1、The Little Match Girl It was snowy and dark on a new years Eve。 Many people were getting together in their warm homes。 A poor little girl was still walking in the streets with no shoes. There were some matches in her hand. “ Matches! Matches!” the little girl cried in a low voice。 No one heard her w
2、hen they were passing by。 She didnt sell any matches and no one gave her a coin. The wind was blowing strongly and the snow was falling down on her long hair。 She felt cold and hungry. Lights were shining from every window。 But the little girl was afraid to go home without selling one box of matches
3、, because her father would beat her。 “ Ah, a burning match may warm me up! she thought。 She lit three matches. When the matches were burning , she saw a warm stove, a delicious roast goose and a beautiful Christmas tree。 But all these disappeared when the flames went out. Then she lit a fourth match
4、。 A kind old woman was standing there. “ Grandmother ! ” cried the little girl, “ Take me with you.” Her grandmother held the girl in her arms. On the morning of the new year, the girl was lying against the wall, dead。Mozartthe Wonderful BoyDo you know Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? The great composer, Mo
5、zart, started writing music when he was just a little boy. Heres a story about Mozart when he was a child。Father Mozart used to give his daughter, Nannerl , music lessons on the piano。 And little Wolfgang Mozart was in the room . He watched and listened to every note his sister played . One day ,whe
6、n her lesson was over ,he asked ,” May I have a lesson, papa?”“Your are too little!“said Father Mozart.When Father Mozart and Nannerl, left the room, little Wolfgang went up to the piano and pressed the keys。 He smiled. The music sounded beautiful。 Father Mozart heard him and came to see him. Wolfga
7、ng was playing well without any help。 Father Mozart decided to give his little boy music lessons.Soon Wolfgang played as well as his big sister, Nannerl。 He learned so quickly that his father was very happy。 But when Wolfgang started to write music by himself, Father Mozart was very surprised .No on
8、e could believe that a little boy of five could write such beautiful music。 He was an amazing child, a born musician。The monkey and the moonOne day, a little monkey is playing by the well. He looks in the well and shouts : “Oh! My god! The moon has fallen into the well!” An older monkeys runs over,
9、takes a look, and says, “Goodness me! The moon is really in the water!” Another older monkey comes over. He is very surprised as well and cries out,“The moon is in the well。” A group of monkeys run over to the well 。 They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well! Come
10、 on! Lets get it out!” Then, the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down with his feet on the branch . And he pulls the next monkeys feet with his hands. All the other monkeys follow his suit. And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well。 Just before they reach the moon, the
11、 oldest monkey raises his head and happened to see the moon in the sky. He yells excitedly “Dont be so foolish! The moon is still in the sky! The little match girlIt was a Christmas Eve with heavy snow。 A little girl was selling matches on the street。 ”Matches, matches!”But no one looked at her。 She
12、 had lost her parents a few days ago, and she was selling matches without a coat in the cold weather。 She didnt even sell one box. The girl was so hungry that she couldnt even open her mouth。Then, a carriage came close to her。 Trying to keep away from the carriage, she slipped and fell on the ice, a
13、nd she lost her shoes。 She had to walk on the snowy street with bare feet。 Over a window, she saw a family gathered under a warm and bright light。 They seemed so happy。 The snow began to fall more heavily。 Its cold. Her body was frozen hard. Even though she was hungry and felt pain in her feet, she
14、couldnt go back home because she couldnt sell any matches. ”Matches, you want some matches?” The people walking on the street looked very happy holding each others arms. But no one bought the girls matches。 Ho ho! She tried to warm up her hands and feet, but it only made her hungrier。 ”Its so cold。
15、Why is it so cold today? I have to skip my meal today because I couldnt sell any of these matches.” She lit a match to warm up her body。 Even though it was a small light, it made her a little warmer. She felt as if she was sitting right next to a fireplace。 Oh, its warm! She kept lighting matches. S
16、uddenly, a table full of delicious food came up in front of her。 Oh, it looks delicious。 As she lit another match, a Christmas tree appeared. ”How beautiful!” She lit the last match。 Then, her grandmother appeared。 Sweetie, come to Heaven with me. The girls grandmother held her tight in her arms and
17、 rose up to the sky. The next day, she was dead and found in the street。 ”Poor girl, Maybe she tried to warm herself with these matches. Tut, tut。 People felt pity for the girl and buried her in the ground in the sunlight.本文为互联网收集,请勿用作商业用途The wolf and the lambOnce upon a time a wolf was lapping at a
18、 stream。 When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down. ”Theres my supper,” he thought. ”I will find some excuse to catch it.” Then he called out to the lamb, ”How dare you muddle the water?” No, master, said the lamb. ”I cannot muddle your water because it runs down from you to me。”
19、 Well, then,” said the wolf。 Why did you call me bad names this time last year?” ”It was impossible, said the lamb. ”I am only six months old.” ”I dont care, shouted the wolf。 ”If it was not you, it must be your father.” After that he rushed at the poor little lamb and ate it up。 狼与小羊 从前,一只狼在溪流喝水,看到
20、一只小羊在下游喝水。“那是我的晚餐,”狼想,“我要找一个借口吃掉他。于是,他恶狠狠地对小羊说:“你怎么敢搅浑浊了我的水?”“我没有,先生,”小羊回答说,“我在下游喝水,怎么能搅浑浊你喝的水呢?”“那么,”狼见此计不成,又说道,“你去年的今天为什么说我的坏话?“不可能,小羊说,“我现在才只有六个月大.”“我不管,”狼说,“如果不是你,就是你的爸爸.”说完,他就冲向小山羊,把他吃掉了。寓意: 当一个坏人想为自己所做的坏事寻找借口时,他不会在乎这个借口是否恰当。 1.THE COCK AND THE FOXIt is evening. An old cock is sitting in a tall
21、 tree。 A fox comes to the tree and looks up at the cock”Hello, Mr. Cock, I have some good news for you.” Says the fox.Oh? says the cock. ”What is it?”All the animals are good friends now。 Lets be friends, too。 Please come down and play with me。”Fine! says the cock。 Im very glad to hear that。 Then he
22、 looks up。 ”Look! There is something over there.What are you looking at?” asks the fox。Oh, I see some animals over there. They are coming this way.” Animals? ”Yes. Oh, theyre dogs。 What? Dogs?” asks the fox. ”Well . well, I must go now. Good-bye。”Wait, Mr。 Fox, says the cock. Dont go。 They are only
23、dogs。 And dogs are our friends now. ”Yes. But they dont know that yet. ”I see, I see,” says the cock. He smiles and goes to sleep high up in the tree.本文为互联网收集,请勿用作商业用途2. WHO IS FASTER?T - TortoiseH - HareT: Hello, Mr. Hare!H: Oh, its you, Mr。 Tortoise。 What are you doing?T: Im running.H: Running? Ha
24、 ha! You cant run。 Your legs are too short!T: Of course I can.H: My legs are longer than yours。 Im sure I can run faster than you.T: Dont be so sure。H: Well then, lets run to the tall tree over there。 Lets see who gets there first。T: All right.H: Ready? Go!(Mr. Tortoise goes very slowly。 Mr. Hare ru
25、ns much faster. In a minute he comes to a small tree.)H: Wheres Mr. Tortoise? Aha! There he is. Hes far behind me. How slow he is! Im much faster。 Mmm, its hot! Ahh, heres a tree. Let me have a rest under it。 Its so nice and cool。(Soon he is asleep.)(Mr. Tortoise comes up。 He looks at Mr。 Hare and g
26、oes on.)H(waking up) : Ah, what a good sleep! Now, wheres Mr. Tortoise? Where is he? I dont see him。 (Runs to the tall tree。)T(sitting under the tall tree): Why, hello, Mr。 Hare! How are you? Youre very fast, arent you?H: Yes, but .。.T: But, Im here first。 Now who is faster, you or me?H: Oh! .。文档为个人
27、收集整理,来源于网络3。THE ARTISTLong, long ago there lived a king. He loved horses。 One day he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse。 The artist said, ”All right, but you must wait.” So the king waited. He waited and waited。 At last, after a year he could not wait any longer. He went to see the artist
28、 himself.Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush。 In five minutes he finished drawing a very beautiful horse. The king was angry. ”You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you kept me waiting for a year。 Why?”Come with me, please。” said the artist. They went to the artists workroom. T
29、here the king saw piles and piles of paper。 On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. It took me more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five minutes.” the artist said.文档为个人收集整理,来源于网络4.THE MOVING BLACKBOARD”More than one hundred years ago there was a great French scientist wit
30、h the name Ampre。One day, Mr. Ampre went out for a walk in the street。 There were a lot of people and much noise there。 But all this was nothing to him。 He was thinking of a math problem. He had no paper with him。 How could he work it out?Just then, he saw a blackboard in front of him. He ran up to
31、it at once。 He took out a piece of chalk and wrote his problem on the blackboard. Then he started to work on it. The blackboard moved a little, but he did not notice it. The blackboard moved on. Mr。 Ampre moved with it。 The blackboard started to move faster and faster. Mr. Ampre could not keep up wi
32、th it any longer。 He stopped to have a look.What did he see? Why, the blackboard” was NOT a blackboard. It was the back of a carriage!本文为互联网收集,请勿用作商业用途5。A WAY OUTA French student went to London for his holiday. He thought: I know a little English。 I think people can understand me。”One morning he wen
33、t to visit the Science Museum。 At noon he was tired and hungry. He went to the nearest restaurant and sat down at the table. He wanted to have a cup of tea and some eggs。 Soon the waiter came up to him and asked, Can I help you, sir?”A cup of tea and 。.”he could not remember the English word for egg
34、s。 He looked around him, but nobody was eating eggs。Then he saw a magazine on the table next to him。 There was a picture of a cock on its cover。 He showed the picture to the waiter.”Whats the English for this?” he asked.A cock, sir.” answered the waiter。What do you call a cocks wife? was the next qu
35、estion.A hen, sir。”And what do you call a hens children?”Chicks, sir。”And what do you call chicks before theyre born?”Eggs, sir。Very well,” said the French student. ”Bring me two eggs, two eggs and a cup of tea, please.” And he sat back with a smile on his face.文档为个人收集整理,来源于网络6。TWO FRIENDS AND A BEA
36、ROne day two young men were going through the forest。 One said to the other, ”Were good friends. We must help each other. If any beast comes at you, Ill stay with you and help you. The other friend said, ”I will help you too, if any beast comes at you.They walked on.After a while there was a great n
37、oise。 It was a big bear。 The young men ran away quickly. One of them got up into a tree. But the other was fat and could not climb up. So he threw himself at the foot of the tree。 He thought to himself, The bear will think that I am dead.Soon the bear came near. The bear looked at the fat young man,
38、 then it put its nose down and smelled him. The young man held his breath。 The bear thought he was dead, so it went away.The man in the tree came down. With a smile he asked his friend, The bear put its mouth so near to your ear。 What did it say to you?The friend answered, ”The bear said, Dont trust
39、 your friend. He ran away from you when you needed his help most。 Remember: A friend in need is a friend indeed.”文档为个人收集整理,来源于网络7.THE STORY OF LITTLE GAUSSOne afternoon some boys made a lot of noise in class。 The teacher got angry。 He kept them in the classroom after school. He told them to add all
40、the numbers from 1 to 100 together.The boys took out their exercise-books。 All of them began to write the numbers down except one boy。 He was new in the school。 He looked out of the window for a few minutes. Then he wrote a number in his exercisebook and put up his hand.”May I go home, sir?” he aske
41、d. ”I know the answer now.”The teacher and the other boys were very surprised.Bring it here, said the teacher.The boy took it to the teacher. The answer was right, so the teacher had to let the boy go home。The next morning, the teacher asked the boy, ”How did you find the answer so quickly?”Well, si
42、r,” he said, I didnt want to stay here long. So I tried my best to find the answer quickly. Soon I found it。 You see, if you add 100 to 1, you get 101, and 99 and 2 is 101。 98 and 3 is 101 too, and when you reach 51 and 50, you have 101 fifty times。 That is 5050。”After this, when the teacher gave th
43、e class exercises to do, he gave this boy different exercises。 The boys name was Karl F. Gauss。 When he grew up, he became a great scientist。文档为个人收集整理,来源于网络8.THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILEOne day a little monkey was playing in a tall tree by the river. A crocodile was swimming slowly near the bank wit
44、h her baby. She looked around for some food。 Suddenly she saw the monkey. ”Aha, theres my meal, she thought。 She then turn to her son, Do you love me, Son?Why, of course, Mum! the baby crocodile said.Well then, you catch the monkey and give me his heart to eat。But how can I?” the baby crocodile aske
45、d. Monkeys cant swim, and I cant climb trees。”You neednt climb the tree, his mother said. Use your head, then you will find a way.”The baby crocodile thought hard。 Then he had an idea. He swam near the tree and shouted, Hey, Monkey! Would you like some bananas?”Bananas! Mm! I love them,” said the mo
46、nkey。 ”But where are they?”On the other side of the river. There are some banana trees there, and they have lots of bananas on them. Ill take you there on my back。”Good, the monkey came down and jumped onto the crocodiles back。Soon they were in the middle of the river. Suddenly the crocodile went do
47、wn under the water。 When he came up again, the monkey was all wet。 ”Dont do that!” The monkey cried。 ”Dont do that again! I cant swim, you know.I know, but I have to,” answered the crocodile。 My mother wants to eat your heart。The little monkey was clever。 Why didnt you tell me earlier?” He asked.My
48、heart isnt here with me。 I left it in that tree over there。Then well have to go back for it. Mother doesnt want you without your heart。” The crocodile turned and swam back to the bank。Soon they reached the bank。 The monkey jumped off the crocodile at once, picked up a big stone and quickly climbed up the tree。 The crocodile waited for the monkey to come down agai