英语小故事
One day, a teacher took his pupils to a chicken farm to pay a visit. When they came near the incubator, chick just got out of its egg shell.
一天，老师带学生到养鸡场参观，当他们走近孵化器时，刚好一只小鸡破壳而出。
"It's wonderful to e a little thing come out from the egg shell, isn't it？" the teacher said.
“看见一个小生命从蛋壳里出来，岂不是很奇妙的吗？”老师说。
"Yes, sir." said one of the boys, " but it would be more wonderful if we knew how a chick gets in to its eggs hell before hand."
“是的，老师。”一个男学生说，“可是，如果我们知道它是怎样事先钻进蛋壳里的那就更奇妙了。”
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I'm Trying to Stop It
"Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected?"
"No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other , so I am trying to stop it."
“孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？”
“没有，老师。可是你昨天说你告诉我的知识都是一个耳朵里进，一个耳朵里出，所以我要把它堵在里面。”
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“I'm sorry ，Madam ，but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .”
“Twenty d ollars! Why ，I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!”
“Yes ，but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .”
“对不起，夫人，为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元！为什么？不是说好只要4美元。”
“是的，但是你的孩子大喊大叫，把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
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Teacher：We all know that beat caus an object to expand an cold caue it to contract. Now，can anyone give me a good example?
John：Well ，in the summer the days are long，and in the winter the days are short.
老师：我们都知道热胀冷缩的道理。现在，谁给我举个例子？
约翰：嗯，在夏天天都长，在冬天天都短。
猫和玉米The Cats and The Corn
The cats from the cat village went to the river for a picnic.
A cat found a corn stalk.
What can the cats do with the corn stalk?
He must be hungry.He is eating the kernels of corn.
Oh,look!He stopped eating.
Meow made a new tooth from a kernel of corn!
This cat ate the ear of corn.
He made a harmonica out of the corncob.
Oh,look!The cats are brushing their teeth with the Harmonica.”Chi-ka,chi-ka.”Up and down,up and down.
That’s right.Teeth have to be cleaned after eating.Good cat!
The cats are thinking of something.They are full and have brushed their teeth.Now it’s time to play.What game can they play with the corn?
First,this cat is making a net with corn silks.
Yes!!He must be planning to catch his favorite fish.
The stalks and the leaves of the corn are being made into a sailboat.The corn stalks are woven into a raft.The sails are made by attaching the leaves.
“Lu=Lu,La-La!Lu-Lu,La-La!”
One cat plays the harmonica as the other cats ride on their sailboat.Another cat brought a net.
He is going to catch some fish.Aren’t they very funny cats?
英文童话译文：猫和玉米
来自猫村庄的猫去河边野餐。
一只猫发现了一根玉米杆。
猫会如何处置这根玉米杆呢？
他一定饿了。他正在吃玉米粒。
噢，瞧！他停止吃了。
猫咪新咬了一排牙印在玉米粒上！
这只猫吃掉了玉米穗。
他把玉米棒子弄得象口琴一样。
噢，瞧！猫咪们正在用口琴刷牙。
“奇-卡，奇-卡。”上下，上下。
对了。在吃东西以后，牙齿必须被清洁。好猫咪！
猫咪们正在想一些事情。他们吃饱了而且刷了牙。
现在是时间玩耍了。他们能用玉米玩什么呢？
首先，这只猫用玉米丝穗编了一张网。
是的！他一定是计划捕捉他喜欢的鱼。
玉米的茎和叶子被做成了一只小帆船。
玉米杆儿被编成了一只筏子。
这些船帆是通过绑上叶子做成的。
“噜-噜，啦-啦！噜-噜，啦-啦！”
在其他猫乘上帆船时，一只猫吹着口琴。
另一只猫带来了网。他打算捕一些鱼。
他们难道不是一些非常有趣的猫么？
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!"
可是老师哭了
六岁的约翰娇生惯养。他的父亲知道这一点，可他的祖父母仍然宠着他。这孩子几乎寸步不离他的祖母。他想要什么不是哭，就是闹。他第一天上学才离开祖母的怀抱。
约翰放学了，他奶奶在门口接他并问道：“学校怎么样？你过的好吗？哭了没有？”
“哭？”约翰问，“不，我没哭，可老师哭了。”
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 lor 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.
打赌
两个好朋友正坐在一家小酒馆内观看十一点的电视新闻。一则新闻报道说，有个男人威胁要从商业区一座大楼的二十层跳下去。一位朋友转身对另一位说道：“我敢赌十块钱，那家
伙不会往下跳。”
