華閱文章網1.簡單有趣的英語小故事
最低0.27元開通文庫會員，查看完整內容> 原發布者：育人教育 英語小故事大全1、TheThirstyPigeon口渴的鴿子APIGEON,oppressedbyexcessivethirst,*posingittobeonlyapicture,sheflewtowardsitwithaloudwhirandunwittinglydashedagainstthesignboard,*brokenherwingsbytheblow,shefelltotheground,*ouldnotoutrundiscretion.有只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶，以為是真的。
他立刻呼呼地猛飛過去，不料一頭碰撞在畫板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。這是說，有些人想急于得到所需的東西，一時沖動，草率從事，就會身遭不幸。
2、TheBoysAndTheFrogs 男孩和青蛙*ondlivedmanyfrogsweremuchafraidoftheboys,*anoldfrogliftedhisheadoutofthewaterandsaid，¨Boys,pleasedon'tthrowstonesatus.〃Theboyssaid，¨Weareonlyplaying.〃¨Iknowthat,butpleasestopthrowingstones,*playtoyouisdeathtous，〃*oysstoppedthrowingstonesandwentaway.春天里的一天，一些頑皮的男孩在一個水塘邊玩耍。他們開始往水里扔石塊。
許多生活在水塘里的青蛙非常害怕這些男孩，因為石頭曾弄傷了他們中的一些。最后一只老青蛙把他的腦袋探出水面，他說：“孩子們，。
2.求五個英語小故事,簡單的,小學生讀的
The Old Cat An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young." 【譯文】 老貓 一位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。
一天，老貓發現一只老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。
于是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打你的老仆人，我已經為你服務了很多年，而且還愿意為你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這么無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。”
A man was going to the house of some rich person. As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road. He said, "I do not want to eat those apples; for the rich man will give me much food; he will give me very nice food to eat." Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust. He went on and came to a river. The river had become very big; so he could not go over it. He waited for some time; then he said, "I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river." He began to go home. He had eaten no food that day. He began to want food. He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them. Do not throw good things away; you may be glad to have them at some other time. 【譯文】 一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去，當他沿著路走時，在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果，他說：“我不打算吃那些蘋果，因為富人會給我更多的食物，他會給我很好吃的東西。”然后他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土里去。
他繼續走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會兒，然后他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，因為我不能渡過河。” 他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。
他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。 不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said, "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City mouse went. The City mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone. You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city." The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried, " Run! Run! The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country mouse said, "I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid." 【譯文】 城里老鼠和鄉下老鼠 從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在鄉村，另一只住在城里。
很多年以后，鄉下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它說：“你一定要來我鄉下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。
鄉下老鼠領著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠。
城里老鼠說：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你應該搬到城里去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會吃上美味佳肴，你應該到我城里的家看看。” 鄉下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。
房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當他們要開始吃的時候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城里的老鼠叫喊起來：“快跑！快跑！貓來了！”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。
過了一會兒，他們出來了。當他們出來時，鄉下老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。
因為這樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。” Teacher:Why are you late for school every morning? Tom:Every time I come to the corner,a sign says,"School-Go slow". 老師：為什么你每天早晨都遲到？ 湯姆：每當我經過學校的拐角處，就看見一個牌子上寫著"學校----慢行". A Good Boy Little 。
3.超簡單的英語小故事
The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鴿子 A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion. 有只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一個水瓶，以為是真的。
他立刻呼呼地猛飛過 去，不料一頭碰撞在畫板上，折斷了翅膀，摔在地上，被人輕易地捉住了。 這是說，有些人想急于得到所需的東西，一時沖動，草率從事，就會身遭不幸。
The Raven and the Swan烏鴉和天鵝 A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished. Change of habit cannot alter Nature. 烏鴉非常羨慕天鵝潔白的羽毛。他猜想天鵝一定是經常洗澡，羽毛才變得如此潔白無 瑕。
于是，他毅然離開了他賴以生存的祭壇，來到江湖邊。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 點都沒洗白，反而因缺少食物饑餓而死。
這故事是說，人的本性不會隨著生活方式的改變而改變。 The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊與牧羊人 A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent." Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid. 很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈里。
有一只山羊不知在吃什么好東西，單獨落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一塊石頭扔了過去，正巧打斷了山羊的一只角。
牧羊人嚇得請求山羊不要告訴主人， 山羊說：“即使我不說，又怎能隱瞞下去呢？我的角已斷了，這是十分明顯的事實。” 這故事說明，明顯的罪狀是無法隱瞞的。
The Miser守財奴 A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it." 有個守財奴變賣了他所有的家產，換回了金塊，并秘密地埋在一個地方。他每天走去看 看他的寶藏。
有個在附近放羊的牧人留心觀察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金塊拿走了。 守財奴再來時，發現洞中的金塊沒有了，便捶胸痛哭。
有個人見他如此悲痛，問明原因后， 說道：“喂，朋友，別再難過了，那塊金子雖是你買來的，但并不是你真正擁有的。去拿一 塊石頭來，代替金塊放在洞里，只要你心里想著那是塊金子，你就會很高興。
這樣與你擁有 真正的金塊效果沒什么不同。依我之見，你擁有那金塊時，也從沒用過。”
這故事說明，一切財物如不使用等于沒有。 The Wolf and the Lamb 狼與小羊 WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf , "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations." The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. 一只小羊在河邊喝水，狼見到后，便想找一個名正言順的借口吃掉他。
于是他跑到上游，惡狠狠地說小羊把河水攪渾濁了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答說，他僅僅站在河邊喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水攪渾。
狼見此計不成，又說道：“我父親去年被。
4.英語小故事簡單的20字
1、A:Which do you find more important, money or friends?
B: Friends, of course.
A: Why?
B: I can always borrow money from friends.
錢和朋友
甲：你認為錢和朋友哪一個更重要？
乙：當然是朋友。
甲：為什么？
乙：我總可以從朋友那兒借到錢。
2、A Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents."What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly."Here are two cents * why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢.
“昨天給你的錢干什么了？”
“我給了一個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說.“你真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說.“再給你兩分錢.可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢？”
“她是個賣糖果的.”
3、Look,it's a cat!He is running after a * is he doing?He wants get the dog's tail.
看，那是只貓.他再追一只狗.他在干什么呢？他想拿到狗的尾巴.
4、The ocean is blue. The ocean is big. There are many fish in the ocean. There are big fish. There are small fish. There are fast fish and slow fish. The big fish eat the small fish. The fast fish eat the slow fish. The fishermen catch all the fish. The people eat all the fish.
大海是藍色的。海洋是大的。海洋里有許多魚。有大魚。有小魚。有快速的魚和慢魚。大魚吃小的魚。快速魚吃慢魚。漁民捕獲所有的魚。人們吃所有的魚。
5.英文小故事帶翻譯
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs. 我有個朋友叫蒙提.羅伯茲，他在圣思多羅有座牧馬場。
我常借用他寬敞的住宅舉辦募款活動，以便為幫助青少年的計劃籌備基金。The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.” 上次活動時，他在致辭中提到：“我讓杰克借用住宅是有原因的。
這故事跟一個小男孩有關，他的父親是位馬術師，他從小就必須跟著父親東奔西跑，男孩的求學過程并不順利。高中時，有次老師叫全班同學寫報告，題目是長大后的志愿。”
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.” “那晚他洋洋灑灑地寫了七張紙，描述他的偉大志愿，那就是想擁有一座屬于自己的牧馬農場，并且仔細畫了一張200畝農場的設計圖，上面標有馬廄、跑道等的位置，然后在這一大片農場中央，還要建造一棟占地4,000平方英尺的巨宅。”“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, 'See me after class.'” “他花了好大心血把報告完成，第二天交給了老師。
兩天后他拿回了報告，第一頁上打了一個又紅又大的F，旁邊還寫了一行字：下課后來見我。”“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, 'Why did I receive an F？'”“腦中充滿幻想的他下課后帶著報告去找老師：‘為什么給我不及格？’”“The teacher said, 'This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.' Then the teacher added, 'If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.'”“老師回答道：‘你年紀輕輕，不要老做白日夢。
你沒錢，沒家庭背景，什么都沒有。蓋座農場可是個花錢的大工程；你要花錢買地、花錢買純種馬匹、花錢照顧它們。
你別太好高騖遠了。’他接著又說：‘如果你肯重寫一個比較不離譜的志愿，我會重新給你打分。
’”“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, 'Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.'”“這男孩回家后反復思量了好幾次，然后征詢父親的意見。父親只是告訴他：‘兒子，這是非常重要的決定，你必須自己拿定主意。
’” “Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, 'You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream.'” “再三考慮好幾天后，他決定原稿交回，一個字都不改。他告訴老師：‘即使不及格，我也不愿放棄夢想。
’”Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, 'Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.'” 蒙提此時向眾人表示：“我提起這故事，是因為各位現在就坐在200畝農場內，占地4,000平方英尺的豪華住宅。那份高中時寫的報告我至今還留著。
他頓了一下又說：“有意思的是，兩年前的夏天，那位老師帶了30個學生來我農場露營一星期。離開之前，他對我說：‘蒙提，說來有些慚愧。
你讀高中時，我曾潑過你冷水。這些年來，我也對不少學生說過相同的話。
幸虧你有這個毅力堅持自己的夢想。’”Do。
6.英文原版小故事簡單一些的
A Boy and His Tree A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow… He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him. Time went by…The little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree. One day, the boy came back to the tree and looked sad. “Come and play with me,” the tree asked the boy. “I am no longer a kid, I don't play around trees anymore.” The boy replied, “I want toys. I need money to buy them.” “Sorry, but I don't have money…but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money.” The boy was so excited. He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. The boy didn't come back after he picked the apples. The tree was sad. One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited. “Come and play with me.” The tree said. “I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?” “Sorry, but I don't have a house. But you can cut off my branches to build your house.” So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily. The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy didn't appear since then. The tree was again lonely and sad. One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was delighted. “Come and play with me!” the tree said. “I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?” “Use my trunk to build the boat. You can sail and be happy.” So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and did not show up for a long time. Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you.” the tree said. “ I don't have teeth to bite.” The boy replied. “ No more trunk for you to climb on.” “I am too old for that now.” the boy said. “I really want to give you something…the only thing left is my dying roots.” The tree said with tears. “I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years.” The boy replied. “Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come here, please sit down with me and have a rest.” The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears… This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad… When we grow up, we leave them, and only come to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy. You may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents. 很久以前有一棵蘋果樹。
一個小男孩每天都喜歡來到樹旁玩耍。他爬到樹頂，吃蘋果，在樹蔭里打盹……他愛這棵樹，樹也愛和他一起玩。
隨著時間的流逝，小男孩長大了。他不再到樹旁玩耍了。
一天，男孩回到樹旁，看起來很悲傷。“來和我玩吧！”樹說。
“我不再是小孩了，我不會再到樹下玩耍了。”男孩答到，“我想要玩具，我需要錢來買。”
“很遺憾，我沒有錢……但是你可以采摘我的所有蘋果拿去賣。這樣你就有錢了。”
男孩很興奮。他摘掉樹上所有的蘋果，然后高興地離開了。
自從那以后男孩沒有回來。樹很傷心。
一天，男孩回來了，樹非常興奮。“來和我玩吧。”
樹說。“我沒有時間玩。
我得為我的家庭工作。我們需要一個房子來遮風擋雨，你能幫我嗎？”很遺憾，我沒有房子。
但是，你可以砍下我的樹枝來建房。“因此，男孩砍下所有的樹枝，高高興興地離開了。
看到他高興，樹也很高興。但是，自從那時起男孩沒再出現，樹有孤獨，傷心起來。
突然，在一個夏日，男孩回到樹旁，樹很高興。“來和我玩吧！”樹說。
“我很傷心，我開始老了。我想去航海放松自己。
你能不能給我一條船？” “用我的樹干去造一條船，你就能航海了，你會高興的。”于是，男孩砍倒樹干去造船。
他航海去了，很長一段時間未露面。 許多年后男孩終于回來了。
“很遺憾，我的孩子，我再也沒有任何東西可以給你了。沒有蘋果給你……”樹說。
“我沒有牙齒啃。” 男孩答到。
“沒有樹干供你爬。”“現在我老了，爬不上去了。”
男孩說。“我真的想把一切都給你……我唯一剩下的東西是快要死去的樹墩。”
樹含著眼淚說。“現在，我不需要什么東西，只需要一個地方來休息。
經過了這些年我太累了。”男孩答到。
“太好了！老樹墩就是倚著休息的最好地方。過來，和我一起坐下休息吧。”
男孩坐下了，樹很高興，含淚而笑…… 這是一個發生在每一個人身上的故事。那棵樹就像我們的父母。
我們小的時候，喜歡和爸爸媽媽玩……長大后，便離開他們，只有在我們需要父母親，或是遇到了困難的時候，才會回去找他們。盡管如此，父母卻。
7.英語短篇小故事
Our forever love begins with three times' Coming across Most people believe in fate while I think the destiny should be handle by myself. And it's said that nothing is best but there is something most suitable. Therefore I struggled to search the girl most suitable for me. Year after year, finally I found out the certain girl in a party at the beginning of my college days. She is so cute and mild that I was deeply attracted. Maybe this is what we regard as “love at the first sight”. She became the mater of my heart from that moment. But as a freshman, I was too shy to talk with her let alone to show my feeling to her. It's right that once chance is missing, it'll be very hard to get it back, even worse you may lose it forever. I tried to find her everywhere on our campus after that day, but I failed. No matter how hard I tried, the result was the same. It seemed that what I needed was fate, and what I only could do was * years had past, and the fate came closer and closer. I came across her when we both worked to welcome the new students in our college. I was still a little shy, just smile to her without any word. To my surprised, she seemed to understand me and came over to talk with me. It's a pity that we were too busy with our work to talk more. However, we told each our names to each other, which make me excited for a whole day. She seemed to disappear again after that day, and I had to go on with my * months later, thanks to the fate's arrangement, I came across her again and we sat side by side at a music concert. We had a long time's talk while enjoying the music concert. We both had a happy time. Before we left, I asked for her phone number. To my great delight, she gave it to me without any hesitation. My life changed from then on with the help of it. By sending messages to her, I had the chance to know more about her. She said my smile just like the sunshine could expel the dark clouds and made her happy. I knew she also liked staying together with me. Finally, I summoned the courage to show my feeling to her. She accept my love, our happy life * said each of us is an angel with single wing, only embrace can we fly up high. Just as real love stories never have endings, we'll embrace, flying to the bright future forever and ever.。
8.英語小故事,短一點的
Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can't swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can't help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant's home. Then, three of them become good friends.
三個好朋友
一天， 一只猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一只獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水里，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一只大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那里吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
9.誰能提供五個英語小故事,要翻譯,簡單點
A Cap or a CatMr smith is near-sighted（近視）.One day he is walking in the street.A strong wind （強風） blows（吹）his cap off his * Smith begins to run after * old woman speaks to him from a window nearby.“Hey!What are you doing?”“Running after my cap!”“Your cap?That's our black cat you are after.”中文：史密斯先生是一個近視眼。
一天他在街上走。一陣強風吹下了他的帽子。
史密斯先生開始去追帽子。透過旁邊的窗子，一個老婦人對他說：“嘿，你在干什么？”“追我的帽子！”“你的帽子，你追的是我的黑貓”2Last week, Mrs Black went to London. She didn't know London very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly she saw a man near a bus stop. She went up to the man and said, “Excuse me! Can you tell me the way to the hospital, please?” The man smiled. He didn't know English! He came from Germany. But then he put his hand into his pocket, and took out an English dictionary. He looked up some words. Then he said slowly, “I'm sorry I can't understand you.” 上周，布萊克夫人去了一趟倫敦。
她不太熟悉倫敦，結果她迷路了。突然她在一個公共汽車站附近看見一位男子。
她急忙向這位男子走去，說道：“勞駕您一下！請您告訴我去醫院的路，好嗎？”這位男子笑了。他聽不懂英語。
他來自德國。但是他將手伸進了自己的衣袋里，從里面掏出了一本英語詞典。
他查找到了一些單詞。然后他一字一句地說：“我很抱歉我聽不懂你說的話。”
The House of 1000 Mirrors Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 great smiles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often." In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again." All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet？ 很久以前的一個很遠的小村莊里，有一個以"千鏡屋"而著名的地方。一個樂觀的小狗聽說了這個地方并決定去參觀。
當來到這個地方，他蹦蹦跳歡恰快的上了臺階，來到房門口，他高高豎起耳朵，歡快地搖著尾巴，從門口口往里張望，他驚奇地看到有1000只歡樂的小狗像他一樣快的搖尾巴。他燦爛地微笑著，回報他的是1000張熱情，友好的燦爛笑臉。
離開時他心想："這是一個精彩的地主，我一定要經常來參觀。" 在這個村里還有另一只想參觀"千鏡屋"的小狗，他不及第一只小狗樂觀，他慢吞吞地爬上臺階，然后耷拉著腦袋往屋子里看。
一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯著他，他便開始沖他們狂吠，鏡中的1000只小狗也沖著他狂吠，把他給嚇壞了，他在離開時心想："這是一個恐怖的地方，我再也不會來了。Those who will not work deserve to starve. A Blacksmith had a little Dog, which used to sleep when his master was at work, but was very wide awake indeed when it was time for meals. One day his master pretended to be disgusted at this, * and then he had thrown him a bone as usual, he said, “What on earth is the good of a lazy cur like you?” When I am hammering away at my anvil, you just curl up and go to sleep: but no sooner do I stop for a mouthful of food than you wake up and wag your tail to be fed. 鐵匠與小狗 不賣力工作的人理應挨餓。
鐵匠家有一條小狗，小狗常常在主人打鐵時睡覺，但是一到了吃飯時間，便異常清醒起來。有一天，鐵匠假裝對此很生氣，一邊像往常一樣扔給小狗一塊骨頭，一邊說：“地球上還有像你一樣懶惰的壞蛋嗎？”你這家伙，總是在我賣力工作時，蜷縮起來睡覺，可是，只要我一停下來吃點東西，你就清醒地搖著尾巴過來討飯吃。
A Good BoyLittle Robert asked his mother for two cents."What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered."You're a good boy," said the mother proudly."Here are two cents * why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 故事二 好孩子小羅伯特。