Saving the Birds
One day in spring four men were riding on horback along a country road. The men were lawyers, and they were going to the next town to attend court.
There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dripping from the trees, and the grass was wet.
The four lawyers rode along, one behind another; for the pathway was narrow, and the mud on each side of it was deep. They rode slowly, and talked and laughed and were very jolly.
As they were passing through a grove of small trees, they heard a
great flutterin（振抖）over their heads and a feeble chirping in the grass by the roadside.
"Stith! stith! stith!" came from the leafy branches above them.
"Cheep! cheep! cheep!" came from the wet grass.
"What is the matter here?" asked the first lawyer, who name was Speed. "Oh, it's only some old robi
ns!" said the cond lawyer, who name was Hardin. "The storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, and the mother bird is making a great fuss about it."
"What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass," said the third lawyer, who name I forget.
"Oh, well! They're nothing but birds," said Mr. Hardin. "Why should we bother?"
"Yes, why should we?" said Mr. Speed.
The three men, as they pasd, looked down and saw the little birds fluttering in the cold, wet grass. They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.
Then they rode on, talking and laughing as before. In a few minutes they had forgotten about the birds.
parallelsBut the fourth lawyer, who name was Abraham Lincoln, stopped. He got down from his hor and very gently took the little ones up in his big warm hands.
They did not em frightened, but chirped softly, as if they knew they were safe.
"Never mind, my little fellows," said Mr. Lincoln "I will put you in your own cozy little bed."
Then he looked up to find the nest from which they had fallen. It was high, much higher than he could reach.
But Mr. Lincoln could climb. He had climbed many a tree when he was a boy. He put the birds softly, one by one, into their warm little home. Two other baby birds were there, that had not fallen out. All cuddled down together and were very happy.
Soon the three lawyers who had ridden ahead stopped at a spring to give their hors water.
"Where is Lincoln?" asked one.
All were surprid to find that he was not with them.
"Do you remember tho birds?" said Mr. Speed. "Very likely he has stopped to take care of them."
In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln joined them. His shoes were covered with mud; he had torn his coat on the thorny tree.
"Hello, Abraham!" said Mr. Hardin. "Where have you been?"
"I stopped a minute to give tho birds to their mother," he answered.
"Well, we always thought you were a hero," said Mr. Speed. "Now we know it."
Then all three of them laughed heartily. They thought it so foolish that a strong man should take so much trouble just for some worthless young birds.
okay是什么意思"Gentlemen," said Mr. Lincoln, "I could not have slept to-night, if I had left tho helpless little robins to perish in the wet grass."
Abraham Lincoln afterwards became very famous as a lawyer and statesman. He was elected president. Next to Washington he was the greatest American.
Do Remember not to Smoke记得别吸烟
Do Remember not to Smoke记得别吸烟
A much worried patient walked into doctor's office asking for help:
候诊室里坐着一位忧心忡忡的病人，当医生传唤他时，他满面愁容地说：
"Doctor, I don't know what to do. I accidentally drank a bottle of gasoline yesterday!"
“医生，怎么办？我昨天误喝下一瓶汽油！”
"Oh,...Don't worry! All you have to remember is not to smoke in the next few days!"
医生回答他说：“喔..沒关系啦！记得这几天不要抽烟！”
英语单词短语学习：
grossing1 accidentally
adv. 意外地；偶然地times
eg：I accidentally broke a glass.
我不小心把玻璃杯摔了。
短语
accidentally injure 误伤 ; 无意中伤人
Accidentally Quit 意外中断
Accidentally on 一不留神就
Accidentally deleted 不小心删除了
accidentally meet 偶然遇见
Accidentally Dizzy 偶晕
Accidentally Discovered 无意中发现
She Accidentally 她不小心
Accidentally beat 意外地击败
2 gasoline
n. 汽油
短语
血战办公室aviation gasoline [航，油气] 航空汽油 ; [航，油气] 航空燃油
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natural gasoline [油气] 天然汽油 ; 稳定轻烃 ; [油气] 自然汽油 ; 凝析油cracked gasoline [油气] 裂化汽油 ; [油气] 裂解汽油
gasoline filter 滤油器 ; 汽油滤清器 ; 汽油滤器 ; 汽油过滤器
gasoline motor 汽油发动机 ; 汽油策念头 ; 汽油机 ; 汽油动员机
regular gasoline 普通汽油 ; 常规汽油 ; 经常汽油
clear gasoline 无铅汽油
car gasoline [车辆] 车用汽油
absorption gasoline [油气] 吸收汽油
The Most Incredible Thing 最难使人相信的事情
Whosoever could do the most incredible thing was to have the King's daughter
and half of his kingdom.
The young men, yes, and the old ones too, bent their heads, their muscles, and their hearts upon winning. To do what they thought was the most incredible thing, two ate themlves to death, and one died of overdrinking. Even the boys in the street practiced spitting on their own backs, which they suppod was
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dareOn a certain day there was to be an exhibition of things most incredible and everyone showed his best work. Judges were appointed, ranging from children of three to old men of ninety. It was a grand exposition of things out of the ordinary, but everybody promptly agreed that most incredible of all was a great hall clock - an extraordinary contraption, outside and in.
When the clock struck, out came lifelike figures to tell the hour. There were twelve parate performances of the moving figures, with speaking and singing. People said that nothing so incredible had ever before been en.
The clock struck one, and there stood Mos on the mountain, writing in the tablets of the law the first great commandment: "There is only one true God." The clock struck two, and there were Adam and Eve, just as they first met in
the Garden of Eden. Were ever two people so lucky! They didn't own so much as a clothes-clot, and they didn't need one. At the stroke of three the three Holy Kings appeared. One was as black as a coal, but he couldn't help that. The sun had blackened him. The kings brought incen and precious gifts. When the stroke of four sounded, the asons advanced in their order. Spring carried a budding bough of beech, on which a cuckoo sang. Summer had for her sign a grasshopper on a ripening ear of wheat. Autumn had only an empty stork's nest, for the birds had flown away. Winter's tame crow perched on the corner of the stove, and told old tales of bygone days. At five o'clock there was a
procession of the five ns. Sight was reprented by a man who made spectacles. Hearing was a noisy coppersmith. Smell was a flower girl with
violets for sale. Taste came dresd as a cook. Feeling was a mourner, with crape down to his heels. As the clock struck six, there sat a gambler, throwing dice for the highest cast of all, and they fell with the sixes up. Then came
the ven days of the week, or they might be the ven deadly sins. People
could not be sure which they were, for they were not easy to distinguish. Next came a choir of monk
s, to sing the eight o'clock evensong. At the stroke of nine, the nine mus appeared. One was an astronomer, one kept the books of history, and the others were connected with the theater. Ten o'clock struck,
and Mos came forth again, this time with the tables in which were written all ten of God's commandments. When the clock struck again, boys and girls danced out. They played and sang this song:
"All the way to heaven
The clock struck eleven."
And eleven it struck. Then came the stroke of twelve. Out marched the night watchman, wearing his cap and carrying his morning star - which is a truncheon tipped with spikes. He sang the old watch song:
"'Twas at the midnight hour
Our Savior He was born-"
and as he sang the ros about him unfolded into the heads of angels, with rainbow-tinted wings.
It was good to hear. It was charming to e. The whole thing was a work of extraordinary craftsmanship, and everyone agreed that it was the most
incredible thing. The artist who had made it was young, generous, and sincere, a true friend, and a great help to his poor father and mother. He was altogether worthy of the Princess and of half the kingdom.
special englishOn the day that they were to proclaim who had won, the whole town was bedecked and be-draped. The Princess sat on her throne. It had been newly stuffed with horhair for the occasion, but it was still far from comfortable or pleasant. The judges winked knowingly at the man they had chon, who stood there so happy and proud. His fortune was made, for had he not done the most incredible thing!
"No!" a tall, bony, powerful fellow bawled out. "Leave it to me, I am the man to do the most incredible thing," and then he swung his ax at the craftsman's clock. Crack, crash, smash! There lay the whole thing. Here rolled the wheels, and there flew the hairsprings. It was wrecked and ruined. "I did that," said the lout. "My work beat his, and bowled you over, all in one stroke. I have done the most incredible thing."
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"To destroy such a work of art!" said the judges. "Why it's the most incredible thing we've ever en." And the people said so too. So he was awarded the Princess and half the kingdom, becau a law is a law, even if it happens to be a most incredible one.
They blew trumpets from the ramparts and the city towers, and they announced, "The wedding will now take place." The Princess was not especially happy about it, but she looked pretty and she wore her most expensive clothes. The church was at its best by candle-light, late in the evening. The ladies of the court sang in processions, and escorted the bride. The lords sung, and accompanied the groom. From the way he strutted and swaggered along, you'd think that nothing could ever bowl him over.
Then the singing stopped. It was so still that you could have heard a pin fall in the street. But it was not quiet for long. Crash! crash! the great church doors flew open, and boom! boom! all the works of the clock came marching down the church aisle and halted between the bride and the groom.
Dead men cannot walk the earth. That's true, but a work of art does not die.
Its shape may be shattered, but the spirit of art cannot be broken. The spirit of art jested, and that was no joke.
. To all appearances it stood there as if it were whole, and had never been wrecked. The clock struck one hour right after another, from one to twelve, and
