Giving the Seeding a Hand Long long ago,in ancient China,there lived a farmer .He was worried about his seeding growing too slowly .One day ,he went to the farmland and pulled up the seeding one by one .When he returned home ,he was very exhausted."I am tired out today,”he said to his family ,"I helped the seeding to grow." His son was surprised .He hurried to the fields to see what had happened .It turned out that all the seeding had shriveled up.拔苗助長(zhǎng) 從前,有一個(gè)農(nóng)民總是擔(dān)心自己種的秧苗長(zhǎng)得太慢.一天,他到田里把秧苗一個(gè)一個(gè)地拔了起來,當(dāng)他回到家時(shí),十分興奮,“我今天很累,”他對(duì)家人說到,“我再幫秧苗長(zhǎng)大.” 他的兒子很奇怪就跑去田里看到地發(fā)生了什么.一看所有的秧苗都枯萎了.The Rabbit And The Turtle (龜兔賽跑) One day,a turtle is climbing.A rabbit sees the turtle.It asks the turtle:“Hi,turtle.What are you doing?”“I’m running.” The turtle says.“Haha,you are running?How slowly!Let’s have a race.Let’s see who runs fast.” The rabbit laughs at the turtle.“OK.i believe i will beat you” The turtle says.The next day is a sunny day.The turtle and the rabbit are ready for a game.Many animals are watching.“Three !Two!One!Start!” monkey says.The rabbit and the turtle runs to the end.The rabbit runs very fast.The turtle is climbing with aslow but steady pace to the goal.It’s behind the rabbit.The rabbit runs to a tree.It sees the turtle is behind.It thinks:“The turtle is very slow.I can sleep under the tree.” So the rabbit was found a comfortable place,lie down and fell fast alseep.The turtle climbs to the tree.It sees the rabbit is dleeping and doesn’t stop.In the end it gets to the end and is very happy!Now the rabbit wakes up.It thinks the turtle is still behind.The rabbit runs to the end.when ihe rabbit reached the end.It sees the turtle there.“Haha,I win!” the turtle says.The rabbit is very sad.It is crying.This story tells us:we can’t be pride.1．Do You Know My Work?One night a hotel caught fire,and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes． Two men stood outside and looked at the fire． “Before I came out,” said one,“I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money． People don't think of money when they're afraid． When anyone leaves paper money in a fire,the fire burns it． So I took all the bills that I could find．No one will be poorer because I took them．” “You don't know my work,” said the other． “What is your work?” “I'm a policeman． “Oh!” cried the first man． He thought quickly and said,“And do you know my work?”“No,”said the policeman． “I'm a writer． I'm always telling stories about things that never happened．” 譯文：（自己簡(jiǎn)單翻譯） 你知道我是干什么的嗎?一天晚上,一家旅館失火,住在這家旅館里的人穿著睡 衣就跑了出來.兩個(gè)人站在外面,看著大火.“在我出來之前,”其中一個(gè)說：“我跑進(jìn)一些房間,找到了一大筆錢.人在恐懼中是不會(huì)想到錢的.如果有人把紙幣留在火里,火就會(huì)把它燒成灰燼.所以我把我所能找到的鈔票都拿走了.沒有人會(huì)因?yàn)槲夷米咚鼈兌兊酶F.” “你不知道我是干什么的.”另一個(gè)說.“你是干什么的?” “我是警察.” “噢!”第一個(gè)人喊了一聲.他靈機(jī)一動(dòng),說：“那你知道我是干什么的?”“不知道.”警察說.“我是個(gè)作家.我總是愛編一些從未發(fā)生過的故事.”