第一篇：关于校园浪漫的英语作文
The Shadow of Romance Seeking on the Campus
As we know, the campus life is very colorful.There are lots of beautiful flowers, green trees around campus.You live with your friends and study together happily.So I think it’s good for us to seek the romance on the campus.Except studying, we have a lot of time to do what we like.So we can seek the romance on campus.We are so young that we have kinds of romantic ideas.And we learn different culture around the world from books.There are so many beautiful things around us, such as the flying bees and butterflies, lovely birds and so on.It’s helpful for us to seek the romance on campus.As far as I’m concerned, you can make a boyfriend or girlfriend, so that you will know the meaning of romantic love.You can also sit on campus to see the sunshine and dream about future.At the same time, you can read some favorite books under the green tree and enjoy the environment of nature, listen to singing birds.How romantic things we can do on campus!They must bring us a good mood and do a great help to our study.
第二篇：浪漫英语诗
If you were a tear-drop;In my eye，For fear of losing you, I would never cry
And if the golden sun, Should cease to shine its light，Just one smile from you, would make my whole world bright
如果你是我眼里的一滴泪;为了不失去你;我将永不哭泣;如果金色的阳光;停止了它耀眼的光芒;你的一个微笑;将照亮我的整个世界。
I have searched a thousand years, and I have cried a thousand tears.I found everything I need, You are everything to me.Barry Fitzpatrick
我寻觅了千万年，我哭泣了千万次。我已经找到了需要的一切，你就是我的一切。
I just wish someday and somehow, we can be back together, Together we'll stay, always and forever.我只希望有那么一天，不管怎样；我们能重新在一起；相依相伴，直到永远！
How do I say I love you? How do I tell you I care? How do I tell you I’ve missed you, and let you know I’m here?
我如何说我爱你？我如何告诉你我在乎你？我如何告诉你我一直都在想你？如何让你知道我就在这里？
For years I had been searching, for that perfect fantasy, But, I find it in my arms, right now, you are all to me.我已经寻找了多年，为了那个美丽的梦想，但是，现在，我发现它就在我的臂弯里，你就是我的全部。
You are my life.You’re my one and only dream.I love you, and to you that i mean.Together for always, i hope we will be.I’ll love you always.Alison Cunningham
你是我的生命，你是我唯一的梦想。我爱你，只有你，我希望我们能永远在一起。我会永远爱你，如果你仍然爱我。
第三篇：浪漫英语诗
华盛顿比赛浪漫英语诗
发表于 每日英语
据说，2010年华盛顿邮报曾搞了一个比赛,要求写两行押韵的诗,第一行能多浪漫就多浪漫,第二行能多不浪漫就多不浪漫，以下是一些入选作品，娱大家一乐。
1.My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you has screwed up my life
我的心肝，我的挚爱，我美丽的贤妻，我这辈子就毁在你手里。
2.I see your face when I am dreaming.That's why I always wake up screaming.你的容颜依稀入梦境，于是我在尖叫中惊醒。
3.Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.善良、聪慧、多情而性感，可惜这些你一条都不占。
4.Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss，But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.爱是上天赐福，爱情多么美好，可我与你同眠只是因为喝高。
5.I thought that I could love no other
--that is until I met your brother.曾以为一生只爱你一个
直到遇见你的二表哥。
6.Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,the sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.娇艳的紫罗兰，鲜红的玫瑰，甜蜜的糖，就像你一样美。但紫罗兰会凋谢，玫瑰会枯黄，糖碗空空如也，和你的脑袋一样。
7.I want to feel your sweet embrace;
But don't take that paper bag off your face.我渴望你温柔的拥抱，但别把你脸上的面具摘掉。
8.I love your smile, your face, and your eyes
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!
我爱你的明眸，你的脸庞，你的微笑，妈的，我真是说谎不打草稿！
9.My love, you take my breath away.What have you stepped in to smell this way?
爱人啊，你简直让我窒息，你在哪沾上的一身臭气？
10.My feelings for you no words can tell，Except for maybe “Go to hell.”
我对你的深情无法付诸言语，除了一句“滚一边去”！
11.What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.是什么激发了我多情的诗篇？
伏特加两杯，酸柠檬一片。
【智慧之言】婚姻中的幽默
发表于 每日英语
读读婚姻中的小幽默，貌似与恋爱有很不一样的感觉。。。
1、She was his secretary before they got married.Now she's his treasurer.在他们结婚之前她是他的秘书，现在她是他的“出纳”。
2、My wife and I have an agreement that we never go to sleep angry with each other.We've been awake now for nearly 6 months.我和我妻子达成了一个协议：绝不在和对方生气的情况下去睡觉。结果我们已经6个月没睡觉了
3、My wife always lets me have the last word.It's usually, 'Yes.'
我妻子总是让我最后拿主意。我总是说：是。
4、A husband is a man with lots of small mouths to feed and one big one to listen to.所谓丈夫就是要喂许多张小嘴吃饭还要听一张大嘴说话的男人。
4、He's a bachelor by choice.Sometimes his own, but mostly the choice of the women he's dated.他之所以单身事出有因。有时那是他自己选择，而绝大多数时候则是那些他所约会的女人的选择。
5、Whenever I meet a man who would make a good husband, he already is.每当我遇到一个我觉得会是个好丈夫的男人时，他都已经是了。
6、The only person who's asked her to get married is her mother.唯一想叫她结婚的人就是她母亲。
7、I think-therefore I'm single.我思考--所以我单身
8、A wallflower is a man whose phone doesn't ring-even when he's in the bath.所谓局外人就是那些电话从不响的男人--即使当他们在洗澡的时候。
9、A bachelor is a man who never chases a woman he can't outrun.单身汉就是那些决不追赶那些他们无法追上的女人的男人。
10、The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.婚前的日子相对于婚姻来说就像是一本冗长乏味的书的一段短小精悍的序言。
11、One should always be in love-that is one reason why one should never marry.人们应该永远沉浸在爱之中--这就是人们应该永远不要结婚的理由之一。
12、Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit of it.结婚是件好事，可我认为如果把它当作一种习惯就不好了。
13、It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.如果每天都对着同一个人和蔼可亲会使人的神经崩溃的。
14、What did you do before you married?-Anything I wanted to!
你结婚之前都干什么了？--我喜欢干的所有事！
15、The truth is, I regret the day I was married.-You're lucky.I was married for a whole month!
事实上，我对我结婚的那天真感到后悔。--你很幸运！我的婚礼持续了整整一个月。
16、Did your wife have anything to say when you got home late last night?-No, but it didn't stop her talking for hours.昨晚你回家晚了时你妻子对你说什么了吗？--没，但这并不妨碍她连说几个小时一直没停嘴。
17、You know the honeymoon's over when the groom stops helping his wife with the dishes-and starts doing them himself!
你知道吗，新郎不帮妻子刷碗而开始自己刷碗的时候就意味着蜜月结束了。
18、There's only one thing that keeps me from being happily married-my wife.唯一让我的婚姻得不到幸福的就是--我妻子。
19、Marriage is just another union that defies management.婚姻就是一个反抗管理的联盟。
英语挑刺：那些坑爹的翻译会毁了你
发表于 每日英语
你也许见识过各种小资小清新的签名档，各种英语美文佳句，但是你注意到了吗？通常情况下，双语版的英文都极其不靠谱：
1、我喜欢淡淡地思念一个人The most urgent is to take the most beautiful scenery, the deepest wound was the most real emotions。
吐槽：这是机翻是机翻是机翻是机翻吧！
更正：The most beautiful sight disappears the soonest，and real love hurts the most。
3、世上最美的，莫过于从泪水中挣脱出来的那个微笑
Everyone of the people who says she or he does'n want to be in love.There must be someone without possibility in their hearts
吐槽：someone without possibility，你爱的是一个没救的人了……
更正：Whoever says they don’t want to be in love must have someone in their heart that they cannot possess.(注：英文版来自大山的更正——相声演员大山，大家都熟哦~)
5、觉得自己做得到和做不到，其实只在一念之间
Think impassability, try to upside down
吐槽：这句就没有一个词是对的……而且原句本来就很简单啊，需不需要错得这么离谱……
更正：If you can't figure out something, try think of it another way around。
你也许更加见过那些“哲理句子”，被无数人转载引用，但是就不曾有人对其英文提出过质疑——传送门：坑死爹不偿命的哈佛图书馆训言>>
小编在这篇揭露文面世之后很长很长一段时间内，仍然看到有无数人在转载这些个“墙上训言”，这件事告诉我们：在阅读一些双语美文、佳句的时候，注意力请先放在英文部分，因为讲不定那就是硬生生从中文直译过去的东西，哪里谈得上是“美文佳句”？翻译得好的，有很多，这些值得我们背诵学习；但翻译得毫不负责任的，就需要我们擦亮双眼去挑错！
选自沪江英语
A list of quotes and their ranking by respondents follows:
以下是应答者评选出的爱情名句排行榜：
1.“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”A A Milne
2.“假如你的寿命是100年，那我希望自己活到100岁的前一天，因为那样我的生命中每天都有你。”——A•A•米尔恩
3.“But soft!What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun”W.H.Auden
4.“他是我的南北，我的西东。是我作息的意义。是我的日夜，欢唱谈话的内容。我以为爱会永恒不朽……我错了。”——W•H•奥登
5.“You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”“Captain Corelli's Mandolin”
6.“爱情是一种暂时的疯狂。它像地震一样爆发，然后又平息。而当它平息时，你得做出一个判断。你得弄清楚你同他是否已经盘根错节地成为一体，以至无法分开。”——《柯莱利上尉的曼陀林》
7.“Grow old along with me!The best is yet to be”Rosemonde Gerard
8.“你知道吗？我每天都爱你更多。今天爱的比昨天多，明天爱的比今天多。”——罗丝蒙德•杰拉德
9.“But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever”Napoleon Bonaparte's 1796 dispatch to wife Josephine。
10.“希望不久我将把你紧紧地搂在怀中，吻你亿万次，像在赤道下面那样炽烈的吻。”——拿破仑•波拿巴1796年发给妻子约瑟芬的快信
转自：中国日报网-英语点津
【商务英语】高“淑商”女子十大特点
发表于 每日英语
“淑商”顾名思义，就是淑女商(gentlewoman quotient)。“淑”这个字，在中国古代泛指心地善良，性格温柔，具有这样“淑”的女性能让男人产生强烈的“与之相伴，长相厮守”的愿望。
Modern men prefer a woman to have more merits than just being gentle and having good manners.The ideal woman should also be well-educated, funny, psychologically and financially independent, for example.However, the question is how many men deserve a lady of such a high gentlewoman quotient。
在现代社会，女子要得到男士青睐，除了要温柔、知书达理外，还需要具备很多别的优点。男人们心中理想的女人应该是，受过良好教育、风趣、心理和经济都很独立，等等。可现在的问题是，有多少男人配得上如此高淑商(gentlewoman quotient)的女子呢？
Here are 10 traits that make up a perfect gentlewoman:
以下是构成完美淑女的十个条件：
1.Being beautiful and virtuous—a basic requirement for all gentlewomen。
美丽贤惠——古今淑女的基本条件。
2.Being independent and having her own ideas, which may save tons of trouble for men。
独立有主见，省去男人为其事事操心的麻烦。
3.Being humorous, not keeping a straight face while everyone else is laughing at a joke。
富有幽默感，不会在开玩笑时板着脸。
4.Being capable of adjusting herself to various circumstances and undergoing blows from life。
有较强的适应能力，能遭受现代生活的种种打击。
5.Having an attractive and warm appearance, with an adorable smile。
既有靓丽甚至惹火的外表，也有可爱的微笑。
6.Being able to maintain the balance between work and family。
能掌握好事业与家庭的平衡。
7.Having a driver’s license, a valid passport and a blog of her own。
有一张驾照，一本有效私人护照。有自己的博客地址。
8.Enjoying her native culture and fondness for her mother tongue, at the same time, being capable of speaking at least two foreign languages。
喜欢自己的母语文化，但至少掌握两门外语。
9.Owning a certain amount of products from international brands, such as Chanel perfume or Dior cosmetics。
拥有一两件或者更多国际品牌的东西——比如香奈儿香水、迪奥化妆品等。
10.Having her private space and wealth regardless of whether she will get married。
无论是否走进婚姻，都有属于自己的私密时空和财富。
选自：中国日报网-英语点津
第四篇：浪漫的英语爱情故事
The Little Match Girl
It was snowy and dark on a new year’s Eve.Many people were getting together in their warm homes.A poor little girl was still walking in the streets with no shoes.There were some matches in her hand.“ Matches!Matches!” the little girl cried in a low voice.No one heard her when they were passing by.She didn’t sell any matches and no one gave her a coin.The wind was blowing strongly and the snow was falling down on her long hair.She felt cold and hungry.Lights were shining from every window.But the little girl was afraid to go home without selling one box of matches, because her father would beat her.“ Ah, a burning match may warm me up!” she thought.She lit three matches.When the matches were burning , she saw a warm stove, a delicious roast goose and a beautiful Christmas tree.But all these disappeared when the flames went out.Then she lit a fourth match.A kind old woman was standing there.“ Grandmother!” cried the little girl, “ Take me with you.” Her grandmother held the girl in her arms.On the morning of the new year, the girl was lying against the wall, dead.Mozart—the Wonderful Boy Do you know Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? The great composer, Mozart, started writing music when he was just a little boy.Here’s a story about Mozart when he was a child.Father Mozart used to give his daughter, Nannerl , music lessons on the piano.And little Wolfgang Mozart was in the room.He watched and listened to every note his sister played.One day ,when her lesson was over ,he asked ,” May I have a lesson, papa?”
“Your are too little！“said Father Mozart.When Father Mozart and Nannerl, left the room, little Wolfgang went up to the piano and pressed the keys.He smiled.The music sounded beautiful.Father Mozart heard him and came to see him.Wolfgang was playing well without any help.Father Mozart decided to give his little boy music lessons.Soon Wolfgang played as well as his big sister, Nannerl.He learned so quickly that his father was very happy.But when Wolfgang started to write music by himself, Father Mozart was very surprised.No one could believe that a little boy of five could write such beautiful music.He was an amazing child, a born musician.The monkey and the moon 1 One day, a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts : “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!”
An older monkeys runs over, takes a look, and says, “Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!” Another older monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out，“The moon is in the well.”
A group of monkeys run over to the well.They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well!
Come on!Let’s get it out!”
Then, the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down with his feet on the branch.And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit.And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon, the oldest monkey raises his head and happened to see the moon in the sky.He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”
The little match girl It was a Christmas Eve with heavy snow.A little girl was selling matches on the street.“Matches, matches!” But no one looked at her.She had lost her parents a few days ago, and she was selling matches without a coat in the cold weather.She didn't even sell one box.The girl was so hungry that she couldn't even open her mouth.Then, a carriage came close to her.Trying to keep away from the carriage, she slipped and fell on the ice, and she lost her shoes.She had to walk on the snowy street with bare feet.Over a window, she saw a family gathered under a warm and bright light.They seemed so happy.The snow began to fall more heavily.“It's cold.”Her body 2 was frozen hard.Even though she was hungry and felt pain in her feet, she couldn't go back home because she couldn't sell any matches.“Matches, you want some matches?” The people walking on the street looked very happy holding each other's arms.But no one bought the girl's matches.“Ho~ ho~!” She tried to warm up her hands and feet, but it only made her hungrier.“It's so cold.Why is it so cold today? I have to skip my meal today because I couldn't sell any of these matches.” She lit a match to warm up her body.Even though it was a small light, it made her a little warmer.She felt as if she was sitting right next to a fireplace.“Oh, it's warm!” She kept lighting matches.Suddenly, a table full of delicious food came up in front of her.“Oh, it looks delicious.” As she lit another match, a Christmas tree appeared.“How beautiful!” She lit the last match.Then, her grandmother appeared.“Sweetie, come to Heaven with me.” The girl's grandmother held her tight in her arms and rose up to the sky.The next day, she was dead and found in the street.“Poor girl, Maybe she tried to warm herself with these matches.Tut, tut.” People felt pity for the girl and buried her in the ground in the sunlight.The wolf and the lamb 3 Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream.When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.“There’s my supper,” he thought.“I will find some excuse to catch it.” Then he called out to the lamb, “How dare you muddle the water?” “No, master,” said the lamb.“I cannot muddle your water because it runs down from you to me.”
“Well, then,” said the wolf.“Why did you call me bad names this time last year?” “It was impossible,” said the lamb.“I am only six months old.”
“I don’t care,” shouted the wolf.“If it was not you, it must be your father.” After that he rushed at the poor little lamb and ate it up.狼与小羊
从前，一只狼在溪流喝水，看到一只小羊在下游喝水。“那是我的晚餐，”狼想，“我要找一个借口吃掉他。”于是，他恶狠狠地对小羊说：“你怎么敢搅浑浊了我的水？”“我没有，先生，”小羊回答说，“我在下游喝水，怎么能搅浑浊你喝的水呢？”“那么，”狼见此计不成，又说道，“你去年的今天为什么说我的坏话？”“不可能，”小羊说，“我现在才只有六个月大。”“我不管，”狼说，“如果不是你，就是你的爸爸。”说完，他就冲向小山羊，把他吃掉了。
寓意: 当一个坏人想为自己所做的坏事寻找借口时，他不会在乎这个借口是否恰当。
1.THE COCK AND THE FOX
It is evening.An old cock is sitting in a tall tree.A fox comes to the tree and looks up at the cock “Hello, Mr.Cock, I have some good news for you.” Says the fox.“Oh?” says the cock.“What is it?” “All the animals are good friends now.Let‟s be friends, too.Please come down and play with me.” “Fine!” says the cock.“I‟m very glad to hear that.” Then he looks up.“Look!There is something over there.” “What are you looking at?” asks the fox.“Oh, I see some animals over there.They are coming this way.” “ Animals? ” “Yes.Oh, they‟re dogs.”
“What? Dogs?” asks the fox.“Well...well, I must go now.Good-bye.” “Wait, Mr.Fox,” says the cock.“Don‟t go.They are only dogs.And dogs are our friends now.” “Yes.But they don‟t know that yet.”
“I see, I see,” says the cock.He smiles and goes to sleep high up in the tree.2.WHO IS FASTER? THare T: Hello, Mr.Hare!H: Oh, it‟s you, Mr.Tortoise.What are you doing? T: I‟m running.H: Running? Ha ha!You can‟t run.Your legs are too short!T: Of course I can.H: My legs are longer than yours.I‟m sure I can run faster than you.T: Don‟t be so sure.H: Well then, let‟s run to the tall tree over there.Let‟s see who gets there first.T: All right.H: Ready? Go!(Mr.Tortoise goes very slowly.Mr.Hare runs much faster.In a minute he comes to a small tree.)H: Where‟s Mr.Tortoise? Aha!There he is.He‟s far behind me.How slow he is!I‟m much faster.Mmm, it‟s hot!Ahh, here‟s a tree.Let me have a rest under it.It‟s so nice and cool.(Soon he is asleep.)(Mr.Tortoise comes up.He looks at Mr.Hare and goes on.)H(waking up): Ah, what a good sleep!Now, where‟s Mr.Tortoise? Where is he? I don‟t see him.(Runs to the tall tree.)
T(sitting under the tall tree): Why, hello, Mr.Hare!How are you? You‟re very fast, aren‟t you? H: Yes, but...T: But, I‟m here first.Now who is faster, you or me? H: Oh!...3.THE ARTIST Long, long ago there lived a king.He loved horses.One day he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse.The artist said, “All right, but you must wait.” So the king waited.He waited and waited.At last, after a year he could not wait any longer.He went to see the artist himself.Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush.In five minutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse.The king was angry.“You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you kept me waiting for a year.Why?” “Come with me, please.” said the artist.They went to the artist‟s workroom.There the king saw piles and piles of paper.On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse.“It took me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes.” the artist said.4.“THE MOVING BLACKBOARD” More than one hundred years ago there was a great French scientist with the name Ampère.One day, Mr.Ampère went out for a walk in the street.There were a lot of people and much noise there.But all this was nothing to him.He was thinking of a math problem.He had no paper with him.How could he work it out? Just then, he saw a blackboard in front of him.He ran up to it at once.He took out a piece of chalk and wrote his problem on the blackboard.Then he started to work on it.The blackboard moved a little, but he did not notice it.The blackboard moved on.Mr.Ampère moved with it.The blackboard started to move faster and faster.Mr.Ampère could not keep up with it any longer.He stopped to have a look.What did he see? Why, the “blackboard” was NOT a blackboard.It was the back of a carriage!5.A WAY OUT A French student went to London for his holiday.He thought: “I know a little English.I think people can understand me.” One morning he went to visit the Science Museum.At noon he was tired and hungry.He went to the nearest restaurant and sat down at the table.He wanted to have a cup of tea and some eggs.Soon the waiter came up to him and asked, “Can I help you, sir?” “A cup of tea and...”he could not remember the English word for eggs.He looked around him, but nobody was eating eggs.Then he saw a magazine on the table next to him.There was a picture of a cock on its cover.He showed the picture to the waiter.“What‟s the English for this?” he asked.“A cock, sir.” answered the waiter.“What do you call a cock‟s wife?” was the next question.“A hen, sir.” “And what do you call a hen‟s children?”
“Chicks, sir.” “And what do you call chicks before they‟re born?”
“Eggs, sir.” “Very well,” said the French student.“Bring me two eggs, two eggs and a cup of tea, please.” And he sat back with a smile on his face.6.TWO FRIENDS AND A BEAR One day two young men were going through the forest.One said to the other, “We‟re good friends.We must help each other.If any beast comes at you, I‟ll stay with you and help you.” The other friend said, “I will help you too, if any beast comes at you.” They walked on.After a while there was a great noise.It was a big bear.The young men ran away quickly.One of them got up into a tree.But the other was fat and could not climb up.So he threw himself at the foot of the tree.He thought to himself, “The bear will think that I am dead.” Soon the bear came near.The bear looked at the fat young man, then it put its nose down and smelled him.The young man held his breath.The bear thought he was dead, so it went away.The man in the tree came down.With a smile he asked his friend, “The bear put its mouth so near to your ear.What did it say to you?” The friend answered, “The bear said, „Don‟t trust your friend.He ran away from you when you needed his help most.Remember: A friend in need is a friend indeed.‟”
7.THE STORY OF LITTLE GAUSS One afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class.The teacher got angry.He kept them in the classroom after school.He told them to add all the numbers from 1 to 100 together.The boys took out their exercise-books.All of them began to write the numbers down except one boy.He was new in the school.He looked out of the window for a few minutes.Then he wrote a number in his exercise-book and put up his hand.“May I go home, sir?” he asked.“I know the answer now.” The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.“Bring it here,” said the teacher.The boy took it to the teacher.The answer was right, so the teacher had to let the boy go home.The next morning, the teacher asked the boy, “How did you find the answer so quickly?” “Well, sir,” he said, “I didn‟t want to stay here long.So I tried my best to find the answer quickly.Soon I found it.You see, if you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and 99 and 2 is 101.98 and 3 is 101 too, and when you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times.That is 5050.” After this, when the teacher gave the class exercises to do, he gave this boy different exercises.The boy‟s name was Karl F.Gauss.When he grew up, he became a great scientist.8.THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE
One day a little monkey was playing in a tall tree by the river.A crocodile was swimming slowly near the bank with her baby.She looked around for some food.Suddenly she saw the monkey.“Aha, there‟s my meal,” she thought.She then turn to her son, “Do you love me, Son?”
“Why, of course, Mum!” the baby crocodile said.“Well then, you catch the monkey and give me his heart to eat.”
“But how can I?” the baby crocodile asked.“Monkeys can‟t swim, and I can‟t climb trees.”
“You needn‟t climb the tree,” his mother said.“Use your head, then you will find a way.”
The baby crocodile thought hard.Then he had an idea.He swam near the tree and shouted, “Hey, Monkey!Would you like some bananas?”
“Bananas!Mm!I love them,” said the monkey.“But where are they?”
“On the other side of the river.There are some banana trees there, and they have lots of bananas on them.I‟ll take you there on my back.”
“Good,” the monkey came down and jumped onto the crocodile‟s back.Soon they were in the middle of the river.Suddenly the crocodile went down under the water.When he came up again, the monkey was all wet.“Don‟t do that!” The monkey cried.“Don‟t do that again!I can‟t swim, you know.”
“I know, but I have to,” answered the crocodile.“My mother wants to eat your heart.”
The little monkey was clever.“Why didn‟t you tell me earlier?” He asked.“My heart isn‟t here with me.I left it in that tree over there.”
“Then we‟ll have to go back for it.Mother doesn‟t want you without your heart.” The crocodile turned and swam back to the bank.Soon they reached the bank.The monkey jumped off the crocodile at once, picked up a big stone and quickly climbed up the tree.The crocodile waited for the monkey to come down again.As he was waiting, he suddenly heard a voice from above:
“Hey, Crocodile!”
The crocodile looked up.The monkey was hanging from the tree by his tail and laughing.‟Here‟s my heart.Come up and get it.Don‟t keep your mother waiting…You can‟t come up? Well, catch!‟
With these words, he threw the big stone at the crocodile.9.MISS EVANS Have you ever heard the story about Miss Evans? It is a true story.Maybe many people have read about it.One afternoon in April 1912, a new ship set off from England to American on its first trip.It was one of the largest and finest ships at that time and on it were over 2,200 people.It was cold, but the trip was pleasant and people were enjoying themselves.The next day was even colder.People could see icebergs here and there.It was night.Suddenly the man on watch shouted, “Look out!Iceberg!Iceberg ahead!” It was too late.The ship hit the iceberg and came to a stop.There was a very big hole in the ship and water began to come inside.Slowly the ship started to go down.People had to leave the ship.Women and children were the first to get into the lifeboats.Suddenly a woman shouted.“Please make room for me.My children are in that boat.I must go with them!Please!” There was no room here, someone shouted back.The children heard their mother and began to cry.A young woman was sitting near the poor children.She stood up.Here, she shouted.Take my place!I‟m not married and I have no children.She got out and the thankful mother joined the children in the lifeboat.Soon after that, the ship went down.More than 1,500 people lost their lives.Among those was the young woman.Who was she? Her name was Miss Evans and she was going home to Boston.But nobody knew more about her than that.“What are you looking at?” asks the fox.“Oh, I see some animals over there.They are coming this way.” “Animals? ” “Yes.Oh, they‟re dogs.”
“What? Dogs?” asks the fox.“Well...well, I must go now.Good-bye.” “Wait, Mr.Fox,” says the cock.“Don‟t go.They are only dogs.And dogs are our friends now.” “Yes.But they don‟t know that yet.”
“I see, I see,” says the cock.He smiles and goes to sleep high up in the tree.10.THE ARAB IN THE DESERT An Arab was walking alone through the desert when he met two men.The men looked worried.It seemed that they had lost something.The Arab went over to them.“Have you lost one of your camels?” he asked them.“Yes,” they said.“Was he blind in the right eye and lame in the left foot?” asked the Arab.“Yes, he was.”
“Had he lost a tooth and was he carrying corn?”
“Yes,” said the men.“Please tell us where he is.”
“I don‟t know where he is,” said the Arab.“I‟ve never seen such an animal.”
“Did someone tell you about him?”
“No.”
The two men looked at each other in surprise.They could not believe the Arab‟s words.Finally, they came up close to him, took hold of him, and shouted: “Where‟s the animal? And what have you done with our goods?”
The Arab insisted that he had never seen the camel.At last the men took him before a judge.They said that the Arab had stolen their camel.“I‟ve never seen their camel,” insisted the Arab.“But I‟m a man of the desert, and I‟ve learned to look carefully at everything I see.This morning I saw the tracks of a lost camel.I knew this because there were no man‟s tracks near those of the camel.I also saw that the camel must be blind in the right eye, because he had only eaten the grass on his left side and had not touched the grass on his right.The animal was lame because with one foot he left a track much lighter than any of the others.He had lost a tooth, because wherever he ate grass, there was always a small space left untouched.I also found groups of ants near the tracks of the camel.They were pulling pieces of corn.From these facts I was able to tell what goods the animal was carrying.”
The judge and the two men were satisfied with what the Arab had said.Together the four men set out to look for the lost animal.11.EDISON’S BOYHOOD
Thomas Edison was born in 1847.When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked.One day when he was five, his father saw him sitting on some eggs, and asked what he was doing that for.Tom did not reply.Instead, he asked his father why he was not able to hatch chickens while hens could.Young Tom was in school for only three months.During those three months, he asked a lot of questions.Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons.His teacher did not know why the boy had so many strange questions.He told Tom‟s mother that Tom was not bright and was not worth teaching.His mother took him out of school and taught him herself.The boy read a lot.He became very interested in science.By the time he was ten, he had already built a chemistry lab for himself.He planted vegetables in his garden and sold them to buy what he need for his lab.Once his mother was ill and she sent for a doctor.The doctor said she needed an operation at once.But it was night and the lamp in the room gave poor light.Edison thought hard.Finally he had an idea.He collected all the lamps in the house and put them and put then on a long table.Then he placed a big mirror behind them.Now there was enough light, so the doctor could operate.Edison‟s mother was saved.At the age of twelve, Edison began selling newspapers on a train.When he was free, he printed a newspaper and sold copies to the railway workers.One day in August, 1862, Edison saw a little boy playing on the tracks at a station.A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move.Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety.The boy‟s father was so thankful that he taught Edison how to send messages by railway telegraph.Edison soon became very good at it and later he left home to work in different cities.This gave him a start in life.At that time he was just a boy of sixteen.12.THE FISHERMAN AND THE GENIE Once upon a time there was an old fisherman.He went fishing very early every morning, but he never cast his net more than four times a day.One morning, he went out early to the sea.He cast his net for the first time, and drew in the body of an animal.He cast it a second time, and drew in an old basket full of sand.He cast it a third time, and drew in a lot of stones.It seemed he would have nothing to take home that morning.Day had now broken, and he cast his net for the last time.After some time, he began to drew the net in.He found it was very heavy.But there were not any fish in it.Instead he found a jar with a lid.He shook the jar, but could hear nothing.So he took off the lid and looked inside.He could see nothing.After a while a light smoke came slowly out of the jar.Then little by little, the smoke grew heavier and thicker until finally it turned into a terrible Genie!“Get down on your knees,” said the Genie, “for I’m going to kill you.” “Why? Didn’t I set you free from the jar?”
“That’s why I’m going to kill you, but I’ll let you choose how you’re going to die.”
“But why?”
“Listen, and I will tell you my story.”
“I was one of the spirits in heaven.But I did not want to obey Solomon’s orders.So one day, he put me in this jar and threw it into the sea.“During the first hundred years of my stay in the sea, I made a promise that if anyone set me free I would make him very rich.But no one came.During the second hundred years, I promised that if anyone set me free I would show him all the treasures in the earth.But still no one came.During the third hundred years, I promised that if anyone came to set me free, I would make him king over the earth.“Still no one came.Then I became very angry, and decided that if anyone should set me free I would kill him at once.Now you have come and set me free.So you must die, but I will let you say how you want to die.”
The fisherman was not frightened.He said: “Since I must die, I must.But before I die, answer me one question.”
“All right, but be quick.”
“Were you really in the jar? You are so big and the jar is so small that it could hardly hold one of your feet.”
“Of course I was in the jar.Don’t you believe me?” “No, and I won’t until I’ve seen you in the jar with my own eyes.”
When he heard this, the Genie changed again into smoke.Slowly the smoke went back into the jar.When all of it was in the jar, the fisherman quickly put the lid on and threw it back into the sea.13.LOOK CAREFULLY AND LEARN My friend Carl will never forget a certain professor.This professor taught him chemistry at the university.He was an ordinary-looking little man with thick glasses, but he had a strange way of making his classes lively and interesting.And the lessons he taught were not easily forgotten.Carl remembers one of his first lessons from this professor.After the students were all in the chemistry lab, the professor brought out three bottles.One was filled with kerosene(煤油), one with castor oil, and one with vinegar.“Now watch carefully,” said the professor.“Pay attention to everything that I do.”
He then filled a cup with some of the kerosene, some of the castor oil and some of the vinegar.As the students watched with fascination, he mixed the three together.After that, he held up one of his fingers and showed it to the class.He then dipped it into the cup.After a few seconds he took his finger out.“Now watch,” he said.“Remember, you must do everything that I do.”
He put a finger in his mouth and sucked it.He nodded with a smile.Then he handed the cup around the class of students.Each student dipped a finger into the mixture and sucked it.Each immediately made a face.The mixture tasted horrible.When the cup was at last returned to the professor, he shook his head sadly.“I’m sorry,” he said to the class, “but none of you watched carefully enough.Yes, I sucked a finger, but the finger I put into my mouth was not the one I had dipped into the cup.”
It was their first important lesson as students of chemistry and they never forgot it.14.THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
Once upon a time there were six blind men who lived in a village in India.Every day they went to the road nearby and stood there begging.They had often heard of elephants, but they had never seen one, for , being blind, how could they?
One morning an elephant was led down the road where they stood.When they heard that an elephant was passing by, they asked the driver to stop the beast so that they could have a “look”.Of course they could not look at him with their eyes, but they thought they might learn what kind of animal he was by touching and feeling him.For, you see, they trust their own sense of touch very much.The first blind man happened to place his hand on the elephant's side.“Well, well, ” he said.“This beast is exactly like a wall.”
The second grasped one of the elephant's tusks and felt it.“You're quite mistaken,” he said.“He's round and smooth and sharp.He's more like a spear than anything else.”
The third happened to take hold of the elephant's trunk.“You're both completely wrong,” he said.“This elephant is like a snake, as anybody can see.”
The fourth opened both his arms the closed them around one of the elephant's legs.“Oh, how blind you are!” he cried.“It's very clear that he's round and tall like a tree.”
The fifth was a very tall man, and he caught one of the elephant's ears.“Even the blindest person must see that this elephant isn't like any of the things you name.” he siad.“He's exactly like a huge fan.”
The sixth man went forward to feel the elephant.He was old and slow and it took him quite some time to find the elephant at all.At last he got hold of the beast's tail.“Oh, how silly you all are!” cried he.“The elephant isn't like a wall, or a spear, or a snake, or a tree;neither is he like a fan.Any man with eyes in his head can see that he's exactly like a rope.”
Then the driver and the elephant moved on, and the six men sat by the roadside all day, quarrelling about the elephant.They could not agree with one another, because each believed that he knew just what the beast looked like.It is not only blind men who make such stupid mistakes.People who can see sometimes act just as foolishly.15.THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Many years ago there lived an Emperor, who cared more for fine new clothes than for anything else.He had different clothes for every hour of the day.One day two cheats camt to see the Emperor.They called themselves weavers and said that they knew how to weave cloth of the most beautiful colors and designs in the world.They also said that the most interesting thing about the cloth was that clothes made of it would be invisible to anyone who was either stupid or unfit for his office.“Ah, what splendid clothes!” thought the Emperor.“They are just what I shall have.When I put them on, I shall be able to find out which men in my empire are unfit for their offices.And I shall be able to tell who are wise and who are foolish.This cloth must be woven for me right away.”
The Emperor gave the cheats some gold in order that they might begin their work at once.So the two men set up two looms and pretended to be working very hard.They asked for the most beautiful silk and the best gold thread.This they kept for themselves.And then they went on with their work at the empty looms until late into the night.After some time had passed, the Emperor said to himself, “I wonder how the weavers are getting along with my cloth.” Then he remembered that those who were either fools or unfit for their offices could not see the cloth.Though he believed that he ought to have nothing to fear for himself, he wanted someone else to look at the cloth first.The Emperor thought a while and decided to send his old Prime Minister to see the cloth.He thought the Prime Minister a wise, honest man who was more fit for his office than anyone else.So the old Prinme Minister went into the hall where the cheats were working at the empty looms.“God save me!” thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide.“I can't see anything at all.” But he was careful not to say so.The men who were pretending to weave asked him to come closer.They pointed to the empty looms and asked him if he liked the design and the colors.The poor old Prime Minister opend his eyes wid wider, but he could see nothing on the looms.“Dear me,” he said to himself, “Am I foolish or unfit for my office? I must never tell anyone that I could not see the cloth.”
“Oh!it's
most beautiful!” said the Prime Minister quickly.“The design and the colors!I will tell the Emperor how wonderful they are.”
The Emperor was pleased by what the Prime Minister told him about the cloth.Soon after, he sent another official to find out how soon the cloth would be ready.The same thing happened.The official could see nothing, but he sang high praise for the cloth.When he got back, he told the Emperor that the cloth was beautiful indeed.All the people in the city were now talking about this wonderful cloth which the Emperor had ordered ro be woven for so much money.And they were eager to know how
wise or foolish their friends and neighbors might be.16.THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES(Continue)
Now at last the Emperor wished to go himself and see the cloth while it was still on the looms.He took with him a few of his officials, including the old Prinme Minister and the official who had already been there.As soon as the weavers heard the Emperor coming, they pretended to work harder than ever, though they were not weaving a single thread through the empty looms.“Isn't the cloth magnificent?” said the official and the Prime Minister.“What a splendid design!And what colors!” they said, while pointing to the empty looms.They thought that everyone else could see the wonderful work of the weavers though they could not see it themselves.“What on earth can this mean?” said the Emperor to himself.“I don't see anything.This is horrible!But I mustn't let anyonek now.”
“The cloth is beautiful,” he cried out loud.“Beautiful!I am very pleased with it.”
The officials could see no more than the Emperor, but they all shouted, ‘Beautiful!Excellent!Magnificent!“ and other such expressions.They told the Emperor that he should have new clothes made of this splendid cloth for the coming great procession.They Emperor nodded.He cried hard to pretend to share in the pleasure of his officials and gave each of the weavers a medal.The night before the procession, the two men had their lights burning all night long.They wanted everyone to see how hard they were workingon the Emperor's new clothes.At last they cried, ”Finished!The Emperor's new clothes are now ready!“
Then the Emperor arrived with his hgh officials.”Now if you take off your clothes, Your Majesty, we will fit the new clothes on you in front of the mirror,“ said the cheats.The Emperor was then undressed, and the cheats pretened to dress him in his new clothes.The Emperor turned from side to side in front of the mirrior.”How splendid the Emperor looks in his new clothes!“ everyone cried.”And how well they fit!What a splendid design!And what colors!“
”Well, I suppose I'm ready for the procession,“ said the Emperor.”Don't you think they are a 14 nice fit?“ And he turned again in front of the mirror, in order to make the others think he was looking at his new clothes.”Yes, perfectly wonderful!“ cried his officials.And so the procession began.The Emperor walked in the middle of the procession, through the streets of the city.And all the people standing by and those at the windows cried out, ”On, how splendid our Emperor's new clothes are!What a perfect fit!“
No one dared say that he could not see the Emperor's new clothes.Suddenly a little child's voice was heard:” But he has nothing on!“
”Good heavens!Listen to that silly child!“ said the father.”Did you hear what the child said?“ some people nearby asked each other.What the child had said was whispered from one to the other.”I can't see anything at all on the Emperor,“ cried one or two of the braver ones.The cry was taken up and soon everyone was noddng and saying,” BUT HE HAS NOTHING ON!“
The Emperor heard the cries.He felt very silly, for he knew that the people were right.But he thought, ”The procession has atarted, and it must go on!“
So the Emperor held his head higher than ever.And the two officials who were following him took great trouble to hold up higher the train of the robe that wasn't there at all.17.NAPOLEON'S THREE QUESTIONS A story is told about a Swede who wanted to join Napoleon’s Grand Army.One evening some of Napoleon’s soldiers were drinking together when a young Frenchman brought friend to their table.He expained that his friend was a Swede and knew no French, but this Swede admired Napoleon so much that he wanted to join the French army and fight for him.The soldiers looked up and saw a tall young man with blue eyes, a friendly face, strong arms and broad shoulders.They like him at once.The officers saw that he was just the right sort of man, so they accepted him and he became one of Napoleons soldiers.His new friends smoothed away the difficulties.He fought bravely in many battles and gained their respect.However, his knowledge of French remained very weak, because he was not good at learning languages, but this did not prevent him from fighting hard.Several yaears later, word came that Napoleon himself was coming to inspect them, and the Swede was warned that the great man world probably ask him some question.There was some difficulty in expaining this to the Swede, but when at last he understood he became very anxious.“The Swede won’t understand the questions.” One of the Frenchmen said, “What can he do?”
It was well know that Napoleon always asked the same three questions, I and usuall in the same order.The first question was, “How old are you?” The second was, “how long have you been in my army?” And the third was, “Did you serve in either of my last two campaigns?”
The Swede could not possibly remember all these words and so his friends decided to teach him only the answers in their proper order.They gave him a lot of practice.Whenever possible, one of them would stop him, make him stand at attention, and ask him the three questions.“How old are you?” he would demand, and the Swede would answer, “Twenty-three, sir.” Then his friend would ask, “How long have you been in my army?” and the Swede would answer, “Three years, sir.” To the third question, “Did you serve in either of my last two campaigns?” the Swede would answer with pride, “Both, sir!”
For many days this practice continued.The Swede would walk about, saying to himself, “Twenty-three, sir.Three years, sir.Both, sir!” Before the day of the inspection, his friends were satisfied.He knew his answer.There ought to be no trouble.Napolen arrived.Stading in front of the straight lines of soldiers, he looked at them with great satisfaction.Then he began to walk along the lines, smiling sometimes, and saying a few word here and there.The Swede stood quite still, except that his lips moved slightly.He was still practicing.Napoleon suddenly caught sight of the tall soldier and realized at once that he had never seen him before.He stopped in front of the Swede.For some reason, this time the great man began with the second question.“How many years have you been in my army?” he demanded.“Twenty-Three, sir,” said the Swede clearly and well.Napoleon was surprised.He look at tall man and asked, “How old are you then?”
“Three years, sir,” replied the Swede quickly.Napoleon was astonished.“Either you are mad, or I am,” he declared.“Both, sir!” cried the Swede proudly.18.THE STORY OF WILLIAM TELL A long time ago the tiny country of Switzerland was ruled by Austria.But the Swiss did not take their fate lying down.Every week there was a rebellion somewhere, and the Austrian soldiers were kept busy hurrying from one town to another in order to put down the rebellions.The town of Altorf was particularly trouble some.The emperor of Austria finally decided to teach the Swiss a lesson.He sent a special governor to Altorf, a man named Gessler, who would rule with a firm hand.One of Gessler's orders required all Altorfers to bow before him.Anyone who refused to bow was thrown into prison.Although most of the people bowed to Gessler, they spat into the dirt as they did so.So Gessler decided to get even tougher.He placed his hat on a pole in the marketplace and ordered the Altorfers to bow before it whenever they passed.One day, William Tell, a famous hunter, came to Altorf with his little son.He saw that ten soldiers were attationed beside the pole.He knew about the order, and he knew why the soldiers were there, but he would have none of it.Holding his head high, he walked past the pole and the soldiers as if they didn't exist.Immediately the soldiers surrounded him and his son, saying:” You must bow before the hat!“
”Why?“
”It's an order!“
”It's your order,“ said William Tell, ”not mine.“
”We'll show you whose order it is,“ said the soldiers, and they led the father and son to Gessler.Even before the cruel governor himself William Tell did not bow.He held his son's hand firmly to be sure that the boy did not bow either.”You broke the law,“ said Gessler.”That is not my law,“ said William Tell.”I am a citizen of Switzerland, not Austria.“
Gessler turned red with anger.He then thought of a plan to punish William Tell.”You're a hunter,“ he said.”We'll see how good you are.“ Picking an apple from a tree overhead, he turned to a soldier and said, ”Take the boy one hundred paces down the street and place this apple on his head.“ Then he ordered William Tell to shoot at the apple with one of his arrow.The people who had gathered around gasped at the cruelty of the order.Without saying a word, William Tell drew two arrows.He looked at his son, one hundred paces away with an apple on his head.The soldiers had him stand with his back to his father.”Turn around,“ William Tell called to his son.”Look this way.“
The boy turned around and faced his father.William Tell studied the two arrows, selected one, and placed it in his bow.Slowly he raised the bow, pulled back the cord, and after taking careful aim, let the arrow fly.It split the apple in half!
The people raised a shout of joy.William Tell turned and looked calmly at Gessler.”Congratulations!“ said Gessler, sneering.”Now tell me why you took a second arrow.“
”If I had missed,“ said William Tell, ”and had shot too low, I was going to use this arrow on you.“ The story of the bravery of William Tell and his son quickly got round throughout Switzerland.It filled the hearts of the Swiss with pride and courage, and it was not long before the whole country rose up and drove the Austrian soldiers from their homeland.19.I HAVE SUNG ALREADY Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to her house.She wanted him to sing for her friends.But she didn’t invite him to have dinner with them.She told him to eat downstairs with the servants.The singer was surprised.But he said nothing and went downstairs.After the meal he stood up and said to the servants: “Now, my good friends, I shall sing for you.”
Of course, the servants were quite pleased.He sang them several songs.There was no piano in the room, but he didn’t mind.When they asked for more, he sang more.At nine o’clock the rich woman asked the singer to come up to the sitting-room.When he came in the guests were all seated and waiting for the concert.“We are ready now, Mr Brown,” said the woman, “you may begin.” “Ready for what?” asked the singer.“For your songs of course,” she answered.“But I have sung already,” said Mr Brown, “and I can’t sing twice in one evening.”
“You have sung already!” said the rich woman in surprise.“But when? And where did you sing?”
“Just now, downstairs.” “Impossible!” she cried.“But it’s quite true, madam,” said the singer.“I sang for the people after I had supper with them, you know.”
And with a polite “Good night”, he left the rich woman’s house.20.THE PIANO CONCERT A young woman in a small German town was going to give a piano concert.Her posters said she was a pupil of Franz Liszt, the great Hungarian pianist.This was not true.One day the woman learned that Liszt himself was in town.Now people would find out and she would never be able to give a concert again.What should she do? Finally she went to see the famous man himself.She told him everything.Her parents were dead and she was alone.She had to make a living.She decided to give piano lessons to rich children.But who would send their children to an unknown young woman? So she told people Franz Liszt was her teacher.“I believe you,” Liszt said.“You’ve done wrong, but I can see you are truly sorry about it.That’s enough.Now let me hear you play.”
The young woman was shy at first.But then she saw Liszt smiling.It made her feel better.Now she wasn’t afraid any more.She started playing.She put her heart into it and she played wonderfully.Liszt was quite pleased.When she finished, she turned to look at Liszt.There was a smile on his face.She could see he was pleased.Then Liszt gave her some advice.After he finished, he said, “Now you really are my pupil.Go ahead with your concert.And you can add a note to the posters.Say that your teacher himself will be there.He will play the last piece.”
21.PORTRAIT OF A TEACHER
The night before last, just before dinner, while my father was looking through the evening paper, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise.Later he explained:” I had thought that he had died at least twenty years ago.But can you believe that my first teacher, Mr.Crossett, is still living? He is eight-four years old and yesterday the Department of Education gave him a medal for having completed sixty years of teaching.Sixty years!Can you imagine it? He gave up teaching only two years ago.He lives in Deleville, which is only about an hour's ride from here.Henry, tomorrow is Saturday.Let's drive over there and say hello to him.“
The next afternoon my father and I drove over to Deleville to see Mr.Crossett.Everyone in the town knew him so we had no trouble in finding his house.When he came to the door, my father recognized him at once though, of course, he was now a very old man.”Mr.Crossett,“ said my father, ”will you permit an old pupil to shake hands with you?“
Mr.Crossett looked at us curiosly.”An old pupil? I'm sorry but...your name?“
My father told him his namewoodpeckerfrog-horse)Scene 1 Long long ago, there was a rooster who thought he was the best looking rooster around.He liked to show it off, too.Scene 2 One day ,the rooster went out, he said，“I‟m the greatest rooster around!I am sure there is no other rooster as great as me.Hey, Woodpecker with the long beak!Let‟s see who‟s better looking!”
The Woodpecker answered: “I‟m sorry but I'm busy.I have to catch all these worms in the old tree.See you later!”
“Oh,See you” Said the rooster.Scene 3 The rooster saw many beautiful flowers.There is a honey bee flying(among)the flowers.Rooster: “La la la la la la.Hey, Honeybee with eyes like drums!Let's see who's better looking!”
Bee: “I'm sorry but I'm busy.I have to make some honey from the fruit trees.Bye!” Rooster: “Oh, Bye”
Scene 4 The rooster walked to the pond.There is a green frog on the lotus leaf.Rooster: “La la la la la.Hey, Green frog!Let's see who's better looking!”
Frog: “I'm sorry but I'm busy.I have to catch all the bad insects on the farm.I'll see you later!”
Rooster: “Everyone was so busy!What‟s wrong?”
Scene 5 Since everyone was too busy to talk with Rooster, he went to old Mr.Horse to complain.Rooster: “Mr.Horse, why doesn't anyone want to see who's better looking?”
Horse: “Hmm, Listen carefully!If you want to know who‟s really beautiful, you have to find out(whether)that person helps others or not.”
Rooster: “Huh...”
Scene 6 Rooster suddenly felt(embarrassed)by his(behavior.)He made up his mind to help others from then on.Scene 7 The next day, he woke up early in the morning and yelled, “(Cockle doodle doo!)” He tried to help people wake up in the morning.How a Colt Crossed the River One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river.The colt could not decide whether he could cross it.Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby.He asked, ”Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?“ The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.the colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him.The squirrel shouted, ”Colt, stop!You'll drown!One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.“ Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.He told his mom his experience on the way.His mother said, ”My child, don't always listen to others.You'd better go and try yourself.Then you'll know what to do.“
Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again.”Little horse, it's too dangerous!“
”No, I want to try myself“, answered the colt.Then he crossed the river carefully.On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.You see, real knowledge comes from practice.小马过河译文
一天，小马驮着麦子去磨坊。
当他驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。小马为难了，这可怎么办呢？
它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝盖。”
小马正准备过河，突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河！你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。
小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”
小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马说：“让我自己试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。
这下明白了吧，实践才能出真知。The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him.He thus addressed him:”Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.“ ”Indeed,“ bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, ”I was not then born.“ Then said the Wolf , ”You feed in my pasture.“ ”No, good sir,“ replied the Lamb, ”I have not yet tasted grass.“ Again said the Wolf, ”You drink of my well.“ ”No,“ exclaimed the Lamb, ”I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me.“ Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, ”Well!I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”
这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。
The Little Ugly Duck No one knew why there was a more egg in the ducks' nest.When other small ducks came out from eggs the one kept still.At last, an ugly little duck came out, but it looked rather different, with different color, different body.So other small ducks kicked him out of the team and always laughed at him, calling him ugly duck.What's more, other animal didn't like him ,either , they all baited the little ugly duck.Finally the little ugly duck left his nest, stayed lonely.Once he saw the beautiful swans flying in the sky, how he wished that he could be that beautiful.Day after day, the little ugly duck grew up.Once he came to a swag to drink, what he saw in the water shocked him, who was it? It was as beautiful as the swans he had seen.Oh, it was the little ugly duck himself, actually he was a beautiful swan, he flied into the sky and joined his real friends.Si Maguang breaking water vat
Once upon a time, four children, three boys and one beautiful giril, played games in the garden.They played the very funny games friendly there.The games was called hide and found.One of them had to find out all the others in any corner of the garden.During the games, one boy wanted to hide in a very secret place in order to be found difficult.He decided to hide in a very big jar.In his memory, the jar was empty.He ran toward to it and climb up onto the edge of the jar.But very unluckily, he fell into it.Beyond his expected, the jar was full of water.At that moment, his feeling was very bad.He could do nothing rather than to cry loudly.All the other friends heard the cry, they ran there for help.When they were there, the boy, who fell in the jar already became quietly.The children guessed how to save their friend.But the question was that all of them were not tall enough to reach the edge of the jar.In the very moment, the boy in the jar certainly dies except some one can take him out of the jar。One of the boy was very smart, he saw a big stone between two tree, he went fast rather then ran to there and picked up the stone.Then he stroked on the bottom of the jar, the water went out.After 5 minutes, the jar was empty, the boy was saved.He made a great thing, he fell very happy than smiled, he was called Si Maguang.28
第五篇：浪漫情人节英语祝福
无论是中国还是西方情人节，在这个特别的日子里，所有的情侣都希望能够收到心爱之人的祝福。那么，你知道用英文怎么祝福吗？为了满足大家的需要，小编整理了一些适合在情人节使用的英语祝福，喜欢就赶紧收藏起来吧！
I want to hold your hand on valentine’s day.happy valentine’s day, sweetie.但愿在情人节，我俩的美梦成真。
May all of our wishes come true this valentine’s day.我俩的爱，一年比一年更坚定。亲爱的，情人节快乐。
Our love grows stronger with every passing year.happy valentine’s day, sweetie.送你一个吻，悄悄的说我很高兴你是我的。情人节快乐！
Sending you a kiss to say i’m glad that you are mine.happy the day!
你是我生命的全部。请说你愿意。情人节快乐，我亲爱的。
This card is to let you know that I still love you after all of these years.这张卡片是要让你知道，纵使时光荏苒，我却爱你如初。
After 25 years, our love is even stronger than before.25年已经过去，我俩的爱情历久弥坚。
You were my high school sweetheart, Ａnd still are.高中时代，你是我的意中人，一直到今天，你还是。
To my one and only Valentine: I love you.献给我惟一的爱人：我爱你。
You always been there for me, Ａnd I will always be there for you.Happy Valentine's Day.你永远在那里等待着我，而我也将永远在那里守候着你。情人节愉快。
I fell in love with you when I first saw you, Ａnd I still am after 40 years.40年前，我对你一见钟情。到如今，对你的感情仍丝毫未减。
I didn't think that I could ever trust happiness.then I met you.Happy Valentine's Day, Dear.我一直不相信有真正的“幸福”，直到不久以后，我邂逅了你。亲爱的，情人节快乐。
Our love grows stronger with every passing year.Happy Valentine's Day, Baby.我俩的爱，一年比一年更坚定。小宝贝，情人节快乐。
You have been Ａnd still are my only true Valentine.从过去到现在，你一直是我惟一真正爱恋的人。
To the girl of my dreams Ａnd the mother of our child: you are the only Valentine for me.献给我梦中的女孩及我们孩子的母亲：你是我惟一的爱人
I will be your Valentine until the end of time.我将是你的情人，直到地老天荒。
After all these years I still feel like a schoolboy when I hold your hand.I'm thinking of you this Valentine's Day.纵使多年已过，但每当我紧握你的手时，仍有一种自己还是高中生的感觉。我在这个情人节，一直思念着你。
I made the right choice when I decided to marry you.Be my Valentine forever.决定跟你结婚，是正确的选择。愿你今生今世做我的情人。
No one has ever loved me the way you do.I love being your little Valentine.从来没有人像你这般地爱我。我喜欢做你的小情人。
We had our difficulties recently, but you are still the one I call my Valentine.虽然最近我们发生争执，但我仍视你为我的情人
Please come back.I want to make up.I want to be your Valentine.请回来。我希望能够和解。我要当你的情人。
To my ever loving;I am yours forever.献给我永远的爱人；我将永远属于你。
I knew that there would be ups Ａnd downs when I married you.But through it all you always been my Valentine.当年娶你，已知人生总有起伏不定的时候。但经历过这一切的甘与苦，你终究是我的爱人。
I'm sorry that I can't be with you on this Valentine's Day.I send this Valentine's card to remind you that I love you.很抱歉，这个情人节我不能陪你。我送上这张卡片，为的是要提醒你，我爱你。
May you two linger on each other every day and night till the end of time.祝你们朝朝暮暮，缠缠绵绵到永久。
I will be your Valentine until the end of time.我将是你的情人，直到地老天荒。
It is graceful grief and sweet sadness to think of you, but in my heart, there is a kind of soft warmth that can’t be expressed with any choice of words.想你，是一种美丽的忧伤的甜蜜的惆怅，心里面，却是一种用任何语言也无法表达的温馨。
May this Valentine bless us with the cupid of love and warmth of romance.Happy Valentine’s Day Honey!
愿情人节带给我们丘比特之爱和暖融融的浪漫。情人节快乐!
Listening to my heart beating.Seeing how much I love you ,I dare to admit how much I love you.When thinking of you, I hope you can receive the passionat words I left for you!
心要让你听见，爱要让你看见，不怕承认对你有多眷恋;想你的时候，盼你能收到我的真情留言!
May all of our wishes come true this Valentine’s Day.但愿在情人节，我俩的美梦成真。
I miss you not because of my loneliness but I do feel lonely when I miss you.Only when I miss you deeply I feel so lonely.不是因为寂寞才想你，是因为想你才寂寞。孤独的感觉之所以如此之重，只是因为太想你。
May I wish that all Jacks shall have Jills, all shall be well.天下有情人终成眷属。
I want to hold your hand on Valentine’s Day.Happy Valentine’s Day.我想在情人节紧握你的手。亲爱的，情人节快乐!
I miss you so deeply that my love just like a kite has broken its line and won’t stop flying until it reaches you at last.长长的思念，就像风筝断了线，飘啊飘啊，飘到你的身边
May our love will last forever.愿我俩的爱情永远不变!
I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
As always，I hope the sweetheart festival to be joyful!
一如既往的我，愿情人节快乐!
Do you understand the feeling of missing someone? It is just like that you will spend a long hard time to turn the ice-cold water you have drunk into tears.你知道思念一个人的滋味吗，就像喝了一大杯冰水，然后用很长很长的时间流成热泪。
I didn’t think that I could ever trust happiness.Then I met you.Happy Valenti ne’s Day, Dear.我一直不相信有真正的“幸福”，直到不久以后，我邂逅了你。亲爱的，情人节快乐。
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