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1、-每天2篇小故事-30天轻松记住初中英语1600词(14)-第 3 页二十七. One Real ManIn anancientkingdom(王国), all men wereruledby their wives. Thekingdidnt believe it. In order toproveit was not true, the king had all the men of his kingdom brought before him. Hewarnedthat any man who did not tell thetruthwould beseriously punished
2、.Then he asked all the men whofollowedtheir wivesordersto step to theleftside of thehall. All the men did so but one little man who moved to the right side.“Its good to see,”said the king,“that we have one real man in the kingdom. Tell these chicken-hearted men why youaloneamongthem stand on the rig
3、ht side of the hall.”“Your Majesty(陛下),”came the reply in a weak voice,“it is because before I left home my wife told me to keep out of crowds(人群). I dontdareto goagainsther.”【汉语翻译】一个真正的男子汉在古代的(ancient)一个王国里,所有的男人都由妻子统治(rule)。国王(king)不相信这一点,为了证明(prove)这不是真的,便把全国所有的男人都召来,并警告(warn)说,任何不说实话(tell the tr
4、uth)者将受到严重的(serious)惩罚(punish)。然后,他让遵循(follow)妻子命令(order)的男人站到大厅(hall)的左边(left side),所有的男人都站到了左边,只有一个小个子男人站到右边。“很好,”国王说:“我们国家总算还有一位真正的男子汉,你告诉这些软弱的家伙,为什么众人之中(among)只有你独自一人(alone)站在了大厅的右边。”“陛下,”那个男人用虚弱的(weak)声音回答道,“这是因为离家前,我妻子交待我,不许扎堆。我不敢(dare)违背(go against)她的命令。” 二十八. Making ElectricityBecause ofelec
5、tricity(电),it is easy for us toturn onanelectric lampor a TV.But where does all that electricity come from? Most power plants(发电厂)produceelectricity by usingcoal,oil,natural gas,and nuclear energy(核能).Other plants make electricity by using sunlight,wind,water, or evenheat from underground!【汉语翻译】发电因为(because of)有电,打开(turn on)电灯(electric lamp)或电视很容易。可电是从哪里来的呢?大部分发电厂通过煤炭(coal)、石油(oil)、天然气(natural gas)和核能来产生(produce)电能。还有一些发电厂则利用阳光、风(wind)、水甚至地热(heat from underground)来发电。