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㈠ 英語經典小故事（字不要太多

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㈡ 經典英語小故事

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1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽里的狗）
Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an ox. It was full of hay. But soon the ox came back from his work to the manger. He wanted to eat his own hay. Then the dog awoke, stood up and barked at the ox. The ox said to the dog, 「Do you want to eat this hay, too?」
「Of course not,」 said the dog.
「Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.」
「Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.」
「What a selfish dog! He will neither eat the hay himself, nor let me eat it !」 said the ox to himself.

2.The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（獅子、熊與狐狸）
Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, 「I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.」
"No, no," said the bear.「I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.」 And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.
A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid.
The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox.
The lion said to the bear, 「We have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.」

3.The Boys And The Frogs（男孩與青蛙）
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, 「Boys, please don』t throw stones at us.」
The boys said, 「We are only playing.」 「I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,」 said the old frog.
So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.

4.The Two Travelers（兩個旅人）
Many years ago two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood.
Then they found a beautiful ax on the ground. One of them picked it up and said, 「Look here have found an ax.」
「Don't say I, but we have found the ax,」 said the other 「We are friends. We ought to share it between us.」
「No,」 said the first one, 「I found the ax, so it is mine.」
Soon after they heard someone running after them. They looked back. They found He called out, 「Stop, thieves! Stop, thieves !」
The first traveler said, 「What shall we do? He is running after us. We shall be caught by him.」 「Don't say we, but I shall be caught. You found the ax, and you say it is yours,」 said the other, and left him alone.
The first traveler tried to hide the ax, but he did not know where to hide it. And at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.

5.The Ant And The Dove（螞蟻與鴿子）
One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. 「Oh, help, help!」 cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. 「Oh, poor ant!」 said the dove. 「I will help the ant.」
The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. 「Here is a leaf. Climb on it,」 said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.
A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, 「This time I must help the dove.」 The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, 「Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,」 and she could fly away happily.

6. The Cock And The Jewel（公雞與寶石）
One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens, 「Come, let us go out to find some food. We have not had our breakfast yet.」
Then the cock began to dig the soft earth. Suddenly he cried, 「Look, look! I have found something strange. I wonder what it is. It is like a ball. But it is not a stone. It may be an egg of some bird.」
The hens heard his cry and came around him. One of them said, 「Dear me! This is not an egg, but a jewel. Someone has lost it.」 A chicken asked, 「Can we eat it?」 「No,」 said the hen, 「It is very precious to human beings, but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it. Throw it away and try to find some worms. I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.」

7.The Wolf and the Goat（狼與山羊）
One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping to and fro and was grazing.
The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, 「Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here!
If you slip down the cliff, you will break your neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down! The grass is long and tender here.」
「Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat dry grass than be eaten by a wolf,」 said the goat.

8.The Hare and the Tortoise（野兔與烏龜）
One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of a hill.
「Hallo, little Tortoise! Where are you going? How short your legs are!」 said the hare.
「 I am going over to the hill. I am a slow runner, but I can run a race with you,」 said the tortoise. 「All right. Let's run a race with you to the top of the hill,」 said the hare.
The hare and the tortoise started. The hare ran very fast. The hare said to himself, 「 I can much faster than the tortoise, and I may have a little nap here.」
So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast asleep. But the tortoise did not stop for a moment. He walked on and on. At last he got to the top of the hill.
The hare woke up and looked around, but he could not see the tortoise. He sprang up and ran as fast as he could. When the hare got to the top of the hill, he found the tortoise was resting there peacefully.
The tortoise said to the hare, 「Now, Mr. Hare! Which was the faster runner, you or I?」

9.The Lion and the Mouse（獅子與老鼠）
Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. 「 Oh, dear kind Lion!」 Said the little mouse. " Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness."
" Ha, ha, ha," laughed the lion. " How can a little thing like you help a great lion?" " Thank you very much, kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day," said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up to the lion, and said, " You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day." Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
" Thank you, little Mouse!" said the lion, and he walked away.

10.The Trees and the Ax（樹與斧頭）
Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, 「Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?」
The tree said, 「Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.」
He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.
Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.
The trees were very sad. They said to one another, 「We suffer for our own foolishness.」
等等。。。。

㈢ 英語故事

經典英語幽默故事 Sam had a dog.Its name was Tod.It was very helpful,but it ate too much..So he didn't like it.He wanted to kill Tod. He tied Tod in a bag and put it in the small
boat.He rowed the boat to the middle of a big river. Just as he threw the poor animal into the river,the boat began to sink. Both began Sam and Tod fell into the river. Tod was able to swim,but Sam couldn't.The dog bit the rope and broke it. It tried its best to swim to save Sam. The man was saved,so he was very thankful to the dog .He didn't want to kill the dog any more .From then on, he gave the dog as much food as it wanted. 譯文
薩姆有一隻狗。他的名字叫Tod。它很有用，但是它食量很大。所以薩姆不喜歡他。薩姆想殺Tod。薩姆把Tod綁在一個袋子里，把它帶上船。他把船劃到一條大河的中央。就在他把這可憐的動物扔下河的時候，船開始下沉，薩姆和Tod都掉進河裡面了。 Tod會游泳，但是薩姆不會。狗把繩子咬斷。它經過試驗這是游泳去救薩姆就好的方法。薩姆獲救了，所以薩姆很感激Tod。他一點也不想殺它了。從那以後，小狗想要多少糧食薩姆給多少。

㈣ 有沒有經典的英文故事

1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽里的狗）
Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an ox. It was full of hay. But soon the ox came back from his work to the manger. He wanted to eat his own hay. Then the dog awoke, stood up and barked at the ox. The ox said to the dog, 「Do you want to eat this hay, too?」
「Of course not,」 said the dog.
「Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.」
「Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.」
「What a selfish dog! He will neither eat the hay himself, nor let me eat it !」 said the ox to himself.

2.The Lion, The Bear And The Fox（獅子、熊與狐狸）
Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, 「I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.」
"No, no," said the bear.「I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.」 And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.
A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid.
The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox.
The lion said to the bear, 「We have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.」

3.The Boys And The Frogs（男孩與青蛙）
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, 「Boys, please don』t throw stones at us.」
The boys said, 「We are only playing.」 「I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,」 said the old frog.
So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.

4.The Two Travelers（兩個旅人）
Many years ago two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood.
Then they found a beautiful ax on the ground. One of them picked it up and said, 「Look here have found an ax.」
「Don't say I, but we have found the ax,」 said the other 「We are friends. We ought to share it between us.」
「No,」 said the first one, 「I found the ax, so it is mine.」
Soon after they heard someone running after them. They looked back. They found He called out, 「Stop, thieves! Stop, thieves !」
The first traveler said, 「What shall we do? He is running after us. We shall be caught by him.」 「Don't say we, but I shall be caught. You found the ax, and you say it is yours,」 said the other, and left him alone.
The first traveler tried to hide the ax, but he did not know where to hide it. And at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.

5.The Ant And The Dove（螞蟻與鴿子）
One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. 「Oh, help, help!」 cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. 「Oh, poor ant!」 said the dove. 「I will help the ant.」
The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. 「Here is a leaf. Climb on it,」 said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.
A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, 「This time I must help the dove.」 The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, 「Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,」 and she could fly away happily.

6. The Cock And The Jewel（公雞與寶石）
One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens, 「Come, let us go out to find some food. We have not had our breakfast yet.」
Then the cock began to dig the soft earth. Suddenly he cried, 「Look, look! I have found something strange. I wonder what it is. It is like a ball. But it is not a stone. It may be an egg of some bird.」
The hens heard his cry and came around him. One of them said, 「Dear me! This is not an egg, but a jewel. Someone has lost it.」 A chicken asked, 「Can we eat it?」 「No,」 said the hen, 「It is very precious to human beings, but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it. Throw it away and try to find some worms. I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.」

7.The Wolf and the Goat（狼與山羊）
One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping to and fro and was grazing.
The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, 「Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here!
If you slip down the cliff, you will break your neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down! The grass is long and tender here.」
「Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat dry grass than be eaten by a wolf,」 said the goat.

8.The Hare and the Tortoise（野兔與烏龜）
One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of a hill.
「Hallo, little Tortoise! Where are you going? How short your legs are!」 said the hare.
「 I am going over to the hill. I am a slow runner, but I can run a race with you,」 said the tortoise. 「All right. Let's run a race with you to the top of the hill,」 said the hare.
The hare and the tortoise started. The hare ran very fast. The hare said to himself, 「 I can much faster than the tortoise, and I may have a little nap here.」
So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast asleep. But the tortoise did not stop for a moment. He walked on and on. At last he got to the top of the hill.
The hare woke up and looked around, but he could not see the tortoise. He sprang up and ran as fast as he could. When the hare got to the top of the hill, he found the tortoise was resting there peacefully.
The tortoise said to the hare, 「Now, Mr. Hare! Which was the faster runner, you or I?」

9.The Lion and the Mouse（獅子與老鼠）
Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. 「 Oh, dear kind Lion!」 Said the little mouse. " Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness."
" Ha, ha, ha," laughed the lion. " How can a little thing like you help a great lion?" " Thank you very much, kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day," said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up to the lion, and said, " You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day." Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
" Thank you, little Mouse!" said the lion, and he walked away.

10.The Trees and the Ax（樹與斧頭）
Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, 「Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?」
The tree said, 「Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.」
He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.
Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.
The trees were very sad. They said to one another, 「We suffer for our own foolishness.」
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㈤ 用英語描述一個經典故事

女媧補天
Nv Wa Mends the Sky
In ancient times, thefour corners of the sky collapsed and the world with its nine regions splitopen. The sky could not cover all the things under it, nor could the earthcarry all the things on it. A great fire raged and would not die out; a fierceflood raced about and could not be checked. Savage beasts devoured innocentpeople; vicious birds preyed on the weak and old.
Then Nv Wa meltedrocks of five colours and used them to mend the cracks in the sky. Shesupported the four corners of the sky with the legs she had cut off from agiant turtle. She killed the black dragon to save the people of Jizhou, andblocked the flood with the ashes of reeds.
Thus the sky wasmended, its four corners lifted, the flood tamed, Jizhou pacified, and harmfulbirds and beasts killed, and the innocent people were able to live on thesquare earth under the dome of the sky. It was a time when birds, beasts,insects and snakes no longer used their claws or teeth or poisonous stings, forthey did not want to catch or eat weaker things.
NvWa's deeds benefited the heavens above and the earth below. Her name wasremembered by later generations and her light shone on every creation.

㈥ 英語哲理小故事

讓孩子閱讀一些簡單的幼兒英語故事，確實是一個很不錯的補充學習，也能夠極大的提高孩子的學習興趣，讓幼兒時期的孩子能夠有一個英語方面很好的啟蒙。下面給大家分享一則幼兒英語故事簡單閱讀的小故事，家長們可以讀給孩子們聽一下。

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這時兔子知道狐狸並沒有死，他就以最快的速度跑開啦。

幼兒英語故事簡單分享到這里。當然有趣的故事還有很多，家長們可以去阿卡索外教網了解更多的故事。

㈦ 四個英語經典搞笑故事

My First and My Last
When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks.
George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George offered to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought, "I've travelled in a big plane several times, but I've never been in a small one, so I'll go."
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back safely, and he said to his friend in a shaking voice, "Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane."
Gerogy was very surprised and said, "Two trips?"
"Yes, my first and my last," answered Mark.
第一次與最後一次
喬治35歲時買了架小型飛機，並開始學習駕駛。不久，他就能很嫻熟地駕機做各種各樣的特技飛行了。
喬治有個朋友名叫馬克。一天，喬治主動邀請馬克乘他的飛機上天兜一圈。馬克心想，「我乘大客機飛行過好幾次，還從來沒有乘過小飛機，我不妨試一試。」
升空後，喬治飛了有半個小時，在空中做了各種各樣的飛行特技。
後來他們著陸了。馬克很高興能夠安全返回地面。他用顫抖的聲音對他的朋友說：「喬治，非常感謝你讓我乘小飛機做了兩次飛行。」
喬治非常吃驚地問：「兩次飛行？」
「是的，我的第一次和最後一次。」馬克答道。
First Flight
Mr. Johnson had never been up in an aerophane before and he had read a lot about air accidents, so one day when a friend offered to take him for a ride in his own small phane, Mr. Johnson was very worried about accepting. Finally, however, his friend persuaded him that it was very safe, and Mr. Johnson boarded the plane.
His friend started the engine and began to taxi onto the runway of the airport. Mr. Johnson had heard that the most dangerous part of a flight were the take-off and the landing, so he was extremely frightened and closed his eyes.
After a minute or two he opened them again, looked out of the window of the plane, and said to his friend, "Look at those people down there. They look as small as ants, don't they?"
"Those are ants," answered his friend. "We're still on the ground."
第一次坐飛機
約翰遜先生從前未乘過飛機，他讀過許多關於飛行事故的報道。所以，有一天一位朋友邀請他乘自己的小飛機飛行時，約翰遜先生非常擔心，不敢接受。不過，由於朋友不斷保證說飛行是很安全的，約翰遜先生終於被說服了，登上了飛機。
他的朋友啟動引擎開始在機場跑道上滑行。約翰遜先生聽說飛行中最危險的是起飛與降落，所以他嚇得緊閉雙眼。
過了一兩分鍾，他睜開雙眼朝窗外望去，接著對朋友說道：「看下面那些人，他們看起來就象螞蟻一樣小，是不是？」
「那些就是螞蟻，」他的朋友答道，「我們還在地面上。」
A Nail Or A Fly?
An old gentleman whose eyesight was failing came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine in each hand. On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail. So the moment he hung them on, the bottles fell broken and the wine spilt all over the floor. When a waitress discovered what had happened, she showed deep sympathy for him and decided to do him a favour.
So the next morning when he was out taking a walk in the roof garden, she hammered a nail exactly where the fly had stayed.
Now the old man entered his room. The smell of the spilt wine reminded him of the accident. When he looked up at the wall, he found the fly was there again! He walked to it carefully adn slapped it with all his strength. On hearing a loud cry, the kind-hearted waitress rushed in. To her great surprise, the poor old man was there sitting on the floor, his teeth clenched and his right hand bleeding!
釘子還是蒼蠅？
一位視力正在衰退的老紳士住進了一家旅館的客房。他雙手各拿一瓶酒。在牆上有隻蒼蠅，他誤以為是枚釘子。他把兩只瓶子朝上一掛，瓶子掉下來摔碎了，酒灑了一地。一個女服務員發現發生的事情以後，對他深表同情，決定幫他個忙。
於是，第二天早上他到樓頂花園散步時，她把一枚釘子釘在了蒼蠅停過的地方。
這里，老人回到了房裡。倒灑的酒味讓他想起了那件事。他抬頭往牆上一看，蒼蠅又停在了那兒!他輕手輕腳地走近，使盡全力拍了一掌。聽到一聲大叫，好心的女服務員沖進房來。讓她大為吃驚的是，可憐的老頭正坐在地板上，牙關緊咬，右手滴血不止。
I'll See to the Rest
A guard was about to signal his train to start when he saw an attractive girl standing on the platform by an open door, talking to another pretty girl inside the carriage.
"Come on, miss!" he shouted. "Shut the door, please!"
"Oh, I just want to kiss my sister goodbye," she called back.
"You just shut that door, please," called the guard, "and I'll see to the rest."
其餘的事由我負責
一位車上的列車員剛發出信號讓火車啟動，這時他看見一位很漂亮的姑娘站在站台上一節打開的車廂門旁邊，跟車廂里另一位漂亮姑娘在說話。
「快點，小姐!」他喊道：「請把門關上。」
「噢，我還沒有和妹妹吻別呢。」她回答道。
「請把門關上好了，」列車員說：「其餘的事由我負責。」
Chaude and Cold
A patron in Montreal cafe turned on a tap in the washroom and got scalded. "This is an outrage," he complained. "The faucet marked C gave me boiling water."
"But, Monsieur, C stands for chaude - French for hot. You should know that if you live in Montreal."
"Wait a minute," roared the patron. "The other tap is also marked C."
"Of course," said the manager, "It stands for cold. After all, Montreal is a bilingual city."
熱與冷
蒙特利爾自助餐廳的一位顧客擰開盥洗室的龍頭，結果被水燙傷了。「這太可惡了，」他抱怨道，「標著C的龍頭流出的是開水。」
「可是，先生，C代表Chaude－法語里代表『熱』。如果您居住在蒙特利爾的話就得知道這一點。」
「等等，」那位顧客咆哮一聲，「另外一個龍頭同樣標的是C。」
「當然，」經理說道：「它代表冷。畢竟，蒙特利爾是個雙語城市。」
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㈧ 英語的經典小故事

中文意思在底下:
Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains. Everyday the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the laundry. One day, she was doing the washing when a big peach came floating down the river towards her. As it was a big and juicy-looking fruit, she thought that her husband would be glad to eat it so she took it home. When the old man came back for lunch and saw the nice peach, he was really happy. The old woman cut the big peach open with a knife. What a surprise! A lovely little boy was in the peach.

The old man and woman had no children so they were really grateful the gods had sent them a boy in this peach. Since he was born in a peach, they decided to call him Momotaro which means "peach-boy". The old woman cooked a meal for the little boy who ate as much as he could; the more he ate, the more he grew. Soon he became a tall and strong boy.

No matter how tall or strong he was, Momotaro was a lazy boy. Day after day, all he did was sleep and eat. In the village the other boys went to the mountain and picked firewood while Momotaro was the only one doing nothing. This worried the old man and the old woman, so they asked the other boys to try to make Momotaro go and work with them.

The boys then invited him, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."

But he answered, "I haven't a basket, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep.

The following day, they invited him again, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."

And he answered them, "I haven't any sandals, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep. Upon hearing this, the old woman got angry with Momotaro for being so lazy, so the next day he went to collect firewood with the other boys.

While the boys were working and collecting firewood, Momotaro took a nap. When the work was finished, the boys decided to go back to the village. Just then, Momotaro awoke and said to them, "I'll collect firewood and come back with you."

They retorted, "If you start working now, we'll get back too late."

Momotaro turned a deaf ear to them and went to a very big tree. Holding it by the middle, he uprooted it. Astonishing! All the boys could not believe their eyes! Thus the tall and strong Momotaro carried the big tree, while the other boys carried bundles of firewood back to the village. The old man and the old woman were amazed when they saw Momotaro carrying this very big tree as if it was a mere bundle of firewood.

The county lord happened to hear about this and wished to meet Momotaro. The next day Momotaro went to see the county lord. The lord said to him, "Ogres have been threatening and robbing my peasants for a long time. If you are as strong as I heard, you shall go and punish them." Momotaro then agreed to go to the Island of Ogres.

For his journey, the old man and woman baked some millet cookies and gave them to Momotaro. Away he went and on his way he met a dog.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the dog.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the dog. Momotaro gave the dog a cookie and they went along together.

Soon they met a monkey.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the monkey.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the monkey. Momotaro gave the monkey a cookie and the three of them went along together.

Then they met a pheasant.

"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the pheasant.

"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."

"And what are you bringing with you?"

"The best millet cookies of Japan."

"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the pheasant. So Momotaro gave the pheasant a cookie too.

Momotaro, the dog, the monkey and the pheasant went together to the Island of Ogres by boat. They were sailing but could not see the island, so the pheasant went up in the sky. He found the island and guided the boat. Soon they landed on the Island of Ogres. There on the island was a great big castle with a huge door. It was tightly closed, but the monkey jumped easily inside and opened the huge door.

Momotaro entered and said to the ogres, who were having a feast, "My name is Momotaro, and I came to punish you." The ogres laughed at him, but the dog ran in and bit them as Momotaro fought using his sword. Momotaro and his companions, having eaten the best millet cookies of Japan, knew no fear and were strong.

At last the ogres cried for mercy, "We shall never be bad again, please spare our lives."

The defeated ogres gave Momotaro their treasure. He took it and returned with his companions, who had eaten the best millet cookies of Japan and helped defeat the ogres. The old man and the old woman, who had been worrying about Momotaro, welcomed them back cheerfully.

After that Momotaro and the old man and woman lived happily together.

很久很久以前,一個地方住著老爺爺和老奶奶.通常,爺爺上山砍柴,奶奶去河邊洗衣服.一天,奶奶洗衣服時,一個大桃子一沉一浮地順水漂來.看到了這個桃子,奶奶就把它帶回了家,想讓爺爺嘗個鮮.吃中午飯時,爺爺從山裡回來了,看到了這個桃子後歡喜得不得了.兩個人剛剛將桃子切開,不由得嚇了一大跳,原來呀,一個活蹦亂眺的小男孩從桃子裡面跳了出來.

爺爺和奶奶沒有孩子,於是歡天喜地地認為孩子是天賜的,就把他叫做"桃太郎", 奶奶做好了飯給他吃,盡管桃太郎有點兒害怕,但仍然吃得很香甜.於是,桃太郎漸漸地長大了.

桃太郎不停地吃,不停地長,變成了一個大力士,同時也是一個大懶漢.每天的任務只是吃了睡,睡了吃.村裡的年輕人每日上山撿柴,可桃太郎卻什麼活也不幹.爺爺和奶奶挺擔心的,就拜託村裡年輕人說:"叫上桃太郎一起去吧."當他們來找桃太郎一起上山並說:"桃太郎,一塊兒打柴去吧"時,他卻推說:"沒有背簍,去不成啊."說完後,繼續睡午覺.第二天,這些年輕人又來邀桃太郎,他推諉道:"沒鞋,去不了哇."又過了一天,奶奶終於忍不住生氣了,沒有辦法,桃太郎不得不和村裡的年輕人們一起上山了.

大家在山裡拾柴,桃太郎卻只是睡大覺.等到大家收拾好柴簍要回家時,桃太郎說:"我也想拾點兒柴,然後一起回去吧."大家說:"天色都已經不早了,來不及了."就在這時, 桃太郎抓住了一棵大樹,突然間將它拔了出來,把大家嚇了一大跳.於是,他扛著大樹和大夥返回了村裡.見到了這種情況,爺爺和奶奶非常吃驚.這事傳到了大人的耳朵里,大人萌生了特別想見桃太郎的念頭.見了面,大人說:"前一陣兒總有壞魔鬼騷擾村民,偷盜各種物品器具.因為你很有力氣,那麼請你去征服魔鬼吧."因此,桃太郎伏鬼這件事就這么定了.

爺爺和奶奶作好了黃米面團給桃太郎帶上.就這樣他出發了.途中他遇到了一條狗, 狗問他,:
"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我正要去除鬼."
"那你腰間掛的是什麼呢?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個好嗎,我和你一起去",狗說.
於是桃太郎給了狗一個黃米面團.
和狗一起繼續行進時,又遇到了一隻猴子,猴子問:"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我去除鬼."
"那你腰間掛的是什麼呢?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個吧,我和你們一塊兒去",猴子說.
桃太郎又給了猴子一個黃米面團.
於是,桃太郎帶著狗和猴子繼續趕路了.這回跳出來一隻野雞.同樣地,野雞問他:
"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我去除鬼."
"你腰間掛著的是什麼呀?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個吧,我和你們一塊兒去."

這樣,桃太郎又給了野雞一個黃米面團. 桃太郎,狗,猴子,野雞好不容易才到了海邊,因為魔鬼們已經去了島上,他們就劃船向海島出發了.搖啊搖,搖啊搖,怎麼也看不到那個島嶼.野雞就飛到了空中,觀察到了島嶼的位置,指揮著大家向那個地方劃去,這樣,大家到達了島上.島上有一座大城,城門緊閉, 猴子敏捷地爬到了門里,將門栓摘掉,把門打開了.而魔鬼們仍一無所知地又是喝酒又是唱歌.桃太郎大聲喝道:"我乃桃太郎是也,前來消除你們.

"魔鬼們見他們勢單力薄,並不把他們放在眼裡.但是,吃了最最好吃的黃米面團後精力充沛的桃太郎和夥伴們並肩作戰, 瞬間就把魔鬼們打得落花流水.

魔鬼們賠罪說:"我們歸還搶盜來的寶物,決不再做壞事了,給我們留一條活路吧." 懲治了魔鬼後,桃太郎和夥伴們帶著寶物回到了村裡.正擔驚受怕的爺爺和奶奶見狀非常高興.從那以後,桃太郎與爺爺和奶奶一直過著幸福愉快的生活.

III. New Words and Expressions 生詞和片語
1. sandal n. 拖鞋，涼鞋
2. bundle n. 捆，束
3. ogre n. 食人魔鬼，怪物
4. cookie n. 面團
5. feast n. 宴會
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㈨ 名人英語的故事

When in Rome the pope stopped to pray for the President』s recovery and immediately sent him a personal message with his prayers and hopes.

These were worrisome times. It had not been so long before, ring a Vatican meeting with an aide to the pope』s secretary of state, that William Casey left with a final word of caution.

The CIA station in Rome had passed along a curious, and perhaps important, piece of information. When Lech Walesa had visited the pope, his host had been a man from the Italian Labour Confederation. The CIA had been told by Italian counter-intelligence officials that the host was working for Bulgaria. Since Bulgarians were under the control of the Soviets, this could either mean that Solidarity』s plans were compromised or that Walesa was in danger.

On May 13, 1981, at 5 pm, the pontiff emerged for his weekly general audience in St, Peter』s Square. After entering the open 「popemobile」,the pontiff was riding around the colonnade. His aide Stanislaw Dziwisz was next to him.

Suddenly Dziwisz heard a deafening noise, and pigeons all over the square took flight. Then the pope slumped against him.

「I knew the Holy Father was hit」, Dziwisz says 「but there was no sign of blood or a wound on him . Then I asked him. 『Where?』 he replied, 『In my stomach.』」

The pope had been wounded in his stomach, right elbow and index finger of his left hand. He was transferred to an ambulance, which sped him to a hospital.

「Mary, my mother! Mary, my mother!」 the Holy Father kept repeating. His eyes were closed, and he was in great pain, At the Gemelli Clinic the pope was rushed first to a tenth-floor room reserved for a papal emergency and then to an operating room. He』d lost a great deal of blood, and because his condition was critical, last rites were administered.

The operation lasted five hours and 20 minutes. Twenty two inches of John Paul Ⅱ』s intestine were removed. 「Hope graally returned ring the operation.」 Said Dziwisz. 「It became clear that no vital organ had been hit and that he just might survive.」

Like the bullet that almost killed Ronald Reagan, this one had passed a few millimeters from the aorta. 「If it had hit, death would have been instantaneous,」 Dziwisz observed. 「It did not touch any vital point. It was really miraculous.」

「One hand fired,」 the pope said later, 「and another hand guided the bullet.」

The triggerman was apprehended almost immediately. He was identified as Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turkish terrorist. Agca had publicly vowed to kill the pope ring the potiff』s 1979 visit to Turkey.

In recent years, ever mindful of a need for dialogue with the Jews, John Paul Ⅱmade the grand gesture of crossing the Tiber River to visit the main synagogue of Rome, something no pope had ever done before. As Roman Jews know, their community is older than the oldest Christian church. When Saints Peter and Paul came to Rome, the Torah was already being read and the Sabbath observed in the capital of the Roman Empire.

Onlookers recall that when he delivered his speech in the synagogue, John Paul Ⅱat times seemed close to breaking down. Once, as a boy, he』d gone to the synagogue in his village with his father to a choir sing 「Ani Maamin」 (I believe), which had been chanted by condemned Jews in the death camps on their way to the gas chambers. As the voice of the choir swelled, the pope bent forward, his head bowed and his hand covering his mouth.

Despite john paul Ⅱ』s declining health, the last years of his pontificate24 have seen a burst of activity. And though his hand is increasingly weary as he raises it to bless the faithful25, it points to a wider horizon.

當教皇在羅馬時，他停下為總統的康復而祈禱並同時向總統表示了他本人的祝願和希望。

那時正是令人提心吊膽的日子。就在不久前，在梵蒂岡一次與教皇的國務秘書的助手的會見中，威廉姆·凱希留下的最後一句話就是要小心。

駐羅馬的中央情報局傳來一個奇怪的，同時可能也是個重要的信息。當萊克·瓦文薩拜會教皇時，東道主是個來自義大利工黨的人。中央情報局已被義大利反間諜官員告知其人為保加利亞工作。由於保加利亞人受到蘇聯的控制，這可能就意味著波蘭團結工會的計劃已被泄露或是瓦文薩本人身處險境。

1981年5月13日下午五時，主教出現在聖彼得廣場進行每周的接見。進入敞蓬的「教皇之車」後，主教環柱廊而行。他的助手斯坦尼斯洛·簡維茨坐在他旁邊。

突然簡維茨聽到一聲震耳欲聾的巨響，廣場上的鴿子四散飛去。緊接著教皇靠著他癱倒下去。

簡維茨說：「我知道教皇被擊中了，可表面上沒有血跡或傷口。於是我問，『哪兒受傷了？』他答道，『肚子上。』」

教皇肚子上，右肘和左手食指都受了傷。他被抬上一輛救護車，迅速送往醫院。

教皇不停地重復著：「瑪麗亞，我的聖母！瑪麗亞，我的聖母！」他的雙目緊閉著，痛苦萬分。在傑米里醫院教皇先被火速送往十樓預留的教皇搶救室，而後送往手術室。他失血過多，情況非常危急，因此為他舉行了最後的宗教儀式。

手術持續了5小時20分鍾。約翰·保羅二世的腸子被切除了二十二英寸。「手術中漸漸有了希望，」簡維茲說，「很明顯致命的器官未被擊中，他得救了。」

就像子彈險些殺害羅納德·里根那樣，這枚子彈在離主動脈幾毫米的位置穿過。簡維茲說：「如若動脈被擊中，死亡可能就是瞬間的事，可子彈未傷到任何要害的地方。這真是個奇跡。」

教皇後來說：「那個人是一隻手開火，另一隻手扶著準星。」

這個殺手幾乎就地被擒。他被認出叫穆罕默德·阿里·阿克查，是個土耳其恐怖主義者。1979年教皇訪問土耳其時，阿克查曾公開發誓要將他殺掉。

近些年來，約翰·保羅二世一直關注著與猶太人對話的必要性，他做出了宏偉的壯舉，跨過台伯河去訪問羅馬的主要的猶太教堂，這對教皇來說是前所未有的。 據羅馬猶太人所知，他們的社區比最古老的基督教堂皇還要老。當聖彼德和聖保羅來到羅馬時，人們已開始在誦讀摩西經並且在羅馬帝國的首都里過著安息日。

旁觀者回憶說，當紀翰·保羅二世在猶太教堂發表演講時，他時常情難自持。在他還是孩子時，一次他同父親就曾去過他們村中的猶太教堂去合唱「Ani Maamin」（我想信），這首歌曾為被判罪的猶太人在從集中營到毒氣室的路上所吟唱。當合唱的聲音越來越響亮時，教皇鞠躬致意並以手掩面。

盡管約翰·保羅二世健康狀況越來越糟， 可他在最後幾年的教皇任期里仍進行了大量的活動。而且盡管當他向信徒揮手祝福時感覺越來越沉重，但那仍指向著更寬廣的天地。

自己節選拔~

㈩ 關於英語的經典名言 要有故事出處的

1． Pain past is pleasure.

（過去的痛苦就是快樂。）[無論多麼艱難一定要咬牙沖過去，將來回憶起來一定甜蜜無比。]

2． While there is life, there is hope.

（有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒。）

3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.

（腦中有知識，勝過手中有金錢。）[從小灌輸給孩子的堅定信念。]

4． Storms make trees take deeper roots.

（風暴使樹木深深紮根。）[感激敵人，感激挫折！]

5． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

（心之所願，無所不成。）[堅持一個簡單的信念就一定會成功。]

6． The shortest answer is doing.

（最簡單的回答就是干。）[想說流利的英語嗎？那麼現在就開口！心動不如嘴動。]

7． All things are difficult before they are easy.

（凡事必先難後易。）[放棄投機取巧的幻想。]

8． Great hopes make great man. （偉大的理想造就偉大的人。）

9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。）

10． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful indivials above the crowd: a little bit more.

（四個簡短的詞彙概括了成功的秘訣：多一點點！）

[比別人多一點努力、多一點自律、多一點決心、多一點反省、多一點學習、多一點實踐、多一點瘋狂，多一點點就能創造奇跡！]

11． In doing we learn.（實踐長才幹。）

12． East or west, home is best.（東好西好，還是家裡最好。）

13． Two heads are better than one.（三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮。）

14． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷徑。）

15． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）

16． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（禍不單行。）

17． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不經災禍不知福。）

18． Better late than never.（遲做總比不做好；晚來總比不來好。）

19． It's never too late to mend.（過而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊補牢，猶未晚也。）

20． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。）

21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（無熱情成就不了偉業。）

22． Actions speak louder than words.（行動比語言更響亮。）

23． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯錯誤。）

24． From small beginning come great things.（偉大始於渺小。）

25． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一個今天勝似兩個明天。）

26． Truth never fears investigation.（事實從來不怕調查。）

27． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌無骨卻能折斷骨。）

28． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的嘗試是成功的一半。）

29． Knowing something of everything and everything of something.

（通百藝而專一長。）

30． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是無價寶。）