名伟人吗？ 学生：当然。因为到目前为止，还没有人活到400多岁。

Mr.Smith: Waiter, there's a dead fly in my soup.Waiter: Yes, sir, I know---it's the heat that kills it.史密斯先生：服务员，我的汤里有一只死苍蝇．

服务员：是的，先生，我知道了，它是被烫死的．

Son: Dad, give me a dime.Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes? Son: I guess you're right, Dad, Give me a dollar, will you? 儿子：爸爸，给我一角钱。

父亲：儿子，你不认为你已经长大了，不该再老是一角一角地要钱了(该自立了)，不是吗？

儿子：爸爸，我想你是对的，那给我一块钱行吗？

A little kid fell in love with another little kid, a school mate.Sometimes the kids think they fall in love when they have

a crush on someone else in the class, when they‟re eight or ten years old or something like that.So the eight-year-old kid came back home and asked his father, “Father, is it expensive to be married?” And the father said, “Yes, son, it is very expensive.” So the son asked, “How much does it cost?” And the father said, “I don‟t know, son.I‟m still paying.”

有个小孩爱上了另一个小孩，对方是学校的同学。八岁或十岁左右的孩子有时会迷恋班上某个人，然后就以为自己恋爱了。因此这个八岁的小孩回家问他爸爸：「爸爸，结婚很花钱吗？」爸爸说：「是啊，儿子，非常花钱。」儿子又问：「要花多少钱呢？」爸爸说：「我不知道，儿子，我到现在还一直在付钱啊！」

“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。”

A man was going to the house of some rich person.As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road.He said, “I do not want to eat those apples;for the rich man will give me much food;he will give me very nice food to eat.” Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.He went on and came to a river.The river had become very big;so he could not go over it.He waited for some time;then he said, “I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.” He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.Do not throw good things away;you may be glad to have them at some other time.【译文】 一个人正朝着一个富人的房子走去，当他沿着路走时，在路的一边他发现一箱好苹果，他说：“我不打算吃那些苹果，因为富人会给我更多的食物，他会给我很好吃的东西。”然后他拿起苹果，一把扔到土里去。他继续走，来到河边，河涨水了，因此，他到不了河对岸，他等了一会儿，然后他说：“今天我去不了富人家了，因为我不能渡过河。” 他开始回家，那天他没有吃东西。他就开始去找吃的，他找到苹果，很高兴地把它们从尘土中翻出来吃了。不要把好东西扔掉，换个时候你会觉得它们大有用处。

A 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。”

Drunk

One day, a father and his little son were going home.At this age, the boy was interested in all kinds of things and was always asking questions.Now, he asked, “What's the meaning of the word 'Drunk', dad?” “Well, my son,” his father replied, “look, there are standing two policemen.If I regard the two policemen as four then I am drunk.”

“But, dad,” the boy said, “ there's only ONE policeman!”

醉酒

一天，父亲与小儿子一块儿回家。这个孩子正处于那种对什么事都很感兴趣的年龄，老是有提不完的问题。他向父亲发问道：“爸爸，„醉‟字是什么意思？” “唔，孩子，”父亲回答说，“你瞧那儿站着两个警察。如果我把他们看成了四个，那么我就算醉了。” “可是，爸爸，”孩子说，“那儿只有一个警察呀！”

Sleeping Pills

Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night.He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm.He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: “I didn't have a

bit of trouble getting up this morning.”

“That's fine,” roared the boss, “but where were you Monday and Tuesday?”

安眠药

鲍勃晚上失眠。他去看医生，医生给他开了一些强力安眠药。

星期天晚上鲍勃吃了药，睡得很好，在闹钟响之前就醒了过来。他到了办公室，遛达进去，对老板说：“我今天早上起床一点麻烦都没有。” “好啊!”老板吼道，“那你星期一和星期二到哪儿去了？”

普通英语故事

Story 1 I Don‟t Like Her

Bob goes to a new school.One day he comes back, “Bob, do you like your new teacher?” his mother asks.“I don‟t like her, Mother.Because first she says that three and three is six, and then she says that two and four is six, too.”

故事1 我不喜欢她

鲍勃的去了所新学校。

一天，他回到家，他妈妈问他：“你喜欢你的新老师吗？”

“不，我不喜欢她，妈妈。因为她先说3加3等于6，然后她又说2加4等于6.”

Story 2 Ten Candies

Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”

“Ten.” Jim says.“Then,” Mother asks.“Yes, Mum.Four candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach.Four and six is ten, isn‟t it right?”

故事2 十块糖

妈妈问儿子：“吉姆，如果你有10块糖，吃了4块，那你还有几块糖？”

“10块。”吉姆说。

“10块？”妈妈问。

“是的，妈妈。因为4块在我的肚子里面，6块在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不对吗？”

Story 3 Count Tomorrow Morning

It‟s a right.John is looking at the sky.Tom is John‟s younger brother.He asks John “What are you doing?”

John says, “I‟m counting stars.”

Tom laughs and says, “It‟s really dark now.Why not count them tomorrow morning?”

故事3 明天早上数

这是一个晚上。约翰抬头看着天空。

汤姆是约翰的弟弟。他问约翰：“你在干什么？” 约翰说：“我在数星星。”

汤姆笑着说：“现在天空太黑了。你为什么不等到明天早上再数呢？”

Story 4

Are Flies Yummy?

Tony and his father are eating dinner.Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, are flies yummy?”

Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it‟s yucky.Why do you ask me this question? It‟s a silly question.”

But Tony says, “ There was one fly in your plate.”

故事4 苍蝇好吃吗？

托尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。

突然，托尼问他的爸爸：“爸爸，苍蝇好吃吗？”

爸爸皱眉说：“我想不好吃。你怎么会问这个问题？这可是一个愚蠢的问题。”

可是托尼说：“刚才你盘子里有一只苍蝇。”

Story 5 I Don‟t Want to Walk Home

Tom is a very old man.After dinner, he likes walking in the street.And he goes to bed at seven o‟clock.But tonight, a car stopped at his house.A policeman helps him get out.He tells Tom‟s wife, “The old man couldn‟t find his way in the street.He asked me to take him in the car.”

After the policeman leaves there, his wife asks, “Tom, you go to the street every night.But tonight you can‟t find the way, what‟s the matter?”

The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldn‟t find my way? I didn‟t want to walk home.”

故事5 我不想走回家

汤姆是一位老人，他喜欢在晚饭后到大街上散步，在7点回来睡觉。

但是，今天晚上一辆小汽车停在他家门前，汤姆在一位警察的帮助下走下汽车。警察告诉汤姆的妻子：“这位老人在街上迷路了，他让我用汽车送他回来。”

警察走后：“汤姆，你每天都到那条街上散步，但是今天你迷路了，你怎么了？”

这位老人像孩子般的笑道：“我迷路了？我是不想走路回家。”

Story 6 It Must Be Crowded A teacher is telling his students, “The moon is very large.Several millions people can live there.”

And a boy laughs and says, “It must get crowded when it‟s a crescent moon.” 故事6 一定很拥挤

一位告诉学生：“月亮非常大，上面能住几百人。”

一个男孩笑着说：“当月亮变成月牙的时候，住在上面的人该多拥挤啊！”

Story 7 It‟s Good to Admit a Fault

John is not a “good” student.He always sleeps in the class.Today he sleeps again.“John!” Teacher says angrily.“What? What‟s wrong?” John is awaken.“Why do you make a face? It‟s classroom.Look!Everyone is laughing.” Teacher says.“No one is laughing.” Teacher says.“No, it‟s not me.I was not making a face.I was sleeping.” John fells upset.“Um.Not bad.You can admit your fault.You are still a good boy.” Teacher is satisfied with it.故事 7 认错

约翰并不是个“好”学生。他总是在上课的时候睡觉。今天他又睡着了。

“约翰！”老师生气地喊他。“什么？出什么事了？”约翰醒了。

“你为什么要做鬼脸？这是教室！看看！同学们都在笑！”老师生气地说。“没有人在笑呀。”其他同学笑声地嘀咕。

“不，不是我。我没有做鬼脸。刚才我睡着了。”约翰感到不安。“嗯，还不错。你承认自己的错误，还是给好孩子”老师为此感到满意。

Story 8

Adding Feet to a Snake

One day, Mr.Lion holds a party.Many animals come and drink a lot of wine.At last there is a pot of wine.Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake.If you finish first, you can get it.Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing.“Yeah, I‟ve finished.I‟m No.1,” he says.But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr.Gorilla also finishes.He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn‟t a snake.Snakes have no feet.I get the wine.”

故事8

画蛇添足

一天，狮子先生举行一场聚会，许多动物都来了，他们喝很多酒。最后只剩一壶酒了。让谁喝呢？它们想了想，有个主意。它们比赛画蛇，谁最快画好，谁就喝这壶酒。

不一会，狼先生画好了。“哈，我画好了，我是第一个。”它说。可是它又画了起来，它还说：“再给它加几只脚吧。”这是猩猩先生也画好了。它拿起那酒壶喝起来。一边喝一边说：“那不是蛇，蛇是没有脚的，我赢了这壶酒。”

Story 9

Covering One‟s Ears While Stealing a Bell

Mr.Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door.“Oh!How nice!I will take it

home.” He thinks, “What can I do?” After a while he has a “good” idea.“Aha!I have an idea now.I can plug my ears.Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.”

Then he does so.But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door.“What ate you doing?” the owner says angrily.故事9 掩耳盗铃

王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。“啊，真漂亮啊！我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢？”过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。“啊哈！我有办法了！我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。”

于是他就这样做了。可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说：“你在干什么？”

Story 10

Adding Eyes to a Dragon Mr.Li is a good painter.One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes.Mr.Zhou looks at the picture and says, “The dragon has no eyes.It isn‟t a good picture.”

But Mr.Li smiles and says, “If I add eyes to the dragon, it will fly away.”

Mr.Zhou shakes head and says, “You are boasting.I don‟t believe you.”

Mr.Li isn‟t angry.He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon.Woe!The dragon really flies.故事 10 画龙点睛

李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但是这只龙没有眼睛。

周先生见了说：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。”

可是李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。”

周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。”

李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。

Story 11

Lord Ye‟s Love of the Dragon

There is a young man, Lord Ye.He likes dragons vey much.He draws many dragons

in his house.The house becomes a world of dragon.A red dragon hears of Lord Ye, and is deeply moved.He wants to visit Lord Ye and makes a friend with him.“Hi, Mr.Ye!Nice to meet you,” the real dragon comes to visit Mr.Ye runs away as fast he can.“Oh, my God!Help!Help!” he runs and shouts.”

故事11

叶公好龙

有个年轻人，姓叶，非常喜欢龙.他在屋里里面了许多许多龙。这屋子都快成了龙的世界。

一龙真龙听说了叶公的事，很受感动，就想去拜访叶公，和他交个朋友。

“嘿。叶先生！很高兴见到你。”这条真龙拜访叶先生了。可是叶先生飞快地逃了。忒边跑边喊：“啊，我的天啊！救命！救命！”

Story 12

I Made Granny Glad

A teacher is telling her students the importance of making others glad.“Now, children,” she says“Did you make someone else glad?”

“Please, teacher,” says a small boy, “I made someone glad yesterday.” “Well done.Who was that?” The teacher says.“My granny.” The boy says.“Good boy.Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad.” The teacher says.“I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours.Then I said to her, „Granny, I‟m going home.‟ And she said, “well.I‟m glad!”

故事12 我让奶奶高兴了

一位教师正在对学生将使人高兴的重要性。“听着，孩子们，”他说：“你们曾让别人高兴过吗？”

“我，老师，”一个男孩子说，“昨天我就使别人高兴过。” “做得好。是谁呢？”老师说。“我奶奶。”小男孩说。

“好孩子。现在告诉我们，你是怎样使你奶奶高兴的？”老师问道。

“是这样的，老师。昨天我去看她，在她那儿呆了3个小时。然后我对她说：“奶奶，我要回家了。”她说：“啊，我很高兴。” Story 13 Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well

There is a frog.He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well.He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.One day a crow comes to the well.He sees the frog and says, “Frog, let‟s have a talk.” Then the frog asks, “Where are you from?” “I fly from the sky,” the crow says.The frog feels surprised and says, “The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well.How do you fly from the sky?”

The crow says, “The sky is very big.You always stay in the well, so you don‟t know the world is big.”

The frog says, “I don‟t believe.” But the crow says, “You can come out and have a look by yourself.”

So the frog comes out from the well.He is very surprised.How big the world is!

故事13 坐井观天

有一只青蛙住在井底，他从来没有去过井外面。他以为天空就和井口一样大。一天，一只乌鸦飞到井边，看见青蛙，就对它说：“青蛙，咱们聊聊吧。”青蛙就问他：“你从哪里来？”“我从天上上来。青蛙惊讶了，就说：“天空就只有这井口这么大，你怎么会从天上飞老呢？”

乌鸦说：“天空很大。只不过你一直呆在井里，所有不知道世界很大。”青蛙说：“我不相信。”乌鸦说：“你可以出来，自己看看嘛。” 于是青蛙来到井外。他十分惊讶，原来世界这么大！

Story 14 I can‟t Cook It

It‟s sunny day in spring.Miss Cat is fishing.Suddenly the fishing rod moves.“Great!Oh, it‟s so heavy!” Miss Cat says happily.The fish is plucked out of the river.“Oh, a big fish!How big the fish is!” She cheers.But she puts the fish into the river and goes on fishing.At the time Mr.House goes by and sees it.“What do you set it free?” He asks.“Because my pot is too small.I can‟t cook it,” Miss Cat says.故事14 我没法煮它

这是春天里一个阳光明媚的日子，猫小姐在河边钓鱼。突然鱼竿动了动。“太棒了！哇，好重啊！”猫小姐高兴地喊着。

鱼被拉出来了。“啊！一条大鱼！这条大鱼可真大呀！”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼

放回河里，又继续钓鱼。

这时候马先生路过，看见这一切，就问她：“为什么你把鱼放了？” “因为我的锅太小。我没办法烧这么大的鱼。”猫小姐回答说。

Story 15

That Is Not My Dog!

A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog.She asks the shopkeeper, “Does your dog bite?”

The shopkeeper says, “No, my dog does not bit.”

The woman tries to pet the dog and the dog bites her.“Ouch!” She says, “I thought you said your dog does not bite!” The shopkeeper replies, “That is not my dog!”

故事15

那不是我的狗

一个妇人走进一家宠物店，看见一只很可爱的小狗。她问店主：“你的狗咬人吗？”

店主说：“不，我的狗不咬人。”

于是这个妇人试着抚摸小狗，可是小狗却咬了她。“哎哟！”妇人说，“我想你刚才还说你的狗不咬人。” 店主人回答说：“那不是我的狗。”

Story

Wrong

Mark‟s favorite cup is broken, and he feels unhappy.Susan sees and asks him, “ You look sad.What‟s the matter?”

Mark says, “There is something wrong with my cup.”

Susan says, “Don‟t worry.I can repair it.”

Mark feels surprised and asks, “Repair? You can repair it? You?”

“Yes.Believe me!Where is it?” Susan answers.“Here.My cup is broken.Are you sure you can repair it?” Mark takes out his cuo.故事16 误会

马克最喜欢的杯子了，他很不开心。苏珊看见了就问他：“你看上去不太开心。怎么了？”

苏珊说：“别担心。我会补好它的。”

马克听了感到奇怪，就问她：“补？你会补？真的吗？”

“没错。相信我。在哪里呢？”苏珊说。

“这儿。我的cup破了。你确信补好它吗？”马克拿出了杯子。

“cup？ 你以为是cap.”苏珊说道。说完他俩都笑了。

Story 17

My “Clever” Dog

Bobby is my dog.I love him.He can roll on the floor.He can play balls with me.He can look after my house when I am out.Bobby is very clever.But sometimes he isn‟t.One day Bobby runs away.He is out for three days.After he comes back, I tie him to a tree and give him some food.Bobby begins to eat.But then he stops.He sees a fox.The fox is looking at his food.Bobby barks and barks.He wants to catch the fox.But he can‟t.The fox runs round the tree.Bobby runs after the fox.So the rope goes ground the tree.Of course Bobby can‟t run.The doc can eat the food.Quickly she eats up the food and runs away.故事17

我“聪明“的狗

巴比是我的狗。我很爱他。他会在地板上打滚。他会和我玩球。他能在外出的时候帮我看家。巴比很聪明，可是有些时候他也不聪明。

一天，巴比跑了出去，3天没回家。他回来后，我把他拴在一棵树上，给他一些食物。巴比吃着食物，但是又停了下来。他看见一只狐狸。这只狐狸正盯着他的食物。巴比朝狐狸一个劲地叫。他想抓住狐狸。但是他办不到。狐狸喀什绕着树跑，巴比就追着它跑。于是绳子就绕在了数上。当然巴比就跑不开了。那只狐狸跑去吃他的食物。很快就吃光了所有食物，而后跑走了。

Story 18 Snow White

Snow White is born on a cold winter day.She is as white as snow.Her eyes are very big, her hair very long and her voice is sweet.She is very kind and beautiful.Everyone loves her.Her mummy, the Queen loves her, too.But she died.A new Queen comes.She is beautiful, but bad.She doesn‟t like Snow White, because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world.“I will kill Snow White.” So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White.The hunter is an honest man.“You are a good girl;I don‟t want to kill you.” So he lets Snow White go.Snow White goes into a forest.She finds a house, and goes into the house.Seven

dwarfs live there.They like Snow White, and ask Snow White to live with them.No sooner, the new Queen dies.Because she isn‟t the most beautiful woman in the world.故事 18 白雪公主

白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天，因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴，有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈——皇后也爱她，但她死了。

一位新皇后来了，她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公主，因为白雪公主是世界上最美丽的女孩。

“我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此，她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚实的人。“你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。

白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。

不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界上最美丽的人。

Story 19

The Clever King Solomon

Long, long ago, there was a king.Solomon was his name.He was very clever.In his country, there were two women.They lived in the same house and each had a child.One night, one of the babies died.The dead baby‟s mother took the other woman‟s baby, and put it in her own bed.The next morning , they had a quarrel.“No, this is my baby!” The dead is yours!”

Each one wanted the living baby.So they went to see King Solomon.“Bring me a knife, cut the child into two and five each woman one half.” said the King.“Oh.Your Majesty!Give her my baby.Please don‟t kill my baby!”

Then King Solomon pointed to the woman in teas and said, “Give the baby to her.She is the mother.”

故事19 聪明的国王所罗门

很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。

在他的国家里，有两位妇女，她们住在同一间房子里。各有一个婴儿。

一天夜里，其中一个婴儿死了。他的妈妈抱另一位妇女的小孩，把他放在自己的床上。

第二天早上，他们发生了争吵。

“不，这是我的孩子！这个死的是你的！”

他们都想要这个活着的孩子，于是她们去见所罗门国王。“给我拿把刀来，把这个孩子切成两半，没人一半。”国王判决道。“哦，陛下，把我的孩子给她吧。请不要杀了我的孩子！”一位母亲哭喊道。于是所罗门指着流泪的妇女说：“把孩子给她，她是真正的母亲。”

Story 20

Catching a Thief

Witty Hare can run very fast.One day when he gets home.He sees a rat.The rat is jumping down his window.“Oh.A thief!” Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat, “You can‟t run faster then me.” Soon Witty Hare catches up with the rat, and the rat is left behind, “I must run away,‟ the rat says and laughs, “He is so silly.”

Witty Hare goes on running.A sheep sees him and asks him, “What a re you doing?” “I‟m catching the thief.” Witty Hare says.“ Thief? Where‟s the thief?” the sheep fells surprised.“He‟s behind me ,”Witty Hare says proudly.故事20

追贼

机灵的肚子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老师正从它家的窗户跳下去。“啊！贼！”机灵肚子喊着追过去。“你跑不过我的！” 不一会它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。”

机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问塔：“你在干什么？”“我在追贼。”机灵兔子说。“贼？贼在哪里啊？”绵羊感到奇怪。“它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地说着。

Story 21

A Clever Panda

A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is too big.The panda can‟t take it home.Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike.“I know!I have a good idea.” she jumps and shouts happily, “I can roll a pumpkin.It‟s like a wheel.”

So she rolls the pumpkin to her home.When her mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised, “Oh, my God!How can you carry it home?” the little panda answers proudly, “I can‟t lift it, but I can roll it.” Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl!Use you heard to do something,”

故事21

聪明的熊猫

一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。

突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。

于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。”

Story 22

The Ox and the Dog

An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am!In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows;at night, I guard the house.But you…” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says

“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.“Yes.It‟s true,” the ox says.“But if I don‟t plough, what do you guard?”

故事22 牛和狗

一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。

一天，狗骄傲地说着；„我是多么重要啊！白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”

“我？我怎么啦？“ 牛反问。

“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。

“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢？”

Story 23 Go to the Cinema

A lorry driver, David is driving 200 penguins to London Zoo.But his lorry breaks down on the motorway, when another lorry driver, Robert stops in the front of him，David asks for help, and explains that he is taking the penguins to the zoo.Robert says, “Ok.I can help you.”

Some hours later, Robert drivers back and passes David.David is still on the lorry, and look happy.“I thought I told you to take those penguins to the zoo.” David says.Robert replies, “I did, but I had some money left, so I‟m going to the cinema now.”

故事23

去电影院

一个叫戴维的货车司机载着200只企鹅去伦敦动物园。可是他的车在高速公路上坏了。当一辆货车停在他面前的时候，戴维向司机罗珀特求救，并且解释自己要送这些企鹅去伦敦动物园。罗珀特说：“行，我帮你。”

几个小时过后，罗珀特又回来了，并经过戴维生病，戴维还等在高速公路上。那些企鹅也还在车上，特高兴的样子。

“我想我告诉过你吧这些企鹅送进动物园的。”戴维说。

罗珀特回答说：“是的，我去了。但是我的钱包丢在电影院了，所有我现在要回那里去。”

Story 24

Wolf Is Coming

There is a naughty boy in a village.He likes telling lies.One day he wants to make fun of the farmers.So he shouts, “Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is coming!” The kind farmers are working in the field.They hear the shout, and hurry to help the boy.But when get there, the boy says: “There isn‟t a wolf.I‟m joking.The farers are angry and go back to their field.After a while the biy shouts again, “Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is coming!” And the farmers come and are cheated again.The boy laughs and laughs.They say, “You tell lies.We will not believe you.”

Later a wolf really comes.The boy is very scared.“Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is coming!” the boy shouts and shouts.“Help!Help!” But no one comes.And wolf eats the naughty boy.故事24

狼来了

村子里有个淘气的小男孩，他喜欢撒谎。一天，他想捉弄村名，就大喊：“狼来了！狼来了！” 善良的村民们正在地里干活，听到喊声，赶快去救他。俄式他们到了那里，男孩说：“没有狼。我跟你们开完先的。”村民很生气，回到田里。

不一会，那孩子大喊：狼来了！狼来了！”村民来了，却再次被欺骗。男孩开心地大笑，村民们说：“你说谎。我们再也不会相信你了。”

后来狼真的来了。男孩十分害怕。“狼来了！狼来了！”他大声呼喊，“救命啊！救命！”但是没人来。结果这个淘气的男孩被狼吃了。

Story 25 Change Name

Tom is 16.he decides to leave home and joins a music company.His father hears that and angry, “Singer? My son? It‟s disgrace!” he shouts, “What do they think of the neighbors know?”

“I will change my name,” Tom says.He thinks he will become a singer in the future.“Change your name?” Tom‟s father shouts angrily, “What if you‟re successful? How will the neighbors know you are my son.?”

故事25

改名字

汤姆16岁了。她决定离家参加一个唱片公司。他父亲听后很生气：“唱歌？我的儿子啊！真丢脸。”他大喊，“要是邻居们知道，他们会怎么想？”

“我会改名字的。”汤姆说。他认为自己将来会成为一名歌手。

“改名字？”汤姆的父亲生气地说，“如果你成名了怎么？邻居们怎么知道你是我的儿子？”

Story 26 Three Little Pigs and a Big Wolf Once, a mother pig sent her three little children into the world.They needed to look after themselves.The first pig found some straw, and he built a fine house with straw, and he built a fine house with straw.The second pig built a house with wood.The third pig built a house with stone.One day, a wolf came to straw house, he was hungry.“Little pig let me in!I‟m your brother.” “No, no!You are a wolf.”

Then the wolf blew down the straw house.The first pig ran to the wooden house.Then the wolf came to the wooden house, too.The two pigs ran to the stone

house.The wolf came and blew the stone house.He blew and blew, but the house didn‟t fall down.Then wolf was angry, he climbed to the roof and jumped down the chimney.The wolf fell into the pot!Ouch!He ran away.The three little pigs lived happily.故事26

从前，猪妈妈把她的三个小孩打发出去，因为他们需要学会照顾自己。第一只小猪找到一些稻草，他盖了一座漂亮的草房子。第一只小猪盖了一座木头房子。第二只小猪了盖了一座石头房子。

一天，一只大灰狼来到草房前，他十分饥饿。“小猪，让我进去，我是我你兄弟。” “不，不，你是大灰狼。”

然后大灰狼就把草屋吹倒了，第一只小猪逃到了木头屋子里。

然后狼来到木头前，他吹呀吹可是吹不倒石头房子。狼发怒了，他爬上了屋顶并从烟囱往下跳。

在烟囱下面的火炉上有一锅水。三只小猪用大火把得很烫。狼掉进了锅里！哎呀！他逃走了？ 三只小猪从此过着快乐的生活。

Story 27 The Wolf and the Crane

There is a bad wolf in the forest.One day he is eating a lamb.Suddenly a bone sticks in his throat.“Oh, a bone is my throat.” He goes to see a doctor, “Please help me.” The doctor, Mr.Panda says, “Sorry, I can‟t help you.The bone is inside.”

“What can I do?” the wolf is sad.Then he meets a crane.“Oh, dear crane.Please help me.A bone is in my throat.I will pay for your help.”

“Ok.Let me have a try,” the crane says.She pulls out the bone with her bill.“Now I will go.Remember your words.You should pay me,” she says.“Well.Pay you.I remember,” the wolf says.With the words, the wolf bites off the crane‟s neck and eats her up.故事27

狼与鹤

森林里有一只很坏的狼。一天，他正在吃一只羊羔.突然一根骨头卡在他的喉咙里了。

“哎呀，一根骨头卡在我的喉咙里了。”他赶忙去看医生，“请帮帮我吧。”医生熊猫先生说：“很抱歉，我帮不了你。骨头卡在里面。”

“我该怎么办啊？”狼伤心。后来他遇到一只鹤。“亲爱的鹤小姐，请救救我吧，一根头卡在我的喉咙里了。我会给你报酬的。”

“好吧。我试试看。”鹤小姐说。她用她的长嘴把骨头拉了出来。“现在我要走了。记住你的话，你该给我报酬的。”

“好的，给你报酬。”狼突然说，突然咬住鹤的长脖子，把她吃了。

Story 28 A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed

Jack and Ben are good friends.One day, they explore a forest together.When they go deep into the forest, suddenly they hear a sound.“What‟s that? The sound is so terrible.” Ben says.“Oh!Bear!Look!A bear!” Jack says and climbs quickly on a tall tree.Ben tries to climb on the tree.But he can‟t.“What can I do? Help me please!“Ben says to Jack.But Jack does nothing.The bear is coming.Ben lies down quickly and pretends to die.The bear looks at Ben and walking around him.Ben holds his breath.The bear smells Ben and thinks he‟s dying, and then the bear goes away.When Jack sees the bear going far, he slides down from the tree and wakes Ben.“What did the Bear whisper to you?” Jack asks Ben.“Why didn‟t you help me? Have you not heard the sentence: A friend in need is a friend indeed?” Ben shouted.故事28

患难见真情

杰克和本是一对好朋友。一天，他俩结伴去森林探险。当他们深入森林时，突然听到一个声音。

“那是什么？这声音真恐怖。”本说。

“啊！是熊！快看！熊！”杰克边说边迅速爬到身旁的颗大树上。

本试着爬在树上，可是他做不到。“我怎么办啊？快帮帮我？”本朝杰克喊道。可

是杰克什么也没有做。

熊来了。本赶快躺在地上装死。熊看看本。绕着他走了儿圈。本赶忙屏住呼吸。熊又低下头闻了本，以为他死了，然后就走开了。

杰克看到熊走远了，他才滑下树来，叫醒本。“熊刚才跟你说什么了？“杰克好奇地文本。

“你刚才为什么不帮我？难道你没有听对患难见真情这句话吗？”本大声喊道。

Story 29

A Clever Hare

Billy hare is hungry and finds a radish.What he picks it up, Mr.Fox is behind him and wants to eat him.“I‟m hungry, too.You‟ve my dinner.I‟m going to eat you,” ha says.Billy Hare is shocked, but he isn‟t scared.He says, “Follow me.I have better food for you.”

They go to a well.“Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water.“What‟s that?” Mr.Fox asks surprisingly.“It‟s a big and fat hen.Let‟s get down and fetch it.” Billy Hare says and gets down with a pail.“Can you out the hen into the pail?” Mr.Fox shouts.“No.She‟s too big,” Billy Hare says, “Come down, please.We can take her up together.Jump into the other pail.”

Mr.Fox does so.When he gets down, Billy Hare gets up.“Good-bye!” Billy Hare gets down, Billy Hare gets out of the well and says.Mr.Fox can‟t get out.故事29

聪明的野兔

野兔比利很饿，他找到了一只萝卜。当他捡起萝卜的时候，狐狸先生正在他的生后，想吃了他。“我也饿了。你是我的晚餐，我要吃了你。”狐狸说。

比利很吃惊，但是他并不害怕。他说：“跟我来，我有更好的食物给你。”

他们来来一口井边。

“朝这下面看，”比利说，“水里有东西。”“是什么呀？”狐狸先生好奇地问：“那是一只有大又费肥的母亲。我们下去把她捉上来。”比利说着，乘一只水桶下去了。

“你能把鸡放进桶里里。”狐狸问他：“不行，这只鸡太大了，”比利说，“下来吧。我们可以一起把它捉上去。快掉到另一只水桶里吧。”

狐狸照做了。当他下去的时候，比利就上来了。“再见。”比利从井里出来时说。

而狐狸却出不来了。

Story 30 Father‟s Things

When Peter is 17, he is as tall as his father.So he begins to borrow his father‟s clothes when he wants to go out with his father‟s clothes when he wants to go out with his friends in the evening.Father doesn‟t like this.And he always gets very angry when he finds his son wearing any of his things.One evening when Peter is about to go out;his father stops him in the living room.He looks at Peter‟s clothes very carefully.Then he says angrily, “Isn‟t that one of my ties, Peter?”

“Yes, Father, it is,” answers Peter.“And that shirt is mine, too.”

“Yes, that‟s your, too.” answers Peter.“And you‟re wearing my belt!”

“Yes, I am, Father,” answers Peter, “You don‟t want to your trousers to fall down, do you?”

故事30

父母的东西

皮特17岁的时候，长得和父亲一样高了。于是，当他晚上和朋友一起出去时，就开始借父亲的衣服穿。可是这位父亲可不喜欢这样，当他发现他的儿子穿他的衣服时，总是非常生气。

一天晚上，皮特准备出去，父亲在客厅里拦住了他。父亲细细打量着皮特的穿着。然后气呼呼的说着；“皮特，那不是我的领带吗？”

皮特回答说：“是的，父亲，是您的领带。” “还有那衬衫也是我的。”

“是的，衬衫也是您的。”皮特回答说。“还有呢，你连皮带也用我的。”父亲说。

“是的，父亲，”皮特回答说，“您不愿意让您的裤子掉下来吧？”

Story 31

The Thirsty Dog

A dog is very thirsty.But he only sees some empty pails.There is no water in them.The dog goes on looking for water.He comes to a small house.There is a girl in it.The girl goes out with a pail.“She goes to a well,” the dog thinks and follows her.The dog is right.The girl comes to a well and puts down the pail, and the pail is full of water, there the girl goes back to her house.“ Water!Great!” the dog says and runs to the well.He jumps into the well without thought.”

The water is good.The dog is happy and drinks much.But he can‟t jump out of the well.He waits and waits.But no one comes.“I‟m hungry now.I must go out,” he thinks.At the time a thirsty goat comes to the well.He looks at the water and the dog.“Is the water good?” the goat asks.“ Of course.Come down,” the dog says.Then the goat jumps into the well, too.Then dog is happy.He jumps on the goat‟s back and jumps out of the well.The dog has a look at the goat and says, “Goodbye!” Then he leaves.故事31 一只口渴的狗

有一只狗口很渴，他只找到一些空空的水桶，里面没有水。他继续找水。他来到一座小房子前面。房子里住着一个小姑娘。小姑娘拎着只水桶出来了。“她要去打水。”狗想道，并跟在她后面。果然不错，小姑娘来到一口井边，把水桶放入井里，水桶水满了。然后小姑娘回去了。

“水！太好了！”狗叫着跑过去。他想也没想就跳下井去了。

井水真的不错。狗可高兴了。喝了许多水，但是他没有办法跳出来了。他等了好久，但是没有人来。“我饿了，我得出去。”他想着。

这时候一只口渴的山羊到井边来了，他看了看井水和这只狗。“这水好和吗？”山羊问狗：“当然了。快下来吧。“狗回答说。于是山羊也跳到井里了。狗高兴极了。他跳上山羊的背，又跳出了水井。

狗看了一眼山羊说声：“再见。”就跑开了。

Story 32

A Smart Tortoise

A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food.He sees a frog in front of him.“Ha ha!A frog!My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog.Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise.The little tortoise sees it;he bites the tiger‟s tail.“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back.The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.But the tiger is very angry.“Bother it!I‟ll throw you to the sky!” “Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”

“Oh,no!I can‟t swim;I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.“Thank you, Mr.Tiger.Bye-bye.” The tortoise and the frog swim away together.故事32 聪明的乌龟

一只老虎很饥饿，他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。“哈哈！一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他补向青蛙。

在老虎的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。“哎呦！”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音，他迅速跳进水里。

“谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。

大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌！我要把你扔到天上去。” “谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”

“哦，不！我不会游泳，如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了。

“谢谢你，老虎先生，再见！”乌龟和青蛙一起游走了。

Story 33 The Rabbit and the Fox

Once there was a naughty rabbit.He likes to play tricks, and it made other animals angry.But it was very different to catch him.One day, a wolf said to a fox, “I have an idea to catch the rabbit.You go back home and get into bed.I‟ll go to the rabbit and tell him that you are dead.If he comes to see you, you‟ll jump up and catch him.”

“Good idea,” said the fox, “I‟ll do that.” Then fox ran home and got into bed.The wolf went to the rabbit‟s house and said, “Mr.Rabbit, have you heard Mr.Fox is dead?” The wolf stood at the door, and then he went away.“Really? I haven‟t heard anything about it.” The rabbit said to himself, so he decided to go and see if it was true.He went to the fox‟s house and looked in through the

window.He saw the fox lying in bed.He opened the door and went in.he looked at the fox and said, “Mr.Wolf says Mr.Fox is dead, but he doesn‟t look like a dead fox.A dead fox always open his mouth.”

When the fox heard this, he thought, “I‟ll show him that I am dead.” So he opened his mouth.The rabbit saw the fox open his mouth, and he knew the fox was not dead.He ran out of the house as fast as he could.故事33

兔子和狐狸

以前有一个淘气的兔子，他喜欢恶作剧，这使得其他动物很生气。但是想抓住这是兔子可不容易。

一个，狼对狐狸说：“我想到一个办法可以抓住这只兔子，你回家睡在床上，我去告诉告诉兔子你死了。如果他来看你，你就跳起来抓住它。”

“好主意，”狐狸说，“我按你说的办。“于是狐狸跑回家躺在床上。狼跑到兔子家说： “兔子先生死了的事你听说了吗？”狼站在门口说，然后就走开了。

“真的吗？我怎么没有听说呢。”兔子自言自语地说。于是他决定去看看是不是真的。她来到狐狸的房前并从窗口往里看，他看见狐狸躺在床上。于是，他打开门并走了进去。他看着狐狸说着；“狼先生说狐狸死了，但他不像一只死狐狸，因为死狐狸是张开嘴巴的。”

当狐狸听见这话，他想“我要让他知道我是死的。于是他张开了嘴巴。

兔子看见狐狸张开了嘴巴，他知道狐狸没有死，于是他飞快从房子里跑了出来。

Story 34

The Wolf and the Dog

There is a wolf.He is very hungry and has no strength to find food.As he lies under a large tree, a dog sees him.The dog sees the wolf is so thin and hungry, and he feels sorry for him and says, “You are so terrible!Are you hungry?”

“Yes,” says the wolf, “I‟m hungry because you are guarding the sheep.Now I am so weak that I can‟t find food.I think I will do.”

“Why not help me?” Asks the dog, “I work regularly and I eat regularly.You could do the same.You can help me guard the sleep.In that way, I will not worry about your stealing the sleep, and you will not worry about going hungry.It‟s good for us.The wolf thinks it over and thinks the dog is right.So they walk to the dog‟s house.As they are walking, the wolf sees that only the hair of the dog‟s neck is very thin.He

第五篇：演讲稿 -译文

the biggest adventure is never dare

to take any adventure

It is well konwn that most of people like to adventure in their unconscious mind but hardly any of them put the idea into reality.The biggest adventure is never dare to take any adventure for any person.When you want to climb a mountain,for instance,it is probable that you may hold back when you konw how steep it is.This psychology about fearing failure causes you dare not face the way forward.What's more,you could not face the same problem when you meet a small hill next time during your life,that is because you don't have a daring mood.As the proverb goes,no rose without a thorn,nothing is difficult to the man who will try.When you meet something you want to do ,just do it.Why not? You should understand that a loser is afraid to try new things.Don't be afraid to biite off more than you can chew.As we all konwn that opportunity is given by those who are ready for it.Daring not to take any adventure makes people lost many opportunities,such as the opportunities in finding works.You should have confidence and determination.You will regret if you don't have a try because you don't konw what the result

is.You can take the future even if you fail.In other words,failure is the mother of success,if there is nothing good about failure,how can it be the mother of success?Experience is also a kind of weath,which is still the truth.You and me should learn to take adventure.Thank you!

最大的冒险是没有勇气 采取任何冒险

这是一个很好的时刻才知道谁,大多数人都喜欢在他们的潜意识的冒险,但几乎没有人把想法变成现实。最大的冒险是从不敢采取任何冒险任何人。

当你想爬山,例如,很可能你可以阻挡当你知道陡峭。这种心理的失败使你害怕不敢面对我们前进的道路。更重要的是,你不可能面临同样的问题,当你遇到一个小山丘下次在你的生活中,那是因为你没有大胆的心情。俗话说,没有不带刺的玫瑰,世上无难事,只要肯登攀。当你遇到一些你想做的事,就做吧。为什么不呢?你应该明白真正的失败者害怕尝试新的东西。不要害怕biite掉超过能力所及的事情。我们都时刻才知道谁这个机会给那些有准备的人。

不敢采取任何冒险使人失去了许多的机会,如在寻找工作机会。你应该有信心和决心。你会后悔的,如果你不试一试,因为你不知道会是什么结果。你可以把未来即使你失败了。换句话说,失败是成功之母,如果有什么好失败,怎样才能成功之母?经历也是一种财富,它仍然是一个真理。你和我应该学会接受的冒险。

谢谢你!

最大的冒险是从来不敢 采取任何冒险

这是konwn，大多数人喜欢冒险，在他们的潜意识，但几乎没有任何投入reality.The最大的冒险的想法是从来不敢对任何人采取任何冒险。

例如，当你想爬山，这是可能的，您可能会忍住，当你知道如何陡峭，is.This有关害怕失败的原因，你不敢面对的方式forward.What's更多心理，你可以不面对同样的问题，当你遇到一个小山坡下一次在你的生命，那是因为你没有一个谚语所说的大胆mood.As，没有无刺的玫瑰，没有什么困难的人将try.When你满足的东西你想要做的，只是做it.Why不是吗？你应该明白，一个失败者，是害怕尝试新的things.Don'T害怕biite比你可以chew.As我们所有的机会是给予那些有准备的konwn的。

敢于不采取任何冒险使人们失去了许多机会，如发现works.You应该有信心和determination.You会后悔，如果你没有尝试的机会，因为你不知道什么结果is.You可以采取的将来，即使你fail.In换句话说，失败是成功之母，如果有什么

好有关故障，怎么能是成功之母吗？体验也是一种风化，这仍然是真理我和你应该学会采取冒险。谢谢！

最大的冒险从未是胆敢 to采取所有冒险

是知名的大多数人在他们不自觉的头脑里喜欢冒险，但是任何一个几乎不放想法入现实。最大的冒险从未是采取任何人的所有冒险的胆敢。

例如时，当您想要攀登山是可能的您可以阻止，当您知道时多么陡峭它是。关于恐惧失败起因的这心理学您今后敢不是面孔方式。什么是更多，您不可能面对同一个问题在您的生活期间时，当您遇见小小山下次，是，因为您没有一种大胆的心情。因为谚语是，没有上升了，不用刺，没什么是困难的对将尝试的人。当您遇见某事时您想要做，做它。为什么没有？ 您应该了解失败者害怕尝试新的事。比您能嚼不要害怕对biite更多。作为我们知道的所有准备好它的那些人提供机会。

敢不采取任何冒险做人丢失了许多机会，例如在发现工作的机会。您应该有信心和决心。您后悔您是否没有一次尝试，因为您不知道什么结果是。您能需要未来，即使您出故障。换句话说，失败怎么成功的母亲是否是，如果没什么好关于失败，可以它是成功的母亲？经验也是一weath，仍然是真相。您和我应该学会采取冒险。谢谢!