寒假英语故事趣味阅读

1. The father and his two daughters

There was a man who had two daughters.

One of his daughters married a gardener, and

the other married a

brick

maker. One day he

went

to

the

daughter

who

had

married

the

gardener

and

asked

how

she

was

and

how

things

were

going

with

her.

She

said,

OK

with

me.

I

only

hope

that

there

will

be

a

heavy

rain

so

that

the

plants

may be

watered

well.

went

to

the

daughter

who

had

married

the

brick maker. He asked her how she was. She

said,

goes on and the sun

shines

hot and bright, so

that the bricks may be dried.

weather, which one of your wishes will I wish

to come true?

brick: n.

砖

water: v.

给??浇水

shine: v.

照耀

2. Two frogs

Two frogs are good friends. They live in

the same

pool

together. They are very happy.

But

when

the

summer

comes,

it

is

very

hot

and

the

water

in

the

pool

becomes

less

and

less.

At

last,

there

is

no

water

in

the

pool.

That is a problem. They leave the pool. They

are going to find a new home. On their way,

they find a

well

. There is lots of water in the

well. One of the frogs says to the other,

make

it

our

new

home.

It's

very

cool

here.

And there is lots of food.

says,

Right

now

there

is

enough

water.

But

if

the

water

is

gone,

how

can

we

get

out

of

here?

The well is too deep. We will die.

pool: n.

水塘

well: n.

井

1

1

。父亲和他的两个女儿

给了一个园丁，另一个嫁给了一个 造砖的

人。有一天，他去嫁给了园丁的女儿，问

她怎么了，她的 情况如何。她说：

“我一切

都好。我只希望下一场大雨，好让花 草浇

水，

“几天后，

他去嫁给了那个卖 砖的女儿。

他问她怎么样。她说：

“除了干燥的天气，

阳光明媚，我什么也不想要，所以砖可以

晒干了。

”他对她说，

“如果你姐姐希望下

雨，而你又干了，你希望我 的愿望实现哪

一个？

2

。两只青蛙

两只青蛙是好朋友。他们住在同一个游泳

池里。他们很高兴。但是当夏天来临的时

候，天气很热，池塘里的水越来越少了。

最后，水池里没有水了。这 是一个问题。

他们离开游泳池。他们将要找到一个新家。

在他们 的路上，他们找到了一口井。井里

有很多水。其中一只青蛙对另一只说：

“让

我们把它变成我们的新家吧。这里很凉爽。

另一只 青蛙说：

“等一下

.

”

。

让我们先想想。

现在有足够的水。但是如果水不见了 ，我

们怎么才能离开这里呢？井太深。我们会

死的。

3. Do not throw good things away

A

man

is

going

to

the

house

of

a

rich

man. He sees a box of apples by the road. He

says,

the rich man will give me a lot of good food.

Then

he

takes

the

apples

and

throws

them

away.

He

comes

to

a

river.

The

water

in

the

river is very deep, and he cannot go over. He

waits for some time and then says,

go

to

the

rich

man's

house

today

because

I

cannot

cross

the

river.

So

he

begins

to

go

home.

He

has

nothing

to

eat

that

day.

He

is

very hungry so he comes to the apples. He is

glad to take them out of the

dust

.

Do

not

throw

good

things

away;

you

may be glad to have them sometime.

dust: n.

尘土

4. The unavailing jackdaw

Zeus wanted to choose a bird to be king.

He

said

he

would

choose

the

most

beautiful

bird to be king.

All

the

birds

went

to

the

bank

of

the

river

to

dress

up

and

make

themselves

beautiful.

The

jackdaw

knew

she

wasn't

beautiful

at

all.

She

went

to

the

river

and

picked

out

all

the

feathers

from

the

other

birds.

She

put

all

these

beautiful

feathers

on

herself and became very beautiful.

When all the birds came to Zeus, he saw

the

beautiful

jackdaw

first.

He

thought

that

the jackdaw was so beautiful that he decided

to make her king of the birds.

All

the

birds

became

very

angry.

They

took off their own feathers from the jackdaw.

The jackdaw became

ugly

again.

jackdaw: n.

寒鸦

feather: n.

羽毛

ugly: adj.

丑陋的

2

不要扔掉好东西

< br>一个人要去富人家。他看见路边有一盒苹

果。他说：

“我 不想吃那些苹果，因为富人

会给我很多好吃的。

”然后他把苹果 扔了。

他来到一条河边。河里的水很深，他不能

走过去。他等了一会儿，然后说：

“我今天

不能去富 人家，因为我不能过河。

”于是他

就回家了。那天他没有吃的东 西。他很饿，

所以他来到苹果。他很高兴把它们从尘土

中拿出来 。

不要扔掉好东西，你可能会很高兴拥有它

< br>们。

徒劳的寒鸦

宙斯想选一只鸟当国王。 他说他会选最美

的鸟做国王。

所有的 鸟儿都到河边去装扮自己。寒鸦知

道她一点也不漂亮。她走到河边，从其他

的鸟身上挑出所有的羽毛。她把这些美丽

的羽毛放在自己身上，变得非常美丽 。

当所有的鸟儿来到宙斯，他看到美丽的寒

< br>鸦第一。他认为它是如此美丽，他决定把

自己的鸟王。

所有的鸟都非常生气。他们脱下自己的羽

毛从寒鸦。寒鸦又难看

5. The deer

It

is

very

hot.

The

deer

is

very

thirsty.

He comes to a river to drink some water. He

sees his own shadow in the water. He says to

himself,

at

my

horns

.

They

are

very

beautiful. I like them. But have a look at my

feet. They are very small, and they don't look

good.

Oh,

I

don't

like

them,

and

I'm

not

happy with them.

Then

a

lion

comes

to

him.

He

is

very

hungry.

He

wants

to

eat

the

deer.

The

deer

runs away quickly. He runs as fast as he can.

The lion runs after him. When the deer runs

into

a

forest,

his

horns

get

caught

in

a

tree.

He can't move. The lion quickly comes up to

him and catches him.

The

deer

says

to

himself

again,

so

wrong. I don't like my feet, but my feet help

me

run

away.

My

horns

are

beautiful,

but

they make problems for me.

horn: n.

角

6. The mouse and the bull

One day, a bull is sleeping in the sun. A

mouse

comes

by.

He

bites

the

bull.

The

wakes up. He is very angry. The mouse runs

away. The bull wants to catch the mouse, so

he

runs

after

the

mouse.

But

the

mouse

is

faster. He gets to his home, a

hole

in the wall,

safely. The bull stops running. He says to the

mouse,

a

minute.

I

will

get

you.

He

begins to break the wall with his horns. After

some time, he is very

tired. He lies down to

have

a

rest.

Then

he

begins

to

sleep

again.

The

mouse

looks

out

of

the

hole.

When

he

sees

that

the

bull

is

sleeping,

he

comes

out

and bites the bull again. Then he quickly goes

back to his hole. The bull stands up and looks

around,

but

there's

nobody

there.

The

bull

doesn't know what to do. The mouse laughs,

you

are

bigger

than

me.

But

you

can't

catch

me.

Sometimes

it's

better

to

be

smaller.

bite: v.

咬

hole: n.

洞穴

3

糜鹿

天气 很热。鹿很渴。他来到河边喝点水。

他看见自己在水中的影子。他自言自语道：

“看看我的角。它们很漂亮。我喜欢他们。

但看看我的脚。它们很小，看 起来不太好。

哦，我不喜欢他们，我不喜欢他们。

”

然后一只狮子来到他身边。他很饿。他想

吃鹿。 鹿跑得很快。他跑得和他一样快。

狮子追赶他。当鹿跑进森林时，他的角被

树咬了。他不能移动。狮子迅速向他靠近，

抓住了他。

鹿又对自己说：

“我错了。

我不喜 欢我的脚，

但我的脚帮助我逃跑。我的角很漂亮，但

它们给我带 来了麻烦。

”

6

。老鼠和公牛

有一天，公牛在阳光下睡觉。老鼠来了。

他咬公牛。醒来。他很生气。老鼠逃跑了。

公牛想抓老鼠，所以他追老鼠。但鼠标更

快。他回到家里，一个 洞在墙上，安全地。

公牛停止奔跑。

他对老鼠说：

“等一下。

“我

会抓住你的，

”他开始用他的角打破墙壁。

过了一段时间，他很累。他躺下休息一会

儿。然后他又开始睡觉了。老鼠从洞里往

外看。当他看到公牛正在睡觉时，他又 出

来咬公牛。然后他很快回到他的洞。公牛

站起来环顾四周，但 那里没有人。公牛不

知道该怎么办。老鼠笑道：

“是的，你比我

大。但你抓不到我。有时候变小更好。

”

7. Different ways to look at things

One

day

a

rich

man

took

his

son

to

a

village. He wanted to show the little boy how

poor people could be. They spent a day and a

night on the farm of a very poor family

When they got back from their trip, the

father asked his son,

you

see

how

poor

people

could

be?

The son answered,

dog

at

home,

but

they

have

four.

We

have

imported

lamps in the garden, but they have

the stars. Thanks, Dad, for showing me how

poor we are!

Isn't

it

true?

It

all

depends

on

how

you

look at things.

imported: adj.

进口的

depend: v.

依靠

8. Money or happiness

A shoemaker lived a happy life, singing

from

morning

till

night.

His

neighbor

was

a

rich banker. He sang little and slept less.

One day, he came to the shoemaker and

said,

much

a

day

do

you

earn,

my

friend?

more,

sometimes

less.

But

we

are

not

allowed

to

work

for

a

few

days

every

year.

Otherwise

we

may

earn

more.

crowns

, keep them carefully, and make use of

them in time of need.

The shoemaker had never seen so much

money. Returning home, he buried his money

and his happiness at the same time. He sang

no

more.

He

lost

his

voice.

He

could

not

sleep

well.

All

day,

he

looked

at

his

money,

and at night, if a cat made a noise, he would

think there was a thief.

At last, the poor man ran to the house of

his

rich

neighbour.

He

said,

my

back

my

sleep

and

voice,

and

take

away

your

hundred crowns.

allow: v.

允许

otherwise: adv.

不然

crown: n.

克朗

4

看待事物的不同方法

一天，一个富人 带着他的儿子去了一个村

庄。他想让小男孩知道穷人是多么贫穷。

他们在一个非常贫困的家庭的农场里呆了

一天一夜