Mother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candies do you have?”
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?”
“Ten.” Jim says.
“10块。”吉姆说。
“Ten?” Mother asks.
“10块?”妈妈问。
“Yes, Mum. Four candies are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t it right?”
“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?”
词义解析:
1.candy:糖果,巧克力
2.stomach:肚子
3.ten:十
4.four:四
5.six:六故事二
Are Flies Yummy?
苍蝇好吃吗?
Tony and his father are eating dinner.
托尼正和他爸爸一起吃晚餐。
Suddenly Tony asks his father, “Dad, are flies yummy?”
突然,托尼问他的.爸爸:“爸爸,苍蝇好吃吗?”
Dad frowns and says, “No, I think it’s yucky. Why do you ask me this question? It’s asilly question.”
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。”
But Tony says, “ There was one fly in your plate.”
可是托尼说:“刚才你盘子里有一只苍蝇。”
词义解析:1.fly:苍蝇
2.yummy:好吃的,美味的
3.dinner:晚餐
4.suddenly: 突然
5.frown:皱眉
6.yucky:恶心的
7.question:问题
8.silly:愚蠢的
9.plate:盘子
大赛开始了,教室里弥漫着紧张的.气息,虽然我对这次大赛胜券在握,但还是紧张得不时冒冷汗,生怕老师考到我不熟悉的词。老师开始考单词了,我的心怦怦乱跳,果然不出我所料,老师考了一个平时很少用的单词,这个单词本来我很熟悉,可是,不管我怎么努力就是想不起来,这可如何是好?我急得直跺脚,心跳加快,心好像就要从我身体里跳出来了。怎么写,怎么写呀?我一直念叨着这几个字,连手掌心里都沁满了汗水。最后,我决定执行A计划——抄同桌的,我同桌可是个了不起的人物,英语学得特棒,每次考试都名列前茅。于是,我便把手搭在脸上,眼睛偷偷地瞄向同桌的卷子,看不清楚,于是我又把凳子向他那边靠了靠,胜利了。我偷偷地望向四周,没人发现。
虽然百词大赛考完了,但我的心里还是忐忑不安,我为自己的作弊行为感到懊悔,我为什么要抄别人的?为什么不凭借自己的努力去思考而选择走捷径?真后悔呀,这样虽然我得到了成绩,却因此失去了诚信,真是“一失足成千古恨”呀!
一天,老熊把三个孩子叫到自己面前:“你们都长大了,是时候去见见世面了。给你们每人一百枚金币,你们自己出去闯荡,一年后来见我。”说着,老熊把三个沉重的皮包交到了三个孩子手里。“谢谢爸爸!”孩子们非常兴奋,拿着钱急忙出发了。
爱打扮的大女儿一出门就迫不及待地奔向火车站,买了一张到大城市的票,准备去大城市定居。下了车,她就冲进了一家大商场,用这些巨款买了许多时尚的衣服和化妆品。接着,去了一家豪华餐厅吃大餐,晚上下榻在一座奢华的五星级酒店。就这样过了一周,她的钱只剩下了一半。
老实肯干的二儿子一出门就急忙把钱存入了森林银行,接着去了河马大叔的煤矿打工。在煤矿里干的都是重活,原本就不怎么健壮的老二可吃了大亏。一天下来没干多少活,累得浑身是汗,还得被老板骂,收入自然没有多少。筋疲力尽的老二不得已把银行里的前取出了一点,吃了顿饱饭,又要迎来新一天的工作。
机智的老三拿到钱,立马就在森林的热闹繁华区开了一家小商店。这家店开张没一会儿,就得到了大家的认可,“小熊商店”的名字立马在周边传开了。老三的店物美价廉,货物又和当地民众的口味,逐渐成了当地最火爆的商家之一。
过了一个月,大姐的钱所剩无几。她把一百枚金币在几周时间几乎挥霍一空。她只好离开了五星级酒店,注销了豪华餐厅的会员卡,带着仅剩的钱去了城市里环境较差的“下等区”。她想找一份工作,但她好吃懒做,做事的态度不够认真,无论去哪里都不被收留。而此时的老二日子过得也不好。他赚的钱渐渐招架不住他的'消耗,银行里的钱越来越少。
就在这时,老三在森林里却过得风生水起。他的店面扩大了许多,货物也多样化了起来,还获得了“诚信商家”的荣誉称号。周围的点抵挡不住小熊商店的势头,纷纷倒闭、搬迁,小熊商店正式变成了周围购物的最佳地点。虽然有了钱,可老三仍然不骄傲。他各处观察民情,以便推出人们最需要的商品。商店的货物质量越来越好,价钱仍然亲民。此时的老三早已经赚回了一百枚金币,还有更多的钱可供使用。
一年后,三个孩子再一次聚在小木屋前。大姐原先的容貌已憔悴了不少,瘦得好像一阵风都能把她吹跑。她的名牌服饰全部都存在了当铺,回来的车钱还是找老三借的。老二此时的钱也快用完了,一年的劳累使他的皮肤变黑了不少。而老三西装革履、衣物整洁,拎着一个大皮包。“你们变化真大啊!”老熊意味深长地说。老三把皮包递到了老熊手里。“爸,这是一百枚金币,现在还给您。”老熊露出了欣慰的笑容。“老三做得最好。老大、老二要多向老三学习。”老大和老二惭愧地低下了头。“我再给你们一百枚金币。你们跟着老三好好干,努力改正自己的错误。老三也要关照一下他们,大家一起努力,好吗?”
“好的,父亲!”
The fox, filled with arrogance, examined the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, "Oh, you poor beard-licker, you speckled fool, you hungry mouse hunter, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?"
"I understand but one," answered the cat, modestly.
"What kind of a trick is it?" asked the fox.
"When the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself."
"Is that all?" said the fox. "I am master of a hundred tricks, and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs."
Just then a hunter came by with four dogs. The cat jumped nimbly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her.
"Untie your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack," the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast.
"Oh, Mr. Fox," shouted the cat. "You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life."
一只猫在森林里遇到一只狐狸,心想:“他又聪明,又丰富,挺受人尊重的。”於是它很友好地和狐狸打招呼:“日安,尊敬的狐狸先生,您好吗?这些日子挺艰难的,您过得怎么样?”
狐狸傲慢地将猫从头到脚地打量了一番,半天拿不定主意是不是该和它说话。最后它说:“哦,你这个倒霉的长着鬍子、满身花纹的傻瓜、饥肠辘辘地追赶老鼠的.傢伙,你会啥?有甚么资格问我过得怎么样?你都学了点甚么本事?”
“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。
“甚么本领?”狐狸问。
“有人追我的时候,我会爬到树上去藏起来保护自己。”
“就这本事?”狐狸不屑地说,“我掌握了上百种本领,而且还有满口袋计谋。我真觉得你可怜,跟着我吧,我教你怎么从追捕中逃生。”
就在这时,猎人带着四条狗走近了。猫敏捷地窜到一棵树上,在树顶上蹲伏下来,茂密的树叶把它遮挡得严严实实。
“快打开你的计谋口袋,狐狸先生,快打开呀!”猫冲着狐狸喊道。可是猎狗已经将狐狸扑倒咬住了。“哎呀,狐狸先生,”猫喊道,“你的千百种本领就这么给扔掉了!假如你能像我一样爬树就不至於丢了性命了!”
One fine day in winter some ants were busy drying their store of corn, which had got rather damp during a long spell of rain. Presently1 up came a grasshopper2 and begged them to spare her a few grains, "For," she said, "I'm simply starving." The ants stopped work for a moment, though this was against their principles. "May we ask," said they, "what you were doing with yourself all last summer? Why didn't you collect a store of food for the winter?" "The fact is," replied the grasshopper, "I was so busy singing that I hadn't the time." "If you spent the summer singing," replied the ants, "you can't do better than spend the winter dancing." And they chuckled3 and went on with their work.
冬天一个温暖如春的日子里,蚂蚁们正忙着晒干自己存储的粮食。由于下来很长时间的雨,粮食已经非常潮湿了。这时,来了一只蚂蚱,向他们乞讨一点粮食。“因为,”蚂蚱说,“我实在是饿坏了。”尽管有点违背原则,但蚂蚁们还是停下了手头的工作。“我们能问一下吗?”他们说,“整个夏天你都在做些什么呢?为什么不为冬天储存一些粮食呢?”“实际上,”蚂蚱回答道,“我一直在忙着唱歌,根本没有时间存储粮食。”“如果你整个夏天都在唱歌,”蚂蚁们回答道,“那么,你最好在冬天就忙着跳舞吧。”他们哈哈大笑起来,继续忙于各自的工作。
A hound, roaming in the forest, spied a lion. He thought the lion might be a good prey1 and chased, thinking he would make a fine quarry2. Presently the lion perceived that he was being pursued, so, stopping short, he rounded on his pursuer and gave a loud roar. The hound immediately turned tail and fled. A fox, seeing him running away, jeered3 at him and said, "Ho! Ho! There goes the coward who chased a lion and ran away the moment the roared!"
有一条猎狗,正在森林里闲逛,猛然看见了一只狮子,心想这可是一个不错的猎物,便追了上去,想施展一下自己的小伎俩。很快,狮子觉察到自己被追踪了,便突然停住,回过头来冲着追捕者大声吼叫。猎狗立刻转身逃跑了。一只狐狸见状,便嘲笑起猎狗:“呵呵,真是个胆小鬼,竟然还敢追狮子,只要狮子一声吼,你可就落荒而逃了!”
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