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1、-1-1 寓言小故事 Making His Mark “刻舟求剑”A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly.Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped,hoping to find it later.When the boat stopped moving,he went into the water to
2、search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat.As we know,the boat had moved but the sword had not.Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword?sword sd n.剑；刀 carelessly kelsli adv.粗心大意地；疏忽地 Immediately miditli adv.立即；直接地 foolish ful adj.愚蠢的 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，
3、在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。故 事 Adding Eyes to a Dragon Mr.Li is a good painter.One day he draws a beautiful dragon without eyes.Mr.Zhou looks at the picture and says,“The dragon has no eyes.It isnt a good picture.”But Mr.Li smiles and sa
4、ys,“If I add eyes to the dragon,it will fly away.”Mr.Zhou shakes head and says,“You are boasting.I dont believe you.”Mr.Li isnt angry.He holds the paintbrush and adds eyes to the dragon.Woe!The dragon really flies.boasting bst n.自夸 paintbrush pentbr n.画笔 画龙点睛 李先生是位很好的画家。一天画了一条栩栩如生的龙，但是这只龙没有眼睛。周先生见了说
5、：“这条龙没有眼睛。这不算一张好画。”可是李先生笑着说：“如果我给它加上眼睛，它就会飞走了。”周先生摇头说：“你吹牛。我不相信。”李先生也不生气，只是拿起笔给龙点上眼睛。哇！龙真的飞走了。诗 歌 Rain 雨 Rain is falling all around,雨儿在到处降落，It falls on field and tree,它落在田野和树梢，It rains on the umbrella here,它落在这边的雨伞上，And on the ships at sea.又落在航行海上的船只。by R.L.Stevenson,1850-1894 2 寓言小故事 To Pull up the
6、 Seedlings to Help Them Grow “拔苗助长”Once upon a time,there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice.After he planted the seedlings,every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow.He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day,but still,he thought they were grow
7、ing too slowly.Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one,he pulled up the young plants by half an inch.The next early morning,the young man couldnt wait to check his“achievement”,but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dy
8、ing.plot plt n.(小块)土地 shoots uts n.嫩枝 soil sl n.土地；土壤 Eventually vent uli adv.最后；终于 impatient mpe nt adj.不耐烦的；急躁的 achievement t ivmnt n.成就；成绩 heart-broken htbrkn adj.心碎 从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个“最佳方法”，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。故 事 I
9、cant Cook It Its sunny day in spring.Miss Cat is fishing.Suddenly the fishing rod moves.“Great!Oh,its so heavy!”Miss Cat says happily.-2-The fish is plucked out of the river.“Oh,a big fish!How big the fish is!”She cheers.But she puts the fish into the river and goes on fishing.At the time Mr.House g
10、oes by and sees it.“What do you set it free?”He asks.“Because my pot is too small.I cant cook it,”Miss Cat says.pot pt n.罐；壶 我没法煮它 这是春天里一个阳光明媚的日子，猫小姐在河边钓鱼。突然鱼竿动了动。“太棒了！哇，好重啊！”猫小姐高兴地喊着。鱼被拉出来了。“啊！一条大鱼！这条大鱼可真大呀！”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼放回河里，又继续钓鱼。这时候马先生路过，看见这一切，就问她：“为什么你把鱼放了？”“因为我的锅太小。我没办法烧这么大的鱼。”猫小姐回答说。诗 歌 What Do
11、es The Bee Do?蜜蜂做些什么？What does the bee do?蜜蜂做些什么？Bring home honey.把蜂蜜带回家。And what does Father do?父亲做些什么？Bring home money.把钱带回家。And what does Mother do?母亲做些什么？Lay out the money.把钱用光。And what does baby do?婴儿做些什么？Eat up the honey.把蜜吃光。by C.G.Rossetti,1830-1894 3 寓言小故事 Plugging Ones Ears While Stealing
12、a Bell “掩耳盗铃”Once upon a time,there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors doorbell.However,he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other peoples attention as long as he touched the bell.So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever“idea”.He plugged his ears with something,thin
13、king that everything would go well when he stole the bell.Unfortunately to his disappointment,the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief.attention ten n n.注意；注意力 stole stl v.偷；窃取 Unfortunately nft ntli adv.不幸地；遗憾地 disappointment dspntmnt n.失望；令人失望的人或事 caught kt v.抓住，捕捉，赶上 sp
14、ot spt n.地点；现场；当场 thief if n.贼；小偷 从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个“妙极”，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住 故 事 Snow White Snow White is born on a cold winter day.She is as white as snow.Her eyes are very big,her hair very long and her voice is sweet.She is very kind and
15、 beautiful.Everyone loves her.Her mummy,the Queen loves her,too.But she died.A new Queen comes.She is beautiful,but bad.She doesnt like Snow White,because Snow White is the most beautiful girl in the world.“I will kill Snow White.”So she orders a hunter to kill Snow White.The hunter is an honest man
16、.“You are a good girl;I dont want to kill you.”So he lets Snow White go.Snow White goes into a forest.She finds a house,and goes into the house.Seven dwarfs live there.They like Snow White,and ask Snow White to live with them.No sooner,the new Queen dies.Because she isnt the most beautiful woman in
17、the world.dwarfs dwfz n.矮子；侏儒 白雪公主 白雪公主出生在一个寒冷的冬天，因此她像雪一样洁白无瑕。她又两只大眼晴，有漂亮的长头发和甜蜜的声音。她又善良又美丽。每个人都很喜欢她。她妈妈皇后也爱她，但她死了。一位新皇后来了，她很漂亮但很恶毒。她不喜欢白雪公主，因为白雪公主是世界上最美丽的女孩。“我一定要杀死白雪公主。“因此，她命令一位猎人去杀白雪公主。这位猎人是一个诚实的人。“你是一个好姑娘，我不想杀你。”所有他放走了白雪公主。白雪公主走进一片森林，她发现了一个房子，并且走进了房子。七个小矮人住在房子里。他们很喜欢白雪公主并留她一起住下来了。不久，女皇死了，因为她不是世界
18、上最美丽的人。诗 歌-3-O Sailor,Come Ashore 啊！水手，上岸吧(Part I)O sailor,come ashore 啊！水手，上岸吧 What have you brought for me?你给我带来什么？Red coral,white coral,海里的珊瑚，Coral from the sea.红的，白的。(Part II)I did not dig it from the ground 它不是我从地下挖的，Nor pluck it from a tree;也不是从树上摘的；Feeble insects made it 它是暴风雨的海裹 In the storm
19、y sea.弱小昆虫做成的。by C.G.Rossetti sailor sel(r)n.海员；水手；扁平的硬边草帽 coral krl n.珊瑚 pluck v.摘；猛拉；拔；拨弹（乐器）stormy stmi adj.暴风雨的；激烈的；粗暴的 4 寓言小故事 The Fox and the Crow “狐狸和乌鸦”One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.At that time,a fox saw the crow with the meat,
20、so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.However,whatever the fox said to the crow,the crow just kept silent.Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice,the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.As soon as the meat fell down to the ground,the fox took th
21、e meat and went into his hole.branch brnt n.树枝 nest nest n.巢；窝 eagerly igl adv.渴望地 silent salnt adj.安静的 flattered fltd adj.奉承的；过分夸赞的 有一天,一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音最优美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞。故 事 The Cl
22、ever King Solomon Long,long ago,there was a king.Solomon was his name.He was very clever.In his country,there were two women.They lived in the same house and each had a child.One night,one of the babies died.The dead babys mother took the other womans baby,and put it in her own bed.The next morning,
23、they had a quarrel.“No,this is my baby!”The dead is yours!”Each one wanted the living baby.So they went to see King Solomon.“Bring me a knife,cut the child into two and five each woman one half.”said the King.“Oh.Your Majesty!Give her my baby.Please dont kill my baby!”Then King Solomon pointed to th
24、e woman in teas and said,“Give the baby to her.She is the mother.”quarrel kwrl n.吵架；争论 Majesty mdsti n.陛下 聪明的国王所罗门 很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。在他的国家里，有两位妇女，她们住在同一间房子里。各有一个婴儿。一天夜里，其中一个婴儿死了。他的妈妈抱另一位妇女的小孩，把他放在自己的床上。第二天早上，他们发生了争吵。“不，这是我的孩子！这个死的是你的！”他们都想要这个活着的孩子，于是她们去见所罗门国王。“给我拿把刀来，把这个孩子切成两半，没人一半。”国王判决道。
25、“哦，陛下，把我的孩子给她吧。请不要杀了我的孩子！”一位母亲哭喊道。于是所罗门指着流泪的妇女说：“把孩子给她，她是真正的母亲。”诗 歌 THE WIND 风(Part I)Who has seen the wind?谁曾见过风的面貌？Neither I nor you;谁也没见过，不论你或我；But when the leaves hang trembling,但在树叶震动之际，The wind is passing through.风正从那里吹过。(Part II)Who has seen the wind?谁曾见过风的面孔？Neither you nor I;谁也没见过，不论你或我；But
26、 when the trees bow down their heads,但在树梢低垂之际，-4-The wind is passing by.风正从那里经过。by C.G.Rossetti 5 寓言小故事 Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It “画蛇添足”Long long ago,several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake o
27、n the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing,so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.However,before he could finish the feet,another man finished and grabbed
28、the jar from him,saying,Who has ever seen a snake with feet?”The story of Draw a snake and add feet to It.”tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.jar d(r)n.坛子 wine wan n.酒 grabbed grbd adj.抓住的 古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，
29、就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说：“有谁见过长脚的蛇？”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。故 事 Catching a Thief Witty Hare can run very fast.One day when he gets home.He sees a rat.The rat is jumping down his window.“Oh.A thief!”Witty Hare shouted and catches the rat,“You cant run faster then me.”So
30、on Witty Hare catches up with the rat,and the rat is left behind,“I must run away,the rat says and laughs,“He is so silly.”Witty Hare goes on running.A sheep sees him and asks him,“What a re you doing?”“Im catching the thief.”Witty Hare says.“Thief?Wheres the thief?”the sheep fells surprised.“Hes be
31、hind me,”Witty Hare says proudly.Witty wti adj.机智的；诙谐的 rat rt n.鼠 追 贼 机灵的兔子跑得很快。一天，她回到家的时候看见一只老鼠。这只老师正从它家的窗户跳下去。“啊！贼！”机灵兔子喊着追过去。“你跑不过我的！”不一会它追上了老鼠，还把老鼠丢在后面。“我得赶紧逃。”老鼠窃笑着说：“这家伙真笨。”机灵兔子继续跑着。一只绵羊看到了就问塔：“你在干什么？”“我在追贼。”机灵兔子说。“贼？贼在哪里啊？”绵羊感到奇怪。“它在我后面呢。”机灵兔子自豪地说着。诗 歌 THE CUCKOO 布谷鸟 In April,四月里，Come he will
32、,它就来了，In May,五月里，Sing all day,整天吟唱多逍遥，In June,六月里，Change his tune,它在改变曲调，In July,七月里，Prepare to fly,准备飞翔，In August,八月里，Go he must!它就得离去了！by Mother Gooses Nursery Rhyme CUCKOOkkun.杜鹃；杜鹃的叫声 寓言小故事 6 The fox and the lion 狐狸和狮子 When the fox first saw the lion he was terribly frightened.He ran away,and hi
33、d himself in the woods.The second time,however,he came near the lion.He stopped at a safe distance,and watched him pass by.The third time they came near one another.The fox went straight up to the lion,and stayed the whole day with him.He asked the lion how his family was,and when they would meet ag
34、ain.They soon became good friends.terribly terbli adv.可怕地 frightened fratnd adj.受惊的 distance dstns n.距离 狐狸第一次见到狮子时非常害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。-5-当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。不久，他们变成了好朋友。寓意：不要害怕不了解的事物，接近它，就会觉得没什么可怕的。故 事 A Clever Panda A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it
35、home.But the pumpkin is too big.The panda cant take it home.Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike toward her.She watches the bike.“I know!I have a good idea.”she jumps and shouts happily,“I can roll a pumpkin.Its like a wheel.”So she rolls the pumpkin to her home.When her mother sees the big pumpki
36、n,she is surprised,“Oh,my God!How can you carry it home?”the little panda answers proudly,“I cant lift it,but I can roll it.”Her mother smiled and says，“What a clever girl!Use you heard to do something,”roll rl v.摇摆；滚 wheel wil n.方向盘；车轮 聪明的熊猫 一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。但是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。突然她看见一只狗熊骑着
37、一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了！我有办法了。我可以把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她妈妈看到这只大南瓜的时候，很惊讶：“天啊！这么食的南瓜！你是怎么把它带回家来的？”小熊猫自豪地说；“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊！”她妈妈微笑着说：“真聪明啊！记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事。”诗 歌 COLORS 颜色 What is pink?A rose is pink 什么是粉红色？By the fountains brink.喷泉边的玫瑰就是粉红色。What is red?A poppys red 什么是艳红色？In its barley bed.在大麦床里
38、的罂粟花就是艳红色。What is blue?The sky is blue 什么是蔚蓝色？天空就是蔚蓝色，Where the clouds float through.云朵飘过其间。What is white?A swan is white 什么是白色？Sailing in the light.阳光下嬉水的天鹅就是白色。What is yellow?Pears are yellow,什么是黄色？梨儿就是黄色，Rich and ripe and mellow.熟透且多汁。What is green?The grass is green,什么是绿色？草就是绿色，With small flower
39、s between.小花掺杂其间。What is violet?Clouds are violet 什么是紫色？夏日夕阳里的 In the summer twilight.彩霞就是紫色。What is orange?Why,an orange,什么是橘色？当然啦！Just an orange!橘子就是橘色。by C.G.Rossetti brink brk n.边缘；边沿；界限 poppy ppi n.罂粟；鸦片；芙蓉红 ripe rap adj.成熟的；熟的 mellow mel adj.成熟的；醇的；熟练的 violet valt n.紫罗兰；紫色 twilight twalat n.黄昏
40、；微光；含糊不清；衰落时期 7 寓言小故事 The cage bird and the bat 金丝雀与蝙蝠 A bird was confined in a cage outside a window.She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.One night a bat came.He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.The bird answered,“Last year when I was singing in th
41、e daytime,a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.”The bat replied,But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner.Then he flew away.confined knfand adj.被限制的；狭窄的 batbt n.蝙蝠 catcher kt(r)n.捕手；接球员；捕捉者 useless jusls adj.无用的；无效的 挂在窗口笼里的
42、金丝雀，经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱。一天晚上，蝙蝠来了，飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声，夜里却要歌唱。金丝雀回答说：“去年我在白天唱歌时，捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我。从此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。”蝙蝠说：“你现在才懂得谨慎已没用了，你若在变为囚徒之前就懂得，那该多好呀!”说完就飞走了。-6-寓意：我们应该在危险发生之前就提高警觉，因为危险一旦发生，我们再怎样小心也没有用了。故 事 The Ox and the Dog An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.One day the dog arrogantly says:“How grand I am!I
43、n the daytime,I watch out for the cattle in the meadows;at night,I guard the house.But you”“Me?How about me?”the ox says“You can only plough or draw a cart,”the dog slightly says.“Yes.Its true,”the ox says.“But if I dont plough,what do you guard?”serve sv v.服务；侍候；担任 arrogantly rntli adv.傲慢地 grand rn
44、d adj.重大的；豪华的 cattle ktl n.牛；家畜；畜牲 guard d v.看守；守卫 plough pla v.用犁耕田；耕犁 slightly slatli adv.些微地；稍微 牛和狗 一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。一天，狗骄傲地说着；我是多么重要啊！白天我在牧场看护家群，晚上我看家。而你呢.?”“我？我怎么啦？“牛反问。“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。“是的。你说得没有错，”牛回答道。“但是如果没有我犁地，你看护什么呢？”诗 歌 A House Of Cards 纸牌堆成的房子(1)A house of cards 纸牌堆成的房子 Is neat and smal
45、l;洁净及小巧 Shake the table,摇摇桌子 It must fall.它一定会倒。(2)Find the court cards 找出绘有人像的纸牌 One by one;一张一张地竖起 Raise it,roof it,-再加上顶盖 Now its done;-现在房子已经盖好 Shake the table!摇摇桌子 Thats the fun.那就是它的乐趣。by C.G.Rossetti roof ruf vt.覆盖；给.覆以屋顶 8 寓言小故事 The hare and the tortoise 龟兔赛跑 The hare was once boasting of hi
46、s speed before the other animals.I have never been beaten,he said,when I run at full speed,no one is faster than me.The tortoise said quietly,I will race with you.That is a good joke,said the hare.I could dance around you the whole way.The race started.The hare darted almost out of sight at once.He
47、soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.The tortoise plodded on and on.When the hare awoke from his nap,he saw the tortoise was near the finish line,and that he had lost the race.boasting bst n.自夸 speed spid n.速度；迅速 beaten bitn 被击败的 nap np n.小睡 兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说：“我要与你
48、比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。寓意：骄兵必败；只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。故 事 Wolf Is Coming There is a naughty boy in a village.He likes telling lies.One day he wants to make fun of the farmers.So he shouts,“Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is comin
49、g!”The kind farmers are working in the field.-7-They hear the shout,and hurry to help the boy.But when get there,the boy says:“There isnt a wolf.Im joking.The farers are angry and go back to their field.After a while the biy shouts again,“Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is coming!”And the farmers come and are cheate
50、d again.The boy laughs and laughs.They say,“You tell lies.We will not believe you.”Later a wolf really comes.The boy is very scared.“Wolf!Wolf!Wolf is coming!”the boy shouts and shouts.“Help!Help!”But no one comes.And wolf eats the naughty boy.naughty nti adj.顽皮的；淘气的 scared sked adj.害怕的 狼来了 村子里有个淘气的