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StoriesRead the following ten interesting stories and try your best to tell them out.Can you tell the story in English? Just have a tryStory 1: I Dont Want to Walk HomeTom is a very old man. After dinner, he likes walking in the street. And he goes to bed at seven oclock.But tonight, a car stopped at his house. A policeman helps him get out. He tells Toms wife, “The old man couldnt 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 cant find the way, whats the matter?”The old man smiles like a child and says, “I couldnt find my way? I just didnt want to walk home.”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 2: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 thrink 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, Ive finished. Im No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet to my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, and then he says, “That isnt a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”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 3: Covering ones 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 are you doing?” the owner says angrily.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 4:Adding Eyes to a DragonMr. 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 isnt 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 dont believe you.” Mr. Li isnt angry. He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon. Woe! The dragon really flies.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 5: 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 notvery deep, just knee high. The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down from a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop! Youll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mum. He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child, dont always listen to others. Youd better go and try yourself. Then youll know what to do.” Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, its too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully. You see, real knowledge comes from practice.小马过河一天，一匹小马驮着麦子去磨坊。当它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，突然从树上跳下一只松鼠，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。”他一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。 这下明白了吧，实践才能出真知Story 6: The Fisherman and His Wife Once, there was a fisherman. He had an ugly wife. They were poor. One day, the fisherman caught a goldfish. But the goldfish could talk, “Please let me go! Ill reward you.” “Ok, my God?” cried the fisherman, “Dont worry. I have no wish to eat a talking fish.” So he puts it into the water. The fisherman went home and told his wife about it. She became very angry.“How foolish you are!” she said, “Look at the hut. Go back to the sea and tell the fish to give me a cottage.”So the fisherman went down to the beach.“Whats the matter?” asked the fish.“My wife wants to cottage.” said the fisherman.“Dont worry, she will have it.”So the fishermans wife had her cottage.But after a few days, she became tired of it. “Tell the fish to give me a palace.” she said. Then the fisherman went back to the beach again. And the fishermans wife had her palace. But she soon got tried of it, too. “Ask the fish to be my servant, and I want to be a queen.” This time, the fish got angry. It said nothing and swam away.The fisherman waited and waited, but the goldfish didnt come back. When he went home, he found his wife was back in their old hut.渔夫和他的妻子 从前，有一位渔夫，他又一个很丑的妻子。他们家里很穷。一天， 渔夫捕到一条金鱼。但这条金鱼会说话：“请放我走吧！我会报答你的.”“啊，我的天啊！” 渔夫吃惊地叫道，“别担心，我不会吃一条会说话的鱼的。”于是他把金鱼放进了水里。渔夫回家并把这件事告诉了他的妻子。妻子非常愤怒。“你多愚蠢啊！”她说：“看看这个破草屋，到海边去，向金鱼要一间小木屋。”于是渔夫来到海边。“怎么啦？”金鱼问。“我的妻子想要一件小木屋。”渔夫说。“别担心，她会有的。”渔夫的妻子得到了一间小木屋。但过了几天，她对此感到厌倦了：“告诉金鱼，让它给我一座宫殿。”渔夫又返回海边。他的妻子得到了一座宫殿。但她很快又对此感到厌倦：“去叫金鱼做我的仆人，我想当女王。”这次，金鱼变得愤怒了，它一句话也没说就游走了。渔夫等呀等，但金鱼没有回来。当他回家时，他看见他妻子又回到就茅屋。Story 7:The country mouse and the city mouseOnce there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years, the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, Do come and see me at my house in the country. So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city. The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, Run! Run! The cat is coming! They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid. 从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你一定要来我乡下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应该搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应该到我城里的家看看。” 乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。过了一会儿，他们出来了。当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。因为这样虽然贫穷但是快乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。”Story 8: 猴子捞月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, “Oh, no! The moon is really in the water!” Then an old monkey comes over. He is very surprised, too and yells: “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 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 monkeys 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 happens to see the moon in the sky, He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish! The moon is still in the sky!”一天，有只小猴子在井边玩儿。它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里头啦！一只大猴子跑来一看，说, “糟啦！月亮掉在井里头啦！”老猴子也跑过来。他也非常惊奇, 喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里头了！” 一群猴子跑到井边来,他们看到井里的月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里头啦！快来！让我们把它捞起来！”然后，老猴子倒挂在大树上，拉住大猴子的脚，其他的猴子一个个跟着， 它们一只连着一只直到井里。正好他们摸到月亮的时候，老猴子抬头发现月亮挂在天上呢!它兴奋地大叫：“别蠢了！月亮还好好地挂在天上呢！”Story 9: The lion and the foxThe lion once said that he was sick on his death bed. So he asked all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes. The goat came to the lions cave. He stood there and listened for a long time. Then a sheep went in. Before she came out, a rabbit entered to hear the last wishes of the king of beasts. But soon the lion seemed to recover, and went to the mouth of his cave. He saw a fox waiting outside. Why dont you come in? asked the lion to the fox. I beg Your Majestys pardon, said the fox, I have seen many animals enter your cave, but none of them come out. Till they come out again, I prefer to wait outside. 老狮子与狐狸一头年老的狮子声称自己病得要死了，他告诉所有的动物来听他的临终遗言。一只山羊进入狮子的洞穴，并一直留在那里，接着一只绵羊也进去了。之前，一只兔子也曾进去听这兽中之王的临终遗言。但是不久，狮子好像康复了，能走到洞口了，他看到狐狸站在洞口，就问：“你为什么不进来呢？” “尊敬的殿下，”狐狸回答说，“如果我没发现只有进去的脚印，没有一个出来的脚印，我也许会进洞去。” 寓意: 我们必须小心别人的圈套，因为一旦进去了就很难再出来。Story 10:To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them GrowOnce upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day. But still, he thought they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants. How could the plants grow faster? He tossed in bed during the night and could not sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out of the bed and dashed to the field. By the moonlight, he began working on the rice seedlings. One by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. When he finished pulling, it was already morning. Straightening his back, he said to himself, What a wonderful idea! Look, how much taller the plants have grown one night! With great satisfaction, he went back home. He told his son what he had done in a triumphant tone. His son was shocked. Now the sun had risen. The young man was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying. People now use Ba Miao Zhu Zhang to describe the behavior of those who are too eager to get something done only to make it worse. The idiom is a bit like the English proverb Haste makes waste -to spoil things by excessive enthusiasm.拨苗助长从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快呢?想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高几分。 经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了。隔天早晨一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。