1. The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were good friends. One lived in the country, and the other lived in the city.
One day, the country mouse invited the city mouse to his home in the country. The city mouse went. But he said, “I don’t like your house. It’s very small and dirty. I don’t like your food too. It’s terrible. You must come to my home in the city. It’s much better than yours.”
So the country mouse went. He saw the city mouse’s house was very nice. When they were eating the delicious food, the city mouse shouted suddenly, “Hurry up. The cat is coming. Run! Run!
The country mouse was hardly caught by the cat. He said to the city mouse, “Your home is very nice but not safe, so I don’t like it. I still like living in the country.”
1. 城里老鼠和鄉(xiāng)下老鼠
從前有兩只老鼠,是好朋友.一只在鄉(xiāng)下住,另一只則住在城里.
一天,鄉(xiāng)下老鼠請(qǐng)城里老鼠去鄉(xiāng)下的他家,城里老鼠去了.但是他說(shuō)：“我不喜歡你的家.它既小又臟.我也不喜歡你的食物,太難吃了.你一定要來(lái)我城里的家,比你的好多了.
所以鄉(xiāng)下老鼠去了.他看見(jiàn)城里老鼠的房子非常好.當(dāng)它們吃美味東西時(shí),城里老鼠突然叫了起來(lái)：“快跑!貓來(lái)了!快跑!快跑!”
鄉(xiāng)下老鼠差點(diǎn)被貓抓住.它對(duì)城里老鼠說(shuō)：“你的家非常好但不安全,所以我不喜歡它.
我還是喜歡住在鄉(xiāng)下.”
2、 The Monkey and thePeaches
One day, a monkey was looking for food. He came to a fence. There were a lot of big peaches inside the fence. The monkey tried to get into. But he failed. At last, he found a hole in the fence. But the hole was too small for him to go through.
“What should I do?” the monkey thought. He wandered around the fence.
Day after day, the monkey became thinner and thinner. At last, he could get through the fence.
He ate a lot of peaches. So became fatter and fatter.
He wanted to go outside, but the hole was too small for him. He couldn’t eat any more! He waited and waited. Eventually, he became thin enough to go out.
2、猴子和桃子
一天,一只猴子正在觀察食物.他來(lái)到一個(gè)籬笆前.有很多大桃子在籬笆里.猴子試著進(jìn)去,但是他太胖了.最后,他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一個(gè)洞在籬笆上.但是洞太小,無(wú)法進(jìn)入.
“我該怎么做?”猴子想.他在籬笆外繞來(lái)繞去.
日復(fù)一日,猴子越來(lái)越瘦.最后,他能通過(guò)籬笆了.
他吃了一堆桃子,所以他變得越來(lái)越胖.
他想出去,但洞口對(duì)于他來(lái)說(shuō)太小了.他不能吃任何東西了!他等啊等,最終,他變得非常瘦,出去了.
3天氣預(yù)報(bào) 后帶中文
Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow rain." The next day it rained. A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, "Tomorrow storm." The next day there was a hailstorm. "This Indian is incredible," said the director. He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather. However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks. Finally the director sent for him. "I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow," said the director, "and I'm depending on you. What will the weather be like?" The Indian shrugged his shoulders. "Don't know," he said. "Radio is broken."
天氣預(yù)報(bào)一個(gè)電影攝制組在沙漠深處工作.一天,一個(gè)印度老人到導(dǎo)演跟前告訴導(dǎo)演說(shuō)"明天下雨."第二天果然下雨了. 一周后,印度人又來(lái)告訴導(dǎo)演說(shuō),"明天有風(fēng)暴."果然,第二天下了雹暴. "印度人真神,"導(dǎo)演說(shuō).他告訴秘書(shū)雇傭該印度人來(lái)預(yù)報(bào)天氣. 幾次預(yù)報(bào)都很成功.然后,接下來(lái)的兩周,印度人不見(jiàn)了. 最后,導(dǎo)演派人去把他叫來(lái)了."我明天必須拍一個(gè)很大的場(chǎng)景,"導(dǎo)演說(shuō),"這得靠你了.明天天氣如何啊?" 印度人聳了聳肩."我不知道,"印度人說(shuō),"收音機(jī)壞了."
A lady went to a hat shop to buy a hat. As she was very fussy, it took her a long time to pick on one. Already at the end of his patience the salesman was afraid that she might change her mind again so he tried to flatter her: "An excellent choice, madam. You look at least ten years younger with this hat on!" To his dismay, the lady took off her hat at once and said: "I don't want a hat that makes me look ten years older as soon as I take it off. Show me some more hats!" 買帽子
一位婦女到一家帽子店買帽子.她很挑剔,用了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才選好了一頂.已經(jīng)忍耐到極限的售貨員害怕她再改變主意,便恭維她："你做了極好的選擇,夫人.你戴上這頂帽子看上去起碼年輕十歲!"但令他沮喪的是,這位女士馬上摘下了她的帽子說(shuō)："我不想要一頂摘下來(lái)便使我立刻顯得老十歲的帽子.多拿一些帽子給我看看!
5 But the teacher cried
The six-year-old John was terribly spoiled . His father knew it, but his grandma doted on him. He hardly left her side. And when he wanted anything, he either cried or threw a temper tantrum. Then came his first day of school, his first day away from his grandmother's loving arms.
When he came home from school his grandma met him at the door.
"Was school all right?" she asked, "Did you get along all right? did you cry?"
"Cry?" John asked. "No, I didn't cry, but the teacher did!"
可是老師哭了
六歲的約翰嬌生慣養(yǎng).他的父親知道這一點(diǎn),可他的祖父母仍然寵著他.這孩子幾乎寸步不離他的祖母.他想要什么不是哭,就是鬧.他第一天上學(xué)才離開(kāi)祖母的懷抱.
約翰放學(xué)了,他奶奶在門(mén)口接他并問(wèn)道：“學(xué)校怎么樣?你過(guò)的好嗎?哭了沒(méi)有?”
“哭?”約翰問(wèn),“不,我沒(méi)哭,可老師哭了.”
6 ）A Bet
Two pals are sitting in a pub watching the eleven-'clock news.A reporter comes on about a man threatening to jump from the 20th floor of a downtown building.One friend turns to the other and says,'I'll bet you ten bucks the guy doesn't jump.'
'It's a bet,' agrees his buddy.
A few minutes later, the man on the ledge jumps,so the loser hands his pal a $10 bill.'I can't take your money,'his friend admits.'I saw him jump earlier on the six-o'clock news.'
'Me,too,'says the other buddy.'But I didn't think he'd do it again.
打賭
兩個(gè)好朋友正坐在一家小酒館內(nèi)觀看十一點(diǎn)的電視新聞.一則新聞報(bào)道說(shuō),有個(gè)男人威脅要從商業(yè)區(qū)一座大樓的二十層跳下去.一位朋友轉(zhuǎn)身對(duì)另一位說(shuō)道：“我敢賭十塊錢(qián),那家伙不會(huì)往下跳.”
“賭就賭,”他的朋友欣然同意.
幾分鐘后,站在墻檐上的男人跳了下去,因而賭輸?shù)哪俏唤唤o他的朋友一張十元的鈔票.“我不能拿你的錢(qián),”他的朋友承認(rèn)道,“早在六點(diǎn)的新聞里,我就已見(jiàn)他跳下去了.”
“我也是,”另一位說(shuō),“可我想他不會(huì)再跳了!”
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