7、实践实训指导——英语故事

1、how a colt crossed the river （小马过河）one day, a colt carried a bag of wheat to the mill.as he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river.water went gurgling on. the colt could not decide whether he could cross it. looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. he asked, huncle cow, c

2、ould you tell me if i can cross the river?” the cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just to his kneesthe colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down a tree and stopped him. the squirrel shouted, "colt, stop! you'll be drowned! one of my friends was d

3、rowned yesterday just in the river.n not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mom.he told his mom his experience on the way. his mother said, hmy child, don't always listen to others you'd better go and try yourself then you'll know what to do.njust at the river, the squ

4、irrel stopped the colt again. "little horse, it's too dangerous!h "no, i want to have a try by myself'*, answered the colt. then he crossed the river carefully. on the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow as the cow said nor as as deep as

5、 the squirrel told him.the fable tells us a truth: real knowledge comes from practicescat and bellthere were many mice in a house. the man of the house got a cat. the cat killed many of the mice.then the oldest mouse said, h all mice must come to my hole tonight,and we will think what we can do abou

6、t this cat.”all the mice came many mice spoke, but none knew what to do. at last a young mouse stood up and said, nwe must put a bell on the cat. then, when the cat comes near, we shall hear the bell and run away and hide so the cat will not catch any more mice.”then the old mouse asked,h who will p

7、ut the bell on the cat?”no mouse answeredhe waited, but still no one answered.at last he said, nit is not hard to say things; but it is harder to do them.*'fox and goata fox had fallen into a well, and had been casting about for a long time how he should get out again, when at length a goat came

8、 to the place, and wanting to drink, asked reynard whether the water was good, and of there was plenty of it.the fox, dissembling the real danger of his case, replied : "come down, my friend, the water is so good that i can not drink enough of it, and so aboundant that it can not be exhausted /

9、'upon this the goat without any more ado leaped in, when the fox, taking advantage of his friendfs horns, as nimbly leaped out, and coolly remarked to the poor deluded goat: "if you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped/the lion and the mousea li

10、on was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his facerising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the mouse piteously entreated, saying:n if you would only spare my life, i would be sure to repay your kindness.n the lion on laughed and let him go. it happened shortly after

11、this that the lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by some ropes to the ground the mouse ,recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth , and set him free, exclaim "you ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your

12、 favor ; i now you know that it is possible for even a mouse to con benefits on a lion."the little mermaidin the far, deep ocean, there was the castle of sea king. he had been alone for many years. his mother helped him. she was a wise woman, especially for her care of her grand-daughters. they

13、 were six beautiful children, but the youngest was the prettiest of them all. like her sisters, her feet were a fish's tail.the little mermaid was interested in listening to the wonderful stories about the land from her grandmother. "when you are fifteen/9 said her grandmother, "you wi

14、ll have permission to rise up out of the sea." her five elder sisters had already been there. she wished her birthday could come sooner.at last she reached her fifteenth year. she rose as lightly as a bubble to the surface of the water. the sea was calm, and a large ship lay on the water. there

15、 was music and song on board. the little mermaid swam close to the ship.she saw a number of well-dressed people they were celebrating the prince sixteenth birthday. how handsome the young prince looked! the little mermaid could not take her eyes from him.i never work after suppera penny-pinching far

16、mer didn't want his hired hand to stop working.one morning, he told the farmhand, hit's such a nuisance to come in from the field, wash up for lunch and take time to eat. why don't we save time and eat lunch now?”the hired man agreed the farm's wife brought in some cold meat and frie

17、d potatoes, and the two men ate again.when they had finished, the cheap farmer said, "while we're still at the table, let's have supper too. n they were now served steak, boiled potatoes and mixed vegetables, and they ate once more"now that the meals are out of the way,n the farmer

18、 announced, we can go out and work all day without interruption. n"oh, no,h the farmhand answered. n i never work after supper.the cats and the cornthe cats from the cat village went to the river for a picnic.a cat found a corn stalk.what can the cats do with the corn stalk?he must be hungry. h

19、e is eating the kernels of com.oh, look! he stopped eatingmeow made a new tooth from a kernel of corn!this cat ate the ear of corn.he made a harmonica out of the corncob.oh, look! the cats are brushing their teeth with the harmonica.chi-ka, chi-ka.up and down, up and down.that's right. teeth hav

20、e to be cleaned after eating. good cat!the cats are thinking of something. they are full and have brushed their teeth. now it's time to play. what game can they play with the corn? first, this cat is making a net with corn silks.yes!he must be planning to catch his favorite fish.the stalks and t

21、he leaves of the corn are being made into a sailboat. the corn stalks are woven into a raft. the sails are made by attaching the leaves“lu=lu, la-la! lu-lu, la-la!one cat plays the harmonica as the other cats ride on their sailboat. another cat brought a net.he is going to catch some fish. aren'

22、t they very funny cats?the raven and the swana raven saw a swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. supposing that the swarfs 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 livi

23、ng, 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 perishedchange of habit cannot alter naturethe old catan old woman has a cat. the cat is very old, too. he can*t run fast. and his teeth ar

24、e bad. one day, the old cat sees a mouse. he catches it, but he can't eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. the mouse gets out of his mouth and runs away.the old woman is angry. she beats the cat and says, hyou stupid cat, i will punish you!” the cat is sad. he thinks, hwhen i was youn

25、g, i worked hard for you. now, you don't like me because i'm too old to work. you should know you are old too.”dragon admirera county magistrate in chu kingdom was called ye gong who was a great lover of dragons in his house there were plenty of images of dragons the dragons were painted or

26、carved on walls, pillars, furniture, window lattices and ceilings in addition, all the clothes, quilts, bed nets were trimmed with dragon esigns when the dragon in the heaven heard of this, he was greatly moved, deciding to visit ye gong the dragon glided down to ye gong's house, poked his head

27、into the window first, leaving his long tail out in the yard to his great surprise, yegong was so frighted by the real dragon that he began to flee, ashen and petrified oh, what ye gong liked was not the real dragon, but something resembling a dragon.a frog and a tigermr. tiger is the king of the fo

28、rest. so he looks down upon everything in the world.one day, mr. frog sees mr. tiger. ufm stronger than you, “says mr.frog."what? you are stronger than me? let's have a match. who can jump over the river?m says mr. tiger.mr. tiger jumps over the river mr. frog bites tiger's tail. so he

29、jumps over too."where is mr. frog? ha, ha, i'm stronger.""don't be so sure,says mr. frog with some fur in his mouth.“what，s in your mouth, mr. frog?""well, yesterday i ate a tiger, only left some fur：“my god! help me!" mr. tiger runs away.a dog and a wolfa wolf

30、was almost dead with hunger a house-dog saw him, and asked, ''friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you."why donnt you work steadily as i do, and get your food regularly?11"i would have no objection," said the wolf, "if i could only get a place.” "i will help yo

31、u,” said the dog. *'come with me to my master, and you shall share my work.'*so the wolf and the dog went to the town together.on the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dogns neck.he felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that?"oh, it is nothing," said

32、the dog. "every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. you will soon get used to it.n"is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "then good-bye to you, my friend. i would rather be free/*the fox and the tigeran archer, hunting in the woods, was so successful

33、 with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. this frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. at last the tiger stood up, and pretending to be very brave, told the other animals not to be afraid anymore, but to rely on his courage, and he would

34、 attack the enemy on his own. while he was talking, and lashing his tail and tearing at the ground with his claws to impress the others, an arrow came and pierced his ribs. the tiger howled with pain.while he was trying to draw out the arrow with his teeth the fox went up to him and asked, in surpri

35、se, whoever had the strength and courage to wound such a brave and mighty beast as the tiger?nnay," said the tiger, ' i misjudged my enemy. it was that unbeatable man over there !hmoral: knowledge is power.the little horse and the riverone day, a little horse was asked to mill flour by moth

36、er , he carried the two bags of wheat and left home . he was walking happily. when he came to a river, the mill was on the other side of the river and there was no bridges over the water. now ,what would the little horse do looking at the flowing water, he got confused then he saw an old cow eating

37、grass on the bank so he asked him : “ uncle cow , is the water deep ? and can i walk across it ? " “ not at all ! "the cow said "it's just as high as my lower legs , you can go across it. it's safe "then the little horse was ready to go across the water . just then , a sq

38、uirrel in the tree shouted to him : "little horse ,don't go in the water .it's too deep .you'll get drawned ,and one of my friends got drawned in it a few days ago ，' so the little horse drew back his legs quickly ,he had to go back to ask his mother what to do . when his mother

39、 heard his story , she laughed and said to him : “ my child ,it's not enough if you only listen to the others .you must try it by yourself ,then you 41 find the truth ."the little horse came back to the river again .when he put his legs in the water again , the squirrel cried out again :“ l

40、ittle horse ,it's dangerous , you can't do that ! 9, "let me have try." the horse said . and with those words he walked carefully across the river the water was neither that shallow as the cow had told him nor that deep as the squirrel had described .it was just ok for him.the ass

41、and the grasshopperan ass having heard some grasshoppers chirping, was highlyenchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody,demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautifulvoices they replied, "the dew/' the ass resolved that he would liveonly upon dew, an

42、d in a short time died of hunger.the mole and his mothera mole, a creature blind from birth, once said to his mother: ' i am sure than i can see, mother!n in the desire to prove to him his mistake, his mother placed before him a few grains of frankincense, and asked, "what is it?1 the young

43、 mole said, nit is a pebble/ his mother exclaimed: nmy son, i am afraid that you are not only blind, but that you have lost your sense of smell.the father and his sonsa father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. when he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortat

44、ions, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. when they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces they tried w

45、ith all their strength, and were not able to do it. he next opened the faggot, took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into his sons' hands, upon which they broke them easily. he then addressed them in these words: "my sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist eac

46、h other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.n曹冲称象one day somebody sent cao cao an elephant cao cao wanted to know its weight, but there was nothing big enough to weigh it on.

47、 cao chong told his father he could weigh the elephant if he had a big boat and a lot of heavy stones cao cao and some other people were very surprised, but still he ordered his men to get everything ready. when they led the elephant down into the boat, the water came up, then cao chong marked the w

48、ater line then they drove the elephant onto the bank and put the heavy stones in the boat until the water came up to the same line at last, cao chong told the men to weigh each of the stones in this way, he weighed the elephantlittle red hatthere was a little girl. she lived with her mother in a vil

49、lage near the forest.one day the mother got some red cloth; she took her needle and she made a red hat for the little girl.she put the hat on the little girfs head, and said, “i shall call you little red hat." so the little girl was called "little red hat" by her mother.one day little

50、 red hat said, "i want to show my red hat to grandmother."grandmother lived in a village. the way to the village was through the forest.the girfs mother said, “you shall show grandmother your red hat, and you shall take some eggs to her. you shall put on your little red hat and go through

51、the forest to her house."then the girl's mother put some eggs in a basket, and gave them to the little girl, and said, 'take these eggs to grandmother. you will go through the forest. grandmother house is far from here. don't wait on your way through the forest. if you wait, the nig

52、ht will come at night there is a wolf in the forest; he eats little girls and boys.，'little red hat said, t will not wait on my way through the forest.then little red hat went out. she went on her way through .the forest. as she went, she saw many flowers by the way. she said, “i will tske some

53、flowers to grandmother."then she went this way and that way getting flowers for her grandmother. she waited getting the flowers night was coming and she was far from her grandmother house when she saw that night was coming, she ran.as she ran she saw a wolf with big red eyes, standing near a tr

54、ee.the wolf said, “why do you run, little red hat?"“night is coming, "said little red hat, “that is why 1 run.mthe wolf said, "where are you going, little red hat?"she said, "i am going to grandmother house."what are you taking to your grandmother?,said the wolf.t am ta

55、king some eggs," said little red hat.“i will show you the way," said the wolf.“no, no, no!" said little red hat. “don't show me the way; i know the way."then the wolf ran away through the treesthe wolf came to grandmother house, and said, "are you in, grandmother?“who is

56、 that?,said grandmother."i am little red hat," said the wolf, “and i have got some eggs foryou.“come in, little red hat," said grandmother.then the wolf went in, and ate up poot grandmother. then he took grandmother clothes, and put them on, and he got into grandmother bed.little red

57、hat came to the village she said, "are you in, grandmother?the wolf said, “who is that?"she said, tt is little red hat. i have got some eggs and some flowers for you/9“come in, little red hat, "said the wolf.little red hat went in.the wolf said, “come near and show me what is in that

58、basket.“eggs, grandmother, "said little red hat.the wolf said, “what is that in your hand?"“flowers," said little red hat.“come near, and show me your flowers, little red hat, "said the wolf.then little red hat went near to the bed and sat down.then she said, "what big ears

59、you have got, grandmother.t have got big ears to hear you with," said the wolf.“what big eyes you have got, grand-mother, "said little red hat.“i have got big eyes to see you with,，said the wolf.“what a big mouth you have got, grandmother/9 said little redhat."i have got a big mouth t

60、o eat you with!said the wolf and he jumped out of the bed and ran to catch little red hat. she ran to the door, and out into the forest. the wolf ran. little red hat ran.then she heard a shot. there was a man waiting near a tree. he had shot the wolf. the wolf was dead. little red hat saw that the man was her father. her father heard that the wolf was in the forest, and he came to help little red hat.who broken a windowbilly and bobby were small boys they were brothers and they often fight with each